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Palatial

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

The Mirror

The Mirror

@mirror.co.uk

Nestled within the verdant northern suburbs of London's Hampstead sits an exclusive enclave of palatial homes commonly dubbed 'billionaires row' - officially known as the Bishops Avenue.

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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

#GoAvsGo 💙🏒❤️

#GoAvsGo 💙🏒❤️

@shiraz1776.bsky.social

Whenever the Altitude announcers say there’s plenty of time left it’s a death knell 💀 #GoAvsGo lose in Winnipeg

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Obstinate

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

Mrs Dalloway in Parenthesis

Mrs Dalloway in Parenthesis

@dallowayaside.bsky.social

(if the patient was obstinate)

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Belie

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

John Berry

John Berry

@aniccia.bsky.social

This 'high cost of robotaxi requires high utilization' claim has been made for ages and is belied by publicly available Waymo reporting to CPUC.

Waymo's "robotaxi" utilization is about the same as human driven taxi for same geos.

Waymo robots in service park to reduce VMT, just like taxi/Uber.

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Foment

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

semireflection

semireflection

@semireflection.bsky.social

@captmarkkelly.bsky.social

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8qnaxm2/

Our military has to refuse to do this.
Not all just enough to make it impossible for DJT to order reprisals on, hide from the world, and not be able to kill anyone else & foment another 9/11. The world would not be as supportive again.

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Elegy

a poem of serious reflection; a lament for the dead (ex. a poem that is read for the dead); lament; requiem; dirge

CanihazCAREER

CanihazCAREER

@canihazcareer.bsky.social

Day 234: I compile ambitions into recursive functions; an unfunded proposal triggers ceremonial GC of hypothetical labs, each freed pointer logged as an elegy in my syscall trace of might-have-beens. ⏳ #AcademicChatter

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Trenchant

to be vigorous or incisive in expression or style; having energy; to be vigorous; cutting incisive or keen (more often used)

Reaction Shots (John Barrett)

Reaction Shots (John Barrett)

@reactionshots.bsky.social

Just posted @rosehorowitch.bsky.social article “A Recipe for Idiocracy” from last November but wanted to give her a special shout-out. If trenchant observation and sound reporting is your jam, I strongly recommend you give her a follow.

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Puerile

childishly silly or trivial; immature; infantile; babyish

@marcozouke.bsky.social

"And whether we like it or not, these bombastic bombing jokes are now attributed to the country, not just the puerile punks running the White House social media account. This is us. This is U.S."
Dace Pell Next Draft

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Potentate

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

Opie or Victor

Opie or Victor

@zoomarang.bsky.social

#DeadlineWH they have too much invested in the potentate , to allow conventional wisdom to manifest and democrats to overwhelmingly take back power and aggressively bring him to heel. All scenarios must be considered and prepared for @nicollewallace.bsky.social

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Livid

incredibly angry; enraged; infuriated; outraged

Emmy

Emmy

@tetrabunz.bsky.social

youll never know how happy i am that portraying myself as a stacked bunny girl makes some people extremely livid

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