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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 11h

Five nights in 🔥 jerrybase.com/events/19800...

Poster for a run of Grateful Dead shows at the Warfield Theatre in Sep-Oct 1980. There's a drawing of the Warfield with a crowd waiting to get in, with two skeletons as tall as the building standing beside it; one has a USA top hat, the other is wearing flowers on the skull. The marquee reads, in cursive: "They're not the best at what they do, they're the only ones that do what they do"

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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 12h

Thread--looks like I've got some more stuff to read!

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Johnson's Dictionary Online @sjdictionary.bsky.social · 13h

Gruntling. n.s. [from grunt.] A young hog. johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/1755/gruntli...

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 13h

I forgot to mention that it is indeed Marty McFly's shoulder beside the cat here

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aohsu @aohsusometimesy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

thinking of running a Lin Manuel Miranda Large Language Model Multilevel Marketing (LMMLLMMLM) scam

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David Hull 胡大衛 @hushuo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

kerning kan kill

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"Look into any eyes You find by you; you can see clear to another day Maybe been seen before Through other eyes on other days while going home" (Robert Hunter)

A white cat looking toward the camera, beside someone whose arm and shoulder can be seen (with a blue sleeve & part of an orange vest), with a green, orange, and red tapestry with borders and a design radiating from the center; there's part of a whiteboard (and and marker) in the background

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andrew phillips @herfst.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

tukultu, Akkadian: trust, help. ina tukulti Enlil u [Marduk] liptī u tāḫīzī [līšir] ‘with the help of Enlil and [Marduk] [may] my work and my learning [thrive]’ (CAD T 463)

Neo-Assyrian cuneiform text on clay tablet

Transliteration:
ina tu·kul·ti ᵈen·líl u […]
lip·ti u ta·ḫi·zi li·[...]

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I spent Saturday's full moon dancing and camping at a farm in north Georgia, with soundtrack by Magnolia Express & Frankly Scarlet, incl. a Deodato-like "Also sprach Zarathustra" and a stellar, show-ending "Jessica" I didn't take many pics, but here's "some pig"!

A pig seen through a fence. The pig, large and chunky, with bristly hair especially on its back and head, faces left, with trees & plants in the background.

A cardboard sign attached to a tree; it says: "May the four winds blow you safely home"

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

my ET: "She hit him twice on the neck with a hatchet and cut off his head and she rolled his body off the mattress. She pulled the bed-canopy back, and after a little bit she gave Holofernes' head to her attendant and she put it into her food-bag."

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QueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

OTD 1980 The Grateful Dead kicked off their legendary 15-night run @ The Warfield. It was the longest run of consecutive shows at one venue in the band’s history. Each nite was 1 acoustic set followed by 2 electric sets & E. #marqueespotting

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

For some Friday fun, a verse from "Sugar Magnolia" in Syriac (7-syll. meter) *ܒܙܒܢ ܟܕ ܩ̇ܪܐ ܟ݁ܘܟ݁ܘ ܘܣܗܪܐ ܒܦܠܓ ܡܚܬܗ ܒܙܒܢ ܟܕ ܠܠܝܐ ܡ̇ܐܬ ܐܢܐ ܡ̇ܦܩ ܠܝ ܕܐܛܥܐ ܛ̇ܥܐ ܐ̄ܢܐ ܟܕ ܚ̇ܕܪ ܐ̄ܢܐ (transcription ⬇️) *thanks to ميخایيل نعيمة for the كوكو-inspiration

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Re-upping this. @unrwa.org is a major lifeline for Palestinians both within Palestine and the diaspora and its under attack. Now more than ever our donations are needed -- which is why I'm doing this race even though tbh I don't run like that (I lift!). Please chip in if you can!!

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Laurel Gale @laurelgale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Flying mink! #wildlife #nature 🐡

A photo of a mink, captured mid-leap with all four feet in the air, as it races along a rocky riverbank.

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Several handbooks & companions to review here, if you're into that sort of thing

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Henry Sweet Society @henrysweetsoc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

💥Vivien Law Essay Prize reminder💥 Deadline: 30 September 2025‼️ We welcome essays on any topic related to the history of linguistic ideas by PhD students and recent graduates. The prize includes £200 and more. See details and don't forget to send in your essay!👇 www.henrysweet.org/vivien-law-p...

