.jretion
@dotjretion.bsky.social
Artist, hobbyist game dev, story writer, music composer, communist hellenist, fighting game player on hiatus.
Autistic with undiagnosed hearing problems.
Learning ASL.
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Autistic with undiagnosed hearing problems.
Learning ASL.
she/her
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This stream viscerally reminded me of being in highschool and sitting around a table full of stoners smoking tons of weed and talking bullshit and politics. Except this was leftist flavored.
October 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
This stream viscerally reminded me of being in highschool and sitting around a table full of stoners smoking tons of weed and talking bullshit and politics. Except this was leftist flavored.
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And for posterity, Mamdani's last name 「曼達尼」can be interpreted as "the long, graceful path to peace".
There you have it, a noble man with an incorruptible spirit, who puts down fame and fortune to take the long, winding road towards peace, despite the cold winter ahead.
That's a hell of a name
There you have it, a noble man with an incorruptible spirit, who puts down fame and fortune to take the long, winding road towards peace, despite the cold winter ahead.
That's a hell of a name
November 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
And for posterity, Mamdani's last name 「曼達尼」can be interpreted as "the long, graceful path to peace".
There you have it, a noble man with an incorruptible spirit, who puts down fame and fortune to take the long, winding road towards peace, despite the cold winter ahead.
That's a hell of a name
There you have it, a noble man with an incorruptible spirit, who puts down fame and fortune to take the long, winding road towards peace, despite the cold winter ahead.
That's a hell of a name
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The orchid and the plum are so prevalent in Chinese culture that you will find them as two of the four bonus tiles in mahjong.
It takes a lot of skill to find an easily pronounceable name with multiple readily recognizable cultural meanings
It takes a lot of skill to find an easily pronounceable name with multiple readily recognizable cultural meanings
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The orchid and the plum are so prevalent in Chinese culture that you will find them as two of the four bonus tiles in mahjong.
It takes a lot of skill to find an easily pronounceable name with multiple readily recognizable cultural meanings
It takes a lot of skill to find an easily pronounceable name with multiple readily recognizable cultural meanings
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Most importantly, the Chinese names are homophonous with "Zohran Kwame" when pronounced in both Cantonese (the spoken language used by first-wave Chinese immigrants from the South) and Mandarin (the spoken language used by new-wave Chinese immigrants from the North).
What an absolute masterstroke.
What an absolute masterstroke.
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Most importantly, the Chinese names are homophonous with "Zohran Kwame" when pronounced in both Cantonese (the spoken language used by first-wave Chinese immigrants from the South) and Mandarin (the spoken language used by new-wave Chinese immigrants from the North).
What an absolute masterstroke.
What an absolute masterstroke.