my little fauxneme

@fauxnemic.com

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linguist (pencils and computers, generative and usage), been doing neural shit for a long time, leftish, somewhat old/grumpy, against doing cop shit, occasionally post stuff that will make you rethink following me

A picture of 4 Sharpie S-Gel 0.7mm nib pens. The two leftmost ones are black (as indicated by the silver ban) and the two right ones are red and blue (right to left, respectively). The leftmost one is clicked open
Picture of the Decarie Expressway in Montreal (a flooded depressed/sunken highway), taken on July 14, 1987. Cars in the foreground are in water up to their axles and cars in the distance are in water up to their windows.
Shrek talking to Donkey. It's a still from the "ogres are like onions scene", except the text reads IDEAS ARE LIKE MELONS THEY GROW IN THE SPACES YOU LEAVE FOR THEM
A photo of two packages of cookies side-by-side on a kitchen counter: the left box is "Pirate" brand, a PB sandwich with oatmeal in the cookie, and the right package is "FudgeeO", a fudge chocolate sandwich. Both of these are superior to all PB or chocolate sandwich-style cookies available in the US.
a photo of a bottle of Aperol with the word "Aperol" blacked out poorly by hand and overwritten with "Adderall". The overwritten word is in the wrong font and not aligned with the label on the bottle.
a bottle of Night Train
screenshot of google search result for the question "how long did it take to pay off montreal's olympic stadium" the answer reads: "​It took exactly 30 years to pay off the debt for Montreal's Olympic Stadium. The final payment was made in November 2006, leaving taxpayers with a staggering final bill of approximately $1.47 billion to $1.61 billion. ​The runaway costs earned the venue the infamous nickname the "Big Owe". Originally projected to cost around $134 million, the spiraling expenses were [...]"
a crowd of people attending an outdoor concert; the stage is visible in the distance
statue of Habs goalie Ken Dryden in his classic pose, tip of stick blade on the ice, resting his pad hand and glove forearm on the butt
Single speed hybrid style bike, black with turquoise rims
The "Sickos" meme: A black and white cartoon depiction of a man seen from the waist up through a 6-pane window (3 rows, 2 columns). He is outside, looking in with his hands against the window (the night sky and a crescent moon are visible behind him). He is wearing a long-sleeved black shirt with the word "SICKOS" on the front, has stubble, and a somewhat maniacal look on his face. A speech bubble shows that he is saying "YES...HA HA HA...YES!" (the second "yes" is underlined) Somehow the speech bubble is on the inside of the window.
Sepia-toned picture of a woman and toddler-aged boy, both looking leftward off camera.
close-up of knuck tatts that read RAZL DAZL
Screenshot of Ask.com home page, taken May 2, 2026, with a farewell message from Ask, which closed operations on May 1. The message reads: """ Every great search must come to an end. As IAC continues to sharpen its focus, we have made the decision to discontinue our search business, which includes Ask.com. After 25 years of answering the world's questions, Ask.com officially closed on May 1, 2026. "To the millions who asked..." We are deeply grateful to the brilliant engineers, designers, and teams who built and supported Ask over the decades. And to you—the millions of users who turned to us for answers in a rapidly changing world—thank you for your endless curiosity, your loyalty, and your trust. Jeeves’ spirit endures. """
Marco Rubio. Staring.
screen of profile of poster skeet is replying to. first sentence of bio starts with "I am a flawed human" amd I've circled it in magenta
Screen recording scrolling bluesky in the search pane. The search bar reads "old man yells at claude" and the screen is scrolling dozens of posts with that idea...
Colin Robinson, the energy vampire from the TV adaptation of What We Do In The Shadows
image of the "i ain't reading all that" meme; three text bubbles reading (in succession): "i ain't reading all that" "i'm happy for u tho" "or sorry that happened"
Screenshot of a LinkedIn post, reading: "I genuinely believe that literacy will become like children in the developed, English speaking world learning CURSIVE. It won't happen. Humans have been speaking, sharing information, and coordinating verbally, for hundreds of millenia. Literacy is a temporary, flash-in-the-pan phenomenon.
