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Recall Cromwell’s rule: “I beseech you, . . . Think it possible that you may be mistaken.” (he/him/his)
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Someone should make a film about a mad king, say in the late 18th century, whose arbitrary rule and foolish decision-making inspired people in one of his colonies to create a political system in which power would be distributed more widely so as to avoid the harms of such mercurial policy making.
In 3 sessions, S&P 500 futures have plunged about 15%. Legit market crash
April 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Someone should make a film about a mad king, say in the late 18th century, whose arbitrary rule and foolish decision-making inspired people in one of his colonies to create a political system in which power would be distributed more widely so as to avoid the harms of such mercurial policy making.
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A seinfeld episode where kramer is accidentally added to the war plans group chat
March 28, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A seinfeld episode where kramer is accidentally added to the war plans group chat
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They made a homophobic, anti-mask, misogynist the face of their company and then act like victims when decent people decided not to buy their vetbro beer. The punchline: the CEO of Armed Forces Brewing never served. It’s a marketing ploy. $300K from Youngkin wasted. www.whro.org/business-gro...
Controversial military-themed brewery shuts its doors after a year in Norfolk, citing “woke mob”
Financial filings show the brewery was struggling financially before it relocated and had failed to start turning a profit after opening in Norfolk.
www.whro.org
March 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
They made a homophobic, anti-mask, misogynist the face of their company and then act like victims when decent people decided not to buy their vetbro beer. The punchline: the CEO of Armed Forces Brewing never served. It’s a marketing ploy. $300K from Youngkin wasted. www.whro.org/business-gro...
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The Supreme Court decision should have been 9-0. The fact it was 5-4 reveals how utterly compromised the bench is in favor of right-wing authoritarianism.
March 5, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The Supreme Court decision should have been 9-0. The fact it was 5-4 reveals how utterly compromised the bench is in favor of right-wing authoritarianism.
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In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
The actress facing 74 lashes in Iran for her Oscar-nominated film
Instead of attending the glitzy Hollywood ceremony, Soheila Golestani is on trial by the Revolutionary Court for her part in The Seed of the Sacred Fig
www.thetimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
In grim contrast to the red carpet, Soheila Golestani faces 74 lashes for her Oscar-nominated film, The Seed of the Sacred Fig. Watch this film to understand the repression of Iran’s theocratic regime &why the #WomenLifeFreedom movement is so important: www.thetimes.com/culture/film...
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…between 1970 and 2005, global linguistic diversity had declined by an estimated 20%, with Indigenous languages most affected… The trends in language loss closely mirrored the decline in global biodiversity… plant and animal species had shrunk by an average of 27% www.noemamag.com/the-language...
The Languages Lost To Climate Change | NOEMA
Climate catastrophes and biodiversity loss are endangering languages across the globe.
www.noemamag.com
February 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
…between 1970 and 2005, global linguistic diversity had declined by an estimated 20%, with Indigenous languages most affected… The trends in language loss closely mirrored the decline in global biodiversity… plant and animal species had shrunk by an average of 27% www.noemamag.com/the-language...
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New tech revives degraded cassettes, preserving rare recordings of endangered languages and cultures.
https://theconversation.com/how-were-recovering-priceless-audio-and-lost-languages-from-old-decaying-tapes-248116
#audiopreservation #culturalheritage #technology #linguistics #digitalarchives
https://theconversation.com/how-were-recovering-priceless-audio-and-lost-languages-from-old-decaying-tapes-248116
#audiopreservation #culturalheritage #technology #linguistics #digitalarchives
February 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
New tech revives degraded cassettes, preserving rare recordings of endangered languages and cultures.
https://theconversation.com/how-were-recovering-priceless-audio-and-lost-languages-from-old-decaying-tapes-248116
#audiopreservation #culturalheritage #technology #linguistics #digitalarchives
https://theconversation.com/how-were-recovering-priceless-audio-and-lost-languages-from-old-decaying-tapes-248116
#audiopreservation #culturalheritage #technology #linguistics #digitalarchives
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It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
February 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.
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Saw this in the materials for my Linguistics class and I mean... this is exactly why I'm so much into Linguistics and languages, look at how interdisciplinary this thing is!! #langsky
February 15, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Saw this in the materials for my Linguistics class and I mean... this is exactly why I'm so much into Linguistics and languages, look at how interdisciplinary this thing is!! #langsky
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In theory ubiquitous language is a nice idea. Having special words in local contexts.
In reality, an organization has a global namespace where words from different contexts are used together
We can't ignore that otherwise we risk ncreasing ambiguity on a global level.
In reality, an organization has a global namespace where words from different contexts are used together
We can't ignore that otherwise we risk ncreasing ambiguity on a global level.
February 7, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In theory ubiquitous language is a nice idea. Having special words in local contexts.
In reality, an organization has a global namespace where words from different contexts are used together
We can't ignore that otherwise we risk ncreasing ambiguity on a global level.
In reality, an organization has a global namespace where words from different contexts are used together
We can't ignore that otherwise we risk ncreasing ambiguity on a global level.
