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I've been thinking about this since the rise of machine translation, and even more since I started teaching TL. When I came up as a translator, I did a lot of brute force translation work—reams of emails about shipping delays, HR presentations, customer surveys, just the drudgiest of drudge work.

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Please do not be like the Hispanics for Trump who were later shocked to learn that Trump wasn’t excluding “the good ones” from his definition of “criminal,” and in fact meant “literally every undocumented brown person, and a bunch of documented ones, too.” They mean YOU.

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This happened earlier this week, too.

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[Food safety] so I'm seeing a lot of (understandable) concern about food safety in the current political climate as always: the best answer is regulations and a (well staffed) agency to enforce them But...lol... so, here are some tips about raw fruits and vegetables

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Brand-new license announcement! THE ANCIENT MAGUS' BRIDE: FRAGMENTS COLLECTION by Kore Yamazaki. From unseen tales to secrets not yet revealed, collect the missing fragments from this wondrous world in this brand-new collection of short manga stories! sevenseasentertainment.com/2025/05/07/s...

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Brand-new license announcement! GHOST AND WITCH by Kore Yamazaki. From the brilliant mind behind THE ANCIENT MAGUS’ BRIDE comes a brand-new fantastical manga about a girl and the being possessing her as they travel around the vast country of Ireland. sevenseasentertainment.com/2025/05/07/s...

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I was once on a memorable panel about surviving the apocalypse and someone asked what the most important factor was. Other panelists talked about attitude and preparation. I said “Having a standard shoe size.” (Come the apocalypse, if I have to move I will die of blisters.)

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Useful! #covid19 #covidisnotover

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Time for my yearly rant about how fashion and textiles are undervalued in museum contexts (and everywhere else, LBR) because misogyny and the fact that the costume institute is the only dept at the Met that has to raise its own operating funds is bullshit

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With the note that we have pretty solid non-generative transcription software that works very well, and archives the original recording in case it needs to be checked. Generative transcription is a fucking disaster that has a 75% error rate, is racist AF, and usually deletes the original recording.

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Do you watch Chinese TV? Do you use English subs, and/or use English to discuss what you're watching? If so, please fill out my research survey for a pilot study: forms.office.com/e/rCzcDEwJ4s * ~10min to complete (+/- free text answers 😅) * Project details in form * Pls share/repost! 💚🙏 #cdrama

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And per usual, MASKC is on sale (and will definitely spam you with Going Out of Business sales) but they are good masks, come in colors, prints & kid sizes, and the mystery box is an excellent deal. (discount code: FLASHSALE ) www.everythirty.com/collections/...

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I LOVE Bibi's artist gloves for working in Procreate. Makes the touch pad work better. And her compression gloves are perfect for annoyed tendons or angry ligaments or baby's first arthritis. Haters are full of something, and it's not sugar and spice.

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I've been sitting on this news for so long, but I have to admit it was the perfect birthday gift to have my debut announced today of all days! I've been on quite the journey with this book, and I'm so excited that it found a home with Page Street YA, in the hands of the incredible Tamara Grasty. 💜🤩

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Best line from Carney when asked what was going through his mind while Trump was speaking: “I’m pleased that you couldn’t tell what I was thinking”

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I ABANDONED MY ENGAGEMENT BECAUSE MY SISTER IS A TRAGIC HEROINE, BUT SOMEHOW I BECAME ENTANGLED WITH A RIGHTEOUS PRINCE (MANGA) Vol. 3 A romance manga inspired by the light novel, also from Seven Seas! Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section: sevenseasentertainment.com/books/i-aban...

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PET SHOP OF HORRORS: COLLECTOR’S EDITION Vol. 2 The cult hit classic #shojo manga returns in a beautiful new Collector’s Edition with an all-new translation! Out today in print/digital! See RETAILERS section: sevenseasentertainment.com/books/pet-sh...

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Book day! It's my book day! OVERGROWTH, the closest I will ever come to an autobiography, is in the world today!

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Beautiful thread about Hikaru no Go! (Read to the end--I just showed the last post to C after reading it myself earlier, and now I'm teary again.) The c-drama is the only version I've taken in in its entirety, but I'm 99% sure I filled the gaps in my manga set after watching it. One day!

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"Whooping Cough on Track for Worst US Outbreak in 70 Years" - get your TDAP/DTAP. #vaccines archive.is/8RV6X "...pertussis has sickened 8,077 people in the US through April 16...more than double the same period a year ago...and rivals the 2012 outbreak that was the biggest in half a century."

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You are not going to lose a job for messing up a pronoun. "Messing up" implies a mistake. You might lose a job for intentionally and repeatedly using the wrong pronoun. We call that "bullying." Did Mr. Rogers teach you nothing? (Not directed at OP, OP is lovely.)

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My deadlines are a little tighter than I'd like right now, but I may let myself get away with only doing the front matter on my next script today. (I don't know why I find front and back matter such a pain--so much of it is usually C&P from previous volumes!)

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The rain held off for this season's inaugural Kidical Mass ride, a joyful protest for safe streets and inclusive mobility for all ages. 🚲 #BikeHfx #KidicalMassHfx

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Apparently the Australians were using “Albos Up” (for their PM Albanese) during their election. Now, THAT’S how to properly appropriate another country’s slogan: with a cheeky nod and a local transformation!

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any excuse to repost the greatest Tetris story ever, when a reporter went to cover early e-gaming championships and discovered that his wife was unknowingly the world's greatest Tetris player by a huge margin archive.boston.com/news/globe/m...

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You receive a call on your phone. The caller says they're from your bank and they're calling about a suspected fraudulent payment. "Oh yeah," you think. Obvious scam, right? The caller says "I'll send you an in-app notification to prove I'm calling from your bank." 🧵 1/4

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From Dear Writer by Maggie Smith (poet, "Good Bones"), a book of writing/life advice.

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