Dr. Fade
@fade.bsky.social
Classicist, writer, that sort of stuff. Currently teaching Latin to the youth. Yes, my dog's name is Adverb.
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I truly need "AI Won't Stand in Authentic Wonder" swag sold in the Vatican gift shop. Also, I will need it on a tote and shirt.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I truly need "AI Won't Stand in Authentic Wonder" swag sold in the Vatican gift shop. Also, I will need it on a tote and shirt.
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AND IT'S OI TO THE PUNKS
AND OI TO THE SKINS
AND OI TO THE WORLD AND EVERYBODY WINS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKk-...
AND OI TO THE SKINS
AND OI TO THE WORLD AND EVERYBODY WINS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKk-...
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
AND IT'S OI TO THE PUNKS
AND OI TO THE SKINS
AND OI TO THE WORLD AND EVERYBODY WINS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKk-...
AND OI TO THE SKINS
AND OI TO THE WORLD AND EVERYBODY WINS
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKk-...
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new roadside heresiology found on my coffee run.
my orthodoxy/heresy seminar would love discussing the collection of such pics i’ve taken.
my orthodoxy/heresy seminar would love discussing the collection of such pics i’ve taken.
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 PM
new roadside heresiology found on my coffee run.
my orthodoxy/heresy seminar would love discussing the collection of such pics i’ve taken.
my orthodoxy/heresy seminar would love discussing the collection of such pics i’ve taken.
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If a politician:
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
If a politician:
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
-Has never cared at all about whales before;
-Is in the pocket of big oil, an industry which has a financial incentive to oppose alternative energy;
and
-is a well-documented liar,
You don't have to take their "we have to stop offshore wind to save whales" claims seriously.
From a solid thread about AI and fear of failure.
And because almost everything about your life feels precarious, why choose to do challenging things? If you associate challenges with failure and failure with pain, *of course* you're going to look for unchallenging shortcuts.
November 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
From a solid thread about AI and fear of failure.
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When I see people saying "oh I don't want to do what TOURISTS do I need to do what the LOCALS do" I want to ask: go to work? go to the grocery store? watch Netflix after a long week?
I mean sure, get advice from locals on what to eat and where but sheesh
I mean sure, get advice from locals on what to eat and where but sheesh
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 PM
When I see people saying "oh I don't want to do what TOURISTS do I need to do what the LOCALS do" I want to ask: go to work? go to the grocery store? watch Netflix after a long week?
I mean sure, get advice from locals on what to eat and where but sheesh
I mean sure, get advice from locals on what to eat and where but sheesh
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Again, I cannot stand Amazon or Bezos. However, because _Strike_ comes out in paperback in 2 months, they are fire selling it in hardback for $2.84. So if you want it, you can indeed get it for the price of a cup of coffee. www.amazon.com/Strike-Labor...
Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire
Amazon.com: Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire (Audible Audio Edition): Sarah E. Bond, Hillary Huber, Tantor Media: Books
www.amazon.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Again, I cannot stand Amazon or Bezos. However, because _Strike_ comes out in paperback in 2 months, they are fire selling it in hardback for $2.84. So if you want it, you can indeed get it for the price of a cup of coffee. www.amazon.com/Strike-Labor...
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Happy Thanksgiving, please enjoy some messed-up lore about the US's farm & food history.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByb...
Real Life Johnny Appleseed
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Happy Thanksgiving, please enjoy some messed-up lore about the US's farm & food history.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hByb...
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Big Bus Stuck is as healing as Big Boat Stuck but in a different way.
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Big Bus Stuck is as healing as Big Boat Stuck but in a different way.
Much as I hate the headaches around insurance and cost and scheduling, I find medical visits themselves deeply comforting. A series of experts in a calm, quiet space listen to what I say, ask thoughtful questions, and sometimes even solve problems. Much better than when I was younger.
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Much as I hate the headaches around insurance and cost and scheduling, I find medical visits themselves deeply comforting. A series of experts in a calm, quiet space listen to what I say, ask thoughtful questions, and sometimes even solve problems. Much better than when I was younger.
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"This truck is a powerhouse, dude. It can handle anything. Does your work route lead through a medieval trebuchet’s firing zone? No? Well, what if you change jobs, and it does then? You’ll wish you had a Cybertruck."
Please Buy Tesla’s Cybertruck, Which Is Cool, Not Stupid
You gotta get this Tesla Cybertruck, bro. It’s great. Am I a paid spokesperson? Sort of. I’m a person who paid $8 a month to “spokes” for them. Thi...
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
"This truck is a powerhouse, dude. It can handle anything. Does your work route lead through a medieval trebuchet’s firing zone? No? Well, what if you change jobs, and it does then? You’ll wish you had a Cybertruck."
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Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, today is a Special Edition of Recall Thursday we are calling Recall Wednesday.
November 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, today is a Special Edition of Recall Thursday we are calling Recall Wednesday.
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Just gonna say that the entire US White House press corps could set themselves up for a similar moment of satisfaction if they could be arsed.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Just gonna say that the entire US White House press corps could set themselves up for a similar moment of satisfaction if they could be arsed.
My apartment complex introduced an AI assistant you can contact via text message to report issues, ask questions, and get help, and that's going about as well as you'd expect.
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
My apartment complex introduced an AI assistant you can contact via text message to report issues, ask questions, and get help, and that's going about as well as you'd expect.
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Shirakaba-chan is a white birch tree from the town of Sakuho in Nagano, Japan.
November 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Shirakaba-chan is a white birch tree from the town of Sakuho in Nagano, Japan.
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[@defunctland.bsky.social voice]
In 2025, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a government agency mostly known for exploding turkeys, announced the existence of a secret joint museum built with a regional sewer district from Northeast Ohio...
