Tommaso Sciortino
@sciortino.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, East Bay YIMBY, socdem🧦, founding board member of @eb4everyone, singer/pianist, 🇺🇸🇮🇹🇪🇺, I � Unicode, Googler
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at one point he discusses a Tang dynasty criminal who had tattooed on one arm 'alive I do not fear the city prefect' and on the other 'dead I do not fear King Yama' (the judge of hell) which is more proof of the Tang being the most metal dynasty
September 18, 2026 at 4:35 AM
at one point he discusses a Tang dynasty criminal who had tattooed on one arm 'alive I do not fear the city prefect' and on the other 'dead I do not fear King Yama' (the judge of hell) which is more proof of the Tang being the most metal dynasty
You may ask: "Tommaso, you speak Italian. How did you not know this word?"
My response:
walnut = noce (nut)
hazelnut = nocciola (little nut)
peanut = nocciolina (tiny little nut)
My response:
walnut = noce (nut)
hazelnut = nocciola (little nut)
peanut = nocciolina (tiny little nut)
Just learned that the italian word for nuts is "frutta a guscio" which means "shell fruit".
I like it as a companion to "shell fish"
I like it as a companion to "shell fish"
September 18, 2026 at 2:34 AM
You may ask: "Tommaso, you speak Italian. How did you not know this word?"
My response:
walnut = noce (nut)
hazelnut = nocciola (little nut)
peanut = nocciolina (tiny little nut)
My response:
walnut = noce (nut)
hazelnut = nocciola (little nut)
peanut = nocciolina (tiny little nut)
Just learned that the italian word for nuts is "frutta a guscio" which means "shell fruit".
I like it as a companion to "shell fish"
I like it as a companion to "shell fish"
September 17, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Just learned that the italian word for nuts is "frutta a guscio" which means "shell fruit".
I like it as a companion to "shell fish"
I like it as a companion to "shell fish"
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This isn’t true and we should pay Congress and its legislative staff way more to discourage corruption and lobbying
It’s insane that people in Congress are paid over $174K a year in taxpayer dollars whilst making millions of dollars from insider trading whilst getting 18 vacations a year as Americans all over the country struggle to pay for rent, gas and groceries.
September 17, 2026 at 10:50 AM
This isn’t true and we should pay Congress and its legislative staff way more to discourage corruption and lobbying
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Bro this guy needs to go, it's enough already. We have ghost buses, 30 minute headways and a dying bus system and this guy is stopping fixes at every opportunity while harassing people. Vote Adriana Valencia as soon as you can.
AC Transit and Director Joel Young thought they could sweep his harassment under the rug by hiding it and then lying about it.
No way were we going to let that happen.
Young isn’t fit for office, and since his colleagues won’t hold him accountable, voters must.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
No way were we going to let that happen.
Young isn’t fit for office, and since his colleagues won’t hold him accountable, voters must.
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
AC Transit director harassed female colleague, investigation finds
AC Transit Director Joel Young, a candidate in the November Ward 3 election, was investigated for a complaint of unwanted physical contact against a female director.
www.sfchronicle.com
September 16, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Bro this guy needs to go, it's enough already. We have ghost buses, 30 minute headways and a dying bus system and this guy is stopping fixes at every opportunity while harassing people. Vote Adriana Valencia as soon as you can.
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ed zitron thinking a guy resigned from anthropic pre-IPO as a ploy to juice his substack is a great example of how cynicism makes you stupid.
September 15, 2026 at 11:14 PM
ed zitron thinking a guy resigned from anthropic pre-IPO as a ploy to juice his substack is a great example of how cynicism makes you stupid.
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"moderator of r/doordash by the reddit username u/i_love_femboys6969 attempts to commit an act of terror on behalf of ISIS" is the most 21st century headline I've ever read.
September 15, 2026 at 9:44 PM
"moderator of r/doordash by the reddit username u/i_love_femboys6969 attempts to commit an act of terror on behalf of ISIS" is the most 21st century headline I've ever read.
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Yes, every billionaire is a policy failure. You know who else is a policy failure? Your Berkeley hippie grandpa who pays $100 in annual property taxes on a $2.5 million house and uses the leftover cash to sue people who try to build apartments in his neighborhood.
September 15, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Yes, every billionaire is a policy failure. You know who else is a policy failure? Your Berkeley hippie grandpa who pays $100 in annual property taxes on a $2.5 million house and uses the leftover cash to sue people who try to build apartments in his neighborhood.
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it is an incredible testament to the power of midcentury Soviet propaganda that the dumbest leftists in the world are still confusing the expansionist reactionary petrostate which grew out of its corpse for the thing itself
September 15, 2026 at 12:45 AM
it is an incredible testament to the power of midcentury Soviet propaganda that the dumbest leftists in the world are still confusing the expansionist reactionary petrostate which grew out of its corpse for the thing itself
I've dealt with what doctors call "Functional Heartburn" for about twenty years and today a friend made a "Imperative Heartburn" joke and I feel like a failure for not thinking of this joke sooner.
"Object-oriented heartburn"
"Object-oriented heartburn"
September 14, 2026 at 3:14 AM
I've dealt with what doctors call "Functional Heartburn" for about twenty years and today a friend made a "Imperative Heartburn" joke and I feel like a failure for not thinking of this joke sooner.
"Object-oriented heartburn"
"Object-oriented heartburn"
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If Elizabeth Warren’s stated 2020 policy platform had been enacted, it would have been transformative
ocasio-cortez is clearly not a transformative politician. she doesn't even pretend to want to change the party anymore. she's elizabeth warren with more charisma
September 13, 2026 at 9:49 PM
If Elizabeth Warren’s stated 2020 policy platform had been enacted, it would have been transformative
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I did this job for several and ~nobody on this site is prepared for how residents in lower income neighborhoods talk to their elected officials about cops, either. (hint: not as an ontological evil that must be eradicated.) stop talking to noble savage fantasies in your head.
