Will Mawhood
@viljamsmauhuds.bsky.social
Person who says 'no, you're thinking of the Balkans' a lot. Also Deep Baltic editor, and occasional writer of stuff. Ik pa laikam arī tulkotājs.
Unfortunately it's the time of year where I look even more dishevelled than usual
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Unfortunately it's the time of year where I look even more dishevelled than usual
Reposted by Will Mawhood
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
LLMs give people with delusional belief systems a way to organise those beliefs. The model fills in gaps, supplies connective tissue, and wraps the madness in formal language.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
It doesn't make the claims more credible to us, it just tidies them up.
Valodu māja (House of Languages) bookshop/publishers very much worth a visit for people interested in languages who happen to be in Riga - the wider Avotu iela area is v interesting too
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Valodu māja (House of Languages) bookshop/publishers very much worth a visit for people interested in languages who happen to be in Riga - the wider Avotu iela area is v interesting too
That was a very fun event, with some great questions and comments from Latvian and international audience - thank you to the team at Valodu māja for setting everything up, and I believe there will be a video online at some point
November 15, 2025 at 9:31 AM
That was a very fun event, with some great questions and comments from Latvian and international audience - thank you to the team at Valodu māja for setting everything up, and I believe there will be a video online at some point
Vēl viens atgadinājums par šo pasākumu - šovakar Rīgā, būtu forši tevi redzēt tur. Apspriedīsim "netulkojamus" vārdus latviešu un angļu valodās, un daudz vairāk ārkārtīgi interesantas tēmas.
November 14, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Vēl viens atgadinājums par šo pasākumu - šovakar Rīgā, būtu forši tevi redzēt tur. Apspriedīsim "netulkojamus" vārdus latviešu un angļu valodās, un daudz vairāk ārkārtīgi interesantas tēmas.
"But how does it look from the other side? How does Latvian strike a native speaker of English - what seems logical and what seems tricky? What is funny or beautiful, and what is simply baffling?"
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 AM
"But how does it look from the other side? How does Latvian strike a native speaker of English - what seems logical and what seems tricky? What is funny or beautiful, and what is simply baffling?"
to use possibly the single Latvian phrase I am most tired of hearing
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
to use possibly the single Latvian phrase I am most tired of hearing
A lot of people seem to think I have Baltic heritage, but I don't - I basically had never given Latvian any thought until moving to Riga when I was 24. Then some time later I came back and started learning it more seriously. So I guess I can give a proper "skats no malas".
November 6, 2025 at 5:27 AM
A lot of people seem to think I have Baltic heritage, but I don't - I basically had never given Latvian any thought until moving to Riga when I was 24. Then some time later I came back and started learning it more seriously. So I guess I can give a proper "skats no malas".