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Sublitotic

@sublitotic.bsky.social

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Interested in languages and literature (defined as fiction with spaceships* in it). * definition of ‘spaceships’ includes but is not limited to clearly manufactured craft, Turtles of Unusual Size, repurposed asteroids….

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Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 1h

The aquarium is quite nice, and the UBC campus has a small but good museum (I’ve only been there as a tourist, though).

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 1d

Wondering if anyone has made a newsfeed plug-in that weeds out all headlines with high-clickbait-likely terms, like (weirdly) “This”, as well as “Slams”, “Melts Down” etc. The repertoire isn’t particularly varied.

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 1d

My (Southern) parents remembered having to take quinine in the spring. I just had to come in when the pesticide-fogging trucks went past.

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Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 3d

Past 50, this rule may also apply to coffee.

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 3d

Canoe pets?

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 6d

You have to read much more slowly during peak hours, of course.

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 6d

Say you occasionally walk into solid objects while visualizing. Metaphorically, what you’re visualizing may be hijacking your one “screen,” combining with your one screen but drawing focal attention, or switching to an alternate screen. I take it 1st is projection; is the 2nd also?

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 6d

Even more amazing: the Oscars submitting to The Onion.

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 6d

Got an “Unsuccessful activation—claim number has reached its limit” notice — system may have a quota.

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 10d

It might just be the informational equivalent of a squid clouding the water with ink.

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 10d

What? No eggplants?! (Auberge / aubergine is the kind of false cognate pair that can give rise to some interesting alternative history)

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 15d

The video seems to have disappeared from Reddit.

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 19d

What is more basic than, uh, talking about motifs, symbolism, and defamiliarization?

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 24d

I figure even Ferengi know better than to go wild with tariffs. Romulans, though, would execute their economists for disloyalty on general principles.

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 24d

It’s the usual right wing case of Romulan envy.

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Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 25d

I’m assuming the past participle would be “blueskought”

Sublitotic @sublitotic.bsky.social · 27d

Now I want to see it in German if only for the magnificent mountain of verbs at the end.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Sep 8

Remember, if you encounter what seems like an implausible survey finding, ask:
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?

Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