snowgall
@snowgall.bsky.social
Linguist specializing in ASL and syntax. Knitter of doilies. Art editor for chestnutreview.bsky.social
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Apparently #ACT got a lot of flak for posting that their test now has "less questions" rather than the putatively correct "fewer questions."
They ding test takers for this, so they do look hypocritical here.
But why quiz students on this pointless distinction in the first place?
#linguistics 🐦🐦
They ding test takers for this, so they do look hypocritical here.
But why quiz students on this pointless distinction in the first place?
#linguistics 🐦🐦
June 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Apparently #ACT got a lot of flak for posting that their test now has "less questions" rather than the putatively correct "fewer questions."
They ding test takers for this, so they do look hypocritical here.
But why quiz students on this pointless distinction in the first place?
#linguistics 🐦🐦
They ding test takers for this, so they do look hypocritical here.
But why quiz students on this pointless distinction in the first place?
#linguistics 🐦🐦
Voting and public comment period ends tomorrow (Friday, May 16th) at noon Pacific time!
#LEGO #BricklinkDesignerProgram #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
#LEGO #BricklinkDesignerProgram #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
May 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Voting and public comment period ends tomorrow (Friday, May 16th) at noon Pacific time!
#LEGO #BricklinkDesignerProgram #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
#LEGO #BricklinkDesignerProgram #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
A Keith Haring #LEGO set? And it looks incredible? Sign me up immediately!
Just like the artist's work, the techniques for building these LEGO models are more complicated than they might seem.
#popart #KeithHaring #want
www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
Just like the artist's work, the techniques for building these LEGO models are more complicated than they might seem.
#popart #KeithHaring #want
www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
May 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
A Keith Haring #LEGO set? And it looks incredible? Sign me up immediately!
Just like the artist's work, the techniques for building these LEGO models are more complicated than they might seem.
#popart #KeithHaring #want
www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
Just like the artist's work, the techniques for building these LEGO models are more complicated than they might seem.
#popart #KeithHaring #want
www.lego.com/en-us/produc...
May 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I adore the creamy orange walls with with trim on this pirate island getaway.
(Reminds me of the architecture in Mérida, Mexico :)
#Lego #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
(Reminds me of the architecture in Mérida, Mexico :)
#Lego #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
May 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I adore the creamy orange walls with with trim on this pirate island getaway.
(Reminds me of the architecture in Mérida, Mexico :)
#Lego #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
(Reminds me of the architecture in Mérida, Mexico :)
#Lego #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
A working carousel that uses a hand crank to both turn the carousel and move the horses up and down. So impressive!
#Lego #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
#Lego #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
May 8, 2025 at 10:45 PM
A working carousel that uses a hand crank to both turn the carousel and move the horses up and down. So impressive!
#Lego #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
#Lego #BDP #Series8
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
More #lego #BDP series 8 faves:
This mountain shelter looks so cozy and inviting in a gorgeous environment!
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
This mountain shelter looks so cozy and inviting in a gorgeous environment!
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
May 8, 2025 at 10:43 PM
More #lego #BDP series 8 faves:
This mountain shelter looks so cozy and inviting in a gorgeous environment!
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
This mountain shelter looks so cozy and inviting in a gorgeous environment!
www.bricklink.com/v3/designer-...
All caught up now on eps 7-9 of #Andor season 2.
What incredible storytelling, fantastic costumes and sets, amazing dialogue and devastating events. It's so much.
Multiple characters with Emmy-worthy speeches so far, and we still have 3 episodes to go!
What incredible storytelling, fantastic costumes and sets, amazing dialogue and devastating events. It's so much.
Multiple characters with Emmy-worthy speeches so far, and we still have 3 episodes to go!
May 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
All caught up now on eps 7-9 of #Andor season 2.
What incredible storytelling, fantastic costumes and sets, amazing dialogue and devastating events. It's so much.
Multiple characters with Emmy-worthy speeches so far, and we still have 3 episodes to go!
What incredible storytelling, fantastic costumes and sets, amazing dialogue and devastating events. It's so much.
Multiple characters with Emmy-worthy speeches so far, and we still have 3 episodes to go!
