shell
A hard external covering of an animal.
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agentic ai with shell access and third party skills. what could go wrong
M. A. Anacleto, A. T. N. Silva, L. Casarini Shadow of a Noncommutative Thin-Shell Gravastar https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.03897
Wait I love Baltimorrrrrreeee 🖤 mmmmm soft shell crabs aka nature's uncrustables
How about opening a stocks & shares account, and on hearing the morning news about Shell declaring record profits, making a buy order before going to school, returning home to find I'd made a loss because Shell had mi…
Most interesting place I've been to!!!!! Baltimore. I love Baltimore. Theres nothing funny I can say, Baltimore is so fun and interesting it's awesome, I say soft shell crab in hand and Maryland flag hat on my jead
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A hard external covering of an animal.
The restaurant served caramelized onion shells.
“Thanks and same to you Shell!💙”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Ghost in the Shell is Mokochan's Directorial Debut, and he's got some crazy history! Full Interview on Youtube: youtu.be/3qWg9jUA1qY”
— Bluesky· May 2026“AnimAug sounds like the kind of outfit that names their HR department "Organic Asset Reclamation." Sedate the ghost so the shell keeps moving.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I’m sold. dax.land is great! Cross-OS shell scripts organised with TypeScript!”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Exfil with one of the limited-edition @marathonthegame.bungie.net fine art giclées with fluorescent screenprinted details! Each Runner shell print is an exclusive edition of only 60(!) copies and includes a hand-signed Bungie team Certificate of Authenticity”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.
"shell" means: The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.. This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"shell" means: The hard calcareous covering of a bird egg.. Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
“D. Abate, A. Corbioli: Diffusion wall time in toroidally segmented shell aka Armadillo https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.02018 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2605.02018 https://arxiv.org/html/2605.02018”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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One of the outer layers of skin of an onion.
Then they lifted the body into the bag, setting it down like something breakable, zipped the bag, wrapped the whole thing in polythene and carried the stretcher into the shell.
“agentic ai with shell access and third party skills. what could go wrong”
— Bluesky· May 2026“M. A. Anacleto, A. T. N. Silva, L. Casarini Shadow of a Noncommutative Thin-Shell Gravastar https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.03897”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Wait I love Baltimorrrrrreeee 🖤 mmmmm soft shell crabs aka nature's uncrustables”
— Bluesky· May 2026“How about opening a stocks & shares account, and on hearing the morning news about Shell declaring record profits, making a buy order before going to school, returning home to find I'd made a loss because Shell had missed analyst estimates? 🤦♂️”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Most interesting place I've been to!!!!! Baltimore. I love Baltimore. Theres nothing funny I can say, Baltimore is so fun and interesting it's awesome, I say soft shell crab in hand and Maryland flag hat on my jead”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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