kobayashi ḫamṭu
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language enjoyer, he/him
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In Levantine Arabic, /w/ (originally 'and') developed this new function:
bēt w ᵊštarayna
lit. 'house [indefinite] and we bought' = 'we did buy a house [so it isn't a problem any longer]'
Works with a definite noun too:
əl–bēt w ᵊštaraynā́
lit. 'the house and we bought it' = 'we did buy the house'
bēt w ᵊštarayna
lit. 'house [indefinite] and we bought' = 'we did buy a house [so it isn't a problem any longer]'
Works with a definite noun too:
əl–bēt w ᵊštaraynā́
lit. 'the house and we bought it' = 'we did buy the house'
December 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In Levantine Arabic, /w/ (originally 'and') developed this new function:
bēt w ᵊštarayna
lit. 'house [indefinite] and we bought' = 'we did buy a house [so it isn't a problem any longer]'
Works with a definite noun too:
əl–bēt w ᵊštaraynā́
lit. 'the house and we bought it' = 'we did buy the house'
bēt w ᵊštarayna
lit. 'house [indefinite] and we bought' = 'we did buy a house [so it isn't a problem any longer]'
Works with a definite noun too:
əl–bēt w ᵊštaraynā́
lit. 'the house and we bought it' = 'we did buy the house'
yesterday i actually heard her say "i'm no[p] hungry, i'm no[k] hungry" apparently trying to correct herself.
this /t-h/ thing over a word boundary is really stumping her. however it surfaces when others say it, she doesn't seem to know what to make of it
this /t-h/ thing over a word boundary is really stumping her. however it surfaces when others say it, she doesn't seem to know what to make of it
interesting hiatus consonants in toddler's english:
"at home" /æphom/
"doing" /dunɪŋ/
"going" /gonɪŋ/
she's had all these for over a year i'd say
"at home" /æphom/
"doing" /dunɪŋ/
"going" /gonɪŋ/
she's had all these for over a year i'd say
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
yesterday i actually heard her say "i'm no[p] hungry, i'm no[k] hungry" apparently trying to correct herself.
this /t-h/ thing over a word boundary is really stumping her. however it surfaces when others say it, she doesn't seem to know what to make of it
this /t-h/ thing over a word boundary is really stumping her. however it surfaces when others say it, she doesn't seem to know what to make of it
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destroy ICE and pursue every person involved in these atrocities to the gates of Hell
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 3, 2025 at 12:48 AM
destroy ICE and pursue every person involved in these atrocities to the gates of Hell
retvrn to whatever this is
December 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
retvrn to whatever this is
Bede's thoughtful note after giving Caedmon's hymn in the Latin:
"This is the meaning, though not the actual sequence, of the words he sang in his sleep; for songs - however well composed - cannot be translated literally from one language to another without harming their elegance and merit."
"This is the meaning, though not the actual sequence, of the words he sang in his sleep; for songs - however well composed - cannot be translated literally from one language to another without harming their elegance and merit."
December 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Bede's thoughtful note after giving Caedmon's hymn in the Latin:
"This is the meaning, though not the actual sequence, of the words he sang in his sleep; for songs - however well composed - cannot be translated literally from one language to another without harming their elegance and merit."
"This is the meaning, though not the actual sequence, of the words he sang in his sleep; for songs - however well composed - cannot be translated literally from one language to another without harming their elegance and merit."
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the thing about extra-time accommodations is that either they help you a lot or they don't matter much, and if they help you a lot that is evidence that you should get them
Even by the standards of The Atlantic, this is an extraordinarily weak evidence base for an article.
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Data from a tiny handful of schools that isn't measuring the variable at issue and a few thin, secondhand anecdotes.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
December 2, 2025 at 7:53 PM
the thing about extra-time accommodations is that either they help you a lot or they don't matter much, and if they help you a lot that is evidence that you should get them
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😭💔
"My tent is flooded and things are really bad. I beg you—I'm struggling in Gaza to obtain even the most basic necessities of life. Please stand with us, I beg you
Link support 🙏
chuffed.org/project/ahme...
"My tent is flooded and things are really bad. I beg you—I'm struggling in Gaza to obtain even the most basic necessities of life. Please stand with us, I beg you
Link support 🙏
chuffed.org/project/ahme...
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 AM
😭💔
"My tent is flooded and things are really bad. I beg you—I'm struggling in Gaza to obtain even the most basic necessities of life. Please stand with us, I beg you
Link support 🙏
chuffed.org/project/ahme...
"My tent is flooded and things are really bad. I beg you—I'm struggling in Gaza to obtain even the most basic necessities of life. Please stand with us, I beg you
Link support 🙏
chuffed.org/project/ahme...
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Demand for bilingual education outpacing Boston schools efforts to keep up; With only 7 percent of English language learners enrolled in dual language programs, bilingual parents are stepping in to help.
Demand for bilingual education outpacing Boston schools efforts to keep up - The Boston Globe
A church-run mentorship program places multilingual parents from local communities inside classrooms.
www.bostonglobe.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Demand for bilingual education outpacing Boston schools efforts to keep up; With only 7 percent of English language learners enrolled in dual language programs, bilingual parents are stepping in to help.