Adding pics of my four faves above :)
There are many others I liked as well - more links to come!
#Lego #Bricklink #BDP #series8
There are many others I liked as well - more links to come!
#Lego #Bricklink #BDP #series8
May 6, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Adding pics of my four faves above :)
There are many others I liked as well - more links to come!
#Lego #Bricklink #BDP #series8
There are many others I liked as well - more links to come!
#Lego #Bricklink #BDP #series8
The fancy vintage egg slicer I ordered last week arrived today!
I did not go as far as eating them with a knife and fork, however. I'm not *actually* that weird about my food! 🥚
#Severance #eggs
I did not go as far as eating them with a knife and fork, however. I'm not *actually* that weird about my food! 🥚
#Severance #eggs
May 4, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The fancy vintage egg slicer I ordered last week arrived today!
I did not go as far as eating them with a knife and fork, however. I'm not *actually* that weird about my food! 🥚
#Severance #eggs
I did not go as far as eating them with a knife and fork, however. I'm not *actually* that weird about my food! 🥚
#Severance #eggs
It's silly, but I've seen lots of people asserting that Dylan made his paper ring from one of his finger traps
No way. Not only are those 100% blue, they are woven plastic. The ring is white & dark blue paper
The more likely option to me is a page from the MDR orientation handbook
#Severance
No way. Not only are those 100% blue, they are woven plastic. The ring is white & dark blue paper
The more likely option to me is a page from the MDR orientation handbook
#Severance
May 2, 2025 at 3:42 PM
It's silly, but I've seen lots of people asserting that Dylan made his paper ring from one of his finger traps
No way. Not only are those 100% blue, they are woven plastic. The ring is white & dark blue paper
The more likely option to me is a page from the MDR orientation handbook
#Severance
No way. Not only are those 100% blue, they are woven plastic. The ring is white & dark blue paper
The more likely option to me is a page from the MDR orientation handbook
#Severance
Some people wanted a more fantastical answer, but for me, the goats' purpose as animal sacrifices in some weird quasi-religious ceremony made perfect sense.
It fits with Lumon's culty practices and with the desperate line from season 1 that they weren't "ready" yet. Anything else would be try-hard
It fits with Lumon's culty practices and with the desperate line from season 1 that they weren't "ready" yet. Anything else would be try-hard
April 29, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Some people wanted a more fantastical answer, but for me, the goats' purpose as animal sacrifices in some weird quasi-religious ceremony made perfect sense.
It fits with Lumon's culty practices and with the desperate line from season 1 that they weren't "ready" yet. Anything else would be try-hard
It fits with Lumon's culty practices and with the desperate line from season 1 that they weren't "ready" yet. Anything else would be try-hard
But once the race was on to find Gemma, it found its footing.
Loved how all the pieces came together - needing Drummond's keycard (and his blood!), getting a gun because we're done sacrificing goats, Gwendoline Christie being the only goatherder who could take on Drummond and live
#Severance
Loved how all the pieces came together - needing Drummond's keycard (and his blood!), getting a gun because we're done sacrificing goats, Gwendoline Christie being the only goatherder who could take on Drummond and live
#Severance
April 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
But once the race was on to find Gemma, it found its footing.
Loved how all the pieces came together - needing Drummond's keycard (and his blood!), getting a gun because we're done sacrificing goats, Gwendoline Christie being the only goatherder who could take on Drummond and live
#Severance
Loved how all the pieces came together - needing Drummond's keycard (and his blood!), getting a gun because we're done sacrificing goats, Gwendoline Christie being the only goatherder who could take on Drummond and live
#Severance
I really found the harsh spotlight and shadows here to be visually upsetting. It's clearly intentional, as the cinematography is always top-notch, but I didn't know what the reasoning was, and I wanted it to stop assaulting my eyes.
#Severance #ColdHarbor
#Severance #ColdHarbor
April 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I really found the harsh spotlight and shadows here to be visually upsetting. It's clearly intentional, as the cinematography is always top-notch, but I didn't know what the reasoning was, and I wanted it to stop assaulting my eyes.
