kobayashi ḫamṭu
@mattboot.bsky.social
language enjoyer, he/him
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Had a situation come up with roommates and now my share of rent has suddenly spiked so now feels like a good time to repost that I accept donations and tips if you appreciate my work and analysis (but they are not mandatory!)
Emissary of Night is writing about US-Palestinian relations and public opinion
I analyze and write about US Palestinian relations, among other things
buymeacoffee.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Had a situation come up with roommates and now my share of rent has suddenly spiked so now feels like a good time to repost that I accept donations and tips if you appreciate my work and analysis (but they are not mandatory!)
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The @rialibrary.bsky.social Book of Ballymote (MS 23 P 12) is a fantastic 14th-century compilation of biblical texts, saints’ lives, topographical works, and even a table of the Ogham alphabet! Love the fun initials and illustration possibly depicting Noah’s ark 📜🎉
November 27, 2025 at 6:19 PM
The @rialibrary.bsky.social Book of Ballymote (MS 23 P 12) is a fantastic 14th-century compilation of biblical texts, saints’ lives, topographical works, and even a table of the Ogham alphabet! Love the fun initials and illustration possibly depicting Noah’s ark 📜🎉
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Living Languages of the Americas, a quick overview
www.aidanem.com/living-langu...
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
www.aidanem.com/living-langu...
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
October 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Living Languages of the Americas, a quick overview
www.aidanem.com/living-langu...
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
www.aidanem.com/living-langu...
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
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The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Trump administration has reacted to a small scale lone wolf attack by in DC announcing a sweeping collective punishment, using the organs of government to heap blame on partisan rivals, and potentially dissuading anyone from collaborating with US forces abroad for a generation.
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You guys on my TL talking about Venezuela and I, who lives there, can't really talk about it freely.
It sucks because there are many narratives here that don't really take us Venezuelans into account and just paint us as noble savages who have zero agency.
It sucks because there are many narratives here that don't really take us Venezuelans into account and just paint us as noble savages who have zero agency.
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
You guys on my TL talking about Venezuela and I, who lives there, can't really talk about it freely.
It sucks because there are many narratives here that don't really take us Venezuelans into account and just paint us as noble savages who have zero agency.
It sucks because there are many narratives here that don't really take us Venezuelans into account and just paint us as noble savages who have zero agency.
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To make their quota, ICE is now arresting spouses of US citizens who are in the country legally and who have passed all background checks, have no criminal records and are just waiting for their green card to be issued. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 AM
To make their quota, ICE is now arresting spouses of US citizens who are in the country legally and who have passed all background checks, have no criminal records and are just waiting for their green card to be issued. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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A student admitted to grad school at UNB is stranded in Gaza because the Canadian government won't issue a study permit without biometrics that in turn cannot be produced without a travel visa to leave Gaza.
The Canadian government needs to issue the permit and UNB needs to intervene.
The Canadian government needs to issue the permit and UNB needs to intervene.
![Student accepted into UNB grad program stranded in Gaza awaiting Canadian study permit [video]
Advocates say Ottawa lacks the political will to evacuate more than 130 Palestinian students admitted to universities across the country
by David Gordon Koch November 26, 2025 Reading Time: 6min read](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tgw3d4hvw3x5ijrxax7lg26u/bafkreidrainynrwaullbjg2npno3eu2zkyfldwkhuo7p4f2rwjycf4ivha@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A student admitted to grad school at UNB is stranded in Gaza because the Canadian government won't issue a study permit without biometrics that in turn cannot be produced without a travel visa to leave Gaza.
The Canadian government needs to issue the permit and UNB needs to intervene.
The Canadian government needs to issue the permit and UNB needs to intervene.
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I like that French has a whole wikipedia page on fancy synonyms for various languages
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d...
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d...
November 27, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I like that French has a whole wikipedia page on fancy synonyms for various languages
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d...
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_d...
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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Year-long celebration of Manx to start in January
Year-long celebration of Manx Gaelic to start in January
Blein ny Gaelgey will see Manx "heard, seen and shared more than ever before", organisers say.
www.bbc.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Year-long celebration of Manx to start in January
interesting that Hebrew רעיון ra'ayon (idea, concept) and Syriac ܪܥܝܢܐ reʕyānā (idea, opinion) look so similar to Arabic رأي raʔy "opinion, viewpoint" but seem unrelated (unless this is a weird ʔ > ʕ thing)?
are the former two really from the r-ʕ-y "shepherding" root or is something else going on?
are the former two really from the r-ʕ-y "shepherding" root or is something else going on?
November 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
interesting that Hebrew רעיון ra'ayon (idea, concept) and Syriac ܪܥܝܢܐ reʕyānā (idea, opinion) look so similar to Arabic رأي raʔy "opinion, viewpoint" but seem unrelated (unless this is a weird ʔ > ʕ thing)?
are the former two really from the r-ʕ-y "shepherding" root or is something else going on?
are the former two really from the r-ʕ-y "shepherding" root or is something else going on?
right
honestly everyone in our family has reacted with nothing short of grace and kindness when bean and bug have said no to a hug. it’s very much the right thing to do!
also how am i supposed to teach the kids to respect each other’s bodily autonomy if they don’t think adults have to respect theirs??
also how am i supposed to teach the kids to respect each other’s bodily autonomy if they don’t think adults have to respect theirs??
