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Tauroctonist

@tauroctonist.bsky.social
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I follow with abandon academics, writers, artists, and others who make the world more intelligible and enjoyable, but I also likes me some silly stupid posts. As one other poster here has said, my apologies in advance for the dichotomy.

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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
This thread was a fun ride, especially with spooky season approaching. And it's always been The Wicked Witch of the West for me too.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
On tap for tonight: Mahler's Fifth played by the Philadelphia Orchestra. My favorite movements have changed over the almost forty years I've known this work. And it's my favorite of his symphonies to boot!
A photo of the stage of the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia before a Philadelphia Orchestra concert.  The organ pipes are prominently centered in the photo; chairs and music stands are set up but the stage and seats behind the orchestra are mostly empty.  The concert hall is framed in warm reddish brown wood.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I am not hitting the gym. The gym is hitting me.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Looking for a full time personal assistant. The job entails standing next to me in an elevator and reminding me that the button I should press is for where I want to go and not for where I am.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Just saw a work email advertising an "AI workshop" but I read "AI workslop".
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Love Wegman's, but perhaps their app should try a bit harder to make a distinction between pharmacy-relevant terms and food items.
A screenshot of the Wegmans grocery app in which one is invited to search for the term "ear wax" in their "Meals and Recipes" section.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just a normal day on Bluesky for me, handing out indiscriminate likes to posts (skeets?) that reference Hatch chiles.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It's my understanding that the Eiffel Tower comes with women. If your religion tells you not to see women, then don't go to see the Eiffel Tower, and especially don't demand that women be hidden or removed while you're there. Good for the French workers for shutting that noise down emphatically.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I love how everything is cloud-based at the office these days. What better way to slow down the fastest computers we've ever had? Three minutes (or more!) to be able to start working after powering on? It's just like being in the 90s again!
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Nothing brings sadness, woe, and regret to breakfast more effectively than turkey bacon.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
It's never too late to learn the piano. Not even 2AM.
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/08/2026
Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
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Carney to rename rest of Great Lakes as "Lake Legal Adult" so Trump will never want to touch them
OTTAWA - After Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America,” Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he would preemptively rename the rest of the Great Lakes as “Lake Legal...
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Y'all can't imagine how hard I am praying for Weird Al to be really really really healthy right now.
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The Journal of Immaterial Science @immaterialscience.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
We’re proud to announce the launch of the smallest NMR ever invented: the 1 MHz spectrometer. PDF: www.immaterialscience.org/2026/pocketnmr
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Well dang.
A tweet by user "Thanos Fan Account" that says, "I've ranked the significance of a compliment based on who's giving it from most to least genuine", and then lists in order kids, old people, gay men, drunk girls you meet in the bathroom, random women on the street, siblings, friends, your mom, and straight men.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
To my American brethren (and sistren) who are disappointed in the current state of our nation, may I direct you to @countbinface.bsky.social as a potential hope. It's likely that he is not an American citizen and therefore not legally eligible to be President, but... *gestures vaguely*.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
1. Mitch McConnell suffered a fall on June 14 and has not been in the Senate for two months. But he's continued to get paid his salary of 174K/year. Since he entered the Senate in 1985, McConnell has voted against creating or expanding medical leave — paid and unpaid — at least 23 times.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Saw this last night at my local theater. (I think I had grabbed their recording of Bach's "Art of the Fugue" from Borders' going-out-of-business sale years ago; apart from that, I knew almost nothing about them.) What a dignified, cultured, and affectionate memorial this film turned out to be!
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Four Rational People
After nearly 50 years of making music together, the Emerson String Quartet plays its final notes.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Funny how no one asked russia to halt strikes on Ukrainian civilians.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
A tweet by user Ester Mae.  The image is of an ice cream machine with an inspirational slogan above it that says, "Anything is possible with ice cream,", with a handwritten sign taped to the dispenser that reads, "No ice cream."  Her comment is, "This feels like a metaphor for my entire life."
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Futurism @futurism.com · 04/08/2026
"You ask a question, and a person named Tucker reads it, thinks about it, and writes back when awake and motivated."
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New AI Chatbot Turns Out to Be One Overworked Guy Answering All the Messages by Hand
ChatTJB is a new "AI" — "average individual" — run by a guy named Tucker, who manually answers user queries.
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Brawlcats @brawlcats.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
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Veerender Singh Jubbal @veerenderjubbal.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Sam Altman
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cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night:
connect your family calendars and explain your kids' interests.
every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid's soccer game that afternoon, one kid's upcoming birthday, some news, etc.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
I really wish I were smart enough to read "Finnegan's Wake".
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Forgive me, Father, for I have sinned. I wore Crocs on a hiking trail.
A photograph taken looking down at a man's feet, which are shod in navy blue Crocs, while he is standing on a trail of medium brown sand with a few rocks in view.  He is clad like a Dad in putty cargo shorts, showing off embarrassingly pasty white legs.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
JFC.
