Colin May
@satsukikorin.bsky.social
Language guy. Associate nerd. Drummer for Charmed, I'm Sure and Conehenge, formerly for King Cumulus, Popular Girls and others. No tyrants, no kings! Sapere aude. 自他共楽. 🌏 ✌️ ❤️ 🎵
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Colin May
@satsukikorin.bsky.social
· May 20
There are only two things to aim for in life:
1) be happy;
2) be not a burden on others.
Balancing these two things is life's essential challenge.
1) be happy;
2) be not a burden on others.
Balancing these two things is life's essential challenge.
If you spill something, just clean it up. Life's not about avoiding mistakes. It's about taking responsibility for the mistakes you make, by doing the work to make up for them. Follow up on that "sorry", with action.
#wisdom #dadadvice
#wisdom #dadadvice
November 4, 2025 at 3:15 AM
If you spill something, just clean it up. Life's not about avoiding mistakes. It's about taking responsibility for the mistakes you make, by doing the work to make up for them. Follow up on that "sorry", with action.
#wisdom #dadadvice
#wisdom #dadadvice
#politics
I get tired of hearing reports and complaints about MAGA's outrages with no suggestions for how to answer the problems. OK, so the fascists did fascist things. What are we to do about it? A few of my suggestions are in the linked posts following.
I get tired of hearing reports and complaints about MAGA's outrages with no suggestions for how to answer the problems. OK, so the fascists did fascist things. What are we to do about it? A few of my suggestions are in the linked posts following.
October 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
#politics
I get tired of hearing reports and complaints about MAGA's outrages with no suggestions for how to answer the problems. OK, so the fascists did fascist things. What are we to do about it? A few of my suggestions are in the linked posts following.
I get tired of hearing reports and complaints about MAGA's outrages with no suggestions for how to answer the problems. OK, so the fascists did fascist things. What are we to do about it? A few of my suggestions are in the linked posts following.
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
Easy-peasy: let's all choose the "wrong" gender (by which I mean whatever is most likely to annoy the regime). Next time I travel, I'll try to remember to ask to be "F".
Easy-peasy: let's all choose the "wrong" gender (by which I mean whatever is most likely to annoy the regime). Next time I travel, I'll try to remember to ask to be "F".
Airlines told to disregard gender-neutral ‘X’ on U.S. passports
The new rule amounts to a data-collection change and does not affect passengers’ ability to fly.
www.seattletimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
www.seattletimes.com/nation-world...
Easy-peasy: let's all choose the "wrong" gender (by which I mean whatever is most likely to annoy the regime). Next time I travel, I'll try to remember to ask to be "F".
Easy-peasy: let's all choose the "wrong" gender (by which I mean whatever is most likely to annoy the regime). Next time I travel, I'll try to remember to ask to be "F".
October 12, 2025 at 4:28 AM
For parents at their kids' sports meets, there are really only three things to say: "GO!", "YAY!" or "AWW!", in variations.
#parenting #dadadvice
#parenting #dadadvice
October 11, 2025 at 5:51 AM
For parents at their kids' sports meets, there are really only three things to say: "GO!", "YAY!" or "AWW!", in variations.
#parenting #dadadvice
#parenting #dadadvice
Enshittification. The reason I drifted to Bluesky here and expect I'll eventually drift away. We shall see.
(Bluesky is where I share my thoughts for public conversation.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
(Bluesky is where I share my thoughts for public conversation.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
A Powerhouse Writer Found One Word to Change the Debate About Tech
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Enshittification. The reason I drifted to Bluesky here and expect I'll eventually drift away. We shall see.
(Bluesky is where I share my thoughts for public conversation.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
(Bluesky is where I share my thoughts for public conversation.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...
rb.gy/k71v1q #politics #resist
Trump v Casa "(F)ootnote No 5... takes her dissent to another level entirely.
"In it, she cites The Dual State by Ernst Fraenkel, a German Jewish labor lawyer who fled the Nazis in 1938."
Trump v Casa "(F)ootnote No 5... takes her dissent to another level entirely.
"In it, she cites The Dual State by Ernst Fraenkel, a German Jewish labor lawyer who fled the Nazis in 1938."
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is trying to warn us about something. Are we listening?
