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Nick Fleisher

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Linguist at UW-Milwaukee. Syntax & semantics, higher ed, Wisconsin politics &c.

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Nick Fleisher·Nov 4

Grammar/syntax/semantics Wisconsin politics Academic freedom and shared governance Philadelphia and Philadelphia sports Modular synthesizers Open source software Stockholm, Sweden All things Donald Fagen

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Nick Fleisher·Sep 16

The vice president of the United States went on the air yesterday to announce that he has no intention of doing this

The Ezra Klein Show: We are going to have to live here with each other
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Nick Fleisher·Sep 16

It brings me no pleasure to report that completing a minor task you've been avoiding (1) is not very hard and (2) makes you feel better afterwards

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Nick Fleisher·Sep 3

I do not understand why Bret Stephens is employed

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Nick Fleisher·1h

This was a Friends plot

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The amount of email I get from my Milwaukee alderman has gotten completely out of control

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Nick Fleisher·2h

Important to get the Treasury Secretary out there telegraphing military operations

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Nick Fleisher·4h

Up ~50% in the past 10 days, do I have that right?

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Nick Fleisher·5h

Slurs Rush In (2026)

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Nick Fleisher·6h

You can't bring a gun to a knife fight and then complain when it turns out the other side has more guns

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Nick Fleisher·8h

Guys I found the bank that financed production of The Rural Juror

Burke & Herbert Bank
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Nick Fleisher·9h

Just heard an NPR news update that was a verbatim summary of the president's tweet that went on to explain that "Make Iran Great Again, or MIGA" is "clearly a play on MAGA", and I don't think I've ever had stronger second-hand embarrassment

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Nick Fleisher·9h

Hmm perhaps they should not have implemented the president's illegal order to steal our money in the first place

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Nick Fleisher·23h

It's been six days

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