Larry Birdland
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Larry Birdland
@gerscholem.bsky.social
PhD student at UChicago - I read Phoenician, Hebrew, Akkadian, and Greek poetry. I collect records and hail from the city-state of Bloomington, IN

“I’m stayin’ . . . I’m finishin’ my coffee.”
November 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Wow . . Is the whole text printed in Rashi script?
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
1. I never blocked you
2. I am blocking you now
3. You didn't answer any of my questions or ever understand anything I wrote
4. You are actively making this country worse, not better, despite your bullshit Midwestern passive aggressive sarcasm
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Okay, I've seen it mentioned, but haven't gotten the whole story

I do love a good medical character flaw
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I am, sort of, re watching it now, but I've never gotten past season 6.

(I, very predictably, hate Logan) - but yes, I'm curious why Jackson is held in contempt
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I do not agree but I, too, have been using this show as a salve.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I can confirm said unpopularity. And can add that Sabina Ali is quite popular and easy to get along with.
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Any reasonable interpretation of your inexplicable behavior toward me would conclude that this is harassment.

Why are you still writing to me? Why do you think you can treat me like this? What are you trying to accomplish? I wrote that a month ago - let it go.
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
with others it stands on a level with alchemy and astrology, as a mere tissue of errors or hallucinations, far beneath the notice of the man of science."

F. M. Muller, 1870
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM
"The enemy is the gramophone mind, whether or not one agrees with the record being played at the moment."

- a guy who actually fought fascists
September 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Here ya go
September 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"That seems a long way away today. But the alternative is — what? To blame the voters? To scold the world for failing to see how noble we are? No. It will take the opposite sentiment — solidarity — to turn the world right side up again."
September 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM