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Editor of complicated things. Dr of languagey things. Previously: HY, TaY, UoS (UCS), QMUL, UoR, Bloomberg, Dublin Worldcon press. I make you smarter. Myös suomeksi.
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AI slop is the 2025 word of the year for Australia's Macquarie Dictionary
Word of the Year 2025 - Macquarie
And the winner of the Macquarie Dictionary's Word of the Year is...
www.macquariedictionary.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
AI slop is the 2025 word of the year for Australia's Macquarie Dictionary
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I’ve tweeted this before but ‘prompt engineering’ only makes sense as a thing if you (or, anyway, *someone*) can also do ‘output assessment’. That requires understanding!
"writing code to solve a problem" used to have "understanding the problem" as a prerequisite. but vibecoding allows solution-shaped objects to be produced without any of the hard-won understanding. beware of solution-shaped objects.
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I’ve tweeted this before but ‘prompt engineering’ only makes sense as a thing if you (or, anyway, *someone*) can also do ‘output assessment’. That requires understanding!
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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Well I'm convinced
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Well I'm convinced
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Front pages on 2025-11-25
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Front pages on 2025-11-25
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I rarely put a product release on my calendar but Kobo is coming out with a page-turner remote that at least looks like it truly doesn't suck and I am STOKED and probably also buying myself an ellipsa 2e. Nobody is going to make me my dream 15" e-reader in this economy.
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I rarely put a product release on my calendar but Kobo is coming out with a page-turner remote that at least looks like it truly doesn't suck and I am STOKED and probably also buying myself an ellipsa 2e. Nobody is going to make me my dream 15" e-reader in this economy.
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Name 3
Are those "MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS" in the room with you right now, Piggy?
November 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Name 3
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TIL Checker was a company that made automobiles, including for personal use, but mostly as cabs. I always thought Checker Cab was just another 'color' like Yellow or Red Top.
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 AM
TIL Checker was a company that made automobiles, including for personal use, but mostly as cabs. I always thought Checker Cab was just another 'color' like Yellow or Red Top.
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I made a bunch of friends while slamming Star Trek: The Next Generation on rec.arts.startrek in the early 90s.
November 24, 2025 at 2:59 AM
I made a bunch of friends while slamming Star Trek: The Next Generation on rec.arts.startrek in the early 90s.
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And then they’re, like, “Look, it’s Noam Chomsky and Larry Summers! I bet you feel awful!” and it freaks them out that we’re all, like, “Fuck those guys. But you must be feeling bad about David Copperfield, huh? Do you need a hug?”
For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.
All MAGA Wanted Was the Epstein Files. Now They're Ignoring Them
For years, MAGA influencers demanded the release of the Epstein files. Now that 20,000 documents have been released, many raising questions about Donald Trump, they're shrugging.
wrd.cm
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 AM
And then they’re, like, “Look, it’s Noam Chomsky and Larry Summers! I bet you feel awful!” and it freaks them out that we’re all, like, “Fuck those guys. But you must be feeling bad about David Copperfield, huh? Do you need a hug?”
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Today's fact: the paint tube was invented ten years after the photograph.
November 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Today's fact: the paint tube was invented ten years after the photograph.
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You can't handle the truth, Charlie Brown
We all float down here, Charlie Brown
Second prize is a set of steak knives, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
You can't handle the truth, Charlie Brown
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Last week I THRILLED non-drinkers with tiny cans of Fever Tree grapefruit soda mixer. "I feel like Andre the Giant! My hand is huge!"
I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
November 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Last week I THRILLED non-drinkers with tiny cans of Fever Tree grapefruit soda mixer. "I feel like Andre the Giant! My hand is huge!"
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For my kid's high school graduation party we had a decorative dispenser of Shirley Temples and a bowl of maraschino cherries and many of the adults were into it.
I do not drink because I have almost no tolerance for it anymore (one margarita is too much).
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
If you are hosting a party, I recommend also stocking:
-fancy ginger beer
-coconut water
-premium juices like lychee and guava
-apple cider with cinnamon
-Italian sodas
-sparkling water
Lots of options!
November 24, 2025 at 3:48 PM
For my kid's high school graduation party we had a decorative dispenser of Shirley Temples and a bowl of maraschino cherries and many of the adults were into it.
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Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board, Charlie Brown.
I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!
This is what happens when you fuck a stranger in the ass, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board, Charlie Brown.
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🚩”Multilingualism was analyzed as an aggregate-level exposure—defined by the country-level percentage of individuals speaking only their mother tongue (monolinguals) or one, two, three or more additional foreign
languages.”
Why “foreign“? Tell that to the Belgians, the Basque, or Catalonians
languages.”
