Ilan Muskat
@calculon.bsky.social
"And then it was now; and then I don't know what happened." It's pronounced *sigh* like it looks. (He/him)
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Ilan Muskat
@calculon.bsky.social
· Aug 28
Then what you do, is gather up all the feathers and stuff the pillow again
The penguin did good
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 AM
The penguin did good
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Thank you, that's very true, people are just really busy today about the news (Organ Ghost by James Gameboy available now on Bandcamp) so they might not have seen it. It's a very funny post, they'll see it later I'm sure.
November 13, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Thank you, that's very true, people are just really busy today about the news (Organ Ghost by James Gameboy available now on Bandcamp) so they might not have seen it. It's a very funny post, they'll see it later I'm sure.
*pfft* this could be about any billionaires
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
*pfft* this could be about any billionaires
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
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I like the Carry On films but the lore is too confusing, impossible for modern audiences to accept these people could play a major part in the French Revolution AND lose their bras on camping holidays
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I like the Carry On films but the lore is too confusing, impossible for modern audiences to accept these people could play a major part in the French Revolution AND lose their bras on camping holidays
🎵 my little RoboCop,
🎵 My little Robo
cop 🎵
🎵 My little Robo
cop 🎵
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
🎵 my little RoboCop,
🎵 My little Robo
cop 🎵
🎵 My little Robo
cop 🎵
Any time a book of Sarah's drops it's both right on time, and addresses, in the words of MCA, "a little something that's long overdue."
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Any time a book of Sarah's drops it's both right on time, and addresses, in the words of MCA, "a little something that's long overdue."
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hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
hearing reports out of Japan that Tatsuya Nakadai has passed away at 92. RIP to a legit legend.
Du
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Du mas
🎵
Du mas père
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Du mas
🎵
Du mas père
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Du
🎵
Du mas
🎵
Du mas père
🎵
Du mas
🎵
Du mas père
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one thing I love about modern UI design is the lack of error messages. Ideally, the user should have no idea why their app is malfunctioning or what they can do to fix it. this is how a phone asserts dominance.
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
one thing I love about modern UI design is the lack of error messages. Ideally, the user should have no idea why their app is malfunctioning or what they can do to fix it. this is how a phone asserts dominance.
If you're in Toronto it might snow tomorrow, so bundle up.
November 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
If you're in Toronto it might snow tomorrow, so bundle up.
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sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
sometimes an Oxford comma can make all the difference
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God, neither do I. And outsourcing that ability to a bunch of energy-guzzling machines whose companies are about to careen off a financial cliff? No thank you
What people do not do, they often lose the ability to do. Which is sometimes fine! In my own life, I don’t have any great need to know how to do some of the math I once learned. But I don’t want to forget how to write.
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
God, neither do I. And outsourcing that ability to a bunch of energy-guzzling machines whose companies are about to careen off a financial cliff? No thank you
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🚨Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock (2017) is delisted🚨
Starting November 15, this game and all its DLCs will no longer be available for purchase on any platform!!
Please don's miss it, it's a great BSG game - and a nice tactical.
Starting November 15, this game and all its DLCs will no longer be available for purchase on any platform!!
Please don's miss it, it's a great BSG game - and a nice tactical.
November 8, 2025 at 1:08 AM
🚨Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock (2017) is delisted🚨
Starting November 15, this game and all its DLCs will no longer be available for purchase on any platform!!
Please don's miss it, it's a great BSG game - and a nice tactical.
Starting November 15, this game and all its DLCs will no longer be available for purchase on any platform!!
Please don's miss it, it's a great BSG game - and a nice tactical.
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Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
Amazon has launched a new AI-driven translation service, Kindle Translate, for Kindle Direct Publishing authors 👇 #BookSky
Amazon launches AI translation service for indie authors
ebx.sh
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good literary translation requires understanding (language, culture, genre--on both sides of the translation) and an ability to write well. "AI" can't do that. There are no shortcuts. Treat your work and foreign language readers with the respect they deserve. You won't fool anyone with this.