Jackson enters her fourth year on the supreme court on Monday. As its fiercest liberal voice wary of Trump’s growing power, she faces an intense battle ahead
rb.gy
October 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
rb.gy/k71v1q #politics #resist
Trump v Casa "(F)ootnote No 5... takes her dissent to another level entirely.
"In it, she cites The Dual State by Ernst Fraenkel, a German Jewish labor lawyer who fled the Nazis in 1938."
Trump v Casa "(F)ootnote No 5... takes her dissent to another level entirely.
"In it, she cites The Dual State by Ernst Fraenkel, a German Jewish labor lawyer who fled the Nazis in 1938."
Chump's proclamations-by-tweet read like bits of script written by a teenager who's trying to imitate official-sounding language without having heard or read any.
#politics
#politics
September 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Chump's proclamations-by-tweet read like bits of script written by a teenager who's trying to imitate official-sounding language without having heard or read any.
#politics
#politics
Keep your place clean enough that people are comfortable coming to visit, and also messy enough that people are comfortable coming to visit.
#wisdom #dadadvice
#wisdom #dadadvice
September 23, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Keep your place clean enough that people are comfortable coming to visit, and also messy enough that people are comfortable coming to visit.
#wisdom #dadadvice
#wisdom #dadadvice
September 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... The official is right, but a better statement would have been, "Mr Kirk was not a native Iowan nor a special friend of Iowa. Lowering the flag for him but not other shooting victims would show improper, disrespectful political bias." #politics
Iowa official defies governor’s order to fly flags at half-staff for Charlie Kirk
Jon Green says Republican governor failed to issue similar order after other prominent cases of gun violence
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... The official is right, but a better statement would have been, "Mr Kirk was not a native Iowan nor a special friend of Iowa. Lowering the flag for him but not other shooting victims would show improper, disrespectful political bias." #politics
#linguistics #wordnerd
Fascinating in an is-this-a-mirage-or-real kinda way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfnA...
Fascinating in an is-this-a-mirage-or-real kinda way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfnA...
Linguists just made a breakthrough in defining a 'word. ' No, really
YouTube video by languagejones
www.youtube.com
September 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
#linguistics #wordnerd
Fascinating in an is-this-a-mirage-or-real kinda way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfnA...
Fascinating in an is-this-a-mirage-or-real kinda way. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfnA...
#politics www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“It is unacceptable for A&M system faculty to push a political agenda.”—Glenn Hegar, chancellor.
So is he going to fire himself now, for Trumpism? And the whole PoliSci department, for studying politics?
“It is unacceptable for A&M system faculty to push a political agenda.”—Glenn Hegar, chancellor.
So is he going to fire himself now, for Trumpism? And the whole PoliSci department, for studying politics?
Children’s literature professor fired by Texas university over ‘gender’ content
Texas A&M also removes two senior administrators from roles after student’s video sparked Republican pressure
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
#politics www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
“It is unacceptable for A&M system faculty to push a political agenda.”—Glenn Hegar, chancellor.
So is he going to fire himself now, for Trumpism? And the whole PoliSci department, for studying politics?
“It is unacceptable for A&M system faculty to push a political agenda.”—Glenn Hegar, chancellor.
So is he going to fire himself now, for Trumpism? And the whole PoliSci department, for studying politics?
“And how ironic is it that this same Supreme Court that ruled colleges cannot use race in the admissions process has now ruled that law enforcement can use race to conduct raids and detain people.” — LA mayor Karen Bass
www.youtube.com/live/4om-HJo...
www.youtube.com/live/4om-HJo...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“And how ironic is it that this same Supreme Court that ruled colleges cannot use race in the admissions process has now ruled that law enforcement can use race to conduct raids and detain people.” — LA mayor Karen Bass
www.youtube.com/live/4om-HJo...
www.youtube.com/live/4om-HJo...
#politics #resist #resistance
Seen in a Reddit post: "Deep in their cold empty hearts they fear us and rightfully so. We outnumber them but only if we stand as one."
I don't believe they do fear us. Why would they, any more than most people fear wildlife?
Seen in a Reddit post: "Deep in their cold empty hearts they fear us and rightfully so. We outnumber them but only if we stand as one."
