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german🇩🇪-british🇬🇧-australian🇦🇺, coffee☕️, rose wine🍷, no longer straight🏳️‍🌈, work in it💻, live in melbourne🌦

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Figure skating world championships were considered to be for men only until 1902, when Madge Syers showed up and took home silver and the ISU went "whooooops guess we need to segregate them."

It happened again in 1992 Olympic skeet shooting: Zhang Shan took gold and then they segregated the event.

07.03.2025 03:17 — 👍 9554    🔁 4475    💬 69    📌 69

Reminder that a perk here is the ability to block entire lists of abusive accounts that others have compiled. This one was my very first, and it continues to happily erase spammers, bots, and dishonest accounts from my feed. Click 'Subscribe' for the block option.

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12.11.2024 17:21 — 👍 60    🔁 42    💬 2    📌 1
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And this is what I’m getting at with this image: while modern English-speakers use the names Santa, St Nick, Father Christmas, and Kris Kringle synonymously, they have different origins and served different functions and the convergence was late (get it here www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/1723... )

23.12.2023 23:42 — 👍 222    🔁 63    💬 8    📌 9

I solved 🚂Trainle #73 in 9 guesses.
🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟧🟥🟧🟩🎉
stevage.github.io/trainle

01.12.2023 10:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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NOT LONG NOW!

It’s 1 day till the launch of the Midsumma Festival program for 2024, kicking off your year with LGBTQ+ art, culture, fun & a tonne of pride.

I can’t wait to share with you two works I’m producing for #Midsumma, as well as other events I’m proud to be a part of.

Not long now…..

27.11.2023 06:19 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

I solved 🚂Trainle #68 in 4 guesses.
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stevage.github.io/trainle

26.11.2023 10:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
ALWAYS SUPPORT THE BOTTOM

ALWAYS SUPPORT THE BOTTOM

A friendly Thanksgiving reminder from the allies who make disposable aluminum pans:

21.11.2023 18:00 — 👍 114    🔁 20    💬 2    📌 5
19.11.2023 02:56 — 👍 32    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

Oops
www.theregister.com/2023/10/05/e...

05.10.2023 23:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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1st beach day of the season

01.10.2023 00:01 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It’s amazing how you normally don’t see your nose. Your brain filters it out. That is of course until someone talks about not seeing it.

16.09.2023 04:22 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting YMMV, based on where you are

Friends shouldn't let their friends use Google Chrome www.theregister.com/2023/09/06/g...

06.09.2023 23:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Grinder chats and work teams chats have a lot in common..

04.09.2023 04:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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‘Beer goggles’ study finds alcohol does not make people seem better looking US research casts doubt on anecdotal evidence, but suggests drinking may give you ‘courage’ to approach attractive people

How disappointing
www.theguardian.com/society/2023...

30.08.2023 05:20 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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