#Severance #ColdHarbor
#Severance #ColdHarbor
And then the absolute bizarreness of the way Milchick and co chose to celebrate Mark's upcoming completion of the Cold Harbor file.
Animatronic Kier Eagan? Awkward comedy stylings? Weird moody lighting while he does his work? A marching band? Who on earth thinks this is desirable?
Animatronic Kier Eagan? Awkward comedy stylings? Weird moody lighting while he does his work? A marching band? Who on earth thinks this is desirable?
April 29, 2025 at 12:40 AM
And then the absolute bizarreness of the way Milchick and co chose to celebrate Mark's upcoming completion of the Cold Harbor file.
Animatronic Kier Eagan? Awkward comedy stylings? Weird moody lighting while he does his work? A marching band? Who on earth thinks this is desirable?
Animatronic Kier Eagan? Awkward comedy stylings? Weird moody lighting while he does his work? A marching band? Who on earth thinks this is desirable?
#Severance s2e10 "Cold Harbor"
I'm still processing. What a ride.
The idea that iMark would not necessarily be on board with oMark's plans makes so much sense, and yet, I didn't really expect it
I did think the interaction between them via vidcam was fascinating, but maybe went on a tad too long
I'm still processing. What a ride.
The idea that iMark would not necessarily be on board with oMark's plans makes so much sense, and yet, I didn't really expect it
I did think the interaction between them via vidcam was fascinating, but maybe went on a tad too long
April 29, 2025 at 12:34 AM
#Severance s2e10 "Cold Harbor"
I'm still processing. What a ride.
The idea that iMark would not necessarily be on board with oMark's plans makes so much sense, and yet, I didn't really expect it
I did think the interaction between them via vidcam was fascinating, but maybe went on a tad too long
I'm still processing. What a ride.
The idea that iMark would not necessarily be on board with oMark's plans makes so much sense, and yet, I didn't really expect it
I did think the interaction between them via vidcam was fascinating, but maybe went on a tad too long
Severance s2e9 "The After Hours"
The Eagans have some weird hang-ups around food. Nevertheless, I covet that egg slicer! In fact, I just ordered a similar one off eBay 😆
Mr. Milchick finallly told off Mr. Drummond, but will he still be an antagonist towards Mark in the season finale? I bet yes.
The Eagans have some weird hang-ups around food. Nevertheless, I covet that egg slicer! In fact, I just ordered a similar one off eBay 😆
Mr. Milchick finallly told off Mr. Drummond, but will he still be an antagonist towards Mark in the season finale? I bet yes.
April 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Severance s2e9 "The After Hours"
The Eagans have some weird hang-ups around food. Nevertheless, I covet that egg slicer! In fact, I just ordered a similar one off eBay 😆
Mr. Milchick finallly told off Mr. Drummond, but will he still be an antagonist towards Mark in the season finale? I bet yes.
The Eagans have some weird hang-ups around food. Nevertheless, I covet that egg slicer! In fact, I just ordered a similar one off eBay 😆
Mr. Milchick finallly told off Mr. Drummond, but will he still be an antagonist towards Mark in the season finale? I bet yes.
Severance s1e6 react:
Patricia Arquette has a nice singing voice, but 😬
outie Mark refused a second glass of wine on his date, yay progress!
How could a plastic card that looks like an airplane safety guide be SO important it's worth going to outie Dylan's home and waking innie Dylan? Holy Kier!
Patricia Arquette has a nice singing voice, but 😬
outie Mark refused a second glass of wine on his date, yay progress!
How could a plastic card that looks like an airplane safety guide be SO important it's worth going to outie Dylan's home and waking innie Dylan? Holy Kier!
April 15, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Severance s1e6 react:
Patricia Arquette has a nice singing voice, but 😬
outie Mark refused a second glass of wine on his date, yay progress!
How could a plastic card that looks like an airplane safety guide be SO important it's worth going to outie Dylan's home and waking innie Dylan? Holy Kier!
Patricia Arquette has a nice singing voice, but 😬
outie Mark refused a second glass of wine on his date, yay progress!
How could a plastic card that looks like an airplane safety guide be SO important it's worth going to outie Dylan's home and waking innie Dylan? Holy Kier!
