Michael Younger
@makizdat.bsky.social
Generally puzzled. Specifically, too.
Interesting - gradual movement from Old English to Modern English in one monologue
www.youtube.com/watch?v=842O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=842O...
From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue
YouTube video by Simon Roper
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Interesting - gradual movement from Old English to Modern English in one monologue
www.youtube.com/watch?v=842O...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=842O...
[ Centuries from now, in an archaeology class ]
"And notice how the inhabitants of this 21st century city emphasized the forehead in their sculptures..."
"And notice how the inhabitants of this 21st century city emphasized the forehead in their sculptures..."
December 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
[ Centuries from now, in an archaeology class ]
"And notice how the inhabitants of this 21st century city emphasized the forehead in their sculptures..."
"And notice how the inhabitants of this 21st century city emphasized the forehead in their sculptures..."
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Prefer non-humans?Saint Mochua of Timahoe (d 657 at 90),an Irish warrior became a monk at 30 & chose as companions a fly (who led him thru lines of his psalter),a mouse (who nibbled his ear if he fell asleep during vigils) & a rooster (who woke him for morning prayer).Founded Teach Mochua monastery.
December 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Prefer non-humans?Saint Mochua of Timahoe (d 657 at 90),an Irish warrior became a monk at 30 & chose as companions a fly (who led him thru lines of his psalter),a mouse (who nibbled his ear if he fell asleep during vigils) & a rooster (who woke him for morning prayer).Founded Teach Mochua monastery.
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Top ten names that would make a decent baby name if it wasn’t already the name of a medical condition or medication…
10. Amnesia
9. Rubella
8. Codeine
7. Malaria
6. Paxil
5. Alopecia
4. Bonjela
3. Aphasia
2. Typhus
1. Chlamydia
10. Amnesia
9. Rubella
8. Codeine
7. Malaria
6. Paxil
5. Alopecia
4. Bonjela
3. Aphasia
2. Typhus
1. Chlamydia
December 23, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Top ten names that would make a decent baby name if it wasn’t already the name of a medical condition or medication…
10. Amnesia
9. Rubella
8. Codeine
7. Malaria
6. Paxil
5. Alopecia
4. Bonjela
3. Aphasia
2. Typhus
1. Chlamydia
10. Amnesia
9. Rubella
8. Codeine
7. Malaria
6. Paxil
5. Alopecia
4. Bonjela
3. Aphasia
2. Typhus
1. Chlamydia
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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No.
Threatening an act of aggression against a NATO ally needs to be a bigger problem for more people.
Threatening an act of aggression against a NATO ally needs to be a bigger problem for more people.
December 23, 2025 at 2:35 AM
No.
Threatening an act of aggression against a NATO ally needs to be a bigger problem for more people.
Threatening an act of aggression against a NATO ally needs to be a bigger problem for more people.
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I have been trying to explain what a journalist is, what they do, and why, and why they are different from talking heads, pundits, influencers, commentators, activists and politicians.
This is a journalist.
This is a journalist.
1. BREAKING
Sharyn Alfonsi, a correspondent for 60 Minutes, sent an internal email to colleagues stating that CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss “spiked our story” about the Trump administration and the transfer of deportees to a prison in El Salvador.
Sharyn Alfonsi, a correspondent for 60 Minutes, sent an internal email to colleagues stating that CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss “spiked our story” about the Trump administration and the transfer of deportees to a prison in El Salvador.
December 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I have been trying to explain what a journalist is, what they do, and why, and why they are different from talking heads, pundits, influencers, commentators, activists and politicians.
This is a journalist.
This is a journalist.
CBS 60 Minutes pulls piece on infamous CECOT prison a few hours before air tonight:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
‘60 Minutes’ Pulled a Segment. A Correspondent Calls It ‘Political.’
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:20 AM
CBS 60 Minutes pulls piece on infamous CECOT prison a few hours before air tonight:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
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Need to write one of those hustle day-in-the-life stories from the perspective of my baby. “I start the day at 4am — sleep is for the weak. I don’t do traditional meals. Instead I refuel with a personalised drink developed to fulfil all my needs. And I spend 1-2 hours a day just screaming, yeah.”
