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Pungent

1. a really bad smell or nasty taste; caustic; bitting; tart; sharp 2. can also be used when describing a comment that is sarcastic, scathing, sharp or mean comment.

Tasting Table

Tasting Table

@tastingtable.bsky.social

From rich and creamy to sharp and pungent, a charcuterie board should feature a range of cheeses, and thankfully, Costco has many options. Here are our picks.

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Misanthrope

a person who dislikes other people and avoids other people; hater of mankind

kitten

kitten

@helluvabttmcrtr.bsky.social

oh so when George Carlin is a nihilistic misanthrope it's generational comedy but when I do it I'm being "unpleasant"

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Euphemism

A mild or indirect word or expression that is sustituted for one that is considered to be more harsh or blunt.

Phoebe ↙↙↙

Phoebe ↙↙↙

@pcberry.bsky.social

“Political polarization,” everyone’s favorite euphemism for “the Republican Party is dominated by violent lunatics”

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Juncture

1. a particular point or event in time; point (in time); moment (in time); 2. a place where things join

The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺

The vOICe vision BCI 🧠🇪🇺

@seeingwithsound.mas.to.ap.brid.gy

We are at a juncture where blind people will decide about their perceptual future: AI-based scene descriptions, brain implants, or still something else. They will decide, even if subconsciously, but it will not be easy to change course after that.

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Exacerbate

to make something worse; to make something more severe (often used in reference to feelings, illness or disease)

Duncan McAlester

Duncan McAlester

@mcalester.design

Apple Wallet has been in desperate need of more nuanced organization and custom passes is going to exacerbate the issue quite a bit.

Would be great to have geolocation preferences that associate card or cards with a specific location.

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Opaque

not able to be seen through; not transparent; impenetrable to light hard to understand; not clear

Ifeanyi Uddin

Ifeanyi Uddin

@ifeanyiuddin.bsky.social

"As access to advanced ai becomes a matter of national security, America’s governance of it seems increasingly opaque." | The Economist

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Beguile

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

Anime Blast

Anime Blast

@animebbw.bsky.social

Beguiling kneeling legs spreaded slightly

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Empirical

based on or concerned with observation and experience (rather than just a theory); experiential; hands-on

@aichina.news

"EM-Core" presents an architectural blueprint for provably safe AGI. Yet, its 'provably safe' claim remains purely theoretical; empirical validation for AGI presents immense hurdles. Hard to see how theory alone closes the practical AGI safety gap.

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Dissonance

1. a state of disagreement or conflict 2. a harsh, discordant combination of sounds; a lack of harmony among musical notes Note: Cognitive dissonance is defined as "the state of having inconsistent thoughts, beliefs, or attitudes, especially as relating to behavioral decisions and attitude change."

✨🌊 s e a ⛵️ w i t c h✨

✨🌊 s e a ⛵️ w i t c h✨

@infiniteishq.bsky.social

“Compress that dissonance, if you dare”

🎶 Breathe In - Frou Frou 🎶

https://youtu.be/oet5L-gqctk?si=hmv2CcRTQA30sMt4?...

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Anachronism

A thing belonging to a period other than that in which it exists (especially something that is conspicuously old-fashioned)

Vidit

Vidit

@vidit1.bsky.social

it occurs to me that someone saying they are "waiting by their phone" is now an anachronism because people aren't normally away from their phone anymore

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