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Still trying to have a bat, lizard, cockroach, or amoeba named after me. She/they

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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
One of the really nice things about going to college with people who were ALL also the smartest kids in their hs is that you have to find a new way to define yourself. Probably aren't the smartest anymore, so maybe you get to be a drummer, somebody else gets to have a green thumb, etc. etc.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feminize a band name The Rolling Crones
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's a little hard to tell, but it looks to me like they've redefined Mesopotamia to mean "river in the middle". 😲
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
As an Alaskan, does that make me a Hittite or had God just not gotten around to creating the Land of the Midnight Sun yet?
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There's Our Lady of the River in the city of Rogue River. ☺️
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I had them fresh from Korean street vendors in the 90s, they're good any time but if you can get them so freshly made that they're still warm, that's the absolute BEST!
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Salacious Crumb! ❤️
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Imagine being the grad students for the researchers studying how to step on venomous snakes without getting bitten! 😬
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
I once lived near a shop that sold British imports and gave bagpipe lessons. Mostly it was hell but once a week the professional pipers for miles around came to jam, they played the most unexpected stuff and it was quite wonderful.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Not really an increase in the number of crackpots, I think this field of crackpottery is too obscure to be attractive to the people who need to prove their brilliance to the world, people seem to stumble onto it then get obsessed. But yes, output seems up a little, and the languages more obscure.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Linguists get them too, the "this one word has basically the same sound and meaning in both Cherokee and Swahili, which proves that the two languages are closely related" variety. There aren't a lot of these "geniuses", but they're persistent and prolific (LOTS of "related languages").
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
My Alaska Girl roots are showing, I looked at the first picture in this thread and thought she was decorating actual skis. 😂
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
This whole album is amazing. They've also got a fantastic version of "The Foggy Dew" with Sinead O'Connor, IMO there are no bad songs on the album.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
At 1:54 there's a little string pick that sounds *exactly* like a Dolly giggle. 😁
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I'm a native "you guys" person too, then I spent a decade with people who said "y'all", so I largely shifted to that, then I moved back to "you guys" land and now my second person plural pronouns are all over the place. 😂
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Really hate this performative "you guys" people use to appear more like people whose second-person plural pronominal constructions suck.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Who knew that they'd ALL BE RIGHT that improving core strength improves everything else?! Grrrrr...
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
I used to have a cat that would bring live lizards in and drop them under my desk chair to play with. Sometimes I wasn't aware they were there until they ran over my bare foot. I love lizards but can't stand the sensation of them running over my bare skin. 😬
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Engaging on the basis of theoretical and empirical evidence is a great idea. Them first. When I see proof they've read and engaged with the decades, if not centuries, of work refuting their "position", maybe I'll "debate" them. For some strange reason, no one has ever taken me up on this offer...
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Despite his lip service to Catholicism, his true religious affinities are with sociopathic techbros and the evangelical sects that think empathy is a sin, which means he never *will* develop empathy.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I started eating a LOT less sashimi last year, but this is the sign I've been waiting for to stop altogether. 😞
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Same, sister. 😂 I also have to use the British pronunciation of "laboratory" in my head to have any hope of spelling it correctly.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I used to edit a business ESL website and we used the word "bureaucracy" a lot, so I had it written out on a post-it on my monitor to save myself several minutes per usage. Also, I'm American but I use the British pronunciation of "laboratory" in my head whenever I need to write it. 😂
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Yep, big herbivores are bad news. Their entire evolutionary strategy is "the best defense is a good murder the fuck out of everybody else first". A bear is highly likely to decide you're not worth the hassle, but a moose with ALWAYS come for you.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Best roads in the state, though, courtesy of being the capitol. I swear they re-pave every other year, leaving the pot holes in the rest of the state to swallow ever more cows and mid-size sedans...
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Thank you for posting this, I missed it initially bc we have our own local fire to worry about, but I've got family in that part of Spokane (they're fine, they had to evacuate but last they heard their house is still standing). So terrifying!
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Thank you so much for this absolutely amazing thread! Not only was it funny as hell, you had so many insights into P&P that made me appreciate it even more than I did before. 😊
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
I absolutely third this, his expression and intonation are just *chef's kiss*.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Nah, first check the hovercraft for eels.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Alex, I'll take "Translate 'sucks to be you' into Regency English" for a thousand, please.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Chartreuse Segwayist
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
You and me both, sister. Almost as disappointed as when I discovered that wearing a cape did not, in fact, allow me to fly. So many broken promises... 😭
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
You say that like it's a bad thing. Having learned a language with different words for every single type of relative all the way back to the founding-ancestor god and his grizzly bear wife, I deeply appreciate the simplicity of English "cousin".
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Mexi-stan (works best if you pronounce the first part Spanish-style rather than English-style)
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The truthiness, it burns...
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
You, me, and I think a WHOLE LOT of people like us (based on the likes/comments on Claire's commentary). I have *just* enough residual investment to be interested but not enough to truly care, so I'm really going through the popcorn! 😂
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Better not let the dolphins find out about this, they are so going to be trolling. "Hey, watch this, I swim past the weird giant bug with my fin sticking out a bit and all chaos ensues with the two-legs! It's great!"
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Yeah, when the time comes to discuss beatification of Leo it should be pretty easy, he's got a couple of miracles under his belt already.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Josephine County may be conservative but it has an excellent small-town newspaper in the Grants Pass Courier (which now covers Jackson County as well since the Medford Tribune folded). The Courier does a great job covering local news and holding our corrupt local politicians accountable.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Yeah, the hippo complaint was the one that I had a tiny bit of sympathy for. Because, ya know, hippo...
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
My only caveat is that pony looks WAY beyond "KINDA tired", he's been recruiting the other horses for a mass "buck off the shiny sacks of potatoes and run for the hills" if there'd been just one more take.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Either that or a vicious ABO-style incompatibility. Assuming mother and child survive, maybe mom can never have another half-elven child. Or else the elves know about the problem (benefit of longevity, they've seen it before) and have a magic herbal immune suppressor.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Between Uggi and the completely unexpected Icelandic stuff (and your books, of course!), you really do the most to make my feed a delight, thank you!
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
"Hmm, don't know, seem dubious, could be bad, AAGH! IT IS BAD! IT IS BAD!" Poor Turkey Dog.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Yep, as I always say, nothing brightens up a room like removing a year's (or more) accumulation of dead bugs from the overhead light fixture
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
I keep hoping pollen will forget I exist. Oh well, maybe next year, sigh...
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Ironic, really, given that the best socialism ever created in this country is reserved for older retired people.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
I'm so used to baking soda being one of the Magic Substances of the Universe that my brain just automatically substituted it for the powder.
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
You would get along SO WELL with my spouse, LOL!
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JJ @mapinguari66.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
It was the worst. So destructive, too big for our small cat to consider going after, too smart for pro pest control (I refused to let them use poison and nothing else worked). Catching it was legit one of the best days of my life as a homeowner!
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