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Astonishing finds excavated at Berenike in Egypt include Buddha images & other artifacts from India and some made locally in Indian style, plus a bilingual Sanskrit & Greek dedicatory inscription found near a marble Buddha head in an Isis temple courtyard.
publications.dainst.org/journals/jdi...
publications.dainst.org/journals/jdi...
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Astonishing finds excavated at Berenike in Egypt include Buddha images & other artifacts from India and some made locally in Indian style, plus a bilingual Sanskrit & Greek dedicatory inscription found near a marble Buddha head in an Isis temple courtyard.
publications.dainst.org/journals/jdi...
publications.dainst.org/journals/jdi...
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all these nonprofit orgs sending me emails with the subject line "It's Giving Tuesday" sure read different now that I've been infected by the kids these day slang.
[looks out window at gray skies and slushy roads]
yeah, it's giving tuesday. slay, queen.
[looks out window at gray skies and slushy roads]
yeah, it's giving tuesday. slay, queen.
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
all these nonprofit orgs sending me emails with the subject line "It's Giving Tuesday" sure read different now that I've been infected by the kids these day slang.
[looks out window at gray skies and slushy roads]
yeah, it's giving tuesday. slay, queen.
[looks out window at gray skies and slushy roads]
yeah, it's giving tuesday. slay, queen.
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"'We are both scamming each other, you and I, and I intend to win.' When a classroom becomes adversarial, of course, as cop shit presumes, then there must be a clear winner and loser."
- Jeffery Moro, Against Cop Shit
jeffreymoro.com/blog/2020-02...
- Jeffery Moro, Against Cop Shit
jeffreymoro.com/blog/2020-02...
December 1, 2025 at 7:29 PM
"'We are both scamming each other, you and I, and I intend to win.' When a classroom becomes adversarial, of course, as cop shit presumes, then there must be a clear winner and loser."
- Jeffery Moro, Against Cop Shit
jeffreymoro.com/blog/2020-02...
- Jeffery Moro, Against Cop Shit
jeffreymoro.com/blog/2020-02...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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📈 Listen up!
💡 There is a considerable gap in the field of historical linguistics re the diachronic study of tone.
💡 The latest SI of 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 brings together contributions from linguists specializing in different regions & language families who work on 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗲:
doi.org/10.1075/dia....
💡 There is a considerable gap in the field of historical linguistics re the diachronic study of tone.
💡 The latest SI of 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 brings together contributions from linguists specializing in different regions & language families who work on 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗲:
doi.org/10.1075/dia....
December 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📈 Listen up!
💡 There is a considerable gap in the field of historical linguistics re the diachronic study of tone.
💡 The latest SI of 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 brings together contributions from linguists specializing in different regions & language families who work on 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗲:
doi.org/10.1075/dia....
💡 There is a considerable gap in the field of historical linguistics re the diachronic study of tone.
💡 The latest SI of 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢 brings together contributions from linguists specializing in different regions & language families who work on 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗼𝗻𝗲:
doi.org/10.1075/dia....
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We must keep calling out those that cave to the Trump Admin, and the latest is Northwestern.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
Northwestern Agrees to a Deal With Trump Administration
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We must keep calling out those that cave to the Trump Admin, and the latest is Northwestern.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
As part of their "deal," NU will pay $75 million, stop vital research, renege on agreements with its students over the war in Gaza, and more.
Throwing your students under the bus to please Trump. Shameful.
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There’s just nothing left of a university’s mission if instructors can be disciplined and fired for teaching the current state of knowledge in their fields, the degrees they issue are worth precisely the value of the paper they’re printed on and not a jot more
December 1, 2025 at 12:42 AM
There’s just nothing left of a university’s mission if instructors can be disciplined and fired for teaching the current state of knowledge in their fields, the degrees they issue are worth precisely the value of the paper they’re printed on and not a jot more
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Linguistics/philosophy of language folks: do you have any favorite readings on the semantics/pragmatics of reminding?
December 1, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Linguistics/philosophy of language folks: do you have any favorite readings on the semantics/pragmatics of reminding?
Syriac sentence of the day
(Isaiah 9:2):
ܥܡܐ ܕܡܗܠܟܝܢ ܒܚܫܘܟܐ
ʕammā da-mhallkin b-ḥeššōkā
the people who walk in darkness
ܚܙܘ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܪܒܐ
ḥzaw nuhrā rabbā
have seen a great light
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(Isaiah 9:2):
ܥܡܐ ܕܡܗܠܟܝܢ ܒܚܫܘܟܐ
ʕammā da-mhallkin b-ḥeššōkā
the people who walk in darkness
ܚܙܘ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܪܒܐ
ḥzaw nuhrā rabbā
have seen a great light
1/2
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Syriac sentence of the day
(Isaiah 9:2):
ܥܡܐ ܕܡܗܠܟܝܢ ܒܚܫܘܟܐ
ʕammā da-mhallkin b-ḥeššōkā
the people who walk in darkness
ܚܙܘ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܪܒܐ
ḥzaw nuhrā rabbā
have seen a great light
1/2
(Isaiah 9:2):
ܥܡܐ ܕܡܗܠܟܝܢ ܒܚܫܘܟܐ
ʕammā da-mhallkin b-ḥeššōkā
the people who walk in darkness
ܚܙܘ ܢܘܗܪܐ ܪܒܐ
ḥzaw nuhrā rabbā
have seen a great light
1/2
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Um hello, based department
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Mamdani hires car-hating activist Ben Furnas to transportation team: ‘war on drivers’
Car-hating Transportation Alternatives boss Ben Furnas has been appointed to Mamdani's transition team for transportation, climate and infrastructure – and his agenda is a nightmare for the city's drivers.
