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BrettC, Ph.D.
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Linguisticking in Mohkinstsis (51° N, 114° W)
Born settler from Bulbancha (30° N, 90° W)
Latest publication: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/469 (Book chapter; Open Access)
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Deydies and gentledem, da weekend!
A black kitten lying on their back in a beige fabric basket hanging from a green cat tree. Their yellow eyes are wide open staring at the camera, and their tail and one of their back paws is sticking up exposing the black paw pad and toes. An orange cat loafing on a green checkered blanket with paws tucked underneath and rail wrapped around their side. A tabby calico cat and a black cat cuddling on a yellow chair. The calico is on the left with front paws curled in front of them, while the black cat is on the right curled around the rear end of the calico. Both cats are looking expectantly at the camera. A black kitten lying on their back on a yellow chair, with head toward the front of the chair, closest to the camera. Their front legs are relaxed on their chest, while their back legs are splayed apart exposing many grey and white hairs.
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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I think I've asked this before, but if so, the answer may have changed since then:
Is there a browser extension that detects whether a publisher has both epub and PDF versions of a book/document, and automatically switches the view to PDF.
Most publishers default to epub and I don't want
The botched restoration of the Renaissance fresco "Ecce homo" (originally by Elías García Martínez. restored by Cecilia Giménez) with the image of Jesus' face very distorted with a wry smile and turning away to the right of frame. Digitally added to this is a plate of beige food and a pair of hands holding a fork with some of that food trying to feed Jesus. Above this image is black text, in all capitals: I DON'T WANT
November 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Ooh we got some good lights the other night!
A green night sky glowing through and over very low clouds above a flat snowy landscape. It's the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights.
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Oxford English Dictionary has a bit more on it, giving historical spelling variants of spartle, spartel, spattle, and spatyl(l), getting closer to spatula as you go back in time!
I also found on OED that the roseate spoonbill was once referred to as the rose-coloured spatula.
A roseate spoonbill (a relatively large bird with red, white, and pink plumage, red eyes, and a spoon-shaped bill) just squatting in some green wetlands in Florida.
November 8, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Mimi, the tabby calico wearing the pink shirt got spayed last week, which is why she has the shirt. It has a nametag on it that says "My name is _______ and I just had surgery!"
But yesterday I went into my bedroom and found it like this:
A pink post-surgery cat shirt sitting on a floral green duvet with no cat around.
November 7, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Deydies and gentledem, da weekend!
A black kitten lying relaxed on a black fabric and mesh office chair. An orange cat standing on a black and orange geometrical rug next to a large orange pumpkin with their head turned backwards looking to the left of frame A tabby calico cat wearing a pink post-surgery shirt lying on a dark green bed pillow next to a blue blanket. The cat's front paws have escaped from the sleeves of the shirt. A tabby calico cat lying next to a sleeping black kitten in a cardboard cat scratching furniture. The tabby calico is perched on their front legs looking directly at the camera.
November 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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This reminds me of this shot i took of the sunset in Iximulew (Guatemala) in 2019. I haven't been back since. But I'm done my thesis and I would like to go back soon to share my findings.
Vibrant sunset with shades of orange, yellow, pink, blue, and white over a pair of misty volcanoes. In the foreground there are the roofs of buildings to the left and a corn field in the dark to the right
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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The eastern parts of the sky this morning were screaming TRANS PRIDE 🩵🩷🤍 and LESBIAN PRIDE 🧡🤍🩷 while the west was screaming BI PRIDE 🩷💜💙.
Big Pride City
A sunrise over some apartment buildings , a field, and a street with some cars parked in it. The sky is partly cloudy with shades of pink, purple, blue, and white while the portion adjacent to the sun in the right half of the photo are orange and yellow. There's also a red stop sign to the right in the foreground. The photo is taken from an orange vehicle, the hood/bonnet of which is visible at the bottom of frame.
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Deydies and gentledem da weekend!
A black cat sitting on a carpeted staircase sniffing the stuffed bat pet toy also sitting on the staircase. A black and white long haired cat sitting on tiled floor. A black kitten sitting next to an orange pumpkin about the same size as the kitten. The kitten is sniffing the pumpkin. A calico tabby cat sitting in a beige fabric basket looking quite unimpressed at the photographer.
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Deydies and gentledem, da weekend!
A black kitten lying on a green blanket with a larger orange cat's tail wrapped slightly around the kitten's face. The kitten has a paw grabbing the tail while looking directly at the camera. A torbie cat lying on a pile of unfolded clean laundry of various colours all on a black wooden table. A calico tabby cat lies inverted on a carpeted staircase. Their head and ears are flat against a stair while looking to the left of frame. A small black kitten and a larger orange cat lie together on a floral green duvet cover on top of a bed. Both are looking directly at the camera.
October 25, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Deydies and gentledem, da weekend!
A black kitten sitting on a green couch with an orange cat sitting behind them. A torbie cat sitting behind a metal food bowl with some brown kibble in it. A calico tabby cat standing in an orange translucent plastic chair looking intently into the camera. A big horn sheep ewe standing on a grassy median with a tree and another sheep behind it and below it, lower on the hill.
October 18, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Deydies and gentledem, da weekend!
An orange tabby cat lying down and a black kitten sitting up on a green blanket with yellow and green pillows behind them as well as a red pillow with two illustrated lucky cats on it. An orange cat sleeping in a tight ball shape with a smaller black kitten lying behind them on a yellow upholstered chair.
