Ethan Plaut
@ethanplaut.bsky.social
Research: Disconnection, tech refusal & beautiful, broken media. Sometime coder & dusty journo. Now Aotearoa NZ, always Chicago, formerly Stanford, SF, Phnom Penh, Fukui. Silence when I can. Music when I can't. Tangata Tiriti, Jew, he/him.
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Yeah this looks great I’ll check it out thanks so much!!
February 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Yeah this looks great I’ll check it out thanks so much!!
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BECOME UNPUBLISHABLE!
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January 16, 2026 at 9:18 AM
BECOME UNPUBLISHABLE!
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Reposted by Ethan Plaut
Here are some more examples of retronyms ⬇️
organic food
snail mail
British English
bike pedal
cloth diaper
scripted show
outdoor rock climbing
corn on the cob
live music
silent film
bar soap
conventional war
regular coffee
organic food
snail mail
British English
bike pedal
cloth diaper
scripted show
outdoor rock climbing
corn on the cob
live music
silent film
bar soap
conventional war
regular coffee
January 13, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Here are some more examples of retronyms ⬇️
organic food
snail mail
British English
bike pedal
cloth diaper
scripted show
outdoor rock climbing
corn on the cob
live music
silent film
bar soap
conventional war
regular coffee
organic food
snail mail
British English
bike pedal
cloth diaper
scripted show
outdoor rock climbing
corn on the cob
live music
silent film
bar soap
conventional war
regular coffee
ACM TechNews
technews.acm.org
January 3, 2026 at 2:22 AM