Christian DiCanio
@cdicanio.bsky.social
Phonetician and linguist studying prosody and indigenous languages of Mexico / Fonetista y lingüista que estudia idiomas indígenas de México. University at Buffalo. He - él - il - sij³. 🏳️🌈
Also ttrpg (rifts, d&d)
https://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~cdicanio
Also ttrpg (rifts, d&d)
https://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~cdicanio
What if the great barrier (part of the Fermi paradox) is not about technological advancement, but instead about civilizations ultimately destroying themselves because of the greed and hoarding of the ultra-wealthy?
November 10, 2025 at 12:02 AM
What if the great barrier (part of the Fermi paradox) is not about technological advancement, but instead about civilizations ultimately destroying themselves because of the greed and hoarding of the ultra-wealthy?
@aoc.bsky.social Please please please please primary against Schumer. You will win and we will win. We want someone who doesn’t give in so they can go home and watch Matlock.
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
@aoc.bsky.social Please please please please primary against Schumer. You will win and we will win. We want someone who doesn’t give in so they can go home and watch Matlock.
Whenever I look up anything on multinomial regression...
(1) Uh, we should have used it, but we binarized everything instead
(2) Here it is! Run this code. What's a random effect?
...
(1) Uh, we should have used it, but we binarized everything instead
(2) Here it is! Run this code. What's a random effect?
...
September 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Whenever I look up anything on multinomial regression...
(1) Uh, we should have used it, but we binarized everything instead
(2) Here it is! Run this code. What's a random effect?
...
(1) Uh, we should have used it, but we binarized everything instead
(2) Here it is! Run this code. What's a random effect?
...
Reposted by Christian DiCanio
There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...
Two UB biomedical engineering students from Sri Lanka were taken by ICE in Williamsville today. @ubuffalo.bsky.social
Fucking ICE just disappeared two of our neighbors from their car; they had the courtesy to put the car back in the driveway , but left their 5 lb dog inside the house to die. Is America great again now‽ #MAGA
August 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Two UB biomedical engineering students from Sri Lanka were taken by ICE in Williamsville today. @ubuffalo.bsky.social
Our short vacation in Rhode Island has been nice, but the food here is really underwhelming. Newport is just expensive and mediocre. It could be good if it weren't so white everywhere.
August 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Our short vacation in Rhode Island has been nice, but the food here is really underwhelming. Newport is just expensive and mediocre. It could be good if it weren't so white everywhere.
Nice article by @jrkasstan.bsky.social
August 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Nice article by @jrkasstan.bsky.social
The magenta dragon came out well. It's hard to get a good angle of the eyes though.
August 16, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The magenta dragon came out well. It's hard to get a good angle of the eyes though.
Husband sees flashlight on Kohl's website (he is addicted to Kohls cash) only to discover that Torchy300 is underwhelmingly smaller than advertised.
August 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Husband sees flashlight on Kohl's website (he is addicted to Kohls cash) only to discover that Torchy300 is underwhelmingly smaller than advertised.
So, with the orange enemy-of-the-people firing the director of the bureau of labor statistics, what public sources on the US economy should the engaged public utilize instead? Aren’t there institutes who track these things themselves? Advice @epi.org, @economist.com? #econsky #publiceconomics
August 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
So, with the orange enemy-of-the-people firing the director of the bureau of labor statistics, what public sources on the US economy should the engaged public utilize instead? Aren’t there institutes who track these things themselves? Advice @epi.org, @economist.com? #econsky #publiceconomics
While in Oregon for #lsa2025, I basically didn't look at social media. (My therapist also said that would be great.) Coming back after a few weeks, I'm realizing just how many academics have really unhealthy media consumption habits and unhealthy work-life boundaries. We're not good models.
August 12, 2025 at 2:57 AM
While in Oregon for #lsa2025, I basically didn't look at social media. (My therapist also said that would be great.) Coming back after a few weeks, I'm realizing just how many academics have really unhealthy media consumption habits and unhealthy work-life boundaries. We're not good models.
Accepted at Language & Speech. Work on the Triqui corpus with my student Jared Sharp.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Just how contrastive is word-initial consonant length? Exploring the Itunyoso Triqui spontaneous speech corpus.
PDF | Itunyoso Triqui (Otomanguean: Mexico) has a typologically uncommon contrast between singleton and geminate consonants which occurs only in... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on R...
www.researchgate.net
August 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Accepted at Language & Speech. Work on the Triqui corpus with my student Jared Sharp.
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Reposted by Christian DiCanio
Math professor Johanna Franklin writes home to Waterloo, IL, where a 4th grade teacher sparked her math career. Cutting the NSF, “means not only fewer scientists and less scientific progress in general, but also fewer chances for anyone but the rich to do science.” 🧪 🏠
@johannamath.bsky.social
@johannamath.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Math professor Johanna Franklin writes home to Waterloo, IL, where a 4th grade teacher sparked her math career. Cutting the NSF, “means not only fewer scientists and less scientific progress in general, but also fewer chances for anyone but the rich to do science.” 🧪 🏠
@johannamath.bsky.social
@johannamath.bsky.social
My husband got me the gayest socks.