If you are a Cornell Alum, you can vote in the upcoming Alumni Trustee Election.
This vote is important - two of the candidates are right-wing attorneys who will work to enact their political agenda on the university's administration.
See alt text for more info.
vote.yeselections.com/cornell/
This vote is important - two of the candidates are right-wing attorneys who will work to enact their political agenda on the university's administration.
See alt text for more info.
vote.yeselections.com/cornell/
![• J. Kennerly (Ken) Davis Jr., a leader within the Federalist Society, the far-right conservative and libertarian organization that advocates for a textualist and originalist interpretation of the U.S. Constitution. He is also active with the Alumni Free Speech Alliance and the Cornell Free Speech Alliance, which oppose anti-racist DEI efforts, and which promote the nebulous idea of “viewpoint diversity” — the idea that all opinions should be represented in classrooms, regardless of their academic, scholarly, or scientific merit.
• Cindy Crawford, an attorney for the Koch brothers’ primary political advocacy group, Americans for Prosperity Foundation, which advocates to end government regulations of environmental and safety issues, to end public education as a universal good, and to promote other policies that make it easier for the ultra-rich to become richer and to control public life.
What do these candidates believe? In their own words:
Of his student days in the 1960s, Davis wrote: “[T]he devastation wrought upon … all of Cornell by the shameful capitulation of President James Perkins to the armed occupation of Willard Straight Hall by campus radicals taught me forever that constitutionally compliant enforcement of the law and rule-based order is absolutely essential to protecting and preserving the integrity of the academic enterprise and, indeed, all of civil society.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rwbqyvmee43mq76h5hxmfe6t/bafkreiadnrm2ad75j2u66n7vprihw2sgvsmrh64wpvll7xc5ngumq34mdu@jpeg)
![Apparently referring to campus protest and movements for greater equity and justice, Crawford wrote: “[W]e are at a tipping point in which all elite universities, and Cornell in particular, must decide whether they will remain beacons of learning or acquiesce to demands for censorship, conformity, and political activism. It is relatively easy to pay homage to free expression and diversity of thought. But it can be difficult to uphold those values when confronted by aggressive attempts to shout down (or shut down) that support. I have dedicated my professional life to those issues, and I can guide and defend an incoming administration that is going to face severe challenges and tough decisions that will inevitably spawn outrage, whether real or feigned.”
(Crawford's professional life has been inside Koch-network organizations that seek to support billionaires and to undermine environmental regulations, public education, taxation on wealth, and other functions of civil society and the public good.)
Neither candidate has a significant volunteer history with the university, unlike the CATN-endorsed candidates. This means that they have not built up the same kind of knowledge of the operations of the university as the CATN-endorsed candidates, and it appears that their interest in sitting on the board of trustees is primarily for the purpose of enacting a right-wing political agenda on the university's administration.
The Cornell Free Speech Alliance and other organizations are organizing their constituencies to vote in this election. Since voter turnout is usually low, they can have a big impact.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rwbqyvmee43mq76h5hxmfe6t/bafkreieotxntrec3tuut2xmprzx64qap6lbiyv6dhw2fogtn6u2qh3jxk4@jpeg)
February 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
If you are a Cornell Alum, you can vote in the upcoming Alumni Trustee Election.
This vote is important - two of the candidates are right-wing attorneys who will work to enact their political agenda on the university's administration.
See alt text for more info.
vote.yeselections.com/cornell/
This vote is important - two of the candidates are right-wing attorneys who will work to enact their political agenda on the university's administration.
See alt text for more info.
vote.yeselections.com/cornell/
Pictured: the complete instructions from a box of Mexican chocolate drink, in Spanish, translated into both English and French.
I gather:
1) It can be either hot or cold
2) I can use either milk or water
But it seems only those who can read more than one language will learn these secrets.
🐦🐦
I gather:
1) It can be either hot or cold
2) I can use either milk or water
But it seems only those who can read more than one language will learn these secrets.
🐦🐦
January 21, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Pictured: the complete instructions from a box of Mexican chocolate drink, in Spanish, translated into both English and French.
