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Ich komme aus Kalifornien und wohne in Berlin. Endlich verstehe ich ein bisschen mehr als nur Bahnhof.
French-to-English translator. Editor. Music, dogs, art, baseball, books, weights, what-have-you. He/him.
Be excellent to each other. ✌️
French-to-English translator. Editor. Music, dogs, art, baseball, books, weights, what-have-you. He/him.
Be excellent to each other. ✌️
Shabbat shalom, y'all.
February 6, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Shabbat shalom, y'all.
Slipped and fell yesterday while walking to the subway station. Now my finger is splinted against my other finger with tape, and I get to go to the doctor tomorrow to see if I broke the knuckle.
The moral of the story:
Fuck ice.
The moral of the story:
Fuck ice.
February 1, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Slipped and fell yesterday while walking to the subway station. Now my finger is splinted against my other finger with tape, and I get to go to the doctor tomorrow to see if I broke the knuckle.
The moral of the story:
Fuck ice.
The moral of the story:
Fuck ice.
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so I live on a whole other continent, but I still have email, and so does my congressional representative, and at least on paper they and I see eye-to-eye on the big issues. It isn't patrolling with a whistle, but at least writing letters encouraging them to raise hell is doing something. Right?
January 20, 2026 at 12:10 PM
so I live on a whole other continent, but I still have email, and so does my congressional representative, and at least on paper they and I see eye-to-eye on the big issues. It isn't patrolling with a whistle, but at least writing letters encouraging them to raise hell is doing something. Right?
I solved the Monday 1/19/2026 New York Times Daily Crossword in 3:53!
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January 19, 2026 at 9:01 AM
I solved the Monday 1/19/2026 New York Times Daily Crossword in 3:53!
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A mis amigos españoles: Espero que ustedes y sus seres queridos se encuentren bien.
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
A mis amigos españoles: Espero que ustedes y sus seres queridos se encuentren bien.
Things I am delighted to find out:
Apparently הולי שיט is a loan phrase in modern Israeli Hebrew.
(It says, phonetically, "holy shit." Not a translation, It says the English phrase in Hebrew writing.)
Apparently הולי שיט is a loan phrase in modern Israeli Hebrew.
(It says, phonetically, "holy shit." Not a translation, It says the English phrase in Hebrew writing.)
January 15, 2026 at 12:06 AM
Things I am delighted to find out:
Apparently הולי שיט is a loan phrase in modern Israeli Hebrew.
(It says, phonetically, "holy shit." Not a translation, It says the English phrase in Hebrew writing.)
Apparently הולי שיט is a loan phrase in modern Israeli Hebrew.
(It says, phonetically, "holy shit." Not a translation, It says the English phrase in Hebrew writing.)
I cannot read straight. I need to go to bed and come back tomorrow. Night.
January 14, 2026 at 6:06 AM
I cannot read straight. I need to go to bed and come back tomorrow. Night.
@zanzjan.bsky.social okay I am LOVING the Finder series right now, and I just read a detail and I gotta ask: you wouldn't happen to ever have visited the zoo in Wellington, NZ, would you? This detail is so specific and so delightful I'm thinking there's no way it's a coincidence...
January 13, 2026 at 7:59 PM
@zanzjan.bsky.social okay I am LOVING the Finder series right now, and I just read a detail and I gotta ask: you wouldn't happen to ever have visited the zoo in Wellington, NZ, would you? This detail is so specific and so delightful I'm thinking there's no way it's a coincidence...
I needed this thread in my life so bad.
Thread of comical/worrying dog crossbreeds:
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
I needed this thread in my life so bad.
The Santa Ana, probably, where I grew up.
These days, the Spree.
These days, the Spree.
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 11:51 PM
The Santa Ana, probably, where I grew up.
These days, the Spree.
These days, the Spree.
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No less than @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social has always said it:
January 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
No less than @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social has always said it:
As a childhood ER repeat customer because of smog-induced asthma attacks, I hope they can see my middle fingers from fucking space. How dare they.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 7:58 PM
As a childhood ER repeat customer because of smog-induced asthma attacks, I hope they can see my middle fingers from fucking space. How dare they.
Far out, man.
The SPEAKER implies.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
The LISTENER infers.
The DUDE abides.
January 12, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Far out, man.
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Woody also resolved to keep the hoping machine running. Solidarity is the way to do that.
January 11, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Woody also resolved to keep the hoping machine running. Solidarity is the way to do that.
Music rules.
I liked watching this guy get surprised by one of my favorite metal songs.
