Iris Meredith

The only justification I can think of is period shits. Nobody deserves those, but the least we can do is minimise exposure

... people really be showing their morally compromised asses while saying entirely correct things today

I especially recommend the situation where a government causes a recession for no reason because they're making decisions on vibes.

Before enlightenment: chop wood, carry water
After enlightenment: chop wood, carry water

Thank you: will correct next time I push an update

Oh no... it works

I can't help but find myself humming "green dildo coin" to the tune of "pink hedgehog rag"

I think one of my favourite things about this site is that I regularly come across discourse that I, as a Polish trans woman, simply cannot engage with because my presence in it is cognitohazardous

The main point of comparison is that they did something that looked useful, but that mostly drew important resources away from places where they could be put to better use. And that, I think, holds up quite well

I've seen what we can build out of the ashes, and faster than anyone might expect. These are very real losses, but they are by no means permanent.

You might get a giggle from this

Ah, fair enough. Unlikely that you're bad at maths though: it's almost universally taught terribly

How bad *is* it?

You think she's going to, then?

The basic gloss is "talking to you is pointless because you deliberately interpret stuff in the most hostile way possible, and there's no way we can have a good faith discussion, even if you're right".

Do it! I dare you

this is excellent work on the current moment of our elite's fash hysteria and only incidentally compares GPT to V2 rockets

Definitely sucks for the USA, but I beg those of us living in countries still free of the Nazis to make space for intellectuals who want to leave. We can grow something new and beautiful if we just put in the effort. We'll even share with the US when the time comes.

Jesus Christ, we're doing this now? The fuck?

I have produced a new article! I was planning to write something nice and palatable about teaching software engineering that people would share: this is not that.

... I hope you all like Thomas Pynchon.

...oh.

That's why Prufrock hits like it does.

*nods*

Will definitely have a read of Lowell: thank you for sharing!

Eliot has an appeal for my trans ass, I think, because in a lot of ways transition and death are similar. We've passed over a boundary and left a life behind. So, how does one live, having already died?

"You are a tarpit" is a bit of Tumblr vocab that I'm deeply grateful I learned.

I'm fond of Eliot, I think, because the postwar malaise he writes about is disturbingly similar to what we currently face. Heaven knows, we've no shortage of Hollow Men.

...pity he took the wrong things from that malaise.

Unless Karlach feels like taking holy orders?

Ah, damn. Not ideal

Shadowheart with Daylight prepared is your friend here. Also, lots of summons

Lovecraft, Ezra Pound and TS Eliot definitely all count.

"And you'd have done better with a winter's dawn,
A rope and a branch bowed beneath your weight"

I don't know what I'll do if this happens, but the protests will be hilarious.