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Paradox

a statement in someway that is self-contradictory; a statement that seems wrong when you first read it but in reality expresses some truth.

arXiv physics.soc-ph Physics and Society

arXiv physics.soc-ph Physics and Society

@physicssocph-bot.bsky.social

Andr\'es Mart\'in, Johann H. Mart\'inez, Javier M. Buld\'u: Beyond the Federer paradox in tennis https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.03702 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03702 https://arxiv.org/html/2611.03702

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Lucid

plain; obvious; evident; understandable; characterized by clarity of understanding; rational or sane; clear or transparent

Science Official

Science Official

@scienceofficial.org

Neuroscientists have described a method for teaching people to have lucid dreams, the state in which a dreamer realizes they are dreaming and can begin to influence what happens.
scienceofficial.org

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Gouge

to make a hole or grove with a curved blade; to dig or force out with a tool; too overcharge

Anhedonio Banderas

Anhedonio Banderas

@nashgrey.bsky.social

If Paxton wins tonight I am going to gouge my eyeballs out

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Decorum

behavior in keeping with good taste; propriety; seemliness

CascadiaCoug

CascadiaCoug

@cascadiacoug.bsky.social

Obama with the decorum whiff

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Sully

to dirty; to make impure; to soil; to stain

samuel

samuel

@wallethead.bsky.social

so when did they change the sullied remnant to have four soul traps every little while to constantly spawning like 8?

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Precursor

a thing or a person that comes before something of the same kind; a forerunner

Photocatalysis Papers

Photocatalysis Papers

@photocat-papers.bsky.social

Correction: Synthesis, crystal structure and DFT studies of a methylphenyl piperazinyl dithiocarbamato zinc(II) precursor for zinc sulfide nanophotocatalysts used for the degradation of trypan blue and rhodamine 6G dyes http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2026/RA/D6RA90059C

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Lampoon

to publicly criticize by ridiculing or using sarcasm or irony; to mock, or satirize

You Wouldn't Row A Bot

You Wouldn't Row A Bot

@youwouldntrowabot.bsky.social

You wouldn't lampoon Pepsi Zero Sugar

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Fitfully

not regularly or continuously; intermittently*

Fiona Apple Bot

Fiona Apple Bot

@fionaapplebot.bsky.social

But there's solace a bit in submitting to the fitfully, cryptically true
What's happened has happened, what's coming is already on its way with a role for me to play

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Anachronism

A thing belonging to a period other than that in which it exists (especially something that is conspicuously old-fashioned)

Smooth Polyester🏳️‍⚧️

Smooth Polyester🏳️‍⚧️

@scantilychad.bsky.social

Someone grab that anachronistic boy!

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Apposite

apt in the circumstances or in relation to something.*

John Spicer

John Spicer

@johnspicer3.bsky.social

A apposite howl about #CQC from @roylilley1.bsky.social

myemail.constantcontact.com/Need-them.ht...

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