Take a job doing constituent services for a local politician who reps a low income area and you'll be surprised how many of your calls are about noise! Poor people hate noise the same exact way rich people do!
September 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I did this job for several and ~nobody on this site is prepared for how residents in lower income neighborhoods talk to their elected officials about cops, either. (hint: not as an ontological evil that must be eradicated.) stop talking to noble savage fantasies in your head.
Love reading late 80's Sci Fi. It's always like:
"2045: The United States and the USSR are racing to build colonies on Europa".
"2045: The United States and the USSR are racing to build colonies on Europa".
September 13, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Love reading late 80's Sci Fi. It's always like:
"2045: The United States and the USSR are racing to build colonies on Europa".
"2045: The United States and the USSR are racing to build colonies on Europa".
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At a wedding, the mother of the bride, from another country, wants to know why we have so much k-12 educational fragmentation and local control and doesn't that contribute to low quality and high inequality and well the bar is open and I'm not a dancer so...
September 13, 2026 at 1:12 AM
At a wedding, the mother of the bride, from another country, wants to know why we have so much k-12 educational fragmentation and local control and doesn't that contribute to low quality and high inequality and well the bar is open and I'm not a dancer so...
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a subtle detail some have picked up on: charlie appears to be sitting in the lake of ice, suggesting he is actually in the ninth circle of hell.
September 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
a subtle detail some have picked up on: charlie appears to be sitting in the lake of ice, suggesting he is actually in the ninth circle of hell.
Watching Lady and the Tramp and, boy... this siamese cat song is... a bit racist maybe.
We are Siamese (If you please)
YouTube video by Crowley
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Watching Lady and the Tramp and, boy... this siamese cat song is... a bit racist maybe.
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one of my favorite Chinese religious beliefs is that there's a prominent deity called the Horse King, who is the protector of equines, especially for draft labor. Sometimes around the late Ming, a conviction arises that the Horse King is *Muslim* - and therefore you sacrifice lamb, not pork, to him.
September 12, 2026 at 5:13 PM
one of my favorite Chinese religious beliefs is that there's a prominent deity called the Horse King, who is the protector of equines, especially for draft labor. Sometimes around the late Ming, a conviction arises that the Horse King is *Muslim* - and therefore you sacrifice lamb, not pork, to him.
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American politicians believing that their progeny have a special successional right to their elected office like they're descended from the unbroken bloodline of Elendil, High King of Arnor and Gondor is very bad, actually
the thing about this race that nobody is talking about is that most of these seemingly nonsensical endorsements are downstream from how Nancy Pelosi tried to clear the field for her daughter but Scott running ruined that plan so now she’s on the warpath against him
September 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
American politicians believing that their progeny have a special successional right to their elected office like they're descended from the unbroken bloodline of Elendil, High King of Arnor and Gondor is very bad, actually
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the whole world now holds our breath to see how steven universe responds
September 12, 2026 at 10:35 AM
the whole world now holds our breath to see how steven universe responds
My 7yo's teacher emails asking if anyone wants to help out with the weird fruit club.
Dear reader, I responded within 6 minutes.
Dear reader, I responded within 6 minutes.
September 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM
My 7yo's teacher emails asking if anyone wants to help out with the weird fruit club.
Dear reader, I responded within 6 minutes.
Dear reader, I responded within 6 minutes.
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got doom running on mmacevedo
do not let my mutuals get ahold of the worlds first full human connectome
September 11, 2026 at 2:43 AM
got doom running on mmacevedo
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a lot of people genuinely place more value on politicians saying the right things rather than doing the right things which is dumb normally but especially dumb two months out from an election when politicians will say shit they don't believe on national TV to try to win undecided voters (morons)
September 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
a lot of people genuinely place more value on politicians saying the right things rather than doing the right things which is dumb normally but especially dumb two months out from an election when politicians will say shit they don't believe on national TV to try to win undecided voters (morons)
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“Superintelligence will want to kill everyone”
“How do you know”
“Well I’m something of a superintelligence myself…”
“How do you know”
“Well I’m something of a superintelligence myself…”
September 10, 2026 at 9:55 PM
“Superintelligence will want to kill everyone”
“How do you know”
“Well I’m something of a superintelligence myself…”
“How do you know”
“Well I’m something of a superintelligence myself…”
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This holds true historically, too. Letting reactionaries win has never catalyzed progressive leaps.
Civil rights wasn't won by sitting out to teach Democrats a lesson. Organizers knew right-wing victories shrink the room to organize, litigate, and apply pressure.
Civil rights wasn't won by sitting out to teach Democrats a lesson. Organizers knew right-wing victories shrink the room to organize, litigate, and apply pressure.
There's no real evidence that letting Republicans win elections makes people more likely to vote progressive.
That's just...not how that happens. After Trump 1, everyone scrambled for Normie Biden. They didn't throw themselves at Bernie.
That's just...not how that happens. After Trump 1, everyone scrambled for Normie Biden. They didn't throw themselves at Bernie.
September 10, 2026 at 9:18 PM
This holds true historically, too. Letting reactionaries win has never catalyzed progressive leaps.
Civil rights wasn't won by sitting out to teach Democrats a lesson. Organizers knew right-wing victories shrink the room to organize, litigate, and apply pressure.
Civil rights wasn't won by sitting out to teach Democrats a lesson. Organizers knew right-wing victories shrink the room to organize, litigate, and apply pressure.