Linda J. Lee
@lindajeanlee.bsky.social
Folklorist, educator, instructional designer. Over-educated cat lady who nevertheless persists. She/her. #AskAFolklorist
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December 18th in Philadelphia! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... .
Hey Philly folks! Want to learn more about Krampus and Icelandic Christmas trolls and other supernatural beasties of the winter season? Come to my talk on December 18th!
#Christmas #Krampus #LaBefana #YuleCat #AskAFolklorist
#Christmas #Krampus #LaBefana #YuleCat #AskAFolklorist
Hey Philly folks! Want to learn more about Krampus and Icelandic Christmas trolls and other supernatural beasties of the winter season? Come to my talk on December 18th!
#Christmas #Krampus #LaBefana #YuleCat #AskAFolklorist
#Christmas #Krampus #LaBefana #YuleCat #AskAFolklorist
December 18th in Philadelphia! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... .
November 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Hey Philly folks! Want to learn more about Krampus and Icelandic Christmas trolls and other supernatural beasties of the winter season? Come to my talk on December 18th!
#Christmas #Krampus #LaBefana #YuleCat #AskAFolklorist
#Christmas #Krampus #LaBefana #YuleCat #AskAFolklorist
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Read my🧵about our new #AIstories publication, by @annesigrid.bsky.social - read on for floating motifs, cannibalism and more! And honestly just to understand more about what actually characterises LLM-generated storytelling.
November 27, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Read my🧵about our new #AIstories publication, by @annesigrid.bsky.social - read on for floating motifs, cannibalism and more! And honestly just to understand more about what actually characterises LLM-generated storytelling.
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New #AIstories publication by @annesigrid.bsky.social! I love this one: it compares human-told variants of a folktale with LLM-generated variants, finding 1) the implicit is made explicit 2) floatif motifs (fascinating new concept) 3) sex is censored, cannibalism augmented doi.org/10.3390/h141...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:18 PM
New #AIstories publication by @annesigrid.bsky.social! I love this one: it compares human-told variants of a folktale with LLM-generated variants, finding 1) the implicit is made explicit 2) floatif motifs (fascinating new concept) 3) sex is censored, cannibalism augmented doi.org/10.3390/h141...
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Tied elections in Pennsylvania: a delightful survey from @votebeat.org. cc: @the-downballot.com
(These were mostly one-vote ties in write-in races in 2025; I've had local races with ties at 517, 1043, and 3035 votes.)
(These were mostly one-vote ties in write-in races in 2025; I've had local races with ties at 517, 1043, and 3035 votes.)
How Pennsylvania resolves tied elections, and why they keep happening
Write-in votes frequently lead to ties in municipal election cycles.
www.votebeat.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Tied elections in Pennsylvania: a delightful survey from @votebeat.org. cc: @the-downballot.com
(These were mostly one-vote ties in write-in races in 2025; I've had local races with ties at 517, 1043, and 3035 votes.)
(These were mostly one-vote ties in write-in races in 2025; I've had local races with ties at 517, 1043, and 3035 votes.)
Tonight is the Night We Drink Port! And also make Port Cinnamon Cranberry Sauce.
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Tonight is the Night We Drink Port! And also make Port Cinnamon Cranberry Sauce.
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DAD: Babe, I think the kid has Ovid
MOM: What? Covid?
CHILD:
Rose darke and full of foggye mist. And now they were within
A kenning of the upper earth, when Orphye did begin
DAD:
To dowt him lest shee followed not, and through an eager love
Desyrous for to see her, he his eyes did backward move.
MOM: What? Covid?
CHILD:
Rose darke and full of foggye mist. And now they were within
A kenning of the upper earth, when Orphye did begin
DAD:
To dowt him lest shee followed not, and through an eager love
Desyrous for to see her, he his eyes did backward move.
November 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
DAD: Babe, I think the kid has Ovid
MOM: What? Covid?
CHILD:
Rose darke and full of foggye mist. And now they were within
A kenning of the upper earth, when Orphye did begin
DAD:
To dowt him lest shee followed not, and through an eager love
Desyrous for to see her, he his eyes did backward move.
MOM: What? Covid?
CHILD:
Rose darke and full of foggye mist. And now they were within
A kenning of the upper earth, when Orphye did begin
DAD:
To dowt him lest shee followed not, and through an eager love
Desyrous for to see her, he his eyes did backward move.
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And they might've have mentored younger progressive leaders.
Also worth noting is that there's - so I've been told - a cohort of lesbians/bi women who got their starts in activism, social work, etc. when they stepped up for gay/bi men in the worst of the AIDS years. When many other people didn't.
Also worth noting is that there's - so I've been told - a cohort of lesbians/bi women who got their starts in activism, social work, etc. when they stepped up for gay/bi men in the worst of the AIDS years. When many other people didn't.
November 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
And they might've have mentored younger progressive leaders.
Also worth noting is that there's - so I've been told - a cohort of lesbians/bi women who got their starts in activism, social work, etc. when they stepped up for gay/bi men in the worst of the AIDS years. When many other people didn't.
Also worth noting is that there's - so I've been told - a cohort of lesbians/bi women who got their starts in activism, social work, etc. when they stepped up for gay/bi men in the worst of the AIDS years. When many other people didn't.