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Someone or a group of someones is posting these sticky notes with words of affirmation all over campus and the one on my office door has a funny case of misaligned pronoun reference that turns the message into a bit of a humble brag:
"YOU deserve what opportunities are coming MY way!"
A square green sticky note posted to a brown woodgrain door. The note reads, in red ink: "you deserve what opportunities are coming my way!" There is also a printed watermark on the bottom of the note, in blue: "Mount Royal University Healthy Campus".
October 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Here's a photo of the Las Vegas geese, but not while they were mating.
Two black, white, and brown Canada geese floating in a pool of rippled water. Rocks are visible under the water and there is a brown cliff in the background behind the pool with rocks, plants, and lights on top of the cliff.
October 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Deydies and gentledem, da weekend!
A calico tabby cat standing underneath a bed. They are in the process of rubbing their head against the bottom of the bed frame while looking into the camera with dilated eyes and yellow-green irises. A torbie cat lying in a cardboard cat scratcher . They are looking into the camera with slightly dilated pupils and yellowish irises. Close up of the head of a black kitten wrapped in a checkerboard patterned blanket of white, green, and red. The kitten's face is slightly illuminated from a television to the right of frame. A black kitten playing with a rainbow patterned fabric chaser, dangling from above. They have it trapped between their head and their front paws. A larger orange tabby cat looks on from the top and left of the frame.
October 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Deydies and gentledem, da weekend!
Closeup on the head of a black kitten who is sleeping, resting their head on their front paws, with tail curling around and in front of them. A large torbie cat lying in a horizontal cardboard scratcher. They are resting their head on their front paws and looking slightly past the camera. Light shines in from a window above and behind the cat. Two cats lying in a yellow upholstered chair with a pink blanket covering the backrest. On the right, an orange cat is curled up into a spherical shape while to the left a black kitten is wrapped somewhat around the orange cat's body. Both cats are looking upward directly at the camera. A black kitten standing on a grey and white step ladder looking up at a string hanging down from the step above, connected to a paper spider decoration.
September 26, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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Deydies and gentledem, da weekend!
Five kittens in various parts of a green and beige cat tree. There is a ticked tabby kitten and an orange and white kitten in the covered hut in the middle of the tree, a black kitten and a grey tabby kitten in the beige basket hanging from the left of the tree and a grey and white kitten just barely visible in the basket hanging from the right of the tree. A ticked (striped) tabby kitten lying on a beige blanket with paws stretched toward the camera and out of frame. A black kitten wearing a pink, purple, and white dress that says "little sister" on it. A large orange tabby cat lying in a pink and black gaming computer chair.
September 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Emoji mashup of the saluting emoji with the cat head emoji. An orange cat is saluting with an orange paw.
September 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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Deydies and gentledem, da weekend!
Two kittens sleeping on a white mat underneath a bed. There's a ticked tabby kitten sleeping somewhat on their side with a white and orange kitten propping their head on the tabby kitten's neck. A large orange cat sleeping next to a small black kitten on a green blanket. Both are curled into a crescent shape with heads to the left of screen. A closeup of the tails of two kittens tangled together. The kitten on the left is grey and white while the kitten on the right is orange and white. An orange and white kitten sitting upright in front of a tv, which is showing the OIA cat named Ethel and very bright visuals.
September 12, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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We got a new lamp. The cats are big fans.
A jug-shaped beige wicker lamp with a crosshatched shade sitting on a table. A cat is seated in front of the lamp with front paws on it while they are sniffing the top of the lamp. Next to the lamp is a rubber ducky decorated like a cow. The top of the same wicker lamp from the previous photo but a different cat is seated on a window sill above and behind it so that their face is lit from the bottom. The cat is staring intently through the light at the camera. Next to the lamp is a rubber ducky decorated like a vampire.
September 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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It's midnight on a Friday, If you're not watching the foremost cat chess experts playing, you're not enjoying da weekend
September 6, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Deydies and gentledem, da weekend!
A black kitten lying on a cloth box under a bed. Only their head and a single front paw with claws out is visible. Three kittens tangled with each other on an upholstered yellow chair. There's a black kitten, an orange and white kitten, and a long haired tabby kitten An orange and white kitten lying on a fabric box under a bed with a pink paw slapping at the camera with lots of motion blur. A long haired ticked tabby cat seated on a yellow chair looking tiredly but intently at a fly sitting on a silver laptop in front of them.
September 6, 2025 at 3:46 AM
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Happy Labor Day Weekend
A black kitten lying, on a green shag carpet, on their back with paws forward toward the camera. A ticked tabby cat lying on their back with white paws sticking up. Their head is at the bottom of frame and they are lying on a yellow cushion. An orange and white kitten lying on a white mat under a bed frame. A tabby calico cat is lying in the darkness of the background. The photo is taken upside down. A torbie cat sleeping on a piece of cardboard with mouth agape.
August 30, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Deydies and gentledem, da weekend!
A grey and white tabby kitten and a black kitten sitting on a grey office chair. A ticked tabby kitten and a long haired grey and white tabby kitten lying on a grey office chair. Five kittens of assorted colours lying on a blue rug under a rocking chair. Two grey and white tabby kittens lying next to a large orange tabby cat on a green blanket with a purple pillow with drawings of two orange cats on it.
August 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Deydies and gentledem da weekend!
Four kittens of assorted colours and markings sleeping on a yellow poang rocking chair. A ticked tabby kitten resting on a blue towel on a table.
August 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM