stephen.daedalus
@stephendaedalus.bsky.social
i got values but i don't know how or why
it used to be that 'lynchpin' was a kind of backdoored spelling of 'linchpin.' a corrupted variant that (b/c of its frequent occurrence) got legitimized as a secondary spelling. i feel as if this arrangement is now inverted--as if modern editors seem okay with this?
the example is from @slate.com
the example is from @slate.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
it used to be that 'lynchpin' was a kind of backdoored spelling of 'linchpin.' a corrupted variant that (b/c of its frequent occurrence) got legitimized as a secondary spelling. i feel as if this arrangement is now inverted--as if modern editors seem okay with this?
the example is from @slate.com
the example is from @slate.com
pasting this apropos of nothing whatsoever
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
pasting this apropos of nothing whatsoever
seems vindictive-y
November 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
seems vindictive-y
is richman -- whom the article identifies as a professor at columbia -- an "other fbi official"? does @politico.com still have editors? wouldn't even a junior editor have asked the author to clarify this? wtaf?
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
is richman -- whom the article identifies as a professor at columbia -- an "other fbi official"? does @politico.com still have editors? wouldn't even a junior editor have asked the author to clarify this? wtaf?
i didn't know that i could do this. i look forward to asserting this privilege when i am questioned by the government in my company's upcoming antitrust trial.
November 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
i didn't know that i could do this. i look forward to asserting this privilege when i am questioned by the government in my company's upcoming antitrust trial.
conservative scotus justices to this spokesperson for the department of homeland security: hold my beer.
!["Maybe I wasn't clear yesterday; that wasn't a suggestion," [Judge Sara Ellis] told lawyers for the Trump administration. "I am modifying the temporary restraining order to include body-worn cameras."
"It's not up for debate," she added.
Federal agents at large wear body cameras but federal agents in Chicago have not been.
"This was not a suggestion," Ellis said in court. "It wasn't a hint. It wasn't a topic of discussion or conversation. It was an order. So, I will enter it today and then I will expect that it will be followed."
A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security called the ruling an "extreme act of judicial activism."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ilclcdqmxwarvr2jdngsakdb/bafkreigcopbp36hqjbdcqgtetyasqeashvadgn2shjusktahvophsl4via@jpeg)
October 19, 2025 at 5:52 PM
conservative scotus justices to this spokesperson for the department of homeland security: hold my beer.
who's gonna be his speer?
October 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
who's gonna be his speer?
rocked a tee from this tour back in the day
June 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
rocked a tee from this tour back in the day
oh bondage up yours!
May 5, 2025 at 10:31 AM
oh bondage up yours!
i. just. can't.
May 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
i. just. can't.
i dunno. feels like they'd be on pretty solid ground phrasing this as "his lies about positive economic developments."
but then i'm not a journamalist.
but then i'm not a journamalist.
April 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
i dunno. feels like they'd be on pretty solid ground phrasing this as "his lies about positive economic developments."
but then i'm not a journamalist.
but then i'm not a journamalist.
both of these heds are written as if in disregard of priors
we've known this about maga all along; both lithwick and stern know that this is who john roberts is. (in fairness, neither likely cribbed this hed.)
we've known this about maga all along; both lithwick and stern know that this is who john roberts is. (in fairness, neither likely cribbed this hed.)
April 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
both of these heds are written as if in disregard of priors
we've known this about maga all along; both lithwick and stern know that this is who john roberts is. (in fairness, neither likely cribbed this hed.)
we've known this about maga all along; both lithwick and stern know that this is who john roberts is. (in fairness, neither likely cribbed this hed.)
i feel as if the writer who cribbed this hed lacks a basic understanding of cause and effect
or maybe they're just afraid to write it the way it should be written
a suggestion:
"How performative cruelty as a policy led to a Maryland dad being illegally remanded to an offshore gulag"
or maybe they're just afraid to write it the way it should be written
a suggestion:
"How performative cruelty as a policy led to a Maryland dad being illegally remanded to an offshore gulag"
April 9, 2025 at 6:37 PM
i feel as if the writer who cribbed this hed lacks a basic understanding of cause and effect
or maybe they're just afraid to write it the way it should be written
a suggestion:
"How performative cruelty as a policy led to a Maryland dad being illegally remanded to an offshore gulag"
or maybe they're just afraid to write it the way it should be written
a suggestion:
"How performative cruelty as a policy led to a Maryland dad being illegally remanded to an offshore gulag"
i was naïve enough to have seen this as a textbook example of newspeak
April 7, 2025 at 6:46 PM
i was naïve enough to have seen this as a textbook example of newspeak
when llms grok what 49% of the american electorate steadfastly refuses to see, i again find myself asking: are these things less apt at pantomiming a capacity for reasoning than the average human being?
i.e., does the average _american_ human being do much more than pantomime at reasoning?
i.e., does the average _american_ human being do much more than pantomime at reasoning?
March 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
when llms grok what 49% of the american electorate steadfastly refuses to see, i again find myself asking: are these things less apt at pantomiming a capacity for reasoning than the average human being?
i.e., does the average _american_ human being do much more than pantomime at reasoning?
i.e., does the average _american_ human being do much more than pantomime at reasoning?
more of this pls
March 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
more of this pls
March 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
@colbylsmith.bsky.social this is "misleading"? that's all you got?
March 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
@colbylsmith.bsky.social this is "misleading"? that's all you got?
how much if at all do you dig transitional records like this one
March 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
how much if at all do you dig transitional records like this one
if i want it solved i'd probably pick this fella!
February 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
if i want it solved i'd probably pick this fella!
You’ve been murdered, who do you want on the case?
February 18, 2025 at 5:50 AM
You’ve been murdered, who do you want on the case?
other examples? the original mfsl _low spark of high heeled boys_ and _shoot out at the fantasy factory_ feature alternate versions of both the title track of _low spark_ and "roll right stones", among others. again, not the original two-track masters.
but both remasters sound great.
but both remasters sound great.
January 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
other examples? the original mfsl _low spark of high heeled boys_ and _shoot out at the fantasy factory_ feature alternate versions of both the title track of _low spark_ and "roll right stones", among others. again, not the original two-track masters.
but both remasters sound great.
but both remasters sound great.