AJW
@andreawest.bsky.social
Cat mom. Music, film, television fan. Jeopardy! champ. Research interests: information literacy, linguistics, Canadiana, menus.
The things I’ll do for Matt and Jay!
November 29, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The things I’ll do for Matt and Jay!
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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Remember to thank Rebecda Black today for inventing Fridays, we honor her today on Black Friday
November 28, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Remember to thank Rebecda Black today for inventing Fridays, we honor her today on Black Friday
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Macquarie Dictionary has chosen AI slop as its Word of the Year.
Defined as “low-quality content created by generative AI, often containing errors & not requested by the user,” it captures a linguistic & technological shift we’ve been living through.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3uf7ps4j
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#langsky
Defined as “low-quality content created by generative AI, often containing errors & not requested by the user,” it captures a linguistic & technological shift we’ve been living through.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3uf7ps4j
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#langsky
AI slop is Macquarie’s 2025 Word of the Year. I applaud the choice – but was bored by the shortlist
AI slop was the clear winner with honourable mentions including another AI-related word: clanker. But where are the colourful expressions of previous years?
tinyurl.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Macquarie Dictionary has chosen AI slop as its Word of the Year.
Defined as “low-quality content created by generative AI, often containing errors & not requested by the user,” it captures a linguistic & technological shift we’ve been living through.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3uf7ps4j
🧵👇
#langsky
Defined as “low-quality content created by generative AI, often containing errors & not requested by the user,” it captures a linguistic & technological shift we’ve been living through.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3uf7ps4j
🧵👇
#langsky
Great time with my family. ❤️
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Great time with my family. ❤️
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The Chair Company is just ripping fastballs every week
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
The Chair Company is just ripping fastballs every week
Someone once said Luxembourgish was a made-up language.
I have grad school receipts.
I have grad school receipts.
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Someone once said Luxembourgish was a made-up language.
I have grad school receipts.
I have grad school receipts.
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I love "The Chair Company" so much. It's insane and it's nonsense and it's absolute genius.
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 AM
I love "The Chair Company" so much. It's insane and it's nonsense and it's absolute genius.
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My talk about learning Latvian as a native speaker of English - discussed: why streets have no beginnings in English, the mysteries of the letter "ķ", is Latvian very literal or is English just weird, and much else...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XQi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XQi...
Learning Latvian as a native English-speaker - Will Mawhood
YouTube video by Valodu māja - House of Languages
www.youtube.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My talk about learning Latvian as a native speaker of English - discussed: why streets have no beginnings in English, the mysteries of the letter "ķ", is Latvian very literal or is English just weird, and much else...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XQi...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XQi...
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Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
November 23, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:
Oh em gee. I was just reminded of an insane night at the Clarion when my manager got drunk, started making out with a random guy at the bar, and then walked out to the lobby and started talking to the wall.
I should have written a book.
I should have written a book.
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Oh em gee. I was just reminded of an insane night at the Clarion when my manager got drunk, started making out with a random guy at the bar, and then walked out to the lobby and started talking to the wall.
I should have written a book.
I should have written a book.
I have always been fascinated by this story. And still a mystery who did it!
It's my favorite day! It's the 38th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
Max Headroom 1987 Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident
YouTube video by andrew867
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
I have always been fascinated by this story. And still a mystery who did it!
Oh, sweet Allaire. She was a gentle little cat. Aaron adopted her in Atlanta, moved to California, moved back to Atlanta (in a Miata!), and then to Columbia. Well-traveled kitty. 😻
November 23, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Oh, sweet Allaire. She was a gentle little cat. Aaron adopted her in Atlanta, moved to California, moved back to Atlanta (in a Miata!), and then to Columbia. Well-traveled kitty. 😻
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Timothée Chalamet’s star power was in full force in Manhattan on Thursday as fans clamored to get merch for “Marty Supreme,” a movie about a fictional pingpong champion that none of them will see until Christmas.
They Came for Timothée. They Left With $250 Windbreakers.
