ByronDB
@byrondb.bsky.social
Language teacher, exuberant skeptic
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So, a contronym is a word with 2 definitions opposite of each other. The word could also be called a:
- contranym,
- autoantonym,
- antagonym, or
- Janus word.
medium.com/language-lab...
#language #languages #linguistics #languagelearning #writing #writingcommunity #writesky #illustration
- contranym,
- autoantonym,
- antagonym, or
- Janus word.
medium.com/language-lab...
#language #languages #linguistics #languagelearning #writing #writingcommunity #writesky #illustration
November 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
So, a contronym is a word with 2 definitions opposite of each other. The word could also be called a:
- contranym,
- autoantonym,
- antagonym, or
- Janus word.
medium.com/language-lab...
#language #languages #linguistics #languagelearning #writing #writingcommunity #writesky #illustration
- contranym,
- autoantonym,
- antagonym, or
- Janus word.
medium.com/language-lab...
#language #languages #linguistics #languagelearning #writing #writingcommunity #writesky #illustration
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The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia has pressed its last penny.
November 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The U.S. Mint in Philadelphia has pressed its last penny.
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I for one enjoy blue wave bluesky.
a large wave in the ocean is breaking
ALT: a large wave in the ocean is breaking
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I for one enjoy blue wave bluesky.
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It must be so fun to play with Aaron Rodgers. If you don't make literally every catch on every ball he throws to you no matter how inaccurate he puts his hands on his hips and curses at you like an alcoholic gym teacher and then after the game you have to hear about how 5G causes IBS
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It must be so fun to play with Aaron Rodgers. If you don't make literally every catch on every ball he throws to you no matter how inaccurate he puts his hands on his hips and curses at you like an alcoholic gym teacher and then after the game you have to hear about how 5G causes IBS
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whose gently awful stirrings seems to speak of some hidden soul beneath
August 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
whose gently awful stirrings seems to speak of some hidden soul beneath
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This is heartbreaking.
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
June 14, 2025 at 6:02 PM
This is heartbreaking.
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
(via someone at the St. Paul rally)
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Senior officers of the United States military have an obligation to speak up and be leaders. Where is the Army chief of staff? Will he or others speak truth to the commander in chief and put a stop to the assault on the integrity of his troops? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Silence of the Generals
As President Donald Trump crossed a dangerous line at Fort Bragg, the Army’s brass failed to speak out in its defense.
www.theatlantic.com
June 11, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Senior officers of the United States military have an obligation to speak up and be leaders. Where is the Army chief of staff? Will he or others speak truth to the commander in chief and put a stop to the assault on the integrity of his troops? www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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This is what scholarship looks like
May 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This is what scholarship looks like
@letterboxd.social Are we still doing #lastfour ? Hope so:
May 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
@letterboxd.social Are we still doing #lastfour ? Hope so:
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Do you check your Twitter feed?
Or are you a mostly-BSKY person now?
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❤️ Like: Twitter
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Or are you a mostly-BSKY person now?
🔃RT: BSKY
❤️ Like: Twitter
(I'll delete this post in 24 hours so that your timeline won't have this poll.)
November 14, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Do you check your Twitter feed?
Or are you a mostly-BSKY person now?
🔃RT: BSKY
❤️ Like: Twitter
(I'll delete this post in 24 hours so that your timeline won't have this poll.)
Or are you a mostly-BSKY person now?
🔃RT: BSKY
❤️ Like: Twitter
(I'll delete this post in 24 hours so that your timeline won't have this poll.)
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Corey Booker is the Atticus Finch of Mr Smiths.
April 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Corey Booker is the Atticus Finch of Mr Smiths.
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languagemagazine.com/2025/02/28/w...
Lesson planning is a political act. As educators, the lessons we design and facilitate either support or dismantle educational systems that have historically marginalized certain student communities.
#language #linguistics #teaching #translanguaging #methodology
Lesson planning is a political act. As educators, the lessons we design and facilitate either support or dismantle educational systems that have historically marginalized certain student communities.
#language #linguistics #teaching #translanguaging #methodology
Working Toward Linguistic Liberation
Lesson planning is a political act. As previously stated in the Language Magazine article “Content, Language, and Culture Targets” (Medina, 2023), schools in the US, at the core, are designed to promo...
languagemagazine.com
February 28, 2025 at 6:06 PM
languagemagazine.com/2025/02/28/w...
Lesson planning is a political act. As educators, the lessons we design and facilitate either support or dismantle educational systems that have historically marginalized certain student communities.
#language #linguistics #teaching #translanguaging #methodology
Lesson planning is a political act. As educators, the lessons we design and facilitate either support or dismantle educational systems that have historically marginalized certain student communities.
