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The Lexorcist @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I’m at the Pizza Hut. I’m at the house of leaves. I’m at the combi s n e a v t a i e o l n fo esuoh & tuh azzip

Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My one big priority in Tokyo was to visit a tiny little shop called Uchū-mura, run by a fellow with an enormous collection of meteorites. For this trip’s memento material, I picked up a few: a slice of nickel-iron meteorite with olivine crystals, and a couple nickel-iron meteorites

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Visited a doujinshi shop called Mandarake, where I found this gem in the FFXIV section

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Today’s my second full day in Tokyo, and you know what? I get it. I understand now, at least a little bit, the effusive joy that lights peoples’ eyes when they talk about visiting

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hi there @tripecollie.bsky.social ! When did you go to Pawpads Tokyo?

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Oo, you made my words BETTER

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Woke up this morning with memories of tomorrow, so vivid and clear that I was sure it had already happened. When I sat up, I realized that no, it can’t have happened, because that was tomorrow, and I remembered that nobody swims through through the sky

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Shaaloani Roadhead 🔜 Claws Out @hyenablood.yeen.world · 28/09/2026

who wants to learn a scent thing I just learned geosmin is the compound responsible for the smell of rain on dry soil which I already knew but apparently we're 200000x more sensitive to it than sharks are to blood, a dilution equivalent to 1 teaspoon in 200 olympic pools????

Geosmin (CAS 19700-21-1, C₁₂H₂₂O, MW 182.30) is a bicyclic sesquiterpene alcohol — specifically, (4S,4aS,8aR)-4,8a-dimethyloctahydronaphthalen-4a(2H)-ol. It is the principal odorant of wet earth. Not an abstraction: the actual molecule your nose detects when rain lands on dry soil, when a beetroot is sliced open, when a Streptomyces colony sporulates in garden compost.

The compound was isolated and named in 1965 by Nancy N. Gerber and Hubert A. Lechevalier at Rutgers University, from cultures of Streptomyces griseus. The name derives from Greek: geō (earth) + osmḗ (smell). Gerber elucidated its structure in 1968 as trans-1,10-dimethyl-trans-9-decalol. Its biosynthesis — from farnesyl diphosphate via germacradienol, through a bifunctional terpene synthase — was not fully resolved until 2007 by Jiang, Cane et al.

Human sensitivity to geosmin is extraordinary. The detection threshold of the natural (−)-enantiomer sits between 5 and 15 parts per trillion — roughly one teaspoon dissolved in 200 Olympic swimming pools. The (+)-enantiomer is approximately 11 times less potent. This hyper-sensitivity is not accidental: geosmin signals the presence of water in soil, which held obvious survival value for early hominids. The olfactory receptor OR11A1 has been identified as the primary detector.

Geosmin is produced by Streptomyces (actinobacteria), several genera of cyanobacteria, and certain fungi including Penicillium species. It is the molecule behind the earthy flavour of beetroot and the muddy taint in catfish raised in pond aquaculture. In water treatment, its presence at concentrations as low as 10 ng/L triggers consumer complaints — a persistent headache for municipal utilities worldwide.

To put that in context, a shark can smell blood at one part per million. That means human noses are 200,000X more sensitive to geosmin, which is also the source of the earthy taste in some vegetables, than a shark is to blood. No wonder I hate the taste of beets, my nose is probably better than yours.

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Rabosa al Forn @rabosaalforn.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

"Is it ready?" "I don't think..." "Did I hear it's ready??" "... let me check..." Mustelids are not the most patient creatures on earth. -- I feel like using traditional media again lately. I guess I needed a change.

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A very happy birthday to you!

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Am thrilled to be hosting a certain motorcycle-riding rudderbutt this weekend, visiting from our neighboring state up north. It’s been too long!

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Marten, there’s a fair amount of lexical ambiguity in that statement, and I’m gonna need some clarification as to which of the multiple interpretations were the intended message, here

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A catastrophic success

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

But surely you’re interested in new experiences….? No? Damnit, nobody wants to come to my theme park. I guess I should be happy those cenobites are such frequent repeat customers…. *grumbles*

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

♫ Come with me and we’ll see a whole world of testicular torsion~! ♫

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s a darn good weight for a cover! Semigloss?

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Ooo what kind of paper stock, and what paper weight?

