Hispanic pixie dreamgirl
@bocadelperro.bsky.social
Historian of 17th century German religion and culture in the San Francisco area. I have a kid, a corgi and a garden.
Posts mostly in English, occasionally in German or Spanish.
All typos are due to the demon Titivillus, who has possessed my autocorrect.
Posts mostly in English, occasionally in German or Spanish.
All typos are due to the demon Titivillus, who has possessed my autocorrect.
🎵 corgis are better than people Charlie, you know that it's true 🎵
January 8, 2026 at 3:24 AM
🎵 corgis are better than people Charlie, you know that it's true 🎵
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shoals, rocks, and breakers hereabouts: beware!
January 7, 2026 at 1:47 PM
shoals, rocks, and breakers hereabouts: beware!
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same, and like, i've been poking at computers since i was a kid and am quite good at it
this modern AI and such stuff can only be described as *confusing*, like even on Windows 10 i struggle to understand what the fuck is going on (i'm mainly a mac and Linux user), let alone 11
this modern AI and such stuff can only be described as *confusing*, like even on Windows 10 i struggle to understand what the fuck is going on (i'm mainly a mac and Linux user), let alone 11
January 7, 2026 at 9:01 PM
same, and like, i've been poking at computers since i was a kid and am quite good at it
this modern AI and such stuff can only be described as *confusing*, like even on Windows 10 i struggle to understand what the fuck is going on (i'm mainly a mac and Linux user), let alone 11
this modern AI and such stuff can only be described as *confusing*, like even on Windows 10 i struggle to understand what the fuck is going on (i'm mainly a mac and Linux user), let alone 11
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My dentist has an ai assistant that apparently hallucinated a problem with my daughter's paperwork and was going to delete her appointment for Friday. And of course when I called to get this fixed I talked to an AI and went around in circles before I was able to get a human on the phone.
January 7, 2026 at 7:39 PM
My dentist has an ai assistant that apparently hallucinated a problem with my daughter's paperwork and was going to delete her appointment for Friday. And of course when I called to get this fixed I talked to an AI and went around in circles before I was able to get a human on the phone.
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How did Renaissance states track and record floods? At what point did these disasters go from being thought of as one-offs to signs of a more systemic crisis? I enjoyed thinking through these and similar questions in my work on Florentine water maps, out now with Grey Room!
doi.org/10.1162/grey...
doi.org/10.1162/grey...
Drawing the Disordered River in Late-Renaissance Tuscany
doi.org
July 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
How did Renaissance states track and record floods? At what point did these disasters go from being thought of as one-offs to signs of a more systemic crisis? I enjoyed thinking through these and similar questions in my work on Florentine water maps, out now with Grey Room!
doi.org/10.1162/grey...
doi.org/10.1162/grey...
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Studies are always showing things like this.
Being ultra-wealthy doesn't exponentially increase happiness. Being normal-people-rich so you're not always in crisis does.
A mansion doesn't make you happier, a nice house in a nice safe convenient neighborhood does.
Being ultra-wealthy doesn't exponentially increase happiness. Being normal-people-rich so you're not always in crisis does.
A mansion doesn't make you happier, a nice house in a nice safe convenient neighborhood does.
A Washington Post article suggests that, beyond a certain threshold, larger homes don't make people happier. Instead, well-being is correlated with affordable housing in walkable neighborhoods where they feel socially connected.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
![Excerpt reads: "Prioritize your neighborhood
Neighborhoods drive our happiness (or unhappiness) more than we think.
When Lina Martinez, director of POLIS, the Center for Wellbeing Studies at Universidad Icesi in Colombia, studied the happiness of households in the city of Cali, she couldn’t find much difference between poorer and richer areas. “Their happiness is pretty much the same,” she said. But that changed when she isolated neighborhood conditions, such as access to transit, health care and parks. “The conditions of the neighborhood affect happiness,” she said. “I can’t link that to the space where [people] live.”
