kobayashi ḫamṭu
@mattboot.bsky.social
language enjoyer, he/him
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A work colleague regularly says ‘ we are efforting that’ meaning that they’re doing it
February 10, 2026 at 10:10 PM
A work colleague regularly says ‘ we are efforting that’ meaning that they’re doing it
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I've been hearing people who are witnessing the impacts of AI on coding saying, "Aside from physical labor, the thing people should be focusing on is...mmm...I don't know what to call it..."
...and then they haltingly describe a liberal arts education.
...and then they haltingly describe a liberal arts education.
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I've been hearing people who are witnessing the impacts of AI on coding saying, "Aside from physical labor, the thing people should be focusing on is...mmm...I don't know what to call it..."
...and then they haltingly describe a liberal arts education.
...and then they haltingly describe a liberal arts education.
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the people who seem to be thriving the most are all the general purpose nerds who read everything and are comfortable task switching every 30 seconds as long as it doesn't get boring
I've been hearing people who are witnessing the impacts of AI on coding saying, "Aside from physical labor, the thing people should be focusing on is...mmm...I don't know what to call it..."
...and then they haltingly describe a liberal arts education.
...and then they haltingly describe a liberal arts education.
February 10, 2026 at 8:52 PM
the people who seem to be thriving the most are all the general purpose nerds who read everything and are comfortable task switching every 30 seconds as long as it doesn't get boring
i also saw somebody make the shrewd point that, because Palestinians are afforded no agency, anything bad he does is proof of Israeli involvement
February 10, 2026 at 8:44 PM
i also saw somebody make the shrewd point that, because Palestinians are afforded no agency, anything bad he does is proof of Israeli involvement
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Language is evolutioning
i heard both of these today:
"what are we solutioning here"
"we don't have a solve for that"
nouns and verbs, two ships passing in the night
"what are we solutioning here"
"we don't have a solve for that"
nouns and verbs, two ships passing in the night
February 10, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Language is evolutioning
this is the way
Americans Are Learning Korean Because of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Americans Are Learning Korean Because of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Across the country, Americans who love K-pop and K-dramas are flocking to Korean language classes.
www.nytimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
this is the way
February 10, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 2:51 AM
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
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February 10, 2026 at 3:05 AM
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Kid English word of the day
unrainbowy
‘less colorful’
My son used this to describe my toe, which was rainbowy one day after I injured it, but unrainbowy two days after I injured it.
unrainbowy
‘less colorful’
My son used this to describe my toe, which was rainbowy one day after I injured it, but unrainbowy two days after I injured it.
February 6, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Kid English word of the day
unrainbowy
‘less colorful’
My son used this to describe my toe, which was rainbowy one day after I injured it, but unrainbowy two days after I injured it.
unrainbowy
‘less colorful’
My son used this to describe my toe, which was rainbowy one day after I injured it, but unrainbowy two days after I injured it.
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Reposted with alt text for people with screen readers - this is a welcome departure from how certain large organizations are handling revelations that high-profile members associated with and accepted money from Epstein and his organization, _AFTER 2008_ when he was convicted for soliciting a minor.
February 9, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Reposted with alt text for people with screen readers - this is a welcome departure from how certain large organizations are handling revelations that high-profile members associated with and accepted money from Epstein and his organization, _AFTER 2008_ when he was convicted for soliciting a minor.
i will have to rewatch. i don't remember disliking it for the record i'm just trying to temper my memory with what i have more recently read to be public oppinion
February 9, 2026 at 10:58 PM
i will have to rewatch. i don't remember disliking it for the record i'm just trying to temper my memory with what i have more recently read to be public oppinion
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Cool so that's half a billion dollars spent on acquiring warehouse concentration camps just in the last 30 days. More than double the annual budget of the National Endowment for the Humanities. About the same as the annual budget of the Peace Corps.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 9:57 PM
Cool so that's half a billion dollars spent on acquiring warehouse concentration camps just in the last 30 days. More than double the annual budget of the National Endowment for the Humanities. About the same as the annual budget of the Peace Corps.
oooh, i'll have to check this out
February 9, 2026 at 10:04 PM
oooh, i'll have to check this out
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This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
For all the fearmongering about capital flight from New York City, there’s an exodus few want to talk about: working people.
Sky-high rents and outrageous child care costs are already pushing families out of the city they keep running.
That’s what we have to change.
That’s what we have to change.
January 28, 2026 at 7:59 PM
This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom:
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
"If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
i don't remember much about it (i recall it is not widely considered a good movie) besides that at one point omar sharif says something like ὑμέτερος βασιλεύς? "your king?" to the vikings using greek as a lingua franca which i thought was neat
February 9, 2026 at 9:52 PM
i don't remember much about it (i recall it is not widely considered a good movie) besides that at one point omar sharif says something like ὑμέτερος βασιλεύς? "your king?" to the vikings using greek as a lingua franca which i thought was neat
haha i was thinking the same thing
February 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
haha i was thinking the same thing
omg guy in front of me on the plane is watching The 13th Warrior (based on michael crichton's novel about ibn fadlan)
February 9, 2026 at 9:47 PM
omg guy in front of me on the plane is watching The 13th Warrior (based on michael crichton's novel about ibn fadlan)
my shirt reading "don't panic—we're winning" has people asking lots of questions already answered by my shirt
February 9, 2026 at 9:37 PM
my shirt reading "don't panic—we're winning" has people asking lots of questions already answered by my shirt
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just two monks and a dream
February 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
just two monks and a dream
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This is absolutely heartrending: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM
This is absolutely heartrending: www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
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Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/
“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
www.propublica.org
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
Please take the time to read what the children detained in Dilley wrote me in their own words: www.propublica.org/article/ice-... 10/