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rleegoldman.bsky.social
He/him. Language learning (CJK), linguist, Wheel of Time enthusiast.
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If your business model doesn’t work without breaking the law, then you’re not in business. You’re in organized crime.

submitted 21 hours ago • 103 comments

google maps-powered location guessing game geoguessr is the latest to strike a deal with the saudi government-backed esports world cup, but its community isn't taking the matter lying down. instead, they've staged a full-scale revolt that's rendered "basically all" popular community maps unplayable

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

Last year the Japanese variety show Gaki no Tsukai had the famous singer Yoko Takahashi go undercover at a restaurant where she fooled everyone right up until she took the stage and belted out A Cruel Angel's Thesis, the intro song to Neon Genesis Evangelion. Just stunning.

submitted 13 days ago • 50 comments

So this is how legacy admissions works now?

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

When you try to phone it in, but the phone is a banana

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Generative AI will never make Andor. And even if it managed to get a tenth of the way there, the only way it did so was because we did it first. Fuck this horseshit, get it the fuck out of everything.

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

submitted 17 days ago • 22 comments

“The pope will be from Chicago” sounds like an 1880s Republican’s dire prediction for if we don’t stop Irish immigration

submitted 19 days ago • 7 comments

builds bridges? did a pontifex write this?

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

Hey cool Google’s chatbot has little context-prompted language lessons. It can tell you to tell students things like “you must cheat.”

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Quote-tweeting wotseries’ reminder to sign the petition while saying “books readers don’t like the tv show” is wild. #WotSkies

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

Still astonished that Nintendo actually okayed an official vinyl release of an older game soundtrack, but I’m not complaining about new (old) Retronauts Radio material

submitted 25 days ago • 16 comments

Native English speakers! Please help me (and linguistics at large) by doing the (very short) survey at the link below. You'll need to evaluate six exchanges after reading the instructions, which describe the general set-up in which these exchanges occur. 1/3

submitted 26 days ago • 1 comment

Remember when all of Star Trek was on Netflix? Wild days, those were.

submitted 27 days ago • 1 comment

Just a reminder that @ingeveb.bsky.social has a list of Yiddish summer programs for students of all levels. ingeveb.org/pedagogy/yid...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

Good god. Meta is using their AI licensing deals with John Cena, Disney, and others to peddle sex chat bots to kids. Burn this company to the fucking ground. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/meta...

submitted 30 days ago • 78 comments

Kid asked why are there skulls in the music video for All I Want For Christmas Is You. I didn't remember any, so we watch it. No skulls. Afterward, the kid says: Oh, I guess they weren't skulls. Me: What were they? (having no clue what the referent is) Kid: Skeleton heads. ?!?!?!? #linguistics

submitted 28 days ago • 2 comments

The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988

submitted 30 days ago • 54 comments

4yo kid: I colored this paper bag light tan Me: Nice! *picks up a paper grocery bag* Me: Like this one? Kid: No, that’s DARK tan! #linguistics #colors

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

If you go to Kameido Tenjin at golden hour this week, you will likely meet a little old man at the right of the main gate, who will tell you that the best photo spot is beside the bridge like so. He says this to everyone, still you will feel like he singled you out because he knew you were special.

submitted 35 days ago • 2 comments