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@lvrking-lingvist

I'm a linguist. I will mostly be lurking, occasionally posting about britpol or maybe linguistics. All animate pronouns accepted

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no I don't agree with this

12.03.2026 12:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

tbh I don't believe in intellectual property.

I *do* believe in:
giving credit where it's due
artists and writers being able to make a living
the joy of human creativity

12.03.2026 00:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I personally am gallant and bold

11.03.2026 09:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As of 9 March 2026, Israel has killed 486 people, injured 1,313 and displaced 667,831 people in Lebanon

That's roughly 10% of the entire population displaced already

10.03.2026 09:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 97 ๐Ÿ” 78 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

when the parable of the sheep and the goats is definitely not about you

09.03.2026 13:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

supreme leader in occultation

08.03.2026 11:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

panpsychism will win

07.03.2026 17:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think this might have been how I learnt to read?

07.03.2026 12:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Argos Autumn/Winter 1993/94 catalogue : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Argos Autumn/Winter 1993/94 catalogue

ok this was such a strong Proustian effect I had to find it (p594) - archive.org/details/argo...

07.03.2026 12:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Argos catalogue memories unlocked

07.03.2026 12:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yes but why roll when you can build a tower

05.03.2026 14:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Name a little on the nose there

05.03.2026 07:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

whatever you do, stop your parents from voting (I say parents because I assume you are 38)

04.03.2026 22:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

polprof lol

03.03.2026 23:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the luddites were right! be a luddite!

03.03.2026 23:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the adult baby takeover is off

03.03.2026 13:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

yeah I mean if I can overlook him having been a Lib Dem I can overlook this

03.03.2026 13:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

sorry, I forgot to include a horse pun. horses were banned from voting by acclamation because they only ever said

03.03.2026 11:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

clever hans was actually involved in an early experiment in ranked choice voting

03.03.2026 11:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I said last year that the Greens can defeat Reform, and it didnโ€™t even take that long for that to become closer to reality.

03.03.2026 07:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 60 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

karmic predestination paradox

02.03.2026 05:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

does this mean 99% of the people it crushes are orphans or that it crushes the orphans 99% of the time. I feel this is important information for my decision

01.03.2026 15:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 43 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I also want to put this the other way round - if they quit it would be courageous.

01.03.2026 04:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if they were courageous they would quit. there's nothing brave about killing kids at the whim of an irrational old pedophile

01.03.2026 03:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 7955 ๐Ÿ” 1597 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 54 ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

in case anyone ever needed confirmation that it's not about building a democratic Iran, it's about collapsing Iran and turning it into a land of rubble that can be bombed every six months

01.03.2026 02:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2848 ๐Ÿ” 1079 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

(not to say China doesn't seek reunification with Taiwan - but there is no way they are interested in military action in the near future)

01.03.2026 00:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

confusing China's goals with western propaganda about China's goals, standard

01.03.2026 00:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"I think it should be ok to say the Iranian government is bad" ok well you're saying it right now and no one's stopping you and as a matter of fact you have no less than the president of the United States using missiles to agree with you. It's never been more ok, you just want to whine

28.02.2026 22:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 55 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

rough day for anyone who believes in the sanctity of human life

28.02.2026 21:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 2609 ๐Ÿ” 423 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Worse than that, Iโ€™m afraid: we support wars of aggression and domination prosecuted by fascist supremacists.

28.02.2026 13:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 55 ๐Ÿ” 14 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0