Bel Downes (Coffeewith…)
@withdownes.bsky.social
Professional Linguist/Language Scientist, Australian, Ace, Newbie Stoic, Ex-evangelical, Climate Change Learner, Francophile, Hiking Poler. #ReframingFacialDifference
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He said thanks 👋
November 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
He said thanks 👋
Trump is one of the reasons I’m studying the Stoics now (including Seneca, Nero’s tutor - Imagine the guilt 😢) It’s a tragedy that someone born with a gold spoon choose to put it up his… just so others in his care could suffer.
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Trump is one of the reasons I’m studying the Stoics now (including Seneca, Nero’s tutor - Imagine the guilt 😢) It’s a tragedy that someone born with a gold spoon choose to put it up his… just so others in his care could suffer.
I’ll pass it on to him! And yes it is.
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I’ll pass it on to him! And yes it is.
Totally agree. I think the best strategy here is to have awareness of what is happening and go to trained human beings for vulnerable things. People need to know the process AI models use. They aren’t ‘clever’, they mimic ‘clever’. It’s all an act.
November 4, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Totally agree. I think the best strategy here is to have awareness of what is happening and go to trained human beings for vulnerable things. People need to know the process AI models use. They aren’t ‘clever’, they mimic ‘clever’. It’s all an act.
Just ‘talking through’ it now. This is part of what it’s said…
I’ll keep using AI, but please be careful in there… 👋☕️🇦🇺
I’ll keep using AI, but please be careful in there… 👋☕️🇦🇺
November 4, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Just ‘talking through’ it now. This is part of what it’s said…
I’ll keep using AI, but please be careful in there… 👋☕️🇦🇺
I’ll keep using AI, but please be careful in there… 👋☕️🇦🇺
It was perfect… as usual! 😄☕️
October 31, 2025 at 1:06 AM
It was perfect… as usual! 😄☕️
Saw a USian arguing FOR tips instead of meaningful wages the other day. Had to think about it for a moment. I still think a reasonable, fair wage is better than tips, but I think what will really blow their minds is paying the price actual stated on the menu or price tag in the shop 😳
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Saw a USian arguing FOR tips instead of meaningful wages the other day. Had to think about it for a moment. I still think a reasonable, fair wage is better than tips, but I think what will really blow their minds is paying the price actual stated on the menu or price tag in the shop 😳
That’s not good, hope it sorts itself out soon 🌙🔥
October 22, 2025 at 10:54 AM
That’s not good, hope it sorts itself out soon 🌙🔥
Any other time I would agree with you… Trump is a man who is not curious at all and thinks what someone has just told him and nothing else. That ‘kowtow’ would be wrong in any other (sensible) situation. But this is a moment to settle a toddler, because there’s a bigger agenda at play.
October 21, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Any other time I would agree with you… Trump is a man who is not curious at all and thinks what someone has just told him and nothing else. That ‘kowtow’ would be wrong in any other (sensible) situation. But this is a moment to settle a toddler, because there’s a bigger agenda at play.
Trump is a piece of human concrete after all. His foundations aren’t solid though, they’re chunky. I’m sorry that you’re all going through this rubbish.
October 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Trump is a piece of human concrete after all. His foundations aren’t solid though, they’re chunky. I’m sorry that you’re all going through this rubbish.
The way things are at the moment, some days my news diet is The Shovel and The Onion… and it’s not that far off 🥸
October 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
The way things are at the moment, some days my news diet is The Shovel and The Onion… and it’s not that far off 🥸