Simon JF
@bertywooster.bsky.social
For fun I read books, act, ride bicycles, tinker with electronics and robots…For work I help get robots and IoT devices connected through 5G networks. By education, I’m a linguist and cognitive scientist. Politically, I’m probably to the left of you.
Has Fox News started playing Swan Lake yet?
August 30, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Has Fox News started playing Swan Lake yet?
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This is the last thing the BBC needs
June 17, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is the last thing the BBC needs
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I worry about their exit strategy. Blanket pardons for all? Rigged elections ensuring Dems never get in again? Or just rely on the Dems doing exactly what they did after his first term.
April 10, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I worry about their exit strategy. Blanket pardons for all? Rigged elections ensuring Dems never get in again? Or just rely on the Dems doing exactly what they did after his first term.
Roberts is going to have to go a lot further than this to restore how history remembers him.
The Supreme Court’s chief justice released an extraordinary statement to rebuff Trump’s effort to get a federal judge removed.
Roberts Slaps Down Trump Demand to Impeach Deportation Judge
The Supreme Court’s chief justice released an extraordinary statement to rebuff Trump’s effort to get a federal judge removed.
www.thedailybeast.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Roberts is going to have to go a lot further than this to restore how history remembers him.
If the democrats can’t sell a government shutdown as entirely 100% due to the republicans, Trump, Musk and DOGE taking a chainsaw to civil society, then there is no hope for the party.
March 14, 2025 at 7:32 PM
If the democrats can’t sell a government shutdown as entirely 100% due to the republicans, Trump, Musk and DOGE taking a chainsaw to civil society, then there is no hope for the party.
I take very, very, very, small comfort in the knowledge that when he is done, Elon Musk will be the most hated person in the USA.
February 7, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I take very, very, very, small comfort in the knowledge that when he is done, Elon Musk will be the most hated person in the USA.
Papiere Bitte?
U.S. citizens are being warned to carry ID with them as run-ins with immigration officers ramp up across the country.
U.S. Citizens Warned to Carry ID Amid ICE Ramp-Up
The advice comes as Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials carry out raids.
www.thedailybeast.com
January 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Papiere Bitte?
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This is resistance. Not memes and calling him "Drumpf".
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde to Trump: "I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now. There are gay, lesbian, and transgender people in Democratic, Republican, and independent families, some who fear for their lives ... and the vast majority of immigrants are not criminals"
January 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
This is resistance. Not memes and calling him "Drumpf".
I guarantee the Felon leaves office with a self-pardon, and pre-emptive pardons for all the illegal, unconstitutional shit that’s about to go down. We lost the republic.
January 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I guarantee the Felon leaves office with a self-pardon, and pre-emptive pardons for all the illegal, unconstitutional shit that’s about to go down. We lost the republic.
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TIL that punctuation was invented so Ancient Greek actors could better read their scripts aloud—which means that when I begin a script read-through by saying "An ellipsis means you trail off, a dash means you get cut off, a slash is for overlapping," I am participating in a TIME HONORED TRADITION
💯 It's our 100th episode! 💯
To celebrate, we're giving you 100 fun facts about linguistics this month
See how many you recognize and tell us about your favourite linguistics facts this month in honour of our 100th episodiversary!
To celebrate, we're giving you 100 fun facts about linguistics this month
See how many you recognize and tell us about your favourite linguistics facts this month in honour of our 100th episodiversary!
100: A hundred reasons to be enthusiastic about linguistics
This is our hundredth episode that's enthusiastic about linguistics! To celebrate, we've put together 100 of our favourite fun facts about linguistics, featuring contributions from previous guests and
soundcloud.com
January 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
TIL that punctuation was invented so Ancient Greek actors could better read their scripts aloud—which means that when I begin a script read-through by saying "An ellipsis means you trail off, a dash means you get cut off, a slash is for overlapping," I am participating in a TIME HONORED TRADITION
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The Supreme Court ruled corporations were allowed to donate unlimited amounts to politicians in 2010.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.
January 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Supreme Court ruled corporations were allowed to donate unlimited amounts to politicians in 2010.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.
It only took them 6 years to take complete control of the government and 15 years to mark sure their voices are the only ones the masses ever hear again.
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Konstantly Griftin featured in Private Eye
January 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Konstantly Griftin featured in Private Eye
“A republic, if you can keep it.”
Gorsuch, Alito, Thomas and Kavanaugh: “yeah, we’ll pass…”
Gorsuch, Alito, Thomas and Kavanaugh: “yeah, we’ll pass…”
January 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
“A republic, if you can keep it.”
Gorsuch, Alito, Thomas and Kavanaugh: “yeah, we’ll pass…”
Gorsuch, Alito, Thomas and Kavanaugh: “yeah, we’ll pass…”
Note: there’s no such thing as a tariff against Denmark, unless it’s implicit, like Jarlsberg, or Lego. There are only tariffs on EU imports.
Trump: "The people of Greenland would love to become a state of the United States of America. Now, Denmark maybe doesn't like it. But then we can't be too happy with Denmark and maybe things have to happen with respect to Denmark having to do with tariffs."
January 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Note: there’s no such thing as a tariff against Denmark, unless it’s implicit, like Jarlsberg, or Lego. There are only tariffs on EU imports.
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“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post”
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
January 4, 2025 at 1:07 AM
“As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that job. So I have decided to leave the Washington Post”
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
— Ann Telnaes, after drawing this cartoon, which included the image of a supplicant Jeff Bezos
Butthurt Reagan hagiographers having a tantrum over people saying nice things about President Carter kinda seems on point for 2024.
December 31, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Butthurt Reagan hagiographers having a tantrum over people saying nice things about President Carter kinda seems on point for 2024.
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My senator:
December 20, 2024 at 1:53 PM
My senator:
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Chris Murphy: "I read the headlines about the Liz Cheney criminal referral and almost every single one of them in mainstream media played this straight as if it was a normal function of legislative power, instead of telling the truth, which is that this is made up out of thin air."
December 18, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Chris Murphy: "I read the headlines about the Liz Cheney criminal referral and almost every single one of them in mainstream media played this straight as if it was a normal function of legislative power, instead of telling the truth, which is that this is made up out of thin air."
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Hmm. Rascists sure do like P45…
A group of AfD (Alternative für Deutschland) members recently traveled to Mar-a-Lago to celebrate Trump's 2024 election victory.
'Where’s my German friends?' Trump hosts far-right German activists who defended Nazis
President-elect Donald Trump recently hosted several members of the far-right German political party whose top leaders have gone on the record defending Nazi war criminals.That's according to the Guar...
www.rawstory.com
December 7, 2024 at 2:01 PM
Hmm. Rascists sure do like P45…
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Two years ago today we were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for protecting The US Capitol on January 6th 2021. Almost 4 years later the efforts to downplay, whitewash and minimize what happened appear to be succeeding. I won't ever stop standing up to them.
December 7, 2024 at 2:48 AM
Two years ago today we were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for protecting The US Capitol on January 6th 2021. Almost 4 years later the efforts to downplay, whitewash and minimize what happened appear to be succeeding. I won't ever stop standing up to them.
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One person spent this much money in a very close election. Our system can’t withstand this kind of assault. Citizens United must be overturned.
December 6, 2024 at 6:43 PM
One person spent this much money in a very close election. Our system can’t withstand this kind of assault. Citizens United must be overturned.