I gather:
1) It can be either hot or cold
2) I can use either milk or water
But it seems only those who can read more than one language will learn these secrets.
🐦🐦
I gather:
1) It can be either hot or cold
2) I can use either milk or water
But it seems only those who can read more than one language will learn these secrets.
🐦🐦
Took a one-day embroidery class last week while attending a @chestnutreview.bsky.social writer's retreat in Mérida, Mexico 🪡
@jmriqu.bsky.social
@jmriqu.bsky.social
January 20, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Took a one-day embroidery class last week while attending a @chestnutreview.bsky.social writer's retreat in Mérida, Mexico 🪡
@jmriqu.bsky.social
@jmriqu.bsky.social
I'm ridiculously pleased with the nice points I'm getting with my old-fashioned manual pencil sharpener. My electric one didn't work nearly as well.
And it's just mentally satisfying to turn the crank and get a productive outcome 😄
And it's just mentally satisfying to turn the crank and get a productive outcome 😄
January 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I'm ridiculously pleased with the nice points I'm getting with my old-fashioned manual pencil sharpener. My electric one didn't work nearly as well.
And it's just mentally satisfying to turn the crank and get a productive outcome 😄
And it's just mentally satisfying to turn the crank and get a productive outcome 😄
I wanted this #doily to be large, hence the alterations. It was a gift for my sister, to be used as her wedding canopy.
It took me about 5 months to complete, time I happened to have in fall 2009, as we were living abroad in Ireland and I had no work permit :)
Luckily I did finish it in time!
It took me about 5 months to complete, time I happened to have in fall 2009, as we were living abroad in Ireland and I had no work permit :)
Luckily I did finish it in time!
December 25, 2024 at 1:23 AM
I wanted this #doily to be large, hence the alterations. It was a gift for my sister, to be used as her wedding canopy.
It took me about 5 months to complete, time I happened to have in fall 2009, as we were living abroad in Ireland and I had no work permit :)
Luckily I did finish it in time!
It took me about 5 months to complete, time I happened to have in fall 2009, as we were living abroad in Ireland and I had no work permit :)
Luckily I did finish it in time!
For the final day of #ArtAdventCalendar, my largest lace knit project ever (4'3" x 4'3")
"Lyra" by Niebling, 1939
I added 16 rows of my own design to the original pattern, and used slightly larger needles and thread than typical for a #doily
#knitting completed Feb 2010
(also my avatar pic)
"Lyra" by Niebling, 1939
I added 16 rows of my own design to the original pattern, and used slightly larger needles and thread than typical for a #doily
#knitting completed Feb 2010
(also my avatar pic)
December 25, 2024 at 1:15 AM
For the final day of #ArtAdventCalendar, my largest lace knit project ever (4'3" x 4'3")
"Lyra" by Niebling, 1939
I added 16 rows of my own design to the original pattern, and used slightly larger needles and thread than typical for a #doily
#knitting completed Feb 2010
(also my avatar pic)
"Lyra" by Niebling, 1939
I added 16 rows of my own design to the original pattern, and used slightly larger needles and thread than typical for a #doily
#knitting completed Feb 2010
(also my avatar pic)
Knit star-shaped onesie I made for my infant niece way back in 2008. ⭐
She didn't really want to cooperate with modeling it!
(this one is unusual for me as I more often knit mono-color lace rather than multi-color stockinette :)
#ArtAdventCalendar #knitting #intarsia
She didn't really want to cooperate with modeling it!
(this one is unusual for me as I more often knit mono-color lace rather than multi-color stockinette :)
#ArtAdventCalendar #knitting #intarsia
December 24, 2024 at 2:02 AM
Knit star-shaped onesie I made for my infant niece way back in 2008. ⭐
She didn't really want to cooperate with modeling it!
(this one is unusual for me as I more often knit mono-color lace rather than multi-color stockinette :)
#ArtAdventCalendar #knitting #intarsia
She didn't really want to cooperate with modeling it!
(this one is unusual for me as I more often knit mono-color lace rather than multi-color stockinette :)
#ArtAdventCalendar #knitting #intarsia