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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween

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Worldbuilder, conlanger, casual artist & crafter // ace, agender

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/10/2026
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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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Guess who spent the day queueing up 340 Halloween posts on their Tumblr! 🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️ 🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️🎃👻🦇🕸️
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Publicly lead a song today *in front of the woman who brought it over to the US originally.* Real glad I only learned I was doing that AFTER I'd done it.
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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻
A painting of fat blobby bears
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Ngl got jumpscared by Colbert's beard at the Emmys tonight - not because it looks bad (it doesn't) but because with it he looks EERILY SIMILAR to my dad. Not identical, but close enough that I had to do a double take the first time he was on screen. Without it they do not look like. Wtf. Sorcery.
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kibbychan @kibbychan.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026
im gonna fucking crash out ITS THE FUCKING MUPPET SHOW YOU LITERALLY DID THE FORMULA, AGAIN, AND EVERYONE LOVED IT YOU DONT NEED TO REINVENT THE WHEEL, PEOPLE WANT THE MUPPETS
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Please repost! Drexel announced that it will close the Academy of Natural Sciences public museum- the oldest nat history museum in the US. There are 2 petitions to support the academy. Please sign both & come to our rally Tues. actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe... www.change.org/p/the-academ...
A poster featuring the T-Rex at the cognitive natural sciences, which says save the Academy natural sciences, museum rally in front of the academy 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Tuesday, September 8 10 AM. The T-Rex is saying tell Drexel keep the museum open. There’s an RSVP QR code and then the logos of Philly Science Action Skype scientist In Philly on the bottom.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see a dragon sitting on a pile of treasure. A speech bubble pointing off panel reads, “Dragon, why do you have all this treasure?”
In the second panel we zoom in on the dragons face. He simply says “shiny”.
In the third panel we pan to the left and see that there is a crow standing next to the dragon on the treasure.
In the fourth panel we zoom in on the crows face. He says “hell yeah”.
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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Never forget
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Just sawe a Blue Skye alert message that seyde "Upstream Timeout." Ys thys site being run by... salmon?
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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
She is very lonely
A unicorn resembling a neuron styled like the titular character of The Last Unicorn
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Things that aren't great: fire alarm going off at 3am Things that are even less great: re-entering the building to see police on a different floor than the one the smoke smell & firefighters were on and hearing them say "definitely blood on the floor" 😬 (Neither was on my floor though)
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
so good.
A photograph of the digitally-displayed Hadestown proshot poster at the movie theater
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
See, I saw 'dragon' rather than 'lizard'...
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Daniel - Desert Apostate @hcexvangelical.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The asshole administration is planning to remove the mining buffer around Chaco Canyon in New Mexico. This is being done without tribal or expert input and the public comment time is incredibly, and cowardly short. Please comment to help try and save Chaco. www.koat.com/article/chac...
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Chaco Canyon public comment period opens, as BLM proposes reopening 336,000 acres to mineral leasing
A new federal assessment could reshape the future of development near Chaco Canyon. Here’s what’s in the plan and how long the public has to weigh in.
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cpuk (trampoline park connoisseur and occasional comic printer) @comicprintinguk.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
But I don’t WANT to sign in to my tv. I just want to watch tv.
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Emily (spooky) @emilyrose.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
It’s worth noting that Taco Bell identified the source before the FDA did, and promptly pulled it from their stores. The FDA didn’t even name the source until Taylor Farms outed themselves, and hasn’t issued a recall. Basically, Taco Bell is now a more reliable authority than the FDA.
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Marielle Hellraiser 💀 @mags.colvett.online · 16/07/2026
Raffi you’re so right
Threads post from raffi_music:
stay creative. after Baby Beluga, I didn't worry about how can I top that.. just kept growing as a person and musically. 14 years later, Bananaphone!
