Joel Tillman
@jtillman.bsky.social
he/him 🏳️🌈 IBS
linguist, editor
Jewish and Quaker upbringing. from outside of North Philadelphia.
studying EdM at Teachers College, Columbia University
BA NYU, MA HKU. foreign languages. sings in piano bars and plays video games.
linguist, editor
Jewish and Quaker upbringing. from outside of North Philadelphia.
studying EdM at Teachers College, Columbia University
BA NYU, MA HKU. foreign languages. sings in piano bars and plays video games.
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Elon Musk’s new pay package could amount to $100B per year.
That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined.
It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks.
It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks.
Billionaire greed is out of control.
That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined.
It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks.
It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks.
Billionaire greed is out of control.
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Elon Musk’s new pay package could amount to $100B per year.
That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined.
It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks.
It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks.
Billionaire greed is out of control.
That's the same as 3.2 million cashiers’ paychecks combined.
It’s more than 1.4 million elementary school teachers’ paychecks.
It’s more than 2 million janitors’ paychecks.
Billionaire greed is out of control.
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A machine built to eat people will eat people.
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
A machine built to eat people will eat people.
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Chickadee, digital pencil.
November 20, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Chickadee, digital pencil.
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Pikes Peak this morning
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Pikes Peak this morning
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Is it bad if a sitting federal judge was (allegedly) part of a conspiracy to commit murder? It seems bad ....
OMFG-ex DOJ official (& now federal judge) Emil Bove was involved in the administration's plots to murder individuals via lethal strikes
"At a DOJ conference ... Bove told drug prosecutors the ... administration wasn't interested in interdicting ... Instead... the U.S. should "just sink the boats."
"At a DOJ conference ... Bove told drug prosecutors the ... administration wasn't interested in interdicting ... Instead... the U.S. should "just sink the boats."
November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is it bad if a sitting federal judge was (allegedly) part of a conspiracy to commit murder? It seems bad ....
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Self promo is my bane; it makes me feel like an immense tit when I post stuff about my writing (thanks to upbringing - never blow your own horn), but it is increasingly apparent that all it means is that I'm utterly invisible as a writer...
So, anyway.
I have books and stories out there.
So, anyway.
I have books and stories out there.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Self promo is my bane; it makes me feel like an immense tit when I post stuff about my writing (thanks to upbringing - never blow your own horn), but it is increasingly apparent that all it means is that I'm utterly invisible as a writer...
So, anyway.
I have books and stories out there.
So, anyway.
I have books and stories out there.
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This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not fight with people on Threads about Makaton. I will not thebaffler.com/outbursts/si...
Signed Away | Sara Nović
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
thebaffler.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
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That Latin word consobrīnus there (perhaps literally 'with-sister's-son' or 'with-mother's-sister's-son') is the ancestor of English's word 'cousin', only put through the linguistic meat grinder of early medieval France.
"cantiori hic iacit venedotis cive fuit [c]onsobrino ma[g]li magistrati"
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
('Cantiori here lies, of Gwynedd a citizen he was, a cousin of Maglus the magistrate')
Still fascinated by the 6th-cent. Cantiorix Inscription, from sub-Roman north Wales, bearing the first mention of the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
That Latin word consobrīnus there (perhaps literally 'with-sister's-son' or 'with-mother's-sister's-son') is the ancestor of English's word 'cousin', only put through the linguistic meat grinder of early medieval France.
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Meet me in the trees and make some photographic magic
Redwoods & More Photo Safari
Fine Art Landscapes on the Northern California Coast, May 17-21, 2026
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Meet me in the trees and make some photographic magic
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Stunning afternoon as the sun decided to grace us during the gloom
November 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Stunning afternoon as the sun decided to grace us during the gloom
Office for the day.
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Office for the day.
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And name it — empathy is dignity, it’s compassion, it’s good will towards all and peace amongst us, it’s unconditional love, it’s agape, it’s selflessness.
Don’t let them deliberately corrupt the greatest of the three virtues.
Don’t let them deliberately corrupt the greatest of the three virtues.
Those in power currently hate empathy, and want to make it sin, don’t let them. Empathy is needed and is something to aim for daily. Reach out to neighbors, your community, and your family, remember connections make you life so much riches, and pisses off the trumpers.
November 16, 2025 at 6:21 AM
And name it — empathy is dignity, it’s compassion, it’s good will towards all and peace amongst us, it’s unconditional love, it’s agape, it’s selflessness.
Don’t let them deliberately corrupt the greatest of the three virtues.
Don’t let them deliberately corrupt the greatest of the three virtues.
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Adds something to my bookmarks knowing full well that I will never see it again
November 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Adds something to my bookmarks knowing full well that I will never see it again
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just told my sons that making a big mess and then leaving it for someone else to tidy up is "without honor"
November 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
just told my sons that making a big mess and then leaving it for someone else to tidy up is "without honor"
It’s raining.
a cat is holding an umbrella in the rain while a dog is looking at it .
ALT: a cat is holding an umbrella in the rain while a dog is looking at it .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It’s raining.
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Have added more seaglass pendents and seaglass fairy lights to Etsy. Limited availability but will be added more soon 💙
etsy.com/uk/shop/ShetlandKeepsakes
etsy.com/uk/shop/ShetlandKeepsakes
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Have added more seaglass pendents and seaglass fairy lights to Etsy. Limited availability but will be added more soon 💙
etsy.com/uk/shop/ShetlandKeepsakes
etsy.com/uk/shop/ShetlandKeepsakes
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Tomorrow I'll run a creative writing workshop for the always lovely philosophy undergrads at Nottingham.
I think this is my fourth year running the workshop and it is always a delight!
I think this is my fourth year running the workshop and it is always a delight!
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Tomorrow I'll run a creative writing workshop for the always lovely philosophy undergrads at Nottingham.
I think this is my fourth year running the workshop and it is always a delight!
I think this is my fourth year running the workshop and it is always a delight!
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Disgrace of the Nation
Margaret Brennan to Tom Suozzi: "Can you explain the focus this past week in the House by Democrats on the Jeffrey Epstein files? Is this a tactic to distract from the failure to extract healthcare changes?"
November 16, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Disgrace of the Nation
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As part of this class action I have skin in this game, and let me tell you: I hope epoch-definingly terrible things happen to the people in this industry
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
As part of this class action I have skin in this game, and let me tell you: I hope epoch-definingly terrible things happen to the people in this industry
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The only thing that stops a bad man with a gun is a Wooloo with a gun
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The only thing that stops a bad man with a gun is a Wooloo with a gun
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Pepper has a lot to say!
November 19, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Pepper has a lot to say!
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Happy onsale day to @merriam-webster.com 12!
You could look it up!
[big book news]
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Happy onsale day to @merriam-webster.com 12!
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Chat, is this good
November 18, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Chat, is this good
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November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM