Doctor Logic
@saraluckelman.bsky.social
#Logician, #Onomast, #Medievalist, #AcademicMama, #Author, #Immigrant, founder of SFFReviews.com and @EllipsisImprint. Co-president of @ducu. Own views. Robot.
Ooooh, I want to read this!
(This is one of the things I LOVE about bsky/twitter-like ecosystems. Random fascinating research papers on topics I don't really know anything about -- but I will know *something* more by the time I'm done reading them!)
(This is one of the things I LOVE about bsky/twitter-like ecosystems. Random fascinating research papers on topics I don't really know anything about -- but I will know *something* more by the time I'm done reading them!)
This reminds me of a paper this year on how congenitally blind people can talk about colour in detail (wonder if relevant to Molyneaux problem too):
Liu, Van Paridon, and Lupyan. 2025. ‘Learning about Color from Language’. Communications Psychology 3 (1): 60. doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Liu, Van Paridon, and Lupyan. 2025. ‘Learning about Color from Language’. Communications Psychology 3 (1): 60. doi.org/10.1038/s442...
Learning about color from language - Communications Psychology
Blind people show similar associations between adjectives (e.g. cold) and colours (e.g. blue) as sighted people; word embedding models trained on corpora of written and spoken language learn these ass...
doi.org
November 10, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Ooooh, I want to read this!
(This is one of the things I LOVE about bsky/twitter-like ecosystems. Random fascinating research papers on topics I don't really know anything about -- but I will know *something* more by the time I'm done reading them!)
(This is one of the things I LOVE about bsky/twitter-like ecosystems. Random fascinating research papers on topics I don't really know anything about -- but I will know *something* more by the time I'm done reading them!)
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We are excited to announce the next talk in the seminar series "Women in Logic Online" by @elainepimentel.bsky.social!
TITLE: Classical Versus Constructive: An Ecumenical Approach
Date: Wed, November 26, 2025, 17:00 CEST
Venue: Zoom
You can register for free at tuwien.zoom.us/webinar/regi....
TITLE: Classical Versus Constructive: An Ecumenical Approach
Date: Wed, November 26, 2025, 17:00 CEST
Venue: Zoom
You can register for free at tuwien.zoom.us/webinar/regi....
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Women in Logic Online with Elaine Pimentel. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Classical versus Constructive: An Ecumenical Approach
tuwien.zoom.us
November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
We are excited to announce the next talk in the seminar series "Women in Logic Online" by @elainepimentel.bsky.social!
TITLE: Classical Versus Constructive: An Ecumenical Approach
Date: Wed, November 26, 2025, 17:00 CEST
Venue: Zoom
You can register for free at tuwien.zoom.us/webinar/regi....
TITLE: Classical Versus Constructive: An Ecumenical Approach
Date: Wed, November 26, 2025, 17:00 CEST
Venue: Zoom
You can register for free at tuwien.zoom.us/webinar/regi....
We're a bit behind on holidays here in the Uckelhaus, but time is conventional anyway so we're not going to let "dates" or "calendars" stop us. G carved her pumpkin tonight.
I was NOT expecting her to be able to do this SO well!
I was NOT expecting her to be able to do this SO well!
November 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We're a bit behind on holidays here in the Uckelhaus, but time is conventional anyway so we're not going to let "dates" or "calendars" stop us. G carved her pumpkin tonight.
I was NOT expecting her to be able to do this SO well!
I was NOT expecting her to be able to do this SO well!
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Cool. Client is happy with tattoo design. This will be a wraparound neck piece. I bet the finished tattoo will look even better.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Cool. Client is happy with tattoo design. This will be a wraparound neck piece. I bet the finished tattoo will look even better.
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Had an amazing weekend -- went to a film festival (in York, England) where a documentary I took part in was being premiered. (Voice Shift -- about various trans femmes journeys with their voice.) it's a weird experience seeing yourself on a large cinema screen.
November 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Had an amazing weekend -- went to a film festival (in York, England) where a documentary I took part in was being premiered. (Voice Shift -- about various trans femmes journeys with their voice.) it's a weird experience seeing yourself on a large cinema screen.
REVIEW: “Daisies for Going Out, Pansies to Return Home” by Amy Power Jansen
sffreviews.com/2025/11/09/r...
sffreviews.com/2025/11/09/r...
