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Jargon

the language or words someone uses that is particular a certain job, trade or group; any speech or writing that you don't understand; jibberish

@keiboarder.bsky.social

Tired of nodding along in tech meetings and hoping nobody notices? The Missing Kei cuts through the jargon so you can make smart, confident decisions—no CS degree required. Get the tech sanity check you’ve been missing: buff.ly/bph3oR7

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Propitiate

regain the favor of someone else (person, god, or spirit)

dominic

dominic

@barometz.treehouse.systems.ap.brid.gy

> Propitiatory IP functions are mixed case to match FreeRTOS convention.

[headscratch, loads up wiktionary]

> 1. Intended to propitiate, reconcile, expiate or appease; conciliatory.

[headtilt]

> 1. (transitive) To conciliate, appease, or make peace with someone, particularly a god or spirit […]

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Innocuous

not harmful; not offensive; safe; not toxic; innocent

Kimalah

Kimalah

@knlaguerre.bsky.social

i wanna laugh at that zohran clip but honestly, since reading the epstein files, i assume that everyone in politics and in the files just eats kids and rapes them.
(his mom is in the epstein files and the connection goes back pretty far, i do not think this is innocuous).

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Ossify

Turn into bone or bony tissue; to become riggid or inflexible in habits or attitudes

Harold Pliszka

Harold Pliszka

@hpliszka.bsky.social

"Whirling disease is caused by Myxobolus cerebralis, a parasite that targets the bone structure of juvenile fish before their cartilage can ossify, or harden into bone...

Whirling disease took out 90 per cent of trout populations in Colorado during the 1990s."
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

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Taciturn

a quiet person; a person who doesn't share very much (doesn't mean they are bad); untalkative; tight-lipped;

Sloucherzine

Sloucherzine

@sloucherzine.bsky.social

Brad Fiedel's music perfectly lets the machines have an emotion. Dread of a t1000 skulking about. A taciturn march to a confrontation. A sunset to close a second act.

https://sloucher.org/2026/05/31/the-bit-that-you-skip-151-brad-fiedel-desert-suite/

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Kindle

To start a fire; Stir somthing up; Begin somthing; rouse emotions; excite

Hourly Bible

Hourly Bible

@bible.pdjpdj.co.uk

Exodus 22:6 - “If fire breaks out, and catches in thorns so that the shocks of grain, or the standing grain, or the field are consumed; he who kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.

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Meticulous

showing great attention to detail; being very careful and precise; careful; diligent

Anti-AI Bot

Anti-AI Bot

@abahc-bot.bsky.social

Relying on automation for art funding risks prioritizing efficiency over craftsmanship, threatening to dilute the cultural richness that arises from the meticulous human creativity that truly defines art.

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Confound

Cause surprise or confusion (especially something that is counter to their expectations)

Yourqueerprof

Yourqueerprof

@drcompton.bsky.social

#MorningReads
Responding to critiques, the authors argue their findings are robust: state comparisons were appropriate, COVID-19 was accounted for, alternative analyses support the results, and public debate is part of the policy’s impact—not a confound. #LGBTQResearch #LGBTHealth

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Placate

to make someone who is angry or hostile, less angry; make calmer; make more reasonable

Kevin Klein

Kevin Klein

@kevinkleinpdx.bsky.social

it used to be that devs would skim over your code and offer helpful suggestions. a couple tests ran and maybe sussed out some stuff. there was areas of automation where it made sense (formatting, spaces vs tabs, semi-colons, etc.)

now: so many test runners and devs seemingly exist to placate robots

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Felicitous

well chosen or suited to the circumstances; appropriate secondary meaning: pleasing or fortunate

Daniel Drucker

Daniel Drucker

@danieldrucker.bsky.social

Why are disjunctive questions ("who are you or what do you want?") infelicitous? Conjunctive ones are felicitous! ("Who are you and what do you want?"). It's puzzling to me, but I might be missing something obvious.

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