Frank Shirtong
@genericlistener.bsky.social
An experiment with moving to Bsky. Missing: National Weather Svc, transportation, city gov, first responders. Do we not worry abt limiting ourselves to a bubble anymore?
Dr. Neville did you post a persimmons picture a month ago? When I saw that post I had kept some in a plastic bag with an apple and a banana for abt a week. They looked just like the ones in your picture. This past week they became ripe / soft enough to eat
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Dr. Neville did you post a persimmons picture a month ago? When I saw that post I had kept some in a plastic bag with an apple and a banana for abt a week. They looked just like the ones in your picture. This past week they became ripe / soft enough to eat
Is the IPA is only phonemic, not phonetic?
September 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Is the IPA is only phonemic, not phonetic?
IPA and the xray yankee zulu thing? Or is there something else?
September 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
IPA and the xray yankee zulu thing? Or is there something else?
Fine Young Carnivores (someone beat me to it from a diff angle)
August 13, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Fine Young Carnivores (someone beat me to it from a diff angle)
Yes strong deja vu, even the female senator looked familiar
June 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Yes strong deja vu, even the female senator looked familiar
THE database for security bugs. Any security bug, in any software. If a CVE is assigned to a bug in your software you want to publish the fix as soon as possible.
April 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
THE database for security bugs. Any security bug, in any software. If a CVE is assigned to a bug in your software you want to publish the fix as soon as possible.
Sure
The joke was valid. Didn’t mean to argue, just wanted to make sure I understood the reference
The joke was valid. Didn’t mean to argue, just wanted to make sure I understood the reference
April 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Sure
The joke was valid. Didn’t mean to argue, just wanted to make sure I understood the reference
The joke was valid. Didn’t mean to argue, just wanted to make sure I understood the reference
白蓮教麼？They were anti-Ming and anti-Yuan, right?
April 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
白蓮教麼？They were anti-Ming and anti-Yuan, right?
“费新我” captured the sounds of “fishing, wood”, which was his way to record the concept of “缘木求鱼”. He meant that his endeavor to relearn calligraphy with his left hand as an adult had little chance to succeed.
April 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
“费新我” captured the sounds of “fishing, wood”, which was his way to record the concept of “缘木求鱼”. He meant that his endeavor to relearn calligraphy with his left hand as an adult had little chance to succeed.
The snow guns are just parked there, right? Too warm to make snow?
March 12, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The snow guns are just parked there, right? Too warm to make snow?
Geoff Nunberg passed away? Aug, the first COVID year
March 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Geoff Nunberg passed away? Aug, the first COVID year
Nobody wanted to lay down the diff between descriptive grammar and prescriptive grammar?
March 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Nobody wanted to lay down the diff between descriptive grammar and prescriptive grammar?
Por qué? Do you say háizi for 鞋子？
March 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Por qué? Do you say háizi for 鞋子？