I liked watching this guy get surprised by one of my favorite metal songs.
Jazz Musician Reacts to Opeth… WHAT just happened?!
YouTube video by chris g
youtube.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Music rules.
I liked watching this guy get surprised by one of my favorite metal songs.
I liked watching this guy get surprised by one of my favorite metal songs.
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BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
I do not know this person, but his argument makes a lot of sense to me and squares with what we have all seen happen before.
He isn't saying don't prosecute. He's saying it's difficult and for that reason must be done methodically, even if that takes more time.
He isn't saying don't prosecute. He's saying it's difficult and for that reason must be done methodically, even if that takes more time.
Here’s a comment for the people who are upset that MN hasn’t charged Jonathan Ross already:
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
If you just Leeeroy Jenkins this shit you will lose and you will empower fascism and murder.
It is indescribably hard to prosecute cops for murder. It is even hard when the murder is ON VIDEO.
/1
January 9, 2026 at 8:39 PM
I do not know this person, but his argument makes a lot of sense to me and squares with what we have all seen happen before.
He isn't saying don't prosecute. He's saying it's difficult and for that reason must be done methodically, even if that takes more time.
He isn't saying don't prosecute. He's saying it's difficult and for that reason must be done methodically, even if that takes more time.
I guess this sums it all up.
January 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I guess this sums it all up.
It may seem doomer-y, and it feels foreboding that it chose today to stick in my head, but this is just a jam.
And maybe, rather than "these are the end times," I can reframe it: Johnny Cash here believes that the forces of good, as he sees them, will triumph.
And maybe, rather than "these are the end times," I can reframe it: Johnny Cash here believes that the forces of good, as he sees them, will triumph.
The Man Comes Around
YouTube video by Johnny Cash - Topic
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 4:39 AM
It may seem doomer-y, and it feels foreboding that it chose today to stick in my head, but this is just a jam.
And maybe, rather than "these are the end times," I can reframe it: Johnny Cash here believes that the forces of good, as he sees them, will triumph.
And maybe, rather than "these are the end times," I can reframe it: Johnny Cash here believes that the forces of good, as he sees them, will triumph.
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Ich doinke
Du doinkst
Er/sie/est doinkt
Wir doinken
Ihr doinkt
Sie, sie doinken
Du doinkst
Er/sie/est doinkt
Wir doinken
Ihr doinkt
Sie, sie doinken
January 9, 2026 at 3:25 AM
Ich doinke
Du doinkst
Er/sie/est doinkt
Wir doinken
Ihr doinkt
Sie, sie doinken
Du doinkst
Er/sie/est doinkt
Wir doinken
Ihr doinkt
Sie, sie doinken
I'm not joking: if he won a nomination, I'd support Ken Jennings for public office. Certainly an upgrade from certain other non-professional politicians/former TV competition hosts I can think of.
It's totally understandable if you're dooming about any facet of the American experiment right now. So your feelings are "valid" in the sense that they represent real anxiety, and I get that. But to vent that anxiety in other people's spaces is wrong for three reasons.
January 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
I'm not joking: if he won a nomination, I'd support Ken Jennings for public office. Certainly an upgrade from certain other non-professional politicians/former TV competition hosts I can think of.
I have seen multiple MN Democratic politicians dropping F-bombs and S-words in public statements addressing the federal government.
Not to traffic in stereotypes, but I remind you, these folks are (1) media-trained and (2) Minnesotans.
This situation is DIRE.
Not to traffic in stereotypes, but I remind you, these folks are (1) media-trained and (2) Minnesotans.
This situation is DIRE.
January 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I have seen multiple MN Democratic politicians dropping F-bombs and S-words in public statements addressing the federal government.
Not to traffic in stereotypes, but I remind you, these folks are (1) media-trained and (2) Minnesotans.
This situation is DIRE.
Not to traffic in stereotypes, but I remind you, these folks are (1) media-trained and (2) Minnesotans.
This situation is DIRE.
My mom's side is from Minneapolis. My great*(n) grandfather was the oldest Jew alive in the city at one point. Like all of us, I descend from immigrants, in both my adoptive and birth families. And some of my best friends and most cherished relatives are happy, normal queer folks, many of whom...
January 7, 2026 at 9:43 PM
My mom's side is from Minneapolis. My great*(n) grandfather was the oldest Jew alive in the city at one point. Like all of us, I descend from immigrants, in both my adoptive and birth families. And some of my best friends and most cherished relatives are happy, normal queer folks, many of whom...