#language #linguistics #teaching #translanguaging #methodology
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"You had trouble believing that so many Gen-Xers could have voted for Trump until you remembered all those pop-collared douchebros and shoulder-padded mean girls you and your punk crowd in college avoided."
Signs You Are a Gen-Xer Who’s About to Turn Sixty
1. You own music in so many formats that your collection could be housed in an audio museum. 2. Back in your day, people feared measles more than t...
buff.ly
January 19, 2025 at 3:01 AM
"You had trouble believing that so many Gen-Xers could have voted for Trump until you remembered all those pop-collared douchebros and shoulder-padded mean girls you and your punk crowd in college avoided."
I am experiencing this now
“He's a millionaire, and I make 45 bucks a week. He calls me his best friend; meanwhile, my family of 6 is squatting in an abandoned mansion. I can't even afford wood glue for my banister knob.”
If Sam Wainwright Says “Hee-Haw” One More Time, I’m Going to Fucking Snap
So, we’re watching The Bells of St. Mary’s for the fifth time—wholesome movie, so much more fun than hot jazz and lively bars—when some fella in t...
buff.ly
December 25, 2024 at 3:34 AM
I am experiencing this now
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Es steht auf einem Flipchart. Ist also belegbar.
December 1, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Es steht auf einem Flipchart. Ist also belegbar.
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Every year there is an org or two that surprises me with how good/deep it is once I dig in a bit. This year it’s the Brewers. You’ll just be waiting a bit for the prospects. www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...
2025 Prospects: Milwaukee Brewers Top Prospects | Baseball Prospectus
The Brewers org features more teenagers than an Olivia Rodrigo concert.
www.baseballprospectus.com
December 18, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Every year there is an org or two that surprises me with how good/deep it is once I dig in a bit. This year it’s the Brewers. You’ll just be waiting a bit for the prospects. www.baseballprospectus.com/prospects/ar...
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Y'all there are D&D stamps! Someone at USPS rolled a critical hit.
December 16, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Y'all there are D&D stamps! Someone at USPS rolled a critical hit.
@seanfennessey.bsky.social Your Tracy Letts interview was great. Thank you!
December 11, 2024 at 11:36 PM
@seanfennessey.bsky.social Your Tracy Letts interview was great. Thank you!
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This banger is more than a century old: it’s a 1923 textile design in gouache by the Constructivist artist Varvara Stepanova (1894-1958)
December 8, 2024 at 11:35 PM
This banger is more than a century old: it’s a 1923 textile design in gouache by the Constructivist artist Varvara Stepanova (1894-1958)
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Wie sollen Schulen mit Kindern umgehen, die ständig zu spät kommen? Ein Gymnasium in Bayern setzt seit einigen Monaten auf ein Bußgeld und weiß jetzt, welchen Effekt diese Regel haben kann.
Nürnberg: Fünf Euro Bußgeld für Zuspätkommen – Gymnasium zieht Bilanz seiner Neuregelung
Wie sollen Schulen mit Kindern umgehen, die ständig zu spät kommen? Ein Gymnasium in Bayern setzt seit einigen Monaten auf ein Bußgeld und weiß jetzt, welchen Effekt diese Regel haben kann.
www.spiegel.de
December 1, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Wie sollen Schulen mit Kindern umgehen, die ständig zu spät kommen? Ein Gymnasium in Bayern setzt seit einigen Monaten auf ein Bußgeld und weiß jetzt, welchen Effekt diese Regel haben kann.
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Tell me this Bears ending is not the epitome of this season in totality. It’s a new losing hack every week.
November 28, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Tell me this Bears ending is not the epitome of this season in totality. It’s a new losing hack every week.
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I'm Byron, and my 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Freytag told me to stop bleeding on the carpet. (I'm pretty sure my classmate Diane had retrieved her scissors from my forehead by then.)
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school 👇
I’m Rex and I’m disrupting the class, because some people actually want to learn.
I’m Rex and I’m disrupting the class, because some people actually want to learn.
Introduce yourself with your worst feedback from school 👇
I'm Randi, and I'm often in another world.
I'm Randi, and I'm often in another world.
November 22, 2024 at 11:15 PM
I'm Byron, and my 3rd grade teacher Mrs. Freytag told me to stop bleeding on the carpet. (I'm pretty sure my classmate Diane had retrieved her scissors from my forehead by then.)
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Robert F Kennedy, Jr has a history of spreading harmful misinformation that puts people at risk and costs lives. He is NOT the right pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. 
November 17, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Robert F Kennedy, Jr has a history of spreading harmful misinformation that puts people at risk and costs lives. He is NOT the right pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services.