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samuel mehr

@mehr.nz

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i am a cognitive scientist working on auditory perception at the University of Auckland and the Yale Child Study Center 🇳🇿🇺🇸🇫🇷🇨🇦 lab: themusiclab.org personal: mehr.nz intro to my research: youtu.be/-vJ7Jygr1eg

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 33m

Which usage?

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1h

I actually wondered if the north american usage is unusual and the aus/nz one is more direct or something (like a subordinate part of an urban area) but the etymology suggests otherwise www.etymonline.com/word/suburb

Suburb - Etymology, Origin & Meaning

Early 14c. origin: from Latin suburbium, via Old French suburbe, meaning an outlying or residential area just outside a town or city wall.

www.etymonline.com

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 2h

I always love differences in usage across Englishes

like in Aus/NZ English 'suburb' refers to any neighbourhood but in US/Canada English it's specifically ones outside the city

eg in Auckland the Waitematā local board covers "inner city residential suburbs", a phrase that makes no sense stateside

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 6h

It's very silly youtu.be/bSHz5S3yIzg?...

Jimmy Fallon - It Was A… (Masked Christmas) ft. Ariana Grande, Megan Thee Stallion

YouTube video by JimmyFallonVEVO

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 7h

Source of this gif is an underrated jokey music video btw

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 7h

wtf is going on in canada do people not realize it's a different country to the US

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 9h

Loosely these which are always good. I do them on the BBQ though at a much higher temp www.seriouseats.com/the-best-roa...

The Best Crispy Roast Potatoes Ever

These are the most flavorful crispy roast potatoes you'll ever make. And they just happen to be gluten-free and vegan (if you use oil) to boot.

www.seriouseats.com

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 10h

came across this talk about the origins and development of Wordle from Josh Wardle @josh.powerlanguage.co.uk, had no idea that early Wordle was almost as popular in NZ (population 5M) as in the US (opulation 330M). the emoji square sharing thing was created by a kiwi player

Config 2024: Opting for the opposite (Josh Wardle, Gremco Industries, Creator of Wordle) | Figma

YouTube video by Figma

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 11h

Gayle cannot be contained, it's true

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 12h

whoever came up with the phrase "quitting cold turkey" must not have tried the cold turkey in my kitchen rn, it is real tasty

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 13h

The guy who did the music was a college classmate and I remember when it came out like 15 years ago we were all like "huh? You can just make a show and stick it on the internet?"

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 13h

Sounds like something Gayle would do

Gayle: Episode 1

YouTube video by Chris Fleming

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

decentralizing science wouldn't be the worst thing tbh?

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

I suspect the next 10 years in academia will be marked by the proliferation of talent across universities globally, such that good universities outside the states, who aren't necessarily as front-of-mind globally as the harvards and stanfords are, begin to pack more of a punch

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

in "top academics voting with their feet" news, economists and nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee are leaving MIT and moving to Switzerland at Universität Zürich

Nobel Laureates Duflo and Banerjee to Join UZH

www.news.uzh.ch

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

We also had pierogis 🥟 which I guess is also a Canadian Thanksgiving thing?

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Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks to the North Shore for having me back as your councillor. I’m proud to be the highest polling councillor on the Shore again and with the highest vote tally of any councillor in Auckland this time around.

Please read my long post here: www.facebook.com/share/176XZv...

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

Jeez they must be doing well

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

Well that was delicious happy 🇨🇦 Thanksgiving y'all 🍗

Roast turkey, cran, stuffing, roasted dveg, cornbread

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

well George is a bit smaller than I realized and is already all done. better early than late I suppose!

on to potatoes while he has a bit of a rest

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

That's a pan it's on, not the bottom of the oven (yikes!)

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

my memory is pretty hazy but I also only really became aware of them in Someday's last gasps....

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

I think it was still open when I first started working w/ tosci's ages ago but that was just before it went under. I remember our drivers were always annoyed about Someday management asking for one thing, him delivering it, and then complaining that he hadn't brought something else

samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

Someday was before my time and it was a total mess, apparently; it was in the days of Davis being a lot more rough than it is now. having to put in security system after security system to deal with addicts shooting up in the bathrooms etc

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 1d

ah yep yea I used to run into Joe R often when I ran the tosci's kitchen but totally separate business and different vibe (very suburbs vs. city imo)