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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 1h

I CANNOT BELIEVE that 3/4 of the way through Alan Wake II is when I learn that Matthew Porretta was Will Scarlet O'Hara in Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993). We had that movie on VHS and wore it out. What do you MEAN I had a pre-teen crush on Doctor Casper Darling. 😂😂😂😂

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Jesse Sheidlower @jessesword.com · 14h

Attention everyone I know! Perfectly accurate, no notes. (Forwarded to me; ultimate source unclear.)

Image headlined "WHAT YOUR FAVORITE OBSOLETE ENGLISH LETTER SAYS ABOUT YOU", with thumbnails of MSS focusing on thorn, eth, wynn, yogh, ash, insular G, and long S; each one has the label "You are a nerd."

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 23h

Huh. Today in "always look up the etymology because sometimes you're just repeating a myth but sometimes it's weirder and more incredible than you could have possibly imagined" www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/c...

Screenshot of Merriam Webster etymology note for cockamamie:
By the look and sound of it, cockamamie (also spelled "cockamamy") could have something to do with a rooster and the outrageous sound it makes. But in fact, cockamamie is believed to be an altered form of the term decalcomania, which refers to the process, invented in the mid-19th century, of transferring pictures and designs from specially prepared paper to surfaces such as glass or porcelain. (The word referring to the picture or design itself, decal, is a shortening of decalcomania.) The word decalcomania comes from French, with décalcomanie combining the verb décalquer, meaning "to trace" or "to transfer by tracing," and -manie, meaning "-mania." Starting in the 1930s, painted strips of paper with images capable of being transferred to the skin were called decals or—in children's slang—cockamamies. Those familiar with today's temporary tattoos will understand quickly that these were regarded by many as silly novelties, lending the word cockamamie the necessary leeway for application to anything ridiculous.

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David Barnett @davidmbarnett.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“…and whatever walked there, walked alone.” Spooky season reading is underway.

First page of Shirley Jackson’s THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE.

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you like puzzles and also language and also puzzles-but-make-them-language then you should definitely play Chants of Sennaar

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Started playing Alan Wake II and I’m enjoying it a lot so far but I *do* keep getting a bit distracted by how much I love the Pacific Northwest. Big trees!!! Moss!!!!! Ferns!!!!!! Drizzle!!!

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Sophie W @biologizing.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Come visit this 𝑻𝒐𝒕𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝑭𝒊𝒆𝒍𝒅! Step off of the boardwalk and into a beautiful 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙍𝙚𝙜𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙁𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙. Lean in very, very close to smell the flowers! Maybe even go inside them! Enjoy sinking your toes into dirt that is definitely not a peat bog that will swallow you whole! Get out there!!

A deceptive open space with trees in the background. It looks like a field unless you notice the pitcher plant flowers scattered among the grass. It is in fact a peat bog with carnivorous plants growing all over it.

A close up on pitcher plants, you can see the pitchers and their red veins.

A close up on a sundew plant, with spikes and sticky dew to catch prey. It is bright red with green underneath.

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Copper Hamster @copperhamster.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My friend got a picture of them all together.

Sailor Moon cosplayers in a Mexican themed variation

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Kris Evans @krisevans.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🎃 Spooky time is upon us! Check out @mallratspdx.bsky.social at @hollywoodtheatre.org OCT 28th in the lobby 🍿🧟🐀

Spooky rat figures in eerie light + text "Dawn of the Dead 2004 on 35mm Mall Rats art Market 6-9 pm Oct 28th @ Hollywood Theatre Portland, OR"

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Patton Oswalt @pattonoswalt.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Goodbye Rose City Comic-Con! I’ll miss you the most, Llama-For-Some-Reason!

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Goodnews @goodnews.computer · 04/09/2026

Take a break from being depressed that everything you love is being destroyed by slop for a moment and let me tell you about the beautiful symbiotic relationship between graffiti writers, train yard workers, and model train enthusiasts.

A hand holding a model train with a replica of the same graffiti on the full scale train car behind it.

A model train with two graffiti pieces on opposite sides.

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Halotolerant @halotolerant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

if you'll be my bodyguard, i can be your long lost pal youtu.be/jmPEeCohTXY

youtu.be

You Can Call Me

YouTube video by sdwolfpup

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Love to check Bsky on lunch and find everybody losing their minds about Paul Gross being cast in HR, truly the circle shall never be broken \o/

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pumpkin spice doodlemancy 🎃 @doodlemancy.com · 30/08/2026

brain, i understand that you'd rather do Preferred Activity, but right now we have to do Task. if we finish task we can do Preferred Activity WITHOUT feeling weighed down by the need to do Task. do you see how that works ah it's biting me my brain is biting me

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Will Quinn @willquinnart.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

a Mouse King. is there one under your desk??

drawing of a bunch of computer mice with their all cords tangled together

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It me, I’m the GM, I am weirdly haunted, god I love TTRPGs

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP TO ONE OF THE GREATEST TO EVER DO IT

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

36 hours later and the raspberry pi is humming away in a corner, I’ve got an audiobookshelf server set up, and my library has been reorganized and is moseying its way over to dedicated storage. This is a project I’ve been contemplating for a bit and I’m glad the planets finally aligned!

