Simon J. Greenhill
@simongreenhill.bsky.social
I study how languages and cultures evolve. Primarily with phylogenies and other assorted computational methods. Based at @Biology_UoA. Never met a language phylogeny or a cultural phylogeny I didn't like. #phylolinguistics
I'm wondering about the network dynamics here. Twitter has a massively skewed scale-free network (i.e. few accounts with MASSIVE followers, and many people with few followers). Here the distribution seems to be flatter. This means info flow is slower and more local
November 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I'm wondering about the network dynamics here. Twitter has a massively skewed scale-free network (i.e. few accounts with MASSIVE followers, and many people with few followers). Here the distribution seems to be flatter. This means info flow is slower and more local
lowie is rather unfairly forgotten I think. Primitive Civilization is a milestone book
November 23, 2025 at 2:15 AM
lowie is rather unfairly forgotten I think. Primitive Civilization is a milestone book
You really have to wonder what training data they force-fed into that poor AI to make it think those things.
November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
You really have to wonder what training data they force-fed into that poor AI to make it think those things.
The "natural key vs surrogate key" debate :)
November 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
The "natural key vs surrogate key" debate :)
Congratulations, Dr. Turner. Don't let them ruin the joy at your achievement.
November 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Congratulations, Dr. Turner. Don't let them ruin the joy at your achievement.