Raphael Fischer
@raffers.bsky.social
Dangerously enthusiastic about mulling
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"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
November 20, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"Greeks living in Afghanistan were Buddhist 500 years before China and a thousand years before Southeast Asia" is one of those things that sounds made up but is in fact true
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This has brought up a question I actually don't know - when did the specific form "the fae" become so popular in English?
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
This has brought up a question I actually don't know - when did the specific form "the fae" become so popular in English?
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
OED has "Faerie" going back to Spenser, "fey" as "fairylike" in 1823, and there's obviously "Morgan le Fay" from French, but can't find much for "the fae" til quite recently!
It's a bit funny that Japan uses red when stocks go *up* (and green when they go down), making this picture look way worse if you're just scrolling by
Markets rally after Nvidia’s strong results calm AI bubble fears, and investors await US jobs report – business live
Markets rally after Nvidia’s strong results calm AI bubble fears, and investors await US jobs report – business live
Investors cheer forecast-beating results from chipmaker, as attention turns to delayed US employment report
European trade commissioner Maroš Šefčovič has said the decades-old global trading system with secure global supply chains is over.
In the wake of the most recent battle between the EU and China over the supply of chips for the auto industry, he told a conference in Brussels “everything could be weaponised”.
“Europe for years, kind of relied upon the reliable global supply chains, this is a new situation. And suddenly we might have new tariffs, might have new exports controls.
Simply that system, which was built for decades, is not there anymore. Everything could be weaponised. So unfortunately, it became the new tool in this, I would say, geopolitical competition.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:44 AM
It's a bit funny that Japan uses red when stocks go *up* (and green when they go down), making this picture look way worse if you're just scrolling by
Really fabulous Festival of Economics/British Academy lecture from John Muellbauer! Featuring social housing, land taxes and an abiding sense of Millennial Terror
November 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Really fabulous Festival of Economics/British Academy lecture from John Muellbauer! Featuring social housing, land taxes and an abiding sense of Millennial Terror
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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
#3157 A helpful tutorial
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MISSIONARY: And he that lives by the sword shall perish by the sword.
GERMANIC CHIEFTAIN: So you’re saying keep it up and I’m guaranteed a warrior’s death?
MISSIONARY: …You know what? Sure.
GERMANIC CHIEFTAIN: This Josh guy fucking rules.
GERMANIC CHIEFTAIN: So you’re saying keep it up and I’m guaranteed a warrior’s death?
MISSIONARY: …You know what? Sure.
GERMANIC CHIEFTAIN: This Josh guy fucking rules.
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
MISSIONARY: And he that lives by the sword shall perish by the sword.
GERMANIC CHIEFTAIN: So you’re saying keep it up and I’m guaranteed a warrior’s death?
MISSIONARY: …You know what? Sure.
GERMANIC CHIEFTAIN: This Josh guy fucking rules.
GERMANIC CHIEFTAIN: So you’re saying keep it up and I’m guaranteed a warrior’s death?
MISSIONARY: …You know what? Sure.
GERMANIC CHIEFTAIN: This Josh guy fucking rules.
Businesses abdicating their brand identity to baseline ChatGPT almost makes me miss when they'd just use Papyrus over a textured background
I think brand identity might end up being the final boss for gen AI. You need to be both clearly distinctive from your competitors and ruthlessly consistent in your own content. Until image gen can do that, the business use case is limited to "bakeries who think photoing a cupcake is too hard"
Your Party also already has a graphic design visual identity which I actually think is pretty strong (it's maybe a bit too 70s throwback for their Gen Z target voters, but I like it), and it's nothing like this. Sorry, but if you're building a political party you need a consistent brand!
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Businesses abdicating their brand identity to baseline ChatGPT almost makes me miss when they'd just use Papyrus over a textured background
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I think brand identity might end up being the final boss for gen AI. You need to be both clearly distinctive from your competitors and ruthlessly consistent in your own content. Until image gen can do that, the business use case is limited to "bakeries who think photoing a cupcake is too hard"
Your Party also already has a graphic design visual identity which I actually think is pretty strong (it's maybe a bit too 70s throwback for their Gen Z target voters, but I like it), and it's nothing like this. Sorry, but if you're building a political party you need a consistent brand!
