Dillon D. W. J. Hartwig
@biskyriznu.bsky.social
Language tutor (primarily English & White Hmong), semi-professional conlanger, Hawaiian shirt collector, UTC−06:00, they/them for convenience's sake, very tired
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https://hugenerd.carrd.co
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Might as well do a little community thing:
How would y'all describe these 5 colors in your #conlang?
In Soc'ul' the left two are "miúx", the right two are "cur", and the middle varies but more often "cur" (see comment for more detail)
How would y'all describe these 5 colors in your #conlang?
In Soc'ul' the left two are "miúx", the right two are "cur", and the middle varies but more often "cur" (see comment for more detail)
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reading through this list of yiddish insults and vulgarities, which is straight out of stutshkov's "treasure of the yiddish language," and was not prepared to come across PISHMASHIN (פּישמאַשין) or "piss machine" in our storied lexicon
די וויסנשאַפֿט פֿון וווּלגאַרקייט
שעלטן קען זײַן געזונט, אויף ייִדיש — נאָך מער.
yiddish.forward.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:54 PM
reading through this list of yiddish insults and vulgarities, which is straight out of stutshkov's "treasure of the yiddish language," and was not prepared to come across PISHMASHIN (פּישמאַשין) or "piss machine" in our storied lexicon
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Nice and specific, cheers.
January 20, 2026 at 11:23 AM
Nice and specific, cheers.
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IPA is a magic spell that makes anyone who can read IPA make the noises with their mouth
January 19, 2026 at 6:12 PM
IPA is a magic spell that makes anyone who can read IPA make the noises with their mouth
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Just did hard drugs*
*Closed all my tabs at once after finishing an article
*Closed all my tabs at once after finishing an article
January 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Just did hard drugs*
*Closed all my tabs at once after finishing an article
*Closed all my tabs at once after finishing an article
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It was inevitable.
Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
techcrunch.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
It was inevitable.
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If this pops up during your scroll time, pour one out for all D&D campaigns you never got to finish.
January 18, 2026 at 6:40 PM
If this pops up during your scroll time, pour one out for all D&D campaigns you never got to finish.
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We’re visiting a high-school friend of my wife and LOOK AT THIS PAINTING HER DAUGHTER DID
January 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM
We’re visiting a high-school friend of my wife and LOOK AT THIS PAINTING HER DAUGHTER DID
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Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
January 17, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Seems unfair that you only get to use the bouncy slide to get off a plane when things have gone wrong. The bouncy slide should be a treat they give to the best passengers who did the flight correctly.
Anyone know of a language (or better yet group of languages) that has ideophones but no productive reduplication in non-ideophones?
#linguistics #langsky #🐦🐦
#linguistics #langsky #🐦🐦
January 16, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Anyone know of a language (or better yet group of languages) that has ideophones but no productive reduplication in non-ideophones?
#linguistics #langsky #🐦🐦
#linguistics #langsky #🐦🐦
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Peer Review is broken because a generation of Editors were trained that peer review is sacrosanct. Thus we have Editors who are clerks, sending and re-sending manuscripts to reviewers until they are happy. That's not the job. Be an Editor, not a clerk. Use your skill and judgement. Make decisions.
January 14, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Peer Review is broken because a generation of Editors were trained that peer review is sacrosanct. Thus we have Editors who are clerks, sending and re-sending manuscripts to reviewers until they are happy. That's not the job. Be an Editor, not a clerk. Use your skill and judgement. Make decisions.
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thrilled to share what it should be in yiddish: an oylem ("crowd") of goylems ("golems")
fun question: what should the collective noun be for golems?
(like pride of lions or murder of crows)
(like pride of lions or murder of crows)
January 16, 2026 at 3:34 AM
thrilled to share what it should be in yiddish: an oylem ("crowd") of goylems ("golems")
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January 15, 2026 at 5:04 AM
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Bandcamp pays artists about 80% of sales. And prohibits AI music.
If you believe music is important, stop using Spotify.
If you believe music is important, stop using Spotify.
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Bandcamp pays artists about 80% of sales. And prohibits AI music.
If you believe music is important, stop using Spotify.
If you believe music is important, stop using Spotify.
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January 14, 2026 at 5:18 AM
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ꙮ Wake up girl, new Unicode lore just dropped ꙮ
January 13, 2026 at 10:14 AM
ꙮ Wake up girl, new Unicode lore just dropped ꙮ
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Intéressante carte de BFMTV
January 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
Intéressante carte de BFMTV
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I am also going to simply restate that I guarantee you that if the US annexes Greenland it will inflict either direct or indirect genocide on the inhabitants within a decade
January 14, 2026 at 1:59 PM
I am also going to simply restate that I guarantee you that if the US annexes Greenland it will inflict either direct or indirect genocide on the inhabitants within a decade
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For anyone interested in learning Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, all courses are offered online :)
For anyone interested in learning Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, all courses are offered online :)
January 14, 2026 at 11:53 AM
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
For anyone interested in learning Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, all courses are offered online :)
For anyone interested in learning Austronesian languages spoken in Taiwan, all courses are offered online :)
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Black women who go to church are the backbone of the Democratic Party. The party cease to exist without the political organization of these women. But do tell me more Ezra Klein about how the white guy who looks like you is the avatar of liberal Christianity.
Joe Biden was a practicing Catholic & when he went to the church near his son’s graves reporters spent time shouting questions at him & getting pissed off that he cared more about mourning his dead son.
This cult of personality attempt is a bit ridiculous.
This cult of personality attempt is a bit ridiculous.
January 14, 2026 at 6:01 AM
Black women who go to church are the backbone of the Democratic Party. The party cease to exist without the political organization of these women. But do tell me more Ezra Klein about how the white guy who looks like you is the avatar of liberal Christianity.
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Go to the “Report a Fundraiser” page and fill out the form. This was how I filled out the form since there wasn’t an option for violating the Terms of Service.
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January 11, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Go to the “Report a Fundraiser” page and fill out the form. This was how I filled out the form since there wasn’t an option for violating the Terms of Service.
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People don't want to accept that the primary reason that we have Trump today is that the previous administration completely failed. It should have never gotten to the point where it was in the so-called hands of the voters. It was already too late by then.
SEOUL, Jan 13 (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Tuesday requested the death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.
January 13, 2026 at 6:58 PM
People don't want to accept that the primary reason that we have Trump today is that the previous administration completely failed. It should have never gotten to the point where it was in the so-called hands of the voters. It was already too late by then.
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Shame. I heard he was one bad hombre {complimentary}
can't believe its been 6 years since @maartenkossmann.bsky.social died, its as if it were just yesterday he last emailed me.
January 13, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Shame. I heard he was one bad hombre {complimentary}