Ahh yes, a totally real trend for which we totally have evidence
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
November 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
right
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Zohran Mamdani’s win shows how multilingualism bridges divides in diverse democracies
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows how multilingualism bridges divides in diverse democracies
When a politician addresses issues such as Islamophobia, immigration or housing in multiple languages, they’re engaging with a wider world of shared experiences that migration has woven together.
theconversation.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows how multilingualism bridges divides in diverse democracies
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1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
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Instead of cooking your turkey at 350°F for 4 hours, save some time by cooking it at 11,663,540°F for 1 second.
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Instead of cooking your turkey at 350°F for 4 hours, save some time by cooking it at 11,663,540°F for 1 second.
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meant to just take a bad picture of saturn (yellow) & the moon on either side of aquarius, but inadvertently got photobombed by فم الحوت Fomalhaut (green)
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
meant to just take a bad picture of saturn (yellow) & the moon on either side of aquarius, but inadvertently got photobombed by فم الحوت Fomalhaut (green)
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learning any Arabic, Ge'ez, Modern South Arabian word:
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
learning any Arabic, Ge'ez, Modern South Arabian word:
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Magical mystery manuscript time: I was waiting in town to meet a friend for dinner and popped into a book auction to kill some time. Found this book that wasn't Classical Armenian, but I was intrigued...
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Magical mystery manuscript time: I was waiting in town to meet a friend for dinner and popped into a book auction to kill some time. Found this book that wasn't Classical Armenian, but I was intrigued...
wondering if someone can help me make sense of this ܠܝ /li/ 'to me' here (Mt. 26:11).
it looks like a literal translation of the 1sg acc pronoun in the Greek:
ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε
"you won't always have me"
but the obj case only makes sense if you have a transitive "have" verb, wh Syriac lacks
it looks like a literal translation of the 1sg acc pronoun in the Greek:
ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε
"you won't always have me"
but the obj case only makes sense if you have a transitive "have" verb, wh Syriac lacks
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 PM
wondering if someone can help me make sense of this ܠܝ /li/ 'to me' here (Mt. 26:11).
it looks like a literal translation of the 1sg acc pronoun in the Greek:
ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε
"you won't always have me"
but the obj case only makes sense if you have a transitive "have" verb, wh Syriac lacks
it looks like a literal translation of the 1sg acc pronoun in the Greek:
ἐμὲ δὲ οὐ πάντοτε ἔχετε
"you won't always have me"
but the obj case only makes sense if you have a transitive "have" verb, wh Syriac lacks
Champagne Problems was about what you'd expect from a lighthearted netflix holiday special, but it's worth watching if only for that scene where the german guy gives his analysis of Die Hard. that was amazing
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Champagne Problems was about what you'd expect from a lighthearted netflix holiday special, but it's worth watching if only for that scene where the german guy gives his analysis of Die Hard. that was amazing
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it's interesting to project the chatgpt's style into the past -- read historical texts with an LLM detector.
What are its precursors? What are the linguistic registers on which it depends?
Back-cover publisher texts seems like one good candidate to me
What are its precursors? What are the linguistic registers on which it depends?
Back-cover publisher texts seems like one good candidate to me
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
it's interesting to project the chatgpt's style into the past -- read historical texts with an LLM detector.
What are its precursors? What are the linguistic registers on which it depends?
Back-cover publisher texts seems like one good candidate to me
What are its precursors? What are the linguistic registers on which it depends?
Back-cover publisher texts seems like one good candidate to me
i just rewatched "idiocracy" last night and wow we're really living it
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
i just rewatched "idiocracy" last night and wow we're really living it
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November 25, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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As an example, in Leila Murad's famous song satirizing classical Arabic grammar:
ان جاء زيدٌ او حضر عمرو
طب و احنا مالنا ان شٱلله ما حضرو
0:40
youtu.be/ROFw6yG-msk?...
ان جاء زيدٌ او حضر عمرو
طب و احنا مالنا ان شٱلله ما حضرو
0:40
youtu.be/ROFw6yG-msk?...
أغنية أبجد هوز لليلى مراد من كلمات حسين السيد ولحن محمد عبد الوهاب ( فيلم غزل البنات )
YouTube video by Dr. Hussein Kandiel - قناة العصر الذهبى لفن زمان
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
As an example, in Leila Murad's famous song satirizing classical Arabic grammar:
ان جاء زيدٌ او حضر عمرو
طب و احنا مالنا ان شٱلله ما حضرو
0:40
youtu.be/ROFw6yG-msk?...
ان جاء زيدٌ او حضر عمرو
طب و احنا مالنا ان شٱلله ما حضرو
0:40
youtu.be/ROFw6yG-msk?...