I don't believe they do fear us. Why would they, any more than most people fear wildlife?
September 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#politics #resist #resistance
Seen in a Reddit post: "Deep in their cold empty hearts they fear us and rightfully so. We outnumber them but only if we stand as one."
I don't believe they do fear us. Why would they, any more than most people fear wildlife?
Seen in a Reddit post: "Deep in their cold empty hearts they fear us and rightfully so. We outnumber them but only if we stand as one."
I don't believe they do fear us. Why would they, any more than most people fear wildlife?
Don't try to work around the thing that's in the way. Move that thing out of the way.
#wisdom #dadadvice
#wisdom #dadadvice
August 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Don't try to work around the thing that's in the way. Move that thing out of the way.
#wisdom #dadadvice
#wisdom #dadadvice
"Leaders who value loyalty above all else have a symbiotic relationship with those unable to succeed on their own merits."
Well put, Robert Reich.
Well put, Robert Reich.
August 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"Leaders who value loyalty above all else have a symbiotic relationship with those unable to succeed on their own merits."
Well put, Robert Reich.
Well put, Robert Reich.
Just started reading *Our Hideous Progeny* by C. E. McGill. Was irked right of the gate by the phrase "run it all by me one more time", which doesn't sound at all 19th-century to me. What editor allowed that? Am I wrong? I hope it's just a blip.
August 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Just started reading *Our Hideous Progeny* by C. E. McGill. Was irked right of the gate by the phrase "run it all by me one more time", which doesn't sound at all 19th-century to me. What editor allowed that? Am I wrong? I hope it's just a blip.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
See my selected highlight in the linked posts below. I agree with those characterizations.
See my selected highlight in the linked posts below. I agree with those characterizations.
The EU is a colossus. So why is it cowering before Trump like a mouse? | Alexander Hurst
With its woeful trade deal, Europe prostrated itself before the president. We need a leader who will tell him where to shove it, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
See my selected highlight in the linked posts below. I agree with those characterizations.
See my selected highlight in the linked posts below. I agree with those characterizations.
I worked with Fernando Rocha on a show production a year and a half ago. This is madness. www.fox13seattle.com/news/juanita...
Teacher at Juanita HS in Kirkland, WA detained by ICE, district confirms
A teacher from the Lake Washington School District has been taken into custody by ICE.
www.fox13seattle.com
July 24, 2025 at 7:09 AM
I worked with Fernando Rocha on a show production a year and a half ago. This is madness. www.fox13seattle.com/news/juanita...
Here's a neat look at the nexus of language, culture, psychology and even conflict management.
~20 minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEb_...
Dr Jones is the shizz.
~20 minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEb_...
Dr Jones is the shizz.
Words are only half the story. Do this too
YouTube video by languagejones
www.youtube.com
July 7, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Here's a neat look at the nexus of language, culture, psychology and even conflict management.
~20 minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEb_...
Dr Jones is the shizz.
~20 minutes
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEb_...
Dr Jones is the shizz.
I just learned of the word "clerisy". Trying to sort out my feelings about it now.
June 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I just learned of the word "clerisy". Trying to sort out my feelings about it now.
Second test of blog integration. At least while I'm typing this it looks like it works better since I upped the audience accessibility. I wonder if there's a way to change the banner. Too much of my face is...too much.
Book review: _Circe_, by Madeline Miller | Colin May
Book review by Colin May (2025)
Madeline Miller's Circe is an excellent reworking of Greek classics
I enjoyed this book immensely, both for the craft and beauty of its telling and for the strength o...
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May 21, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Second test of blog integration. At least while I'm typing this it looks like it works better since I upped the audience accessibility. I wonder if there's a way to change the banner. Too much of my face is...too much.
To test out the WhiteWind blogging platform, I wrote a book review of _Circe_, by Madeline Miller. Let's see how the integration is with the BlueSky cosmos. I may have to adjust the permissions for visibility...or not.
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May 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
To test out the WhiteWind blogging platform, I wrote a book review of _Circe_, by Madeline Miller. Let's see how the integration is with the BlueSky cosmos. I may have to adjust the permissions for visibility...or not.
whtwnd.com/satsukikorin...
whtwnd.com/satsukikorin...