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A couplet short of a sonnet

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A few guppies short of an aquarium. A flux capacitor short of a time machine. A few sandwiches short of a picnic. A few soldiers short of an army. A couple of dilithium crystals short of a warp core. A few students short of a revolution. A few Ferrero...
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The Ides Of March
Conservation status: Least Concern
Classification: Non-native, non-invasive

This meme population has persisted in the pre-internet ecosystem since 44 BC, but for over a millennium the meme remained at very low population levels. Introduction to the theater habitats of England in approximately 1599 by an early meme ecologist (also notable for the introduction of such memes as Damned Spot and To Be Or Not To Be) caused a population boom that has led to the continued stable population of Ides of March despite the extinction or near extinction of the Ides of other months and all known Nones and Kalends.

The Ides Of March, like many other calendar memes such as April 25th (The Perfect Date), Thursday The 20th, and It's October 3rd, has a life cycle that can confuse amateur memeologists. These memes benefit greatly from the presence of scheduled posts in the ecosystem, appearing absent until their highly specific time, when the memes all bloom simultaneously and dominate the dashes of many users.

The annual bloom of the Ides of March meme is almost here!

For those who are new to the tumblr ecosystem, it can be overwhelming, but even for the rest of us, it's a sight to behold! This Ides of March, remember to take a few minutes to stop and smell the refreshing aroma of emperor blood. Spring is here!

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catgirlhell

its official: tumblr is selling our data to Midjourney

we'd been hearing rumors about this for a bit but now its open and out there. some details from this article

it goes without saying, but if @staff goes through with this its going to be an utter shitshow and im all but certain the website will not survive it.

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evilwizard

everyone go enable this immediately

you need to go to your blog -> your blog’s settings. then scroll down to the visibility section. on the app it’s just labeled “visibility.” (it can be a bit confusing because it’s not under “general settings” or “privacy settings”—you have to specifically go to “blog settings.”)

you have to do this individually for each separate side-blog. i can not believe staff didn’t inform us about this before implementing it

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bananaclaws

Bjo Trimble is the First Lady of Star Trek. She and her husband, John, organized the original Save Star Trek campaigns that kept the original series on the air for the third season in the 1960s. She edited and published the Star Trek Concordance, the amazing reference work that predated our Encyclopedia. She and John organized countless conventions, art shows, and other fannish events, including the legendary Equicon.

In 1976, she mobilized fandom to persuade President Gerald Ford to name the first space shuttle, Enterprise. Bjo's daughter, Laura, reminds us that Bjo turns 90 on August 15th.

She probably won't see birthday greetings posted on social media, but if you're grateful to her, too, you might consider sending a birthday card to her at

Bjo Trimble

California Veterans Home

700 East Naples Court

Chula Vista, CA 91911

United States

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The first look at Shipwrecked Comedy's The Case of the Greater Gatsby - a new audio narrative coming July 26th!

THE CASE OF THE GREATER GATSBY Written and created by Sean Persaud and Sinead Persaud Directed by William J. Stribling Produced by Sean Persaud, Sinead Persaud, and Mary Kate Wiles Recorded by Ears Up Audio and Noah Hunt Audio Edited by Lizzie Goldsmith Music by Dylan Glatthorn

FEATURING Sean Persaud as Ford Phillips and Jimmy Stewart Sinead Persaud as Fig Wineshine Curt Mega as The Announcer Mary Kate Wiles as Vivian Nightingale Matthew Mercer as Officer Mo Beats Brian Rosenthal as Rex Punchwhistle Julia Cho as Sheilah Graham Sarah Grace Hart as Wilhelmina Vanderjetski Dante Swain as Bixby Crane Tommy Hobson as Barnaby Nightingale Lauren Lopez as Penny Nickelpenny Lesli Margherita as Mel Hammermeister Tom DeTrinis as Cliff Calloway Joanna Sotomura as Claudette Knickerbocker Joey Richter as Dash Gunfire

Video edited by Sean Persaud, featuring clips from "The Case of the Gilded Lily," shot by Alex Gallitano

Kickstarted by 921 accomplished sleuths

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heatherfield
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