LoftyWords
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Trying something new where I write about a thing I like at length rather than in a tweet thread:
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"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
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surreal times
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Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 10:36 AM
"I’m going to pause here just to review: an institution that purports to be a university has told a philosophy professor he is forbidden from teaching Plato."
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
surreal times
dailynous.com/2026/01/06/t...
do dutch kids these days still know what Elfstedentochtkoorts is?
January 6, 2026 at 10:58 AM
do dutch kids these days still know what Elfstedentochtkoorts is?
sorry, couldn't come to class today (and yesterday) on account of the snow. an act of god prevented trains traveling to and from amsterdam
(Real legal terminology used by Real jurists)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_...
(Real legal terminology used by Real jurists)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_...
Act of God - Wikipedia
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January 6, 2026 at 9:23 AM
sorry, couldn't come to class today (and yesterday) on account of the snow. an act of god prevented trains traveling to and from amsterdam
(Real legal terminology used by Real jurists)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_...
(Real legal terminology used by Real jurists)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_...
roomfie is currently eating a "man in the shed sandwich" famous from the Viper bit "man in the shed"
December 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
roomfie is currently eating a "man in the shed sandwich" famous from the Viper bit "man in the shed"
the roomfie is like an mlm recruiter but if the mlm was trying to sell you on the concept of the viper (sit down, john. i was thinking of going to TK Maxx to get shoes. for the funeral. I ate all the popcorn. i'm so sorry john, first your father and now this.)
December 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
the roomfie is like an mlm recruiter but if the mlm was trying to sell you on the concept of the viper (sit down, john. i was thinking of going to TK Maxx to get shoes. for the funeral. I ate all the popcorn. i'm so sorry john, first your father and now this.)
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Happy Christmas to bollard fans across the world!
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
December 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Happy Christmas to bollard fans across the world!
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
roomfie came down with some kind of plague so we've been in all day and she's coaching me on how to do a cork accent
![STOP DOING "PROPER" ENUNCIATION
- PRONUNCIATION IS NOT MEANT TO BE RECEIVED
- YEARS OF SAYING WORDS yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for DISTINCT CONSONANTS
- Want something to go beyond vowels anyways? There's a tool for that: it's called "GLOTTAL STOPS"
- "Can I fill my /ˌhɒt ˈwɔːtə bɒtl/ please?" "Sorry the store was out of /ˈbʌtə(r)/" - Statements made up by people who listen to BBC 4
LOOK what English teachers have been demanding your Respect for all this time (This is REAL Language, done by Real Linguists)
[picture of IPA chart] | [soundwave spoken sentence] | BBC Radio 4 In Our Time with Melvyn Bragg
???? | ??????? | ????????
"Hello I would like a cup of /ˌhɒt ˈtʃɒklət/ please"
They have played us for absolute fools](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wh6xssqrag4sqko26tfu4idx/bafkreiescvooc7okurneqdu3su5pjr5m3z4t3jjdqfznjfp363nye5gyby@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 10:59 PM
roomfie came down with some kind of plague so we've been in all day and she's coaching me on how to do a cork accent
leonardo da vinci themed monster
December 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
leonardo da vinci themed monster
few movies brave enough to ask: what if the fruit themed samurai was a car, and what if the car themed samurai was an orange
December 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
few movies brave enough to ask: what if the fruit themed samurai was a car, and what if the car themed samurai was an orange
android making it impossible on a system level to modify the app data folder is so fucking irritating man. the usb port on my smartphone is fucked to the point it won't show up on my pc anymore so i guess i just won't be able to access my files forever?
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
android making it impossible on a system level to modify the app data folder is so fucking irritating man. the usb port on my smartphone is fucked to the point it won't show up on my pc anymore so i guess i just won't be able to access my files forever?
evergreen thing to say but i really don't like the latest pocket casts update. they renamed the filters to "smart playlists" which sure whatever, but also removed the ability to put custom colours and icons on them so you can easily distinguish them from the menu
December 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
evergreen thing to say but i really don't like the latest pocket casts update. they renamed the filters to "smart playlists" which sure whatever, but also removed the ability to put custom colours and icons on them so you can easily distinguish them from the menu
explaining to my friend how i learnt to use an FTP client to transfer ISOs to my ps3
December 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
explaining to my friend how i learnt to use an FTP client to transfer ISOs to my ps3
to the "old" allegations i say: did you know you might be able to get some "loonheffingskorting" money back if you're a student and report your income to the dutch tax office? also your municipality might pay your Eigen Risico, and the rent limit for huurtoeslag recently changed,,
December 11, 2025 at 11:09 PM
to the "old" allegations i say: did you know you might be able to get some "loonheffingskorting" money back if you're a student and report your income to the dutch tax office? also your municipality might pay your Eigen Risico, and the rent limit for huurtoeslag recently changed,,
a thing about "the danger of algorithms" that drives me up a wall is that people forget that algorithms can only manipulate numbers? everything that isn't already a number (e.g. watchtime) is tracked by proxies that are often crude and unreliable, like how often people use positive or negative words
December 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
a thing about "the danger of algorithms" that drives me up a wall is that people forget that algorithms can only manipulate numbers? everything that isn't already a number (e.g. watchtime) is tracked by proxies that are often crude and unreliable, like how often people use positive or negative words
the premise "humans are just complex input output machines" shouldn't pass unnoticed as much as it does, bc it's just kinda tacitly assumed in arguments about how chat gpt could have sentience or that we can use algorithms to carefully influence human behaviour
December 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
the premise "humans are just complex input output machines" shouldn't pass unnoticed as much as it does, bc it's just kinda tacitly assumed in arguments about how chat gpt could have sentience or that we can use algorithms to carefully influence human behaviour
always irritates me a bit when people using the word liberal in the american sense to describe dutch politics -- liberals in the netherlands are the people who are concerned about the mortgage interest rate tax break and are neutral to positive about doing more racism. we're not the US!
