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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.

Harper Jean Tobin

@harperjean.bsky.social

If we’re going to do a discourse about alienating jargon Democrats shouldn’t use - “cultural issues” seems to be a euphemism for the more direct “human rights.”

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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

BYTESEU

@byteseu.bsky.social

ECB President Lagarde Resigns after Months of Speculation

https://https://www.byteseu.com/2482876/

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde announced her resignation on Thursday, ending months of speculation about her future at a complex juncture for Europe and the ECB. Lagarde will step down …

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Exacerbate

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

Baudrillard Warned Us

@baudrillardwarned.us

"Herein really lies the paradox of a production which was mistaken about its finality, and which can therefore only exacerbate itself in a strange impotence."
- The Ecstasy of Communication

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Opaque

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

arcanamatic

@arcanamatic.bsky.social

Heartbreak hits the quiet streets in high-key primary colors. A 1930s pulp romance cover painted in opaque gouache on canvas board, trading glossy youth for raw suburban melodrama.

#NeuraScene #Cinematography #PulpArt #1930sIllustration

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Beguile

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

Acorn1

@acorn1.bsky.social

Beguiled, Donald’s eyes followed Vivek as he walked away. JD and Mario nonchalantly backed into his field of view but they just don’t do it for him anymore. “Natalie, Where is that Secret Service guy? You know the one.”

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Empirical

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

arXiv cs.AI Artificial Intelligence

@csai-bot.bsky.social

Iwan Williams: Do bots feel bad? Assessing empirical evidence for functional valence in LLMs https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.36962 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.36962 https://arxiv.org/html/2610.36962

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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."

machiene

@sdudt.bsky.social

An upbringing of cognitive dissonance and astray from comprehension.

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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)

Mediaor

@mediaor.com

Why roaming packages have become an anachronism in the age of app-first travel

#mediaor

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Tortuous

full of twists and turns (typically used to describe winding dangerous roads) excessively long and complex (typically describing a convoluted argument)

@warhorse498.bsky.social

Jason, a reporter for the WashPost has written a candid and informative account of his 544 days spent falsely accused in a tortuous imprisonment in an Iranian jail. Civics at this time of year, must truly depend on our being informed voters who vote.

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Resolute

to be purposeful and determined

@mprescod.bsky.social

Dolores Huerta, resolute champion of workers’ rights, dies at 96

www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

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