John Fünk
@probablyjohnfunk.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, adventurer. I'm here to talk about language learning, mostly. Native 🇬🇧 speaker from 🇺🇸, learning 🇮🇹, refreshing some very rusty 🇩🇪. (I also speak very rusty العربية, but refreshing it will come later.)
Follows ≠ endorsements
Follows ≠ endorsements
The greatest movie never made.
June 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The greatest movie never made.
Congratulations! You've won an all-expenses one-way trip to the wooded park by the university!
It might be harder to survive there than in my kitchen, but that's a you problem, not a me problem.
It might be harder to survive there than in my kitchen, but that's a you problem, not a me problem.
June 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Congratulations! You've won an all-expenses one-way trip to the wooded park by the university!
It might be harder to survive there than in my kitchen, but that's a you problem, not a me problem.
It might be harder to survive there than in my kitchen, but that's a you problem, not a me problem.
Well, that's done. The new addition to my left ring finger is going to take a little getting used to. #justmarried
May 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Well, that's done. The new addition to my left ring finger is going to take a little getting used to. #justmarried
Wedding banquet last night. Today's the big day. I honestly thought lifelong bachelorhood was the right life for me, but here it is, about to come to an end.
May 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Wedding banquet last night. Today's the big day. I honestly thought lifelong bachelorhood was the right life for me, but here it is, about to come to an end.
Well, the religious ceremony is still a few days away. But as of today, after this meeting with the mayor of #Acquasparta, Italy, I'm officially legally married.
May 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Well, the religious ceremony is still a few days away. But as of today, after this meeting with the mayor of #Acquasparta, Italy, I'm officially legally married.
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i’m going to become the joker
no he didn't that's not him what the fuck is wrong with you freaks
May 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
i’m going to become the joker
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The latest episodes of #Andor show how authoritarianism becomes ordinary — how people get crushed by systems pretending to keep order. We break it down in our article on the show as a metaphor for American fascism: www.wired.com/story/star-w...
Star Wars’ ‘Andor’ Season 2 Depicts the Banality of American Fascism
The franchise’s Disney era has been defined by toothless politics, but “Andor” Season 2 is a vivid metaphor for America’s descent into authoritarianism.
www.wired.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The latest episodes of #Andor show how authoritarianism becomes ordinary — how people get crushed by systems pretending to keep order. We break it down in our article on the show as a metaphor for American fascism: www.wired.com/story/star-w...
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I am heir to 2,400 year old living traditions of self-government and historical inquiry, which have weathered two millennia of setbacks and long nights.
They are heirs of a 10-minute old rebrand of a murderous 20th century ideology that failed almost immediately when tried.
So, yeah, contempt.
They are heirs of a 10-minute old rebrand of a murderous 20th century ideology that failed almost immediately when tried.
So, yeah, contempt.
As much as people like to dunk on liberal elitism, “these Nazi punks are crass idiots and I refuse to bow to my lessers” is, for me at least, necessary for morale and stiffens my backbone when I feel like giving up.
May 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am heir to 2,400 year old living traditions of self-government and historical inquiry, which have weathered two millennia of setbacks and long nights.
They are heirs of a 10-minute old rebrand of a murderous 20th century ideology that failed almost immediately when tried.
So, yeah, contempt.
They are heirs of a 10-minute old rebrand of a murderous 20th century ideology that failed almost immediately when tried.
So, yeah, contempt.
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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
May 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
The Andor episodes of Philosophers in Space were two of the best episodes ever. So, @etvpod.bsky.social and @ursagets.excessively.gay, are more Andor episodes in the works?
May 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The Andor episodes of Philosophers in Space were two of the best episodes ever. So, @etvpod.bsky.social and @ursagets.excessively.gay, are more Andor episodes in the works?
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Quite the compliment coming from one of my favorite accounts on this platform.
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
May 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Quite the compliment coming from one of my favorite accounts on this platform.
