realising i probably won't be allowed to go on the Siberian railway any time soon and now mentally planning a coast to coast train ride in North America. just don't really want to go there either atm tbqh.
July 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
realising i probably won't be allowed to go on the Siberian railway any time soon and now mentally planning a coast to coast train ride in North America. just don't really want to go there either atm tbqh.
it kind of saddens me how many countries are implementing electronic travel authorization policies.
June 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
it kind of saddens me how many countries are implementing electronic travel authorization policies.
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„there are only 2 things you can't do with the music here; use it to advertise right wing politics or causes, or use it to promote meat, dairy, or other animal products.“
„there are only 2 things you can't do with the music here; use it to advertise right wing politics or causes, or use it to promote meat, dairy, or other animal products.“
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April 26, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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„there are only 2 things you can't do with the music here; use it to advertise right wing politics or causes, or use it to promote meat, dairy, or other animal products.“
„there are only 2 things you can't do with the music here; use it to advertise right wing politics or causes, or use it to promote meat, dairy, or other animal products.“
the chuo line has a "green car" now
April 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
the chuo line has a "green car" now
once again my desire to get rid of anything written by [famous author] (unstoppable force) is rubbing up a data hoarding tendencies (immovable object)
April 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
once again my desire to get rid of anything written by [famous author] (unstoppable force) is rubbing up a data hoarding tendencies (immovable object)
@99pi.org how can you make an entire episode about an infectious disease and not mention the word "vaccine" or "vaccination" at all?
for fucks sake
for fucks sake
April 10, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@99pi.org how can you make an entire episode about an infectious disease and not mention the word "vaccine" or "vaccination" at all?
for fucks sake
for fucks sake
sad to report that Edinburgh now has a MiniSo, the Chinese tat store that simultaneously rips off the branding of at least three Japanese stores
April 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
sad to report that Edinburgh now has a MiniSo, the Chinese tat store that simultaneously rips off the branding of at least three Japanese stores
i accidentally discovered how to deactivate the rainbow lights on my mouse. after almost two years having lost the manual
February 14, 2025 at 3:22 AM
i accidentally discovered how to deactivate the rainbow lights on my mouse. after almost two years having lost the manual
throwback to the time i messaged a bi guy on okcupid and a few days later i checked his profile again and he'd changed it to "straight" :(
February 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
throwback to the time i messaged a bi guy on okcupid and a few days later i checked his profile again and he'd changed it to "straight" :(
throwback to the time i was at a costume party and someone asked "what are you?" and i forgot that i was at a costume party and wearing a costume so i went "uh... I'm gay??"
February 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
throwback to the time i was at a costume party and someone asked "what are you?" and i forgot that i was at a costume party and wearing a costume so i went "uh... I'm gay??"
just unfollowed a bunch of people on here bc, honestly, i thought it would be a good idea to use some follow lists and then it wasn't. shrug
anyway my home page hasn't got the memo and is still showing all the posts from the people i just unfollowed. what a fun and interactive feature.
anyway my home page hasn't got the memo and is still showing all the posts from the people i just unfollowed. what a fun and interactive feature.
February 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
just unfollowed a bunch of people on here bc, honestly, i thought it would be a good idea to use some follow lists and then it wasn't. shrug
anyway my home page hasn't got the memo and is still showing all the posts from the people i just unfollowed. what a fun and interactive feature.
anyway my home page hasn't got the memo and is still showing all the posts from the people i just unfollowed. what a fun and interactive feature.
that was extremely inappropriate use of an emergency broadcast system
January 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
that was extremely inappropriate use of an emergency broadcast system
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On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
December 23, 2024 at 5:02 PM
On the left, my image. On the right, the Al image that was clearly trained on, and designed to plagiarize, my image.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
All Al generated imagery is inherently theft. It's unethical, environmentally disastrous, and does irreparable harm to both artists and society.
having an existential crisis here working out why my windows machine can't connect to my mac, meanwhile my mac just needed a cheeky wee restart and now it's co-operating. sigh.
December 24, 2024 at 4:52 AM
having an existential crisis here working out why my windows machine can't connect to my mac, meanwhile my mac just needed a cheeky wee restart and now it's co-operating. sigh.
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Interesting that some anonymous account on X dismissed this as ‘silly’, arguing for example, that morphology can be studied without any need to consider the social aspects of language.
I live in the West Midlands in England, where variation in English morphology definitely has social meaning. 1/2
I live in the West Midlands in England, where variation in English morphology definitely has social meaning. 1/2
Vale William Labov.
Inspired by a colleague on X, I think my favourite Bill Labov quote is:
“I have resisted the term *sociolinguistics* for many years, since it implies that there can be a successful linguistic theory or practice which is not social.”
Thank you for everything, Bill.
