Mark Adamcin
@acidman.bsky.social
It's taking me so long to get through Czech in #Duolingo because it doesn't explain any of the rules, and I only just realized that each of the nouns I've learned so far represents one of 14 general cases of declension, plus a few more that are irregular. Here's hoping I'm over the hump.
July 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It's taking me so long to get through Czech in #Duolingo because it doesn't explain any of the rules, and I only just realized that each of the nouns I've learned so far represents one of 14 general cases of declension, plus a few more that are irregular. Here's hoping I'm over the hump.
I gotta be honest, if looking the other way when the president receives a personal gift of a goddamn 747 is what it will take to pause a genocide, so be it.
May 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I gotta be honest, if looking the other way when the president receives a personal gift of a goddamn 747 is what it will take to pause a genocide, so be it.
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Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
Before trying out the Czech lessons in #Duolingo, be warned: ChatGPT tells me that the EASIEST word to learn is "nejsnadnější". Apparently the difficulty just increases from there.
April 13, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Before trying out the Czech lessons in #Duolingo, be warned: ChatGPT tells me that the EASIEST word to learn is "nejsnadnější". Apparently the difficulty just increases from there.
The X is for explode!
My child just asked if the x in SpaceX stands for explode. 😭
March 14, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The X is for explode!
This is clearly motivated by monstrous ideologies, but it appears to be primarily intended to "trigger". The list is incomplete ("All-Inclusive" without "Non-Exclusive") and duplicative ("Gender" already covers "Gender Identity"). Banning "Confirmation Bias" is nakedly ironic.
2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted.
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff:
February 10, 2025 at 4:11 PM
This is clearly motivated by monstrous ideologies, but it appears to be primarily intended to "trigger". The list is incomplete ("All-Inclusive" without "Non-Exclusive") and duplicative ("Gender" already covers "Gender Identity"). Banning "Confirmation Bias" is nakedly ironic.
Why are liberals defending Biden for pardoning Hunter? It's such a minor footnote for an administration well on its way out the door that already has no positive legacy left to be besmirched by accusations of hypocrisy. Why waste your energy responding to trolls, on this, now?
December 2, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Why are liberals defending Biden for pardoning Hunter? It's such a minor footnote for an administration well on its way out the door that already has no positive legacy left to be besmirched by accusations of hypocrisy. Why waste your energy responding to trolls, on this, now?
It's a common misconception that Greek Americans don't eat turkey for Thanksgiving, but they do! They just call it "troy".
November 28, 2024 at 11:21 PM
It's a common misconception that Greek Americans don't eat turkey for Thanksgiving, but they do! They just call it "troy".
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if it’s what it seems to be, it should go without saying that the Democratic Party needs a complete restructuring if it ever intends to hold real power again
November 6, 2024 at 3:51 AM
if it’s what it seems to be, it should go without saying that the Democratic Party needs a complete restructuring if it ever intends to hold real power again
When you are asked to put the dishes away and you put the spatula in the drawer that is on the opposite side of the kitchen from where it used to live, does it then become an expatula?
December 25, 2023 at 2:39 AM
When you are asked to put the dishes away and you put the spatula in the drawer that is on the opposite side of the kitchen from where it used to live, does it then become an expatula?