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Today's xkcd is surprisingly earnest and heartfelt. xkcd.com/3101/

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A fantastic analysis of Turtledove's 'City in Chains' from @spanishspy.bsky.social. However satisfying it is to construct complicity and resistance as 'locals vs. evil fascist invaders', that framing is a misleading fantasy of how Americans want to see themselves. We created our own fascism.

submitted 9 hours ago • 0 comments

I love my colleagues so much. Especially that one. She's so great. #academicChatter

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

This is a very funny post but none of my colleagues had training in phrase structure. I hope that someone here will appreciate it as it deserves.

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WHY IS THIS SO SOOTHING AND BEAUTIFUL?? youtube.com/shorts/QGXIN...

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early posting on bsky before other socmed, but my need of financial assistance is still dire. Opening BUST ONLY, CHARACTERS ONLY portrait with a floral BG commissions, for only 40 usd each. Would mean the world if folks could please reblog <3 more info in comments!!

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I finally got a set of CMY gouache, and I swear we've been GASLIGHTING kindergartners for generations with this bullshit about RYB primary colours. 'Why does my purple look muddy? Don't red and blue make purple? I'm bad at art.' NO CHILD YOU'RE NOT BAD AT ART! You've been LIED to by Big RYB!

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Buy a pot! Mine is where I keep my Really Good (tm) paintbrushes.

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I saw this on tumblr, and I'm pleased to report that I did this, roughly by age 30! (Well, more like 32). I put otters on all my lecture slides. Over the years I have accumulated a rather charming eclectic array of gifts from my students that tend toward otter-themed. #academicChatter

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Not every aspect type of verb inflection is tense, friends. This is clearly exonerative VOICE. (also, that's a great concept: exonerative as an inflectional category. Hat tip!) #linguistics #morphosyntax

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Glad to see this making the rounds again. I think it is my Tom Holland Singing in the Rain. I will always repost it.

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Realm of the Elderlings Project: The Liveship Traders Book 3: Ship of Destiny A magnificent tapestry of genius, marred by ...by, well, @ergative-abs.bsky.social doesn't shy away from discussing the problem at the NOAF blog www.nerds-feather.com/2025/06/real...

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I just want to thank that mini-burst of Discourse about how The Gilded Age is simultaneously Trash TV and also Indispensable Entertainment, because i have started watching it, and I will continue to watch it for the costumes alone until the end of time.

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

every company from june 1st until june 30th

submitted 12 days ago • 31 comments

#HistoricalHotties

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Morning #Glasgow

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

Dear Internet, please know that Mr Absolutive has been patiently watching #Murderbot with me, entirely ignorant of the source material.

submitted 13 days ago • 2 comments

"To understand who is in control, observe who you are not allowed to criticize." -Voltaire

submitted 14 days ago • 67 comments

Hey, Glasgow-local people, come into my lab and have your eyes tracked while I study how you process sound and syntax, predict meaning, and encode memory! One hour, and I pay £15 cash in hand. Boosts welcome! #Scotland #Glasgow #linguistics #experiment #psycholinguistics #academicChatter

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Buy pots! No home is complete without a tentacle pot!

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click through click through click through look at all the pretties!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

there’s a Court of International Trade (COIT) in the United States (US)? there’s something I could have been calling COITUS this whole time???

submitted 15 days ago • 3 comments

Really clear article about the energy costs of AI. And beyond ecology, a good reminder that free things are never free: "A 2024 report from the Virginia legislature estimated that average residential ratepayers in the state could pay an additional $37.50 every month in data center energy costs."

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

One more awful thing AI “writing” is doing is destroying all the good work self-published authors have done to eliminate the stupid stigma these past few years. The assholes getting caught are all self-publishing their slop, so now I’m hearing a lot of generalizations again.

submitted 19 days ago • 11 comments

omg @wiswell.bsky.social , Athena and the hydra?

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

I am begging for a Hollywood movie or TV writer to make something that features realistic 'artificial intelligence'

submitted 19 days ago • 65 comments

JK Rowling now has an online form for TERFs who want to sue trans people. Everyone keep a careful eye out to make sure nobody accidentally pastes the Bee Movie script in there. jkrwf.org/check-eligib...

submitted 19 days ago • 37 comments

Truth, Justice, Freedom, Reasonably Priced Love, and a Hard-Boiled Egg. @terrypratchett.bsky.social #Discworld #TerryPratchett

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

This is a fantastic negative review. I found it convincing, articulate, and persuasive in making its point. I even agree with it, in its primary criticism, which I hadn't thought about before reading it just now. But also it doesn't change the fact that I wholeheartedly loved this book.

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

Please take a moment to praise Inverness Castle for following the time-honored path of super-crappy photoshop 'artists impressions' in advertising its upcoming re-opening. Once upon a time, this would have been sarcasm. But in today's world of AI crap, I am entirely sincere. invernesscastle.scot

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