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The Vivien Law Prize — Henry Sweet Society

The Vivien Law Prize

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

For Faulkner's birthday, an average-length sentence from the beginning of /Absalom, Absalom!/

"There was a wistaria vine
blooming for the second time that summer on a wooden
trellis before one window, into which sparrows came now
and then in random gusts, making a dry vivid dusty sound
before going away: and opposite Quentin, Miss Coldfield
in the eternal black which she had worn for forty-three years
now, whether for sister, father, or nothusband none knew,
sitting so bolt upright in the straight hard chair that was so
tall for her that her legs hung straight and rigid as if she had
iron shinbones and ankles, clear of the floor with that air of impotent and static rage like children’s feet, and talking in that
grim haggard amazed voice until at last listening would renege and hearing-sense self-confound and the long-dead object of her impotent yet indomitable frustration would appear, as though by outraged recapitulation evoked, quiet
inattentive and harmless, out of the biding and dreamy and
victorious dust."

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Judith 13:8-9 in Syriac (7a1 p456, col. a) ܘܡܚܬܗ ܥܠ ܨܘܪܗ ܒܢܪܓܐ ܬܪ̈ܬܝܢ ܙܒܢ̈ܝܢ܉ ܘܫܩܠܬܗ ܠܪܝܫܗ ܡܢܗ܉ ܘܥܓܠܬܗ ܦܓܪܗ ܡܢ ܬܫܘܝܬܐ܉ ܘܢܣܒܬ̤ ܟܠܬܐ ܡܢ ܥܡܘ̈ܕܐ ܘܒܬܪ ܩܠܝܠ ܢܦܩܬ̤ ܘܝܗܒܬ̤ ܠܐܡܬܗ̇ ܪܫܗ ܕܐܠܦܪܢܐ ܘܐܪܡܝܬܗ ܒܬܪܡܠܐ ܕܣܝܒܪܬܗ̇. archive.org/details/Ceri... transcr. & ET ⬇️

A few lines of Estrangela Syriac script in black ink from a manuscript

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Some rise Some fall Some climb To get to Terrapin" (R. Hunter)

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

(Syriac) ܢܦܠ ܢܘܛܦ̈ܬܐ ܥܠ ܡܝܐ ܐܝܟ ܬܒܝܪ̈ܬܐ ܕܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ /np̄al nuṭṭp̄åṯå ʕal mayyå ʔaḵ tḇiråṯå ḏa-zḡuḡiṯå/

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

(Syriac) ܢܦܠ ܢܘܛܦ̈ܬܐ ܥܠ ܡܝܐ ܐܝܟ ܬܒܝܪ̈ܬܐ ܕܙܓܘܓܝܬܐ /np̄al nuṭṭp̄åṯå ʕal mayyå ʔaḵ tḇiråṯå ḏa-zḡuḡiṯå/

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Old Armenian word of the day փոքրեմ "shave, trim, cut" Acts of Thekla, ed. Calzolari, 321.1-2 փոքրեցից զհերս իմ եւ եկից զկնի քո, ուր եւ երթիցես "I'll cut my hair, and I'll follow you wherever you go" (NB հեր /her/ app. not rel. to "hair")

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Isaac Hayes, /Tough Guys/ (1974)

The front of the album, Tough Guys, by Isaac Hayes. There's a brick wall with a poster like a pinball machine with three guys, a woman, and smaller figures fighting.

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Emily Lakdawalla 🏳️‍⚧️ Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My Etsy shop is open again! I make gemstone and wire jewelry and art inspired by space. Every piece is one-of-a-kind and handmade by me. I'm busily restocking the shop; and I'm happy to make custom pieces. Check it out at elakdawalla.etsy.com

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elakdawalla - Etsy

Shop Emily's Space Craft by elakdawalla located in Los Angeles, California.

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Since today (or tomorrow) is Thekla's day

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm an erstwhile denizen of HMML and I second everything Carin says!

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al-Mutaghatris @al-mutaghatris.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

كتير بحب لما اتعلم انني كمان بعرف شوية من السورياني

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here's the ms image, which I forgot to include yesterday ܗܐ ܨܘܪܬܐ ܕܢܣܝܒܐ ܡ̣ܢ ܟܬܒܐ ܗ̇ܝ ܕܐܬܡܠܝ ܬܥܝ̇ܬ ܠܗ̇ ܠܡܬܠ܀ /hå ṣurtå ḏa-nsiḇå men kṯåḇå, håy d-ʔeṯmål ṭʕēṯ l-åh l-mettal/

Four lines of handwritten vocalized East Syriac script from a manuscript.

