@samorpheus.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Vanilla caramel, a classic flavour, with the oldest pop linguistics book I own, a used copy of Language Made Plain by Anthony Burgess
(yes, the Clockwork Orange guy also wrote an intro to linguistics - the penciled flyleaf reminds me I bought it used for 50¢, in high school)
#BooksAreMyJam day 9
(yes, the Clockwork Orange guy also wrote an intro to linguistics - the penciled flyleaf reminds me I bought it used for 50¢, in high school)
#BooksAreMyJam day 9
December 10, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Vanilla caramel, a classic flavour, with the oldest pop linguistics book I own, a used copy of Language Made Plain by Anthony Burgess
(yes, the Clockwork Orange guy also wrote an intro to linguistics - the penciled flyleaf reminds me I bought it used for 50¢, in high school)
#BooksAreMyJam day 9
(yes, the Clockwork Orange guy also wrote an intro to linguistics - the penciled flyleaf reminds me I bought it used for 50¢, in high school)
#BooksAreMyJam day 9
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Happy World Linguistics day from Houston, Texas, USA.
We have lots of linguistic variety here: so many different English dialects, tons of languages being spoken all around.
We have lots of linguistic variety here: so many different English dialects, tons of languages being spoken all around.
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Happy World Linguistics day from Houston, Texas, USA.
We have lots of linguistic variety here: so many different English dialects, tons of languages being spoken all around.
We have lots of linguistic variety here: so many different English dialects, tons of languages being spoken all around.
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Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
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Pam Bondi is proof you don't need a soul to live.
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Pam Bondi is proof you don't need a soul to live.
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just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
November 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
just opening up the new Epstein docs at random:
Until It's Done: Sylvia Rivera
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
youtu.be
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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banning antifreeze from your kitchen won’t stop poisonings, and that’s why you should put it in your water bottle
October 31, 2025 at 5:19 PM
banning antifreeze from your kitchen won’t stop poisonings, and that’s why you should put it in your water bottle
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This man? Not actually related to the Tanners at all, yet they call him "Uncle Joey"
October 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This man? Not actually related to the Tanners at all, yet they call him "Uncle Joey"
I think those heavy cooling blankets only work because our little hotbox of a dog doesn’t like to get under them with us.
October 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I think those heavy cooling blankets only work because our little hotbox of a dog doesn’t like to get under them with us.
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Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
October 18, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Proud papa moment: my son J published a letter in the @nytimes.com today (in print tomorrow) on the need to think our definitions of autism.
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New Yorker cartoons nail it again.
October 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
New Yorker cartoons nail it again.
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Jasmine Crockett for Attorney General in 2028.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Jasmine Crockett for Attorney General in 2028.
I miss the times when the biggest scandals were tan things. When blue replaced the tan m&m, when Obama wore a tan suit. Those were simpler times.
September 24, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I miss the times when the biggest scandals were tan things. When blue replaced the tan m&m, when Obama wore a tan suit. Those were simpler times.
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I can't get over how weird this photo is. I love that someone in England captioned it: "Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."
September 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I can't get over how weird this photo is. I love that someone in England captioned it: "Darling, be a dear and DO click on the floor lamp."
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her name couldn’t really be WILL OBEY
September 20, 2025 at 3:37 AM
her name couldn’t really be WILL OBEY
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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Y'know that Guardian article which cited an anonymous friend of Tyler Robinson claiming he was the only "leftist" in his family?
It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted
It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted
September 13, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Y'know that Guardian article which cited an anonymous friend of Tyler Robinson claiming he was the only "leftist" in his family?
It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted
It just got updated after the "verified source" decided he couldn't remember his "relationship" with the accused shooter well enough to be quoted