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sesquiotic.bsky.social

Louche left-wing nerd. Words, food, music, beverage alcohol. MA linguistics, PhD theatre. jamesharbeck.com, sesquiotic.com

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This statement from Jonathan Joss's husband is heart breaking. No, headline writers, he wasn't "killed in an argument with a neighbor." He was deliberately murdered for being gay right after his dog was decapitated. Bet the murderer calls himself a "Christian." THIS is why Pride is important.

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My speedy index solution: B bullshit……1–99 M more bullshit……100–199 Y yet more bullshit………200…256 ivacheung.com/2025/06/cama...

submitted 4 hours ago • 1 comment

I wrote about the 23-year-old crypto bro with effectively no relevant work experience, who @alondra.bsky.social revealed is sitting in meetings, not paying attention, and then giving the thumbs up/thumbs down on whether they can get their NSF grants...

submitted 10 hours ago • 32 comments

The Bay didn't die. It was murdered by private equity. jacobin.com/2025/06/huds...

submitted 10 hours ago • 27 comments

Campus office

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Have you been gaslighted into thinking you were gaslit?

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People so often overlook the importance of good penmanship.

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Disabled community members aren’t the reason you can’t afford your rent or buy groceries. The problem with society isn’t that some people are unable to labour, it’s that a few people hoard the wealth generated by those who can labour.

submitted 17 hours ago • 4 comments

New entry into the genre of articles where someone has stumbled into noticing a core feature of a genre but hasn't figured out that it's a core feature and doesn't like it.

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Sincere use of the term "idea landlord" is an instant block. Anyone who uses it is a selfish dumb kid and needs to grow up, but it's not my job to magic them into a mature responsibility of thought.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

people who find words this hard should not be messing with AI and risking further decline

submitted 1 day ago • 6 comments

So if Unbound was selling books that had been crowdfunded, WHAT were they spending all of their money on? "[Unbound] is also reported to have spent more than £1 million developing a machine learning tool... It was never successfully deployed." HUNH.😑

submitted 1 day ago • 17 comments

Lots of writing advice will tell you to avoid adverbs at all cost. Freaking weaksauce. TRUE writers will also avoid verbs. Wait... ummmmm.... Verbs BAD. Nouns only. (Maybe adjectives?) Verb-free writing strong. Muscular prose without unnecessary verbs. No verbs, just vibes. OK?

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The statute of limitations for rape is 7 years in Georgia (with some exceptions). For burglary? It’s 4 years. After that time you can’t be prosecuted. Yet two disabled people have had their residency status revoked for small crimes that occurred 20 & 30 years ago respectively 🧵

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I’ll launch today’s word tasting with the following exchange: “I thought they greenlighted the project?” “Nah, the dude gaslit me.” Wait, no… 1/21

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This from the PC Leader who just named an 82 Conservative MP Shadow Cabinet. Excessive spending much? This from the guy who still lives in Stornoway, paid for by the taxpayers even though he is no longer Leader of the Opposition, let alone an elected MP. #cdnpoli 👇👇👇

This statement from Jonathan Joss's husband is heart breaking. No, headline writers, he wasn't "killed in an argument with a neighbor." He was deliberately murdered for being gay right after his dog was decapitated. Bet the murderer calls himself a "Christian." THIS is why Pride is important.

My speedy index solution: B bullshit……1–99 M more bullshit……100–199 Y yet more bullshit………200…256 ivacheung.com/2025/06/cama...

I wrote about the 23-year-old crypto bro with effectively no relevant work experience, who @alondra.bsky.social revealed is sitting in meetings, not paying attention, and then giving the thumbs up/thumbs down on whether they can get their NSF grants...

The Bay didn't die. It was murdered by private equity. jacobin.com/2025/06/huds...

Campus office

Have you been gaslighted into thinking you were gaslit?

People so often overlook the importance of good penmanship.

Disabled community members aren’t the reason you can’t afford your rent or buy groceries. The problem with society isn’t that some people are unable to labour, it’s that a few people hoard the wealth generated by those who can labour.

New entry into the genre of articles where someone has stumbled into noticing a core feature of a genre but hasn't figured out that it's a core feature and doesn't like it.

Sincere use of the term "idea landlord" is an instant block. Anyone who uses it is a selfish dumb kid and needs to grow up, but it's not my job to magic them into a mature responsibility of thought.

people who find words this hard should not be messing with AI and risking further decline

So if Unbound was selling books that had been crowdfunded, WHAT were they spending all of their money on? "[Unbound] is also reported to have spent more than £1 million developing a machine learning tool... It was never successfully deployed." HUNH.😑

Lots of writing advice will tell you to avoid adverbs at all cost. Freaking weaksauce. TRUE writers will also avoid verbs. Wait... ummmmm.... Verbs BAD. Nouns only. (Maybe adjectives?) Verb-free writing strong. Muscular prose without unnecessary verbs. No verbs, just vibes. OK?

The statute of limitations for rape is 7 years in Georgia (with some exceptions). For burglary? It’s 4 years. After that time you can’t be prosecuted. Yet two disabled people have had their residency status revoked for small crimes that occurred 20 & 30 years ago respectively 🧵

I’ll launch today’s word tasting with the following exchange: “I thought they greenlighted the project?” “Nah, the dude gaslit me.” Wait, no… 1/21

This from the PC Leader who just named an 82 Conservative MP Shadow Cabinet. Excessive spending much? This from the guy who still lives in Stornoway, paid for by the taxpayers even though he is no longer Leader of the Opposition, let alone an elected MP. #cdnpoli 👇👇👇

Now here is a metaphor for our times

Again, murder is legal in America if you do it with a car