@markujiro.bsky.social
I teach ESL, make music, and walk my dog
Eslmysteries.com
Epistemic Silence on Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/epistemic-silence/1782062224
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/7pKP1srGblezyMhQIKeqKi
Eslmysteries.com
Epistemic Silence on Apple Music
https://music.apple.com/us/artist/epistemic-silence/1782062224
Spotify
https://open.spotify.com/album/7pKP1srGblezyMhQIKeqKi
Anyone else read the incoming New Jersey governor’s name as みきえ
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Anyone else read the incoming New Jersey governor’s name as みきえ
I really don’t envy people who teach statistics on the regular. It seems like a field especially prone to losing students early on and never getting them back on board
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I really don’t envy people who teach statistics on the regular. It seems like a field especially prone to losing students early on and never getting them back on board
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Katjes Minder
Katjes Minder
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Knickers
Knickers
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Hershey's Pisses
Hershey's Pisses
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Change one letter, ruin a candy
Katjes Minder
Katjes Minder
I need a cultural anthropologist to explain this tattered flag design that’s been on clothes, trucks, etc. for the past decade or so
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I need a cultural anthropologist to explain this tattered flag design that’s been on clothes, trucks, etc. for the past decade or so
Is there a term similar to subtractive bilingualism but for culture? Like how study abroad leaves you less able to take the norms of your first culture for granted, which makes you less functional in that culture
October 27, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Is there a term similar to subtractive bilingualism but for culture? Like how study abroad leaves you less able to take the norms of your first culture for granted, which makes you less functional in that culture
The Panthers still have the much better team colors
October 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
The Panthers still have the much better team colors
Small world, met someone who was teaching in a program that my wife was in when she was an international student the year that we met
October 26, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Small world, met someone who was teaching in a program that my wife was in when she was an international student the year that we met
Led a group of assembled teachers on a Green Day singalong today
October 25, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Led a group of assembled teachers on a Green Day singalong today
Did a really old-fashioned thing in class today and it was actually refreshing
October 23, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Did a really old-fashioned thing in class today and it was actually refreshing
どちらの方ですか
とずっと聞かれていません
とずっと聞かれていません
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
どちらの方ですか
とずっと聞かれていません
とずっと聞かれていません
Doesn’t it seem like Halligan was just looking for a friend
October 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Doesn’t it seem like Halligan was just looking for a friend
Today at uni reminded me of the time the wifi went out in my dorm and we all explored the world of in-person communication
October 21, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Today at uni reminded me of the time the wifi went out in my dorm and we all explored the world of in-person communication
I don’t know much about the phonology of Palestinian Arabic, but I know that if you pronounce it /hɑmæs/ in an American English sentence, you’re respectable, and if you pronounce it /həmɑs/ you’re barely literate
October 20, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I don’t know much about the phonology of Palestinian Arabic, but I know that if you pronounce it /hɑmæs/ in an American English sentence, you’re respectable, and if you pronounce it /həmɑs/ you’re barely literate
Turnout in small town Utah was pretty good - maybe 3% of the town’s total population showed up.
October 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Turnout in small town Utah was pretty good - maybe 3% of the town’s total population showed up.
I agree that frogs have been right-coded for too long
October 19, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I agree that frogs have been right-coded for too long
Planning a meeting of one’s academic department is desperately trying to avoid anyone having the thought “this could have been an email”
October 12, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Planning a meeting of one’s academic department is desperately trying to avoid anyone having the thought “this could have been an email”
Cam Skattebo finally found his vocation after years of rigging podracing for the Hutts
October 10, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Cam Skattebo finally found his vocation after years of rigging podracing for the Hutts
Helloween and now Nelson? James Gunn is evidently a metal fan with some idiosyncratic tastes
October 10, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Helloween and now Nelson? James Gunn is evidently a metal fan with some idiosyncratic tastes
What is going on in the nfl this week
October 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
What is going on in the nfl this week
What’s with Park City and all the high-quality hummus
October 7, 2025 at 10:52 PM
What’s with Park City and all the high-quality hummus
I wonder how many respected periodicals from the 70s-90s are now reduced to publishing lists of their best Prime Day deals
October 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wonder how many respected periodicals from the 70s-90s are now reduced to publishing lists of their best Prime Day deals
Typesetters need ɵ and ð way more than they need an interrobang #punctuation
October 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Typesetters need ɵ and ð way more than they need an interrobang #punctuation
Reading this “Shady Characters” book and I also can’t get behind the interrobang #punctuation
October 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Reading this “Shady Characters” book and I also can’t get behind the interrobang #punctuation
Idk who needs to hear this but don’t buy Hi-chew as treats for students (esp in ESL) - they contain gelatin
October 7, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Idk who needs to hear this but don’t buy Hi-chew as treats for students (esp in ESL) - they contain gelatin