ari
@arijoshi.bsky.social
linguist under construction @ZASBerlin・here for laughs, cats, & banter
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one of my only semi-prescriptivist bugbears is using the word "research" to mean "Googling stuff", and I fear this further entrenches that usage.
The only problem is that the citations go to papers that don't actually exist.
July 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
one of my only semi-prescriptivist bugbears is using the word "research" to mean "Googling stuff", and I fear this further entrenches that usage.
love that this exists 🙏
✨We are organising (again) an online workshop on Theoretical Modeling for PhD candidates and Master students in cognitive science and psychology. Check out the website and the schedule: Registration is open! (closes July 1, spaces are limited) 🧵1/n computationalcognitivescience.github.io/workshop/
June 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
love that this exists 🙏
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If we're going to save the university, we have to start remaking the humane case for learning - as something we do, not because we are future earners or contributors to GDP, but because we are curious, imaginative & want to expand our understanding; because we are citizens, neighbours & human beings
May 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
If we're going to save the university, we have to start remaking the humane case for learning - as something we do, not because we are future earners or contributors to GDP, but because we are curious, imaginative & want to expand our understanding; because we are citizens, neighbours & human beings
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New preprint! (w/ @sollago.bsky.social )
We tackle a key challenge in the analysis of visual world data: when do experimental effects first emerge?
We tackle a key challenge in the analysis of visual world data: when do experimental effects first emerge?
A novel method for detecting the onset of experimental effects in visual world eye-tracking
Determining the onset of experimental effects in timeseries data is important in psycholinguistics, because it allows for a more precise evaluation of accounts of the timecourse of different types of…
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May 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
New preprint! (w/ @sollago.bsky.social )
We tackle a key challenge in the analysis of visual world data: when do experimental effects first emerge?
We tackle a key challenge in the analysis of visual world data: when do experimental effects first emerge?
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Never let me forget the time that someone wrote a news story about Zoey Deschanel leaving her husband Death Cab in favor of her new boyfriend, Cutie front man Ben Gibbard.
April 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Never let me forget the time that someone wrote a news story about Zoey Deschanel leaving her husband Death Cab in favor of her new boyfriend, Cutie front man Ben Gibbard.
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Linguists organizing major conferences in the US: please make your venue hybrid! Many non-US colleagues can't/don't want to travel to the US anymore
Confs: 56th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistics Society
Confs: 56th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistics Society
We are pleased to announce that the 56th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistics Society (NELS 55) will be hosted by New York University in New York, New York, from October 17 to October 19, 2025. Keynote speakers will be announced at a later date.
We invite abstracts for 20-minute talks and posters on any theoretical or formal aspect of natural language, including but not limited to phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and their interfaces. There will be a special sessi
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April 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Linguists organizing major conferences in the US: please make your venue hybrid! Many non-US colleagues can't/don't want to travel to the US anymore
Oh man, what a genius use of this medium!! 🥰
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Oh man, what a genius use of this medium!! 🥰
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Captivating weekend read, even if you've never given much thought to Sparta before. Also discovering a delightful blog in the process!
I read @bretdevereaux.bsky.social's fascinating seven part takedown of prevalent myths re Spartan social stability and military superiority. I'd well recommend to anyone with interest in this, just for the contrast between the historical reality and cultural perception!
acoup.blog/2019/08/16/c...
acoup.blog/2019/08/16/c...
Collections: This. Isn’t. Sparta. Part I: Spartan School
This is Part I of a seven part series (I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, Gloss., Retrospective) comparing the popular legacy of Sparta (embodied in films like 300) with the historical ancient state. Toda…
acoup.blog
April 12, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Captivating weekend read, even if you've never given much thought to Sparta before. Also discovering a delightful blog in the process!
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For #rstats users, find Flexoki (and much more) in the outstanding hrbrthemes package, thanks to @hrbrmstr.dev !
github.com/hrbrmstr/hrb...
github.com/hrbrmstr/hrb...
March 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
For #rstats users, find Flexoki (and much more) in the outstanding hrbrthemes package, thanks to @hrbrmstr.dev !
github.com/hrbrmstr/hrb...
github.com/hrbrmstr/hrb...
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Let it be known that I too will accept $2 billion in funding on the promise that I will not release anything until I have created God.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/06/i...
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Ilya Sutskever, ex-OpenAI, gets $2b funding not to release anything until he has ‘super intelligence’
Ex-OpenAI cofounder Ilya Sutskever’s new startup Safe Superintelligence just closed another funding round. For $2 billion, Sutskever promises not to release any product at all until SSI has develop…
pivot-to-ai.com
March 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Let it be known that I too will accept $2 billion in funding on the promise that I will not release anything until I have created God.
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/06/i...
pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/06/i...
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Two moods while writing:
1) this is actually pretty good
2)
1) this is actually pretty good
2)
February 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Two moods while writing:
1) this is actually pretty good
2)
1) this is actually pretty good
2)
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I think models are neither wrong (because they lack truth value) nor useful (ultimately nothing matters) so there's one slogan I can't get behind.
January 6, 2025 at 9:57 AM
I think models are neither wrong (because they lack truth value) nor useful (ultimately nothing matters) so there's one slogan I can't get behind.
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Carefully saving the deleted section in a new document, just in case I need the worst paragraph ever written for future work
November 13, 2024 at 4:21 PM
Carefully saving the deleted section in a new document, just in case I need the worst paragraph ever written for future work