and gathering swallows X in the skies

Joined April 2011
misogyny checkpoint: what’s the first tweet that shows up when you search “women” on your page ?
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Drop “the term.” It’s cleaner.
Trump says they will officially ban the term AI/artificial intelligence.
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When you try to get out of your cellular contract early
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Trying to be an actual grown-up in 2026 America
There’s Magic in Learning! 🪄
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Too many nights
guy reading 1001 nights like “what’s with all the subplots, get back to scheherazade”
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Standing my ground for Real America by ordering a White Chocolate Raspberry Truffle
Clinging to my guns and religion at the Greensboro Cheesecake Factory tonight.
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The Wikipedia page on Frederick the Great’s sexuality has this gem
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Ren fair? Uhhh have you met Kylo?
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and is there a Mrs. Mime?
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He was monitoring the situation
God put adam in the garden “to tend it”, but there’s no record of tending in the story. it’s paradise: what was he doing? unlikely he’d be watering. has to be weeding at minimum, but that isn’t very paradisiacal. i don’t even like keeping up with my lawn. maybe he wanted to leave
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Looking to the divine exemplar of the modern major general
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(walking into the final audition) EXEC: Whenever you’re ready ME: Bond is the name. I’m James Bond.
Jack Lowden and Callum Turner are among the final names in the running for James Bond. Final screen tests for Amazon MGM Studios' new 007 are set to happen in the next week. variety.com/2026/film/global…
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Banker who mixes up grammar always saying he works for Goods Fargo
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Using “sunset boulevard” as a euphemism for destroying a road
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Well it looks like I’m going to See Everything tonight…
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Nice pox you’ve got there… would be a shame if it were on your house
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Like all conventional writing advice this is only helpful for low-level students and bad if codified as a rule. There are plenty of good reasons you might prefer to use the longer, fancier word in a given context: for rhythm, register, phonetic texture, etc.
David Foster Wallace discusses Pretentious Language
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Lindsey Graham gay? Who’s next, Liberace?
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Pronouncing “performative” like recitative
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