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Timothée Chalamet’s star power was in full force in Manhattan on Thursday as fans clamored to get merch for “Marty Supreme,” a movie about a fictional pingpong champion that none of them will see until Christmas.
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Our former next-door neighbors!
I miss them and their outdoor cats.
I miss them and their outdoor cats.
Anyone need an Ohio State / South Carolina Palmetto tree wooden wall hang?
November 21, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Our former next-door neighbors!
I miss them and their outdoor cats.
I miss them and their outdoor cats.
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We can reconstruct two Proto-Indo-European verbal roots meaning 'to fart' but still cannot reconstruct a common PIE word for 'finger'.
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
We can reconstruct two Proto-Indo-European verbal roots meaning 'to fart' but still cannot reconstruct a common PIE word for 'finger'.
Difficult at times to listen to Adrian Borland’s beautifully melancholic discography.
“Maybe tomorrow will bring that long awaited day
When the world feels brand new
Maybe tomorrow will take all the pain away
And shatter this deep deep blue”
youtu.be/QWr0lzTd4tg?...
“Maybe tomorrow will bring that long awaited day
When the world feels brand new
Maybe tomorrow will take all the pain away
And shatter this deep deep blue”
youtu.be/QWr0lzTd4tg?...
Adrian Borland & The Citizens ~ Deep Deep Blue
YouTube video by ButterflyRoseX
youtu.be
November 21, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Difficult at times to listen to Adrian Borland’s beautifully melancholic discography.
“Maybe tomorrow will bring that long awaited day
When the world feels brand new
Maybe tomorrow will take all the pain away
And shatter this deep deep blue”
youtu.be/QWr0lzTd4tg?...
“Maybe tomorrow will bring that long awaited day
When the world feels brand new
Maybe tomorrow will take all the pain away
And shatter this deep deep blue”
youtu.be/QWr0lzTd4tg?...
Is anyone in media studies (or some related field?) going to write a comparative analysis of Severance and The Chair Company? Something about work/life balance and late-stage capitalism?
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Is anyone in media studies (or some related field?) going to write a comparative analysis of Severance and The Chair Company? Something about work/life balance and late-stage capitalism?
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I just saw Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie and it’s a hilarious masterpiece that feels like a miracle.
Spoiler free review here: boxd.it/bKQV6L
Spoiler free review here: boxd.it/bKQV6L
A ★★★★★ review of Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025)
I can’t even fathom how Matt and Jay did this. It feels like a magic trick. The editing, the legally murky filming methods, the ridiculous plot. There is so much love and care put into this gonzo thri...
boxd.it
November 18, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I just saw Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie and it’s a hilarious masterpiece that feels like a miracle.
Spoiler free review here: boxd.it/bKQV6L
Spoiler free review here: boxd.it/bKQV6L
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Great use of Pere Ubu in the latest episode of The Chair Company
November 17, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Great use of Pere Ubu in the latest episode of The Chair Company
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pere ubu montage in the chair company? holy shit dude. yes.
November 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
pere ubu montage in the chair company? holy shit dude. yes.
Love Glen Powell…and Brisket, of course.
I need to watch Devotion, which was released before he was a star. A Korean War drama still hits too close to home, especially so close to the upcoming anniversary of Dad’s passing.
I need to watch Devotion, which was released before he was a star. A Korean War drama still hits too close to home, especially so close to the upcoming anniversary of Dad’s passing.
Glen Powell and Brisket stun for Texas Monthly.
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📸 Sami Drasin
November 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Love Glen Powell…and Brisket, of course.
I need to watch Devotion, which was released before he was a star. A Korean War drama still hits too close to home, especially so close to the upcoming anniversary of Dad’s passing.
I need to watch Devotion, which was released before he was a star. A Korean War drama still hits too close to home, especially so close to the upcoming anniversary of Dad’s passing.
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Death By Lightning: fuck yeah open.substack.com/pub/vinceman...
The 'Death By Lightning' Casting Director Deserves a Raise
A screwball dramedy about the dour James A. Garfield and his kooky assassin--is this my dream show?
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Death By Lightning: fuck yeah open.substack.com/pub/vinceman...