That aligns with findings from a 2023 study of the Vancouver metro area: Researchers found no significant differences in well-being between people living in single detached homes, duplexes, townhouses, laneway houses and apartment buildings (basement units smaller than 300 square feet were the only negative exception). What did people say they missed most in their neighborhood? Affordability, proximity to family and friends, and a sense of community. Home design was eighth on the list."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreicapfknasylzk2lqzaxxeb5mchgnru75obggn45dusda6j5zogvuu@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Studies are always showing things like this.
Being ultra-wealthy doesn't exponentially increase happiness. Being normal-people-rich so you're not always in crisis does.
A mansion doesn't make you happier, a nice house in a nice safe convenient neighborhood does.
Being ultra-wealthy doesn't exponentially increase happiness. Being normal-people-rich so you're not always in crisis does.
A mansion doesn't make you happier, a nice house in a nice safe convenient neighborhood does.
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So it looks like i hadn't mentioned this, here, so just in case let me say this plain: Instructure, the parent company & producer of the Canvas learning management software platform, has partnered with OpenAI, as of last year. There are a number of claims being made about privacy but… well. Heads up
Instructure and OpenAI Announce Global Partnership to Embed AI Learning Experiences within Canvas
www.instructure.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
So it looks like i hadn't mentioned this, here, so just in case let me say this plain: Instructure, the parent company & producer of the Canvas learning management software platform, has partnered with OpenAI, as of last year. There are a number of claims being made about privacy but… well. Heads up
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Levy Rosman's been playing ChatGPT against various chess bots for years now to hilarious effects. He has to put it against the worst beginner bots because things like Stockfish will almost immediately checkmate it, even when it does illegal moves or claim checks when none exist.
January 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Levy Rosman's been playing ChatGPT against various chess bots for years now to hilarious effects. He has to put it against the worst beginner bots because things like Stockfish will almost immediately checkmate it, even when it does illegal moves or claim checks when none exist.
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Today is Epiphany/Three Kings day, and to celebrate, @sibyllacumae.bsky.social and I just sent the newest issue of our newsletter, focusing On Astrology. Share, read, enjoy - it's free! 📜 #bookhistory #booksky #libsky #rarebooks #astronomy 🗃️🔭 #histSTM open.substack.com/pub/twohalfs...
On Astrology
Putting the (s?)ass in astrology
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Today is Epiphany/Three Kings day, and to celebrate, @sibyllacumae.bsky.social and I just sent the newest issue of our newsletter, focusing On Astrology. Share, read, enjoy - it's free! 📜 #bookhistory #booksky #libsky #rarebooks #astronomy 🗃️🔭 #histSTM open.substack.com/pub/twohalfs...
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Butler, Baudrillard, Debord, Jameson, Hall, Foucault: "I fuckin warned you dude. I told you bro."
January 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Butler, Baudrillard, Debord, Jameson, Hall, Foucault: "I fuckin warned you dude. I told you bro."
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The most unsubtle, heavy-handed claims made by pomo academic types have turned out to all be true. Gender is a relation of domination that requires constant, affirming witness. Capitalism will require extractive colonial relations. There’s no subtlety. Every day is like a 101 seminar at Oberlin.
January 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
The most unsubtle, heavy-handed claims made by pomo academic types have turned out to all be true. Gender is a relation of domination that requires constant, affirming witness. Capitalism will require extractive colonial relations. There’s no subtlety. Every day is like a 101 seminar at Oberlin.
Viva la California unida.
I was thinking of a snide comment about if America wants territory returned to it, I want Florida to be returned to Spain. Then I looked up the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, and I’d like to expedite this request. Make Florida Spain Again!
January 6, 2026 at 3:19 AM
Viva la California unida.
Every time I get a cut on the top of my hand, I'm reminded of how often I stick my hands in my pocket.
January 5, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Every time I get a cut on the top of my hand, I'm reminded of how often I stick my hands in my pocket.
Playing hide and seek at school (3rd grade) and hid in a bathroom stall. The stall dividers had moulding I could fit my feet on. I tried to get down, my braid got caught on the hook on the back of the door, slammed into the divider wall. Chipped a tooth.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:54 PM
Playing hide and seek at school (3rd grade) and hid in a bathroom stall. The stall dividers had moulding I could fit my feet on. I tried to get down, my braid got caught on the hook on the back of the door, slammed into the divider wall. Chipped a tooth.
