Vincent Szopa
@fledglinguistic.bsky.social
Writer, techie, macrodata refiner, movie guy, fun inspector. Not a linguist. 💉: Yes 🇺🇦
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Love it
September 26, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Love it
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When Trump launched “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” without ICE facilities to accommodate it, inhumane overcrowding was inevitable. Judge Kaplan’s 9/24 ruling shows the results. Diagrams simulating a NYC holding cell in Aug 2025 look like slave ships.
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September 26, 2026 at 7:49 PM
When Trump launched “the largest deportation operation in the history of our country” without ICE facilities to accommodate it, inhumane overcrowding was inevitable. Judge Kaplan’s 9/24 ruling shows the results. Diagrams simulating a NYC holding cell in Aug 2025 look like slave ships.
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A new bookstore opened in Kyiv.
I visited it today.
russian drones burn warehouses full of books and damage whatever they can reach.
A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. russia will never win.
I visited it today.
russian drones burn warehouses full of books and damage whatever they can reach.
A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. russia will never win.
September 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
A new bookstore opened in Kyiv.
I visited it today.
russian drones burn warehouses full of books and damage whatever they can reach.
A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. russia will never win.
I visited it today.
russian drones burn warehouses full of books and damage whatever they can reach.
A new bookstore opened in Kyiv. russia will never win.
Molly Tuttle - How Can I Tell You (Yusuf / Cat Stevens Cover)
YouTube video by Molly Tuttle
youtu.be
September 23, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“Please let there be a master plan! Then I have a chance!”
-Paranoids
-Paranoids
September 23, 2026 at 3:52 AM
“Please let there be a master plan! Then I have a chance!”
-Paranoids
-Paranoids
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sneak peek at next week's strange new worlds finale
September 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM
sneak peek at next week's strange new worlds finale
Today I announced that no member of the White House staff, cabinet or executive are allowed on my property. I will entertain any discussion they wish to have from my front door while they stay in the gutter at the end of my driveway.
September 19, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Today I announced that no member of the White House staff, cabinet or executive are allowed on my property. I will entertain any discussion they wish to have from my front door while they stay in the gutter at the end of my driveway.
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Frog built a wet lab for the AI model. "There," he said. "Now it can do its own experiments."
"What the fuck?" said Toad
"What the fuck?" said Toad
September 19, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Frog built a wet lab for the AI model. "There," he said. "Now it can do its own experiments."
"What the fuck?" said Toad
"What the fuck?" said Toad
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I think this is the first time I've seen Batman depicted walking anywhere
He typically travels by means of comically street-illegal car, making him more of a suburban superhero
He typically travels by means of comically street-illegal car, making him more of a suburban superhero
September 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I think this is the first time I've seen Batman depicted walking anywhere
He typically travels by means of comically street-illegal car, making him more of a suburban superhero
He typically travels by means of comically street-illegal car, making him more of a suburban superhero
I was open to Carlos Kleiber and Vienna, but Horst Stein and London sound more like today.
Beethoven's 7th, 2nd movement
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI9F...
Beethoven's 7th, 2nd movement
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI9F...
Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto
YouTube video by London Philharmonic Orchestra - Topic
www.youtube.com
September 19, 2026 at 2:45 PM
I was open to Carlos Kleiber and Vienna, but Horst Stein and London sound more like today.
Beethoven's 7th, 2nd movement
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI9F...
Beethoven's 7th, 2nd movement
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tI9F...
Babe, can you stop telling me how wrong I am about the Roman Empire and check out the cat that just dropped?
gizmodo.com/scientists-d...
gizmodo.com/scientists-d...
Scientists Discover First New Cat Species in Over a Century—and It's Love at First Sight
The tiny cats only measure between one and two feet long and weigh between four and six pounds.
gizmodo.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:19 PM
Babe, can you stop telling me how wrong I am about the Roman Empire and check out the cat that just dropped?
gizmodo.com/scientists-d...
gizmodo.com/scientists-d...
Guy Thinks Stellan Skarsgard Would Be Ideal To Play Him In Movie But Friends Agree It Should Be Paul Rubens
September 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Guy Thinks Stellan Skarsgard Would Be Ideal To Play Him In Movie But Friends Agree It Should Be Paul Rubens
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Good morning 🌞
Is anyone interested?
Is anyone interested?
September 16, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Good morning 🌞
Is anyone interested?
Is anyone interested?