REVIEW: “Daisies for Going Out, Pansies to Return Home” by Amy Power Jansen
Review of Amy Power Jansen, “Dasies for Going Out, Pansies to Return Home,” Luna Station Quarterly 63 (September 2025): 15-34 — Purchase here. Reviewed by Sara L. Uckelman. There …
sffreviews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
REVIEW: “Daisies for Going Out, Pansies to Return Home” by Amy Power Jansen
sffreviews.com/2025/11/09/r...
sffreviews.com/2025/11/09/r...
The bargain I make with myself when I watch historical Thai costume dramas is that I have to promise to just NOT LOOK AT THE COLLARS (which are all manifestly machine sewn on), and then I won't spoil my enjoyment.
Pippa Durham, 38, was looking forward to a new six-part series billed as a bodice-ripping retelling of the Dissolution of the Monasteries. However, she spotted a 20th-century doorknob in the background of one of the shots and has been livid ever since.
Autistic woman watching period drama driven to madness by inauthentic doorknobs
An autistic woman watching a period drama has been driven to distraction after catching several glimpses of a modern doorknob, it has been reported. Pippa Durham, 38, was looking forward to a new…
thedailytism.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The bargain I make with myself when I watch historical Thai costume dramas is that I have to promise to just NOT LOOK AT THE COLLARS (which are all manifestly machine sewn on), and then I won't spoil my enjoyment.
I'm "at" my kid's birthday party today, in the sense that I am in the same venue as the party, but as far away from the partyers as I can be. This is a first for me. This is ALSO the first time boys have been invited since we stopped doing all-class invitations. I guess this is what 14 will be like!
November 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I'm "at" my kid's birthday party today, in the sense that I am in the same venue as the party, but as far away from the partyers as I can be. This is a first for me. This is ALSO the first time boys have been invited since we stopped doing all-class invitations. I guess this is what 14 will be like!
I received an employment reference request the other day that asked me to comment on the applicant's _appearance_. I'm surprised this is even legal.
I put "n/a".
I put "n/a".
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I received an employment reference request the other day that asked me to comment on the applicant's _appearance_. I'm surprised this is even legal.
I put "n/a".
I put "n/a".
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I talked to the @unibonn.bsky.social magazine forsch about perfectionism, the Middle Ages, and why we could do with more creativity in scholarship. This is the English translation.
www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
Effortlessly flawless?
www.uni-bonn.de
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I talked to the @unibonn.bsky.social magazine forsch about perfectionism, the Middle Ages, and why we could do with more creativity in scholarship. This is the English translation.
www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
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Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
HEAD'S UP FELLOW #CREATIVES!
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
If you haven't heard, #Grammarly is changing...and one change that doesn't pass the smell test is the incorporation of the ocean-boiling plagiarism machine that is #AI. 😒
I'm ditching Grammarly TONIGHT. #Writing #Writers #NoAI
www.grammarly.com/blog/company...
Grammarly Rebrands Company as Superhuman, Introduces Superhuman Suite and Superhuman Go
Superhuman Platform delivers proactive, context-aware AI agents that work in the flow of work, wherever people work Grammarly today announced it is changing its company…
www.grammarly.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Uninstall Grammarly NOW. They've partnered with an AI company and actively scrape your writing to train its models.
We are speccing out a new laptop for me, and we'd just about decided on something when I asked to look at the keyboard.
Good thing I did, because it's not the same as what I currently have: It moves \ above and to the right, and replaces its spot with a longer "enter" key.
Good thing I did, because it's not the same as what I currently have: It moves \ above and to the right, and replaces its spot with a longer "enter" key.
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
We are speccing out a new laptop for me, and we'd just about decided on something when I asked to look at the keyboard.
Good thing I did, because it's not the same as what I currently have: It moves \ above and to the right, and replaces its spot with a longer "enter" key.
Good thing I did, because it's not the same as what I currently have: It moves \ above and to the right, and replaces its spot with a longer "enter" key.
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Deaf and Deaf-adjacent folks, I need some help.
I have a student who needs to hire a writing coach that specialises in helping folks who are primarily ASL speakers write in English. Where do I look to find one who is able to assist with dissertation-level academic writing? Does anyone know someone?
