Tamreen
@scriptor.bsky.social
Posts about history, language, code, and random shower thoughts (mostly the last one sorry). he/they. Brooklyn. 💗💜💙
profile pic alt text: Picture of me, a brown guy with a black beard and neck-length hair standing in lush green woods
profile pic alt text: Picture of me, a brown guy with a black beard and neck-length hair standing in lush green woods
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The fact that right-wingers always think that left-wing protesters are being paid should make you start wondering how much of that is simply projection.
January 12, 2026 at 1:18 PM
The fact that right-wingers always think that left-wing protesters are being paid should make you start wondering how much of that is simply projection.
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Stupid idea that has been plaguing me all weekend
January 12, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Stupid idea that has been plaguing me all weekend
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going from charging at the camera holder to slinking back to his vehicle while being laughed at
Ice commits an act of domestic terrorism against ICE.
It's funny 🤣
It's funny 🤣
January 11, 2026 at 8:48 PM
going from charging at the camera holder to slinking back to his vehicle while being laughed at
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The "traditional" structure of TTRPGs puts an enormous amount of pressure on the GM to learn/refine & very little on the players.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
January 11, 2026 at 5:05 PM
The "traditional" structure of TTRPGs puts an enormous amount of pressure on the GM to learn/refine & very little on the players.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
Which is somehow seen as more reasonable than spreading the load of learning/contribution across the whole table.
Broader implications about community in there, y'all.
This would be a good time for Hank to amplify the people who have *been* saying we're that country
*not* to summarize or talk about them, but to platform them directly
*not* to summarize or talk about them, but to platform them directly
“We can’t be a country with a paramilitary secret police because then we would be a nation with a paramilitary secret police” is something my brain genuinely says to me. I need my brain to change as fast as my world and that’s not easy.
January 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
This would be a good time for Hank to amplify the people who have *been* saying we're that country
*not* to summarize or talk about them, but to platform them directly
*not* to summarize or talk about them, but to platform them directly
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Read what you want, darlings, but it's odd when books that happen to feature sex are treated as radioactive and those about murder are treated as general interest.
January 11, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Read what you want, darlings, but it's odd when books that happen to feature sex are treated as radioactive and those about murder are treated as general interest.
really it'd be hateful to the rest of the world to ever say he's not a bitch
January 11, 2026 at 3:17 PM
really it'd be hateful to the rest of the world to ever say he's not a bitch
yeah "hide post" has been invaluable, especially when people I otherwise like still try to get their dunks in
January 11, 2026 at 3:16 PM
yeah "hide post" has been invaluable, especially when people I otherwise like still try to get their dunks in
can't wait to get chided by bernard for being anti-murder
January 11, 2026 at 3:14 PM
can't wait to get chided by bernard for being anti-murder
found a way to hide half the posts here that're just screenshots of a shitty tweet
January 11, 2026 at 3:10 PM
found a way to hide half the posts here that're just screenshots of a shitty tweet
actually they were really into homebrewing
January 11, 2026 at 2:57 PM
actually they were really into homebrewing
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when you finish doing stuff and things out of doors on cold snowy days might i recommend making chicken and dumpling stew with cheddar bay biscuits
January 11, 2026 at 12:45 AM
when you finish doing stuff and things out of doors on cold snowy days might i recommend making chicken and dumpling stew with cheddar bay biscuits
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Best of 2025: I was fortunate to have a variety of photographic experiences last year beyond my standard mammal/bird photography. It was fun doing more macro, and I even got to try my hand at some underwater in the Galapagos. This shot of a Galapagos Penguin chasing fish was my favorite of the trip.
January 10, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Best of 2025: I was fortunate to have a variety of photographic experiences last year beyond my standard mammal/bird photography. It was fun doing more macro, and I even got to try my hand at some underwater in the Galapagos. This shot of a Galapagos Penguin chasing fish was my favorite of the trip.
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Made a nice midwestern tater tot casserole. Come on over if you’re hungry.
January 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Made a nice midwestern tater tot casserole. Come on over if you’re hungry.
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LMAO
Someone made a video game to play out the Brussels failure to form a government
formatiefatale.itch.io/formatie-fat...
Someone made a video game to play out the Brussels failure to form a government
formatiefatale.itch.io/formatie-fat...
Formatie Fatale by De Conciërge
Satirische point-and-click over de Brusselse regeringsvorming. Jij speelt de conciërge.
formatiefatale.itch.io
January 10, 2026 at 11:17 AM
LMAO
Someone made a video game to play out the Brussels failure to form a government
formatiefatale.itch.io/formatie-fat...
