Brett A. Diaz
brettadiaz.bsky.social
Brett A. Diaz
@brettadiaz.bsky.social
Unrepentant Optimist; Discourse Analyst; #FirstGen; Just my opinions, man; #COYS
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Carl Sagan when asked, "Are you a Socialist?"
April 21, 2025 at 1:40 PM
The U.S. isn't even through week 2 and the sky is almost literally falling.

What the fuck, guys.
February 1, 2025 at 2:43 AM
For those of you keeping score, the thieves are mad their stolen goods got thieved.

www.404media.co/openai-furio...
OpenAI Furious DeepSeek Might Have Stolen All the Data OpenAI Stole From Us
OpenAI shocked that an AI company would train on someone else's data without permission or compensation.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A language ideology article of mine got cited today. But the authors cited us as "Brett and Marika" ...

And I love it. I don't know the authors, but we're on a first name basis - Let's go 😂 More of this style please

Orig article: tinyurl.com/bdm2jzzx
Citing article: tinyurl.com/53mfwnrn
A corpus-driven exploration of U.S. language planning and language ideology from 2013 to 2018 | John Benjamins
Abstract Language planning is influenced by ideological stances, and exports those ideologies through the policy making process. Residing beneath policy documents lies a language policy of the texts t...
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January 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
#Canada I would really like to see politicians not step in line with Trumpian rhetoric by talking about "retaliating" and acting strong. I'd much rather see your headline be what you're going to do to boost Canada and Canadians.

No one wants cornered animal bluster. They want leadership.
January 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I think I was born too early to hear this... But I am so thankful that I did. Opening the door to the future we all live in.

open.spotify.com/track/2ZFSgN...
TECHNOPOLIS(2018 Bob Ludwig Remastering)
YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA · Solid State Survivor · Song · 1979
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January 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Reposted by Brett A. Diaz
Essential tremor is a disorder that causes involuntary, rhythmic shaking movements of a body part that is in motion.

This JAMA Patient Page describes essential tremor, its symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment.

ja.ma/42kYPCg

#MedSky
January 21, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Strong recommend for Woman of the Hour, Anna Kendrick's directing debut. Really excellent, clear thriller with some of the most chilling and truly unnerving scenes I've seen in a while. Excellent performances all around.
January 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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They died because they were women.
Today is the 35th anniversary of the Dec. 6, 1989 Polytechnique Massacre. 14 women, most engineering students, were murdered by a misogynist gunman. December 6 is now the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women. www.cbc.ca/montreal/fea...
December 6, 2024 at 12:15 PM
Sometimes you get sucked into bingeing Borgen for the umpteenth time, but you're at peace with it.

But only sometimes.
November 20, 2024 at 2:05 AM
Just here... scouring other people's follows/followed lists, to see who I recognize.
#MedEd #HPE #emotion #ux #uxr #humanfactors #hfe #COYS
November 18, 2024 at 9:01 PM