Matthijs
@mccaine.bsky.social
Bi femboy/twunk. I like owls, languages, Tolkien, and socialism. Tell no lies, claim no easy victories. Private account (sfw)
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Matthijs
@mccaine.bsky.social
· Nov 24
Neither Morgoth nor Valinor but international socialism
Glühwein always gives me such a cuddly mood :3
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Glühwein always gives me such a cuddly mood :3
Every time I think of the Darmok and Jalad episode it's jarring to also know that Tanagra is a real historical and archaeological site (an archaic and classical Greek town in Boeotia) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanagra
Tanagra - Wikipedia
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November 26, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Every time I think of the Darmok and Jalad episode it's jarring to also know that Tanagra is a real historical and archaeological site (an archaic and classical Greek town in Boeotia) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanagra
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butlerian jihad but only for leaf blowers
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
butlerian jihad but only for leaf blowers
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Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal, Canada!
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
(I wonder how many different places we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!)
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Christoph Niemann. - Winter Path.
3 colour screenprint on wove 2022
3 colour screenprint on wove 2022
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Christoph Niemann. - Winter Path.
3 colour screenprint on wove 2022
3 colour screenprint on wove 2022
Why is there a... dangerous cult branded moving van (??) near my house?
November 26, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Why is there a... dangerous cult branded moving van (??) near my house?
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This article is funny because he is trying to fumble his way towards discovering Marx's "moral element" of the value of labor-power. But in the process he tries to argue that people who make 150% of US median income are secretly poor, which is nonsense
This article is funny because he is trying to fumble his way towards discovering Marx's "moral element" of the value of labor-power. But in the process he tries to argue that people who make 150% of US median income are secretly poor, which is nonsense
This is an insightful but deeply upsetting article about why everyone in the US feels poor, and why the current political situation emerges as a direct result.
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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This article is funny because he is trying to fumble his way towards discovering Marx's "moral element" of the value of labor-power. But in the process he tries to argue that people who make 150% of US median income are secretly poor, which is nonsense
This article is funny because he is trying to fumble his way towards discovering Marx's "moral element" of the value of labor-power. But in the process he tries to argue that people who make 150% of US median income are secretly poor, which is nonsense
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Nothing makes me happier than knowing my title might show young trans people that they don't have to choose between chess and transition.
—Yosha Iglesias
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—Yosha Iglesias
www.chess.com/news/view/yo...
Yosha Iglesias Triumphs In France, Makes History As Second Transgender National Champion
WIM Yosha Iglesias had already made chess history by becoming the first transgender WIM. Last weekend, the 37-year-old added another accomplishment by winning the French Women's Championship.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Nothing makes me happier than knowing my title might show young trans people that they don't have to choose between chess and transition.
—Yosha Iglesias
www.chess.com/news/view/yo...
—Yosha Iglesias
www.chess.com/news/view/yo...
Honestly it's low key homophobic that all the LGBT flags are ugly as shit
November 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Honestly it's low key homophobic that all the LGBT flags are ugly as shit
Not so much a chaser as just very into tall women and short men,
November 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Not so much a chaser as just very into tall women and short men,
"Unlike continental nonsense, analytic philosophy is clear and intelligible"
November 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
"The Working Ladies' Guild for Necessitous Gentlewomen" sounds 100% like a twee historical fantasy detective series. In fact, maybe it should be one
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New publishing opportunity!
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
The London Record Society are looking for someone to edit a volume based on the archive of the Working Ladies' Guild, which supported impoverished women in late nineteenth-century Britain.
Further information and contact details in the text below.
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 AM
"The Working Ladies' Guild for Necessitous Gentlewomen" sounds 100% like a twee historical fantasy detective series. In fact, maybe it should be one
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BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Dude who just got the SV Bank bailout two years ago is back banging the cup. It’s a tell.
November 24, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Dude who just got the SV Bank bailout two years ago is back banging the cup. It’s a tell.
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The Owl of Minerva has not been holding up well over the past year
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The Owl of Minerva has not been holding up well over the past year
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Aber wenn das Concertgebouw ein Israelischer Militarpropagandist auslädt, ist es plötzlich für die deutsche Presse ein Riesenskandal
Aber wenn das Concertgebouw ein Israelischer Militarpropagandist auslädt, ist es plötzlich für die deutsche Presse ein Riesenskandal
I can’t wait for PEN to comment on the Israeli intelligence forces storming the Palestinian National Theatre in Jerusalem and threatening the whole cast of the children’s performance and the audience if they didn’t leave in five minutes.
Because they won’t.
Because they won’t.
November 24, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Aber wenn das Concertgebouw ein Israelischer Militarpropagandist auslädt, ist es plötzlich für die deutsche Presse ein Riesenskandal
Aber wenn das Concertgebouw ein Israelischer Militarpropagandist auslädt, ist es plötzlich für die deutsche Presse ein Riesenskandal
Wearing these today
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Handsome Sweatpants of Domination
November 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Wearing these today
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Studied Law, but it was boring and too bro-ish. Was a theoryboi so I did Philosophy instead. Wanted more materialism so I did Economic History. Got a postdoc, hated it. After several bad academic experiences I ditched it and went into private sector writing, then management
Studied Law, but it was boring and too bro-ish. Was a theoryboi so I did Philosophy instead. Wanted more materialism so I did Economic History. Got a postdoc, hated it. After several bad academic experiences I ditched it and went into private sector writing, then management
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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Studied Law, but it was boring and too bro-ish. Was a theoryboi so I did Philosophy instead. Wanted more materialism so I did Economic History. Got a postdoc, hated it. After several bad academic experiences I ditched it and went into private sector writing, then management
Studied Law, but it was boring and too bro-ish. Was a theoryboi so I did Philosophy instead. Wanted more materialism so I did Economic History. Got a postdoc, hated it. After several bad academic experiences I ditched it and went into private sector writing, then management
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Funny how Israeli violates ceasefires with impunity, always, everywhere, and it's only ever "testing" the ceasefire. But if Palestinians or Lebanese fire a single shot it's a "violation" and obviously justifies massive retaliation. Purely colonial mentality
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BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
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November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Funny how Israeli violates ceasefires with impunity, always, everywhere, and it's only ever "testing" the ceasefire. But if Palestinians or Lebanese fire a single shot it's a "violation" and obviously justifies massive retaliation. Purely colonial mentality
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In honor of Trump I played the mafia defense with the black pieces and won
November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In honor of Trump I played the mafia defense with the black pieces and won
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red squirrel on oak 🐿️
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
red squirrel on oak 🐿️
In this sense Trump 2 is just like Trump 1, except more so. He is a very weak President who believes whatever the last person he was with told him; the issue is he surrounds himself instinctively with fascists and corrupt mobsters because that's his natural habitat
November 21, 2025 at 10:56 PM
In this sense Trump 2 is just like Trump 1, except more so. He is a very weak President who believes whatever the last person he was with told him; the issue is he surrounds himself instinctively with fascists and corrupt mobsters because that's his natural habitat
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 21, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to