Emily L
@laskin.bsky.social
At the moment I'm a professional translator, somehow. Also I'm a former former academic and current high-level sage. All of my opinions belong to you. https://www.emilylaskin.com/
I just translated разливайка as "pour store" and I'm pretty proud of that phrasing
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I just translated разливайка as "pour store" and I'm pretty proud of that phrasing
It is so fucking weird that the same wackjob billionaires who say falling birthrates are the greatest threat to civilization are also the craziest AI boosters.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It is so fucking weird that the same wackjob billionaires who say falling birthrates are the greatest threat to civilization are also the craziest AI boosters.
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🎶oh can't you seeeeeee
that I don't have feet
how my poor heart aches,
when I excavate🎶
#iykyk #somuchtolearnabout #itllmakeyouwannashout #illbewatchingyoublippi
that I don't have feet
how my poor heart aches,
when I excavate🎶
#iykyk #somuchtolearnabout #itllmakeyouwannashout #illbewatchingyoublippi
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🎶oh can't you seeeeeee
that I don't have feet
how my poor heart aches,
when I excavate🎶
#iykyk #somuchtolearnabout #itllmakeyouwannashout #illbewatchingyoublippi
that I don't have feet
how my poor heart aches,
when I excavate🎶
#iykyk #somuchtolearnabout #itllmakeyouwannashout #illbewatchingyoublippi
As far as I can tell, "folx" is mimicking the use of x to de-gender nouns in languages with grammatical gender, eg. latinx rather than latina/o, but like...."cks" isn't a gendered suffix, it's just the final phoneme of "folk" and a standard English s-plural. "Folks" is already non-gendered. 🤷♀️
I do not understand the point of “folx“ AT ALL
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
As far as I can tell, "folx" is mimicking the use of x to de-gender nouns in languages with grammatical gender, eg. latinx rather than latina/o, but like...."cks" isn't a gendered suffix, it's just the final phoneme of "folk" and a standard English s-plural. "Folks" is already non-gendered. 🤷♀️
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An actual item in my to-do list: "Denormalize preschool data to school name" I'm doing great
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
An actual item in my to-do list: "Denormalize preschool data to school name" I'm doing great
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is this platform still against attention schemes involving shrimp tails in sugary breakfast cereals or has it moved more toward acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
is this platform still against attention schemes involving shrimp tails in sugary breakfast cereals or has it moved more toward acceptance?
Nobody:
Absolutely no one:
Me: We should have a keyboard layout with voiced/unvoiced consonant pairs stacked vertically in the top two rows of letters, and the bottom one is for liquids and vowels and w and shit
Absolutely no one:
Me: We should have a keyboard layout with voiced/unvoiced consonant pairs stacked vertically in the top two rows of letters, and the bottom one is for liquids and vowels and w and shit
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Nobody:
Absolutely no one:
Me: We should have a keyboard layout with voiced/unvoiced consonant pairs stacked vertically in the top two rows of letters, and the bottom one is for liquids and vowels and w and shit
Absolutely no one:
Me: We should have a keyboard layout with voiced/unvoiced consonant pairs stacked vertically in the top two rows of letters, and the bottom one is for liquids and vowels and w and shit
I had a dream that I was waiting to go into the gas chambers in the literal holocaust. Could you be less f'ing heavy-handed, sub-conscious? I have a PhD in reading, I can handle some ambiguity, allusion, etc.
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I had a dream that I was waiting to go into the gas chambers in the literal holocaust. Could you be less f'ing heavy-handed, sub-conscious? I have a PhD in reading, I can handle some ambiguity, allusion, etc.
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the "virgin megastore" was a great third place. you could take dates there and shoplift together as a romantic activity. richard branson has so much money and nobody who works there gave a shit, you could just walk out with stuff
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
the "virgin megastore" was a great third place. you could take dates there and shoplift together as a romantic activity. richard branson has so much money and nobody who works there gave a shit, you could just walk out with stuff
Look at the inside of this potato 💜
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Look at the inside of this potato 💜
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Nuzzi vs. Lizza vs. the group chat
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Nuzzi vs. Lizza vs. the group chat
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
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Homeland Security isn't the only department doing full mask-off white nationalist twitter posting anymore
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Homeland Security isn't the only department doing full mask-off white nationalist twitter posting anymore
Maybe I should start a social networking site for changelings, faebook.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Maybe I should start a social networking site for changelings, faebook.com
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Part 4 (final) in a series on the occult grammar of communication: Conflict Between Neurotypes
blog.izs.me/2025/11/ogc-...
blog.izs.me/2025/11/ogc-...
