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Lodestar

1. a star that leads or guides (commonly used when referring to the navigation of ships) 2. one that serves as an inspiration, model, or guide.

Ethereum on ARM (and RISC-V) 🦇🔊🐼👉👈🐼

@ethereumonarm.bsky.social

Lodestar v1.36.0 is here! 🚀

This consensus client release is packed with new features, including:

Fulu hard fork scheduling for Mainnet and Ephemery

Increased default gas limit to 60M

Support for partial blob reconstruction

Updat apt update && apt install lodestar

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Pristine

having its original form or its original beauty or original purity; almost unchanged or unsullied; perfect; flawless; fresh; new; virgin; pure

🌎1.5°C Breached?!🚨

@porcelainteacup04.bsky.social

ℹ️ As pristine as the shore is, a "mermaid's" feet are only for swimming in the deep blue sea. | Source: Pristine Art Project | Commissions:🔓Open | Illustrator's Cashtag: $Personaldonation5331 | Discord: @Pristine_Flow331 & discord.gg/SMAXrT6Yp3 | Emojis: ⚔️🧙‍♂️
#Art #CommsOpen

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Whimsical

1. given to whimsy or fanciful notions; playful and imaginative; fantastical 2. someone who is unpredictable; capricious;

Leif Боднарчук 🍁 🇺🇦

@leifb73.bsky.social

📻
In an absolutely crazy twist of routine, they’re talking about trans people, with the whimsical addition of “the trans debate”.

For the avoidance of doubt, my opinion on whether a woman can have a penis is precisely this: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Surfeit

an excessive amount of something; glut; abundance; too much of something

George Wallace

@wallacegeo.bsky.social

I am used to political leaders being substantially younger than I am*, but I don't know yet how I feel about the next Mayor of New York being slightly younger than my youngest child.

* We've a surfeit of political leaders older than I am.

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Fastidious

1. very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail (especially when it concerns tidiness and cleanliness) 2. difficult to please; quick to find fault.

@peteroconnor.bsky.social

#WriteCBC
"Your son?"
Jessica leant on the sink and scrutinized Jim; neat, tidy, overly fastidious.
"Josh?" He answered, running the extendable tap around the sink. A splash darkened her top.
"Coming this Christmas?"
He wrung the dishcloth tightly and shook his head.
"For the best." She said.

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Prevaricate

speak or act in an evasive way (with the intent to deceive); to lie

Joshua A.C. Newman

@joshuaacnewman.xeno.glyphpress.com.ap.brid.gy

“MISinformation” is information that is wrong for any reason. “The bus comes at 2:10” is misinformation if the bus came at 2:00. Maybe I told you the wrong time by accident, or maybe I lied.

“DISinformation” is the kind we face now. It is inherently misleading, prevaricating, confusing, sowing […]

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Dilettante

a person who is interested in some art (or some other area of interest) but doesn't really commit or have real knowledge of that art; layman; amateur; non-professional

Michael Daniels

@credoabsurdum.bsky.social

He's So Shady
(to She's A Lady by Tom Jones)

Well, he always loves to taunt
He's the kind called dilettante, a shuck and grinner
Well, he always talks of race
He's got guile, he's a headcase, he's a sinner

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