Lucas
@singularitas.bsky.social
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Good morning. Here are the six sources of dreams acc. to Bar Bahlul (Duval, col. 753.12-15)
/hergå/
thinking about something
/mqaddmuṯ iḏaʕṯå ḏ-nap̄šå/
the soul's foreknowledge
/yuqrå ḏ-esṭomḵå/
the stomach being full
/sp̄iquṯå ḏ-esṭomḵå/
the stomach being empty
/šēḏå/
a demon
/alåhå/
God
/hergå/
thinking about something
/mqaddmuṯ iḏaʕṯå ḏ-nap̄šå/
the soul's foreknowledge
/yuqrå ḏ-esṭomḵå/
the stomach being full
/sp̄iquṯå ḏ-esṭomḵå/
the stomach being empty
/šēḏå/
a demon
/alåhå/
God
December 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Good morning. Here are the six sources of dreams acc. to Bar Bahlul (Duval, col. 753.12-15)
/hergå/
thinking about something
/mqaddmuṯ iḏaʕṯå ḏ-nap̄šå/
the soul's foreknowledge
/yuqrå ḏ-esṭomḵå/
the stomach being full
/sp̄iquṯå ḏ-esṭomḵå/
the stomach being empty
/šēḏå/
a demon
/alåhå/
God
/hergå/
thinking about something
/mqaddmuṯ iḏaʕṯå ḏ-nap̄šå/
the soul's foreknowledge
/yuqrå ḏ-esṭomḵå/
the stomach being full
/sp̄iquṯå ḏ-esṭomḵå/
the stomach being empty
/šēḏå/
a demon
/alåhå/
God
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Asked a student how he was doing and he responded "Living the dream one nightmare at a time"
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
November 26, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Asked a student how he was doing and he responded "Living the dream one nightmare at a time"
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
If that doesnt capture the absurdity and dread of this moment
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Folks, Zohran Mamdani—smart guy, reminds me of a young me—you know what he said, I told him, “Zohran, I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna say the shahada,” and he said to me “Mr. President, you should say a third line confirming your belief in the wilayat of Ali,” should we do it folks? Should we say it?
November 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Folks, Zohran Mamdani—smart guy, reminds me of a young me—you know what he said, I told him, “Zohran, I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna say the shahada,” and he said to me “Mr. President, you should say a third line confirming your belief in the wilayat of Ali,” should we do it folks? Should we say it?
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The Quran displays various arrangements of mysterious, disconnected letters. The magico-sacred aspect of the alphabet stretches far into the pre-Islamic past. This Safaitic text begins with a prayer to Allāt followed by a partial abecedary.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:11 AM
The Quran displays various arrangements of mysterious, disconnected letters. The magico-sacred aspect of the alphabet stretches far into the pre-Islamic past. This Safaitic text begins with a prayer to Allāt followed by a partial abecedary.
Find more: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions...
Find more: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions...
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[Mimir lager en TikTok]
[trykker record, ser inn i kameraet]
[Ti år går. Tine lanserer 34 nye typer iskaffe og avskaffer 31. Paven dør og konklavet holdes. Folk gifter seg, får barn og blir skilt. Arter utryddes, nye oppdages]
Mimir: eg e så jævlig lei av rike folk og bedriftsledere som lyver
[trykker record, ser inn i kameraet]
[Ti år går. Tine lanserer 34 nye typer iskaffe og avskaffer 31. Paven dør og konklavet holdes. Folk gifter seg, får barn og blir skilt. Arter utryddes, nye oppdages]
Mimir: eg e så jævlig lei av rike folk og bedriftsledere som lyver
August 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
[Mimir lager en TikTok]
[trykker record, ser inn i kameraet]
[Ti år går. Tine lanserer 34 nye typer iskaffe og avskaffer 31. Paven dør og konklavet holdes. Folk gifter seg, får barn og blir skilt. Arter utryddes, nye oppdages]
Mimir: eg e så jævlig lei av rike folk og bedriftsledere som lyver
[trykker record, ser inn i kameraet]
[Ti år går. Tine lanserer 34 nye typer iskaffe og avskaffer 31. Paven dør og konklavet holdes. Folk gifter seg, får barn og blir skilt. Arter utryddes, nye oppdages]
Mimir: eg e så jævlig lei av rike folk og bedriftsledere som lyver
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Forslag til parole: Ja til et Norge hvor Vy er billigere enn fly
August 4, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Forslag til parole: Ja til et Norge hvor Vy er billigere enn fly
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every time someone says “I asked ChatGPT” I hear “I asked the hallucinating machine of confident lies” and idk it just doesn’t engender a sense of trust you know
July 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
every time someone says “I asked ChatGPT” I hear “I asked the hallucinating machine of confident lies” and idk it just doesn’t engender a sense of trust you know
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The French names 'Étienne' and 'Stéphane' have the same origin.
