A zygote is the result of a sperm joining an egg.
‘Zygote’ comes from the Greek word for ‘yoke.’
A ‘yoke’ is a wooden beam that JOINS two animals together.
The ‘yolk’ of an egg is from the Old English word for “yellow.”
‘Yoke’ and ‘yolk’ have no relation to each other.
‘Zygote’ comes from the Greek word for ‘yoke.’
A ‘yoke’ is a wooden beam that JOINS two animals together.
The ‘yolk’ of an egg is from the Old English word for “yellow.”
‘Yoke’ and ‘yolk’ have no relation to each other.
November 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
A zygote is the result of a sperm joining an egg.
‘Zygote’ comes from the Greek word for ‘yoke.’
A ‘yoke’ is a wooden beam that JOINS two animals together.
The ‘yolk’ of an egg is from the Old English word for “yellow.”
‘Yoke’ and ‘yolk’ have no relation to each other.
‘Zygote’ comes from the Greek word for ‘yoke.’
A ‘yoke’ is a wooden beam that JOINS two animals together.
The ‘yolk’ of an egg is from the Old English word for “yellow.”
‘Yoke’ and ‘yolk’ have no relation to each other.
I cracked an egg with a double yoke inside of it this morning.
I think I’ll play the lottery.
I think I’ll play the lottery.
February 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I cracked an egg with a double yoke inside of it this morning.
I think I’ll play the lottery.
I think I’ll play the lottery.
Word discovery of the day is ‘yoke-devil’ (17th century): an accomplice in a villainous or immoral undertaking.
February 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Word discovery of the day is ‘yoke-devil’ (17th century): an accomplice in a villainous or immoral undertaking.
Very much here for any moves to throw off the Norman yoke.
September 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Very much here for any moves to throw off the Norman yoke.
It’s going to be amazing to be liberated today by Trump from the yoke of Canadian oppression and tyranny.
April 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
It’s going to be amazing to be liberated today by Trump from the yoke of Canadian oppression and tyranny.
The world is always under a yoke of fear
Let's make it our yoke
Let's make it our yoke
March 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The world is always under a yoke of fear
Let's make it our yoke
Let's make it our yoke
It’s hard to stop knitting when it comes to the yoke colours. Almost there.
#knitting 🧶 #knitsky #colourworkknitting #fairisle #lopisweater #icelandic
#knitting 🧶 #knitsky #colourworkknitting #fairisle #lopisweater #icelandic
January 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It’s hard to stop knitting when it comes to the yoke colours. Almost there.
#knitting 🧶 #knitsky #colourworkknitting #fairisle #lopisweater #icelandic
#knitting 🧶 #knitsky #colourworkknitting #fairisle #lopisweater #icelandic
I have really gotten into stranded colorwork knitting this year.
November 8, 2024 at 4:05 AM
I have really gotten into stranded colorwork knitting this year.
Duke Nukem when he fails at frying an egg:
Yoke Brokem
Yoke Brokem
November 28, 2024 at 2:03 PM
Duke Nukem when he fails at frying an egg:
Yoke Brokem
Yoke Brokem
The yoke of US imperialism
So the US went from wanting Greenland to wanting eggs
March 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The yoke of US imperialism
Some more shots I liked
February 13, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Some more shots I liked
feeling really smug that i managed to finish the yoke on this jumper just as all my MA theses got submitted for this year so i can knit the boring stocking stitch body while i read
May 24, 2026 at 3:42 PM
feeling really smug that i managed to finish the yoke on this jumper just as all my MA theses got submitted for this year so i can knit the boring stocking stitch body while i read
Another consequence of the Norman yoke
July 24, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Another consequence of the Norman yoke
Bondage yoke fun with @pupd0g.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Bondage yoke fun with @pupd0g.bsky.social
Dear Primary Salutation, [God, I hate the Norman yoke]
Amusing email from the British Museum: ‘Dear Example Primary Salutation’ 😂
September 29, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Dear Primary Salutation, [God, I hate the Norman yoke]
Well they would think that, because of Yoke.
As the Bayeux Tapestry opens to the public at the British Museum, what impact do Britons think the Norman Conquest had on British history?
Positive: 25%
Neither: 25%
Negative: 6%
Don't know: 44%
yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
Positive: 25%
Neither: 25%
Negative: 6%
Don't know: 44%
yougov.com/en-gb/daily-...
September 11, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Well they would think that, because of Yoke.
finally we will be free from the yoke of british teenagers
BREAKING: The UK Government confirms that Bluesky will be INCLUDED in the ban on social media for under 16s.
The government said it will be BANNED because it is a “user-to-user platform who purpose is to enable social interaction.”
The government said it will be BANNED because it is a “user-to-user platform who purpose is to enable social interaction.”
June 15, 2026 at 3:52 PM
finally we will be free from the yoke of british teenagers
The institutions yearn for fascism; they long to be freed from the unbearable yoke of liberty.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Many stewards of cultural institutions are aware that they have a problem,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes. “But they are still dealing with internal ideological pressures — so to be able to reform, they need pressure from the outside to do the right thing.”
“Many stewards of cultural institutions are aware that they have a problem,” our columnist Ross Douthat writes. “But they are still dealing with internal ideological pressures — so to be able to reform, they need pressure from the outside to do the right thing.”
Opinion | The Conservative Principle Behind the Kimmel Suspension
A civic-minded purpose is key.
nyti.ms
September 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The institutions yearn for fascism; they long to be freed from the unbearable yoke of liberty.
assuming that to die is better than to live under the imperial yoke because of how heavy you *imagine* the imperial yoke to be, many such cases
Whenever I hear someone claiming that USAID was evil from a leftist perspective, I hear someone saying “yes, millions ARE dying because Musk and Trump killed USAID, but at least they’ll die free of American imperialism.”
Notably it is never the people saying this who are dying.
Notably it is never the people saying this who are dying.
June 23, 2026 at 8:20 PM
assuming that to die is better than to live under the imperial yoke because of how heavy you *imagine* the imperial yoke to be, many such cases
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke:
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds.
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds.
March 6, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I think our country sinks beneath the yoke:
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds.
It weeps, it bleeds, and each new day a gash
Is added to her wounds.