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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 02:35 UTC

Just thinking again about Jean Seberg's incredible New York Herald Tribune sweater

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 11, 2024 at 01:19 UTC

Very serious made-the-trains-run-on-time vibes here. (And yes, I know very well Benito didn't do that, and that's the point I'm trying to make).

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 23:19 UTC

This is obviously the Hellcius scale.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 21:11 UTC

You’re going to ow me?

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 16:41 UTC

Absolutely ridiculous.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 15:19 UTC

I honestly worry that if TFG wins, he’s going to expand SCOTUS. If we lose Sotomayor, there could be a 9-2 court, with 6 of them appointed by TFG. If Alito and Thomas resign on his watch, there’d be 7.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 03:28 UTC

I think some of the Italian journalists who defied the Fascists – Moravia, Calvino, Fallaci, Vittorino, Pavese, Montale, Barzini, Rosselli – and then I think of Liptak and wonder why anyone would listen to or read another word from such a petulant little shit.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 03:11 UTC

In today's edition of what the flying firetruck is wrong with the NYT -->

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 02:20 UTC

Ti ringrazio molto.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 02:12 UTC

No never mind needed. Excellent anticipation.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 02:10 UTC

It's a big difference, and something anyone who's had Italian 1 should know. So, being me (and occasionally intemperate), I fired off a respectful and polite but firm email to the esteemed Professor Hirsch. To my surprise, he responded, briefly: "You're right." He's never fixed the quote. /fin

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 02:09 UTC

What's inscribed above the gate to Hell is "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate." That translates, in modern English, to "Abandon every hope, you who enter." (Frequently, it's also translated as "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." 2/x

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 10, 2024 at 02:08 UTC

I just remembered another Dante misquote that is maybe worse than the JFK/MLK muddle. Maybe 25 years ago, someone foisted ED Hirsch's Cultural Literacy on me. Not far in, I got to a Dante quote: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." In a word, that's fucking wrong. (OK, that's two words) 1/x

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 22:51 UTC

Lesser Language Guy would totes weigh in on your “till.”

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 22:49 UTC

Caravaggio deserves a double ❌. Murderer. Dead > 20 years.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 22:11 UTC

YO LANGUAGE GUY! Do I have this right? "the late Willie Garson" ✅ "the late Caravaggio" ❌

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 21:40 UTC

You could do that, though the lesser language guy would be confused by thoughts of your through.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 21:35 UTC

So should we start replies to you with YO LANGUAGE GUY?

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 21:28 UTC

Good lord.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 20:50 UTC

@lauraingalli.bsky.social has an excellent essay on the politicization of Dantean neutrality in the US.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 20:36 UTC

Two examples.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 20:20 UTC

This one drives me nuts because a) Dante never said this, and 2) he places Neutrals entirely outside of Hell. JFK and MLK both misattributed this quote to Dante, and a certain eminent presidential historian has repeatedly cited JFK’s quotation of Dante, never once noting that JFK was utterly wrong.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 19:53 UTC

Who would you say is most oft misquoted?

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 18:31 UTC

I was never a fan of giving pop quizzes, but a syllabus quiz has its merits.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 18:23 UTC

But are they saying “Yes, Chef” or “No, Chef”?

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 17:48 UTC

In todays edition of Self-Irony Is Dead

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 17:47 UTC

Continuing this, does “at” work best when citing a web page? e.g., “In an article posted at [link to page] etc.

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Chris Harris @christopherharris.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 09, 2024 at 13:49 UTC

For purposes of analogy, would you also go with on Instagram/Facebook/Threads etc.?

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