Stacy Dickerman
@improperlybusy.bsky.social
Busybody, n. : An officious or meddlesome person; one who is improperly busy in other people's affairs.
(Also known as @linguajinks at the other place.)
(Also known as @linguajinks at the other place.)
My most beloved human in the whole entire world is getting top surgery, and could really use your help to ensure that they have a smooth recovery. More details here: ffnd.co/OHaAl0
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ffnd.co
April 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
My most beloved human in the whole entire world is getting top surgery, and could really use your help to ensure that they have a smooth recovery. More details here: ffnd.co/OHaAl0
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I guess I have to give my monthly reminder that the alternative to fascism is not doomerism or accelerationism. It’s finding and building resiliency and community. The alternative to fascism is embracing our shared humanity and one another not by falling further into the trap of atomization and fear
March 24, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I guess I have to give my monthly reminder that the alternative to fascism is not doomerism or accelerationism. It’s finding and building resiliency and community. The alternative to fascism is embracing our shared humanity and one another not by falling further into the trap of atomization and fear
Post your favorite Doctor Who, wrong answers only
March 19, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Post your favorite Doctor Who, wrong answers only
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i feel like the spirit of 'no cops at pride' extends to 'no ICE at motherfucking mardi gras you goddamned ghouls[derogatory]'
February 25, 2025 at 1:23 AM
i feel like the spirit of 'no cops at pride' extends to 'no ICE at motherfucking mardi gras you goddamned ghouls[derogatory]'
if you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Astrophysicist
2. Physics
3. Languages/Linguistics
4. University IT
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Astrophysicist
2. Physics
3. Languages/Linguistics
4. University IT
if you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. writer/poet? wanted to be an english major
2. linguistics / literature double major
3. (nope)
4. linguistics prof
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. writer/poet? wanted to be an english major
2. linguistics / literature double major
3. (nope)
4. linguistics prof
if you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Writer/editor/literary agent
2. English
3. Never changed
4. Writer/literary agent
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Writer/editor/literary agent
2. English
3. Never changed
4. Writer/literary agent
January 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
if you went to college
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Astrophysicist
2. Physics
3. Languages/Linguistics
4. University IT
1. what was your career goal when you started?
2. your initial major?
3. if you changed majors, what did you change to?
4. what do you do now, professionally?
1. Astrophysicist
2. Physics
3. Languages/Linguistics
4. University IT
Hot take: The Middlebury Language Schools should provide immigration support to their alumni.
November 6, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Hot take: The Middlebury Language Schools should provide immigration support to their alumni.
DAYS OF AWWWWW(E) YEAH
October 2, 2024 at 12:44 PM
DAYS OF AWWWWW(E) YEAH
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
(I trust one set of these goobers to be successful a lot more than the other.)
(I trust one set of these goobers to be successful a lot more than the other.)
September 6, 2024 at 1:18 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who is coming to save you?
(I trust one set of these goobers to be successful a lot more than the other.)
(I trust one set of these goobers to be successful a lot more than the other.)
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June 24, 2024 at 7:36 PM
why are you lgbtq+. wrong answers only.
Finally caught the gay after fucking so many guys who turned out to be queer.
Finally caught the gay after fucking so many guys who turned out to be queer.
why are you lgbtq+. wrong answers only.
I was DMed this offer from a very generous person and finally decided to cash it in
I was DMed this offer from a very generous person and finally decided to cash it in
June 18, 2024 at 3:55 PM
why are you lgbtq+. wrong answers only.
Finally caught the gay after fucking so many guys who turned out to be queer.
Finally caught the gay after fucking so many guys who turned out to be queer.
Legit just ranked my three least favorite holidays in my head, and today is at the top. Happy Bad Dads Day to all who celebrate!
June 16, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Legit just ranked my three least favorite holidays in my head, and today is at the top. Happy Bad Dads Day to all who celebrate!
knuckle tats that read
FEEL / INGS
FEEL / INGS
knuckle tats that read
n ʌ k l̩ / t æ t s
n ʌ k l̩ / t æ t s
knuckle tats that read
T UMY / HORT
T UMY / HORT
June 14, 2024 at 2:53 PM
knuckle tats that read
FEEL / INGS
FEEL / INGS
39+ bsky, drop a pic with ur age
40
40
June 3, 2024 at 7:10 PM
39+ bsky, drop a pic with ur age
40
40
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All the movies had it wrong. Civilisation is not going to buckle under an evil superintelligent AI while the plucky humans fight it against overwhelming odds. Instead, civilisation will buckle under a mediocre idiotic AI while a few humans use it to get rich and most close their eyes to the danger.
May 24, 2024 at 11:59 AM
All the movies had it wrong. Civilisation is not going to buckle under an evil superintelligent AI while the plucky humans fight it against overwhelming odds. Instead, civilisation will buckle under a mediocre idiotic AI while a few humans use it to get rich and most close their eyes to the danger.
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when i say "forever" i'm only referring to data that you either don't need or actively want gone. data you actually care about will disappear in seconds and somehow be fully unrecoverable. this is due to an ancient and planet-wide curse that cannot be lifted.
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
May 21, 2024 at 12:00 PM
when i say "forever" i'm only referring to data that you either don't need or actively want gone. data you actually care about will disappear in seconds and somehow be fully unrecoverable. this is due to an ancient and planet-wide curse that cannot be lifted.
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...
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Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks.
@violetblue.bsky.social thought you may want to boost.
covid-long.com
@violetblue.bsky.social thought you may want to boost.
covid-long.com
Johns Hopkins COVID Long Study
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is conducting research about the COVID-19 pandemic. Participate in this one-time, 10-15 minute survey.
covid-long.com
May 19, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Johns Hopkins is doing a long-COVID survey and apparently is having trouble finding controls -- people who haven't had COVID. If this is you, consider giving them some clicks.