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For the @theglobeandmail.com, I wrote about the persistent myths and misconceptions surrounding spousal rape, and a novel legal theory that might reframe the way lawyers and judges (and society) counters them.
Opinion: Spousal rape remains all too misunderstood
More than 40 years after Canada made sexually assaulting one’s spouse a crime, myths remain pervasive within the legal system
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
For the @theglobeandmail.com, I wrote about the persistent myths and misconceptions surrounding spousal rape, and a novel legal theory that might reframe the way lawyers and judges (and society) counters them.
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Harbord cyclists beware: in the new lanes some sewer grates have been put in the death position by contractors. This @ Manning just ate my tire but luckily was coming to a stop. Jarring still. At speed I’d be over the handlebars. There were others along way.
November 6, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Harbord cyclists beware: in the new lanes some sewer grates have been put in the death position by contractors. This @ Manning just ate my tire but luckily was coming to a stop. Jarring still. At speed I’d be over the handlebars. There were others along way.
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Time to dust this off again, I guess. [🎁 link] www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/o...
Opinion | Why Should I Change My Name? He’s the Problem.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Time to dust this off again, I guess. [🎁 link] www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/o...
Ross.... don't do that
November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Ross.... don't do that
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Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Bad AI supplanting human expertise is an issue that transcends any one field, but man—not many people on earth whose knowledge and dedication deserves respect like LIBRARIANS.
Timely reminder.
Remember to live your life such that people don't talk about the abject evils you did when you die.
So many people were detained extrajudicially, were tortured, or died because of Dick Cheney. You can't get to the danger we're in now without everything he did. The weapons he helped forge are ones we need to take away from U.S. presidents forever.
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Timely reminder.
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Surprisingly common journey I’ve observed:
Inexperienced but wildly creative designer makes magic
Then, as they absorb more game design rudiments, begin to disrespect the very innocent elements of their art that made it magic
Designer makes a “fixed” second edition that falls flat
Inexperienced but wildly creative designer makes magic
Then, as they absorb more game design rudiments, begin to disrespect the very innocent elements of their art that made it magic
Designer makes a “fixed” second edition that falls flat
November 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Surprisingly common journey I’ve observed:
Inexperienced but wildly creative designer makes magic
Then, as they absorb more game design rudiments, begin to disrespect the very innocent elements of their art that made it magic
Designer makes a “fixed” second edition that falls flat
Inexperienced but wildly creative designer makes magic
Then, as they absorb more game design rudiments, begin to disrespect the very innocent elements of their art that made it magic
Designer makes a “fixed” second edition that falls flat
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how long have we been hearing about Japan using robots for elder-care? it's been something like 30 years.
it still hasn't happened - indeed, studies found the robots made MORE work for human carers.
www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1...
it still hasn't happened - indeed, studies found the robots made MORE work for human carers.
www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1...
Inside Japan’s long experiment in automating elder care
The country wanted robots to help care for the elderly. What happened?
www.technologyreview.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
how long have we been hearing about Japan using robots for elder-care? it's been something like 30 years.
it still hasn't happened - indeed, studies found the robots made MORE work for human carers.
www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1...
it still hasn't happened - indeed, studies found the robots made MORE work for human carers.
www.technologyreview.com/2023/01/09/1...
"The lights had probably gone out."
"So had the stairs."
"So had the stairs."
This is false. UK Toilet Access law requires that no matter what level you are on, the toilet is on another. You must go up or down stairs to find it. The stairs will be unnecessarily narrow and followed by a labyrinthine series of tunnels. That's the law.
www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...
Nobody Knows What UK Law on Toilet Access Is
The lawlessness of the government's response to For Women Scotland v. the Scottish Ministers.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"The lights had probably gone out."
"So had the stairs."
"So had the stairs."