Leah
@dreamsofvenus.bsky.social
Linguist in LA. Vitam faciunt balnea vina Venus.
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January 12, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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Never seen a verb bear as much weight as "made entry" does here
January 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Never seen a verb bear as much weight as "made entry" does here
Some really great little guys in that line of charakteres
January 10, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Some really great little guys in that line of charakteres
I'm right there with you. This could 100% have happened to me and my wife. Still could. How are you supposed to go on with your day knowing that?
January 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I'm right there with you. This could 100% have happened to me and my wife. Still could. How are you supposed to go on with your day knowing that?
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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
It is very funny though to imagine what Pahlavi Jr is doing right now. Do you think he keeps flipping over his phone to see if he missed a call.
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 AM
It is very funny though to imagine what Pahlavi Jr is doing right now. Do you think he keeps flipping over his phone to see if he missed a call.
Come to think of it, they went after the Greeks in that hearing too!
January 7, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Come to think of it, they went after the Greeks in that hearing too!
Oooh this is good stuff! Trivet and trapeze! And teapoy is a new word for me.
January 1, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Oooh this is good stuff! Trivet and trapeze! And teapoy is a new word for me.
The combat agate is also there and of course it is the official star of the show. It is indeed a wonder. But there's no way to take good photographs of that!
January 1, 2026 at 4:57 AM
The combat agate is also there and of course it is the official star of the show. It is indeed a wonder. But there's no way to take good photographs of that!
Most extraordinary of all to me (but tucked in a corner you could easily miss!) was a set of tablets, including the Tripod Tablet that proved Ventris' analysis of Linear B as Greek!
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 AM
Most extraordinary of all to me (but tucked in a corner you could easily miss!) was a set of tablets, including the Tripod Tablet that proved Ventris' analysis of Linear B as Greek!
Brings to mind Auden's "Fall of Rome":
"Caesar's double-bed is warm
As an unimportant clerk
Writes I DO NOT LIKE MY WORK
On a pink official form."
"Caesar's double-bed is warm
As an unimportant clerk
Writes I DO NOT LIKE MY WORK
On a pink official form."
December 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Brings to mind Auden's "Fall of Rome":
"Caesar's double-bed is warm
As an unimportant clerk
Writes I DO NOT LIKE MY WORK
On a pink official form."
"Caesar's double-bed is warm
As an unimportant clerk
Writes I DO NOT LIKE MY WORK
On a pink official form."
This is brilliant! I have thought for a long time that people are sleeping on LLMs as a tool for language learning. But the text adventure idea is so good.
December 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This is brilliant! I have thought for a long time that people are sleeping on LLMs as a tool for language learning. But the text adventure idea is so good.