Why “foreign“? Tell that to the Belgians, the Basque, or Catalonians
This is a very strong causal claim! Hope it's not just correlation. www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Multilingualism protects against accelerated aging in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 27 European countries - Nature Aging
In cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of 86,149 participants across 27 European countries, Amoruso, Hernandez and colleagues identify multilingualism as a protective factor against accelerated ...
www.nature.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
🚩”Multilingualism was analyzed as an aggregate-level exposure—defined by the country-level percentage of individuals speaking only their mother tongue (monolinguals) or one, two, three or more additional foreign
languages.”
Why “foreign“? Tell that to the Belgians, the Basque, or Catalonians
languages.”
Why “foreign“? Tell that to the Belgians, the Basque, or Catalonians
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November is nearly over so it's time for our next #BæFoLa session! 🍩 This Friday, Nov 28 (12:30-13:30 CET), Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza will talk on Zoom about "VeggieWords: Lexical Innovation in Vegan and Vegetarian Product Naming". All welcome! #LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics #VeggieWords 🥕🥬🥦
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
November is nearly over so it's time for our next #BæFoLa session! 🍩 This Friday, Nov 28 (12:30-13:30 CET), Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza will talk on Zoom about "VeggieWords: Lexical Innovation in Vegan and Vegetarian Product Naming". All welcome! #LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics #VeggieWords 🥕🥬🥦
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Palgrave, a former haven of academic publishing and home of rather expensive books, now proudly features this small recycling advice: “if disposing of this product, please recycle the paper”.
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Palgrave, a former haven of academic publishing and home of rather expensive books, now proudly features this small recycling advice: “if disposing of this product, please recycle the paper”.
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💻 | NEW BLOG POST
Valentyna Ushchyna discusses her recent JLP article (co-written with Magdalena Szczyrbak) about presidential rhetoric and leadership in Ukraine:
www.languageandpolitics.com/post/intervi...
Valentyna Ushchyna discusses her recent JLP article (co-written with Magdalena Szczyrbak) about presidential rhetoric and leadership in Ukraine:
www.languageandpolitics.com/post/intervi...
Interview with Valentyna Ushchyna: The language of power or the power of language?
We hear from Valentyna Ushchyna, one of the co-authors – alongside Magdalena Szczyrbak – of recent Journal of Language and Politics article, The language of power or the power of language?. Valentina ...
www.languageandpolitics.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
💻 | NEW BLOG POST
Valentyna Ushchyna discusses her recent JLP article (co-written with Magdalena Szczyrbak) about presidential rhetoric and leadership in Ukraine:
www.languageandpolitics.com/post/intervi...
Valentyna Ushchyna discusses her recent JLP article (co-written with Magdalena Szczyrbak) about presidential rhetoric and leadership in Ukraine:
www.languageandpolitics.com/post/intervi...
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This feels like it should be... bigger news?
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This feels like it should be... bigger news?
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There is a fresh dissertation by Maria Sarhemaa on the topic, appellativization of proper names in the Finnish, but it mostly focuses on jonne (Jonne), who is a young guy who doesn't remember. Jonnet ei muista. (Jonnes don't remember)
DSpace
helda.helsinki.fi
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
There is a fresh dissertation by Maria Sarhemaa on the topic, appellativization of proper names in the Finnish, but it mostly focuses on jonne (Jonne), who is a young guy who doesn't remember. Jonnet ei muista. (Jonnes don't remember)
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In Finnish, "Ei sitä tiedä Erkkikään", even Erkki doesn't know it.
But who is Erkki? Why doesn't he know or get anything??
But who is Erkki? Why doesn't he know or get anything??
If you don’t know, then who knows in your language?
For Dutch, we say ‘Joost mag het weten’ (Joost may know it), where Makhuwa says ‘Nluku tantsuwela’ (God is the one who knows).
What do you say?
For Dutch, we say ‘Joost mag het weten’ (Joost may know it), where Makhuwa says ‘Nluku tantsuwela’ (God is the one who knows).
What do you say?
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
In Finnish, "Ei sitä tiedä Erkkikään", even Erkki doesn't know it.
But who is Erkki? Why doesn't he know or get anything??
But who is Erkki? Why doesn't he know or get anything??
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one thing that happens from time to time is it's revealed that some influence on american politics is originating from outside the country and everyone goes 'this is a *foreign influence* on *our elections*' in an ominous tone of voice and i never really get why i should worry about that as such
November 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
one thing that happens from time to time is it's revealed that some influence on american politics is originating from outside the country and everyone goes 'this is a *foreign influence* on *our elections*' in an ominous tone of voice and i never really get why i should worry about that as such
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My manuscript after integrating all the peer-review comments: a rhino with panther patterns.
November 24, 2025 at 3:46 PM
My manuscript after integrating all the peer-review comments: a rhino with panther patterns.