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I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.
September 14, 2026 at 2:11 PM
I’ve now lived so much longer than I would ever have expected to that I feel I’m living in the future. This is when I imagined Neuromancer happening. And now the creators of today’s AI warn us that it threatens humanity.
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(WSJ) - American oil executives warned for months that the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz was bound to cause a fuel crisis. Now, they say it is here.
@wsj.com #$CVX
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@wsj.com #$CVX
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September 14, 2026 at 9:42 PM
(WSJ) - American oil executives warned for months that the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz was bound to cause a fuel crisis. Now, they say it is here.
@wsj.com #$CVX
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
@wsj.com #$CVX
www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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My read is that there aren’t five votes to let Trump literally rig elections. Roberts and Barrett won’t greenlight overt election subversion or chaotic, illegal interference with voting. Kavanaugh and Gorsuch aren’t reliable but don’t love the chaos either. Thomas and Alito want to end democracy.
In upside-down world, Justice Alito blames "the plaintiff States and the courts" for causing the late timing of USPS' attempt to interfere in mail voting by suing to stop it.
Unmentioned by Alito: USPS issued the rule in violation of an injunction.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
Unmentioned by Alito: USPS issued the rule in violation of an injunction.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
September 15, 2026 at 12:38 AM
My read is that there aren’t five votes to let Trump literally rig elections. Roberts and Barrett won’t greenlight overt election subversion or chaotic, illegal interference with voting. Kavanaugh and Gorsuch aren’t reliable but don’t love the chaos either. Thomas and Alito want to end democracy.
"'Time to make shopping creaky, slow and full of human interaction. Haggling. Grudges. Blood-oath loyalty. Fraught moments. Joyful discovery. Some days at the market should feel like being handed a cold beer on a beach, others like a freezing night in a trench under fire.'
Kylli saw things
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Kylli saw things
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September 14, 2026 at 4:22 AM
"'Time to make shopping creaky, slow and full of human interaction. Haggling. Grudges. Blood-oath loyalty. Fraught moments. Joyful discovery. Some days at the market should feel like being handed a cold beer on a beach, others like a freezing night in a trench under fire.'
Kylli saw things
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Kylli saw things
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By Bashir Sultani
September 10, 2026 at 7:42 PM
By Bashir Sultani
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"Compared to the 5.08 million deaths attributed to COVID-19 by state officials during [the first two years of the pandemic], the researchers determined that the actual number of COVID-related deaths (based on these governments’ own hard numbers) was more than twice that: ~12.47 million."
Report: Roughly Half the World’s Governments Underestimated Covid Deaths by the Millions https://gizmodo.com/report-roughly-half-the-worlds-governments-underestimated-covid-deaths-by-the-millions-2000809983
Report: Roughly Half the World’s Governments Underestimated Covid Deaths by the Millions
A new and unusually comprehensive dataset of all-cause mortality reports from 134 countries suggests that governments either ignored or covered up over 6 million covid-19 deaths.
gizmodo.com
September 10, 2026 at 7:39 PM
"Compared to the 5.08 million deaths attributed to COVID-19 by state officials during [the first two years of the pandemic], the researchers determined that the actual number of COVID-related deaths (based on these governments’ own hard numbers) was more than twice that: ~12.47 million."
I don’t have anything to deceive you on. Of course I’m not deceiving you.
September 9, 2026 at 10:14 PM
I don’t have anything to deceive you on. Of course I’m not deceiving you.
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Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
With prompt and appropriate medical care, experts say, people shouldn’t die from an ectopic pregnancy. Women in Texas and Oklahoma have sued over delays in care, which, coupled with our new analysis, ...
www.propublica.org
September 9, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Horrific though unsurprising report from @propublica.org: Ectopic pregnancy deaths have basically doubled since the end of Roe
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PSA: Election officials in California, Oregon, Washington and elsewhere are telling voters if you can, return your ballot through an official ballot drop box rather than trusting it to the mail.
September 9, 2026 at 4:35 PM
PSA: Election officials in California, Oregon, Washington and elsewhere are telling voters if you can, return your ballot through an official ballot drop box rather than trusting it to the mail.
White House Announces “Cleaner Plate Club” - Pay Subscription Fee To Learn In Advance About Food Recalls
September 8, 2026 at 11:42 PM
White House Announces “Cleaner Plate Club” - Pay Subscription Fee To Learn In Advance About Food Recalls