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Editor of complicated things. Dr of languagey things. Previously: HY, TaY, UoS (UCS), QMUL, UoR, Bloomberg, Dublin Worldcon press. I make you smarter. Myös suomeksi.
Boston Charlie! Just in time for the season. Maybe they can find him a turtle and a possum friend.
I see y'all non-Bostonians discovering our baby alligator story.
I need you all to know he has now been named Charles. Because of course.
I need you all to know he has now been named Charles. Because of course.
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Boston Charlie! Just in time for the season. Maybe they can find him a turtle and a possum friend.
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This IS a delightful story but until I clicked through the bottom right photo appeared to be of a bald man inside a residential green compost bin with some kind of amphibian (in a kerchief?) taped to his forehead and I wondered if that's how you catch baby alligators in rivers or what.
I have the most wonderful story for you all today: baby alligator spotted in Charles River, then immediately rescued by local reptile enthusiast
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This IS a delightful story but until I clicked through the bottom right photo appeared to be of a bald man inside a residential green compost bin with some kind of amphibian (in a kerchief?) taped to his forehead and I wondered if that's how you catch baby alligators in rivers or what.
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
it looks nothing like him (see photo in replies)—his face has always been all ^ ^ not - -
New bronze of Finland’s beloved President - he used to be voted as the sexiest bachelor in Finland & appealed to wide swathes of the population by owning a spectacularly ugly dog.
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
it looks nothing like him (see photo in replies)—his face has always been all ^ ^ not - -
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He is a very powerful wizard....
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
He is a very powerful wizard....
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Inside the news are two Michael Wolves:
November 14, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Inside the news are two Michael Wolves:
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Just read an investor deck with “This is not disruption - it’s reinvention” and my heart sank. A wave of nausea hit me.
November 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Just read an investor deck with “This is not disruption - it’s reinvention” and my heart sank. A wave of nausea hit me.
oh yeah, I had this with a uni IT support guy at work in 2003 or so (hi, Mikko)
Him: you have a lot of mp3s on this machine, are you using N@p$
/=r ?
Me: uh, yes
Him: would you mind if I copied the Kylie Minogue tracks?
Him: you have a lot of mp3s on this machine, are you using N@p$
/=r ?
Me: uh, yes
Him: would you mind if I copied the Kylie Minogue tracks?
White cop parked next to where I pulled up at a stop light, motioned to me to roll down my window.
Cop: What kind of music is that
Me: Sorry officer, was it too loud?
Cop: No. just, what music?
Me: Rhianna?
Cop: Good tune.
WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED TO ME??
Cop: What kind of music is that
Me: Sorry officer, was it too loud?
Cop: No. just, what music?
Me: Rhianna?
Cop: Good tune.
WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED TO ME??
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
oh yeah, I had this with a uni IT support guy at work in 2003 or so (hi, Mikko)
Him: you have a lot of mp3s on this machine, are you using N@p$
/=r ?
Me: uh, yes
Him: would you mind if I copied the Kylie Minogue tracks?
Him: you have a lot of mp3s on this machine, are you using N@p$
/=r ?
Me: uh, yes
Him: would you mind if I copied the Kylie Minogue tracks?
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Please note, most of my suggestions are expansions of freedom and access, almost none are bans, restrictions, or punitive. Most can be done within our current system, and all are either affordable to us as a society, or will boost the economy.
Great question, going 90% of the way on prison abolition/defund the police would probably be my most heartfelt, extreme left position.
Open borders, because why tf not.
Reparations to the Black community gets a hell yeah from me.
Free housing/education/health is a no brainer.
Open borders, because why tf not.
Reparations to the Black community gets a hell yeah from me.
Free housing/education/health is a no brainer.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Please note, most of my suggestions are expansions of freedom and access, almost none are bans, restrictions, or punitive. Most can be done within our current system, and all are either affordable to us as a society, or will boost the economy.
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32 bucks hardcover. THIS is the coffee table tome I will have out
November 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
32 bucks hardcover. THIS is the coffee table tome I will have out
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this is my philosophy too. I'm not a cop. I'll give mediocre work the grade it deserves.
It is literally not your job to mount defensive maneuvers against LLM vomited essays. Give those papers the grades the words deserve (generally it's a 'C'). Take a deep breath and decompress after the sense of disappointment. Move on.
