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Still (ha!) being confused by that thing where yet and still are roughly synonyms (massive difference in register notwithstanding) and "not yet" and "not still" are verging on antonyms. ("not begun" vs "already ended").

I always have a lot of trouble thinking through yet/still esp when trying to translate stuff.

I *think* it *might* be

not still X → "!(still X)" [*]
not yet X → "still !(X)" [**]
still not X → "still !(X)"
yet not X → "still !(X)" [***]

but my head hurts a bit now.

I think this is probably same thing as that weird English quirk where "must not" ≈ "may not" but "must" != "may"; the "not" scopes oddly with "must (not X)" vs "(may not) X". But there it's kinda easy to bracket them as above. The "verb not" → !(verb) thing is archaic, but I see how it got there.

But with not-yet the "not" feels like it scopes to an argument it's not adjacent to. I know, idioms gonna idiom non-compositionally, but still. (ha again)

[*] with meaning that X definitely has happened in the past but has now stopped, even if a very literal pedant could pretend that it could include the situation where X has never happened and is continuing not to happen.

[**] nuance difference ofc; "not yet X" implies very heavily that X is expected to happen at some point; "still not X" doesn't imply it nearly as strongly. But the directionality in time is the same — hasn't happened in the past, might happen in the future.

[***] and sounds dated verging on archaic.

rachelmanija

An epistolatory novel about the friendship between an American Jew, Max, and a German, Martin. As Hitler rises to power, their relationship sours, in some expected ways and some less expected, as their characters are revealed.

Very short, very powerful, very technically skilled, a quick easy read with an unexpected and unforgettable outcome. Seriously, don't click on spoilers if there's any chance you'll read the book. That being said, I read it because Naomi Kritzer told me the whole story and it was still great. Thanks for the rec!

The book was published in 1939 under a male-sounding pseudonym, but the style feels almost modern and the themes feel incredibly modern. There's an afterword about what inspired the book, which which is worth reading. Taylor had some German friends who seemed like kind, wonderful people, who became fervent Nazis and abandoned their Jewish friends. In a question so many of us are asking now, she wondered, What changed their hearts so? What steps brought them to such cruelty?

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flemmings

I will say, getting up when you wake up does make for longer days. What a difference an extra 2.5 hours can achieve. Not that I achieved anything yesterday which was rainy most of the day and peak couch potatodom the rest. But today, even though I lay in to 10, got me to the laundromat with towels and sheets and that pair of putative corduroy pants that are still too stiff to wear comfortably. Repeated washing and drying in hot has accomplished nothing. Where are the soft wide whale cords of my youth? (Yes, that really is whale as in cetacean. How odd.) And they need to be shortened as well.

In between whiles I took my tax stuff up to the courier outlet to be FedExed to outer Scarberia. Hope it arrives and yes, I know I should have made copies of the one form that can't be duplicated easily-- from the bank, actually-- and I now know to add the accountant's phone number, but it is out of my hands no use wibbling etc etc. *Maybe* next year I will trust to the tender mercies of Canada Post for delivery because dear lord FedEx charges what dinner at Le Paradis cost me last time I was there. Even without getting a signature which is another $12 plus tax.

However if it's all to do again no bother because I'm sure to get some kind of refund. Which may not be true next year because if I shake the money tree too hard, as I did in '21, there are capital gains taxes to pay. Should have shaken it when the Dow was at 50,000 but who knew someone would have blundered into an undeclared war?

ffutures

This is a bundle of material for Scion 2E from Onyx Path Publishing, an RPG about people becoming gods which seems thematically somewhat like the Percy Jackson background. I don't think it has been in one of these bundles before.

https://bundleofholding.com/presents/ScionOrigin

This isn't a genre I particularly want to play with at present, but it looks like you get quite a lot for your money. Layout and design seem good, and the art avoids some common cliches although some of it does veer towards one uncanny valley or another.

ysabetwordsmith

Today is partly cloudy and chilly, now in the 40s. Yesterday went from a high of 87°F to just below freezing. >_<

I fed the birds. I've seen a large flock of sparrows, a mixed flock of blackbirds including a redwing, and two mourning doves.

I put out water for the birds.

We measured the parking lot (about 47 feet x 37 feet) and driveway (about 117 feet long x 10 feet wide).

EDIT 3/23/26 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

I've seen a pair of house finches.

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Current Mood: busy

snopes_feed

Posted by Anna Rascouët-Paz

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-robert-mueller-post/

As special counsel, Mueller investigated ties between Russia and Trump's 2016 presidential campaign.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-robert-mueller-post/

james_davis_nicoll

The 2024 Second Edition of Onyx Path Publishing's Scion, the tabletop roleplaying game about the children of gods discovering their birthright in the modern world.

Bundle of Holding: Scion Origin

lb_lee

Rogan: I guess, if I had to summarize my feelings about labels, any kind of identity label, it’d be this: labels are created for people; people are not created to fit them.

