Emily L
@laskin.bsky.social
At the moment I'm a professional translator, somehow. Also I'm a former former academic and current high-level sage. All of my opinions belong to you. https://www.emilylaskin.com/
Just a regular afternoon sharing workspace with @isaacs.bsky.social with breaks to discuss whether dragons burn up on reentering Earth's atmosphere if you drop them from space (inconclusive) and whether there is anything inside the body (there is not, apart from the soul if you've got one).
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Just a regular afternoon sharing workspace with @isaacs.bsky.social with breaks to discuss whether dragons burn up on reentering Earth's atmosphere if you drop them from space (inconclusive) and whether there is anything inside the body (there is not, apart from the soul if you've got one).
Big news everyone, I'm switching to logical quotation style, "like this". I know you've all been wondering.
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Big news everyone, I'm switching to logical quotation style, "like this". I know you've all been wondering.
Is the unmarked form "blockchain" or "the blockchain"? Please explain your answer.
December 1, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Is the unmarked form "blockchain" or "the blockchain"? Please explain your answer.
I’m intrigued to discover that, based on presence of bath toys and still full squeeze bottles and my memory of bathing the toddler, that no one has used my shower since Friday morning.
December 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I’m intrigued to discover that, based on presence of bath toys and still full squeeze bottles and my memory of bathing the toddler, that no one has used my shower since Friday morning.
I've attained this body type* for free** by having a child
*just the purple part, I don't have pointy 1950s boobs on my thighs. yet.
**idek how many ways this is wrong, but I can confidently say I didn't buy an $1800 sweater
*just the purple part, I don't have pointy 1950s boobs on my thighs. yet.
**idek how many ways this is wrong, but I can confidently say I didn't buy an $1800 sweater
December 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I've attained this body type* for free** by having a child
*just the purple part, I don't have pointy 1950s boobs on my thighs. yet.
**idek how many ways this is wrong, but I can confidently say I didn't buy an $1800 sweater
*just the purple part, I don't have pointy 1950s boobs on my thighs. yet.
**idek how many ways this is wrong, but I can confidently say I didn't buy an $1800 sweater
This is very depressing www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This is very depressing www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
I just translated разливайка as "pour store" and I'm pretty proud of that phrasing
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
I just translated разливайка as "pour store" and I'm pretty proud of that phrasing
It is so fucking weird that the same wackjob billionaires who say falling birthrates are the greatest threat to civilization are also the craziest AI boosters.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
It is so fucking weird that the same wackjob billionaires who say falling birthrates are the greatest threat to civilization are also the craziest AI boosters.
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🎶oh can't you seeeeeee
that I don't have feet
how my poor heart aches,
when I excavate🎶
#iykyk #somuchtolearnabout #itllmakeyouwannashout #illbewatchingyoublippi
that I don't have feet
how my poor heart aches,
when I excavate🎶
#iykyk #somuchtolearnabout #itllmakeyouwannashout #illbewatchingyoublippi
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🎶oh can't you seeeeeee
that I don't have feet
how my poor heart aches,
when I excavate🎶
#iykyk #somuchtolearnabout #itllmakeyouwannashout #illbewatchingyoublippi
that I don't have feet
how my poor heart aches,
when I excavate🎶
#iykyk #somuchtolearnabout #itllmakeyouwannashout #illbewatchingyoublippi
As far as I can tell, "folx" is mimicking the use of x to de-gender nouns in languages with grammatical gender, eg. latinx rather than latina/o, but like...."cks" isn't a gendered suffix, it's just the final phoneme of "folk" and a standard English s-plural. "Folks" is already non-gendered. 🤷♀️
I do not understand the point of “folx“ AT ALL
November 26, 2025 at 11:06 PM
As far as I can tell, "folx" is mimicking the use of x to de-gender nouns in languages with grammatical gender, eg. latinx rather than latina/o, but like...."cks" isn't a gendered suffix, it's just the final phoneme of "folk" and a standard English s-plural. "Folks" is already non-gendered. 🤷♀️
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An actual item in my to-do list: "Denormalize preschool data to school name" I'm doing great
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
An actual item in my to-do list: "Denormalize preschool data to school name" I'm doing great
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is this platform still against attention schemes involving shrimp tails in sugary breakfast cereals or has it moved more toward acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
is this platform still against attention schemes involving shrimp tails in sugary breakfast cereals or has it moved more toward acceptance?
Nobody:
Absolutely no one:
Me: We should have a keyboard layout with voiced/unvoiced consonant pairs stacked vertically in the top two rows of letters, and the bottom one is for liquids and vowels and w and shit
Absolutely no one:
Me: We should have a keyboard layout with voiced/unvoiced consonant pairs stacked vertically in the top two rows of letters, and the bottom one is for liquids and vowels and w and shit
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Nobody:
Absolutely no one:
Me: We should have a keyboard layout with voiced/unvoiced consonant pairs stacked vertically in the top two rows of letters, and the bottom one is for liquids and vowels and w and shit
Absolutely no one:
Me: We should have a keyboard layout with voiced/unvoiced consonant pairs stacked vertically in the top two rows of letters, and the bottom one is for liquids and vowels and w and shit
I had a dream that I was waiting to go into the gas chambers in the literal holocaust. Could you be less f'ing heavy-handed, sub-conscious? I have a PhD in reading, I can handle some ambiguity, allusion, etc.
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I had a dream that I was waiting to go into the gas chambers in the literal holocaust. Could you be less f'ing heavy-handed, sub-conscious? I have a PhD in reading, I can handle some ambiguity, allusion, etc.
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the "virgin megastore" was a great third place. you could take dates there and shoplift together as a romantic activity. richard branson has so much money and nobody who works there gave a shit, you could just walk out with stuff
November 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
the "virgin megastore" was a great third place. you could take dates there and shoplift together as a romantic activity. richard branson has so much money and nobody who works there gave a shit, you could just walk out with stuff
Look at the inside of this potato 💜
November 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Look at the inside of this potato 💜
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Nuzzi vs. Lizza vs. the group chat
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Nuzzi vs. Lizza vs. the group chat
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-ecstas...
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Homeland Security isn't the only department doing full mask-off white nationalist twitter posting anymore
November 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Homeland Security isn't the only department doing full mask-off white nationalist twitter posting anymore
Maybe I should start a social networking site for changelings, faebook.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Maybe I should start a social networking site for changelings, faebook.com
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Part 4 (final) in a series on the occult grammar of communication: Conflict Between Neurotypes
blog.izs.me/2025/11/ogc-...
blog.izs.me/2025/11/ogc-...
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Part 4 (final) in a series on the occult grammar of communication: Conflict Between Neurotypes
blog.izs.me/2025/11/ogc-...
blog.izs.me/2025/11/ogc-...
brb, gotta listening to the AI slop podcast based on [checks notes] *reviews I wrote*, seems like a great use of everyone's time (this is academia.edu btw)
November 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
brb, gotta listening to the AI slop podcast based on [checks notes] *reviews I wrote*, seems like a great use of everyone's time (this is academia.edu btw)
I think Loop earplugs are a scam
November 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I think Loop earplugs are a scam
Who could’ve seen this coming??
November 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Who could’ve seen this coming??
Ladies and gentlemen, the terminaliest online joke
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Ladies and gentlemen, the terminaliest online joke