In 2025, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a government agency mostly known for exploding turkeys, announced the existence of a secret joint museum built with a regional sewer district from Northeast Ohio...
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
[@defunctland.bsky.social voice]
In 2025, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a government agency mostly known for exploding turkeys, announced the existence of a secret joint museum built with a regional sewer district from Northeast Ohio...
In 2025, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, a government agency mostly known for exploding turkeys, announced the existence of a secret joint museum built with a regional sewer district from Northeast Ohio...
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Out now in Oxford Bibliographies in Classics: My biblio on "Jews in the Roman empire." My goal was to invite classicists/ancient historians into the rich world of rabbinic literature, which can transform (if we let it) how we talk about the Roman empire
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Out now in Oxford Bibliographies in Classics: My biblio on "Jews in the Roman empire." My goal was to invite classicists/ancient historians into the rich world of rabbinic literature, which can transform (if we let it) how we talk about the Roman empire
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...
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I go to the grocery for ONE HOUR and you all have given me more cranberry recipes than I can make in several years worth of time
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hello skyline.
I like (fresh) cranberries a lot. I am however bored of Cranberry Sauce
give unto me your Interesting/Experimental Cranberry Recipes.
I like (fresh) cranberries a lot. I am however bored of Cranberry Sauce
give unto me your Interesting/Experimental Cranberry Recipes.
November 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I go to the grocery for ONE HOUR and you all have given me more cranberry recipes than I can make in several years worth of time
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I am half tempted to just write "Liberal Currents is good" to see if I get put on their list of endorsements.
But also Liberal Currents is good and if you are looking for an outlet to support with your money that is actually committed to liberal values, Liberal Currents is it.
But also Liberal Currents is good and if you are looking for an outlet to support with your money that is actually committed to liberal values, Liberal Currents is it.
Several new 'liberal' publications have launched in recent years, sometimes raising millions before writing a word, sometimes getting glossy profiles, then often devolving into weakness.
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I am half tempted to just write "Liberal Currents is good" to see if I get put on their list of endorsements.
But also Liberal Currents is good and if you are looking for an outlet to support with your money that is actually committed to liberal values, Liberal Currents is it.
But also Liberal Currents is good and if you are looking for an outlet to support with your money that is actually committed to liberal values, Liberal Currents is it.
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without glasses or with glasses, still fuzzy🐰
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
without glasses or with glasses, still fuzzy🐰
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I love it when little garbage cats develop the luxury of food snobbery. Yes he was tiny wet ball of fleas found in a ditch but now he's a velvet prince who wants the premium, organic, grain-free chicken in gravy, NOT the premium, organic, grain-free chicken au jus how dare you offer that garbage.
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I love it when little garbage cats develop the luxury of food snobbery. Yes he was tiny wet ball of fleas found in a ditch but now he's a velvet prince who wants the premium, organic, grain-free chicken in gravy, NOT the premium, organic, grain-free chicken au jus how dare you offer that garbage.
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People really need to get their heads around the difference between saying something in public and saying something for public comment
I'd say "you know better than to do this at coffee shops" but the number of live updates of strangers' conversations we've seen over the years
I'd say "you know better than to do this at coffee shops" but the number of live updates of strangers' conversations we've seen over the years
"Don't post if you don't want random strangers to reply" remains one of the most most hilariously illogical things I have seen people say on social media.
Allow me to list several other examples of "Do not allow me to perceive a thing if I cannot personally interact with it" logic at play:
Allow me to list several other examples of "Do not allow me to perceive a thing if I cannot personally interact with it" logic at play:
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
People really need to get their heads around the difference between saying something in public and saying something for public comment
I'd say "you know better than to do this at coffee shops" but the number of live updates of strangers' conversations we've seen over the years
I'd say "you know better than to do this at coffee shops" but the number of live updates of strangers' conversations we've seen over the years
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also while I'm On the Internet, briefly
amongst the many things I am pissed off at Sean Duffy, our egregious idjit of a transportation secretary, for?
I LIKE DRESSING FOR TRAVEL. IF YOU MAKE DRESSING FOR TRAVEL A RIGHT-WING SIGNALLING EXERCISE I AM GOING TO BE SO FUCKING ANNOYED
amongst the many things I am pissed off at Sean Duffy, our egregious idjit of a transportation secretary, for?
I LIKE DRESSING FOR TRAVEL. IF YOU MAKE DRESSING FOR TRAVEL A RIGHT-WING SIGNALLING EXERCISE I AM GOING TO BE SO FUCKING ANNOYED
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
also while I'm On the Internet, briefly
amongst the many things I am pissed off at Sean Duffy, our egregious idjit of a transportation secretary, for?
I LIKE DRESSING FOR TRAVEL. IF YOU MAKE DRESSING FOR TRAVEL A RIGHT-WING SIGNALLING EXERCISE I AM GOING TO BE SO FUCKING ANNOYED
amongst the many things I am pissed off at Sean Duffy, our egregious idjit of a transportation secretary, for?
I LIKE DRESSING FOR TRAVEL. IF YOU MAKE DRESSING FOR TRAVEL A RIGHT-WING SIGNALLING EXERCISE I AM GOING TO BE SO FUCKING ANNOYED
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I've seen people say that getting attached to ChatGPT is like "believing the stripper really loves you", but that's not true. It's more like believing that the dryer personally composed that little jingle on a lonely sockless night just to win your affections.
November 26, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I've seen people say that getting attached to ChatGPT is like "believing the stripper really loves you", but that's not true. It's more like believing that the dryer personally composed that little jingle on a lonely sockless night just to win your affections.
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you wish you were this pretty
November 26, 2025 at 3:41 AM
you wish you were this pretty