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@bryneclectic.bsky.social

๐Ÿฉป skelly made of stardust ๐ŸŒŒ per ardua ad astra ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป ๐Ÿ“– linguistics, literacy, libraries ๐Ÿ’– sci-fi fantasy media ๐ŸŽฎ ๐Ÿ™๏ธ minneapolitan, minnesnowtan ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ queer nerd, she/her ๐Ÿค“ ๐Ÿ’€ memento mori ~ memento vivere ๐ŸŒž

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watching @robwords.bsky.social vids after midnight is dangerous. *stays up until 4:30am iterating yet another phonetic English consonant orthography based on articulatory phonetics, and attempts to refine vowel triangle notation again* ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ #linguistics #alphabet #conlang #hyperfocus #flow #nightowl

21.11.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dreams and Determination - TCGSO Fall 2025 Concert YouTube video by Westmark Productions

๐ŸŽฎ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿคฉ www.youtube.com/live/YFw0MHR...
#Minneapolis #VideoGameMusic #WestmarkProductions #TCGSO #TwinCitiesGamerSymphonyOrchestra #livestream

21.11.2025 01:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Make your donation now - Wikimedia Foundation Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia and other crucial free knowledge projects. Each year, the generosity of the 2% of readers who donate allows us to expand the reac...

please, for the love of cheese, (and a free and informative internet, etc.), throw five bucks at Wikipedia donate.wikimedia.org/w/index.php #wikipedia #FreeInternet #InformationForEveryone #RabbitGoles #research #WhatWouldIDoWithoutIt #KnowledgeNerd #KnowledgeIsPower #EducationIsEmpowerment

18.11.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

just mis-thought "goat horse" as "hoat gorse" ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ #spoonerism #linguistics

17.11.2025 18:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ooooh thanks!

14.11.2025 18:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I discovered cortados in cafes shortly before the pandemic and very much enjoyed them. Haven't seen them much since, should keep an eye out/seek them out.

Also, ube sweetener!? like, a commercial product? or is it something you make at home??

14.11.2025 08:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

haha oops i misread this as the time between 11pm and 2am and was like, yup, literally right now is the non-time that I surface from and go whoops time for bed

14.11.2025 08:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Top companies canโ€™t explain why theyโ€™re using AI
YouTube video by Dave Jorgenson Top companies canโ€™t explain why theyโ€™re using AI

aaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrghhhhh ๐Ÿ˜ซ
youtube.com/shorts/wXHKD...

14.11.2025 07:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

what is time ๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ

10.11.2025 22:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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50 years ago, the Edmund Fitzgerald, a 'rock star' ship, sank in Lake Superior Twenty-nine sailors drowned when the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in the Great Lakes' icy waters on Nov. 10, 1975. The ship was immortalized in a surprise hit 1976 folk ballad by Gordon Lightfoot.

โš“ www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...

10.11.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

MAMDANI WON! :D

05.11.2025 02:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป๐Ÿ’–

29.10.2025 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

music can be such an amazing boost

29.10.2025 22:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the pitter-patter of rain, on the roof over our attic bedroom, in the middle of the night, is so soothing, so cozy ๐ŸŒง๏ธ๐Ÿ˜Œ

25.10.2025 08:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€ผ๏ธ

21.10.2025 18:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why aren't kids being taught to read? Scientific research has shown how children learn to read and how they should be taught. But many educators don't know the science and, in some cases, actively resist it. As a result, millions of kids ...

Emily Hanford started reporting on America's literacy education issues in 2018, which has been a catalyst for the shift to using the decades of settled, solid science of how people learn to read. www.apmreports.org/episode/2018... (can listen or read)

21.10.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Tzitzimitl - Wikipedia

lol wait i misread. not that the cat is named that. but a cool name/term anyway that i hadn't known of before! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzitzim...

20.10.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ridiculous cat (said with love). what a cool name! ๐Ÿ˜ป๐ŸŒŒ

20.10.2025 22:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ˜†๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ

20.10.2025 22:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Minnesota Ag Weather Network | Minnesota Department of Agriculture

listening to mpr news, misheard ag network as egg network, and imagined large egg-shaped/colored weather sensors on poles ๐Ÿฅš๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ looked up the ag weather network, neat-sounding program:
www.mda.state.mn.us/minnesota-ag...
#minnesota #weather #misheard

20.10.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
banner showing all three book covers of the "Between Earth and Sky" trilogy, titled "Black Sun", "Fevered Star", and "Mirrored Heavens", author Rebecca Roanhorse, and the summary "Inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into an epic of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic."

banner showing all three book covers of the "Between Earth and Sky" trilogy, titled "Black Sun", "Fevered Star", and "Mirrored Heavens", author Rebecca Roanhorse, and the summary "Inspired by the civilizations of the Pre-Columbian Americas and woven into an epic of celestial prophecies, political intrigue, and forbidden magic."

I finished Mirrored Heavens at 4am. Read Black Sun in 2020. Gods, what a world. Beautiful, complex, brutal, heart-wrenching, captivating. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿฉต #BookSky #RebeccaRoanhorse #BlackSun #FeveredStar #MirroredHeavens

12.09.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it bothers me to no end that it's grammar but hammer, hammer but grammar
#english #spelling #peeve #phonetics #vocalicr

02.05.2025 17:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

how cool! #landback

17.04.2025 15:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This campaign needs you now Save Americorps NCCC

AmeriCorps does so much for communities and members. cutting its budget is cruel and heartless and doesn't help America's future chng.it/q72p6277kq

17.04.2025 15:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

owamni.com indigenous cuisine
www.nps.gov/miss/planyou... city history
birchbarkbooks.com indigenous, woman-owned
www.minneapolisparks.org/parks-destin... then hike down to the mississippi
new.artsmia.org mpls institute of art
nemaa.org/art-a-whirl/ ART-A-WHIRL
and www.minneapolis.org/calendar/

12.04.2025 03:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

etymology found on #miriamwebsteronline

12.04.2025 03:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#til (pun not intended!) that the word is "till" not "'til" and it predates "until" and is not a contraction! #copyediting #etymology #garner #modernenglishusage #standardizedwrittenenglish #wordnerd

12.04.2025 03:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ignore the bog of hands

11.04.2025 03:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How Murderbot Saved Martha Wells' Life Martha Wells created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity. Then she faced an existential threat of her own.

In November, we spoke to @marthawells.com who created one of the most iconic characters in 21st-century science fiction: Murderbot, reluctant savior of humanity.

Here's how Murderbot saved her life.

10.04.2025 14:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 819    ๐Ÿ” 185    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 16

this is SO PRETTY I immediately bought a print. could you sell this as a phone background? I'll buy it!

10.04.2025 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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