I have a student who needs to hire a writing coach that specialises in helping folks who are primarily ASL speakers write in English. Where do I look to find one who is able to assist with dissertation-level academic writing? Does anyone know someone?
November 4, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Deaf and Deaf-adjacent folks, I need some help.
I have a student who needs to hire a writing coach that specialises in helping folks who are primarily ASL speakers write in English. Where do I look to find one who is able to assist with dissertation-level academic writing? Does anyone know someone?
I have a student who needs to hire a writing coach that specialises in helping folks who are primarily ASL speakers write in English. Where do I look to find one who is able to assist with dissertation-level academic writing? Does anyone know someone?
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Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
Contact
I’m currently open to sensitivity/authenticity reading. Please see the full list of what I cover and rates. In your email below, please include a description of the work, the estimated word c…
bookjockeyalex.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Are you a marginalized author (or the editor/agent/publicist of one) who has a trad pub book coming out in 2026 that is science fiction, fantasy, or horror and either adult or young adult? This book critic wants to know about it! Small press strongly encouraged.
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
bookjockeyalex.com/contact/
"...by reason of the traditionally posited rule: 'whatever mobilizes the immobilized immobilizes the mobilized'."
(Taken out of context, Buridan sounds like he's suddenly talking about labor organisation, and not formal logic...)
(Taken out of context, Buridan sounds like he's suddenly talking about labor organisation, and not formal logic...)
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"...by reason of the traditionally posited rule: 'whatever mobilizes the immobilized immobilizes the mobilized'."
(Taken out of context, Buridan sounds like he's suddenly talking about labor organisation, and not formal logic...)
(Taken out of context, Buridan sounds like he's suddenly talking about labor organisation, and not formal logic...)
Poor reading outcomes in 13yos?
Surely the ONLY possible reason for this is that they aren't tested enough, not, say, lack of funding to schools so they can recruit sufficient and sufficiently qualified staff...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Surely the ONLY possible reason for this is that they aren't tested enough, not, say, lack of funding to schools so they can recruit sufficient and sufficiently qualified staff...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests
Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Poor reading outcomes in 13yos?
Surely the ONLY possible reason for this is that they aren't tested enough, not, say, lack of funding to schools so they can recruit sufficient and sufficiently qualified staff...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Surely the ONLY possible reason for this is that they aren't tested enough, not, say, lack of funding to schools so they can recruit sufficient and sufficiently qualified staff...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Doctor Logic Awkwardly Does Logic
What is Logic? #254: Defining the Canonical Model
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XJo...
What is Logic? #254: Defining the Canonical Model
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XJo...
What is Logic? #254: Defining the Canonical Model
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October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Doctor Logic Awkwardly Does Logic
What is Logic? #254: Defining the Canonical Model
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XJo...
What is Logic? #254: Defining the Canonical Model
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XJo...
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As we come to the end of our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' project, we're delighted to invite you to 'Accessing Archives and Collections: Disability, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness' - a free online symposium on 17th and 18th November. 1/n
Microsoft Forms
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October 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
As we come to the end of our @edicaucus.bsky.social funded 'Divergent Minds in the Archive' project, we're delighted to invite you to 'Accessing Archives and Collections: Disability, Neurodivergence, Chronic Illness' - a free online symposium on 17th and 18th November. 1/n
Well shit.
I think my laptop keyboard has died.
So much for my "from 10:30-4:00 I only have one meeting, I'll get so much done!" productivity plan for today...
I think my laptop keyboard has died.
So much for my "from 10:30-4:00 I only have one meeting, I'll get so much done!" productivity plan for today...
October 30, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Well shit.
I think my laptop keyboard has died.
So much for my "from 10:30-4:00 I only have one meeting, I'll get so much done!" productivity plan for today...
I think my laptop keyboard has died.
So much for my "from 10:30-4:00 I only have one meeting, I'll get so much done!" productivity plan for today...
Well, this one's coming along nicely!
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Well, this one's coming along nicely!
Not one but TWO of my meetings today finished 25 minutes early!!
This is amazing.
This is amazing.
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Not one but TWO of my meetings today finished 25 minutes early!!
This is amazing.
This is amazing.
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I FOUND THE BOOK WITH THE ORB
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I FOUND THE BOOK WITH THE ORB