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How François Mackandal and the enslaved of Saint-Domingue struck fear into the hearts of the ruling class.
How the Enslaved of Saint-Domingue Struck Fear Into the Hearts of the Ruling Class
If all the fears of white planters could have been bundled up into one person, he might have been Makandal: An African. A healer. An herbalist who had a way with poisonous plants. A maroon. Even hi…
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January 5, 2026 at 5:30 PM
How François Mackandal and the enslaved of Saint-Domingue struck fear into the hearts of the ruling class.
I love this one.
January 5, 2026 at 4:36 PM
I love this one.
Apparently at some point I turned the heat off, too. Jail for 10,000 years for me.
Spouse: why is the bathroom window open in the middle of a rain storm?
Me: I just thought we needed some fresh air. The air is super nice and clean when it's raining!
Spouse: you spend too much time around Germans
Me: I just thought we needed some fresh air. The air is super nice and clean when it's raining!
Spouse: you spend too much time around Germans
January 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Apparently at some point I turned the heat off, too. Jail for 10,000 years for me.
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I rewatched Conclave days ago. A starkly beautiful piece of art, it is simultaneously bleak and hopeful, occupying sorrow and mundanity and ugliness and love.
Then this weekend happened. Burke's writing likewise addresses these bleak days, while pointing to the spaces our human goodness can fill.
Then this weekend happened. Burke's writing likewise addresses these bleak days, while pointing to the spaces our human goodness can fill.
A Bleak Theology Guide to Resistance
Everything is terrible everywhere all at once. What to do? How to respond? Here is a Guide of ten things to help weather this storm. I hope that you will find this Guide helpful. It is a longer read, but I believe it is worth it. Take your time. Ruminate on it.…
Everything is terrible everywhere all at once. What to do? How to respond? Here is a Guide of ten things to help weather this storm. I hope that you will find this Guide helpful. It is a longer read, but I believe it is worth it. Take your time. Ruminate on it.…
A Bleak Theology Guide to Resistance
Everything is terrible everywhere all at once. What to do? How to respond? Here is a Guide of ten things to help weather this storm. I hope that you will find this Guide helpful. It is a longer read, but I believe it is worth it. Take your time. Ruminate on it. Share it. Peace be with you. First, for those who don't know, bleak theology is an…
www.bleaktheology.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:15 PM
I rewatched Conclave days ago. A starkly beautiful piece of art, it is simultaneously bleak and hopeful, occupying sorrow and mundanity and ugliness and love.
Then this weekend happened. Burke's writing likewise addresses these bleak days, while pointing to the spaces our human goodness can fill.
Then this weekend happened. Burke's writing likewise addresses these bleak days, while pointing to the spaces our human goodness can fill.
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It must be borne in mind that all this time we have a Sperm Whale’s prodigious head hanging to the Pequod’s side.
January 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
It must be borne in mind that all this time we have a Sperm Whale’s prodigious head hanging to the Pequod’s side.
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all this is both foolish and unnecessary
January 4, 2026 at 9:47 PM
all this is both foolish and unnecessary
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Then Frog and Toad ate a big breakfast. And after that, they spent a fine, long day together.
January 4, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Then Frog and Toad ate a big breakfast. And after that, they spent a fine, long day together.
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No!
What are you doing!?!
It is NOT YET TIME to circle back!
What are you doing!?!
It is NOT YET TIME to circle back!
January 4, 2026 at 7:22 PM
No!
What are you doing!?!
It is NOT YET TIME to circle back!
What are you doing!?!
It is NOT YET TIME to circle back!
Spouse: why is the bathroom window open in the middle of a rain storm?
Me: I just thought we needed some fresh air. The air is super nice and clean when it's raining!
Spouse: you spend too much time around Germans
Me: I just thought we needed some fresh air. The air is super nice and clean when it's raining!
Spouse: you spend too much time around Germans
January 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Spouse: why is the bathroom window open in the middle of a rain storm?
Me: I just thought we needed some fresh air. The air is super nice and clean when it's raining!
Spouse: you spend too much time around Germans
Me: I just thought we needed some fresh air. The air is super nice and clean when it's raining!
Spouse: you spend too much time around Germans