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

ahhhhh, a peaceful Sunday morning listening to chill music, drinking tea, and installing linux

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Sometimes you wake up at 5:30am on a Sunday for no good reason and two hours later you’re dusting off an old raspberry pi so you can build your own audiobook server. These things happen!

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Worldhoppers is going to be OFF THE CHAIN

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I had mostly made peace with cancelling our trip out to see this show but OH MY GOD

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soundslikeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa @soundslikeaa.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

happy snakes on a plane video 20th anniversary to all my fellow olds😘

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maddie ★ othatsraspberry @othatsraspberry.com · 15/08/2026

since kingdom hearts is in the news, have a classic doodle

Kingdom Hearts doodle
Maleficent: You see that? He replaced you with an angry duck.
Riku: what the heck, dude…

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sam✨️ c0mms SALE! @forsesam.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

spreading some positivity <3 #phm

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My cousins lost their houses to one of the current, awful BC wildfires. They are all safe, but they lost everything. I was just up there last month. Can’t believe it’s ash and charcoal now. If you have a few bucks to spare, someone in their community set up a GFM 💜 www.gofundme.com/f/the-tumbac...

gofundme.com

Donate to Garnet Hollow Organic Family Farm Relief Fund, organized by Lilyanne Yvonne Leclipteux

On Friday, August 7th, Bald Range Wildfire destroyed the home… Lilyanne Yvonne Leclipteux needs your support for Garnet Hollow Organic Family Farm Relief Fund

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Achievement unlocked: karaoke’d “(Bring It) Snakes On A Plane” 🐍✈️

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

@akaharriet.bsky.social my mother, who also loves the PHM movie and has watched it a bunch, watched The Fall Guy yesterday for the first time and proceeded to TAKE NOTES on all the similarities between Ryan Gosling's TFG performance and PHM. It was. SO CUTE.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

the best of america

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Multnomah County, OR @multco.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

NW Naito building fire causing heavy smoke (up to 24 hrs) •Check fire.airnow.gov; open windows if Air Quality is Good/Moderate •Keep windows shut, recirculate AC, use purifiers •Kids, seniors, pregnant & heart/lung conditions need a clean room •Outdoors: Wear an N95 mask 📸: Portland Fire & Rescue

A building on fire with text that says: Neighborhood smoke alert at Naito Parkway near the Fremont Bridge. Check fire.airnow.gov for air quality updates.

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 28/07/2026

While we're talking about The Odyssey, can we take a second to appreciate one of the greatest exchanges of dialogue in the history of superhero fiction?

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Animation Obsessive @ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Background paintings from The Secret of NIMH (1982), dir. Don Bluth, Don Bluth Productions

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Gwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Me, having read Julia Kristeva, whenever a horror movie does something gross

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

@akaharriet.bsky.social I feel like you need to see this for multiple reasons

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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

again mantzoukas would've nailed this

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

HOME. The drive got me though appx. half the book, including bits that had me shouting “oh GROSS (complimentary!!!)” and “GO TO THERAPY” so it was a good thing I was alone in my car lol

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Driving home from BC today and listening to the audiobook of A Drop of Corruption, which continues to be delightfully Gross and Wet (complimentary).

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J.T. Greathouse @jeremyteg.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In Alexandre Dumas' 1846 novel THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO, the titular Count "hacks" the telegraph system, a novel technology at the time, as part of his plan to avenge himself against the Baron Denglars. Thus, THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO is canonically a progenitor of cyberpunk. In this essay I will

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Finished Piranesi, really fuckin’ loved it, now making BFF watch (one of) the relevant Jacob Geller video essays. Have I mentioned how lucky I am that she loves me.

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

In other news, I have been tentatively Accepted by Ms. Bear

A very plush gray cat accepting pets from a disembodied hand

A gray cat lounging in a sunbeam, grooming herself, caught mid-lick with her tongue sticking out

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frequentlybees @frequentlybees.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Finally reading Piranesi on this vacation and I keep muttering things like “yesssssss” and “oh this House is fucked upppop (admiring)” and “that’s what I fucking *thought* you’d say, you extremely biased narrator” and it’s a good thing my BFF has known me for two decades and loves me anyway 😂

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