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🏳️‍⚧️ Kiara Pendragon ∍⧽⧼∊ Godslayer 🏳️‍🌈 @aapur.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

They fired so many artists over this too. People who helped make the game iconic were tossed out on the street because the Slop Faucet could do it "decent enough". If you still play Fortnite, you're funding the hyper-acceleration of AI replacing Artists in Gaming

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Stuart D @max-fan.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

EU citizens, this one is for you. This is not like US change dot org nonsense that doesn't actually do anything. This is an actual legal thing that if they get 1M+ signatures the EU commission has requirements

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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026

Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Got a couple vaccines yesterday, for the flu and for this year’s Covid, and while I’m pretty darn tired the worst of it is the soreness of the muscle that received them. I’m practically itching to have someone punch it so that at least the ache is a little more spread out.

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gryphoneer @gryphoneer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

sam hyde is a known nazi asshole who is attempting to trick furries into participating in a big-brother-as-imagined-by-kiwifarms reality show. so if you or someone you know consider going to "furry meetup" in manhattan, for your own safety don't go

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Kaz Coyotl 𓃦 @mow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Also, thank you @mugamma.bsky.social for teaching me that playing chase is a roadrunner courtship behavior:

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Just resigned as an instructor at the Gem and Mineral Society, and my Saturdays are free again!

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It’s a skill you develop, and your body learns to adjust to the sensation of the contact lens itself. Like anything else, it’s down to practice

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

…Was it you? Were you the coworker?

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The first day of fermentation was incredibly vigorous, and had a blowout. I both ran out of time and forgot to deal with it on day 1, so I finally got around to washing and re-sterilizing it last night. Hopefully I avoided contamination, but the juice had a long time to erupt through the airlock.

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

And then there’s this banger from the capstone movie, “Toki Ni Ai Wa,” a vocal piece that’s been bouncing around my head for most of this last week. It’s been ridiculously fun to hum along to in the quiet moments and the still places: youtu.be/l1HiVXR0Sno

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Toki ni Ai wa- Shojo Kakumei Utena

YouTube video by Madame Butterfly

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Then there’s “Sunlit Garden,” piano standalone piece that manages to capture its titular peace and quietude while conveying a through-line of unresolved longing: youtu.be/YA6lojq1szE

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Hikari Sasu Niwa - Shoujo Kakumei Utena Soundtrack 1 I 04

YouTube video by Shoujo Kakumei Utena Soundtrack

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Watched the Utena movie this weekend for the first time in decades, and my god, I’d forgotten just how good the music was in the series as a whole. Utena’s own theme is this beautiful, brash declaration of a piece: youtu.be/ReLf2Zii8N8

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Gakuen no SCARLET (UTENA no THEME) - Shoujo Kakumei Utena Soundtrack 1 I 05

YouTube video by Shoujo Kakumei Utena Soundtrack

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Must be a demographic I don’t interact with much, because the most positive portrayal of an HOA I’ve heard of could be categorized as “begrudging tolerance”

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I called up family for advice, and was supplied with “applesauce, apple cake, apple torte, or apple dumplings.” That latter of which is essentially pie crust encasing a peeled and cored apple, baked.

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Specific gravity is 1.059 on this one to start, and I expect it’ll go down straight to 1.0, or darn near it. If so, it’ll run to just a hair under 7.5% ABV

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Brew day! This time around, we’re making one gallon of hard cider from heirloom apple juice, and Lalvin EC-1118 yeast. No idea what level of sugar to expect, but with this yeast it’ll definitely go dry. If this one goes well, I’ll look into some larger batches with some generic unfiltered cider

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

♫ Thar she blows! Thar she blows again! ♫ youtu.be/CZXLLMbJdZ4

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The La's - There She Goes

YouTube video by TheLasVEVO

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’ve been having the urge, these last few weeks, to find a copy of Halloween 3 and watch it. Not sure if this is pure nostalgia, or if I just really want something silly and goofy

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Note to self. The isles known as the Hebrides are not pronounced “He-Brides”

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Recommend taking the pharmaceutical industry’s approach: tack on a singular inert atom and call it brand new, an innovation

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Joseph Fink, we're going to win @planetoffinks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What if I pirate/buy second hand/etc. my Harry Potter stuff? You are still keeping her cultural relevance alive, which is how she keeps getting big money deals Also, you are immersing yourself in the creative output of a bigot. It is time to let it go. You are required to let it go.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Vert @vertanir.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I see what you did there

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