Dan Rosenberg

@MrAndyNgo @breeadail @UCSF @bourne_beth2345 Transhausen by Proxy

NEW NGO REPORT: Madeline Mann, a @UCSF administrator caught on video threatening to kill @bourne_beth2345 for being critical of trans surgeries on children, is married to woke podcaster Merlin Mann — and together they transitioned their daughter at age 15. thepostmillennial.com/andy-ngo-repor…

@BradPowers7 Cig tried to check in at 2:55 when the correct check-in time is 3:00

Is there a legit rift between Nick Saban and Curt Cignetti?

@GrammarTable I could say either. To my ear, slight differences between the two deictically: "coming" suggests we're already together and going for the sushi soon; "going" works better when we're apart at the moment of speaking and when we might be getting the sushi in a few hours, or tomorrow

I'm _____ (going, coming) with you to pick up the sushi.

@GrammarTable I’m good with zero

How many commas would you add to the sentence below? Rob took the bottle from him and in politeness did not wipe the neck with his sleeve before he drank. I welcome comments on where you'd put them.

@GrammarTable I think it’s grammatical, noble, and poetic

Is there a grammatical problem in the sentence "We have done that which was our duty to do"?

@antialienationp The very idea of co-parenting is offensive to narcissistic parents, because it means they have to share credit for raising the child. Narcissists categorically do not share credit for anything. And I suppose vlogging and "influencing" attract a decent number of narcissists.

Let's discuss a disturbing trend I've been noticing online — influencers and mommy vloggers using their co-parenting struggles and personal family drama as clickbait for profit. youtu.be/yZ3rVg66BKA?si…

@ManOnTheGreen @cdonosowriter @MerriamWebster @jmb @GrammarTable @bossproofreader I plead ignorance. pok-er for the metal rod makes sense because it helps a rapid reader recognize the verb root poke; similarly, M-W has mak-er, wip-er, and so on. But I have no idea how the decision is made for po-ker over pok-er for the card game.

@cdonosowriter @MerriamWebster In which case, my question would be, “What in particular determines the apparently differing morphologies of ‘po·ker’ and ‘pok·er’ (and would copywriters really distinguish between the two when setting permissible line breaks)?” @jmb @GrammarTable @DVRinChicago @bossproofreader

Within a dictionary entry, the dots that break up a word are known as ‘end-of-line’ division dots. These dots indicate where the word can be broken if it doesn't fit on a line of text. Syllable breaks are shown with hyphens in the pronunciation. 🧵⬇️

@lexlanham obv

@DVRinChicago translates to the cliquey widow, right? 😜

fall 2025 supplement to my trademark casebook has added the fireball case AND a case that discusses veuve cliquot in depth, & that's in the first chapter alone smh it's like the fed circuit wants our students learning tm law w/ a drink in hand

@Rondowriter @GrammarTable What do you say here? 'She brought me a bunch of grapes and I thanked her profusely for [it/them]'

@GrammarTable It seems that three quarters of people simply can't parse a sentence correctly any more. "A bunch" is the subject and it is a singular noun. Full stop. The answer is "passes".

What would you do? A bunch of dogs _____ (passes, pass) my house every day at 3:30 p.m. and I don't know why.

@marcpuck @GrammarTable Similar here. Usually 'grocery store.' Sometimes 'supermarket.' Never 'Tim.'

@GrammarTable I'd say 'supermarket', depending, because I alternate 'grocery store' and 'supermarket'. Don't ask. 😀

This one is for American English speakers. (Please click the last option if you would like to see the answers.) Let's say you're heading to a store that qualifies as a grocery store. What term would you most likely use in the following sentence? "Tim, I'm going to the ________."

@GrammarTable Strong team either. In AmEng at least, a bunch of often means a lot of, a large number of (“A bunch of bills were passed in the Senate last week”) and gets a plural verb. If the dogs are in a ragtag procession, I lean “pass”; if they are in a packlike clump, I lean “passes”

@JonathanShedler 4/different from the folk-wisdom truism that it's often easier to tear others down than to build oneself up. Third, and last, I want to emphasize, again from my limited perspective, how pernicious and dangerous the malignant narcissist's desire to vanquish someone can be. It ...

@JonathanShedler 3/vanquish (your word from your post # 2/ above) is the cause of all evil. Second, I think many malignant narcissists devote more energy, even obsessive energy, to demeaning and vanquishing their chosen enemies than to dramatizing their own grandiose self. This is not much ...

1/ Malignant narcissism “Malignant narcissism is a variant of narcissistic personality that has gained public attention in recent years. It is, in fact, the intersection of narcissistic personality and antisocial-psychopathic personality, blending the characteristics of both.

@karenmitchell__ A big red flag is when #7 just happens to take place on the eve or morning of an important day for you. It took me years to notice this pattern.

@karenmitchell__ If I may … 6. “Accidentally” “losing” or “misplacing” things (such as cards or documents, keys, tools, clothing items) that are important to your conduct of your life. 7. Interfering, often in subtle ways, with your sleep, making you too tired to function optimally.

High functioning narcissists/psychopaths often derail a target in many small, subtle ways. Do not be deceived though. My data indicates they are just as interested in destruction of others as those in prison for murder, they just know to be covert because their freedom is so important to them. For those unaware of the red flags, destructive behaviours may seem inconsequential like: 1. Claiming not to be aware of something that you know was discussed. 2. Blocking, postponing decisions, milestones that are important to you. 3. Making subtle demeaning comments seemingly balanced with a positive comment. 4. Using very subtle intimidation. 5. Lying. When a seemingly inconsequential behaviour is part of a long-standing pattern of behaviours that cause anxiety, distress, humiliation, loss of confidence, that the likelihood is of a dark personality. We often tend to make excuses for people when we see these destructive patterns of behaviour. We may attribute destructive patterns of behaviour to being tired or incompetence or lack of concentration or being passive aggressive. To accept the reality that someone is supremely self-interested at the cost of all else and genuinely enjoys the process of controlling, disadvantaging, and demeaning others (but is able to create a compelling false facade), is hard to accept and somewhat depressing. Looking at the world through rose coloured glasses, however, is done at your peril! The data indicates these people are not able to change, nor do they want to.

@GrammarTable ^ 800- and 1000-page versions. Oops

@GrammarTable Usually not. But occasionally yes. A 300-page history of Russia can be said to be concise, because there are 800- and 1000-word versions out there. Yet a 300-page book is not a brief book, as books go.

Can something be concise without being brief?