Both stem from Ancient Greek 'Stéphanos', meaning "crown".
'Étienne' was inherited from spoken Latin. It has undergone sound changes for 2000 years.
'Stéphane' is a late borrowing from Latin.
Click to hear how 'Étienne' evolved:
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Both stem from Ancient Greek 'Stéphanos', meaning "crown".
'Étienne' was inherited from spoken Latin. It has undergone sound changes for 2000 years.
'Stéphane' is a late borrowing from Latin.
Click to hear how 'Étienne' evolved:
1/
June 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The French names 'Étienne' and 'Stéphane' have the same origin.
Both stem from Ancient Greek 'Stéphanos', meaning "crown".
'Étienne' was inherited from spoken Latin. It has undergone sound changes for 2000 years.
'Stéphane' is a late borrowing from Latin.
Click to hear how 'Étienne' evolved:
1/
Both stem from Ancient Greek 'Stéphanos', meaning "crown".
'Étienne' was inherited from spoken Latin. It has undergone sound changes for 2000 years.
'Stéphane' is a late borrowing from Latin.
Click to hear how 'Étienne' evolved:
1/
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English 'wood', Dutch 'woud', and German 'Wald' can all mean "forest".
However, despite their similar forms, 'wood' is not in any way etymologically related to 'woud' or 'Wald'.
'Woud' and 'Wald', which do have a common ancestor, are related to English 'wold' instead.
Click my graphic for more:
However, despite their similar forms, 'wood' is not in any way etymologically related to 'woud' or 'Wald'.
'Woud' and 'Wald', which do have a common ancestor, are related to English 'wold' instead.
Click my graphic for more:
May 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
English 'wood', Dutch 'woud', and German 'Wald' can all mean "forest".
However, despite their similar forms, 'wood' is not in any way etymologically related to 'woud' or 'Wald'.
'Woud' and 'Wald', which do have a common ancestor, are related to English 'wold' instead.
Click my graphic for more:
However, despite their similar forms, 'wood' is not in any way etymologically related to 'woud' or 'Wald'.
'Woud' and 'Wald', which do have a common ancestor, are related to English 'wold' instead.
Click my graphic for more:
Just realized the reason why the native term for wheat in Northern Norwegian (aka. 'kveite') didn't survive, is probably because we originally only grew barley ('bygg'). Instead most use 'hvete', which is the bokmål form
#linguistics
#langsky
#linguistics
#langsky
February 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Just realized the reason why the native term for wheat in Northern Norwegian (aka. 'kveite') didn't survive, is probably because we originally only grew barley ('bygg'). Instead most use 'hvete', which is the bokmål form
#linguistics
#langsky
#linguistics
#langsky
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Plenty of words on this list that are likely to feature in even the most carefully apolitical language documentation project, including:
- cultural heritage
- gender
- ethnicity
- gender
- historically
- minority
- socioeconomic
- status
- cultural heritage
- gender
- ethnicity
- gender
- historically
- minority
- socioeconomic
- status
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Plenty of words on this list that are likely to feature in even the most carefully apolitical language documentation project, including:
- cultural heritage
- gender
- ethnicity
- gender
- historically
- minority
- socioeconomic
- status
- cultural heritage
- gender
- ethnicity
- gender
- historically
- minority
- socioeconomic
- status
Is it odd that I try to use the form, 'Lūqā' when introducing myself in Arabic? It's attested in the Arabic bible, from Classical Syriac. (Originally 'Loukâs' on Greek). The Arabic/Syriac form is just more aesthetically pleasing to me than just لوكاس.
