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obligatory origins repost.

Raspberry and chocolate do not compliment each other.

US Patent drawing for perforated toilet paper roll, patented December 22, 1891. by S. Wheeler

i for one would rather post about tear-offs. 🧻

Difficult decision. I had a risky opportunity once, didn't take it. I often think about how life would have been so much different, not better but very different.

A couple of years ago a modern Dutch train got stuck after the overhead lines broke.
Luckily an 1922 steam train from a nearby museum came to the rescue and pulled the modern train home.

What a glorious photo.

Hi! I'm trying to use this platform more often now. 😺

"Obviously, swords are male."

The swordmaster gave the student a tired look. "No."

"But sheaths must be fema-"

"Sheaths exist to protect swords from the world, and vice versa. Swords exist to kill and maim."

"Or be pretty," another student said.

"Indeed. And those roles aren't male or female."

A daye wythout anachronism ys lyke Emily Dickinson wythout her lightsaber.

Good to know! It's a very hardy species, survives in a wide variety of climate zones.

Busy life! Other than paperwork, I hope your end-of-year is a good one! Stay well -

I assume the "t" in his last name is silent

Sigh. I did not need to know about this. I will be looking for the end of season sales now.

More than anything else, I am pissed AF that we had/have a global pandemic and we *totally fucking skipped the roaring 20s* and went straight to fascism. I want drunkenness! I want excess! I want flappers! 0/10 do not recommend.

Today's mood.

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The Thousands of Local Elections That Will Shape Criminal Justice Policy in 2024 Counties across the nation are electing DAs and sheriffs next year. <i>Bolts</i> guides you through the early hotspots.

There are *thousands* of sheriff & DA elections in 2024. And filing deadlines are already passing!

So I jumped into them, identifying the 2,200+ races & reviewing early hotspots.

Bail, CJ reform, jail deaths, immigrants' rights: here's why they matter. NEW:

What a fulfilling day you are having! 😺

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Julius Caesar justified his conquest of England by claiming that the inhabitants were ignorant barbarians on account of the fact that although they had milk, they didn't make cheese.

That might be the most Italian justification of colonialism I've ever heard.

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CFP: A Cultural History of Trans Lives in the Middle Ages (300-1450) CFP: A Cultural History of Trans Lives in the Middle Ages (300-1450) We warmly invite submissions to contribute to A Cultural History of Trans Lives in the Middle Ages (300-1450), edited by J. D. Sa...

Medieval! Trans! Now! Micah Goodrich and I are soliciting abstracts and answering questions about the (long) medieval volume of the Cultural History of Trans Lives until the end of the month. Cfp here for more details: bit.ly/CHTLvol2

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why some people be mad at me sometimes they ask me to remember but they want me to remember their memories and i keep on remembering mine.

LUCILLE CLIFTON, everybody

Ignoring Dire Warnings, Seattle Public Library Obtains Only Remaining Copy of Necronomicon: bit.ly/46rmG2l

She obviously feels at home
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