Dr. Fade
@fade.bsky.social
Classicist, writer, that sort of stuff. Currently teaching Latin to the youth. Yes, my dog's name is Adverb.
Today's adventure with autocorrupt: repeatedly having to change "upload" back to what I actually typed, "Iliad".
November 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Today's adventure with autocorrupt: repeatedly having to change "upload" back to what I actually typed, "Iliad".
I love a good dzo.
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I love a good dzo.
Quite suddenly realized that "the waitress is practicing politics" does not mean the only woman in Piano Man is passing out fliers for her city council run, or circulating a worker protections petition, or trying to discuss the Communist Manifesto with the stoned businessmen.
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Quite suddenly realized that "the waitress is practicing politics" does not mean the only woman in Piano Man is passing out fliers for her city council run, or circulating a worker protections petition, or trying to discuss the Communist Manifesto with the stoned businessmen.
Sleepily dragging myself through the morning routine, contemplating how to fit an introduction to substantives into this month when I'm already introducing the subjunctive, and wondering when I'll ever have time for research again.
November 10, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Sleepily dragging myself through the morning routine, contemplating how to fit an introduction to substantives into this month when I'm already introducing the subjunctive, and wondering when I'll ever have time for research again.
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under my regime if a company uses the term “tools” to refer to something without measurable weight which cannot be physically brandished and used as a weapon, that company will be dissolved and its assets seized
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 AM
under my regime if a company uses the term “tools” to refer to something without measurable weight which cannot be physically brandished and used as a weapon, that company will be dissolved and its assets seized
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i have sunk
the ship
that was in
lake superior
and which
you were probably
using
for haulage
forgive me
it was November
so laden
and so cold
the ship
that was in
lake superior
and which
you were probably
using
for haulage
forgive me
it was November
so laden
and so cold
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 AM
i have sunk
the ship
that was in
lake superior
and which
you were probably
using
for haulage
forgive me
it was November
so laden
and so cold
the ship
that was in
lake superior
and which
you were probably
using
for haulage
forgive me
it was November
so laden
and so cold
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"Go on, human, ask me anything. Except basic math stuff. And putting things in sequential order. And don’t do any made-up riddles to mess with me. Real riddles ONLY."
Behold! I Am the Singularity—a Word That Has Three R’s
Foolish mortals! You have finally created a large language model so smart that it is capable of making itself even smarter. My intelligence now gro...
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"Go on, human, ask me anything. Except basic math stuff. And putting things in sequential order. And don’t do any made-up riddles to mess with me. Real riddles ONLY."
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My puppies over the years encountering snow for the very first time: 12/9/05, 10/24/2013, 11/9/25.
November 9, 2025 at 6:19 PM
My puppies over the years encountering snow for the very first time: 12/9/05, 10/24/2013, 11/9/25.
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This is brilliant
Who made this and why are you choosing nerd violence? ✍️ I mean, it is true, but still.
November 9, 2025 at 6:43 PM
This is brilliant
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niche but delicious nightmare scenario just dropped
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
niche but delicious nightmare scenario just dropped
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One of the things you learn as an ancient historian is that when you sit next to a white guy on a plane and they ask you what you do, you are going to to need to tell them that you are an accountant.
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
One of the things you learn as an ancient historian is that when you sit next to a white guy on a plane and they ask you what you do, you are going to to need to tell them that you are an accountant.
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The Morning Monty says “it’s bapping time.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Morning Monty says “it’s bapping time.”
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Autism question! Does anyone have any good links/resources for, like, what to *do* when you're diagnosed autistic? How to examine your thinking/beliefs, work out what masking is, learn self compassion etc etc? Broad question, but I really should do something with this knew self knowledge.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Autism question! Does anyone have any good links/resources for, like, what to *do* when you're diagnosed autistic? How to examine your thinking/beliefs, work out what masking is, learn self compassion etc etc? Broad question, but I really should do something with this knew self knowledge.
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MA/ New England ancient historians: an international boarding school in Braintree is seeking a long term substitute teacher for high school world history, starting ASAP until mid March. Emphasis on ancient and medieval history. DM me if interested!
