I.T. Soon

@isaactsoon.bsky.social

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Writer of music, fiction, and scholarship. Recovering nihilist.

An image of the album cover for Hollywood North, my new album coming April 24th, 2026. A forest of tall trees, with pink branches.
A forest of tall trees, coniferous, pink, sentinels that will outlive us all.
An image of a saint kneeling and his knee being bitten by a pigmy hippo (Moo Deng). "Saint Augustine with Hippo" with the word "of" crossed out.
The first page of the journal article entitled "The Alexamenos Graffito as Christian Parody." Abstract: Against the near-universal consensus that it was created by a pagan (non-Christian) in order to satirise Christian worship, this article contends that the Alexamenos graffito can plausibly be read as a Christian self-parody, created by the enslaved Alexamenos himself. It is the first full-length treatment of the authorial origins of the Alexamenos graffito. The article first provides an overview of the visual and scholarly histories of the image since the nineteenth century. Then it addresses evidence for and against reading the text as non-Christian or Christian in origin, focusing on the apparent sexualisation of Jesus, early Christian receptions of satirical depictions of Jesus, the graffito's use of a titulus, the solidarity of the image with enslaved workers and the relevance of nearby Christian graf-fiti. Finally, it places the graffito in conversation with ancient self-parody practices from wider Greek, Roman and Christian sources. While it is impossible to argue definitively about the identity of the graffito's creator, this article contends that scholarship cannot exclude the possibility and potential likelihood that it may be Christian in origin.
Three anatomical votive ears placed in three columns, each with a different colour (red, yellow, green), all on a pink background. The title reads “Healthcare and Disability in the Ancient World Call for Papers.”
Four images in four panels. One of a painting of an octopus holding a mirror. On the foggy mirror a smiley face has been drawn. Another image is of a track list of songs on the album. Another image is of sound waves from a voice note recording. The last is of tracks on music software.
"Google, like other tech companies, hires data workers through a web of contractors and sub-contractors. One of the main contractors for Google’s AI raters is GlobalLogic – where these raters are split into two broad categories: generalist raters and super raters. Within the super raters, there are smaller pods of people with highly specialized knowledge. Most workers hired initially for the roles were teachers. Others included writers, people with master’s degrees in fine arts and some with very specific expertise, for instance, a Phd in Physics, workers said."
One work day, her task was to enter details on chemotherapy options for bladder cancer, which haunted her because she wasn’t an expert on the subject. “I pictured a person sitting in their car finding out that they have bladder cancer and googling what I’m editing,” she said. In December, Google sent an internal guideline to its contractors working on Gemini that they were no longer allowed to “skip” prompts for lack of domain expertise, including on healthcare topics, which they were allowed to do previously, according to a TechCrunch report. Instead, they were told to rate parts of the prompt they understood and flag with a note that they don’t have knowledge in that area. Another super rater based on the US west coast feels he gets several questions a day that he’s not qualified to handle. Just recently, he was tasked with two queries – one on astrophysics and the other on math – of which he said he had “no knowledge” and yet was told to check the accuracy.
Dear Dr. Soon, Thank you for submitting the final version of your manuscript entitled "Literate Workers and the Production of Early Christian Literature", which is acceptable for publication in Cambridge Elements.
An upside down face, eyes and glasses at the bottom, nose in the centre and lips and beard at the top. The face is colourized pink.
A video of waves at a beach with an album cover of blue waves. A song plays in the background with the lyrics "Light in the water makes a way, glimmers of rescue in your face, your hand on my hand ignites a wave, tender and honest hurricane, maelstrom of chaos on your lips, our bodies no longer innocent, diving down deeper in your depths, davy jones locker relationship."
An image of a whiteboard with a grid breaking down song titles, progress of development (melody, lyrics, producing, mixing, etc) as well as the run time for songs and their musical keys.
An image of the front page of the article detailing title, author, institutional, and publishing information. The abstract is too long to paste here, please follow the link for more information. If you're having trouble don't hesitate to reach out.
A screenshot of "A Disabled Apostle" from the Oxford Academic online page showing the book cover, DOI, ISBN information, and book abstract.