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
this is my philosophy too. I'm not a cop. I'll give mediocre work the grade it deserves.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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the price of coffee is going to skyrocket by the way. the us consumes almost 300 times more coffee than it produces -- and the only "domestically" grown coffee comes from hawaii, which produced almost 20% less from 2022-2023.
April 9, 2025 at 12:21 PM
the price of coffee is going to skyrocket by the way. the us consumes almost 300 times more coffee than it produces -- and the only "domestically" grown coffee comes from hawaii, which produced almost 20% less from 2022-2023.
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We love circle season 💕⚫️💕
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We love circle season 💕⚫️💕
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Is the world overwhelming right now? Do you remember struggling to work when the world was burning around you? Let's talk. I've got strategies you can use to manage those times and retain some sanity & productivity. FREE. Fri Nov 21, noon ET (GMT-5). buff.ly/rFgsJ1s
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November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Is the world overwhelming right now? Do you remember struggling to work when the world was burning around you? Let's talk. I've got strategies you can use to manage those times and retain some sanity & productivity. FREE. Fri Nov 21, noon ET (GMT-5). buff.ly/rFgsJ1s
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I actively fucking *love* land acknowledgments! They’re moving and kind, and teach you about history and model showing respect for others. They are literally only good in every way.
my wokest opinion is that land acknowledgements are fine. people knowing a little bit about the land you're on, even if one isn't invested in a land back project, is not particularly worse than the status quo, even if one comes by this info in a way that is somewhat cringe and forced
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I actively fucking *love* land acknowledgments! They’re moving and kind, and teach you about history and model showing respect for others. They are literally only good in every way.
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I cannot recommend this book highly enough, Samantha is a deeply gifted writer in addition to being an excellent researcher (oh, and did I mention she is also a world-class pianist??)
Any writing or teaching about 20th cent. American classical music really must include Samantha's work as a source
Any writing or teaching about 20th cent. American classical music really must include Samantha's work as a source
I learned last night that my review of Samantha Ege's wonderful book "Southside Impresarios" was published in The Journal of Musicological Research on Tuesday!
Many thanks to @lilyehirsch.bsky.social for editing generously and giving me the chance to write this!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Many thanks to @lilyehirsch.bsky.social for editing generously and giving me the chance to write this!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
South Side Impresarios: How Race Women Transformed Chicago’s Classical Music Scene
Published in Journal of Musicological Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:40 PM
I cannot recommend this book highly enough, Samantha is a deeply gifted writer in addition to being an excellent researcher (oh, and did I mention she is also a world-class pianist??)
Any writing or teaching about 20th cent. American classical music really must include Samantha's work as a source
Any writing or teaching about 20th cent. American classical music really must include Samantha's work as a source
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I reviewed "Now Jazz Now: 100 Essential
Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings, 1960–80," by Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore, in the current issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. Seriously, every lover of contemporary jazz needs this: www.ecstaticpeace.net/now-jazz-now
Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings, 1960–80," by Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore, in the current issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. Seriously, every lover of contemporary jazz needs this: www.ecstaticpeace.net/now-jazz-now
Now Jazz Now — ECSTATIC PEACE LIBRARY / DAYDREAM LIBRARY SERIES
www.ecstaticpeace.net
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I reviewed "Now Jazz Now: 100 Essential
Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings, 1960–80," by Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore, in the current issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. Seriously, every lover of contemporary jazz needs this: www.ecstaticpeace.net/now-jazz-now
Free Jazz & Improvisation Recordings, 1960–80," by Byron Coley, Mats Gustafsson, and Thurston Moore, in the current issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social. Seriously, every lover of contemporary jazz needs this: www.ecstaticpeace.net/now-jazz-now
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truly this is the eternal cycle of creation
Decades of experience have proven that posters can only win by leaving to start new forums where they’re the mods and inevitably lose the next war to posters who leave to create their own forum etc.
a man is holding a can of soda in front of his mouth and says `` time is a flat circle '' .
Alt: a man is holding a can of soda in front of his mouth and says `` time is a flat circle ''
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November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
truly this is the eternal cycle of creation
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inshallah may it occur
I am putting my bets on Summers being the first Epstein correspondent to be interviewed by Chotiner: he has exactly the right mix of arrogance and self-righteousness
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
inshallah may it occur
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The future of art will reside in those things that AI models regard as not profitable to imitate. The stuff that these ghouls don't bother with will be where human creativity will thrive.
November 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The future of art will reside in those things that AI models regard as not profitable to imitate. The stuff that these ghouls don't bother with will be where human creativity will thrive.