Larry Birdland
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Larry Birdland
@gerscholem.bsky.social
PhD student at UChicago - I read Phoenician, Hebrew, Akkadian, and Greek poetry. I collect records and hail from the city-state of Bloomington, IN

“I’m stayin’ . . . I’m finishin’ my coffee.”
What's funny about this to me is that humanities degrees can do this far more easily than STEM, since the latter doesn't really have anything to do with values at all, much less society.

What societal values does AI research promote?

Still, clearly an extension of "degenerate art" into academia.
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This sounds like an interesting talk - another reason I'm sorry I won't be at SBL!

I think the identification of supercessionism, both in early Christianity and 18th & 19th theology, has been a victim of its own success - it's so ubiquitous it becomes tiresome pointing it out - but it's still there
November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
. . . but while I find this second, darker, even mystical, reading delightful, it was not part of my conscious, intended meaning.

This was the doc I was watching, which almost felt like a Mr. Show episode making fun of the whole cult dilemma
November 20, 2025 at 2:58 AM
November 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Wow . . Is the whole text printed in Rashi script?
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 AM
1. I never blocked you
2. I am blocking you now
3. You didn't answer any of my questions or ever understand anything I wrote
4. You are actively making this country worse, not better, despite your bullshit Midwestern passive aggressive sarcasm
November 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Okay, I've seen it mentioned, but haven't gotten the whole story

I do love a good medical character flaw
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I am, sort of, re watching it now, but I've never gotten past season 6.

(I, very predictably, hate Logan) - but yes, I'm curious why Jackson is held in contempt
November 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I do not agree but I, too, have been using this show as a salve.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I can confirm said unpopularity. And can add that Sabina Ali is quite popular and easy to get along with.
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Any reasonable interpretation of your inexplicable behavior toward me would conclude that this is harassment.

Why are you still writing to me? Why do you think you can treat me like this? What are you trying to accomplish? I wrote that a month ago - let it go.
November 13, 2025 at 8:28 PM
with others it stands on a level with alchemy and astrology, as a mere tissue of errors or hallucinations, far beneath the notice of the man of science."

F. M. Muller, 1870
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 AM