Edmontosaurus from the Rocky Mountain foothills, Alberta, and its chronostratigraphic position in the Late Cretaceous Brazeau Formation and correlative units in western Canada. van der Reest, A.J., et al. (2025). doi: doi.org/10.1139/cjes... #annectens #regalis #extirpate
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'I will #extirpate the whole world!' the demon roared.
'You're in the protective chalk circle,' the wizard said smugly.
He leaned closer to taunt it but the demon grabbed him & ate him.
Those fools of wizards never remembered demons can lean out of circles.
From the #vss365 jukebox for #extirpate, this is Search and Destroy by The Stooges led by Iggy Pop. From the 1973 album Raw Power. Definitely a Vietnam connection here, opening with "I'm a street walking cheetah with a heart full of napalm."
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An unsuccessful but well remembered attempt was made in the 00s, when public opinion was spurred by bank bailouts and seemingly endless bubble pops. Ultimately it took radical collateral: the livers and lovers of CEOs, the eyes of shareholders well seasoned, to put things right
#vss365 #extirpate
When dealing with a monster infestation, refer to the three E’s.
Evacuate: rehome benign entities, such as ghosts and faeries.
Eliminate: destroy corporeal horrors, such as zombies and vampires.
#Extirpate: burn it down and salt the earth – demons and elder gods.
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Jeff instinctively patted the table and glanced around the bookshelf-lined walls. The instantaneous transit to this room was something he'd never gotten used to. He fixed his eyes on the man. "Hello, Librarian. The time has come to #extirpate a cancer from this city." #vss365
versions of myself created for survival
[ destroy ]
reflections built from the ground up
[ eradicate ]
smiles constructed for reassurance
[ #extirpate ]
the perfect amount of eye contact
[ raze ]
do i make you uncomfortable now?
[ may the bridges i burn keep you warm because i won't ]
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She tried to #extirpate them.
She trembled but swallowed down her fears.
She could hear them.
Her half-written stories jeering.
"You can't get rid of us, you coward! You think you can kill us, loser?"
She gripped the petrol can closer.
Suddenly it went silent.
"Clara..."
She dropped the can.
maybe it's time to forget
to #extirpate you
from my heart
and cull the reveries
that gave me so much joy
but i still hold onto the hope
that'll you come back
#vss365
#poetry
A photo of a black kitten with white feet and a white chest sitting on a pillow and a blue blanket.
monochrome kitten
#extirpate cat phobia
only cuteness left
#vss365 #Caturday #WritingPrompts
Problems with power:
any hint of betrayal
root it out right now
#extirpate it completely
only then can you be safe.
#vss365 #tanka #poetry #writing #writingcommunity
#Extirpate the trees
Suspend them roots and all a hundred feet in the air
Cease all non-essential magic
and summon the Council of Owls
Send cats to Gloucester, to Camden
to any county that will listen
What's coming could end us
Not without a fight.
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You are so full of it. I will #extirpate your words from my lands. This one will be the last of its kind. Who do you think is going to #swallow you shit then?
#vss365 #whistpr
Rory couldn’t just beat the monster, he had to #extirpate it from its very existence!
A creature that regrow from practically nothing. Even beaten to mere flesh and bone, it could regenerate and Rory had only a short window to burn the remains.
He needed to stay close.
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“Don’t #extirpate your relationship with Tom,” said Dan. “I don’t want to pick up the pieces or lose one of you.”
Mia knew Dan’s flippant tone wasn’t meant. He was like a brother to her & Tom his best friend. “We can’t elope. That won’t solve it.”
“You know the answer.” #vss365
Awakening
Trauma bequeathed from generation to generation. I extirpate it with awareness, and alchemise the components into love.
#vss365 - #awaken, #bequeath, #extirpate
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"Écoutez-moi!" Kai's order cuts through lust's miasma. "Your past? It doesn't matter. Here, I am the pyre; you the match. The conflagration of us will #extirpate everything that is now & that came before. We are thus reborn." He buries his blade to its hilt. You groan, ecstatic. #vss365