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
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Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Disclosures — ProPublica
Search Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.
projects.propublica.org
May 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
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We urge Congress to reject President Trump's incoming request to rescind funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which would endanger the news ecosystem.
Read the letter we signed alongside @rsf.org and 20 other organizations: rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-a...
Read the letter we signed alongside @rsf.org and 20 other organizations: rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-a...
April 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We urge Congress to reject President Trump's incoming request to rescind funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which would endanger the news ecosystem.
Read the letter we signed alongside @rsf.org and 20 other organizations: rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-a...
Read the letter we signed alongside @rsf.org and 20 other organizations: rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-a...
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4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence
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theonion.com/4-copy-...
April 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
4 Copy Editors Killed In Ongoing AP Style, Chicago Manual Gang Violence
theonion.com/4-copy-...
theonion.com/4-copy-...
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Quitting twitter for bluesky
April 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Quitting twitter for bluesky
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If more people decline face scans, TSA might rethink “whether it’s actually effective to roll out programs like these,” EFF’s Saira Hussain told @huffpost.com. Without pushback, they're "just going to keep instituting more and more invasive techniques.”
Why You Can (And Should) Opt Out Of TSA Facial Recognition Right Now
Do you really want to be submitting a face scan to the current U.S. government?
www.huffpost.com
April 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If more people decline face scans, TSA might rethink “whether it’s actually effective to roll out programs like these,” EFF’s Saira Hussain told @huffpost.com. Without pushback, they're "just going to keep instituting more and more invasive techniques.”
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Gestapo. Stasi. Secret police.
BREAKING: Police just surrounded Rev. William Barber, prominent activist and pastor, as he and others prayed in the U.S. Capitol Rontunda.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
Police then expelled everyone (including press!) from the Rotunda to (presumably) arrest them.
I've covered protests here a lot. Never seen anything like it.
April 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Gestapo. Stasi. Secret police.
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FDA hides information about deadly E. coli outbreak, placing corporate interests over public health and undermining RFK Jr.s’ claims of “total transparency.”
Read this story and more in our latest secrecy newsletter, “The Classifieds.”
Read this story and more in our latest secrecy newsletter, “The Classifieds.”
E. coli secrecy places corporate interests over public health
Plus: RFK Jr. says “We’re going to try to get as close as we can to total transparency.”
freedom.press
April 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
FDA hides information about deadly E. coli outbreak, placing corporate interests over public health and undermining RFK Jr.s’ claims of “total transparency.”
Read this story and more in our latest secrecy newsletter, “The Classifieds.”
Read this story and more in our latest secrecy newsletter, “The Classifieds.”
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April 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I call it "The James Lindsay Effect."
Why using #complex #languages doesn’t always make you sound smarter
www.fastcompany.com/91321856/why...
via @fastcompany.com
#vocabulary #langsky
www.fastcompany.com/91321856/why...
via @fastcompany.com
#vocabulary #langsky
Why using complex languages doesn’t always make you sound smarter
Many people think that using complex language will make them appear smarter, but that's not necessarily the case.
www.fastcompany.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I call it "The James Lindsay Effect."
I stopped listening to @etvpod.bsky.social and @ursagets.excessively.gay talk about SOMA when I realized it's something I might want to avoid spoilers on, so maybe they already said this and I missed it, but it's currently on sale on Steam for $4.49.
Definitely glad I decided to avoid spoilers.
Definitely glad I decided to avoid spoilers.
April 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I stopped listening to @etvpod.bsky.social and @ursagets.excessively.gay talk about SOMA when I realized it's something I might want to avoid spoilers on, so maybe they already said this and I missed it, but it's currently on sale on Steam for $4.49.
Definitely glad I decided to avoid spoilers.
Definitely glad I decided to avoid spoilers.
So, what's next? I'm not Catholic, but as a cybersecurity enthusiast, I'm officially endorsing @padresj.com.
April 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
So, what's next? I'm not Catholic, but as a cybersecurity enthusiast, I'm officially endorsing @padresj.com.