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#Diversity exists on🌎& #celebrating it in #classrooms strengthens #democracy #HumanRights & #equity
@ruannitupas.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#teaching #multilingualism & #Citizenshipeducation as feat. in @acitizenshipt.bsky.social Issue 56 ref #ppop groups & impact of pop culture in #education.
@ruannitupas.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#teaching #multilingualism & #Citizenshipeducation as feat. in @acitizenshipt.bsky.social Issue 56 ref #ppop groups & impact of pop culture in #education.
February 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
#Diversity exists on🌎& #celebrating it in #classrooms strengthens #democracy #HumanRights & #equity
@ruannitupas.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#teaching #multilingualism & #Citizenshipeducation as feat. in @acitizenshipt.bsky.social Issue 56 ref #ppop groups & impact of pop culture in #education.
@ruannitupas.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social
#teaching #multilingualism & #Citizenshipeducation as feat. in @acitizenshipt.bsky.social Issue 56 ref #ppop groups & impact of pop culture in #education.
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Switzerland: We proudly speak four languages.
India: That's cute. Try 454.
Papua New Guinea: *laughs in 839 languages*
#language #languagespercountry #multilingual
www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-sp...
India: That's cute. Try 454.
Papua New Guinea: *laughs in 839 languages*
#language #languagespercountry #multilingual
www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-sp...
Charted: The Countries that Speak the Most Languages
What are the most linguistically diverse countries in the world? We look at the top 10 by number of living languages spoken.
www.visualcapitalist.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Switzerland: We proudly speak four languages.
India: That's cute. Try 454.
Papua New Guinea: *laughs in 839 languages*
#language #languagespercountry #multilingual
www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-sp...
India: That's cute. Try 454.
Papua New Guinea: *laughs in 839 languages*
#language #languagespercountry #multilingual
www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-sp...
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The surprisingly connected origins of "resignation", "sake", "consequence" and "schism".
youtube.com/shorts/OJfT5...
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #resignation #trudeau #schism #sake #consequence
youtube.com/shorts/OJfT5...
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #resignation #trudeau #schism #sake #consequence
Resignation/Schism #etymology
YouTube video by Alliterative
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January 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The surprisingly connected origins of "resignation", "sake", "consequence" and "schism".
youtube.com/shorts/OJfT5...
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #resignation #trudeau #schism #sake #consequence
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#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #resignation #trudeau #schism #sake #consequence
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With that being said, I am terrified for what’s to come since I so happen to live in the first city that is expected to be raided by ICE. This has been the most exhausting 19 days EVER.
January 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
With that being said, I am terrified for what’s to come since I so happen to live in the first city that is expected to be raided by ICE. This has been the most exhausting 19 days EVER.
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Happy #NationalWordNerdDay to all our fellow wordnerds! It’s hard to pick just one of our videos to mark this day, but how about this classic, the etymology of Etymology? youtu.be/uAelIs0pNUY
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics
Etymology: Some History of Proto-Indo-European
YouTube video by Alliterative
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January 9, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Happy #NationalWordNerdDay to all our fellow wordnerds! It’s hard to pick just one of our videos to mark this day, but how about this classic, the etymology of Etymology? youtu.be/uAelIs0pNUY
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics
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this comes from a good place but i think also falls into the trap of exoticising minority languages. I agree that llms won't save us, but since language technologies do exist for imperial languages, our immediate choice is to adapt or die
"To invoke #language when talking about #LLMs is to misunderstand the nature of language and miss its fundamentally lived and embodied character ... Where #AI promises magic, the most pressing need is for basic research driven by communities"
A must-read: www.thedial.world/articles/new... #langsky
A must-read: www.thedial.world/articles/new... #langsky
AI Won’t Protect Endangered Languages — The Dial
Combinations of characters on a screen mean nothing without agency and intention.
www.thedial.world
January 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
this comes from a good place but i think also falls into the trap of exoticising minority languages. I agree that llms won't save us, but since language technologies do exist for imperial languages, our immediate choice is to adapt or die
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The meaning of a sentence frequently (maybe always) depends not just on its contents but also on its unspoken alternatives (determined in various formal and informal ways) #linguistics #langsky 🐦🐦
I’m always looking for things that explain a lot but that people have a hard time remembering.
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
Examples: Air is stuff. Pee comes from blood. All land vertebrates have a single common ancestor. Venus is bright enough to cast visible shadows. Clouds are heavy. Bones are alive.
Any others you know?
December 30, 2024 at 1:54 PM
The meaning of a sentence frequently (maybe always) depends not just on its contents but also on its unspoken alternatives (determined in various formal and informal ways) #linguistics #langsky 🐦🐦
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www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I believe it does, and that the lack of linguistic diversity is flattening our perspectives and will result in more conflict and confrontation.
I believe it does, and that the lack of linguistic diversity is flattening our perspectives and will result in more conflict and confrontation.
How Much Does Our Language Shape Our Thinking?
English continues to expand into diverse regions around the world. The question is whether humanity will be homogenized as a result.
www.newyorker.com
December 27, 2024 at 8:37 PM
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I believe it does, and that the lack of linguistic diversity is flattening our perspectives and will result in more conflict and confrontation.
I believe it does, and that the lack of linguistic diversity is flattening our perspectives and will result in more conflict and confrontation.