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Gambol

to run or jump about in a playful way (implies a general joy); frolic; skip; dance; leap; prance;

Eléna de M H

@mellohog.bsky.social

Please gambol responsibly. #TheArchers

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Ambivalence

having mixed feelings; contradictory ideas about something or someone; doubt; hesitancy; unsureness; uncertainty

Robert Saunders

@robertsaunders.bsky.social

Part of a discussion with @igmansfield.bsky.social on why history teaching should *not* aim to inculcate "pride" (or, indeed, "shame"). And why citizenship is better served by recognising complexity and moral ambivalence, even in people and societies we might admire.
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Mar

to damage (slightly); to spoil; to disfigure or deface

New York Magazine

@nymag.com

Many movies have been marred by disastrous experiences on set, but rarely have those experiences been so vehemently litigated and relitigated. Reeves Wiedeman reports on the battle between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively, which may end up being the greatest Hollywood shitshow of all time.

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Lumber

to move clumsily or heavily

Newsnow

@dami52.bsky.social

On County Road M-16 just north of Shelby, a 2010 Apache 715 farm sprayer's lumbering north and starts its left hook into a driveway, but before it clears, a 19-year-old Jacob Buman from Harlan, Iowa, on his 2008 Kawasaki, clips the rear hard while heading the same way https://whstle.site/wwrrr/

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Aerie

1. a large nest of a bird of prey (especially eagle or falcon) somewhere high up 2. a house that is built somewhere high up

Fortune

@fortune.com

Aerie launched a fresh campaign last month doubling down on that long-established policy of celebrating realistic beauty, with an ad mocking the limitations of AI. https://https://bit.ly/4taGbGW

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Precipitate

to cause an event to happen (usually a negative connotation); bring about; bring rise to; provoke; trigger

k-punk demon hunter

@thelastinstance.bsky.social

Naturally I can't stop thinking about red and blue buttons.

I start with the meta-rule that you should identify the universal maxim and follow it on the basis that everyone follows the meta-rule.

The universal maxim is 2-parts.

1: "You should not precipitate a blue-contaminated situation"

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Multifarious

having many different parts; numerous and varied

Dr. Tea, Cake, & Revolution.

@witwarrior.bsky.social

From the beginning, people have been aware of the multifarious moral injuries inflicted on millions of citizens when a man like Trump attains power. More slowly, we’ve understood that there are also injuries to sanity: Constant lying and gaslighting undermines a whole nation’s grasp of reality.

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Inert

having no action; doesn't do anything; a person that can't do anything

GirlFuturist

@girlfuturist.bsky.social

Sewage magically made inert and even useful... a mind-bogglingly vast unseen system that cleans your crap and sends it out to sea, engineering and science front to back. And the resultant gas produced runs the plant, saving $62M a year in power bills https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/30/newsletters/sewage-deer-island/?et_rid=371877843&s_campaign=globesmostpopular:newsletter&et_rid=371877843&s_campaign=globesmostpopular:newsletter

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