Alessandro
@poli.sisti.ca
Posts on public policy (in 🇨🇦 or abroad), humanities, classical music, altruism effective and ineffective. Many silly posts. Toronto-adjacent.
His duet with himself is relatively underrated — 1/60th the views of the Barbie Girl video, but soooo good
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVUe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVUe...
A Chopin polonaise, but I play with my clone 👦🏻 👦🏻
YouTube video by Josep Castanyer Alonso
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:23 AM
His duet with himself is relatively underrated — 1/60th the views of the Barbie Girl video, but soooo good
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVUe...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVUe...
"Wrote" in my own English (from Ontario, born c. 1990)
"Took" if I'm talking to Americans. This sounds pretty natural to me, even though it's not my instinctive option.
"Sat" if I'm talking to Brits. Despite some practice, this still sounds unnatural to me.
"Took" if I'm talking to Americans. This sounds pretty natural to me, even though it's not my instinctive option.
"Sat" if I'm talking to Brits. Despite some practice, this still sounds unnatural to me.
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 AM
"Wrote" in my own English (from Ontario, born c. 1990)
"Took" if I'm talking to Americans. This sounds pretty natural to me, even though it's not my instinctive option.
"Sat" if I'm talking to Brits. Despite some practice, this still sounds unnatural to me.
"Took" if I'm talking to Americans. This sounds pretty natural to me, even though it's not my instinctive option.
"Sat" if I'm talking to Brits. Despite some practice, this still sounds unnatural to me.
Nice, good luck! I will ❤️ any progress clips, even if they're of you playing Baa-Baa, Black Sheep ☺️
November 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Nice, good luck! I will ❤️ any progress clips, even if they're of you playing Baa-Baa, Black Sheep ☺️
"'Reed' with two E's? It's my favorite joke of all time."
November 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
"'Reed' with two E's? It's my favorite joke of all time."
Sounds more like Claude has tried you 😬
In any case, if you'd like to see how your prompt does in Claude, I'd be happy to run it through the chatbot on my paid Anthropic plan and show you the result.
In any case, if you'd like to see how your prompt does in Claude, I'd be happy to run it through the chatbot on my paid Anthropic plan and show you the result.
November 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Sounds more like Claude has tried you 😬
In any case, if you'd like to see how your prompt does in Claude, I'd be happy to run it through the chatbot on my paid Anthropic plan and show you the result.
In any case, if you'd like to see how your prompt does in Claude, I'd be happy to run it through the chatbot on my paid Anthropic plan and show you the result.
I'm not an AI-booster, and my opinion of OpenAI is extremely negative, but have you tried Claude?
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
I'm not an AI-booster, and my opinion of OpenAI is extremely negative, but have you tried Claude?
The project can be referred to as "Opus DEI"
November 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The project can be referred to as "Opus DEI"
That's amazing. Presumably the word in this case means "Chief Firefighter"?
November 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
That's amazing. Presumably the word in this case means "Chief Firefighter"?
I think McWhorter, as a linguist, is trying to show how knowledge of phonetics can shed light on some minor political controversies. I did some linguistics and see why he thinks it's interesting!
October 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I think McWhorter, as a linguist, is trying to show how knowledge of phonetics can shed light on some minor political controversies. I did some linguistics and see why he thinks it's interesting!
Also! Thanks to you and @scientificdiscovery.dev for compiling lists of sources and further reading on the podcast's website. I have ~no bio training, and it's great to have inroads to learn more about what you've discussed in each episode!
October 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Also! Thanks to you and @scientificdiscovery.dev for compiling lists of sources and further reading on the podcast's website. I have ~no bio training, and it's great to have inroads to learn more about what you've discussed in each episode!
That means a lot, Jacob! I'm sure I'm going to like it and learn a lot from it ☺️
October 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
That means a lot, Jacob! I'm sure I'm going to like it and learn a lot from it ☺️
Congratulations to both you and the Jays for your continued survival 👏🏻⚾
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Congratulations to both you and the Jays for your continued survival 👏🏻⚾
In Europe and North America, 1880-1930 was a time of much more change than 1970-2020. It was dizzying to people at the time, and if we return to that rate of change in our physical environment in the coming decades, it'll be dizzying to us!
October 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In Europe and North America, 1880-1930 was a time of much more change than 1970-2020. It was dizzying to people at the time, and if we return to that rate of change in our physical environment in the coming decades, it'll be dizzying to us!