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 16/07/2026
Time Change xkcd.com/3272/
3-panel comic. (1) PERSON 1 behind podium on stage: We all hate springing forward. But we love falling back. (2) [Audience pictured listening] PERSON 1: Therefore, we are abolishing the *spring* time change *only*. We’ll gain an hour every year, but never lose one. (3) PERSON OFF-PANEL: Won’t that cause the clocks to spiral out of sync with the sun? PERSON 1 holding up a fist: *Then we will meet the chaos clear-eyed and well-rested!*
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Very rarely do real people feature in my dreams... ...which is how I know I'm being oversaturated by movie ads right now 'cause last night's dream was a spy joint starring Tom Holland. Like, straight up starring him as a not-Tom-himself character who I recognized in the dream as being played BY Tom
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 15/07/2026
woke: national hot dog day bespoke:
the liturgical hot dog calendar

four seasons are broken down into ordinary time (plain hot dog) advent (chili dog) lent (corndog) and easter (chicago style dog, or, refional style)
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
It's probably not great that all the pictures of New England the past couple of days have looked like how American movies color grade everything yellow to let you know you're in Mexico now... (It's wildfire smoke from Canada)
A photo out a window of treetops & a completely overcast sky. The quality of the light makes everything seem slightly sepia toned.
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Am I a grown-ass person? Yes. Do I have any children in my life? Not regularly, no. Am I currently sitting eating charcuterie on my living room floor surrounded by every plush bear I could find in this house because July 10th is Teddy Bears' Picnic Day? ABSOLUTELY. 🧸 🐻 🧸
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Crippled Giraff Decals @crippledgiraff.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Having my organs removed and preserved in my collection of Dunkin' Canopic Jars.
Eagle headed Dunkin cupsGilded Egyptian Canopic Jars
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
So you know how when people share screenshots of Tumblr posts to FB they sensor any word even remotely related to death, sex, substances, & swearing? I just saw one that censored the word "orphan" 🙃
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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.
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mcnostril @mcnostril.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Heatwave o' clock is upon us, which means it's once again time to attempt to kill the sun.
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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 30/06/2026
Do people who've never lived in Washington have a sense of how titanic a labor it is to get the Mall this empty, especially near the Fourth of July? Normally the monuments and Smithsonian would look _carpeted_ with tourists right now. Even 'Gigli' didn't chase people off like this.
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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Hadrian’s Wall, painting by George Callaghan, Irish artist.
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Synarlathotep @synahel.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026
Happy birthday, Usagi Tsukino
Screenshots from Sailor Moon with Usagi showing today's date, June 30th, with stars in her eyes, saying: "Today, June 30th... ...is my birthday!"
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I received a little dumbo octopus friend via a gotcha minigame in a game I play & my actual factual, out-loud reaction was to say "A beautiful child! A blessing upon us!" But I mean, can you blame me? Look at him!
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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 28/06/2026
Omg there's a horseshoe crab flipping song!! It's so 90s PSA songey. What glorious propaganda!! 😭 😭
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The weather just went from zero to pouring so hard it caused grit & dust to rain down on me from my ceiling! Been here 5ish years & never had that happen before...
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Sinosauropteryx! They're tiny! They've got bitty arms!We know what colors they were! Also: fluffy. Honorable mentions go to Parasaurolophus & Microraptor
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
he is evolving, getting closer to his final form
the colonel is an arachnid monster
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Norin 🦈 🔜 Nycc 3679? @mahoukarp.com · 12/06/2026
i love sharks 🦈 #art #sharks
illustration of a bunch of sharks!!!

featured are cookie, nurse, thresher, great white, goblin, mako, and whale shark
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GDwarble @gdwarble.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
HRT for trans teens is the only moral option. Imagine being 18 and *not having gone through puberty yet* because the only treatment you're allowed are blockers? Let trans teens go through their proper puberty. It's not difficult. It's not dangerous.
