Dr. Rebecca Clift joins Decoder Ring podcast to dig into the history of the eye roll. May not be as old as you think.

The eye roll as protest. 1/2

#DecoderRing #EyeRoll #MetaLingistics #Linguistics

me? just writing a claude skill to detect exfiltration of data encoded in morse code in english, russian, and chinese.

#infosec #ai #decoderRing

"The mermaids were really difficult to record." - DR. STÉPHANE PIGEON, The White Noise Boom, Decoder Ring #DecoderRing #MermaidDay #DrStephanePigeon
"It was Thursday, February 26th, 2015." - WILLA PASKIN, The Truth About #TheDress, Decoder Ring #DecoderRing #WillaPaskin

Decoder Ring - "Is Culture Stuck?"

https://slate.com/podcasts/decoder-ring/2026/01/why-culture-in-the-21st-century-feels-stagnant

Kind of addresses my opinion that there hasn’t been a new major musical style since the advent of hip-hop.

#podcast #culture #DecoderRing

Are We Just Recycling Old Stories, Ideas, and Styles?

Culture may be stuck – but it doesn’t have to be.

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"it's pretty hard to escape what's driving our interest in celebrity." - MICHAEL PLATT, The Fame That Got Away, Decoder Ring #DecoderRing #MichaelPlatt
"Dick Tracy debuted in the funny pages of the Detroit Mirror in 1931!" - WILLA PASKIN, Calling Dick Tracy! It's Warren Beatty Again, Decoder Ring #DecoderRing #NationalMichiganDay #WillaPaskin
"Richard Nixon, in particular, took notice." - WILLA PASKIN, The Curious Case of Columbo's Message to Romania Part 1, Decoder Ring #DecoderRing #RichardNixon #WillaPaskin
"I don't recognize THAT bird sound." - NATHAN PIEPLOW, The Wrongest Bird in Movie History, Decoder Ring #DecoderRing #NationalBirdDay #NathanPieplow
"In fact, a Champagne glass rests atop it." - WILLA PASKIN, The Butt and the Bustle, Decoder Ring #DecoderRing #NewYearsEve #WillaPaskin