Joel Tillman
@jtillman.bsky.social
he/him 🏳️🌈 IBS
linguist, editor
Jewish and Quaker upbringing. from outside of North Philadelphia.
studying EdM at Teachers College, Columbia University
BA NYU, MA HKU. foreign languages. sings in piano bars and plays video games.
linguist, editor
Jewish and Quaker upbringing. from outside of North Philadelphia.
studying EdM at Teachers College, Columbia University
BA NYU, MA HKU. foreign languages. sings in piano bars and plays video games.
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Global Voices interviewed Uyghur sociologist Dilnur Reyhan to better understand the challenges facing the Uyghur diaspora, especially in Europe.
Decolonizing the Chinese narrative on Uyghurs: The mission of sociologist Dilnur Reyhan
Global Voices interviewed Uyghur sociologist Dilnur Reyhan to better understand the challenges facing the Uyghur diaspora, especially in Europe.
globalvoices.org
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Global Voices interviewed Uyghur sociologist Dilnur Reyhan to better understand the challenges facing the Uyghur diaspora, especially in Europe.
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After receiving many smug replies to this, I have updated the tone of this statement from "jocular" to "grave"
If you are a Dodgers fan, you are lower than dogshit to me
November 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
After receiving many smug replies to this, I have updated the tone of this statement from "jocular" to "grave"
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Oh no that’s terrible somebody do something
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Oh no that’s terrible somebody do something
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These spaces, and our participation in them, can become a form of containment. It doesn't have to work that way, but it can, if we're not intentional about doing other things.
November 10, 2025 at 11:32 PM
These spaces, and our participation in them, can become a form of containment. It doesn't have to work that way, but it can, if we're not intentional about doing other things.
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I do think senate dems have fundamentally wrecked their credibility tho, both in the party network and with the republicans
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
I do think senate dems have fundamentally wrecked their credibility tho, both in the party network and with the republicans
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Subway Employee Still Unnerved By High-Pitched Screech Sandwiches Make When Cut In Half https://theonion.com/subway-employee-still-unnerved-by-high-pitched-screech-1819576148/
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Subway Employee Still Unnerved By High-Pitched Screech Sandwiches Make When Cut In Half https://theonion.com/subway-employee-still-unnerved-by-high-pitched-screech-1819576148/
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November 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Because it's a wet, dreary day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...
Lip Sync Battle - Tom Holland
YouTube video by Comedy Central Latinoamérica
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Because it's a wet, dreary day.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCJ...
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Monstrous
“.. in a group Signal chat, .. he wrote in part: ‘I fired 5 rounds and she had 7 holes. Put that in your book boys.’”
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
@reuters.com #Chicago
www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Monstrous
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Timeline cleanse!
Here's a cold pup with a thrifted wool sweater 😄😍
Here's a cold pup with a thrifted wool sweater 😄😍
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Timeline cleanse!
Here's a cold pup with a thrifted wool sweater 😄😍
Here's a cold pup with a thrifted wool sweater 😄😍
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Wait, WHAT???
A 450-foot Prometheus. A 500-foot George Washington. Tech investors are racing to build colossal monuments celebrating Western power.
America’s Tech Right Is Obsessed With Building Giant Statues
With proposals for a 450-foot statue of Prometheus on Alcatraz and a 650-foot George Washington, MAGA adherents are racing to build America’s largest statue.
bloom.bg
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Wait, WHAT???
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This. Especially because I believe that writing is thinking (for me). I don’t want to lose that.
What people do not do, they often lose the ability to do. Which is sometimes fine! In my own life, I don’t have any great need to know how to do some of the math I once learned. But I don’t want to forget how to write.
November 8, 2025 at 12:47 PM
This. Especially because I believe that writing is thinking (for me). I don’t want to lose that.
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It was never about “states rights.” I hope more details (names, parameters, etc) will be forthcoming….
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
It was never about “states rights.” I hope more details (names, parameters, etc) will be forthcoming….
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I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I will not support a deal that does nothing to make health care more affordable.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
We are in a health care emergency. A simple one-year extension of these tax credits would cost less than Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout for Argentina.
A vote for this bill is a mistake.
do I grab a coffee and go to the library for a short while or do I play video games?
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
do I grab a coffee and go to the library for a short while or do I play video games?
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I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
It's finally happened. They summoned me for jury duty! For the first time.
a woman says " oh my god stop talking " while standing in front of a lamp
ALT: a woman says " oh my god stop talking " while standing in front of a lamp
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's finally happened. They summoned me for jury duty! For the first time.
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A wonderful feel-good story for Sunday. ❤️
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:25 PM
A wonderful feel-good story for Sunday. ❤️
pro tip: always be ready for authoritarian assholes on the internet.
November 9, 2025 at 6:09 AM
pro tip: always be ready for authoritarian assholes on the internet.
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"If there’s one thing Lorne Michaels has taught us, it’s to never give up. Even if everyone says your time has come and Tina Fey is ready to take over.”—Pete Davidson, in a surprise SNL appearance on tonight's Weekend Update.
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
"If there’s one thing Lorne Michaels has taught us, it’s to never give up. Even if everyone says your time has come and Tina Fey is ready to take over.”—Pete Davidson, in a surprise SNL appearance on tonight's Weekend Update.
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we’re doing tobacco ads again in Trump’s America, huh
November 9, 2025 at 4:24 AM
we’re doing tobacco ads again in Trump’s America, huh
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Loved this, from my dear friend Emily....
"You'll know you're in some learned helplessness when someone offers suggestions about your stuff and no matter what they say, you have a 'yeah but' for why that won't work."
"You'll know you're in some learned helplessness when someone offers suggestions about your stuff and no matter what they say, you have a 'yeah but' for why that won't work."
The Cage is Open
I'm going to describe a scientific experiment that was conducted by studying mice, and if you don't want to read that part, you can just start below the photo.
emilykoriath.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Loved this, from my dear friend Emily....
"You'll know you're in some learned helplessness when someone offers suggestions about your stuff and no matter what they say, you have a 'yeah but' for why that won't work."
"You'll know you're in some learned helplessness when someone offers suggestions about your stuff and no matter what they say, you have a 'yeah but' for why that won't work."
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Lettuce now praise famous men
Sean Dunn, aka DC Sandwich Guy, speaks outside court after his not guilty verdict:
“I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything….
“That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants…
Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”
“I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything….
“That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants…
Every life matters, no matter where you came from, no matter how you got here…”
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Lettuce now praise famous men