ImPatient
@im-patient.bsky.social
I like stories, language, and talking about healthcare. Disabled/chronically ill self-advocate — NOT a healthcare professional.
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Check in with @nolanews.bsky.social today. We have dozens of reporters working on finding out more, and our paywall is down.
January 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Check in with @nolanews.bsky.social today. We have dozens of reporters working on finding out more, and our paywall is down.
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I think it’s important to keep in mind that people like Jeff Landry and John Kennedy *actively hate* New Orleans. I think that’s why they feel fine with smirking and simpering and joking their ways through a press conference dealing with a mass casualty event.
January 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I think it’s important to keep in mind that people like Jeff Landry and John Kennedy *actively hate* New Orleans. I think that’s why they feel fine with smirking and simpering and joking their ways through a press conference dealing with a mass casualty event.
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In my experience working for a union, struggles over dignity and material issues were inextricable and mutually reinforcing. Hotel housekeepers had to organize and fight for the right to wear pants. Is that idpol? Or materialism? A good union knows that either way it builds the union.
December 16, 2024 at 3:38 PM
In my experience working for a union, struggles over dignity and material issues were inextricable and mutually reinforcing. Hotel housekeepers had to organize and fight for the right to wear pants. Is that idpol? Or materialism? A good union knows that either way it builds the union.
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It's unfair and nonsensical to demand that every person, in their everyday life and work, follow best practices for clear political messaging, just in the off chance that some national pundit will clip their work and post it out of context. We are not all public figures or spokespeople.
December 18, 2024 at 7:02 PM
It's unfair and nonsensical to demand that every person, in their everyday life and work, follow best practices for clear political messaging, just in the off chance that some national pundit will clip their work and post it out of context. We are not all public figures or spokespeople.
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Nah. Plain language is good and we should all use it more but come on—the issue here is that a bad-faith pundit pulled language from an obscure grant application, which was written to appeal to specific donor parameters, *not the public.*
"Tree equity" makes perfect sense in the intended context!
"Tree equity" makes perfect sense in the intended context!
I'm dead serious: we need to communicate at like an 8th grade reading level. The words "tree equity" should never leave our lips.
This is an interesting case of language overriding substance in determining the ideological valence of an issue because “every neighborhood should have parks and street trees” is the most anodyne statement of environmental justice possible
December 18, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Nah. Plain language is good and we should all use it more but come on—the issue here is that a bad-faith pundit pulled language from an obscure grant application, which was written to appeal to specific donor parameters, *not the public.*
"Tree equity" makes perfect sense in the intended context!
"Tree equity" makes perfect sense in the intended context!
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Something interesting you might not have realized: a number of words in English are nouns when you stress the first syllable but verbs when you stress the second.
"Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”
"Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”
January 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Something interesting you might not have realized: a number of words in English are nouns when you stress the first syllable but verbs when you stress the second.
"Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”
"Your CONduct is better when you conDUCT yourself appropriately.”
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Love the idea of the Renaissance as a time of beauty. Yeah man, if the rich people were having fun I guess everything else was just fine.
December 14, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Love the idea of the Renaissance as a time of beauty. Yeah man, if the rich people were having fun I guess everything else was just fine.
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great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
January 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
great article about the devaluation of absolutely anything where women achieve 50%. which is a thing.
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The minute is called that because it's the first minute (small) part of the hour
The second-order minute part of the hour is called...the second
And before we had milliseconds, there was a period when a second was divided into 60 "thirds" (!!)
From the "time" episode of @lingthusiasm.bsky.social:
The second-order minute part of the hour is called...the second
And before we had milliseconds, there was a period when a second was divided into 60 "thirds" (!!)
From the "time" episode of @lingthusiasm.bsky.social:
December 21, 2024 at 5:38 PM
The minute is called that because it's the first minute (small) part of the hour
The second-order minute part of the hour is called...the second
And before we had milliseconds, there was a period when a second was divided into 60 "thirds" (!!)
From the "time" episode of @lingthusiasm.bsky.social:
The second-order minute part of the hour is called...the second
And before we had milliseconds, there was a period when a second was divided into 60 "thirds" (!!)
From the "time" episode of @lingthusiasm.bsky.social:
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Because it's come up recently, a reminder that the Y2K bug wasn't overhyped. It was a huge problem and an huge number of people worked fast and hard and fixed it. Like the ozone hole.
It's not a lesson in overhype. It's a lesson in humankind's ability to cooperatively solve problems.
It's not a lesson in overhype. It's a lesson in humankind's ability to cooperatively solve problems.
January 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Because it's come up recently, a reminder that the Y2K bug wasn't overhyped. It was a huge problem and an huge number of people worked fast and hard and fixed it. Like the ozone hole.
It's not a lesson in overhype. It's a lesson in humankind's ability to cooperatively solve problems.
It's not a lesson in overhype. It's a lesson in humankind's ability to cooperatively solve problems.
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This was one of those times when the wide-angle shot was so much better than the close-up. This was handy because this great gray owl was very far away. 🌿🪶
January 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
This was one of those times when the wide-angle shot was so much better than the close-up. This was handy because this great gray owl was very far away. 🌿🪶
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Implicit in a lot of anti-vaccination and anti-public health narratives like those of RFK Jr is a deep disgust/fear of disability; but also an unspoken hope that unchecked disease will "cull" the population of "weaker/less fit" people.
I really just can't see past a lot of that.
I really just can't see past a lot of that.
January 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Implicit in a lot of anti-vaccination and anti-public health narratives like those of RFK Jr is a deep disgust/fear of disability; but also an unspoken hope that unchecked disease will "cull" the population of "weaker/less fit" people.
I really just can't see past a lot of that.
I really just can't see past a lot of that.
