Will Bennett
@wmgbennett.bsky.social
Linguist, professor, Africanist, aspiring mad scientist/inventor/youtuber/occasional shitposter. Interested in meaning, sounds, the navigation therebetween, and how that all plays out for humans across history and geography.
This is not what I thought the ai bubble’s end would look like
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
This is not what I thought the ai bubble’s end would look like
Google AI telling me I should just use Safari instead #aioverview
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Google AI telling me I should just use Safari instead #aioverview
October 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
October 15, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Just saw video of ICE posted in a forum completely unrelated to their mission. I’m not sure where on the creeping fasch barometer that it, but it feels like the kinda thing that demarcates a new phase or degree of normalness
October 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just saw video of ICE posted in a forum completely unrelated to their mission. I’m not sure where on the creeping fasch barometer that it, but it feels like the kinda thing that demarcates a new phase or degree of normalness
Why does this have to exist?
October 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Why does this have to exist?
I found a dead bat today
September 7, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I found a dead bat today
Humphrey’s Executor? I hardly even know’or!
August 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Humphrey’s Executor? I hardly even know’or!
The real problem in South Africa is the way people pick flavors
June 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The real problem in South Africa is the way people pick flavors
Paris is pretty. Pretty gay.
May 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Paris is pretty. Pretty gay.
They say you should be careful not to meet your idols. Well, today I met bullet bill of Mario fame! He was so quiet and modest, and so patient to let people take photos
May 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
They say you should be careful not to meet your idols. Well, today I met bullet bill of Mario fame! He was so quiet and modest, and so patient to let people take photos
Weirdest poutine I’ve ever seen
May 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Weirdest poutine I’ve ever seen
Ngl the French almost did this
May 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Ngl the French almost did this
TIL there are languages with the same vowel system as Proto-Bantu in Papua
April 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
TIL there are languages with the same vowel system as Proto-Bantu in Papua
This bird is in the theatre cafe learning AND causing drama. Nice to see practical applications at a university, especially in the humanities subjects. #academicsky #universitylife #academia #birdsindoors #dramadepartment
April 8, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This bird is in the theatre cafe learning AND causing drama. Nice to see practical applications at a university, especially in the humanities subjects. #academicsky #universitylife #academia #birdsindoors #dramadepartment
Learned a gruesome fact about the villain in Disney’s Pocahontas today
March 31, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Learned a gruesome fact about the villain in Disney’s Pocahontas today
Hakuna poparta, by Andy Warthog
March 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Hakuna poparta, by Andy Warthog
“AI is going to change everything”
March 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
“AI is going to change everything”
Does bluesky support videos with sound?
February 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Does bluesky support videos with sound?
Am I blind or did they use a primary stress diacritic here?
February 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Am I blind or did they use a primary stress diacritic here?
Tried using generative AI to make a cover image. Result attached.
February 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Tried using generative AI to make a cover image. Result attached.