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In today's @theguardian.com, an article about the #Voynich work Colin Layfield and I have been doing: www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?
Researchers argue incorrect binding of Voynich manuscript radically changes ideas about its drawings and indecipherable text
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2026 at 12:32 PM
In today's @theguardian.com, an article about the #Voynich work Colin Layfield and I have been doing: www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
Rapist lives don't matter ❤️
every last high school girl out there, unless you know for a fact that she has committed murder or rape, will do more good for the world than a boy or man who has committed sexual assault
stop treating rapists as valuable
stop treating rapists as valuable
October 5, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Rapist lives don't matter ❤️
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every last high school girl out there, unless you know for a fact that she has committed murder or rape, will do more good for the world than a boy or man who has committed sexual assault
stop treating rapists as valuable
stop treating rapists as valuable
October 5, 2026 at 1:42 AM
every last high school girl out there, unless you know for a fact that she has committed murder or rape, will do more good for the world than a boy or man who has committed sexual assault
stop treating rapists as valuable
stop treating rapists as valuable
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What should you do if you pull up on a car crash before emergency services arrive?
Let me walk you through what I did yesterday while driving with the family to the grocery store. Traffic backed up ahead of us and around a corner someone rear ended another car, there was airbag deployment.
Let me walk you through what I did yesterday while driving with the family to the grocery store. Traffic backed up ahead of us and around a corner someone rear ended another car, there was airbag deployment.
October 4, 2026 at 12:19 PM
What should you do if you pull up on a car crash before emergency services arrive?
Let me walk you through what I did yesterday while driving with the family to the grocery store. Traffic backed up ahead of us and around a corner someone rear ended another car, there was airbag deployment.
Let me walk you through what I did yesterday while driving with the family to the grocery store. Traffic backed up ahead of us and around a corner someone rear ended another car, there was airbag deployment.
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Just keep swimming 💧
October 3, 2026 at 7:17 PM
Just keep swimming 💧
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the evergreenest of posts:
October 2, 2026 at 8:00 PM
the evergreenest of posts:
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“So far, all scientists can say is that L. tilcayo lives in Bolivia’s Yungas forest ecoregion, which lies on the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains. But as to what these cats eat or get eaten by, how they reproduce, and many other facets of their day-to-day lives, much mystery remains.”
Meet the First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years
A small, spotted tiger cat from Bolivia may just be the beginning of a wave of new small cat species.
www.nationalgeographic.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
“So far, all scientists can say is that L. tilcayo lives in Bolivia’s Yungas forest ecoregion, which lies on the eastern slope of the Andes Mountains. But as to what these cats eat or get eaten by, how they reproduce, and many other facets of their day-to-day lives, much mystery remains.”
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Public anger comes for John Roberts
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Public anger comes for John Roberts
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
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this is good, and there should be a lot more of this tbh. not just directed at the justices either. noah feldman should get a version of this for all the fucking pr he does for the conservative justices, eg. to say nothing of the more actively evil law profs and lower court judges and lawyers
Public anger comes for John Roberts
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
John Roberts Retreated to His Island. Supreme Court Critics Found Him. (Gift Article)
After decades of potlucks and paddle-boarding on Maine’s midcoast, rising anger and protests have left the Supreme Court’s chief justice more isolated than ever.
www.nytimes.com
October 1, 2026 at 3:03 PM
this is good, and there should be a lot more of this tbh. not just directed at the justices either. noah feldman should get a version of this for all the fucking pr he does for the conservative justices, eg. to say nothing of the more actively evil law profs and lower court judges and lawyers
It's not a very charitable opinion, but these people should be scared. Not of violence, but of social rejection. Shame evolved as a method of encouraging and enforcing pro-social behavior. It *has* a place in society. Even the most ghoulish among them wants to be liked.
this is good, and there should be a lot more of this tbh. not just directed at the justices either. noah feldman should get a version of this for all the fucking pr he does for the conservative justices, eg. to say nothing of the more actively evil law profs and lower court judges and lawyers
Public anger comes for John Roberts
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
The chief justice’s summer retreat in Maine used to be one of boating, potluck dinners, touch football and easy friendships. Locals called him “John.”
Now a swirl of anger has been rising at him, transforming his getaways. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u...
October 1, 2026 at 3:51 PM
It's not a very charitable opinion, but these people should be scared. Not of violence, but of social rejection. Shame evolved as a method of encouraging and enforcing pro-social behavior. It *has* a place in society. Even the most ghoulish among them wants to be liked.