Inspired by a colleague on X, I think my favourite Bill Labov quote is:
“I have resisted the term *sociolinguistics* for many years, since it implies that there can be a successful linguistic theory or practice which is not social.”
Thank you for everything, Bill.
December 20, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Interesting that some anonymous account on X dismissed this as ‘silly’, arguing for example, that morphology can be studied without any need to consider the social aspects of language.
I live in the West Midlands in England, where variation in English morphology definitely has social meaning. 1/2
I live in the West Midlands in England, where variation in English morphology definitely has social meaning. 1/2
monument valley is one of my favourite mobile games but the new sequel is a "netflix games exclusive"?? like you can download it but it wants you to sign in on netflix (which i don't have)... what in the dystopian fuck? ok fine i guess I'll never play your game then
December 19, 2024 at 1:24 AM
monument valley is one of my favourite mobile games but the new sequel is a "netflix games exclusive"?? like you can download it but it wants you to sign in on netflix (which i don't have)... what in the dystopian fuck? ok fine i guess I'll never play your game then
i hate video tutorials just write it down for me so i can skip to the relevant part and don't have to hear you say "go ahead and" 150 times
December 11, 2024 at 11:59 PM
i hate video tutorials just write it down for me so i can skip to the relevant part and don't have to hear you say "go ahead and" 150 times
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Let’s all get into the aesthetics of 70s era Agatha Christie movies, carnations in the lapel, black veils, flocked wallpaper, too much blow drying, cameos by people popular in the 1950s
December 2, 2024 at 1:54 AM
Let’s all get into the aesthetics of 70s era Agatha Christie movies, carnations in the lapel, black veils, flocked wallpaper, too much blow drying, cameos by people popular in the 1950s
someday i want to learn cuneiform and hieroglyphics. after all I've already learned Japanese, what do you mean i don't have the brain space for another immensely complicated semanto-phonetic script??
何それ
(in all seriousness though i mainly just don't know the best resources to do it)
何それ
(in all seriousness though i mainly just don't know the best resources to do it)
November 29, 2024 at 2:01 AM
someday i want to learn cuneiform and hieroglyphics. after all I've already learned Japanese, what do you mean i don't have the brain space for another immensely complicated semanto-phonetic script??
何それ
(in all seriousness though i mainly just don't know the best resources to do it)
何それ
(in all seriousness though i mainly just don't know the best resources to do it)
me: can we stop using flags as a shorthand for languages? it's lazy and ignores minority languages; in short, it's incorrect.
some ghoul: don't you think that's a bit ... Prescriptivist of you?
me: 😪
some ghoul: don't you think that's a bit ... Prescriptivist of you?
me: 😪
November 28, 2024 at 10:08 PM
me: can we stop using flags as a shorthand for languages? it's lazy and ignores minority languages; in short, it's incorrect.
some ghoul: don't you think that's a bit ... Prescriptivist of you?
me: 😪
some ghoul: don't you think that's a bit ... Prescriptivist of you?
me: 😪
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Ea-nāṣir is the recipient of the world’s oldest complaint letter. He’s reportedly the worst businessman of the 18th century, a mediocre conman whose actions should have him put out of business. Is this fair?
Here’s a thread on the most up-to-date research on this captivating figure.
Here’s a thread on the most up-to-date research on this captivating figure.
November 22, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Ea-nāṣir is the recipient of the world’s oldest complaint letter. He’s reportedly the worst businessman of the 18th century, a mediocre conman whose actions should have him put out of business. Is this fair?
Here’s a thread on the most up-to-date research on this captivating figure.
Here’s a thread on the most up-to-date research on this captivating figure.
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Process server who has to serve divorce papers to Carmen Sandiego.
November 25, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Process server who has to serve divorce papers to Carmen Sandiego.
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how is it possible to be against the “international criminal court” without immediately questioning yourself
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 PM
how is it possible to be against the “international criminal court” without immediately questioning yourself
wikipedia still uses the phrase "openly gay" in the year 2k24 as if it's something we should be ashamed of
November 24, 2024 at 12:53 PM
wikipedia still uses the phrase "openly gay" in the year 2k24 as if it's something we should be ashamed of
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Linguist: OK what about if you were describing the cup yesterday? Would the sentence change at all? What if you heard this secondhand from someone versus you saw it for yourself?
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Linguist: OK what about if you were describing the cup yesterday? Would the sentence change at all? What if you heard this secondhand from someone versus you saw it for yourself?
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
November 23, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Linguist: OK what about if you were describing the cup yesterday? Would the sentence change at all? What if you heard this secondhand from someone versus you saw it for yourself?
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Linguist: OK what about if you were describing the cup yesterday? Would the sentence change at all? What if you heard this secondhand from someone versus you saw it for yourself?