Leah
@dreamsofvenus.bsky.social
Linguist in LA. Vitam faciunt balnea vina Venus.
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and now, of all times, it is important to be gayer
January 8, 2026 at 11:19 AM
and now, of all times, it is important to be gayer
Brings to mind the House Unamerican Activities Committee hearing where they investigated whether Christopher Marlowe was a Communist
![Screenshot showing HUAC testimony between Representative Starnes and Halley Flanagan of the Federal Theater Project:
"[Starnes quoting Flanagan:] ... They intend to remake a social structure without the help of money—and this ambition alone invests their undertaking with a certain Marlowesque madness.” You are quoting from this Marlowe. Is he a Communist?
MRS. FLANAGAN: I am very sorry. I was quoting from Christopher Marlowe.
MR. STARNES: Tell us who Marlowe is, so we can get the proper reference, because that is all that we want to do.
MRS. FLANAGAN: Put in the record that he was the greatest dramatist in the period immediately preceding Shakespeare.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:amdlarw6j5qpjurzyfhuq6zu/bafkreicde7amrsg4itxu6bqhztfv3thzybeqr4nedldzkjobdnhkdp2tyu@jpeg)
January 7, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Brings to mind the House Unamerican Activities Committee hearing where they investigated whether Christopher Marlowe was a Communist
Rounded out the year by visiting the extraordinary "Kingdom of Pylos" exhibit at the Getty Villa, which included treasures from the Griffin Warrior's tomb - apparently their first time outside Europe.
January 1, 2026 at 4:52 AM
Rounded out the year by visiting the extraordinary "Kingdom of Pylos" exhibit at the Getty Villa, which included treasures from the Griffin Warrior's tomb - apparently their first time outside Europe.
perfume blog title idea: Totum Nasum
December 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
perfume blog title idea: Totum Nasum
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Roses are red,
Violets are relevant,
Give Hellenistic pachyderms alcohol and you’ll have…
Violets are relevant,
Give Hellenistic pachyderms alcohol and you’ll have…
DRUNK WAR ELEPHANTS
I always tell students if you ask a good question the article will write itself
December 30, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Roses are red,
Violets are relevant,
Give Hellenistic pachyderms alcohol and you’ll have…
Violets are relevant,
Give Hellenistic pachyderms alcohol and you’ll have…
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The Endangered Language Project does great work supporting community language revival work, and they're almost halfway to their goal!
Language champions from 18 countries will be joining the 2026 Ready to Revitalize program - and we have just TEN DAYS left to raise funds for their grassroots #languagerevitalization projects!
🌱 Will you support the revitalization of Indigenous and endangered languages around the world?
🌱 Will you support the revitalization of Indigenous and endangered languages around the world?
Raise to Revitalize
Support Global Indigenous Language Revitalization
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December 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The Endangered Language Project does great work supporting community language revival work, and they're almost halfway to their goal!
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Someone much more clever than I am pointed out that Frosty the Snowman could be considered a golem, so I ran with that.
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Someone much more clever than I am pointed out that Frosty the Snowman could be considered a golem, so I ran with that.
I think people often underestimate how bad this was. At least 20 million people died!
A man tore China asunder, and claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ because he failed the exam to get an email job
December 19, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I think people often underestimate how bad this was. At least 20 million people died!
Browsing through old London Reviews and found this incredible letter
December 18, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Browsing through old London Reviews and found this incredible letter
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PER MY LAST TABLET,
“Why is it my lord is silent while I wag my tail and run about like a dog?”
I’ve been left on read too many times.
A man named Ashur-resiwa is begging a superior to answer his previous 3 letters, and we can maybe all relate to both sides of this particular coin.
I’ve been left on read too many times.
A man named Ashur-resiwa is begging a superior to answer his previous 3 letters, and we can maybe all relate to both sides of this particular coin.
December 17, 2025 at 4:47 PM
PER MY LAST TABLET,
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*scuttling across the floors of silent seas* man I should've been a guy who can't decide how to wear his pants
December 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
*scuttling across the floors of silent seas* man I should've been a guy who can't decide how to wear his pants
Turning over in my mind how you would translate "'No' is a complete sentence" into Irish
December 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Turning over in my mind how you would translate "'No' is a complete sentence" into Irish
Took me half a second to realize they meant soundtrack for the Ken Burns documentary
December 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Took me half a second to realize they meant soundtrack for the Ken Burns documentary
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My wife and daughter, shining
December 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
My wife and daughter, shining
Which Rent characters do we think would be Trump voters now?
December 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Which Rent characters do we think would be Trump voters now?
Learned about a really funny law
December 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Learned about a really funny law
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Today's cool fact about language:
The so-called “visual” evidential ‹ḥdug› in Ladakhi is used by a woman who was born blind for all information that she obtains from her immediate vicinity through her other senses. People outside her family find this “pretentious” (b/c she hasn't “seen” any of it).
The so-called “visual” evidential ‹ḥdug› in Ladakhi is used by a woman who was born blind for all information that she obtains from her immediate vicinity through her other senses. People outside her family find this “pretentious” (b/c she hasn't “seen” any of it).
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Today's cool fact about language:
The so-called “visual” evidential ‹ḥdug› in Ladakhi is used by a woman who was born blind for all information that she obtains from her immediate vicinity through her other senses. People outside her family find this “pretentious” (b/c she hasn't “seen” any of it).
The so-called “visual” evidential ‹ḥdug› in Ladakhi is used by a woman who was born blind for all information that she obtains from her immediate vicinity through her other senses. People outside her family find this “pretentious” (b/c she hasn't “seen” any of it).
The mass and majesty of this world, all
That carries weight and always weighs the same
That carries weight and always weighs the same
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The mass and majesty of this world, all
That carries weight and always weighs the same
That carries weight and always weighs the same
Was Bonnie Prince Charlie the biggest failson of all time?
December 7, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Was Bonnie Prince Charlie the biggest failson of all time?
Gaelic is really the Yiddish of Goidelic languages
November 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Gaelic is really the Yiddish of Goidelic languages
Do we have any records of what kind of accent Bonnie Prince Charlie had when speaking English or Scots? It must have been phenomenally strange.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Do we have any records of what kind of accent Bonnie Prince Charlie had when speaking English or Scots? It must have been phenomenally strange.
Wiktionary says there was a proto-Muskogean form "¢akliCₐo". Anyone know what on earth ¢ is supposed to be? Perhaps an old typewriter-derived Americanist version of ç?
November 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Wiktionary says there was a proto-Muskogean form "¢akliCₐo". Anyone know what on earth ¢ is supposed to be? Perhaps an old typewriter-derived Americanist version of ç?
Thinking about this as per usual on Halloween. But only this year did I learn that an early 20c farmer found the actual Crom Cruach stone, the one supposedly smashed by St. Patrick. It's just sitting in the county museum in Cavan??? And no one on the entire internet has shared a good picture of it?
October 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Thinking about this as per usual on Halloween. But only this year did I learn that an early 20c farmer found the actual Crom Cruach stone, the one supposedly smashed by St. Patrick. It's just sitting in the county museum in Cavan??? And no one on the entire internet has shared a good picture of it?
I'm the guy in Poland going "I don't agree with their policy of slaughtering entire countries, but I think we should hear them out about those meat pies."
October 29, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I'm the guy in Poland going "I don't agree with their policy of slaughtering entire countries, but I think we should hear them out about those meat pies."