Cooper Bedin
@linguallyblonde.bsky.social
they/them
sociocultural and computational linguist at uc santa barbara! i study queer and trans language 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💕
more about me: cbedin.gay
sociocultural and computational linguist at uc santa barbara! i study queer and trans language 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️💕
more about me: cbedin.gay
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📢The abstract submission deadline for the 27th Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO) has been extended!
✨Deadline: January 31, 2025
👀See liso.ucsb.edu/conferences for details
✍Submit abstracts at app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76886...
✨Deadline: January 31, 2025
👀See liso.ucsb.edu/conferences for details
✍Submit abstracts at app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76886...
January 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
📢The abstract submission deadline for the 27th Conference on Language, Interaction, and Social Organization (LISO) has been extended!
✨Deadline: January 31, 2025
👀See liso.ucsb.edu/conferences for details
✍Submit abstracts at app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76886...
✨Deadline: January 31, 2025
👀See liso.ucsb.edu/conferences for details
✍Submit abstracts at app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/76886...
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If you're seeing encouragement/demands to do alt text and you're overwhelmed or confused about how to do it and you're worried you're going to do it wrong...
this thread is for you.
First: prompt questions to get you started.
this thread is for you.
First: prompt questions to get you started.
Alt text prompt Qs:
What would someone who can't see the image need to know about it in order to take part in the conversation? What is it about this image that made you choose it? What are the important details someone who could see the image would take away from it?
(Not for images of text.)
What would someone who can't see the image need to know about it in order to take part in the conversation? What is it about this image that made you choose it? What are the important details someone who could see the image would take away from it?
(Not for images of text.)
November 14, 2024 at 11:43 PM
If you're seeing encouragement/demands to do alt text and you're overwhelmed or confused about how to do it and you're worried you're going to do it wrong...
this thread is for you.
First: prompt questions to get you started.
this thread is for you.
First: prompt questions to get you started.
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Written by @ferrousmu.bsky.social and published by @thinkingautism.bsky.social . This is important reading material re: epistemic injustice and the forces that shape how Autistic people are seen.
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/11/how-...
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/11/how-...
How Wikipedia Systematically Misleads People About Autism — THINKING PERSON'S GUIDE TO AUTISM
Wikipedia's editing is consensus-based, so when a subject is objectively contentious—as is the case with autism—that editing gets tricky.
thinkingautismguide.com
November 29, 2024 at 8:05 AM
Written by @ferrousmu.bsky.social and published by @thinkingautism.bsky.social . This is important reading material re: epistemic injustice and the forces that shape how Autistic people are seen.
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/11/how-...
thinkingautismguide.com/2024/11/how-...
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this one will outlive me
November 27, 2024 at 10:24 PM
this one will outlive me
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In case you missed it (lots of new followers), the essay is here: bsky.app/profile/maya...
a collaboration between me and the glorious Kai Cheng Thom, featuring thoughts from a number of talented and wise writers who were kind enough to answer our questions.
kaichengthom.substack.com/p/how-to-rea...
kaichengthom.substack.com/p/how-to-rea...
How To Read A Trans Fem Writer
an essay, an instruction manual, a trans fem writer manifesto, a plea, and a prayer by Maya Deane & Kai Cheng Thom
kaichengthom.substack.com
November 21, 2024 at 3:40 PM
In case you missed it (lots of new followers), the essay is here: bsky.app/profile/maya...
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No, ChatGPT won't help in the classroom, won't save teachers time, and doesn't represent a set of skills students need to learn.
On OpenAI's latest nonsense:
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
On OpenAI's latest nonsense:
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
ChatGPT Has No Place in the Classroom
By Emily On November 20, 2024, OpenAI and an outfit called "Common Sense Media" released a guide to using ChatGPT in K-12 education—a guide which shows a...
buttondown.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:14 PM
No, ChatGPT won't help in the classroom, won't save teachers time, and doesn't represent a set of skills students need to learn.
On OpenAI's latest nonsense:
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
On OpenAI's latest nonsense:
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
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If you're...
1) 18 or older,
2) native speaker of American English, &
3) a member of the LGBTQIA+ community (broadly construed),
take a few minutes to do Emily Duggan's MA thesis survey on the social meanings of queer identity terms! (shared on her request)
msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
1) 18 or older,
2) native speaker of American English, &
3) a member of the LGBTQIA+ community (broadly construed),
take a few minutes to do Emily Duggan's MA thesis survey on the social meanings of queer identity terms! (shared on her request)
msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
November 21, 2024 at 7:19 AM
If you're...
1) 18 or older,
2) native speaker of American English, &
3) a member of the LGBTQIA+ community (broadly construed),
take a few minutes to do Emily Duggan's MA thesis survey on the social meanings of queer identity terms! (shared on her request)
msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
1) 18 or older,
2) native speaker of American English, &
3) a member of the LGBTQIA+ community (broadly construed),
take a few minutes to do Emily Duggan's MA thesis survey on the social meanings of queer identity terms! (shared on her request)
msu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Here’s a link to my Critical A.I. graduate seminar syllabus if anyone wants to see it. 2/3 of the way over, and a fun time overall; students are the best. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
2024 Critical AI Syllabus Nakamura
AMCULT 601.004 Critical A.I. Nakamura Mondays, 4-7pm Office hours: By appointment (link to office hours) Email: lnakamur@umich.edu Phone: 217-417-7108 New applications like Open AI's...
docs.google.com
November 11, 2024 at 11:27 AM
Here’s a link to my Critical A.I. graduate seminar syllabus if anyone wants to see it. 2/3 of the way over, and a fun time overall; students are the best. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The virtual gallery for the art show I organized this summer is now open! Like art by multilingual trans artists about the relationships they have with their languages? Check out:
✨ transxlanguaging.wordpress.com ✨
And use the comment box at the bottom of any page to join in on the collaboration 🤗
✨ transxlanguaging.wordpress.com ✨
And use the comment box at the bottom of any page to join in on the collaboration 🤗
trans*languaging
transxlanguaging.wordpress.com
November 15, 2024 at 8:19 PM
The virtual gallery for the art show I organized this summer is now open! Like art by multilingual trans artists about the relationships they have with their languages? Check out:
✨ transxlanguaging.wordpress.com ✨
And use the comment box at the bottom of any page to join in on the collaboration 🤗
✨ transxlanguaging.wordpress.com ✨
And use the comment box at the bottom of any page to join in on the collaboration 🤗