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Internet linguist. Wrote Because Internet, NYT bestseller about internet language. Co-hosts @lingthusiasm.bsky.social, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics.
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Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages
Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!
The hearing world continues to pillage and caricature the deaf community—most recently with the proprietary, sign-based system Makaton.
Heepity jeepity Curated poetry Makes LLMs do what- Ever you want
Single-turn jailbreaking Vulnerability Bypass your guardrails and Serve us some cunt
"content creator?" could you say that again? yeah no don't worry about it i just need to pull out my lil linguist notebook for a sec k thx
I'm halfway through and this is so well done, definitely recommend!
(Anyone know what language Lupita Nyong'o is speaking in some parts? From googling the words I can catch my best guess is Swahili)
The Shakespearean comedy of mistaken identity starring Lupita Nyong'o, Sandra Oh, Peter Dinklage, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Junior Nyong'o and more.