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Thanks to my baritone-sax-playing friend, Tim, for introducing me to John Coltrane's music in ninth grade. /Giant Steps/ was the first thing I got into. Today's Coltrane's birthday. If the spirit moves you, devote some of your listening to him today (& tomorrow). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Co...

The label for John Coltrane's album, /Giant Steps/, side 1

Text from the inside of John Coltrane's /Giant Steps/:
DEAR LISTENER:
ALL PRAISE BE TO GOD TO WHOM ALL PRAISE IS DUE.
Let us pursue Him in the righteous path. Yes it is true; "seek and ye shall find". Only through Him can we know the most wondrous bequeathal.
During the year 1957, I experienced, by the grace of God, a spiritual awakening which was to lead me to a richer, fuller, more productive life. At that time, in gratitude, I humbly asked to be given the means and privilege to make others happy through music. I feel this has been granted through His grace. ALL PRAISE TO GOD.

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My dog, Queequeg, and I in (I think) 1997

A photo from the late 1990s with someone in jeans, an orange, shirt, and long hair kneeling in the grass with a yellow-furred dog, two houses in the background

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Agamemnon Duselloy @mandego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy 100th heavenly birthday John Coltrane! My LP collection part one #Coltrane100

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Syriac wotd ܒܪܐ /barrå/ "outdoors, outside, the wild" (ܠܒܪ /l-ḇar/ "out, outside" [adv]) as in IO 9 f 410va 20-23 ܗܐ ܓܝܪ ܓܡܠܐ ܘܐܪܢܒܐ ܘܥܪܒܐ ܪܟܝܟܝܢ ܣܥܪ̈ܝܗܘܢ. ܘܐܪܝܐ ܘܚܙܝܪ ܒܪܐ ܩܫܐ ܣܥܪܗܘܢ transcr. ⬇️ "…since camels, rabbits, and sheep have soft hair, while lions and wild boars have stiff hair"

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neb @neboneid.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The internet at its best finds you a random dude from Georgia who speaks, reads, and writes Assyrian better than you, an Assyrian can.

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 22/09/2026

A private agreement between Amazon and the City of Ridgeland, Mississippi, shows the tech giant's data center could theoretically be allowed to use 14 times more water annually than its announced estimate of 93 million gallons, with no guidelines or guarantees around everyday usage.

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Inside the Private Deal Between Amazon and Ridgeland’s Water System

Amazon has promised Ridgeland, Mississippi, that its data center won’t strain local water supplies. Their agreement shows few guarantees.

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The Authors Guild @authorsguild.org · 22/09/2026

“Newly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by the tech giants reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would likely displace human-authored books in the market.“

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Unsealed Files Show Open AI/Microsoft Knew Copying Was Illegal and Could Hurt Authors

Newly unsealed comments made in briefs filed by Open AI and Microsoft reveal that executives knew they were illegally training their products on copyrighted books and that AI generated books would lik...

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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Happy Autumn 🍂

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33 1/3 Books @3313books.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Bloomsbury are having a #BackToSchool sale! That means 30% off 33 1/3 books until October 4th. 📚 Add to your 33 1/3 collection: bit.ly/4ykXHLu

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Adam Bremer-McCollum @acbm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Here's Audo's entry for the related verb, ܓܚ̣ܟ /gḥeḵ/, with my translation:

Intransitive verb. Refers to the motion people make with their mouth; it naturally occurs when we're affected by something we like or enjoy, or when we consider something strange. … Also used in the sense "despise, disdain" … and when it occurs in this abusive, mocking meaning, usage varies: sometimes with /b-/ … sometimes with /ʕal/, … and sometimes with /men/ …

The entry from a (monolingual) Syriac dictionary for the verb "laugh"; printed in vocalized East Syriac script.

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Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) @csmc-hamburg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Seal impressions can reveal ownership, reading practices, and the journeys of manuscripts across collections. A new DFG-funded project is creating a database of seals from manuscripts in the Islamic world. It will link images and descriptions and develop tools for automated recognition

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New DFG Project for Exploring Seal Impressions

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