#Arabic
#Langsky
#Linguistics
#Arabic
#Langsky
#Linguistics
February 3, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Is it odd that I try to use the form, 'Lūqā' when introducing myself in Arabic? It's attested in the Arabic bible, from Classical Syriac. (Originally 'Loukâs' on Greek). The Arabic/Syriac form is just more aesthetically pleasing to me than just لوكاس.
#Arabic
#Langsky
#Linguistics
#Arabic
#Langsky
#Linguistics
Pretty early on in Arabic we learned that the shami form of رجل (rajul, 'man') is رجال (rijjāl). But in Amman (where I'm currently doing an exchange semester) they barely use that. Instead they say زلمة (zalame), which funnily enough has a feminine ending despite being a masculine noun
January 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Pretty early on in Arabic we learned that the shami form of رجل (rajul, 'man') is رجال (rijjāl). But in Amman (where I'm currently doing an exchange semester) they barely use that. Instead they say زلمة (zalame), which funnily enough has a feminine ending despite being a masculine noun
Why does Arabic non-human plurals take feminine singular agreement? Are there any good papers or books on this?
I've always wondered if the fenomenon is similar to the feminine gender in PIE, which grammaticalized from a collective suffix.
#arabic #linguistics #langsky
I've always wondered if the fenomenon is similar to the feminine gender in PIE, which grammaticalized from a collective suffix.
#arabic #linguistics #langsky
November 27, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Why does Arabic non-human plurals take feminine singular agreement? Are there any good papers or books on this?
I've always wondered if the fenomenon is similar to the feminine gender in PIE, which grammaticalized from a collective suffix.
#arabic #linguistics #langsky
I've always wondered if the fenomenon is similar to the feminine gender in PIE, which grammaticalized from a collective suffix.
#arabic #linguistics #langsky
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A supermajority of Americans support ceasefire in Gaza.
Among voters, 3 in 4 Democrats and 1 in 3 Republicans don't just want a ceasefire -- they oppose Israel's invasion of Gaza.
How has Congress responded?
Of Democrats, just 30% have called for a ceasefire. Republicans? 0%.
Among voters, 3 in 4 Democrats and 1 in 3 Republicans don't just want a ceasefire -- they oppose Israel's invasion of Gaza.
How has Congress responded?
Of Democrats, just 30% have called for a ceasefire. Republicans? 0%.
March 27, 2024 at 7:21 PM
A supermajority of Americans support ceasefire in Gaza.
Among voters, 3 in 4 Democrats and 1 in 3 Republicans don't just want a ceasefire -- they oppose Israel's invasion of Gaza.
How has Congress responded?
Of Democrats, just 30% have called for a ceasefire. Republicans? 0%.
Among voters, 3 in 4 Democrats and 1 in 3 Republicans don't just want a ceasefire -- they oppose Israel's invasion of Gaza.
How has Congress responded?
Of Democrats, just 30% have called for a ceasefire. Republicans? 0%.
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The word 'language' stems from the same root as 'tongue'.
'Language' comes from an Old French derivation of Latin 'lingua' (tongue), which was 'dinguā' in Old Latin.
'Dinguā' was a distant cousin of the Proto-Germanic ancestor of 'tongue'.
See the graphic for more information:
'Language' comes from an Old French derivation of Latin 'lingua' (tongue), which was 'dinguā' in Old Latin.
'Dinguā' was a distant cousin of the Proto-Germanic ancestor of 'tongue'.
See the graphic for more information:
January 23, 2024 at 6:22 PM
The word 'language' stems from the same root as 'tongue'.
'Language' comes from an Old French derivation of Latin 'lingua' (tongue), which was 'dinguā' in Old Latin.
'Dinguā' was a distant cousin of the Proto-Germanic ancestor of 'tongue'.