time.com headline screenshot reading "Exclusive: Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge"
Image of front of softcover book, titled Connectionist Natural Language Processing (subhead: Readings from Connection Science)
Photo of a bald man's head and shoulders. He is wearing glasses and has headphones around his neck. His torso is turned toward the viewer's right and his eyes are peering intently at the camera under a furrowed brow. It's a headshot of Claude Rajotte, famed Québecois VJ/DJ and purveyor of some of the coolest music in Montreal for year.
Black text on white background (cropped screencap of New York Times email headlines). The text reads: "She's a billionaire. He's a socialist. Can they get along?"
An image parodying a Facebook post from The Onion. There is an image of a man and woman sitting at a bar with drinks. Above the image is a quote meant to be attributed to one of the people in the image (probably the man). The quote reads: "So Marr defines this distinction between three levels of analysis of any cognitive information-processing system. At the computational level..." And below the image is a "fake" (in the sense of parody) Onion headline. The headline reads: "Interdisciplinary" Linguist Brings Up Marr (1982) On First Date (reader of this alt-text; I have been attacked)
A young mixed-sex couple. The woman has her right arm around the man's neck and appears to be talking loudly near his ear. She is pointing or gesticulating with her left arm. His face makes it look like he wishes he were somewhere else. It's the Girl Explaining (aka Bro Girl) meme.
Cover of The Roots' 1995 album, do you want more?!!!??!
Cover of Björk's 1995 album Post
black & white photo of bottom half and shoulders of face with long, dark, beard
black and white photo of knuckle tats that read RAZL DAZL
daytime shot at an outdoor music festival; foreground has people milling about on a grass field that is somewhat muddy from recent rain, although the sun is shining for this shot; in the background is a stage with a banner reading "Aftershock"
Picture of the Aftershock 2025 metal festival lineup
A picture of a hand encased in a kind of hermetic glass bubble/chamber. It is J.P. Prewitt's left hand, and it was featured in the Fall 1973 Bulova watch catalog. (J.P. Prewitt is a character from the 2001 movie Zoolander, played by David Duchovny.)
cover of Soul Coughing's 1994 album Ruby Vroom
A picture of the front side of a small half-dome building made of wood paneling and a canvas roof, with a plain door. It's a farmstand somewhere in Northern California. A hand-lettered sign leans against it to the right of the door listing some of the wares for sale, in front of which is a wagon holding 3 watermelons. A pop-up is set up in front of the building, providing shade for a makeshift wooden counter on which there is, from left to right, a coffee, a bell for service, an iPad, a copy of The Body Keeps The Score, and a cash box. In the lower foreground is the bottom half of my left leg, crossed over my right knee. I'm wearing loose rust-coloured shorts that end below my knee, and black flipflops. In the background are some trees, including a flowering crepe myrtle, and a patch of blue sky. It's all rather idyllic.
screencap of twitter post by @fstspecial (screen name "Keto O'Rourke") that reads: one thing dystopian sci-fi didn't predict is that homegrown US Nazis aren't styled "Oberkampfjaeger" so much as "Acting Deputy Assistant to the Regional Manager of Homeland Security"
picture of surface of dairy queen table with a "cool S" etched into it
picture of the free self-serve water tap at the bar I'm currently at
image of chef hat with cartoon silhouette of rat from movie Ratatouille and arrow pointing at it
it's the Kermit vs Dark Kermit "Do it" meme but with no text
skeet reading "If a colleague told me they had done acid in private I would respond with "cool! what was it like? where did you get it from?" But if they told me they had done acid while at work, I would not feel bad about telling my boss."
floofy brown long-haired (siberian forest) cat perched on a stump amidst greenery/foliage
9ft Diamond table with balls distributed around. A phone on the ball collector shows a score of 4-2.