Erika’s (Too) Online
@erikas.online
👩🏻💻 Linguist, anthropologist, writer, re: marriage, kinship, population and the internet
🧲 Accidental Magneto linguistics expert
📍Eternal second city girlie (gender-neutral)
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🧲 Accidental Magneto linguistics expert
📍Eternal second city girlie (gender-neutral)
English/日本語/Русский/יידיש 🆗
🏳️🌈 they/she • あの奴 • она • זי
✡️ 🤝 🇵🇸 land back worldwide
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Erika’s (Too) Online
@erikas.online
· Oct 16
The Relationship People
Japan has often been portrayed as a mysterious, sexless, troubled land. Birth rates and marriage rates have been decreasing for decades, and national surveys sh…
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Hi new followers! Time for a new introduction post, if only because the link for my book is through a different publisher. (Yay media conglomeration? Wait no).
I'm a linguist and anthropologist. I used to be an academic, now I'm just writing. I wrote one book! I'm working on another.
I'm a linguist and anthropologist. I used to be an academic, now I'm just writing. I wrote one book! I'm working on another.
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It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
It is 1998. I am at the kitchen table writing Batman fanfic but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
It is 2025. I am at the kitchen table writing a canonical Bat-book but I keep getting distracted by breaking news about a Bill Clinton sex scandal
Happy 44th birthday to me! I have been gifted jewelry, baking pans, and neurotoxins! As always, I don't quite know how to be this age but I'm at least not going to LOOK worried about it.
November 15, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Happy 44th birthday to me! I have been gifted jewelry, baking pans, and neurotoxins! As always, I don't quite know how to be this age but I'm at least not going to LOOK worried about it.
I actually think it might be a good thing if we generally work to de-normalize language this violent?? The bigger problem is uneven enforcement of whatever rules so, congrats for banning a really famous white guy?
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I actually think it might be a good thing if we generally work to de-normalize language this violent?? The bigger problem is uneven enforcement of whatever rules so, congrats for banning a really famous white guy?
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CONTROVERSIAL OPINION:
comics are important and we should think of them as a part of a balanced literary diet
comics are important and we should think of them as a part of a balanced literary diet
November 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
CONTROVERSIAL OPINION:
comics are important and we should think of them as a part of a balanced literary diet
comics are important and we should think of them as a part of a balanced literary diet
The wee beastie did the cutest bedtime thing. You're not supposed to give kids blankets until they're two? So they have no idea why THEY should want a blanket. But they always see ME putting blankets on myself, so they decided they needed to put their blanket on top of me, because I needed them ALL.
November 14, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The wee beastie did the cutest bedtime thing. You're not supposed to give kids blankets until they're two? So they have no idea why THEY should want a blanket. But they always see ME putting blankets on myself, so they decided they needed to put their blanket on top of me, because I needed them ALL.
When 2 people with PhDs have a kid it turns out that they're actually pretty chill about their kid's education because they literally have two former professors in their house? It's cool, we already accumulated all the Bourdieuvian cultural capital, our kid just gets it for free now!
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM
When 2 people with PhDs have a kid it turns out that they're actually pretty chill about their kid's education because they literally have two former professors in their house? It's cool, we already accumulated all the Bourdieuvian cultural capital, our kid just gets it for free now!
My spouse, just now: "I don't think the choice of school even matters until they get to grad school!"
Apparently I am now in the agony of Choosing Preschools for My Child and honestly "I can walk to this one, it won't bankrupt me, and it's not Christian" are probably what's going to win, for a number of reasons.
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
My spouse, just now: "I don't think the choice of school even matters until they get to grad school!"
Apparently I am now in the agony of Choosing Preschools for My Child and honestly "I can walk to this one, it won't bankrupt me, and it's not Christian" are probably what's going to win, for a number of reasons.