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A few weeks ago I was talking politics with a local, highly straight, bartender.
All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.”
And I’ve thought about that every day since.
All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.”
And I’ve thought about that every day since.
November 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A few weeks ago I was talking politics with a local, highly straight, bartender.
All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.”
And I’ve thought about that every day since.
All the sudden he said: “Well, I think a big part of the problem is that so many of the people who would’ve been our progressive leaders died of AIDS & can’t help us now.”
And I’ve thought about that every day since.
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100% said this and feel free to quote me on it. Also @jackiekashian.bsky.social is a fantastic comedian and you should see her when she comes to your town.
@scalzi.com you say this? bc it’s the best - and your the best but people should know it’s you for realz.
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
100% said this and feel free to quote me on it. Also @jackiekashian.bsky.social is a fantastic comedian and you should see her when she comes to your town.
Because cruelty is the point, after all. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Because cruelty is the point, after all. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Thank you for the spotlight @goodgoodgoodco.bsky.social 🙏 Who wants to run with us??? www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/can...
These 'can't-idates' are running for office knowing they'll lose. Their mission is to fight gerrymandering
The Can’t Win Victory Fund is recruiting people who want to run for office with no intention of actually winning.
www.goodgoodgood.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Thank you for the spotlight @goodgoodgoodco.bsky.social 🙏 Who wants to run with us??? www.goodgoodgood.co/articles/can...
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Whoops I meant to link to the tiktok but my dog distracted me. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpPNmNu/
Gerrymandered and fired up? Fight back—run for office, even when the map is rigged. Down-ballot races boost turnout, build power, and spotlight how politicians pick their voters instead of the other w...
TikTok video by The Cant Win Victory Fund
www.tiktok.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Whoops I meant to link to the tiktok but my dog distracted me. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMpPNmNu/
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I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
November 6, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I've seen this go by a few times on TikTok now and I have to say, I love this idea. We need a way to convince people to keep running even if they don't win, maybe building the loss into it as a troll move is the secret.
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Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
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The trope in an IP revival where the beloved couple are now estranged but get back together in the end is so overdone.
And I DEMAND they do it again anyway here.
I will fall for it like a cartoon coyote.
And I DEMAND they do it again anyway here.
I will fall for it like a cartoon coyote.
November 4, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The trope in an IP revival where the beloved couple are now estranged but get back together in the end is so overdone.
And I DEMAND they do it again anyway here.
I will fall for it like a cartoon coyote.
And I DEMAND they do it again anyway here.
I will fall for it like a cartoon coyote.
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And just like that a whole new generation of bisexuals were born
November 4, 2025 at 10:07 PM
And just like that a whole new generation of bisexuals were born
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Speaker Johnson: Federal employees aren’t being paid. Nutrition cuts may cause children to go hungry. Millions are seeing their health premiums soar.
End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.
End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.
November 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Speaker Johnson: Federal employees aren’t being paid. Nutrition cuts may cause children to go hungry. Millions are seeing their health premiums soar.
End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.
End the 6 week paid vacation you’ve taken. Join your Democratic colleagues and negotiate an end to this shutdown.
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happy "the car clock is finally correct" day to all who celebrate
November 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
happy "the car clock is finally correct" day to all who celebrate
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The fact of the matter is that helping people costs money and that is just not popular with corporations that, for all practical purposes, own a vast number of congresspersons.
Get money out of politics and we can move onward and upward
#EndCitizensUnited
The fact of the matter is that helping people costs money and that is just not popular with corporations that, for all practical purposes, own a vast number of congresspersons.
Get money out of politics and we can move onward and upward
#EndCitizensUnited
How the US sets its poverty rate is shocking
It's so horrible, it should actually piss you off
open.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
open.substack.com/pub/kellysca...
The fact of the matter is that helping people costs money and that is just not popular with corporations that, for all practical purposes, own a vast number of congresspersons.
Get money out of politics and we can move onward and upward
#EndCitizensUnited
The fact of the matter is that helping people costs money and that is just not popular with corporations that, for all practical purposes, own a vast number of congresspersons.
Get money out of politics and we can move onward and upward
#EndCitizensUnited
Rabbit rabbit 🐇🐇
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Rabbit rabbit 🐇🐇
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Amazing talk tonight by Folklorist Linda Jean Lee @ the very cool nonprofit art venue Black Squirrel Gallery in Philly.
Hey Philly folks! What are you doing Sunday? Come learn about some of my favorite witches from fairy tales and legends! #witches #Halloween #FolkloreThursday #AskAFolklorist
October 26th in Philadelphia! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... .
October 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Amazing talk tonight by Folklorist Linda Jean Lee @ the very cool nonprofit art venue Black Squirrel Gallery in Philly.
Hey Philly folks! What are you doing Sunday? Come learn about some of my favorite witches from fairy tales and legends! #witches #Halloween #FolkloreThursday #AskAFolklorist
October 26th in Philadelphia! Details and tickets at www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof... .
October 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hey Philly folks! What are you doing Sunday? Come learn about some of my favorite witches from fairy tales and legends! #witches #Halloween #FolkloreThursday #AskAFolklorist
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HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
HAPPY INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY SORRY FOR OUR DELAY WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS WAS A REAL DAY.