July 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
My husband got me the gayest socks.
Should I cite what formal phonologists say about articulatory timing if they have not actually looked at phonetic variation and production in any quantitative capacity? The field often weighs this work as more meaningful since it’s “clean”, but it’s clean because they don’t look at production.
July 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Should I cite what formal phonologists say about articulatory timing if they have not actually looked at phonetic variation and production in any quantitative capacity? The field often weighs this work as more meaningful since it’s “clean”, but it’s clean because they don’t look at production.
Replication Crisis
xkcd.com
July 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Reposted by Christian DiCanio
It's promotion letter writing season for academics in the US. As I'm going through my batch I thought I'd share a few things I did *not* know when I started doing this.
(I've served on dept and college's PTR committees, but institutional norms may differ--I'd be interested to hear other takes!)
(I've served on dept and college's PTR committees, but institutional norms may differ--I'd be interested to hear other takes!)
July 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's promotion letter writing season for academics in the US. As I'm going through my batch I thought I'd share a few things I did *not* know when I started doing this.
(I've served on dept and college's PTR committees, but institutional norms may differ--I'd be interested to hear other takes!)
(I've served on dept and college's PTR committees, but institutional norms may differ--I'd be interested to hear other takes!)
As a prep for my last lectures on phonetic fieldwork at the LSA summer institute, I created a youtube video guiding users through how I (quickly) mark phonetic variants in recordings. I’m happy to send along the Praat script (or similar versions on my website).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cggx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cggx...
Phonetic variant coding - glottalized sonorants
YouTube video by Christian DiCanio
www.youtube.com
July 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
As a prep for my last lectures on phonetic fieldwork at the LSA summer institute, I created a youtube video guiding users through how I (quickly) mark phonetic variants in recordings. I’m happy to send along the Praat script (or similar versions on my website).
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cggx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cggx...
#lsa2025 is fun so far. I've met up with several old friends and colleagues. I talk about linguistics all the time! Also, living with Georgia is fun. Our vrbo is amazing.
July 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
#lsa2025 is fun so far. I've met up with several old friends and colleagues. I talk about linguistics all the time! Also, living with Georgia is fun. Our vrbo is amazing.
Reposted by Christian DiCanio
Join us this summer — 80+ courses, 8 conferences, and linguists surrounded by Oregon’s nature. Don’t miss it!
📅 Sign up now: bit.ly/3CSbbHC
🔗 More info: center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025
📧 Questions? LSAinstitute@uoregon.edu
#LSA2025 #Linguistics #SummerInstitute #UOregon
📅 Sign up now: bit.ly/3CSbbHC
🔗 More info: center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025
📧 Questions? LSAinstitute@uoregon.edu
#LSA2025 #Linguistics #SummerInstitute #UOregon
May 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Join us this summer — 80+ courses, 8 conferences, and linguists surrounded by Oregon’s nature. Don’t miss it!
📅 Sign up now: bit.ly/3CSbbHC
🔗 More info: center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025
📧 Questions? LSAinstitute@uoregon.edu
#LSA2025 #Linguistics #SummerInstitute #UOregon
📅 Sign up now: bit.ly/3CSbbHC
🔗 More info: center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025
📧 Questions? LSAinstitute@uoregon.edu
#LSA2025 #Linguistics #SummerInstitute #UOregon
It's way too early but I'm at the airport for my flight to Dallas/Eugene for the LSA. I think I assigned too much reading for my class tomorrow. I am looking forward to seeing many people.
July 6, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It's way too early but I'm at the airport for my flight to Dallas/Eugene for the LSA. I think I assigned too much reading for my class tomorrow. I am looking forward to seeing many people.
I have published papers w/out ever first haven given a talk on the topic. The next paper may be similar. I wish there were a cheaper venue to more regularly get feedback on phonetics research. The ASA is expensive or inconvenient. The LSA is useless bc no phoneticians go. We need some other venues.
June 27, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I have published papers w/out ever first haven given a talk on the topic. The next paper may be similar. I wish there were a cheaper venue to more regularly get feedback on phonetics research. The ASA is expensive or inconvenient. The LSA is useless bc no phoneticians go. We need some other venues.
Below is cepstral peak prominence, plotted by time for different human-tagged glottal categories. This reflects about 6,000 Triqui tokens of non-glottalized (coded NA) vs. post-glottalized vowels (/aʔ/).
This plot demonstrates a LOT of important findings from my work with a grad student. 1/n
This plot demonstrates a LOT of important findings from my work with a grad student. 1/n
June 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Below is cepstral peak prominence, plotted by time for different human-tagged glottal categories. This reflects about 6,000 Triqui tokens of non-glottalized (coded NA) vs. post-glottalized vowels (/aʔ/).
This plot demonstrates a LOT of important findings from my work with a grad student. 1/n
This plot demonstrates a LOT of important findings from my work with a grad student. 1/n