Ivan Plis
@ivanplis.bsky.social
Not into “fun facts.” Human editor and church guy in DC. Pronounce me: https://ipa-reader.com/?text=i%CB%88v%C9%91%CB%90n%20pl%C9%AAs
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Sadly this activates my most pedantic peeve, which is that everyone uses the term “ally” way too broadly
November 15, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Sadly this activates my most pedantic peeve, which is that everyone uses the term “ally” way too broadly
fyi Duluth Trading Company’s overalls are terrific for any gender, I’m told
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
fyi Duluth Trading Company’s overalls are terrific for any gender, I’m told
My favorite thing about D&A is that Purcell more or less wrote it to be a school musical.
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
My favorite thing about D&A is that Purcell more or less wrote it to be a school musical.
Herring Under A Fur Coat is, even for us, occasionally a tough sell.
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Herring Under A Fur Coat is, even for us, occasionally a tough sell.
Paid a Colombian tea grower $1,500 for a shipment. Got billed $150 by the Trump administration at the border. *I* got billed. Not the tea growers. Not the Colombian government. Me. The American business owner. I paid the Trump tax.
November 12, 2025 at 12:13 PM
My temporary SIM was from Wataniya; maybe Orange would have had service. (I didn’t think to ask to use the monastery phone.)
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 PM
My temporary SIM was from Wataniya; maybe Orange would have had service. (I didn’t think to ask to use the monastery phone.)
No, it’s just a gentle thwack with the side of a knife — but I was 19 and day-tripping from Bethlehem, and an impromptu invitation to stay meant I owed them a few hours’ labor. (No cell service in the valley meant the Syriac hostel in Bethlehem, where I was the only guest, panicked until my return.)
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 PM
No, it’s just a gentle thwack with the side of a knife — but I was 19 and day-tripping from Bethlehem, and an impromptu invitation to stay meant I owed them a few hours’ labor. (No cell service in the valley meant the Syriac hostel in Bethlehem, where I was the only guest, panicked until my return.)
Thank you! Mar Saba is where I learned to peel garlic.
November 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Thank you! Mar Saba is where I learned to peel garlic.
How typical for this period is the subject-verb-object construction? I was taught that very good, pure فصحى always favors verb-subject-object, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that were a later prescriptivist rule.
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
How typical for this period is the subject-verb-object construction? I was taught that very good, pure فصحى always favors verb-subject-object, but I wouldn’t be surprised if that were a later prescriptivist rule.
الأمر بالمعروف
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النهي عن المنكر
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النهي عن المنكر
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
الأمر بالمعروف
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النهي عن المنكر
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النهي عن المنكر
Medieval mindset (complimentary)
November 9, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Medieval mindset (complimentary)
I think about the propeller fan a lot.
November 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I think about the propeller fan a lot.