A Little Night Musing
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Semi-Platonist mathematician. Neurospicy. Have mask, will travel. Opsimath renegade full of thoughts. Half of what I say is meaningless. Obidox Jew, Lives in the wildnorth. she/her.
People who use “Zionist” as an epithet have created in their minds some fabulous monster that has nothing to do with Jewish self-determination, and use that monster to justify their claims.
November 19, 2025 at 7:47 AM
People who use “Zionist” as an epithet have created in their minds some fabulous monster that has nothing to do with Jewish self-determination, and use that monster to justify their claims.
Opinion | ‘Things happen’
Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.
wapo.st
November 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Opinion | ‘Things happen’
Setting the record straight about our murdered colleague.
wapo.st
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
From the article:
“Pariahs shouldn’t get to visit the White House,” said Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post’s director of press freedom initiatives. “It’s a mistake to reward the most abhorrent abuses of power.”
“Pariahs shouldn’t get to visit the White House,” said Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post’s director of press freedom initiatives. “It’s a mistake to reward the most abhorrent abuses of power.”
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
From the article:
“Pariahs shouldn’t get to visit the White House,” said Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post’s director of press freedom initiatives. “It’s a mistake to reward the most abhorrent abuses of power.”
“Pariahs shouldn’t get to visit the White House,” said Jason Rezaian, The Washington Post’s director of press freedom initiatives. “It’s a mistake to reward the most abhorrent abuses of power.”
Thank you.
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Thank you.
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'Mamdani is a Muslim who was born in Africa to Indian parents, while Polanski is a gay vegan living with his partner in Hackney, east London.
The parallels don’t end there'
The parallels? The parallels don't even start there! What a ridiculous hack Timms is, what a clown.
The parallels don’t end there'
The parallels? The parallels don't even start there! What a ridiculous hack Timms is, what a clown.
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 AM
'Mamdani is a Muslim who was born in Africa to Indian parents, while Polanski is a gay vegan living with his partner in Hackney, east London.
The parallels don’t end there'
The parallels? The parallels don't even start there! What a ridiculous hack Timms is, what a clown.
The parallels don’t end there'
The parallels? The parallels don't even start there! What a ridiculous hack Timms is, what a clown.
« Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte. »
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
November 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
« Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte. »
Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal
*more than a few, dammittall.
Apparently my pronunciation of the vowel in that word misled dictation and I didn’t catch the error.
Apparently my pronunciation of the vowel in that word misled dictation and I didn’t catch the error.
November 18, 2025 at 5:12 AM
*more than a few, dammittall.
Apparently my pronunciation of the vowel in that word misled dictation and I didn’t catch the error.
Apparently my pronunciation of the vowel in that word misled dictation and I didn’t catch the error.
In Jurassic Park, Hammond (and others) consistently refer to “Dr Sattler” “Dr Grant” and “Dr Malcolm”
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 AM
In Jurassic Park, Hammond (and others) consistently refer to “Dr Sattler” “Dr Grant” and “Dr Malcolm”
That statement is wrong. I’ve studied and taught at more then a few colleges and universities, and there are always some PhD or ScD faculty who prefer “Dr” to “Professor” as a title for whatever reason, and no one thinks anything of it one way or another in my experience.
See also: Jurassic Park
See also: Jurassic Park
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 AM
That statement is wrong. I’ve studied and taught at more then a few colleges and universities, and there are always some PhD or ScD faculty who prefer “Dr” to “Professor” as a title for whatever reason, and no one thinks anything of it one way or another in my experience.
See also: Jurassic Park
See also: Jurassic Park
I am completely unfamiliar with his writing style apart from this, but here I’m guessing that he was deliberately parodying her style in the VF excerpt, except a bit less floridly, and it worked.
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I am completely unfamiliar with his writing style apart from this, but here I’m guessing that he was deliberately parodying her style in the VF excerpt, except a bit less floridly, and it worked.