Andrew Levine
@andrewlevine.bsky.social
ATA-certified French-English translator. I make it look like it was in English all along.
She made every chair she sat in look like a throne.
December 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
She made every chair she sat in look like a throne.
Wait, they supposedly got a major Hollywood headliner to narrate their little nothing documentary and didn’t even mention it or use his voice in the trailer? What fuckery is this?
December 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Wait, they supposedly got a major Hollywood headliner to narrate their little nothing documentary and didn’t even mention it or use his voice in the trailer? What fuckery is this?
A lawsuit like that could take weeks or even months to file. If such a suit were possible, it would be appropriate to issue no public comment in the immediate wake of the news.
Really, I WANT to share the article. I don’t want folks to unknowingly support anti-vax celebs. But Walker is being cagey.
Really, I WANT to share the article. I don’t want folks to unknowingly support anti-vax celebs. But Walker is being cagey.
December 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A lawsuit like that could take weeks or even months to file. If such a suit were possible, it would be appropriate to issue no public comment in the immediate wake of the news.
Really, I WANT to share the article. I don’t want folks to unknowingly support anti-vax celebs. But Walker is being cagey.
Really, I WANT to share the article. I don’t want folks to unknowingly support anti-vax celebs. But Walker is being cagey.
The article doesn’t say that. Have you seen an article that does?
December 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The article doesn’t say that. Have you seen an article that does?
The article doesn’t say how you did. It should.
December 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
The article doesn’t say how you did. It should.
I always wondered that about Underwood Ham and their impish devil logo
December 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I always wondered that about Underwood Ham and their impish devil logo
Hold up, Norman Shapiro was the translator for this racist claptrap? Seriously??
(He was a very respected translator of Verlaine, Baudelaire, and other poetry for decades)
(He was a very respected translator of Verlaine, Baudelaire, and other poetry for decades)
December 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Hold up, Norman Shapiro was the translator for this racist claptrap? Seriously??
(He was a very respected translator of Verlaine, Baudelaire, and other poetry for decades)
(He was a very respected translator of Verlaine, Baudelaire, and other poetry for decades)
Incredible, I just had a mug of Sugar Free Swiss Miss last night. And I didn’t even need Judd Hirsch to tell me to.
December 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Incredible, I just had a mug of Sugar Free Swiss Miss last night. And I didn’t even need Judd Hirsch to tell me to.
The American public has screwed the movie industry over for the last time!
November 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The American public has screwed the movie industry over for the last time!
It already ended its first run, which I missed. They added a few performances.
November 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It already ended its first run, which I missed. They added a few performances.
Nice, I’m seeing the Met production of Kavalier & Clay in February.
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Nice, I’m seeing the Met production of Kavalier & Clay in February.
What are you seeing?
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
What are you seeing?
Why the hell is he still obsessed with the idea that “groceries” is a weird outdated word
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Why the hell is he still obsessed with the idea that “groceries” is a weird outdated word
Erdogan’s global reach is…?
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Erdogan’s global reach is…?
2 parts dark rum. crushed ginger. fill with orange soda.
the perfect kurt schlichter
the perfect kurt schlichter
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
2 parts dark rum. crushed ginger. fill with orange soda.
the perfect kurt schlichter
the perfect kurt schlichter
It reminds me of the discourse over trans women in sports: Out of tens of thousands of female NCAA athletes a year ago, about 10 were AMAB. Their “natural advantage” is empirically, numerically a lie.
November 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
It reminds me of the discourse over trans women in sports: Out of tens of thousands of female NCAA athletes a year ago, about 10 were AMAB. Their “natural advantage” is empirically, numerically a lie.
It sounds like the title of a song that topped out at #57 on the Billboard charts in 1968
November 15, 2025 at 4:57 PM
It sounds like the title of a song that topped out at #57 on the Billboard charts in 1968
It kills me that Michael Schur named this character “Chuck.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It kills me that Michael Schur named this character “Chuck.”
The final Senate passage of Medicare Part D was with 54 votes— in 2003! And not even a reconciliation bill, a regular conference report. About a dozen of those Senators are still in office today!
November 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
The final Senate passage of Medicare Part D was with 54 votes— in 2003! And not even a reconciliation bill, a regular conference report. About a dozen of those Senators are still in office today!
I think the ideology that poverty is a moral failure rather than a policy failure is winning out over any political or strategic considerations.
November 8, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I think the ideology that poverty is a moral failure rather than a policy failure is winning out over any political or strategic considerations.
Put them all under consent decrees, too.
November 6, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Put them all under consent decrees, too.
Yes, if anything the “neoliberal” on that show was Ron Swanson.
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Yes, if anything the “neoliberal” on that show was Ron Swanson.
The central conceit of Michael Chabon’s SUMMERLAND - that the rules of baseball are tied to the metaphysics that underpin all reality - remains undefeated in the long run.
November 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The central conceit of Michael Chabon’s SUMMERLAND - that the rules of baseball are tied to the metaphysics that underpin all reality - remains undefeated in the long run.
As an experienced linguist, the first paragraph is mostly correct, though “proven” and “disproven” are stronger terms than I would use. The rest of the post, however, is delulu.
November 2, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As an experienced linguist, the first paragraph is mostly correct, though “proven” and “disproven” are stronger terms than I would use. The rest of the post, however, is delulu.