December 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Need to write one of those hustle day-in-the-life stories from the perspective of my baby. “I start the day at 4am — sleep is for the weak. I don’t do traditional meals. Instead I refuel with a personalised drink developed to fulfil all my needs. And I spend 1-2 hours a day just screaming, yeah.”
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Even in the melancholy of remembrances, life is lovely.
THREAD.
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
My parents' cat Bridget vanished. As the weeks dragged on they became ever more worried, so to distract himself my dad began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up at some of art & music's most important moments.
I've collected his work here...
December 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Even in the melancholy of remembrances, life is lovely.
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Beautiful story with lots of new reporting on Michele Reiner, a woman in her own right in addition to half of a Hollywood power couple www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/e...
Remembering Michele Reiner: Photographer, activist and ‘irate citizen’ | CNN
Before her tragic death, Michele Reiner built a life based on service, love and devotion to a better world.
www.cnn.com
December 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Beautiful story with lots of new reporting on Michele Reiner, a woman in her own right in addition to half of a Hollywood power couple www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/e...
Trying to keep up with the news these days…
December 19, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Trying to keep up with the news these days…
Fascinating!
Made a site comparing the sizes of living things :)
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
The great Julius Csotonyi spent 5 months painting over 60 illustrations for the site, no ai used
> neal.fun/size-of-life/
December 18, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Fascinating!
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on the bright side three years from now will be boom times for businesses that specialize in removing garish brass letters from buildings
December 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
on the bright side three years from now will be boom times for businesses that specialize in removing garish brass letters from buildings
Wonderful thread:
Clay letters from ancient Mesopotamia are alive with idiom, sayings, and everyday language that I love.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
Here are just a few random ones so you can enjoy them too.
December 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Wonderful thread:
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Hell world aside, she offers solid advice at the end that extends to online info consumption more generally, like:
• slow down
• don’t passively consume content
• take a closer look at the source
• look for context
• look for credible reporting
• slow down
• don’t passively consume content
• take a closer look at the source
• look for context
• look for credible reporting
December 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Hell world aside, she offers solid advice at the end that extends to online info consumption more generally, like:
• slow down
• don’t passively consume content
• take a closer look at the source
• look for context
• look for credible reporting
• slow down
• don’t passively consume content
• take a closer look at the source
• look for context
• look for credible reporting
Trump is acting like he (we) might go to war at any minute, an Iraq-style adventure. Thing is, we've had no national debate about it AT ALL, not even the lame, sham, debate that we had about Iraq.
Maybe he's hoping he can just rattle their cage, Maduro will fall out, we'll install --
Maybe he's hoping he can just rattle their cage, Maduro will fall out, we'll install --
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Trump is acting like he (we) might go to war at any minute, an Iraq-style adventure. Thing is, we've had no national debate about it AT ALL, not even the lame, sham, debate that we had about Iraq.
Maybe he's hoping he can just rattle their cage, Maduro will fall out, we'll install --
Maybe he's hoping he can just rattle their cage, Maduro will fall out, we'll install --
Vanity Fair published a pretty interesting piece today based on a series of interviews with Trump's Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles. Unusually candid! That piece is behind a paywall, but here's a (gift) article from the New York Times describing it:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
Takeaways From Susie Wiles’s Candid Interviews Describing Trump World
www.nytimes.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Vanity Fair published a pretty interesting piece today based on a series of interviews with Trump's Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles. Unusually candid! That piece is behind a paywall, but here's a (gift) article from the New York Times describing it:
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/u...
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A beautiful Rob Reiner memory thread:
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 5:16 AM
A beautiful Rob Reiner memory thread:
Somebody on The Other App remembered this, and it is worth re-watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRt...
All in the Family - Sock and a Sock, Shoe and a Shoe
YouTube video by Scarlett OHara
www.youtube.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Somebody on The Other App remembered this, and it is worth re-watching:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRt...
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
Man alive, Rob Reiner.
December 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Man alive, Rob Reiner.