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Elegy

a poem of serious reflection; a lament for the dead (ex. a poem that is read for the dead); lament; requiem; dirge

Alan MacEachern

@alanmaceachern.bsky.social

Elegy for a golden goal.

Do you remember where you were when you read "Do Your Remember Where You Were?"? Still the greatest thing that I, or anyone, ever wrote about hockey, or anything.

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/do-y...

or try smry.ai/proxy?url=ht...

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Trenchant

to be vigorous or incisive in expression or style; having energy; to be vigorous; cutting incisive or keen (more often used)

Warrior Chode 69

@schmarriorchode69.bsky.social

One day I am going to do a satire of the transatlantic food chat. And it will be the most devastatingly trenchant analysis of the whole affair heh

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Puerile

childishly silly or trivial; immature; infantile; babyish

🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social

@sophialarkrose.bsky.social

Hahahahahahaha

France, to a corrupt United States of America, who still thinks Trump should stand for them:

“The SCOTUS decision highlights the importance of counterweights” to a [corrupt, raddled, senile, psychopathic, puerile, unstable, unhinged, vile, monstrous] United States President.”

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Potentate

A person who has great power (ex. king, ruler, dictator)

Opie or Victor

@zoomarang.bsky.social

@stephaniemiller.bsky.social they incessantly lie as if in worship of the lying potentate they pay obeisance to . I guess money doesn’t buy courage or happiness

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Livid

incredibly angry; enraged; infuriated; outraged

Moonshadow

@adfonteslogos.bsky.social

I'm livid. These people didn't sell out. What the hell happened in Virginia? Who sold us out? 600+ centers.
It must have been for an enormous sum.

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Beguile

charm or enchant (someone), sometimes in a deceptive way

Improbable Maps

@improbablemaps.bsky.social

The map's form: mosaic
It shows: context
Its purpose: to beguile

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Transgression

act that goes against a law or rule; offense; crime; sin

Andylanechapman

@andylanechapman.bsky.social

Power play in baseball - you get to remove one fielder. What would the transgression be. A balk? An error? Work shopping here

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Indolent

to be lazy; to want avoid activity or exertion; lazy; idle; slothful; loafing; languid; sluggish; lethargic

第一の手記.

@talesofmacabre.bsky.social

granting no space to think or feel, why did the soft, indolent earth thus greet me with the shock of a steel plate? did the soft earth turn to steel only to show me my own softness? that nature might bring home to me

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Pervade

spread throughout all parts of something; to fill

emily north

@north0fnorth.tgirl.gay

this is the mindset of the people being given tens of millions to develop the useless ai tools that pervade silicon valley and quite frankly i think we should all be existentially horrified by it

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Subpoena

a legal summons telling someone to go to court

Diane

@dianeiam.bsky.social

Might it be time to subpoena Michael Cohen? I’m sure he was not completely in the dark about Trump’s perversions.

@oversightdemocrats.bsky.social

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