Vincent Szopa
@fledglinguistic.bsky.social
Writer, techie, macrodata refiner, movie guy, fun inspector. Not a linguist. 💉: Yes 🇺🇦
This IS a nice parade.
June 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This IS a nice parade.
Today I learned the ZIP code for non-US addresses is 001, while the international phone code for the US is 001.
June 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Today I learned the ZIP code for non-US addresses is 001, while the international phone code for the US is 001.
Watching the wheels go round and round
#pynchoninpublic
#pynchoninpublic
May 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Watching the wheels go round and round
#pynchoninpublic
#pynchoninpublic
Haven’t read this for a long time. It’s amazing how much I remember of Pynchon's cutting observations and endlessly lyrical humor. His sardonic, head-spinning, bawdy tales are as American as it gets.
May 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Haven’t read this for a long time. It’s amazing how much I remember of Pynchon's cutting observations and endlessly lyrical humor. His sardonic, head-spinning, bawdy tales are as American as it gets.
Three greats to have on physical media.
March 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Three greats to have on physical media.
Oh, good, something to agitate me (the content) while making me laugh (the writing).
Thanks @elienyc.bsky.social !
Thanks @elienyc.bsky.social !
March 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Oh, good, something to agitate me (the content) while making me laugh (the writing).
Thanks @elienyc.bsky.social !
Thanks @elienyc.bsky.social !
Laughed out loud at the terse phrases used to tease and intrigue, deployed as quick asides from a supposedly superior mind that Knows. A mind that is deigning to inform the hoi polloi of the Future. Exactly like Chief Executive Dumbass' Apprentice on Twitter.
February 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Laughed out loud at the terse phrases used to tease and intrigue, deployed as quick asides from a supposedly superior mind that Knows. A mind that is deigning to inform the hoi polloi of the Future. Exactly like Chief Executive Dumbass' Apprentice on Twitter.
Sartre on arguing with fascists.
January 23, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Sartre on arguing with fascists.
My first pass at parsing this was:
- questions dog = dog that is a press secretary
- is Trump's pick for adviser
- but the dog has an inconsistent resume
- ergo: yet another terrible choice
- still, cool that a dog even got that job
- hooray English
- questions dog = dog that is a press secretary
- is Trump's pick for adviser
- but the dog has an inconsistent resume
- ergo: yet another terrible choice
- still, cool that a dog even got that job
- hooray English
December 13, 2024 at 2:53 AM
My first pass at parsing this was:
- questions dog = dog that is a press secretary
- is Trump's pick for adviser
- but the dog has an inconsistent resume
- ergo: yet another terrible choice
- still, cool that a dog even got that job
- hooray English
- questions dog = dog that is a press secretary
- is Trump's pick for adviser
- but the dog has an inconsistent resume
- ergo: yet another terrible choice
- still, cool that a dog even got that job
- hooray English
Changing my strategy: now noting and highlighting sections of Sinclair that are not quotable.
November 29, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Changing my strategy: now noting and highlighting sections of Sinclair that are not quotable.
Prediction: decisive Harris victory (larger than Biden's) and the second repudiation of a vulgar personality and politics. Things won't be perfect, but they'll get better. And a woman shall lead!
November 5, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Prediction: decisive Harris victory (larger than Biden's) and the second repudiation of a vulgar personality and politics. Things won't be perfect, but they'll get better. And a woman shall lead!
"I like the falcon."
(taking notes) "You like the falcon."
"But I don't like that it's next to those guys."
(taking notes) "You like the falcon."
"But I don't like that it's next to those guys."
October 11, 2024 at 3:47 AM
"I like the falcon."
(taking notes) "You like the falcon."
"But I don't like that it's next to those guys."
(taking notes) "You like the falcon."
"But I don't like that it's next to those guys."
SHOCK: HARRIS PICKS PHILADELPHIA MASCOT “GRITTY”
August 1, 2024 at 3:27 AM
SHOCK: HARRIS PICKS PHILADELPHIA MASCOT “GRITTY”
