Logan R. Kearsley
@gliese1337.bsky.social
Linguist & Programmer. The former makes me happy, the latter makes me money. I write about linguistics in media. Blog at https://gliese1337.blogspot.com/, donation box at https://ko-fi.com/loganrk
If you make it the size of Earth's orbit, as is traditional, that's true. But you can do it with just the mass of Mercury if you make it the size of Mercury's orbit.
Not that that makes the techbros and more reasonable. It's still a 10,000 year project.
Not that that makes the techbros and more reasonable. It's still a 10,000 year project.
February 4, 2026 at 2:33 AM
If you make it the size of Earth's orbit, as is traditional, that's true. But you can do it with just the mass of Mercury if you make it the size of Mercury's orbit.
Not that that makes the techbros and more reasonable. It's still a 10,000 year project.
Not that that makes the techbros and more reasonable. It's still a 10,000 year project.
That/those is/are/was/were {indefinite NP} {relative clause}?
February 2, 2026 at 5:34 AM
That/those is/are/was/were {indefinite NP} {relative clause}?
It feels like a fairly straightforward application of Grice. Flouting the Maxim of Quantity.
February 2, 2026 at 4:47 AM
It feels like a fairly straightforward application of Grice. Flouting the Maxim of Quantity.
If they would stop with the other stuff, that would be nice, too.
February 2, 2026 at 3:05 AM
If they would stop with the other stuff, that would be nice, too.
Reposted by Logan R. Kearsley
Full vid for those who want it. WP too cowardly and bootlicky to show the "titty out" part. www.youtube.com/shorts/sHBb4... (the vid is a month old)
Our curators are lowkey rizzlers...
YouTube video by National Gallery of Art
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Full vid for those who want it. WP too cowardly and bootlicky to show the "titty out" part. www.youtube.com/shorts/sHBb4... (the vid is a month old)
Reposted by Logan R. Kearsley
Found one. sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...
I signed. It's only a few short of the 20k signature goal.
I signed. It's only a few short of the 20k signature goal.
Tell FIFA and Olympics: It's Not Safe for the U.S. to Host!
Experts are already concerned about the treatment visitors to the World Cup and Olympics would face in the U.S.—especially for people traveling from countries that the Trump administration has treated...
sign.moveon.org
January 25, 2026 at 5:25 AM
Found one. sign.moveon.org/petitions/fi...
I signed. It's only a few short of the 20k signature goal.
I signed. It's only a few short of the 20k signature goal.
*Only if we make it possible to build new transmission lines in less than 20 years.
January 24, 2026 at 4:26 AM
*Only if we make it possible to build new transmission lines in less than 20 years.
You could email Andy Weir. He's pretty nice.
January 22, 2026 at 2:03 AM
You could email Andy Weir. He's pretty nice.
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Also, today I learned that, up through Windows 10, Microsoft terms of service prohibited using Windows to control a nuclear reactor.
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Also, today I learned that, up through Windows 10, Microsoft terms of service prohibited using Windows to control a nuclear reactor.
Also, today I learned that, up through Windows 10, Microsoft terms of service prohibited using Windows to control a nuclear reactor.
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Also, today I learned that, up through Windows 10, Microsoft terms of service prohibited using Windows to control a nuclear reactor.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
I despise the Nazi eugenicist. Changing the name is not an issue. Eliminating the distinction is.
January 15, 2026 at 12:12 AM
I despise the Nazi eugenicist. Changing the name is not an issue. Eliminating the distinction is.