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Part 4 (final) in a series on the occult grammar of communication: Conflict Between Neurotypes
blog.izs.me/2025/11/ogc-...
blog.izs.me/2025/11/ogc-...
brb, gotta listening to the AI slop podcast based on [checks notes] *reviews I wrote*, seems like a great use of everyone's time (this is academia.edu btw)
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
brb, gotta listening to the AI slop podcast based on [checks notes] *reviews I wrote*, seems like a great use of everyone's time (this is academia.edu btw)
I think Loop earplugs are a scam
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I think Loop earplugs are a scam
Who could’ve seen this coming??
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Who could’ve seen this coming??
Ladies and gentlemen, the terminaliest online joke
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, the terminaliest online joke
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The origin of zombie fiction, like the origin of fae, is fear of a powerful amoral monster entrapping its victims into doing its will
It's interesting that as corporations became exactly that all-consuming all-deceiving monster, zombies and fae lost their original themes of enslavement and contract
It's interesting that as corporations became exactly that all-consuming all-deceiving monster, zombies and fae lost their original themes of enslavement and contract
October 5, 2024 at 10:09 AM
The origin of zombie fiction, like the origin of fae, is fear of a powerful amoral monster entrapping its victims into doing its will
It's interesting that as corporations became exactly that all-consuming all-deceiving monster, zombies and fae lost their original themes of enslavement and contract
It's interesting that as corporations became exactly that all-consuming all-deceiving monster, zombies and fae lost their original themes of enslavement and contract
An Oakland city council member told reporters there were "too many white people around" for ICE to detain the parent of an elementary school student, but they did get into a car chase that ended in the parent crashing their car and fleeing on foot. www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...
ICE chased down Oakland parent at school drop-off in attempted arrest, city council member says
Federal immigration officers reportedly attempted to arrest a person who had just dropped off their child at an Oakland elementary school, officials said. It did not appear any arrest had been...
www.sfchronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
An Oakland city council member told reporters there were "too many white people around" for ICE to detain the parent of an elementary school student, but they did get into a car chase that ended in the parent crashing their car and fleeing on foot. www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/arti...
"The fish also downloaded an N64 emulator, set up PayPal, used reward points to buy an avatar, and changed Mutekimaru's account name to 'ROWAWAWA¥.'"
incredible sentence
incredible sentence
November 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"The fish also downloaded an N64 emulator, set up PayPal, used reward points to buy an avatar, and changed Mutekimaru's account name to 'ROWAWAWA¥.'"
incredible sentence
incredible sentence
I feel like a traitor saying this, but I actually think it's both/and. Academia's entrenched hierarchies, with tenured profs refusing to be in solidarity with grad and contingent laborers in any real way, seemed like arcane infighting 20 years ago, but hypocrisy has consequences.
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I feel like a traitor saying this, but I actually think it's both/and. Academia's entrenched hierarchies, with tenured profs refusing to be in solidarity with grad and contingent laborers in any real way, seemed like arcane infighting 20 years ago, but hypocrisy has consequences.
Fuck. I woke up with the knowledge that I have to put Ubuntu on my old work computer. Don’t ask, the brain weasels compel me
November 19, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Fuck. I woke up with the knowledge that I have to put Ubuntu on my old work computer. Don’t ask, the brain weasels compel me
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Make an economy where being a dirtbag is a viable lifestyle option, and you create a society that, as a side effect, allows people to create cool shit.
An economy friendly to dirtbags is friendly to *everyone* with a weird cool hobby.
An economy friendly to dirtbags is friendly to *everyone* with a weird cool hobby.
December 16, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Make an economy where being a dirtbag is a viable lifestyle option, and you create a society that, as a side effect, allows people to create cool shit.
An economy friendly to dirtbags is friendly to *everyone* with a weird cool hobby.
An economy friendly to dirtbags is friendly to *everyone* with a weird cool hobby.