November 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Apparently I am now in the agony of Choosing Preschools for My Child and honestly "I can walk to this one, it won't bankrupt me, and it's not Christian" are probably what's going to win, for a number of reasons.
pre-birthday cake delivery 🚚
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
pre-birthday cake delivery 🚚
This is the thing that broke my brain and now it will live on in there forever, paying no rent, haunting me, and honestly I hate this
therefore I must share it
therefore I must share it
And not even just casually texting but upon being asked by Steve Bannon if Jeffery Epstein can get rid of then-US Treasurer Steve Mnuchin or current chair of the federal reserve Jerome Powell, Epstein replies"no Mnuchin is good" in the most boomer on a Blackberry way possible like what the fuck
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This is the thing that broke my brain and now it will live on in there forever, paying no rent, haunting me, and honestly I hate this
therefore I must share it
therefore I must share it
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the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
the only good accent work on earth is old money transatlantic american to make fun of rich people accent
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It’s so funny how the ONE thing that was actually pretty cool about the Roman Empire - their public works projects like the aqueducts and cloaca maxima- is also something the marble statue crowd has zero interest in, and consistently, vitriolically oppose in the present.
November 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It’s so funny how the ONE thing that was actually pretty cool about the Roman Empire - their public works projects like the aqueducts and cloaca maxima- is also something the marble statue crowd has zero interest in, and consistently, vitriolically oppose in the present.
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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Hepa air filtration, special UV lighting, even just allowing for open windows, outdoor eating spaces, sick leave policies that encourage people to stay home, free access to PCR quality covid testing, masks on mass transit. I wouldn’t work in an office where my water was full of lead, would you?
November 13, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hepa air filtration, special UV lighting, even just allowing for open windows, outdoor eating spaces, sick leave policies that encourage people to stay home, free access to PCR quality covid testing, masks on mass transit. I wouldn’t work in an office where my water was full of lead, would you?
As always, the world has options and no one HAS to deal with US monopolistic murderous bullshit. We can and should be every kind of boycotted and sanctioned, and the overseas resources of our oligarchs should be seized and repurposed.
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As always, the world has options and no one HAS to deal with US monopolistic murderous bullshit. We can and should be every kind of boycotted and sanctioned, and the overseas resources of our oligarchs should be seized and repurposed.
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13th anniversary of Aishat Maksudova letting a wolf know what's what.
November 13, 2025 at 3:40 PM
13th anniversary of Aishat Maksudova letting a wolf know what's what.
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"the US is uniquely bad" and/or "the US is uniquely/inevitably doomed" are also American exceptionalism
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
"the US is uniquely bad" and/or "the US is uniquely/inevitably doomed" are also American exceptionalism
Did you know that all toddlers are equipped with the superpower of altering their own mass to become completely immovable when upset?
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Did you know that all toddlers are equipped with the superpower of altering their own mass to become completely immovable when upset?
One day I’m going to post something without an egregious typo but that day is not today.
Never forget that cannabis was criminalized because of anti-Mexican racism and drug prohibition has been a great way for racists to funnel black and brown people into prison slavery system so even if you think drugs are bad, this isn’t the way to handle it.
"The new limits “will eliminate 100 percent of the hemp products in our country,” Ron Paul said.
“Every (hemp) plant in the country will have to be destroyed.”"
“Every (hemp) plant in the country will have to be destroyed.”"
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
One day I’m going to post something without an egregious typo but that day is not today.
Never forget that cannabis was criminalized because of anti-Mexican racism and drug prohibition has been a great way for racists to funnel black and brown people into prison slavery system so even if you think drugs are bad, this isn’t the way to handle it.
"The new limits “will eliminate 100 percent of the hemp products in our country,” Ron Paul said.
“Every (hemp) plant in the country will have to be destroyed.”"
“Every (hemp) plant in the country will have to be destroyed.”"
November 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Never forget that cannabis was criminalized because of anti-Mexican racism and drug prohibition has been a great way for racists to funnel black and brown people into prison slavery system so even if you think drugs are bad, this isn’t the way to handle it.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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always remember:
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 AM
always remember:
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
Ugh if I look at this any longer I might fucking explode.
Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Ugh if I look at this any longer I might fucking explode.
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Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Maybe important to note it was the disruption in air travel that Democrats couldn't stand and not, you know, 40+ million people not knowing where their next meal was coming from.