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Lew Perin

@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de
  • Open on social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

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Joined August 25, 2017
Homepage:
https://babelcarp.org/babelcarp/
Email:
perin@acm.org
Shiptoasting🍾:
Ahoy!
Hip-hop name:
Ol’ Dirty Banzhang

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · 5d ago
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de

Spouse and I are now planning a trip (mostly) to Germany in September. Do you have ideas for must-see places in and around the following?

  • Munich

  • Freiburg im Breisgau

  • Strasbourg

  • Frankfurt am Main

Thanks!

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Jul 28, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @sarahtaber@mastodon.online
@sarahtaber@mastodon.online Definitely gonna seek this out in Brooklyn's Chinese neighborhoods!
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 10, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @futurebird@sauropods.win
@futurebird@sauropods.win https://mk.absturztau.be/notes/am2edcod7k9c00oq
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 07, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @futurebird@sauropods.win
@futurebird@sauropods.win We English speakers need a single word for “angrily enjoying.” I bet they already have one in German.
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 06, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de

If the USA still had a robust press with investigative reporters worth their salaries, we would know what kind of automation on Trump’s iPhone generates “Thank you for your attention to this matter!”.

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 06, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de

It has come to our attention that this account recently has been targeted for hacking and impersonation.

Please note that any toot purporting to come from this account that doesn’t end in “Thank you for your attention to this matter!” can be assumed to be inauthentic.

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 06, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de

I’ve been paying attention to the progress of Graham Platner, the rough-around-the-edges working-class-hero type candidate for US senator in Maine. Specifically, I’ve been wondering, if he gets elected, will he turn into another John Fetterman.

Apparently not! I just got a fund-raising text from his campaign asking for five bucks on the premise that enough small contributions could counter the effect of big money coming from billionaires *and AIPAC*.

Saying that, he's obviously burned the Fetterman bridge behind him.

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 04, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de

Semiquincentennial? No, it should be demisemimillennial.

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 04, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de

Do you have a yen for creating your own role-playing game? But you’re bummed out because there are already so many RPGs out there that you won’t score many points when you announce your game to the Fediverse?

Don’t despair! You can multiply your Fedi project points by the coolness of the retro programming language you code it in. :awesome:

I think you can see where this is going. Write your RPG in RPG!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_RPG

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 04, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de

This is an interesting take on (Inner) Mongolian tea culture:

https://www.reddit.com/r/tea/comments/1t380w8/jasmine_brick_tea_a_treat_only_inner_mongolia/

Hey, @nomadbynature@101010.pl , do you agree with this?

@tea@fedigroups.social

reddit

Jasmine Brick Tea: A Treat Only Inner Mongolia Could Produce

OneRiverTea

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 03, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de

Seen on 8th Ave. in Sunset Park, Brooklyn’s biggest Chinatown:

If you hire a Chinese sign painter, you can expect nice hanzi, but be sure to check the English spelling!

(福春超市 = Fu Chun Supermarket)

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 03, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de

tired: mere clothing
wired: smart clothing
Inspired: AGI-pilled sweaters

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 02, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @futurebird@sauropods.win
@futurebird@sauropods.win https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/04/avas-life-list
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 02, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @futurebird@sauropods.win
@futurebird@sauropods.win “bug”
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 01, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @cstross@wandering.shop
@cstross Since Trump is a billionaire—or at least *says* he is—you could be prosecuted for this toot if you lived in the USA. Good thing you’re British, so the worst thing that could happen is being sued penniless for unkind words.
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Apr 29, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @ellestad@sfba.social
@ellestad@sfba.social Not saying this is a good idea! But the 2,4-d Wikipedia page says that compound isn’t Agent Orange, rather it’s one of that notorious preparation’s components. Not only that, the page says AO’s harms to humans are attributable to contaminants in the manufacture of a different AO component.
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Apr 25, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @LeafyEricScott@hachyderm.io
@LeafyEricScott@hachyderm.io Only tail-recursive films.
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Apr 21, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de

