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@johntolva.bsky.social

Cities, humanities, constellations, and reefs. http://ascentstage.com

382 Followers  |  1,293 Following  |  39 Posts  |  Joined: 21.05.2023  |  1.6046

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Pomologist. Whipstaff. Aboiteau. #termsfromtoday

20.10.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Orlop deck. Scorbutic. Cephalofoil. #termsfromtoday

30.09.2025 22:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Critical opalescence. Williwaws. Rhodolith. #termsfromtoday

26.09.2025 23:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wetpot. Crustose. Familect. #termsfromtoday

18.09.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spat. Speciose. Symposiarch. #termsfromtoday

16.09.2025 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mudita. Genet. Heterodyne. #termsfromtoday

11.09.2025 03:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Subfossil. Prosopometamorphopsia. Flumi. #termsfromtoday

04.09.2025 02:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Deuteragonist. Cicatrix. Taphonomy. #termsfromtoday

28.08.2025 16:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Riprap. Steeplejack. Malacology. #termsfromtoday

12.08.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why can’t all phone calls begin with handshake data like dial-up modems? Who is this? How fast can you talk? How will I know what you have said is accurate after you say it?

16.07.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image 13.06.2025 16:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely agree. We should do this again for friends, Dan.

05.06.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oppilation. Ultramontanism. Beestings. #termsfromtoday

30.05.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Signary. Taxogram. Achiote. #termsfromtoday

20.05.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Varve. Deperm. Beaver-bombing. #termsfromtoday

12.05.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Trip Down Witch Lane Prefer to listen to this post? Good evening, fellow travelers! Dust off those walking shoes or mount your beast of burden because on this journey we’re traveling down a single road. It’s a relative…

After many long months homeless but not unhoused, it’s move-in day on Witch Lane. Why Witch Lane? As this tale suggests, sometimes it’s best not to ask. For the incautious, read on …

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07.05.2025 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Instantons. Chicleros. Mozzarella Phase. #termsfromtoday

01.05.2025 10:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mareel. Diabolical points. Failson. #termsfromtoday

26.04.2025 18:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Toponymy. Microform. Marabout. #termsfromtoday

21.04.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

SanterΓ­a. BrujerΓ­a. Granny magic. #termsfromtoday

15.04.2025 12:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Le Grand DΓ©rangement. Jeteur de sorts. Covenstead. #termsfromtoday

12.04.2025 01:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Kurtosis. Silviculture. Widow’s walk. #termsfromtoday

09.04.2025 22:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Imposthume. Phagostimulant. CinΓ©ma vomitif. #termsfromtoday

07.04.2025 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Feculence. Titivate. Polhode. #termsfromtoday

06.04.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Piacular. Strandline. Blatherskite. #termsfromtoday

05.04.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Birdsong On a trip to visit my son recently I spotted a number of birds sitting on what I think were power cables strung across the highway. (Perhaps they were looking out for wildfires.) I was immediately …

Taking beauty where I can find it. Here are birds perched on electrical wires as musical notation: www.ascentstage.com/archives/202...

19.03.2025 10:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Unfriendly Confines Prefer to listen to this post? You’re in a box. It’s dark. There’s only one thing to focus on. You really can’t make noise. Are you in a coffin or are you in a movie theater? Greetings, travelers! …

If national crisis is an affliction, writing about horror movies is part of my attempt at inoculation.

Latest: the micro-subgenre of single location/claustrophobia films:

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01.03.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am the namesake of Ivan Benyo Oprishko, a proud Ukrainian-American, WWII veteran, diehard Cubs fan, and the strongest man I ever knew. My grandpa.

I was reminded of all his best attributes watching Zelensky refuse to bend his knee to the useful idiots in the Oval Office.

Stand with Ukraine.

01.03.2025 11:42 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hiya Q! Just now hitting my Bluesky stride. How are you?

17.02.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hell On Wheels: https://johntolva.micro.blog/2025/01/30/hell-on-wheels.html

30.01.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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