Tamreen
scriptor.bsky.social
Tamreen
@scriptor.bsky.social
Posts about history, language, code, and random shower thoughts (mostly the last one sorry). he/they. Brooklyn. 💗💜💙

profile pic alt text: Picture of me, a brown guy with a medium-short black beard and hair in a ponytail going a bit down one shoulder
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The insistence on making these robots bipedal is probably the most obvious giveaway that it's all a big carny gimmick
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Folks, loony Zohran is going to make our beautiful Sunnis mention Ali in the adhan, it’s true, Ali—great guy, but I like caliphs who don’t get assassinated—and Zohran wants us to make him almost equal to the Prophet Muhammad, PBUH, you can’t do that, it’s not right!
November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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Baby pigeon mystery.
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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A biologist at the American Museum of Natural History, Jonathan Coddington, cataloged a new genus of South American spiders in 1986.

Two things about the spider were unique:
they lived in caves & laid cubic eggs.

So he called them genus 'Plato', and that's the nerdiest thing I have read all year.
Diminutive fairy wombat poop. Tiny cubes under 2mm on each side.

These are egg sacs made by a spider in the family Theridiosomatidae.

They made yesterday’s hike special. Finding something I’ve never seen before is such a thrill.

🌱 #nature #macro #spider
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 PM
before y'all get too excited, read the article where it says they're doing it to invest even more in openai
Japanese giant SoftBank said Tuesday it has sold its entire stake in tech giant Nvidia for $5.83 billion.

Click here to read more: https://cnb.cx/49LCIs8
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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“He was a bad guy but did great science”—maybe choose to make “He/She wasn’t a bad person and did great science” the main character even though the bad guy is striving to cling to the spotlight.
I think a lot about why Bardeen is less famous than Feynman despite winning two Nobels. Why isn’t Sanger more famous than Watson? The point is that the double helix isn’t by far the most important thing ever discovered. It’s a narrative that kept getting outsized public exposure. Why was that?
It’s really worth clicking through here and just reading the stark litany of vile stuff Watson said. Also worth reflecting on why he was so extraordinarily famous. The Nobel is awarded every year. Who gets to be a real celebrity? How correlated is breakout fame with vulgar self-promotion?
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
in every high school there's always one guy who's exactly like This Guy
Louvre heist: 'Fedora man' in viral picture revealed as local teenager
The mystery youth in the photo turns out to be Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux, a 15-year-old detective fan.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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incredible things happening on r/spicy
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
incredible things happening on r/spicy
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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I fixed the title
November 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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November 9, 2025 at 5:29 AM
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Yes and yet several European countries are embracing a far-right worldview that would burn these policies to the ground, so let’s be not be smug or complacent here - particularly as Mamdani‘s pro-immigration stance is radical by European standards.
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ -- Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’
Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
we were wrong, venmo would actually be the perfect social network. Every time you wanna post you gotta send a friend money. It's how it should be
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Solving the housing problem, one racist cop at a time
Mamdani is already cleaning up the NYPD!
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Cara was a word for 'face' in everyday Latin, very rare in ancient writings, but it took off in Romance languages like Spanish.

Cara became chiere in Old French, and via the Normans, it took on new meanings in English, going from 'facial expression' to 'happiness' and 'loud shout' – namely, cheer.
November 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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the guy looks like the villain in a columbo episode where a retired boat captain is caught because of his hubris
if someone is willing to pay for the products, i'd be willing to purchase these items, deconstruct them, and give them to expert tailors, shoemakers, and craftspeople for review. i will also see if i can track down the factories. i would be interested to know if these items are made in the US
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
something kinda grim about making a holiday sweater for the prison management sim game
November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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succubus - female demon that seduces men

incubus - male demon that seduces women

vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
the guy looks like the villain in a columbo episode where a retired boat captain is caught because of his hubris
if someone is willing to pay for the products, i'd be willing to purchase these items, deconstruct them, and give them to expert tailors, shoemakers, and craftspeople for review. i will also see if i can track down the factories. i would be interested to know if these items are made in the US
November 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Corey's Drum: if there's a giant space drum in book 1, it must space-spin by book 3
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 AM
just saw someone call zohran x lander "ny political yaoi" and its dawning on me that it probably exists for real
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
ur face should be criminalized
All drug use outside palliative care should be criminalized and possession of dealer quantities should be punishable by death without appeal.
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Sheer wonder and a clear beauty...

In the vast tapestry of life, evolution has shaped some of its most intriguing masterpieces in the form of transparent animals.

How Evolution Created Transparent Animals
and Why Some Creatures Are Practically Invisible 🧪
discoverwildscience.com/how-evolutio...
November 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM