John Fünk
@probablyjohnfunk.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, adventurer. I'm here to talk about language learning, mostly. Native 🇬🇧 speaker from 🇺🇸, learning 🇮🇹, refreshing some very rusty 🇩🇪. (I also speak very rusty العربية, but refreshing it will come later.)
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Follows ≠ endorsements
The greatest movie never made.
June 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The greatest movie never made.
Congratulations! You've won an all-expenses one-way trip to the wooded park by the university!
It might be harder to survive there than in my kitchen, but that's a you problem, not a me problem.
It might be harder to survive there than in my kitchen, but that's a you problem, not a me problem.
June 1, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Congratulations! You've won an all-expenses one-way trip to the wooded park by the university!
It might be harder to survive there than in my kitchen, but that's a you problem, not a me problem.
It might be harder to survive there than in my kitchen, but that's a you problem, not a me problem.
"States' rights" has always been code for "Rules for thee, but not for me."
May 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM
"States' rights" has always been code for "Rules for thee, but not for me."
Well, that's done. The new addition to my left ring finger is going to take a little getting used to. #justmarried
May 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Well, that's done. The new addition to my left ring finger is going to take a little getting used to. #justmarried
(For the record, I don't actually KNOW the Italian noblewoman. I'm not sure exactly what the connection is, but I think she's a friend of one of my fiance's friends.)
May 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
(For the record, I don't actually KNOW the Italian noblewoman. I'm not sure exactly what the connection is, but I think she's a friend of one of my fiance's friends.)
Last night at the banquet, I found myself sitting across the table from my retired factory worker father, wondering if he had any idea he was chatting with an Italian noblewoman.
May 24, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Last night at the banquet, I found myself sitting across the table from my retired factory worker father, wondering if he had any idea he was chatting with an Italian noblewoman.
I generally courtesy like any replies to my own posts, unless it's a troll. Then they get a courtesy block.
But, yeah, liking everything I interact with seems weird.
But, yeah, liking everything I interact with seems weird.
May 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
I generally courtesy like any replies to my own posts, unless it's a troll. Then they get a courtesy block.
But, yeah, liking everything I interact with seems weird.
But, yeah, liking everything I interact with seems weird.
Wedding banquet last night. Today's the big day. I honestly thought lifelong bachelorhood was the right life for me, but here it is, about to come to an end.
May 24, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Wedding banquet last night. Today's the big day. I honestly thought lifelong bachelorhood was the right life for me, but here it is, about to come to an end.
Well, the religious ceremony is still a few days away. But as of today, after this meeting with the mayor of #Acquasparta, Italy, I'm officially legally married.
May 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Well, the religious ceremony is still a few days away. But as of today, after this meeting with the mayor of #Acquasparta, Italy, I'm officially legally married.
During transit, the parcel traversed a micro-Einstein-Rosen relay loop (μ-ERL), inadvertently engaging a retro-causal transport conduit. This created a closed time-like curve within the localized Minkowski manifold, effectively routing the package through a reverse tachyonic burst.
May 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
During transit, the parcel traversed a micro-Einstein-Rosen relay loop (μ-ERL), inadvertently engaging a retro-causal transport conduit. This created a closed time-like curve within the localized Minkowski manifold, effectively routing the package through a reverse tachyonic burst.
The thing is, it's so easy to spot. I'll click on an interesting headline, read a paragraph or two, and I'm like "Oh, this is obviously AI" and close the link.
I guess they got what they wanted out of me, which was the click. They don't care if I read the whole thing. But still. What's the endgame?
I guess they got what they wanted out of me, which was the click. They don't care if I read the whole thing. But still. What's the endgame?
May 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
The thing is, it's so easy to spot. I'll click on an interesting headline, read a paragraph or two, and I'm like "Oh, this is obviously AI" and close the link.
I guess they got what they wanted out of me, which was the click. They don't care if I read the whole thing. But still. What's the endgame?
I guess they got what they wanted out of me, which was the click. They don't care if I read the whole thing. But still. What's the endgame?
I'm... at a loss for words.
May 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I'm... at a loss for words.
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i’m going to become the joker
no he didn't that's not him what the fuck is wrong with you freaks
May 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
i’m going to become the joker
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The latest episodes of #Andor show how authoritarianism becomes ordinary — how people get crushed by systems pretending to keep order. We break it down in our article on the show as a metaphor for American fascism: www.wired.com/story/star-w...
Star Wars’ ‘Andor’ Season 2 Depicts the Banality of American Fascism
The franchise’s Disney era has been defined by toothless politics, but “Andor” Season 2 is a vivid metaphor for America’s descent into authoritarianism.
www.wired.com
May 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The latest episodes of #Andor show how authoritarianism becomes ordinary — how people get crushed by systems pretending to keep order. We break it down in our article on the show as a metaphor for American fascism: www.wired.com/story/star-w...
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I am heir to 2,400 year old living traditions of self-government and historical inquiry, which have weathered two millennia of setbacks and long nights.
They are heirs of a 10-minute old rebrand of a murderous 20th century ideology that failed almost immediately when tried.
So, yeah, contempt.
They are heirs of a 10-minute old rebrand of a murderous 20th century ideology that failed almost immediately when tried.
So, yeah, contempt.
As much as people like to dunk on liberal elitism, “these Nazi punks are crass idiots and I refuse to bow to my lessers” is, for me at least, necessary for morale and stiffens my backbone when I feel like giving up.
May 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I am heir to 2,400 year old living traditions of self-government and historical inquiry, which have weathered two millennia of setbacks and long nights.
They are heirs of a 10-minute old rebrand of a murderous 20th century ideology that failed almost immediately when tried.
So, yeah, contempt.
They are heirs of a 10-minute old rebrand of a murderous 20th century ideology that failed almost immediately when tried.
So, yeah, contempt.
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JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
May 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...
I remember the first time I drove a car with a touchscreen-only console. I thought it was the dumbest thing I'd ever seen. TURNING A DAMN KNOB is so much better, easier, and safer. You don't even have to look. You can turn the knob entirely by feel, without taking your eyes off the road.
May 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I remember the first time I drove a car with a touchscreen-only console. I thought it was the dumbest thing I'd ever seen. TURNING A DAMN KNOB is so much better, easier, and safer. You don't even have to look. You can turn the knob entirely by feel, without taking your eyes off the road.
The hard part for me with this this stuff is just that they're so hard to express sympathy for. Whenever I see the words "male loneliness epidemic," for example, all I can think is "Stop whining, you pathetic piece of shit."
May 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The hard part for me with this this stuff is just that they're so hard to express sympathy for. Whenever I see the words "male loneliness epidemic," for example, all I can think is "Stop whining, you pathetic piece of shit."
The Andor episodes of Philosophers in Space were two of the best episodes ever. So, @etvpod.bsky.social and @ursagets.excessively.gay, are more Andor episodes in the works?
May 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
The Andor episodes of Philosophers in Space were two of the best episodes ever. So, @etvpod.bsky.social and @ursagets.excessively.gay, are more Andor episodes in the works?
There's a street near where I grew up called "Meine Strasse," which is German for "My Street." I always found that amusing.
May 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
There's a street near where I grew up called "Meine Strasse," which is German for "My Street." I always found that amusing.
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Quite the compliment coming from one of my favorite accounts on this platform.
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
May 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Quite the compliment coming from one of my favorite accounts on this platform.
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
Thanks for all you do, Rick!
From your fan, Mar🐫
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