December 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
always irritates me a bit when people using the word liberal in the american sense to describe dutch politics -- liberals in the netherlands are the people who are concerned about the mortgage interest rate tax break and are neutral to positive about doing more racism. we're not the US!
PSA for the dutch followers: the rules around rent assistance (huurtoeslag) changed for 2026 so now people with low income whose rent is over €900/month can also qualify
the tax office has a little tool for calculating if you can get it and how much:
www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/conn...
the tax office has a little tool for calculating if you can get it and how much:
www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/conn...
Huurtoeslag | Dienst Toeslagen
Huurtoeslag is een bijdrage in de huurkosten. Wilt u weten of u er recht op hebt met uw huurwoning? Lees alles over huurtoeslag en kijk bij uw situatie.
www.belastingdienst.nl
December 8, 2025 at 12:38 PM
PSA for the dutch followers: the rules around rent assistance (huurtoeslag) changed for 2026 so now people with low income whose rent is over €900/month can also qualify
the tax office has a little tool for calculating if you can get it and how much:
www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/conn...
the tax office has a little tool for calculating if you can get it and how much:
www.belastingdienst.nl/wps/wcm/conn...
sometimes being an adult requires one to google environmentally sustainable ways to dispose of paddy box debris
December 4, 2025 at 11:42 PM
sometimes being an adult requires one to google environmentally sustainable ways to dispose of paddy box debris
it's funny realising that our landlord didn't do so much as google "things that should be in a rental contract" before making ours, bc it's missing info that should be there (her contact information) while including clauses that are unenforceable because they're against the law
December 4, 2025 at 9:06 AM
it's funny realising that our landlord didn't do so much as google "things that should be in a rental contract" before making ours, bc it's missing info that should be there (her contact information) while including clauses that are unenforceable because they're against the law
<whistfully> gosh I'd love for our appartment to be renovated by contractors who mess up only some rather than all aspects of construction...
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
<whistfully> gosh I'd love for our appartment to be renovated by contractors who mess up only some rather than all aspects of construction...
my weekends are spent either watching tv shows made for 12yos or going full stepford mode, comparing the effect of Ajax to my previous cleanser and googling types of light bulb fixtures, talking to the roomfie about health insurance policies. on average that means I'm not super old, i think.
November 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
my weekends are spent either watching tv shows made for 12yos or going full stepford mode, comparing the effect of Ajax to my previous cleanser and googling types of light bulb fixtures, talking to the roomfie about health insurance policies. on average that means I'm not super old, i think.
great new argument for climate justice just dropped:
"we should have countries pay for the costs of addressing climate change proportionate to how much CO2 they emitted, much like all of us would divide up the plumber's bill by the proportion of hair each housemate has gotten stuck in the drain"
"we should have countries pay for the costs of addressing climate change proportionate to how much CO2 they emitted, much like all of us would divide up the plumber's bill by the proportion of hair each housemate has gotten stuck in the drain"
November 24, 2025 at 8:05 PM
great new argument for climate justice just dropped:
"we should have countries pay for the costs of addressing climate change proportionate to how much CO2 they emitted, much like all of us would divide up the plumber's bill by the proportion of hair each housemate has gotten stuck in the drain"
"we should have countries pay for the costs of addressing climate change proportionate to how much CO2 they emitted, much like all of us would divide up the plumber's bill by the proportion of hair each housemate has gotten stuck in the drain"
roomfie came into my room to say she thinks it's very nice that all of us agree about cereal and then left, to eat cereal
November 23, 2025 at 7:41 PM
roomfie came into my room to say she thinks it's very nice that all of us agree about cereal and then left, to eat cereal
scenes like this are why i keep watching kamen rider movies
November 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
scenes like this are why i keep watching kamen rider movies
the guys who insist that AI will solve climate change are slightly less sophisticated than kamen rider movie villains working to activate the Big Machine Plan, except when the machine is running we are rewarded with power outages rather than a super sentai cameo
November 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
the guys who insist that AI will solve climate change are slightly less sophisticated than kamen rider movie villains working to activate the Big Machine Plan, except when the machine is running we are rewarded with power outages rather than a super sentai cameo