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Jamin

@bpnjohnson.bsky.social

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Lingufacturer. Mead-maker. DIYer. Decolonizer. Fountain pen enthusiast. Thwacker of uncooperative technology. Purveyor of bespoke languages. Kjipuktuk, Mi'kma'ki. /ʤəˈmɪn/ he/him 🇨🇦

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Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Nov 15

With a number of newcomers to this platform recently, I suppose I should re-introduce myself here so that new followers aren’t surprised by my various nonsense. #Intro post incoming…

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Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · 21d

Not at all. I mostly just copied the Wikipedia format for languages anyway, and just moved the infoblock to the left. I initially wanted to create a template, but I think every conlang is variable enough that each one is going to need a fresh endeavour anyway.

Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · 21d

I've been working on creating a template that I can use to "showcase" #conlangs in an easily digestible way in which conlangers can find the basic things they look for while non-langers can appreciate some things about it without choking on grammar. Here it is for Valthungian so far:

Front page of an info-sheet about the Valthungian language including in-world facts and statistics, alphabets and phonology, samples of modern and historical scripts, and a translation of Schleicher's Fable.

Back page of an info-sheet about the Valthungian language including in-world facts about the language's typology and morphology, a list of common words and phrases, and a brief description of the language's "real-world" history.

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Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Sep 22

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Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Sep 3

Hopefully I’ll grow into the space a little before long, but please let me know if there is particular content you’d like to see – or, conversely, that you wish I would stop posting about!

Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Sep 3

If you’d like to subscribe, I’d appreciate it (it’s free)! Even if you just sign up and filter it off to the bacon folder for now, having some followers will let me figure out how some of it works and what sorts of features are available.

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Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Sep 3

I’ve set up a Substack where I can post some long-form, nerdier, less ephemeral content about #writing, #language, #conlangs, and maybe some other things like food, recipes, plants, or whatever other topics my AuDHD brain decides to hyperfocus on.
lingufacture.substack.com/p/brandaje-m...

Brandaje, mwaldu!

(Hello, world!)

lingufacture.substack.com

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Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks, this is helpful. That's a little disheartening about the Nazis, but sadly it's hardly even unusual among social media platforms lately. Anyway, I will probe a little more critically.

Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 26

I’d like to do some cooking/baking stuff, too, but that might have to wait until I have a navigable kitchen. Any other sort of content you’d like to see on there? Any advice from experienced stackers? (3/3)

Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 26

It seems to be a blend of the better parts of various social media platforms – but I haven’t really got a great sense of how it all works yet. It would probably be mostly #language, #linguistics, & #conlang content; maybe some specific stuff about Valthungian, Europic, and other pet projects. (2/3)

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Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 26

I’ve been thinking about creating a #Substack, since it seems like that’s what all the cool kids are doing these days. I like the idea of how it’s organized – blog/essay-style posts, shorter tweet-type notes, audio and video posts, the ability to block AI from reading your posts: (1/3)

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Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 16

I guess it will be a couple more days before we know if it's going to hit Nova Scotia, or any land at all for that matter. But based on this trajectory, it doesn't seem like it could miss us completely. It would be nice the bulk of it stayed out to sea and we just got some nice, soaking rain.

Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 16

I know we need the rain, but this seems excessive.

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Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 12

NB: I have decided that the collective term for 'imp' is an 'impropriety'.

Jamin @bpnjohnson.bsky.social · Aug 12

One day I will catch the imp who writes my footnotes.