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Parley

a conference between opposing sides in a dispute

Dragon Age Codex

@dragonagecodex.bsky.social

There's no parleying with the king in the Chant!

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Attenuate

To weaken; make less strong; to reduce in force, intensity, quantity or even value; to make thin or slender

bioRxiv Neuroscience

@biorxiv-neursci.bsky.social

Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) immunomodulatory nanoparticles attenuate neuroinflammation and Alzheimer's disease-related pathology in 5xFAD mice https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.04.27.720934v1

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Delineate

1. to describe something very exactly 2. to trace the outline of; to sketch or trace an outline; to represent something in pictures or pictorially

Francia Oggi - Nizza24.it

@franciaoggi.com

Un saggio provocatorio ribalta il concetto di diritti dei lavoratori, equiparando la lotta sindacale a un accordo sessuale esplicito. Vengono delineate quattro clausole contrattuali per il 1° maggio: dall'orari...

Fonte: https://jessicacarterwilson.substack.com/p/four-positions-for-international

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Abstemious

to be sparing or moderate in drinking or eating (in general); not greedy; not self-endulgent; not indulging to excess.

Morg

@thorpa.bsky.social

Another day of perfectly balanced business, and pleasure, activity, and rest. I've accomplished lots of minor tasks, and been moderate, even abstemious with the booze, and nicotine. I call it a win.

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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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