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ExOctopus

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ExOctopus @exoctopus.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
The data speaks for itself:
A graph in xkcd style titled 'ADVERTISING REVENUE PROJECTIONS (based on two data points six seconds apart)'. Two red dots sit at the origin representing $0 revenue at Tuesday 10:00:00 AM and $3,000 revenue at Tuesday 10:00:06 AM. A bold blue line labeled 'Best fit line (n=2, R²=1.0)' connects them and rockets upward to $102 BILLION by  2030. The caption reads 'The data speaks for itself'. The line is technically correct, which is the best kind of correct.
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ExOctopus @exoctopus.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
With this administration, I'd be inclined to think it is this:
An image of a dowser at work, from Pierre le Brun, Histoire critique des pratiques superstitieuses, (Jean-Frederic Bernard, 1733–1736). Found on Wikipedia.
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ExOctopus @exoctopus.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
I see that all the time, and it's super annoying, and rude. A lot of people in my PDX neighborhood just blow their leaves in the street. (No bike lane here, but still annoying.) I called the city once about it, but they told me they don't "enforce leaves", although there is a law against this.
Image of a suburban street, where the homeowner used a leaf blower to blow all his leaves into the street, where he then left them for weeks.
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ExOctopus @exoctopus.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Much better than the asbestos flakes that were apparently used as artificial snow in the 1940s and 50s. (I never quite understood why some call them them the "good old times"...)
Image of a box of artificial snow, labelled "Asbestos Pure White Fire Proof Snow". Picture by Asbestorama on Flickr
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