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US government map of Africa mislabels every country at global conference
State department ‘takes full responsibility’ for erroneous, widely shared chart displayed at Aids conference in Brazil
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Camping this weekend, so obligatory rrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeepost. (I never learn.)
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Saw Nolan's "Odyssey" tonight. Definitely more Nolan than Homer, but still incredibly well done. Polyphemus' appearance ranks up there with the Balrog's in LotR in terms of "oh sh*t" moments. My daughter and I giggled in delight at times about how masterfully he hit the beats of the story.
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Gingerspiced @gingerspiced.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Pete Hegseth: "We need our warriors to embrace the Spartan mindset" U.S. Military: *suffers crushing defeat to the Persians*
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I have noticed some odd communication patterns from friends over the years. (I live in SE Pennsylvania.) One is dropping "to be", viz., "Better but needs [to be] tweaked." Another is dropping "with", viz., "All done [with] your lunch?" It just drives me crazy to hear caveman speak.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Who woulda thunk it? 🤣
newsweek.com
Ranking of 10 worst states to live is entirely Republican, sparks backlash
Tennessee was ranked by CNBC as the worst state to live in for 2026, followed by Texas, Indiana, Louisiana and Georgia.
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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.
TORONTO STAR
BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction
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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Kudos #BookSky
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
static.klipy.com
Bill Hader as Keith Morrison Eating Popcorn
Alt: Bill Hader of Saturday Night Live as Keith Morrison eating popcorn while smiling and nodding maniacally with eyes wide open
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Mitch Wolfe @whrwlfthrwlf85v.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Happy 163rd anniversary today to Colonel Chamberlain forcing the Confederates off of Little Round Top at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Fix Bayonets - Gettysburg
YouTube video by Johnny's War Stories
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
This was one of my favorite posters on Fark back in the day. LAUGHTER OL.
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Meow Said the Dog to Judge
Hello all my name is Meow Said the Dog. I like the court shows and I like to see everything from both sides. Some days I discuss issues of the world from both sides then I am the judge of them. On ...
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Looks like I have a Stockhausen piece on my playlist now....
A spartan timeline titled "Music History" in which the only two events noted are (earlier) "Lully accidentally kills self with conducting rod" and (later) "A helicopter string quartet lmao"
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Would almost make teaching the Crisis of the Third Century to high school students worthwhile to be able to mention this guy. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupienus
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Pupienus - Wikipedia
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Saw "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" for the first time (!) this afternoon in my local theater. I found it sweet (almost to the point of being saccharine) and silly. A few observations:
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Alexander Glass @alexanderglass.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
At the University of Adelaide, you can apparently do a masters in mansplaining.
Large poster advertising the University of Adelaide shows a man explaining something to five (bored looking) women.
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Wristy @wristroom.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Wife: you're doing it wrong Financial adviser: you're spending too much Dentist: you're brushing wrong Fitness app: you're walking too slow ChatGPT: your idea for self-eating pancakes is PURE GENIUS and will change life as we know it for EVER
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Thierry Ennui @heisenbergkamp.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
(A) incredible and (B) an excuse to post this
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ceej @ceej.online · 16/06/2026
REPUBLICAN SENATOR: Democrats want you to believe that sending FIVE MILLION DOLLARS of YOUR tax money to MEXICO to “manage” the “Dick Exploding Spider” population is “normal” SAME SENATOR SIX MONTHS LATER: (walking like a saddle-sore cowboy) This is the greatest public health crisis of our lives,
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Happy solstice!
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Jason Dogwood 💙 🏳️‍🌈 🌱 @jasondogwood.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
His toughest opponent yet turned out to be photosynthesis. #AlgaeGate
Photo of a bridge over a roadway with large white letters attached to the railing spelling out: “HE CAN'T EVEN WIN A WAR AGAINST ALGAE.” The sign references recent problems with algae growth in the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
In my hometown of Houston this weekend. Have missed the impressively loud, sustained thunderstorms. Have not missed the 1000% humidity and the film of sweat and ick that instantly forms upon my skin upon leaving air conditioning.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Saw "Sullivan's Travels" for the first time last night. What an unpredictable and delightful ride it was! Between it and seeing "Casablanca" again last week, it's apparent I ought to watch more films from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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Seth Skorkowsky @sskorkowsky.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
I know a group of Call of Cthulhu Investigators when I see one.
Image from SCTV
Joe Flaherty as Count Floyd, John Candy as Dr. Tongue, Martin Short as Ed Grimley, and Eugene Levy as Bruno.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Explain your @ I'm intrigued by Mithraism's place in the Roman Empire.
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Tauroctonist @tauroctonist.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The GirlDinnerCircleJerk subreddit has been 🔥 lately. www.reddit.com/r/GirlDinner...
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From the GirlDinnerCircleJerk community on Reddit: Coming to flex on ya’ll and your man children
Explore this post and more from the GirlDinnerCircleJerk community
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