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I am all for critiquing the media and challenging journalism decisions. But as any journalist will tell you, breaking news can be chaotic, with a lot of misinformation that often travels much faster than the truth. Caution is good. Patience is good. Yet people so often seem to want us to be neither.
January 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I am all for critiquing the media and challenging journalism decisions. But as any journalist will tell you, breaking news can be chaotic, with a lot of misinformation that often travels much faster than the truth. Caution is good. Patience is good. Yet people so often seem to want us to be neither.
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Fun experiment: Look at BlueSky in a private window, without being signed in. It’s flooded with this stuff, among others. This is all in less than 30 seconds of scrolling. These accounts are primed for the flip if they want to.
November 29, 2024 at 5:19 AM
Fun experiment: Look at BlueSky in a private window, without being signed in. It’s flooded with this stuff, among others. This is all in less than 30 seconds of scrolling. These accounts are primed for the flip if they want to.
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Accessibilty, physical or digital, is more than meeting minimum legal standards. It can create a second-class, go to the backdoor for disabilities. Instead, consider how to integrate designs up front that focus on dignity, ease of access, aesthetics, and inclusion. #disability #accessibility
November 29, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Accessibilty, physical or digital, is more than meeting minimum legal standards. It can create a second-class, go to the backdoor for disabilities. Instead, consider how to integrate designs up front that focus on dignity, ease of access, aesthetics, and inclusion. #disability #accessibility
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The last year should have taught very well that liberals, progressives, and the left are not immune to misinformation.
And if you think you’re immune, you are by definition more susceptible.
And if you think you’re immune, you are by definition more susceptible.
November 29, 2024 at 10:17 PM
The last year should have taught very well that liberals, progressives, and the left are not immune to misinformation.
And if you think you’re immune, you are by definition more susceptible.
And if you think you’re immune, you are by definition more susceptible.
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All linguists should read one of these:
Baker, A., et al. (2016). The linguistics of sign languages: An introduction. Benjamins
Hill, J.C. et al. (2019). Sign languages: Structures and contexts. Routledge
Wilkinson, E. & Morford, J.P. (2024). Understanding signed languages. Routledge
#linguistics
Baker, A., et al. (2016). The linguistics of sign languages: An introduction. Benjamins
Hill, J.C. et al. (2019). Sign languages: Structures and contexts. Routledge
Wilkinson, E. & Morford, J.P. (2024). Understanding signed languages. Routledge
#linguistics
November 30, 2024 at 12:11 PM
All linguists should read one of these:
Baker, A., et al. (2016). The linguistics of sign languages: An introduction. Benjamins
Hill, J.C. et al. (2019). Sign languages: Structures and contexts. Routledge
Wilkinson, E. & Morford, J.P. (2024). Understanding signed languages. Routledge
#linguistics
Baker, A., et al. (2016). The linguistics of sign languages: An introduction. Benjamins
Hill, J.C. et al. (2019). Sign languages: Structures and contexts. Routledge
Wilkinson, E. & Morford, J.P. (2024). Understanding signed languages. Routledge
#linguistics
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More great horned fledglings from spring 2023. 🦉🪶
November 28, 2024 at 7:39 PM
More great horned fledglings from spring 2023. 🦉🪶
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Thou canst be the change thou wishest to see in the world
We should bring thou'rt back into common usage @gretchenmcc.bsky.social how can this be achieved
November 28, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Thou canst be the change thou wishest to see in the world
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so arguments like this act like there havent been literal decades of conversations regarding doing research with human subjects and public/semi public data. archival history work, anthropology, and sociology all have dense literatures on this and to ignore that is frankly stupid.
"Scientific research" and "using text to build a model that someone is going to profit from" are in many cases literally the same thing.
StyleGAN, which powered "This Person Does Not Exist", was a research project using an open dataset. Once it existed, people could do other things with it.
StyleGAN, which powered "This Person Does Not Exist", was a research project using an open dataset. Once it existed, people could do other things with it.
Scientific research and archiving for posterity are not at all the same thing as using that text to build a model that someone is going to use to profit from.
November 27, 2024 at 9:21 PM
so arguments like this act like there havent been literal decades of conversations regarding doing research with human subjects and public/semi public data. archival history work, anthropology, and sociology all have dense literatures on this and to ignore that is frankly stupid.
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New Orleans out here innovating in bread shapes. Say hello to the challigator.
November 27, 2024 at 6:04 PM
New Orleans out here innovating in bread shapes. Say hello to the challigator.
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I know temptation and old habits call us, but remember friends: when an anon rando with no platform has a weird bad take
You can just block them
I know, the optimists amongst us think that surely a person wearing the trappings of reason can be reasoned with
Don't do it
Be free
You can just block them
I know, the optimists amongst us think that surely a person wearing the trappings of reason can be reasoned with
Don't do it
Be free
November 27, 2024 at 12:43 PM
I know temptation and old habits call us, but remember friends: when an anon rando with no platform has a weird bad take
You can just block them
I know, the optimists amongst us think that surely a person wearing the trappings of reason can be reasoned with
Don't do it
Be free
You can just block them
I know, the optimists amongst us think that surely a person wearing the trappings of reason can be reasoned with
Don't do it
Be free
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Journal likes our paper but editor wants to change our distinctive, slightly quirky title to one that aligns with "house style". Have told editor I will die on this hill. IT IS NOT THE EDITOR'S JOB TO MAKE ALL TITLES EQUALLY BORING. #academicsky
November 27, 2024 at 7:28 PM
Journal likes our paper but editor wants to change our distinctive, slightly quirky title to one that aligns with "house style". Have told editor I will die on this hill. IT IS NOT THE EDITOR'S JOB TO MAKE ALL TITLES EQUALLY BORING. #academicsky