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@lousylinguist if you quote “to” somebody, presupp…

@lousylinguist if you quote “to” somebody, presupposes they listen. That’s why I quote “at” in these cases — I don’t expect it to stick.

Larry Page glared at Eric Schmidt, who knew what to do. He whispered “@backpropaganda sleeps with the fishes” https://t.co/O2hHl1VIll

“…make it so simple there are obviously no deficiencies… [or] make it so complicated there are no obvious deficiencies.” #obviousmatters

Welp, @backpropaganda got, uh, subject to dropout? Was it DL mafia, The Computer or Wintermute? #DeepLearning #Troubleshooters #paranoia

@thedansimonson I always quote Cicero at people who worry about “language decline”: https://t.co/6suefQzfAe

Star Wars Episode IV in one picture. Hope you didn’t have any plans this morning. https://t.co/yiFBjmBmFW

.@ccb @yoavgo fresh out of pixie dust. Got some broken dreams here, though; that’ll probably work, right?

Oh good the drinking games should ruin EVERYBODY’S livers. https://t.co/HduneHPViO

3) What’s happening now, though, with Trump, that’s finally the 100% real deal. That’s American fascism, straight up.

2) After that experience, use of “fascism” to describe any US political reality was cause for an eyeroll, however slight.