Someone made a video game to play out the Brussels failure to form a government
formatiefatale.itch.io/formatie-fat...
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I still think about the (nonfiction) book that was like “the problem with Ancient Egypt was Big Government.”
Part of the reason why I tend to prefer history books written by women is because women tend not to write like “if lived during X I would’ve done these things differently” and more like “here’s why people made these decisions under these circumstances, which doesn’t mean they were the right ones.”
January 10, 2026 at 2:02 PM
I still think about the (nonfiction) book that was like “the problem with Ancient Egypt was Big Government.”
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Work by Fleisig et al finds that listeners attach social stereotypes to Open AI’s voices, including negatively evaluating the personality of voices that they perceive as older.
Excellent work from a group of students at Berkeley 😉
Excellent work from a group of students at Berkeley 😉
January 10, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Work by Fleisig et al finds that listeners attach social stereotypes to Open AI’s voices, including negatively evaluating the personality of voices that they perceive as older.
Excellent work from a group of students at Berkeley 😉
Excellent work from a group of students at Berkeley 😉
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your skin should just have one big mite on it, runnin around like a mouse
January 10, 2026 at 11:02 AM
your skin should just have one big mite on it, runnin around like a mouse
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It is a very strange time to be a historian of normal guys who joined the SS and then gleefully enacted unimaginable cruelties in the name of building a racially homogeneous ethnostate. All of my instincts are just screaming at me that the worst is not even close to being here yet.
January 10, 2026 at 12:04 AM
It is a very strange time to be a historian of normal guys who joined the SS and then gleefully enacted unimaginable cruelties in the name of building a racially homogeneous ethnostate. All of my instincts are just screaming at me that the worst is not even close to being here yet.
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land back
Trump talks about Denmark and Greenland just now: "The fact that they landed a boat there 500 years ago doesn't mean that they own the land."
January 10, 2026 at 12:49 AM
land back
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24 hours of no contact with inside Iran. Not even direct calling my mum’s landline. Seems they have cut off the entire country. No news of my friends who went out to “stroll around and see what’s going on” 25 hours ago. Anxiety reaching high levels.
January 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
24 hours of no contact with inside Iran. Not even direct calling my mum’s landline. Seems they have cut off the entire country. No news of my friends who went out to “stroll around and see what’s going on” 25 hours ago. Anxiety reaching high levels.
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keith porter's gofundme is now at 63k out of a 75k ask, but it should be way higher than that, this family too should be taken CARE of for ten years at least
gofundme.com/f/justice-for-keith-porters-memory
gofundme.com/f/justice-for-keith-porters-memory
January 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
keith porter's gofundme is now at 63k out of a 75k ask, but it should be way higher than that, this family too should be taken CARE of for ten years at least
gofundme.com/f/justice-for-keith-porters-memory
gofundme.com/f/justice-for-keith-porters-memory
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As a historian of the era, I'm just gonna put it out there that Wellington and Blucher beat Napoleon because they had an era-defining bromance going on.
So when Napoleon tried to spilt their forces, Blucher refused to abandon Wellington and marched to his aid despite his advisors screaming at him.
So when Napoleon tried to spilt their forces, Blucher refused to abandon Wellington and marched to his aid despite his advisors screaming at him.
January 9, 2026 at 7:27 PM
As a historian of the era, I'm just gonna put it out there that Wellington and Blucher beat Napoleon because they had an era-defining bromance going on.
So when Napoleon tried to spilt their forces, Blucher refused to abandon Wellington and marched to his aid despite his advisors screaming at him.
So when Napoleon tried to spilt their forces, Blucher refused to abandon Wellington and marched to his aid despite his advisors screaming at him.
Yeah the activation energy of getting something consistent and stable is incredibly high there
I've also been wary of the rising antisemitism. Hearing vile shit from the occasional Uncle in my own community has made me be on guard for it. But lots of people don't seem to have that muscle
I've also been wary of the rising antisemitism. Hearing vile shit from the occasional Uncle in my own community has made me be on guard for it. But lots of people don't seem to have that muscle
January 9, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Yeah the activation energy of getting something consistent and stable is incredibly high there
I've also been wary of the rising antisemitism. Hearing vile shit from the occasional Uncle in my own community has made me be on guard for it. But lots of people don't seem to have that muscle
I've also been wary of the rising antisemitism. Hearing vile shit from the occasional Uncle in my own community has made me be on guard for it. But lots of people don't seem to have that muscle