November 15, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I think brand identity might end up being the final boss for gen AI. You need to be both clearly distinctive from your competitors and ruthlessly consistent in your own content. Until image gen can do that, the business use case is limited to "bakeries who think photoing a cupcake is too hard"
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Your weekend Umlaut: a single piece of neon divided in two with the help of black electrician’s tape.
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Your weekend Umlaut: a single piece of neon divided in two with the help of black electrician’s tape.
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I've been collecting pandemic era signs that nobody can be bothered to take down or remove. There's something grimly fascinating about this. Putting them up was urgent and important; removing them is nobody's job. How long will some of these hang around?
November 15, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I've been collecting pandemic era signs that nobody can be bothered to take down or remove. There's something grimly fascinating about this. Putting them up was urgent and important; removing them is nobody's job. How long will some of these hang around?
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Yes … meow meow meow … YES!
Happy Friday from Dottie. I’ve always believed cats were Sickos …
@theonion.com
Happy Friday from Dottie. I’ve always believed cats were Sickos …
@theonion.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Yes … meow meow meow … YES!
Happy Friday from Dottie. I’ve always believed cats were Sickos …
@theonion.com
Happy Friday from Dottie. I’ve always believed cats were Sickos …
@theonion.com
Frantically googling "US soldiers UK bases", "MoD pay US soldiers" and "third amendment UK"
"Shutdown": The U.S. Army recommends that soldiers in Germany resort to food banks. However, Germany secured the wages of 12,000 local US Army employees amid a budget crisis in Washington. buff.ly/OxoHgv3
Germany secures wages of 12,000 local US Army employees amid budget crisis in Washington
The German federal government stepped in three weeks after the start of the US government shutdown.
www.euronews.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Frantically googling "US soldiers UK bases", "MoD pay US soldiers" and "third amendment UK"
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I'm posting this on BlueSky to (hopefully) disprove a theory I have about this platform.
Do people on here understand this is not 'pro-Palestine' activism, despite this individual describing her output as such? That this is in fact the Great Replacement theory so beloved of White Nationalists?
Do people on here understand this is not 'pro-Palestine' activism, despite this individual describing her output as such? That this is in fact the Great Replacement theory so beloved of White Nationalists?
November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I'm posting this on BlueSky to (hopefully) disprove a theory I have about this platform.
Do people on here understand this is not 'pro-Palestine' activism, despite this individual describing her output as such? That this is in fact the Great Replacement theory so beloved of White Nationalists?
Do people on here understand this is not 'pro-Palestine' activism, despite this individual describing her output as such? That this is in fact the Great Replacement theory so beloved of White Nationalists?
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"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
October 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"Dear Sir, Your good name has been bought to my attention as a trustworthy man and a believer in God. I am the son of the late Queen Elizabeth II, ruler of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. My mother left me forty-five million pounds and the city of York but I am unable ..."
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Lech Lecha – the covenants of peoplehood and land
After giving a talk at a Muslim interfaith forum, entitled “One God, one humanity, many religions” I was asked after it by a group of interested young Muslim men - What makes the Jews Jewish? Christianity they understood, Islam they understood,…
After giving a talk at a Muslim interfaith forum, entitled “One God, one humanity, many religions” I was asked after it by a group of interested young Muslim men - What makes the Jews Jewish? Christianity they understood, Islam they understood,…
Lech Lecha – the covenants of peoplehood and land
After giving a talk at a Muslim interfaith forum, entitled “One God, one humanity, many religions” I was asked after it by a group of interested young Muslim men - What makes the Jews Jewish? Christianity they understood, Islam they understood, but Judaism – what makes Jews Jewish? What gives us our special identity and our difference is the way we see our relationship with God, the understanding we have of being in a relationship of Covenant.
rabbisylviarothschild.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Lech Lecha – the covenants of peoplehood and land
After giving a talk at a Muslim interfaith forum, entitled “One God, one humanity, many religions” I was asked after it by a group of interested young Muslim men - What makes the Jews Jewish? Christianity they understood, Islam they understood,…
After giving a talk at a Muslim interfaith forum, entitled “One God, one humanity, many religions” I was asked after it by a group of interested young Muslim men - What makes the Jews Jewish? Christianity they understood, Islam they understood,…
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“Israel is a refuge for all Jews”
Unless they try to help Palestinians who are being attacked by fascist settlers during their olive harvest, then apparently it’s deportation time.