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KEN'S PIN HUSTLE @kenspinhustle.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
this sucks. nashville zoo is one of the most modern, humane, and accessible zoos in the country. if you care about conservation, critters, and science, go sign and go raise hell. nash zoo is also a bastion of science and equality as a southern workplace. please please protect it.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Indeed. Everyone who proposes to cure society's ills by taking away teens' internet/phones is a simpleton and a degenerate who wants to pretend they found a cheat code to get a better society without contributing any effort or resources towards one.
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Ida Ꮚ•ꈊ•Ꮚ @floofyfluff.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Silly salmonids 🌈🐟 #art
An illustration of nine colourful salmonid fish against a blue, wavy background. The salmon fish are of different species, like sockeye salmon and rainbow trout. They are arranged and coloured to resemble a rainbow, from bright red to a more gentle pink at the bottom, all having a lovely time swimming around and being proud of their colours. Happy Pride Month, everyone!
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Aimee Cozza Illustration @aimeecozza.com · 03/06/2026
Y'all. Please remember the artists that drew these things when sending around memes. I feel for these artists who NEVER get credited for these (and some, nowadays, are even being accused of being AI!) Here's a few common ones I see (feel free to add others, I want this to be a living thread): 🧵
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JoCat 🔜 Spokane Ren Faire @jocat.net · 02/06/2026
he likes collecting the flags
art of gobbo holding many little pride flags up triumphantly
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False Knees @falseknees.bsky.social · 24/06/2023
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Erica Joy Astrella @ericajoy.astrel.la · 01/06/2026
california is gonna have so many mail in ballots that don’t get counted because people don’t know the new USPS rules that are impacting mail in voting. tl;dr don’t put your ballot in the mail today, find a ballot drop box. www.kqed.org/news/1208537...
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Still Need to Mail Your Primary Ballot? Don’t Rely on USPS, Officials Say | KQED
State officials are warning that some ballots mailed too close to Election Day might not be counted. Here are other recommended ways to submit your ballot instead.
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
If DCA is to be believed, only people who fly out of B Terminal want Dunkin Donuts. There are TWO of them right at the entrance and none ANYWHERE ELSE. My gate is literally the furthest from them you can get while still inside the building. And my foot is still bruised.
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Rosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 01/06/2026
Nuthatch. An older comic.
A four-panel comic. The first panel shows an arrow pointing down at a happy-looking nuthatch bird, and a caption: This is a nuthatch. The caption says "It's called a nuthatch because... wait no" and we see the nuthatch standing on a pile of nuts, tucking them under it. The caption says "That's not... wait" and the nuthatch is roosting comfortably on the pile of nuts. The caption says NO. And we see that one of the nuts has hatched and some walnut meat is flying happily into the air on little wings.
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Úna-Minh's ✨ Open to Work ✨ @unaminh.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
IMPORTANT: For any artists/writers/etc etc, using Linktree to point people to their work, from 5 July, they'll be feeding all imagery you use on your landing page into DALL-E by OpenAI. I deleted my account this morning.
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Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 28/05/2026
Here's the serious bit for anyone who'd rather skip the 4000 words of jokes
Because the truth is, tech doesn't have an image problem. It doesn't have a message problem. It has an intention problem. What's wrong with the axe murderer who broke into my house is not that he hasn't successfully persuaded me to buy into his narrative. What's wrong is that he's trying to kill me with an axe. Similarly, when you launch a product that's designed to put millions of people out of work, block access to sources of verifiable truth, replace human creativity with slop, and lower the barriers to every sort of atrocity, the problem isn't that you haven't told the public a good story about those things. The problem is that you are trying to do them. (
There are things in the world that are more important than money. The fact that you seem not to believe this, that you seem to think any motive beyond ruthless acquisitiveness is fake, dishonest, or childish, is the heart of your problem. Your attitude is not by any means unique to tech, but the
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MarGhost has replaced having a personality with Halloween @martymango0.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Based on previous experience, I'm almost certain I did not actually break any toes this time! Just horribly bruised three of 'em! But! It's been 3 days & I can almost walk normally again!
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