@violetblue.bsky.social thought you may want to boost.
covid-long.com
@violetblue.bsky.social thought you may want to boost.
covid-long.com
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we have a democratic mayor, a democratic governor, two democratic senators, and a democratic president and the cops are still free to treat protesters like enemy combatants.
May 19, 2024 at 2:55 AM
we have a democratic mayor, a democratic governor, two democratic senators, and a democratic president and the cops are still free to treat protesters like enemy combatants.
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watching the videos out of bay ridge, brooklyn, today of NYPD beating the shit out of protesters it’s unbelievable how many cameras there were. cops assaulting people in broad daylight on camera and they keep going because our leaders have made it clear they’ll never suffer a single consequence.
May 19, 2024 at 2:50 AM
watching the videos out of bay ridge, brooklyn, today of NYPD beating the shit out of protesters it’s unbelievable how many cameras there were. cops assaulting people in broad daylight on camera and they keep going because our leaders have made it clear they’ll never suffer a single consequence.
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- Generative AI can't do facts
- Generative AI can't reason
- Unless a model tells us what it's trained on, we should assume it's participated in the largest copyright theft in history
- No incremental improves are going to change this
- Generative AI can't reason
- Unless a model tells us what it's trained on, we should assume it's participated in the largest copyright theft in history
- No incremental improves are going to change this
May 9, 2024 at 12:54 AM
- Generative AI can't do facts
- Generative AI can't reason
- Unless a model tells us what it's trained on, we should assume it's participated in the largest copyright theft in history
- No incremental improves are going to change this
- Generative AI can't reason
- Unless a model tells us what it's trained on, we should assume it's participated in the largest copyright theft in history
- No incremental improves are going to change this
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"The “free speech crisis” panic was never about the content-neutral defense of noble principles. It has always been a conflict over who gets to draw the boundaries of what is and what is not accepted speech"
yep. It's always been about what people are allowed to say and who is allowed to say it.
yep. It's always been about what people are allowed to say and who is allowed to say it.
Student Revolt and the Curtailing of Critical Speech
The violent crackdown on campus protests reveals an alliance between the Right and mainstream elites who are driven by reactionary impulses and status anxieties.
New piece:
thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/student-re...
The violent crackdown on campus protests reveals an alliance between the Right and mainstream elites who are driven by reactionary impulses and status anxieties.
New piece:
thomaszimmer.substack.com/p/student-re...
Student Revolt and the Curtailing of Critical Speech
The violent crackdown on campus protests reveals an alliance between the Right and mainstream elites who are driven by reactionary impulses and status anxieties
thomaszimmer.substack.com
April 27, 2024 at 2:16 AM
"The “free speech crisis” panic was never about the content-neutral defense of noble principles. It has always been a conflict over who gets to draw the boundaries of what is and what is not accepted speech"
yep. It's always been about what people are allowed to say and who is allowed to say it.
yep. It's always been about what people are allowed to say and who is allowed to say it.
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The IRB has finally approved interviews for the slang study! Given the lack of Black voices in the original sample and the origins of a lot of LGBT slang, I'm looking for people in those communities to provide insight in addition to those who took the survey:
bit.ly/lgbtslangint...
bit.ly/lgbtslangint...
April 25, 2024 at 3:27 PM
The IRB has finally approved interviews for the slang study! Given the lack of Black voices in the original sample and the origins of a lot of LGBT slang, I'm looking for people in those communities to provide insight in addition to those who took the survey:
bit.ly/lgbtslangint...
bit.ly/lgbtslangint...
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as always we must ask whose feelings of safety are prioritized bsky.app/profile/chec...
This should not be such a difficult concept that it needs to be explained over and over again, but you literally cannot create an environment of "fearless" debate/expression for *everyone*. The only question is whose fear you countenance.
April 25, 2024 at 3:27 AM
as always we must ask whose feelings of safety are prioritized bsky.app/profile/chec...
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This is terrible news 😢
Such shocking news that Dictionary.com has laid off all its lexicographers.
I already had a line in next week's podcast about dictionaries being a tough industry, and now it's even more true.
I hope some fabulous company hires them all; they're a real dream team.
I already had a line in next week's podcast about dictionaries being a tough industry, and now it's even more true.
I hope some fabulous company hires them all; they're a real dream team.
I always said I'd ride the dictionary train until the terminus; the train will pull into the station April 30, which is my last day at dictionary.com.
What a magical and unlikely career this has been. I'll miss it! HMU if you ever need an editor who knows more about grammar than is safe! 💜
What a magical and unlikely career this has been. I'll miss it! HMU if you ever need an editor who knows more about grammar than is safe! 💜
April 13, 2024 at 5:22 AM
This is terrible news 😢
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(From r/physicsmemes)
March 15, 2024 at 9:56 PM
(From r/physicsmemes)
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Okay, so. Y'all remember that thread I did on "non-performative" speech acts?
"I have your back" is the least performative speech act that Biden could have done insofar as the statement itself does not commit Biden to any particular action, but itself conceals the inaction of his administration.
"I have your back" is the least performative speech act that Biden could have done insofar as the statement itself does not commit Biden to any particular action, but itself conceals the inaction of his administration.
“My message to transgender Americans: I have your back.” - President Joe Biden #NOH8 #StateOfTheUnion
March 8, 2024 at 7:32 AM
Okay, so. Y'all remember that thread I did on "non-performative" speech acts?
"I have your back" is the least performative speech act that Biden could have done insofar as the statement itself does not commit Biden to any particular action, but itself conceals the inaction of his administration.
"I have your back" is the least performative speech act that Biden could have done insofar as the statement itself does not commit Biden to any particular action, but itself conceals the inaction of his administration.