This is an escalation in the state’s effort to redefine “Jewish” in a supremacist way.
Unless they try to help Palestinians who are being attacked by fascist settlers during their olive harvest, then apparently it’s deportation time.
This is an escalation in the state’s effort to redefine “Jewish” in a supremacist way.
Official October 30th Deportation Press Release
Israel Moves to Deport Two Jewish- ِAmerican Women for Participating in Peacebuilding Olive Harvest with Rabbis for Human Rights Jerusalem, Israel — In a striking move that underscores Israel’s growin...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
“Israel is a refuge for all Jews”
Unless they try to help Palestinians who are being attacked by fascist settlers during their olive harvest, then apparently it’s deportation time.
This is an escalation in the state’s effort to redefine “Jewish” in a supremacist way.
Unless they try to help Palestinians who are being attacked by fascist settlers during their olive harvest, then apparently it’s deportation time.
This is an escalation in the state’s effort to redefine “Jewish” in a supremacist way.
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I entirely forgot that I made this anti-ASMR video (Sound warning headphones users)
October 27, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I entirely forgot that I made this anti-ASMR video (Sound warning headphones users)
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me: ugh god you know how you make plans for friday night but then friday night gets there and you don't want to do it and it feels sooooooo good to cancel?
my liege lord Daimyō Nobunaga (unsheathing katana): even a dog understands loyalty. She whose word is not bond does not deserve to live
my liege lord Daimyō Nobunaga (unsheathing katana): even a dog understands loyalty. She whose word is not bond does not deserve to live
October 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
me: ugh god you know how you make plans for friday night but then friday night gets there and you don't want to do it and it feels sooooooo good to cancel?
my liege lord Daimyō Nobunaga (unsheathing katana): even a dog understands loyalty. She whose word is not bond does not deserve to live
my liege lord Daimyō Nobunaga (unsheathing katana): even a dog understands loyalty. She whose word is not bond does not deserve to live
I ate ~7% of my body weight in gelato in six days, AMA
October 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I ate ~7% of my body weight in gelato in six days, AMA
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Peak Anglicanism is having a global schism rejecting the Archbishop of Canterbury and it not even being noticed by a single mainstream British news outlet.
So hey, not content to let the Catholics hog the spotlight with the Opus Dei stuff, Anglicanism had a schism today. premierchristian.news/en/news/arti...
Major split among Anglican Communion announced - Premier Christian News | Headlines, Breaking News, Comment & Analysis
The movement of conservative, biblically orthodox Anglicans said it could not continue to have communion with those who “advocate the revisionist agenda, which has abandoned the inerrant word of God a...
premierchristian.news
October 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Peak Anglicanism is having a global schism rejecting the Archbishop of Canterbury and it not even being noticed by a single mainstream British news outlet.
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Muppet Evangelion
I don’t care if it’s cringe, suck it up and put on the fucking frog suit
October 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Muppet Evangelion
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WHAT ABOUT CATERPILLAR CAKES? PERCY PIGS? CREAM FLOUR? this is so stupid and embarrassing for any MEP who voted for this
October 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
WHAT ABOUT CATERPILLAR CAKES? PERCY PIGS? CREAM FLOUR? this is so stupid and embarrassing for any MEP who voted for this
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looking up the types of residence cards you can get in France for a piece and HONKING at this part of the drop-down list, from the official government website (!!) www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers...
October 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
looking up the types of residence cards you can get in France for a piece and HONKING at this part of the drop-down list, from the official government website (!!) www.service-public.gouv.fr/particuliers...
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Why are people getting excited about the “Nobels”? Everyone knows that the only REAL one is the Sveriges @riksbank.se Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The others are just self-aggrandising PR set up by Nobel himself.
October 7, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Why are people getting excited about the “Nobels”? Everyone knows that the only REAL one is the Sveriges @riksbank.se Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The others are just self-aggrandising PR set up by Nobel himself.
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Our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.
October 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Our hearts are with the victims and their families at this terrible time.