See the graphic for more information:
'Language' comes from an Old French derivation of Latin 'lingua' (tongue), which was 'dinguā' in Old Latin.
'Dinguā' was a distant cousin of the Proto-Germanic ancestor of 'tongue'.
See the graphic for more information:
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The word 'clean' has the same ancestor as German and Dutch 'klein' (small; little).
The meaning of this common Proto-Germanic ancestor is reconstructed as "shining".
In the Germanic daughter languages, this meaning shifted following different paths.
Click the graphic for more:
The meaning of this common Proto-Germanic ancestor is reconstructed as "shining".
In the Germanic daughter languages, this meaning shifted following different paths.
Click the graphic for more:
January 4, 2024 at 7:11 PM
The word 'clean' has the same ancestor as German and Dutch 'klein' (small; little).
The meaning of this common Proto-Germanic ancestor is reconstructed as "shining".
In the Germanic daughter languages, this meaning shifted following different paths.
Click the graphic for more:
The meaning of this common Proto-Germanic ancestor is reconstructed as "shining".
In the Germanic daughter languages, this meaning shifted following different paths.
Click the graphic for more:
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"Two-thirds of the Gaza Strip’s population of 2.3 million have been made homeless by the war and every available space in Khan Younis and other southern towns is crammed."
Israel drops leaflets warning people to flee southern Gaza towns
Israel drops leaflets warning people to flee southern Gaza towns
Flyer campaign raises fears war could spread to areas IDF previously said were safe
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2023 at 5:46 AM
"Two-thirds of the Gaza Strip’s population of 2.3 million have been made homeless by the war and every available space in Khan Younis and other southern towns is crammed."
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A million people in northern Gaza asked to move south. People discussing a humanitarian corridor so Gazans can leave the strip altogether. This is displacement. Nakba over and over again
October 13, 2023 at 4:39 AM
A million people in northern Gaza asked to move south. People discussing a humanitarian corridor so Gazans can leave the strip altogether. This is displacement. Nakba over and over again
So that's why it's شو in Shami, cool!
#Arabic #linguistics #etymology #questions #semitic #language
*Not my original content.
*Not my original content.
October 4, 2023 at 7:30 PM
So that's why it's شو in Shami, cool!
Been discussing with @lfalch.bsky.social about how the term "dative case" is sometimes used misleadingly. In Old Irish, some use "prepositional case" instead, since the forms it denotes almost exclusively appear after prepositions. Same holds true for many Norwegian dialects
#langsky #linguistics
#langsky #linguistics
October 1, 2023 at 5:23 PM
Been discussing with @lfalch.bsky.social about how the term "dative case" is sometimes used misleadingly. In Old Irish, some use "prepositional case" instead, since the forms it denotes almost exclusively appear after prepositions. Same holds true for many Norwegian dialects
#langsky #linguistics
#langsky #linguistics
I got to try Lebanese coffee today. I don't think I've ever been this strongly caffeinated. My heart's been pounding for a solid two hours now 😭
September 25, 2023 at 4:12 PM
I got to try Lebanese coffee today. I don't think I've ever been this strongly caffeinated. My heart's been pounding for a solid two hours now 😭
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A new Indo-European language is discovered!
It’s an Anatolian language, appears to be related to Luwian.
Its name is Kalašma.
I didn’t think another Indo-European language would be found within our lifetimes. This is so exciting. Can’t wait to read what the tablets are saying.
It’s an Anatolian language, appears to be related to Luwian.
Its name is Kalašma.
I didn’t think another Indo-European language would be found within our lifetimes. This is so exciting. Can’t wait to read what the tablets are saying.
September 22, 2023 at 2:55 PM
A new Indo-European language is discovered!
It’s an Anatolian language, appears to be related to Luwian.
Its name is Kalašma.
I didn’t think another Indo-European language would be found within our lifetimes. This is so exciting. Can’t wait to read what the tablets are saying.
It’s an Anatolian language, appears to be related to Luwian.
Its name is Kalašma.
I didn’t think another Indo-European language would be found within our lifetimes. This is so exciting. Can’t wait to read what the tablets are saying.