alexei l. batishchev
@alexeibatishchev.com
[ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej] (or [əˈlɛkseɪ] if you want) [bɐˈtʲiɕːəf] sociolinguist, artist, immigrant. i promise i’m not analyzing your texts. currently on Dena’ina lands.
anti-wavy hair propaganda could never stop me so i am having a wavy moment once again #stopGaslightingMeThatIHaveStraightHair #nothingStraightHere
i want every language learner to be as confident in themselves as me being online in 2012 using “however”, instead of “whatever.” it doesn’t matter!!! you can just do things!!! just do it !!!!!!!
developed camaraderie with hockey players due to the whole leg muscles shebang and the problem of finding good pants
text prediction attacked me because i was typing “[something] to [be]” but my phone recognized “to” as possibly part of “too” and autocompleted the phrase with “too lol ugh”. do i sigh so much??
Alaska Democratic Party Chairman Eric Croft tells CNN's Pamela Brown that Alaska has confidence in the state's process for counting ballots in the Senate race between Republican Senator Dan Sullivan and Democratic former congresswoman Mary Peltola. Follow election updates: https://cnn.it/4fe6CXQ
The cybertruck was a total disaster but without it we would never have had this one perfect quote. www.wired.com/story/owning...
“oh my russianistic dogs of sadness” is something i can say when i visit my mom for winter break while she’s dogsitting several dogs for the holidays
my Spanish tutor and I ended up just talking about politics for 1.25 h 😜
What if the Normal Rockwell painting but hot
Breaking News: Sam Forstag, a former union leader and smoke jumper, won western Montana’s House race, flipping the seat and becoming the first Democrat elected to the House in the state in more than 30 years. nyti.ms/4AeMJbo
Melissa and Mark Hortman were victims of terrorist political violence, explicitly encouraged by the sitting president and a large swath of elected officials who supported him. May they rest in power, and may all those responsible for contributing to their deaths face justice.
I was honored to join Melissa and Mark Hortman’s children today to dedicate Highway 610 in their name.
Breaking news! And good news! www.nytimes.com/2026/11/05/u...
Newsom Commutes the Sentences of California’s 548 Death Row Inmates (Gift Article)
Gov. Gavin Newsom, in one of his last acts, commuted the sentences of all prisoners with death sentences, calling capital punishment morally objectionable. That’s about a quarter of death sentences na...
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it’s a very It’s My Life by Bon Jovi for me right now but i also can’t help but think of my mom who is the biggest Bon Jovi fan i know
say hello to my little friend: [i produce a miniature man from my pocket. he seems extremely disoriented]
lmaoooo guess what the heritage foundation just took down
I stopped by Renee and Alex’s memorials today and was inspired to see all those who showed up to pay their respects and leave an “I voted” sticker. We have not forgotten. Accountability is coming.
One thing the past 24 hours has emphasized for me - with Google's attempt to extort schools and the rejection of (techno)fascism - is that now is the time to embrace a critical tech education that helps youth and teachers analyze AI as a political project while also pursuing decomputing in schools.
One thing with the Texas AG's office going blue is that the investigation of WPATH by Texas will end. We're going to see a lot of the targeting of trans healthcare stop and existing restrictions fall. The Dem AG could refuse to defend the GAC ban, bathroom ban, etc.
saw a car with a sticker “Hamo Pride” but of course i read it as “homo pride” and my first thought was “well *i* wouldn’t put it like that but honestly slay”