nypost.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Um hello, based department
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it is very cool how 'Good King Wenceslas' preserves the nasalised vowel lost from modern Czech Vaclav
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
it is very cool how 'Good King Wenceslas' preserves the nasalised vowel lost from modern Czech Vaclav
bis tantum vivis
ita utique videtur
alteram pro te vitam
alteramque pro somniis
tibi per annos vaganti
vita placida videtur
dum somnium conspiciatur
quod Amor dicitur
hospes est Amor
te provocans
non periculum cogitaveris
ne hospes discedat
ita utique videtur
alteram pro te vitam
alteramque pro somniis
tibi per annos vaganti
vita placida videtur
dum somnium conspiciatur
quod Amor dicitur
hospes est Amor
te provocans
non periculum cogitaveris
ne hospes discedat
November 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
bis tantum vivis
ita utique videtur
alteram pro te vitam
alteramque pro somniis
tibi per annos vaganti
vita placida videtur
dum somnium conspiciatur
quod Amor dicitur
hospes est Amor
te provocans
non periculum cogitaveris
ne hospes discedat
ita utique videtur
alteram pro te vitam
alteramque pro somniis
tibi per annos vaganti
vita placida videtur
dum somnium conspiciatur
quod Amor dicitur
hospes est Amor
te provocans
non periculum cogitaveris
ne hospes discedat
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NBC: "Gaza death toll rises to 70,000 as ceasefire is tested by repeated outbreaks of violence."
The death toll is far higher and the attacks continue. Life is treacherous for civilians.
Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
The death toll is far higher and the attacks continue. Life is treacherous for civilians.
Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
November 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
NBC: "Gaza death toll rises to 70,000 as ceasefire is tested by repeated outbreaks of violence."
The death toll is far higher and the attacks continue. Life is treacherous for civilians.
Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
The death toll is far higher and the attacks continue. Life is treacherous for civilians.
Please give to my friend Tasneem so she can feed her children. And to others. ❤️🙏
chuffed.org/project/1587...
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Israel's government plans to seize about 450 acres of the historic Sebastia site in the West Bank as settlers set up a new outpost near Bethlehem. Rights groups warn of escalating land grabs and rising tensions. #Israel #Palestine #WestBank #Sebastia
Israel announces plan to seize historical site in the West Bank as a new settlement appears
Peace Now, an anti-settlement watchdog group, said the site is around 450 acres — Israel’s largest seizure of archaeologically important land.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Israel's government plans to seize about 450 acres of the historic Sebastia site in the West Bank as settlers set up a new outpost near Bethlehem. Rights groups warn of escalating land grabs and rising tensions. #Israel #Palestine #WestBank #Sebastia
the toddler tried her (as far as i am aware) first relative clause today
"das ist das haus haben wir gebaut" (the context is minecraft)
it's not exactly what the grammar pedants would consider ✌️correct✌️ but i was so happy to hear the attempt 🥹
"das ist das haus haben wir gebaut" (the context is minecraft)
it's not exactly what the grammar pedants would consider ✌️correct✌️ but i was so happy to hear the attempt 🥹
November 29, 2025 at 10:57 PM
the toddler tried her (as far as i am aware) first relative clause today
"das ist das haus haben wir gebaut" (the context is minecraft)
it's not exactly what the grammar pedants would consider ✌️correct✌️ but i was so happy to hear the attempt 🥹
"das ist das haus haben wir gebaut" (the context is minecraft)
it's not exactly what the grammar pedants would consider ✌️correct✌️ but i was so happy to hear the attempt 🥹
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Story time! The star Betelgeuse gets its name from Arabic يد الجوزاء <Yad al-Jawzāʾ>: "Hand of Orion" (kind of, see below). In the 1200s this was misread as بد الجوزاء <Bad al-Jawzāʾ>, and was transliterated into Latin as "Bedalgeuze."
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November 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Story time! The star Betelgeuse gets its name from Arabic يد الجوزاء <Yad al-Jawzāʾ>: "Hand of Orion" (kind of, see below). In the 1200s this was misread as بد الجوزاء <Bad al-Jawzāʾ>, and was transliterated into Latin as "Bedalgeuze."
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A lot of the focus is on Hegseth but every person in the chain of command decided they were going to kill those guys.
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
A lot of the focus is on Hegseth but every person in the chain of command decided they were going to kill those guys.