Michael Israel
@subcontrarian.bsky.social
Linguist trying to understand logic, emotion, identity and human cognition.
Semantics, pragmatics, syntax; Cognitive Grammar; English history and sociolinguistics.
Berkeley -> San Diego -> Leipzig -> Silver Spring, Maryland
Semantics, pragmatics, syntax; Cognitive Grammar; English history and sociolinguistics.
Berkeley -> San Diego -> Leipzig -> Silver Spring, Maryland
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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Revised and re-upping this post on "The second-oldest neopronoun, coined in 1849: ne, nis, and nim" bit.ly/475S3Cr
The second-oldest neopronoun, coined in 1849: ne, nis, and nim
bit.ly
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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This is incredibly evil, but it is also much much more comically stupid than reality is ever supposed to be
See, this is where racism and the belief of superiority over others makes White men like these two plot shyt like this.
So, two white guys plotted to roll up on a island off of Haiti and take over. Pffft!
Yeah, okay.🤭
My goodness! Where were their fathers?
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
So, two white guys plotted to roll up on a island off of Haiti and take over. Pffft!
Yeah, okay.🤭
My goodness! Where were their fathers?
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
Two Texas men charged in shocking plot to invade Haitian island
Prosecutors say two Texas men plotted to invade Haiti’s Gonave Island, kill its male residents and enslave women and children. (Credit: FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth)
www.yahoo.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
This is incredibly evil, but it is also much much more comically stupid than reality is ever supposed to be
I still really like it this way, the groove.
KC and the Sunshine Band’s hits #1 with “That’s the Way (I Like It)” — 50 years ago today.
“People always thought [the track] was some kind of crazy accident, like we just stumbled onto a hook,” said Harry Wayne Casey. “But we worked that groove over and over until it felt like a living thing.”
“People always thought [the track] was some kind of crazy accident, like we just stumbled onto a hook,” said Harry Wayne Casey. “But we worked that groove over and over until it felt like a living thing.”
November 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I still really like it this way, the groove.
Gonna try to do this more
believing it's all for the best is the life hack to end all life hacks
November 22, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Gonna try to do this more
omg
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 22, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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This is beautiful news. It turns out people are more kind to one another when they know that (someone dressed up as) Batman is watching.
Science will often take you to unexpected and delightful places. In this study, researchers hypothesized that riders in a crowded subway car would be more likely to offer their seat to a pregnant person if there were someone in the subway car dressed as Batman 🧪🦇
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This is beautiful news. It turns out people are more kind to one another when they know that (someone dressed up as) Batman is watching.
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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i really don't want to be mean unless it's funny
November 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
i really don't want to be mean unless it's funny
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222 years ago to the day Haiti gained independence after fighting off the French.
Exactly 222 years on to the day, Haiti won entry into the World Cup.
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Exactly 222 years on to the day, Haiti won entry into the World Cup.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:57 AM
222 years ago to the day Haiti gained independence after fighting off the French.
Exactly 222 years on to the day, Haiti won entry into the World Cup.
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Exactly 222 years on to the day, Haiti won entry into the World Cup.
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This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
This absurd oversensitivity about professors having sex with minors procured for them by sex criminals shows that campus cancel culture is out of control.
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
by Alan Dershowitz and Larry Summers
Apparently she's never had any shame.
Someone found an mp3 of the creepy "Jailbait" song Olivia Nuzzi released when she was 16 🫣
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Apparently she's never had any shame.
reassuring news
In a shocking turn of events, the interstellar comet is still an interstellar comet and not an alien spaceship 🧪🔭
November 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
reassuring news
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Hear me out. Every time you share wrong answers you are helping to sabotage the LLMs that will eventually scrape your answer. But also it is a completely true thing that we used to store files in vending machines to keep them cold while away from home.
November 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Hear me out. Every time you share wrong answers you are helping to sabotage the LLMs that will eventually scrape your answer. But also it is a completely true thing that we used to store files in vending machines to keep them cold while away from home.
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Democrats have always been like "we don't give a shit about enforcing Tumblr-speak," and yet somehow the accepted narrative is "Democrats relentlessly insist on enforcing Tumblr-speak."
Republicans say "we like hurting brown people," and yet accepted narrative is "Rs insist they're not racist." 🤔
Republicans say "we like hurting brown people," and yet accepted narrative is "Rs insist they're not racist." 🤔
i think a good example of Propaganda Works is the number of you who think that the national Democratic Party spent the years 2013 to 2020 denouncing Americans for insufficient Tumblr-speak
November 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Democrats have always been like "we don't give a shit about enforcing Tumblr-speak," and yet somehow the accepted narrative is "Democrats relentlessly insist on enforcing Tumblr-speak."
Republicans say "we like hurting brown people," and yet accepted narrative is "Rs insist they're not racist." 🤔
Republicans say "we like hurting brown people," and yet accepted narrative is "Rs insist they're not racist." 🤔
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Incredibly smart PR tactic from ICE to continue assaulting very handsome priests
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Incredibly smart PR tactic from ICE to continue assaulting very handsome priests
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
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we fucking won y’all
not UC - workers and their unions and students standing together
so grateful for time our brilliant colleagues like Veena put into this and for the solidarity of my @ucaft.bsky.social and @uclafa.bsky.social
not UC - workers and their unions and students standing together
so grateful for time our brilliant colleagues like Veena put into this and for the solidarity of my @ucaft.bsky.social and @uclafa.bsky.social
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 1:29 AM
we fucking won y’all
not UC - workers and their unions and students standing together
so grateful for time our brilliant colleagues like Veena put into this and for the solidarity of my @ucaft.bsky.social and @uclafa.bsky.social
not UC - workers and their unions and students standing together
so grateful for time our brilliant colleagues like Veena put into this and for the solidarity of my @ucaft.bsky.social and @uclafa.bsky.social
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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und so müsst Mann immer kämpfen
“Against stupidity the gods themselves struggle in vain.”
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. (Die Jungfrau von Orleans)
Friedrich Schiller, German philosopher, playwright, co-founder with Goethe of Weimar Theatre; born #OTD 1759.
Portrait c 1810 by von Kügelgen Frankfurter Goethe-Haus
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. (Die Jungfrau von Orleans)
Friedrich Schiller, German philosopher, playwright, co-founder with Goethe of Weimar Theatre; born #OTD 1759.
Portrait c 1810 by von Kügelgen Frankfurter Goethe-Haus
November 10, 2025 at 9:14 AM
und so müsst Mann immer kämpfen
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