John
@johnwrw.bsky.social
I like making bread, geohashing, running and riding bikes, looking at birds, and I've just finished a linguistics PhD.
Love to attend the Melbourne Interstitial Jazz Festival, or maybe it's Intentional? Intestinal?
October 26, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Love to attend the Melbourne Interstitial Jazz Festival, or maybe it's Intentional? Intestinal?
Sriracha Conan Doyle. That's all I have to say.
October 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Sriracha Conan Doyle. That's all I have to say.
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Boland! We could be heading for a three-day thriller here
January 4, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Boland! We could be heading for a three-day thriller here
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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 18, 2024 at 9:14 AM
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.
Youtube seems to think I want to watch videos with a couple of hundred views from random guys with a handful of followers solving crosswords and things. They look irredeemably tedious and I don't know how many times I've clicked "not interested", but they keep being recommended.
December 17, 2024 at 2:29 AM
Youtube seems to think I want to watch videos with a couple of hundred views from random guys with a handful of followers solving crosswords and things. They look irredeemably tedious and I don't know how many times I've clicked "not interested", but they keep being recommended.
I too have been following the world chess championship with interest.
In the realm of being boring, nothing is more thrilling than top-tier chess | James Colley www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In the realm of being boring, nothing is more thrilling than top-tier chess | James Colley www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:37 AM
I too have been following the world chess championship with interest.
In the realm of being boring, nothing is more thrilling than top-tier chess | James Colley www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In the realm of being boring, nothing is more thrilling than top-tier chess | James Colley www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I need to get out and exercise some of this anxiety away but unfortunately it's 32 degrees out there. Might go out and dissolve into a pile of sweat anyway.
November 6, 2024 at 2:42 AM
I need to get out and exercise some of this anxiety away but unfortunately it's 32 degrees out there. Might go out and dissolve into a pile of sweat anyway.
Reading up on important historical events
November 6, 2024 at 1:50 AM
Reading up on important historical events
Hiatus Resolution would be a good band name
August 30, 2024 at 4:33 AM
Hiatus Resolution would be a good band name
Happy 32 and halfth birthday to me! I only get to be exactly six months out from my birthday every four years.
February 28, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Happy 32 and halfth birthday to me! I only get to be exactly six months out from my birthday every four years.
The cool change has arrived!
February 22, 2024 at 7:26 AM
The cool change has arrived!
Test cricket is so bloody good
January 28, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Test cricket is so bloody good
Successfully made it down to Sisters Beach. Got a great view of the whole coastline from the plane as it landed
January 1, 2024 at 11:06 AM
Successfully made it down to Sisters Beach. Got a great view of the whole coastline from the plane as it landed
Fun fact about 2024 - it's divisible by both 22 and 23
December 31, 2023 at 11:18 PM
Fun fact about 2024 - it's divisible by both 22 and 23
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Gideon Haigh, freed from the Oz, in fine form skewering the International Cricket Council. cricketetal.substack.com/p/a-fucking-...
Dove Actually
Usman Khawaja and the ICC’s gormless aversion to ‘controversy’
cricketetal.substack.com
December 26, 2023 at 5:53 AM
Gideon Haigh, freed from the Oz, in fine form skewering the International Cricket Council. cricketetal.substack.com/p/a-fucking-...
The cool change has reached Maribyrnong!
December 8, 2023 at 9:27 AM
The cool change has reached Maribyrnong!
8 runners left out of a field of 75 in the backyard ultra world championship have reached the 400 mile mark (96 hours). Utterly mindboggling. Aussie Phil Gore among them
October 25, 2023 at 11:59 AM
8 runners left out of a field of 75 in the backyard ultra world championship have reached the 400 mile mark (96 hours). Utterly mindboggling. Aussie Phil Gore among them
This was just complaining about rain earlier, but just then a gusty front went through that knocked out power for half an hour
Whoever is in charge of making nice weather is having a real shocker today
October 12, 2023 at 4:52 AM
This was just complaining about rain earlier, but just then a gusty front went through that knocked out power for half an hour
Whoever is in charge of making nice weather is having a real shocker today
October 11, 2023 at 10:41 PM
Whoever is in charge of making nice weather is having a real shocker today
Reposted by John
Convering the fraction 1/11 to 4/44 is an example of what mathematicians call a Fourier transform.
Both numbers have the same value, but the second version has a lot more fours than the first one.
It has been transformed to be Fourier
Both numbers have the same value, but the second version has a lot more fours than the first one.
It has been transformed to be Fourier
October 8, 2023 at 3:22 PM
Convering the fraction 1/11 to 4/44 is an example of what mathematicians call a Fourier transform.
Both numbers have the same value, but the second version has a lot more fours than the first one.
It has been transformed to be Fourier
Both numbers have the same value, but the second version has a lot more fours than the first one.
It has been transformed to be Fourier
As far as invasive species go, goldfinches were a pretty nice garden visitor this morning
October 6, 2023 at 10:53 PM
As far as invasive species go, goldfinches were a pretty nice garden visitor this morning
I always appreciate a result where the team with more goals loses #afl
September 30, 2023 at 7:31 AM
I always appreciate a result where the team with more goals loses #afl
Got this book second hand and having a few doubts about its quality - this typo was on the first page of the book proper
September 24, 2023 at 1:19 AM
Got this book second hand and having a few doubts about its quality - this typo was on the first page of the book proper