The moral of this story is that every day is Shut the Fuck up Friday and don't ever talk to a fucking cop
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A Michigan nurse is accused of helping an injured immigration detainee escape from a hospital while in federal custody.
October 1, 2026 at 12:45 PM
The moral of this story is that every day is Shut the Fuck up Friday and don't ever talk to a fucking cop
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Time for this classic again.
September 30, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Time for this classic again.
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I am told Maeve is now available for adoption. Going to try to take her out for a field trip this week & provide additional adorable photos.
This is Maeve. She may be the sweetest, most good natured, most trusting dog I have ever met. She was abandoned in DC last week, and since I’m not able to adopt a dog now, I had to turn her over to the Brandywine Animal Shelter. I want to make sure this absolute delight of a dog finds a good home.
September 29, 2026 at 8:09 PM
I am told Maeve is now available for adoption. Going to try to take her out for a field trip this week & provide additional adorable photos.
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No one should be surprised that OpenAI — a company that built their systems on stolen work — would steal the work of researchers and try to take credit for it.
September 8, 2026 at 11:16 PM
No one should be surprised that OpenAI — a company that built their systems on stolen work — would steal the work of researchers and try to take credit for it.
The best use case I can conceive for AI would be making a mod for a thing in a game I—and nobody else—find annoying, and as far as use cases go, it's, ah, pretty thin
I participated in some public library ai courses. I’m telling you that the state of literacies and the complexity of lives deeply enmeshed in the bowels of late stage capitalism cannot find a use case for an agent & if they could, people don’t have the scaffolding to imagine one that could be useful
September 28, 2026 at 3:04 PM
The best use case I can conceive for AI would be making a mod for a thing in a game I—and nobody else—find annoying, and as far as use cases go, it's, ah, pretty thin
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Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
www.wisn.com
September 28, 2026 at 10:23 AM
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
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So I had a bit of a bear encounter on the way to work
I was riding up the bike path next to the river, and a mom w two cubs comes loping out of the bushes to my right
I slow WAY down, let them trundle up the path, and they ducked into the undergrowth on the left
I was riding up the bike path next to the river, and a mom w two cubs comes loping out of the bushes to my right
I slow WAY down, let them trundle up the path, and they ducked into the undergrowth on the left
September 28, 2026 at 11:38 AM
So I had a bit of a bear encounter on the way to work
I was riding up the bike path next to the river, and a mom w two cubs comes loping out of the bushes to my right
I slow WAY down, let them trundle up the path, and they ducked into the undergrowth on the left
I was riding up the bike path next to the river, and a mom w two cubs comes loping out of the bushes to my right
I slow WAY down, let them trundle up the path, and they ducked into the undergrowth on the left
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If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you?
Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!
Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!
September 28, 2026 at 1:16 AM
If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you?
Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!
Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!
God draft shows are miserable. The NLL has been drafting for eighty (80) minutes and they are on pick 14
September 24, 2026 at 11:18 PM
God draft shows are miserable. The NLL has been drafting for eighty (80) minutes and they are on pick 14
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I apologize for my earlier article, which did not undergo proper legal review, and will not be able to be present on social media for a while.
September 24, 2026 at 8:02 PM
I apologize for my earlier article, which did not undergo proper legal review, and will not be able to be present on social media for a while.
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so i’m on the train this morning and a guy gets on with a little dog and pops open a tiny folding chair and THE DOG SITS IN IT
September 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
so i’m on the train this morning and a guy gets on with a little dog and pops open a tiny folding chair and THE DOG SITS IN IT
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lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow
September 22, 2026 at 10:08 PM
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow
I've been reading the comments (I know, big mistake) and somebody smarter than me should really write about unprocessed COVID trauma and resultant agoraphobia/general terror of normal human contact
One of the reasons I think this went viral even in queer circles is because everyone has seen this dynamic play out in some form in our spaces. We need a better way to root out toxic people utilizing the language of liberation in narcissistic and sociopathic ways to dominate spaces.
hilarious and insane article. full of the sorts of people you meet all the time in left activism, who combine neuroticism and narcissism to bring down any institution they're allowed into.
September 23, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I've been reading the comments (I know, big mistake) and somebody smarter than me should really write about unprocessed COVID trauma and resultant agoraphobia/general terror of normal human contact
Something something ham sammich
A federal grand jury indicted a Tennessee Bluesky user for allegedly threatening ICE agents. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 22, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Something something ham sammich