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This is what we get for thinking it was funny to write “Gender: yes please” on forms in the 90s

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

"“Nowadays our culture tells young men that greatness is tearing other people down, is trolling and owning and dominating. But my dad showed me what real greatness looks like. He inspired me to serve,” Talarico said." it is time for gender yall www.politico.com/news/2026/08...

The Dark Knight

limning the boundaries of a deal with Iran

we need to restrict Odyssey review discourse to people who have written the Odyssey

the character 纔; also, for different reasons, the character 著.

Sanjay Srivastava@sanjaysrivastava.com

What is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?

BROKE: Other timeline has goatees and zeppelins WOKE: Herbert Hoover, beloved humanitarian

Dr. M.A. Davis@mikedavis.bsky.social

like a normal person with normal hobbies, I have a favorite Hoover counterfactual and it's this - 1920 Hoover wins the Republican nomination (as he easily might have with the right manager) - a nice, safe conservative from MA (Calvin Coolidge) becomes his VP. Hoover wins in a landslide. /1

you know how sometimes you can feel your own cursed mental ‘In This House’ sign gaining a line

Microplastics Sommelier@leastactionhero.bsky.social

this site has the juice

Not since Xuanzang in ‘Journey to the West’ has a translator had to deal with so much irrelevant bullshit

William Moss@williammoss.bsky.social

Emily Wilson was on Fresh Air today, and is this the most discourse that has ever been generated by a translator? Paging @bokane.org

The zebra’s stripes are lacking hues, So they don’t compare To You-Know-Whose. Orange and black! It’s what to wear! It’s haute couture For those who dare!

George Chapman was calling a critic of his Homer an "envious Windfucker" in the early 17th century

Ash Flanagan@ashflanagan.bsky.social

lmao no it is not. It just isn't. It is fully within the norm for a negative review where the writer feels strongly. This is Roger Ebert.

trying to decide which side i shall pick in "west philadelphia-based translator versus christopher nolan"

Question for people who know the 心經 better than me: my impression as a Sinocentric non-Buddhologist is that Jan Nattier’s case is more or less settled at this point and that the arguments against a Chinese origin have been motivated and unconvincing. What am I missing?

Trying to imagine a South Philly-accented David Attenborough for the voiceover

I Became Tormented By This Gitogito Buttery Lobster?!

JAV Titles@jav.scd.lol

[VR] My Erotic Wife With Big Boobs Has Always Been Too Big For Me.

Cautiously optimistic about the Neuromancer teaser but I’m gonna need to see the Rasta satellite

huppy cuturduy

Classical Chinese for Ian Bremmer: 是何異於刺人而殺之，曰：『非我也，兵也。』 In what way is this different from stabbing a man to death and saying “it wasn’t me, it was the weapon?”

Faine Greenwood@faineg.bsky.social

Fuck you, Ian Bremmer, you abject ghoul.

damn, go birds

Shams Charania Tweets@shamsbot.bsky.social

BREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.

Does anyone have any fun AAS panel proposals

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Frog and Toad Bot@frogandtoadbot.bsky.social

“What if Frog is being chased by a big animal with many sharp teeth? What if he is being eaten up?” cried Toad. “My friend and I will never have another Christmas together!”