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Apprentice philologist. Poetry translation and history teaching. Chair-leg hero. Emeritus: Signal to Noise, Chicago Review reader-in-chief of Caliber, an occasional newsletter of translation and reading [ask at calibernewsletter at gmail dot com]

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a load in the hand is worth a lot less than one in the bush

10.03.2026 18:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
spiderman pointing at spiderman

spiderman pointing at spiderman

a bit like this tbh

10.03.2026 16:38 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if only there were a way to study human behavior patterns at a civilizational scale to make sense of this discrepancy

10.03.2026 16:21 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

voters: go play in trafic (1971)

10.03.2026 16:19 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

SD folks, join me in spending this evening in community at our beautiful Central Library with @maggietokudahall.bsky.social!

10.03.2026 16:15 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Omar Sharif!

10.03.2026 04:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

youtu.be/nEtiba8_gsk?...

10.03.2026 03:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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a young boy sits at a desk in front of a computer screen Alt: a young boy sits at a desk in front of a computer screen

Great plan for getting that shipping going again

10.03.2026 01:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If the Dems who win in the 2026 midterms get squeamish about prosecuting this administration, we'll need to elect a bunch of new people running on Nuremberg shit for 2028. This isn't a joke. It's the law. It's justice. Biden let Trump back in the WH and this happened because Joe didn't do his job

09.03.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 6175 πŸ” 1744 πŸ’¬ 108 πŸ“Œ 48
John Lennon doing that stupid walk

John Lennon doing that stupid walk

Walking away from Omelas like

10.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 1862 πŸ” 261 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 11
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a pixelated image of a man making a face Alt: a pixelated image of a man making a face

so close…

10.03.2026 00:17 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I was teaching my teens about Elvis
Day that he died
Day that he died

10.03.2026 00:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

They should stage a public event where they take an oversized pair of scissors and ritually cut his necktie off

10.03.2026 00:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This puts me at 10 people released. I filed my 1st habeas petition 29 days ago. I am an incredibly small-time, nobody lawyer who knew nothing about immigration law the day I submitted that case. I barely know any more today. I had never sued the federal government and now I've beaten them 10 times.

09.03.2026 19:24 πŸ‘ 11107 πŸ” 2474 πŸ’¬ 302 πŸ“Œ 120

Free Press columnist Smelly Bowels

09.03.2026 19:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

which also makes it even funnier that Donald Trump seems to think the exact same thing about Mamdani

09.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Smelly Bowels

09.03.2026 19:08 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

all this after I just scanned my own damn groceries!

09.03.2026 16:43 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the Clown Shoes Administration

09.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

don’t forget to destroy your clocks tonight, walk away from your mortgage, just start driving, you’re free

08.03.2026 03:12 πŸ‘ 17079 πŸ” 3393 πŸ’¬ 202 πŸ“Œ 119

that’s got to Hurt

07.03.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome, thank you πŸ™πŸ»

07.03.2026 17:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A try of baked scones

A try of baked scones

Orange lavender scones, come at me

07.03.2026 17:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I read it, Bobby. I don’t see either the article or the employee blaming the computer. What you quoted even foregrounds the cover-up of the human choice involved. Β―\_(ツ)_/Β―

07.03.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I said the article, not the headline, but okay

07.03.2026 17:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t really think this article is doing that though! I think it’s still pretty clear in this piece that the military is going to hide the culpable person and that AI is a cover story.

07.03.2026 17:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I don’t know the pieces well, and certainly not the differences between the two versions. Are there recordings you’d recommend for comparison?

07.03.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

incredible individual top row, cursed sequence

07.03.2026 04:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
the arrested development meme, caption β€œI got the worst bleep reply guys”

the arrested development meme, caption β€œI got the worst bleep reply guys”

07.03.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Nationalize πŸ‘ library πŸ‘ streaming πŸ‘ services πŸ‘

07.03.2026 01:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0