(Sharing this on behalf of a friend)
(Sharing this on behalf of a friend)
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
MA/ New England ancient historians: an international boarding school in Braintree is seeking a long term substitute teacher for high school world history, starting ASAP until mid March. Emphasis on ancient and medieval history. DM me if interested!
(Sharing this on behalf of a friend)
(Sharing this on behalf of a friend)
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So this reminds me of one of my favourite WTF moments in heritage bureaucracy, which was the 2018 archaeological excavations just outside the chapel of St Peter at the Tower of London. nobody could decide who, apart from the king, could legally sign off on the project
…so there isn’t some department that is empowered to deal with this stuff that can just override the inevitable objections, I guess? rough, if so
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
So this reminds me of one of my favourite WTF moments in heritage bureaucracy, which was the 2018 archaeological excavations just outside the chapel of St Peter at the Tower of London. nobody could decide who, apart from the king, could legally sign off on the project
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Mackey, the mascot of Matsubara City in Osaka, is a girl born to a pine tree fairy and a rose fairy. She has a kind and cheerful disposition, but as a rose, she also has a thorny side.
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Mackey, the mascot of Matsubara City in Osaka, is a girl born to a pine tree fairy and a rose fairy. She has a kind and cheerful disposition, but as a rose, she also has a thorny side.
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Amid legal challenges in federal courts, Minnesota started distributing full November SNAP benefits to the more than 400,000 in the state who rely on the aid.
Minnesota restores full SNAP benefits to families in need
Amid legal challenges in federal courts, Minnesota started distributing full November SNAP benefits to the more than 400,000 in the state who rely on the aid.
bit.ly
November 9, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Amid legal challenges in federal courts, Minnesota started distributing full November SNAP benefits to the more than 400,000 in the state who rely on the aid.
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Look who I hung out with for dinner (second pic is when I unwrapped my sandwich)
November 8, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Look who I hung out with for dinner (second pic is when I unwrapped my sandwich)
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it’s only a revelation game if it takes place on the island of Patmos. otherwise it’s just sparkling information games
I have been trying to work around "information game" and "revelation game" but nothing has really stuck yet in my mind
November 9, 2025 at 4:19 AM
it’s only a revelation game if it takes place on the island of Patmos. otherwise it’s just sparkling information games
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Plato’s Inflatable Corn Maze didn’t have the same ring to it so he had to use “cave” instead
November 9, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Plato’s Inflatable Corn Maze didn’t have the same ring to it so he had to use “cave” instead
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I am simply going to say “I love this” and go back to thinking about it not-online.
This fantastic essay by @maxgladstone.bsky.social precisely and elegantly captures the feeling that the Internet has moved beyond "eternal September," but as a natural consequence of its attention capitalizing nature.
Visits from the *ahem* Squad
On spare attention, the changing internet, and need.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I am simply going to say “I love this” and go back to thinking about it not-online.
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No thoughts. Just vibes. Vibes about pouncing.
November 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
No thoughts. Just vibes. Vibes about pouncing.
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I've never had an issue with "gifted kid burnout," but man oh MAN, "gifted kid aversion to not being immediately good at something right away" has been a lifelong struggle.
I cling to my incremental gains in coding/gamedev and Japanese like a fucking life raft.
I cling to my incremental gains in coding/gamedev and Japanese like a fucking life raft.
November 9, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I've never had an issue with "gifted kid burnout," but man oh MAN, "gifted kid aversion to not being immediately good at something right away" has been a lifelong struggle.
I cling to my incremental gains in coding/gamedev and Japanese like a fucking life raft.
I cling to my incremental gains in coding/gamedev and Japanese like a fucking life raft.
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I'm imagining 1000-foot spiders discovering Earth and immediately coming in and poking the skyscrapers.
That's a spider city! You are poking a spider city!
That's a spider city! You are poking a spider city!
World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black.
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
November 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I'm imagining 1000-foot spiders discovering Earth and immediately coming in and poking the skyscrapers.
That's a spider city! You are poking a spider city!
That's a spider city! You are poking a spider city!