Virginicus
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"So uncouth and absurd that it can only be believed that Nature was motivated by spite or mockery in bringing him into the world at all." - Castiglione
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@zachweinersmith.bsky.social Absolutely no ambiguity about why he moved east of the Misty Mountains whwere nobody spoke Quenya.
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 AM
@zachweinersmith.bsky.social Absolutely no ambiguity about why he moved east of the Misty Mountains whwere nobody spoke Quenya.
@juergen_hubert The Glowing Man in the Cherry Tree, which I have to admit was random.
December 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
@juergen_hubert The Glowing Man in the Cherry Tree, which I have to admit was random.
@mrundkvist The US government is also in the middle of an anti-Somali frenzy. The global network of nationalists is the weirdest part of current events.
December 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
@mrundkvist The US government is also in the middle of an anti-Somali frenzy. The global network of nationalists is the weirdest part of current events.
@hist_myth J’ai déjà fait les 10,000 heures, si vous avez besoin d’un second.
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
@hist_myth J’ai déjà fait les 10,000 heures, si vous avez besoin d’un second.
@AnnaAnthro Here’s your hat. What’s your hurry?
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
@AnnaAnthro Here’s your hat. What’s your hurry?
@futurebird Excel stores dates as numbers where the integer part is the day and the fraction is the hours, minutes, etc. So I use the equivalent of fpart all the time to separate the day shift from the swing shift.
December 2, 2025 at 7:12 PM
@futurebird Excel stores dates as numbers where the integer part is the day and the fraction is the hours, minutes, etc. So I use the equivalent of fpart all the time to separate the day shift from the swing shift.
@mmasnick.bsky.social It’s much more efficient to put all the tubs in the one bathroom, all the sinks in another, and all the toilets in a third.
December 2, 2025 at 1:11 AM
@mmasnick.bsky.social It’s much more efficient to put all the tubs in the one bathroom, all the sinks in another, and all the toilets in a third.
@mrundkvist The language contains so many things my German teachers didn’t mention.
November 30, 2025 at 10:50 PM
@mrundkvist The language contains so many things my German teachers didn’t mention.
@futurebird “poor copies of your dreams” is great.
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 PM
@futurebird “poor copies of your dreams” is great.
@lore.house Transformation into the Midwestern Mom cliché is progressing well, I see.
November 30, 2025 at 11:56 AM
@lore.house Transformation into the Midwestern Mom cliché is progressing well, I see.
@adapalmer One of my favorite French words: “deratisation”.
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
@adapalmer One of my favorite French words: “deratisation”.
@mrundkvist Tom Shippey says we should organize languages not by etymology but by elevation. Since he knows both Nepali and Dutch, he’d have the whole human experience bracketed.
November 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
@mrundkvist Tom Shippey says we should organize languages not by etymology but by elevation. Since he knows both Nepali and Dutch, he’d have the whole human experience bracketed.
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There is no good answer to “what is your favorite Steely Dan song?,” there’s only what kind of weirdo you want to be seen as.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
There is no good answer to “what is your favorite Steely Dan song?,” there’s only what kind of weirdo you want to be seen as.
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2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
2/ In 2001, Borsook said tech "libertarianism" reflected an adolescent mindset, with a craving for unchecked independence & resistance to constraint.
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
She warned that tech libertarians wanted an anti-human world that worked more like a computer. From "Cyberselfish," a book based on her 90s writing:
@karenattiah.bsky.social Wait till they find out Afghanistan-Americans are all Republicans. #uspol
November 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
@karenattiah.bsky.social Wait till they find out Afghanistan-Americans are all Republicans. #uspol
@futurebird In our house, there are three monitors each. #nerds
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
@futurebird In our house, there are three monitors each. #nerds
@mattmcirvin @futurebird This is one time I envy firemen. When they come back from vacation, they don’t have a bunch of fires waiting in their in-boxes.
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 AM
@mattmcirvin @futurebird This is one time I envy firemen. When they come back from vacation, they don’t have a bunch of fires waiting in their in-boxes.
@darthbluesky.bsky.social A concept of a mirage.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
@darthbluesky.bsky.social A concept of a mirage.