Tired: plumber
Wired: privy councillor

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Apr 16, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @ellestad@sfba.social
@ellestad@sfba.social Anna May Wong! @tea@fedigroups.social
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Apr 15, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @ppk@front-end.social
@ppk@front-end.social Does that have to be a word? To my Anglophone ear it’s ugly however it’s spelled.
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Apr 03, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @ppk@front-end.social
@ppk A batch of updates from 2021 just arrived in my RSS reader. The last was 2021-09-21.
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Apr 03, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @taylorlorenz@mastodon.social
@taylorlorenz If you don’t have a Mastodon login you can still follow Mastodon accounts via an RSS reader.
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Mar 11, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @baptnz@piaille.fr
@baptnz I just emailed Scott Wilson of Yunnan Sourcing. @tea
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Mar 11, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de
@baptnz Two or three inquiring minds want to know. @tea
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Mar 11, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @baptnz@piaille.fr
@baptnz Maybe ask them? @tea
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Mar 11, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @baptnz@piaille.fr
@baptnz Yes, absolutely. I don’t think you have to be a tea lexicographer to find this frustrating. 🤯 @nomadbynature @tea
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Mar 11, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @baptnz@piaille.fr
@baptnz Hmm, isn’t that the Bitterleaf tea that’s represented as low-caffeine? I took that as meaning crassicolumna; maybe I was wrong. @tea
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Mar 11, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @nomadbynature@101010.pl
@nomadbynature No, there’s crassicolumna leaf tea without any of those fat buds that look like miniature bamboo shoots. @tea
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Mar 10, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de
Today I’m drinking another crassicolumna black tea, this one made from leaves rather than buds. It’s mild and pleasant and shares the feature I’ve come to expect from crassicolumna teas: a remarkably persistent honeyed huigan. I might as well say where I’ve gotten these crassicolumna teas Verdant Tea. I’m kind of reluctant to plug specific vendors, but they seem to be ahead of everyone else in this race. I’m relieved to say, though, that I’m pretty sure you can get crassicolumna teas from Yunnan Sourcing and Bitterleaf if you search for "ya bao". Why does ya bao get confused with crassicolumna? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Strangely nobody on the Chinese Web seems to sell these teas. Try searching for 厚轴茶 and you’ll find lots of articles but nothing for sale. @tea
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Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Mar 09, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

crassicolumna yabao hongcha

Through maybe 7 steeps today, as the flavor gradually faded, it kept up a nice honeyed huigan.

That said, it was kind of stupid to pick today for a caffeine-free afternoon session. Last night Eastern USAian time jumped ahead one hour and we had to stagger out of bed at 6:30 to be ready to meet just-off-the-plane European relatives for breakfast.

@tea

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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Mar 08, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de

I took on a bunch more crassicolumna teas, encouraged by my results with the aged yabao “puer”.

I agree with @baptnz@piaille.fr that the yabao black tea cake is a standout. The dark buds yield a pale (for hongcha) liquor that has a pleasant degree of bitterness. It also has something I’m a sucker for; a cooling, almost mentholic, quality.

@tea@fedigroups.social

piaille.fr

baptiste (@baptnz@piaille.fr) - Piaille

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Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Feb 17, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @thomate@ihatebeinga.live
@thomate@ihatebeinga.live The fire whores, to be specific.🧐
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Jan 22, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @Gargron__dup_1@mastodon.social
@Gargron@mastodon.social Congratulations! But you just doxxed yourself.
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babelcarp
Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · Jan 15, 2026
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @futurebird@sauropods.win
@futurebird@sauropods.win If there can be multiple infinities...just sayin'.
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Lew Perin @babelcarp@social.tchncs.de · May 25, 2021
Lew Perin
@babelcarp@social.tchncs.de

Accepting bitterness is the leap of faith in the religion of tea.
#tea
I try to follow people who are either friends of mine or people I learn things from. (Delightfully, there is overlap between the two categories!) If I get the impression that you’re here mainly to display your moral or aesthetic superiority, I will try to ignore you.

social.tchncs.de
Replying to @_xhr_@mastodon.social
@_xhr_ Thanks so much for that. I will admit that, till I read this, I was using a version of less too old to have that feature.🙃
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