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@virmalised.us

Assistant professor with too many opinions. Texpat, politics academia, gay stuff, anti-carbrain. Not an AI brain genius guy. "Train Linguist." πŸ‡΅πŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ "See you divas on the streets." E me aperta pra eu quase sufocar BayesForDays@lingo.lol on Mastodon.

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A street in the car-free development of Culdesac, in Tempe, Arizona. White stucco buildings surround a quiet courtyard lined with desert vegetation.

A street in the car-free development of Culdesac, in Tempe, Arizona. White stucco buildings surround a quiet courtyard lined with desert vegetation.

Do people really like being trapped in an autocentric system? We talked with the authors of a new study showing that on the contrary, nearly 1 in 5 American car owners is β€œstrongly interested” in living car-free, and another 40 percent are open to the idea. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...

10.03.2026 12:56 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

I'm not like super big on them but it'd be nice to be excused formally

10.03.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think it's bullshit that my HSP posters are all on the day of the Indivisible protests

10.03.2026 01:07 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Lines I enjoy:

1. Market nonsense
2. Temperature and wind and humidity forecasts
3. Ice coverage over the Great Lakes
4. Various kinds of maps (topo, road, etc.)
5. Probably other stuff

09.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My partner told me that I like to look at lines as a hobby and I have never felt more called out (but he is right)

09.03.2026 23:11 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe City officials expect to reach a β€œwater emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to Texas airports, hike gas prices and trigger a local economic dis...

"The imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi threatens to cut off the flow of jet fuel to Texas airports and other oil exports from one of the nation’s largest petroleum ports, triggering potential shockwaves through energy markets in Texas and beyond."

09.03.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 33 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4

Everything is connected up in the dumbest way possible

09.03.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Did this once with no regrets, hope you trust your instincts next time

09.03.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the most bluesky post

09.03.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ted Chiang responds to the article going around that asks if the left is missing out on AI: β€œI don’t know. Is the left missing out on ICE?”

09.03.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tell Congress: Stop Trump's War with Iran Trump's unauthorized war in Iran has already taken the lives of US servicemembers and at least 1,000 Iranian civilians. It has devolved into a larger regional conflict, with missile and drone strikes,...

No Democrat should vote to fund Trump’s illegal war. Let your Members of Congress know you’re paying attention β€” demand that they oppose any supplemental funding package.

09.03.2026 12:42 πŸ‘ 452 πŸ” 168 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 7

I hope this oil crisis kills all these stupid drive-thru coffee places

09.03.2026 12:44 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Are any transit advocates doing "learn to ride transit" programs in response to the oil prices yet?

09.03.2026 02:29 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Cumin has a weird tendency to smell chemicaly, usually compared to sweat or BO but I could see rubber

09.03.2026 02:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sigh

09.03.2026 01:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The last time I saw numbers like this a few million people died

09.03.2026 01:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Holy shit Asian DOW down 6%

09.03.2026 01:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm grateful that I no longer live in California where the bad news started at 3am

09.03.2026 01:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yes

09.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow

09.03.2026 00:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

that's right

09.03.2026 00:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

General strike time

08.03.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I find the idea of Florida having to defend Texas very funny

08.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do we get to call this a Missile Crisis

08.03.2026 22:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wonder if he thinks it was all worth it

08.03.2026 21:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Corpus Christi careens toward water catastrophe City officials expect to reach a β€œwater emergency” within months and run out of water next year. That would halt jet fuel deliveries to Texas airports, hike gas prices and trigger a local economic dis...

Is this bad?

β€œCity officials expect to reach a β€˜water emergency’ within months and run out of water next year.β€œ

β€œThe region’s largest industrial users, which collectively consume the majority of the region’s water, remain exempt from emergency curtailment.”

www.texastribune.org/2026/03/08/t...

