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Palatial

resembling a palace or looking like a palace; luxurious; deluxe; grand; opulent; regal

Doctor Drox

@doctordrox.bsky.social

What if you were a well dressed butler in my palatial estate

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Knell

1. the sound of a bell ringing slowly (usually associated with death) 2. a sound or sign announcing a death of a person or the end or failure of something

bekka leigh

@bekkaleigh.bsky.social

Grrr, my whole mood steamrolled by a single email to the non-profit. Sent yesterday, but read this morning.

Feeling frustrated and defeated. This may be the death knell of the non-profit. I really hope it isn't, but I'm at a loss.

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Obstinate

to be stubborn; refusing to change one's opinion, idea or course of action

@pmoll.bsky.social

Karswell's right, he's obstinate.

#TCMParty #CurseOfTheDemon

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Belie

when an appearance fails to give the true notion of something; contradict; be at odds with

Meredith Ogilvie-Thompson

@meredithogilviethompson.com

Twenty years ago I started writing a memoir. All That Fractures tracks a life between New York, London and Africa — a storied surface that belied a rather ruthless underbelly. First instalment out today.

meredithogilviethompson.substack.com/p/flawless

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Foment

to instigate or stir up (usually something undesirable); provoke; agitate; fan the flames

Orca7-SF

@orca7-sf.bsky.social

"Buarque and Szwako make a masterful case that the push to remind Brazilians about the harshness of the dictatorship helped foment the backlash that Bolsonaro rode to the top of Brazilian politics. But backlash is inevitable when any kind of social progress is made."
tinyurl.com/3b6z67mu

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Potentate

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

Mattie G.

@teledoor24.bsky.social

id like to think i have slick, slidey hands like a potentate

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Beguile

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

BYPO PHOENIX

@bypophoenix.bsky.social

We flaunt our epic style
Our seductive eyes beguile
I imagine our future
Surviving apocalyptic trials

QUEER PUNK AESTHETIC https://byporevolution.com/2025/03/queer-punk-aesthetic/
inspired by @SLAVAMOGUTIN on IG or X
#gaysex #gayporn #poetry #poem #prophecy #anarchist #liberation #punk #grunge #tantra #tantric #joy

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Transgression

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

Gavin Chait;

@gavinchait.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy

For near 30 years, I've researched informal business collaboration through networks of trust: organic, flexible, & unmediated.

These are still-existing chamas, stokvels, susus... Individuals join, groups enforce rules, transgression has immediate & devastating consequences.

Group-lending has […]

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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

Mutton of the Sea

@muttonofthesea.bsky.social

The Tate brothers demonstrate a belief that seems to pervade the manosphere, that a society as steeped in misogyny as ours is must not be serious about protecting women and girls from sexual exploitation.

It’s on us to show them how wrong they were.

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