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Lev Mirov

@thelionmachine.bsky.social

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poet, novelist, graduate student, time traveler. in my sock knitting era. Jewish genderfluid bone wizard writing queer trans speclit in hell. Medievalist inexplicably writing a dissertation about Anna Akhmatova's queerness. no English pronouns, thanks.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 6h

Sometimes in war, the most off the wall solutions are what works.

Check out this episode from the #FridayNightHistory archives to learn more! #JapaneseHistory #podcasts

(Friday Night History) #44 (S2E11): Dancing Through the Siege | Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 6h

This was a big part of why I was disowned by my mother, yeah.

Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 7h

Chartres.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 8h

My mother made the decision for my father that they would be disowning me if I didn't detransition, I think this is MUCH more common than a lot of people would expect. 50% rejection sounds low to me, I think it's probably closer to 60-70% in the US (much higher globally, probably closer to 90%)

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 8h

My personal experience from being in the trans community since 2012 is that people *expect* fathers to be less engaged or more violent in ways that completely eclipse how mothers (and wives) are extremely violent towards their trans family in ways that are *too taboo* to show in public media.

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 23h

It's too bad there's no magic keyword block that will make people stop sharing hot takes about politics on my timeline, it's CLEARLY engagement bait, y'all.

Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 23h

I sure do hate it when an account I associate solely with engagement bait hot takes posts about politics. I'm not falling for it, dude.

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Jack 🦠 @jack-d-barber.bsky.social · 1d

🥹 #PhDSky #AcademicSky

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 1d

My unpopular opinion is that medical waste should be leading over industry by a country mile, because if it was, the size of the problem would be fixable

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Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing.bsky.social · 1d

[catherine of siena voice] all of it

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 1d

We are cackling in this public café, well done

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

Friendly reminder
Cautious reminder
Annoyed reminder
Furious reminder
WAR DECLARED

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 1d

It would be possible to operate language models ethically and sustainably under a non-extractive, post-capitalist system. But it would not be possible to create a printer that does not hate you.

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 1d

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Dr. Nyri A. Bakkalian @riversidewings.bsky.social · 1d

The book reviews return! In which I review Mark Hudson's short, eminently readable Europe and The End of Medieval Japan: buff.ly/QqnATM1 #JapaneseHistory #bookreviews

Europe and the End of Medieval Japan, by Mark Hudson

keywords: Japan, samurai, europe, sengoku, japan, edo, tokugawa, katana, bushido, basara, travel, asia

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 1d

That's just the correct way to consume salt and vinegar chips though.

Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 2d

Imagine if I had taken a normal camera eats first waffle photo this weekend and posted it before loading bluesky 😭

Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 2d

I don't have the jaw strength to do it to a rock solid waffle but I respect it

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 2d

That said, the correct way to eat a frozen waffle is plain, in hand, immediately out of the toaster, that's probably my only genuine food perversion

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 2d

You can't trick me, all my weird food crimes are waffle related

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 2d

Who's dissing on jam as sweetener in tea? It's just delicious.

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 2d

This is the worst crime in English, to me. Surely it should be said "gayle"

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 2d

www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/g...

Definition of GAOL

… See the full definition

www.merriam-webster.com

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 2d

The same reason "gaol" is pronounced jail

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna watch the replay as a reward for finally finishing this paper.

Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 2d

LIVE NOW!

Join @biidaasamose.bsky.social for a conversation with Uahikea Maile about water as a catalyst for radical transformation, hosted w/ @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social

Stream here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxWl...
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Haymarket Presents: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on Theory of Water

Join us for the next event in the Haymarket Presents speakers series, as Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is joined by Uahikea Maile for a conversation on decolonial strategies that look to water as a…