Joel Tillman
@jtillman.bsky.social
he/him 🏳️🌈 IBS
linguist, editor
Jewish and Quaker upbringing. from outside of North Philadelphia.
studying EdM at Teachers College, Columbia University
BA NYU, MA HKU. foreign languages. sings in piano bars and plays video games.
linguist, editor
Jewish and Quaker upbringing. from outside of North Philadelphia.
studying EdM at Teachers College, Columbia University
BA NYU, MA HKU. foreign languages. sings in piano bars and plays video games.
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The hunt is on! Hollow Knight: Silksong is available now on all platforms, including day one on Xbox Game Pass!
September 4, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The hunt is on! Hollow Knight: Silksong is available now on all platforms, including day one on Xbox Game Pass!
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Post someone who looks good in stripes... 🖤
November 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Post someone who looks good in stripes... 🖤
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CA Scrub Jay customer in a palm. 🪶
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
CA Scrub Jay customer in a palm. 🪶
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November 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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This week’s astonishing artifact is some Byzantine bling. Its owner probably wore it to signify their association with the emperor. 🧪🏺
Pectoral with coins: 'One of the most intricate pieces of gold jewelry to survive from the mid-sixth century'
This sixth-century pectoral comprises 14 Byzantine gold coins and a gold disc gathered over two centuries.
www.livescience.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This week’s astonishing artifact is some Byzantine bling. Its owner probably wore it to signify their association with the emperor. 🧪🏺
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swear to god
[1966]
JOSEPH WEIZENBAUM: I have created the chatbot ELIZA to demonstrate that a machine can produce a facsimile of human language without true understanding
EVERYONE: at last, we have invented a machine capable of true understanding that will replace humans
JOSEPH WEIZENBAUM: I have created the chatbot ELIZA to demonstrate that a machine can produce a facsimile of human language without true understanding
EVERYONE: at last, we have invented a machine capable of true understanding that will replace humans
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 PM
swear to god
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‘Dollars for Coconuts, in the Philippines’
National City Bank of New York. November 1946
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #PaulSample #Philippines #copra #coconuts #coconutoil #exports #imports #WW2 #banking #Citibank
National City Bank of New York. November 1946
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #PaulSample #Philippines #copra #coconuts #coconutoil #exports #imports #WW2 #banking #Citibank
November 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
‘Dollars for Coconuts, in the Philippines’
National City Bank of New York. November 1946
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #PaulSample #Philippines #copra #coconuts #coconutoil #exports #imports #WW2 #banking #Citibank
National City Bank of New York. November 1946
#illustration #illustrationart #illustrationartists #graphicdesign #PaulSample #Philippines #copra #coconuts #coconutoil #exports #imports #WW2 #banking #Citibank
Office hours was rough. I have some serious writing to do before Fall Break will claim me.
November 25, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Office hours was rough. I have some serious writing to do before Fall Break will claim me.
earworm of the day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCas...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCas...
Princess and the Frog OST - 04 - Almost There
YouTube video by disneysoundtrack89
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
earworm of the day
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCas...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCas...
Interesting lore out there on the interwebs as of late 👀👀
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Interesting lore out there on the interwebs as of late 👀👀
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
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No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
No matter what you eat for the holidays, please never:
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
- comment on how much someone is eating
- comment on how little someone is eating
- comment on someone eating
This can be a major trigger for people with eating disorders. Plus it’s none of your business. Thanks!
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So my cat started limping. Today we went in and got her checked... and she subluxed her patella! Apparently her patellas are congenitally a bit wobbly, and the right one is worse. I hope with anti-inflammatory medicine it will calm down.
But I gave her a new nickname. Pelli Patelli!
But I gave her a new nickname. Pelli Patelli!
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 AM
So my cat started limping. Today we went in and got her checked... and she subluxed her patella! Apparently her patellas are congenitally a bit wobbly, and the right one is worse. I hope with anti-inflammatory medicine it will calm down.
But I gave her a new nickname. Pelli Patelli!
But I gave her a new nickname. Pelli Patelli!
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In the last few weeks, several ppl have asked me how Black Cat and Poison Ivy would get along in a crossover. Having given it some serious thought, my conclusion is this: Felicia would have Pam wrapped around her little finger in short order. Pam's weakness for disaster blondes is well-documented.
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In the last few weeks, several ppl have asked me how Black Cat and Poison Ivy would get along in a crossover. Having given it some serious thought, my conclusion is this: Felicia would have Pam wrapped around her little finger in short order. Pam's weakness for disaster blondes is well-documented.
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Launching in to the Thanksgiving meal prep decathlon today with this family favorite from Four & Twenty Blackbirds…
Four & Twenty Blackbirds’ Truly Insane Apple Pie
If you bake one thing for Thanksgiving, bake this!
blog.onekingslane.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Launching in to the Thanksgiving meal prep decathlon today with this family favorite from Four & Twenty Blackbirds…
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Wow I wonder why
12th grade girls are now less likely to say they want to get married someday
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Wow I wonder why
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Last week was wild as hell. 😂 But lots of good things happened—finished my 100 day workout challenge 👏🏾; went to my 1st black belt class at TKD in 20 years (& survived! 🥴); some cool ppl collected my art; and I finished this qween…nbd.
What are yall looking forward to this wk?
#art #oils #painting
What are yall looking forward to this wk?
#art #oils #painting
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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I can’t recall when my partner and I decided to set up a little jar of washable tasting spoons, but it has been such a useful and cheap kitchen user experience trick
Credit to @faineg.bsky.social for buying us tasting spoons. Incredibly useful especially when preparing a big meal. Sanitary as you have enough to use them only 1 time and you still have the good spoons for your meals.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I can’t recall when my partner and I decided to set up a little jar of washable tasting spoons, but it has been such a useful and cheap kitchen user experience trick
Oof. I had to be seriously self-critical about my ability to perform participant-observation in a letter. What I gleaned—don’t @ me about family interactions.
a man and a woman are sitting on a couch and the woman is biting the man 's finger .
ALT: a man and a woman are sitting on a couch and the woman is biting the man 's finger .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Oof. I had to be seriously self-critical about my ability to perform participant-observation in a letter. What I gleaned—don’t @ me about family interactions.
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New rule: if you’re a Supreme Court Justice and you’re mentioned in the Epstein files, you have to recuse from any future lawsuit about the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
New rule: if you’re a Supreme Court Justice and you’re mentioned in the Epstein files, you have to recuse from any future lawsuit about the Epstein Files Transparency Act.
when the syllabus says class is asynchronous, no, that's doesn't mean class is meeting online.
November 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
when the syllabus says class is asynchronous, no, that's doesn't mean class is meeting online.
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#WritingCommunity
The best compliment a writer can give their audience is to trust them enough to not over-explain.
The ones who matter GET it, and it’s an enormous compliment to your reader to let them know you know they’re smart enough to follow along.
The best compliment a writer can give their audience is to trust them enough to not over-explain.
The ones who matter GET it, and it’s an enormous compliment to your reader to let them know you know they’re smart enough to follow along.
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
#WritingCommunity
The best compliment a writer can give their audience is to trust them enough to not over-explain.
The ones who matter GET it, and it’s an enormous compliment to your reader to let them know you know they’re smart enough to follow along.
The best compliment a writer can give their audience is to trust them enough to not over-explain.
The ones who matter GET it, and it’s an enormous compliment to your reader to let them know you know they’re smart enough to follow along.