D. Porpentine
@dporpentine.bsky.social
I could a tale unfold whose lightest word / Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, /Make ... thy knotted and combined locks to part, / And each particular hair to stand on end / Like quills upon the fretful porpentine.
Distressed to realize I want to defend AI against charges it could write a sentence that bad.
November 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Distressed to realize I want to defend AI against charges it could write a sentence that bad.
"I hated the idea of an intruder therein" is the worst sentence in the entire language.
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"I hated the idea of an intruder therein" is the worst sentence in the entire language.
He's basically Col. Jonathan Stubbs from Trollope's Ayala's Angel come to life: trollopesociety.org/character/st...
Stubbs, Col. Jonathan - Trollope Society
A staff officer at Aldershot, and a cousin of the Marchesa Baldoni and Lady Albury, both of whom aided him in his courtship of Ayala Dormer. Despite his high character, Ayala did not at first recogniz...
trollopesociety.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
He's basically Col. Jonathan Stubbs from Trollope's Ayala's Angel come to life: trollopesociety.org/character/st...
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
It's actually 100 papers per MONTH.
September 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It's actually 100 papers per MONTH.
Seven solid minutes of pure joy from god-tier musicians: youtu.be/newkGfdjd_A?...
The way it builds toward the end sends shivers down my spine every single time.
The way it builds toward the end sends shivers down my spine every single time.
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) (Live At Cote D'Azur, France, 7/29/1966)
YouTube video by Duke Ellington - Topic
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September 25, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Seven solid minutes of pure joy from god-tier musicians: youtu.be/newkGfdjd_A?...
The way it builds toward the end sends shivers down my spine every single time.
The way it builds toward the end sends shivers down my spine every single time.
Stevie Wonder *and* Cecil Taylor and you know you're a god.
September 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Stevie Wonder *and* Cecil Taylor and you know you're a god.
Trump works because he is essentially a separate party: MAGA. So he gets disaffected voters.
September 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Trump works because he is essentially a separate party: MAGA. So he gets disaffected voters.
As a graduate of PowerPoint University, I always start my best slides with the phrase "As an aside."
August 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
As a graduate of PowerPoint University, I always start my best slides with the phrase "As an aside."
The organic label on food packaging is enforced through methods that any organic farmer can demonstrate are quite rigorous.
For safety for farmers and farm workers: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
For health benefits, a meta study in a major journal: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
For safety for farmers and farm workers: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
For health benefits, a meta study in a major journal: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
A Systematic Review of Organic Versus Conventional Food Consumption: Is There a Measurable Benefit on Human Health?
The current review aims to systematically assess the evidence related to human health outcomes when an organic diet is consumed in comparison to its conventional counterpart. Relevant databases were s...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
July 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The organic label on food packaging is enforced through methods that any organic farmer can demonstrate are quite rigorous.
For safety for farmers and farm workers: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
For health benefits, a meta study in a major journal: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
For safety for farmers and farm workers: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
For health benefits, a meta study in a major journal: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Organic is not a marketing term. It's a meaningful and meaningfully enforced (for the time being) set of federal standards: www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/pr...
National Organic Program | Agricultural Marketing Service
www.ams.usda.gov
July 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Organic is not a marketing term. It's a meaningful and meaningfully enforced (for the time being) set of federal standards: www.ams.usda.gov/about-ams/pr...
I hate that I know exactly what a "MAGA face person" looks like.
July 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I hate that I know exactly what a "MAGA face person" looks like.
Nah. It depends on the subject and mode. A biography of Emily Dickinson that didn't quote her very distinctive voice in letters and poems would be much the worse for it.
July 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Nah. It depends on the subject and mode. A biography of Emily Dickinson that didn't quote her very distinctive voice in letters and poems would be much the worse for it.
He tried to kill himself while in custody before. What do people think--that the conspirators just failed that time and he was, like, "no harm, no foul"?
July 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
He tried to kill himself while in custody before. What do people think--that the conspirators just failed that time and he was, like, "no harm, no foul"?
The book is, without question, the worst book I have ever read.
May 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The book is, without question, the worst book I have ever read.
Really, there's no need to erase people like James Baldwin in order to shower deserved praise on a fine essay.
April 10, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Really, there's no need to erase people like James Baldwin in order to shower deserved praise on a fine essay.