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@marqcogan.bsky.social

A little bit of a lot of things, not much of anything. Bad software engineer, half-assed philosopher, theoretical woodworker, monoglot linguist. Rural France via Seattle via the Southwest via the actual South (Australia, specifically). Nerd.

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Pick up the nearest book. Turn to page 42, post the second sentence.

"Q: Is it ‘farmer's market’ or ‘farmers' market’ or ‘farmers market’?"

21.01.2026 13:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
repost if trans people should have dr pepper

repost if trans people should have dr pepper

20.12.2025 12:52 — 👍 7775    🔁 4864    💬 93    📌 167

A Lord of the Rings cover band called Gary Númenor.

20.12.2025 21:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A Lord of the Rings cover band called Sarumanfred Mann

20.12.2025 21:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Kangaroo
Echidna
Humpback Whale
Rattlesnake
Hedgehog

16.12.2025 17:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Also the name "Arthur" is from "Arctos", "The Bear".

14.12.2025 17:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I'm all over the secret menu stuff, but the fries tasted like powdered mashed potatoes reconstituted with paste.

30.11.2025 19:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My spouse and I literally rewatched Doublemeat Palace today.

30.11.2025 18:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I tried In-n-Out twice, and I'm 100% the audience for a Double-Double animal style. The fries totally, totally put me off.

30.11.2025 17:53 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A Eurasian kestrel perched on a fiber line against a backdrop of cherry laurel trees.

A Eurasian kestrel perched on a fiber line against a backdrop of cherry laurel trees.

Kestrel on the fiber line over my back yard, looking for mice in the grass below.

28.11.2025 15:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Happy World Linguistics Day from Eure, France!

26.11.2025 06:29 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Yes! I try hard when discussing potential hires at work to say "skilled" rather than "talented" -- "the candidate demonstrated solid coding skills" vs. "the candidate is a talented coder".

23.11.2025 21:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Spouse: Look, all of the nice smelling Christmas candles are out!

Me: We can get a few, but let’s not go overboard. Scents and sensibility.

Spouse: No.

22.11.2025 11:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

There isn’t, because in France we accept that FedEx will just decide not to deliver the package and claim nobody was at home no matter how vigilant you are.

19.11.2025 18:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
09.11.2025 21:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nouilles Ceintures Montmartre in Paris ;-)

07.11.2025 22:00 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A bowl of spicy pork biang biang noodles.

A bowl of spicy pork biang biang noodles.

@annaleen.bsky.social I read Automatic Noodle then immediately planned a trip into the city for this:

07.11.2025 20:13 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Also guys know that Vesuvius is quite famously in Italy.

05.11.2025 16:53 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu Rel'Lish wgah'nagl fhtagn?

22.10.2025 17:39 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Preview
Kirkland Signature Premium Quality Foodservice Aluminium ... Kirkland Signature all purpose, professional grade foodservice aluminium foil is ideal for use on all foods. Presented in a convenient, hard-wearing cardboard pack, with a hand-perforated edge for eas...

@gruber.foo 1.5 miles of foil isn't that much; it's just ten 200 meter rolls (like this: www.costco.co.uk/Grocery-Hous...)

20.10.2025 17:25 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I used to have a drug habit.

Then I started doing yoga.

Now I have a drug practice.

02.10.2025 21:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

📌

15.06.2025 14:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I used to live right next to it; it's very nice!

22.05.2025 10:33 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

“So, you’re an insurance adjuster?”

“Well, actuary…”

20.05.2025 10:16 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Wight? (Undead warrior looking for revenge)

13.02.2025 12:03 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Defying no stereotypes for my age, education, and ethnicity, I'm excited to pick up the new translation of Suetonius' The Twelve Ceasars the next time I'm in London.

29.01.2025 12:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

White is definitely the highest and blue the lowest, the others are closer together.

21.01.2025 21:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

W - B - G - R - U ?

21.01.2025 21:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

1, obviously.

25.12.2024 15:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is my example of the perfect pop song.

30.10.2024 16:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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