David J. Peterson

Excellent!!! May need to figure out the specifics closer to the day, so let’s keep in touch!

SpecCon

Going to be presenting here:

speccon.org

In Dublin the night before and the next two days. Way up in the northwest before that.

(Btw @thecallya.bsky.social I’m going to be in Dublin this June. Are you coming to WorldCon this year?)

SpecCon

If you’re looking for something to do in Dublin this June, come check out me and @quothalinguist.bsky.social and many others at #SpecCon! www.speccon.org

OED has the earliest citation at 1871 by Benjamin Farjeon. Saying it originated in the 1990s is a bit far fetched.

@eboldy.bsky.social

BUT JALEN MOTHERFUCKING ROMANDE GREEN

Supporting my Suns no matter where I am.

Raccoons engaged in a tense game of Hearts, I think. Maybe Euchre. Honestly I have no idea.

Visiting New Orleans for the first time. I need everyone to see this.

He’s got a mural now… 😢

A hilariously bad photo of Kiki and David. They have their arms around each other and are preparing to smile and pose. However, the photographer caught them before they were quite ready. Also, the photo is so badly out of focus that a fully-sighted person would only be able to recognize either subject if they were closely acquainted with either party. It has the vibe of a "last known photo" from a horror film or a terrifying true crime documentary.

Happy birthday to arguably the worst photo either @dedalvs.bsky.social or I have ever been part of. Next time we see each other, David, we have to decide if we want to rectify this... or attempt to top it. 😂

I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what

Dang, Suns up by 2 with 1:15 to go. Why don’t I turn on the game? 🙃 #whenitsyourfaultandyouknowit

For the folks in the back:

OCR predates LLMs.

HTR software predates LLMs.

Digital Humanities predates LLMs.

Grammar and spell checkers predate LLMs.

YOU DO NOT NEED THE PLAGIARISM MACHINES.

Getting new script pages with one word of one line changed on one page has the same energy as “this meeting could’ve been an email”.

Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.

Great win. We did it. I can’t take all the credit—team win—but I’m feeling good now. Looking forward to the next one. #Suns

Jinx!

They’re doing this for me today. 🥲

Dillon Brooks with the turn around to put the Suns up 4 at the half. If I could see myself typing these words a year ago…

That look like goal tending to you last time down?

No goal tending?

He came back for my birthday! ~:D

There’s no cure. We’re cooked.

Cavs-Hornets is going to be HOT! 🥵 Bring the fire extinguishers! All those intense individual rivalries over the years: Mark Price and Dell Curry; Anderson Varejao and Marcin Gortat… Brings back memories!

WOW. #Suns

I hate how much I love watching Dillon Brooks’ on ball defense… #Suns @eboldy.bsky.social

Wow, #Wordle. Wow.

When we admit it publicly it makes him stronger.

This month for Fiat Lingua I did a re-read and reflect on @quothalinguist.bsky.social’s new book How to Create a Language: The Conlang Guide. I go through each chapter and give you my thoughts along the way and some bts info on how it was produced. #conlang

fiatlingua.org/2026/01/