08.03.2026 21:03 πŸ‘ 261 πŸ” 129 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 16

It's sad to think about the guy I dated who ended up working at Los Alamos, especially right now

08.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My lord

08.03.2026 21:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A SKELATEN IN GROCEY STORE "LOL IF YOUR USING TWITTER IN 2026, IF I WANTED TO BEYELLED AT BY A BOT I WOULD MOVE ITEMS TO THE BAGGING AREA WITHOUT SCANNING THEM " DONT KNOW IF YOU SAW IT LATELY BUT ITS SOMEHOW EVEN WORSE THAN IT WAS IN 2025, AND THAT WAS WORSE THEN 2024, AND THAT WAS WORSE THEN 2023, ETC, BY THE TIME THE SHIT GOT SOLD TO ELLON IT WAS ALREADY ALMOST DEAD, THE LAST HANDFUL OF HUMAN USERS WANDERING IN ALGORITHM HELL WHILE BOTS RESPONT TO THEM IN GPT SPEAK, THE AGING SNARKY COMMENTERS REFUSING TO MOVE TO BSKY OR THREADS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ONE NOTCH DUMMER THEN THEM ARE STILL ON TWITTER AND THEY HAVE TO DUNK THEM BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AND NO WAY TO PROVE THERE SELF WORTH, AND THE PEPE NAZI'S FEEL EMBOLDENED TO START NEW SLURS AND SMACK THEM SELF IN THE FACE WITH OBJECTS TO INCREASE THEIR JAW LINE, BUT EVEN THEY DONT LIKE IT BECAUSE "THE LIBS" ARE NO LONGER THERE TO GET MAD AT THEM, AN APP FOR NO ONE WITH A SOUL, OWNED BY DEVIL, STILL FULL OF YOUR DEAD FRIENDS POSTS FROM YEARS PAST, AN ENTIRE ERA OF YOUR LIFE ONLINE NOW ONLY EVIDENCED BY OLD WORDS CARVED INTO THE CLIFFS OF HELL,,,,, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW IM JUST A SKELETIN - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

A SKELATEN IN GROCEY STORE "LOL IF YOUR USING TWITTER IN 2026, IF I WANTED TO BEYELLED AT BY A BOT I WOULD MOVE ITEMS TO THE BAGGING AREA WITHOUT SCANNING THEM " DONT KNOW IF YOU SAW IT LATELY BUT ITS SOMEHOW EVEN WORSE THAN IT WAS IN 2025, AND THAT WAS WORSE THEN 2024, AND THAT WAS WORSE THEN 2023, ETC, BY THE TIME THE SHIT GOT SOLD TO ELLON IT WAS ALREADY ALMOST DEAD, THE LAST HANDFUL OF HUMAN USERS WANDERING IN ALGORITHM HELL WHILE BOTS RESPONT TO THEM IN GPT SPEAK, THE AGING SNARKY COMMENTERS REFUSING TO MOVE TO BSKY OR THREADS BECAUSE THE PEOPLE ONE NOTCH DUMMER THEN THEM ARE STILL ON TWITTER AND THEY HAVE TO DUNK THEM BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT THEY HAVE NOTHING TO SAY AND NO WAY TO PROVE THERE SELF WORTH, AND THE PEPE NAZI'S FEEL EMBOLDENED TO START NEW SLURS AND SMACK THEM SELF IN THE FACE WITH OBJECTS TO INCREASE THEIR JAW LINE, BUT EVEN THEY DONT LIKE IT BECAUSE "THE LIBS" ARE NO LONGER THERE TO GET MAD AT THEM, AN APP FOR NO ONE WITH A SOUL, OWNED BY DEVIL, STILL FULL OF YOUR DEAD FRIENDS POSTS FROM YEARS PAST, AN ENTIRE ERA OF YOUR LIFE ONLINE NOW ONLY EVIDENCED BY OLD WORDS CARVED INTO THE CLIFFS OF HELL,,,,, BUT WHAT DO I KNOW IM JUST A SKELETIN - DASHARE.ZONE ADMIN

LOL - dashare.zone ADMIN

08.03.2026 19:49 πŸ‘ 1869 πŸ” 587 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 9

I would like to acquire a Kona Sutra

08.03.2026 16:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0