A label describes, but it shouldn’t define. If it strangles you, ditch it. Even if you can’t avoid other people slapping it on you, you don’t have to make THEIR mistake part of YOUR identity. (Sadly, uprooting nasty brainweeds like that is rarely as simple as just saying no. You may end up having to know your enemy, do way more research, and think way more about it than you’d like, just to pull up all them runners. It’s worth it, though, to be free!)

Whatever label you choose, hold it loosely. Don’t death-grip it, or you’re priming yourself for a total identity collapse if/when you change... and change is the only constant. Let yourself grow. Let yourself be playful about what you call yourself and why; we call ourself a “multivarious cyborg” and it’s a typo! We named ourself Loony-brain thinking this was just an embarrassing stage we were going through, and now we own it! We went from soulbonder to natural multiple to DID to “yes and” multi. Maybe one day, we’ll even be singlet again, or something else entirely!

Knowing your label is not the same as knowing yourSELF. There’s no linguistic shortcut for that work. Nobody can do it for you, and that’s good news: it puts the power in YOUR hands.

Use it well, and don’t hang on so hard.

Current Mood: thoughtful
Crossposts: https://lb-lee.insanejournal.com/24563.html

xkcd_feed

https://xkcd.com/3223/

Depending what corners of the internet you hang out on, 'regular' may at times awkwardly coexist with 'sexy.'

https://xkcd.com/3223/

oursin

Anyway.

Partner and I are in need of a solicitor for a fairly routine and non-urgent matter, so, looked up who it was we went to last time we had a routine life admin thing requiring the services of a legal professional.

(This was actually a bit more time-consuming than I anticipated, have I mentioned that archivists are really Not All That at keeping on top of their own papers? The cobbler's children syndrome.)

But, I found the name of the practice and looked them up on The Internetz and they are there, as having gone out of business some few years ago, on Companies House website.

And they are by no means the first solicitors I have had dealings with, though I think the ones in Kentish Town saw me through the purchase of First Flat and present dwelling and possibly various other legal matters, but are now no longer operating more or less adjacent to the Tube station.

I suppose that these days one should not anticipate that you have Old Mr Thing the attorney-at law and Young Mr Thing his son who keeps up the practice and Even Younger Mr Thing who is being brought on in the family tradition -

- and that these things come and go like everything else and they are no longer quite the repository of folk memory like in mystery novels.

Way back when I was starting out as a Wee Babby Archivist, I remember that a big thing of the day, practically A Crisis, was solicitors' records. As I was never actually employed in a repository where I had any direct dealings with the problem, I'm not sure whether this was due to practices going defunct, or just somebody going down into the cellar and realising that they still had all the papers from Jarndyce v Jarndyce back to its origins along with tons of other stuff. But anyway, there were Massive Amounts of Very Misc Material (quite surprising what turned up) which looking back I suspect had all sorts of issues around ownership to complicate matters even further.

(If anyone has recs for N London solicitors would be glad to hear of them.)

ysabetwordsmith

These are some posts from the later part of last week in case you missed them:
Poem: "The Bridge of Mist"
Science
Birdfeeding
Select Seeds Order
Prairie Moon Order
Fossils
Birdfeeding
Moment of Silence: Nicholas Brendon
Philosophical Questions: Marriage
Follow Friday 3-20-26: Magic
Friday Five
Birdfeeding
Birdfeeding
Community Thursdays
Science
Birdfeeding
Cuddle Party

Linguistics has 45 comments. Philosophical Questions: Pregnancy has 63 comments. Safety has 59 comments. Wildlife has 49 comments.

Last week's bonus fishbowl went well. I am still writing.

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The weather has been erratic here, and yesterday was downright psychotic. It was cold with howling wind, then mild, then hot. Yesterday went from 87F to 57F in an hour, then 47F, and just below freezing overnight. We got a dribble of rain, but most of last night's storm missed us. The ground is starting to crack -- in March, which used to be the Moon of Mud Everywhere. >_< Seen at the birdfeeders this week: a mixed flock of sparrows and house finches, several brown-headed cowbirds, two mourning doves, two male cardinals, and a fox squirrel. Red-winged blackbirds have been singing overhead. Currently blooming: crocuses, snowdrops, daffodils, squill, violets, apricot, grape hyacinths.

Current Mood: busy

snopes_feed

Posted by Jordan Liles

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-palm-beach-pete-epstein/

Addressing Epstein's past, the man dubbed "Palm Beach Pete" said, "He's a very bad person, what he did, obviously. And he is dead, and I'm alive."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/florida-palm-beach-pete-epstein/

selenak

In the former, Jane sees herself as Alice to Sinatra's Luther, while in the later, Sinatra is informed it all comes down to Vader and Luke.

( Spoilers are saying hello to.... )

Current Mood: calm
Current Location: Munich

snopes_feed

Posted by Rae Deng

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uk-full-term-abortion/

An amendment that would end police investigations into abortions has received approval from the United Kingdom's House of Lords.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/uk-full-term-abortion/

larryhammer

For Poetry Monday:

Suicide’s Note, Langston Hughes

The calm,
Cool face of the river
Asked me for a kiss.

---L.

Subject quote from Sailing, Christopher Cross.