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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 2d

I’m seeing Godot on Friday and now the entire time I’m gonna be imagining this guy waiting for the show tunes to start

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 2d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 1d

I'm doing another print run of these "Biology is Bigger than Binaries" shirts!

Back, quite literally, by popular demand. Bullying works, sure, but so does a bunch of nice cutie patooties politely asking!

Order 'em now, I'll mail 'em in early November.

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a woman with short bown hair, glasses, and tassel earrings, wears a purple KN95 and looks cool as hell in her biology is bigger than binaries shirt, in orange

a woman with green glasses takes a selfie lookin' cool as hell in her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt. She's also got ice cream, that lucky dog.

a woman with long brown hair and glasses hangs out in the back yard with her pink biology is bigger than binaries shirt

A man with a hat and sunglasses stands in hero-pose with his biology is bigger than binaires shirt (orange)

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 1d

The most delicious spider

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 2d

Added! Use the test tube emoji to post to the Science feed. See the quoted skeet above for feed guidelines, and please remember to use alt text on any images!

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 2d

Ok this slaps though

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 3d

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 4d

This is like three new-to-me skills, which ain't bad for a mid-career sabbatical

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 4d

Workflow for my current project:
Transcribe sound files in Elan
> convert to Praat textgrid
> process with Montreal Forced Aligner
> correct & annotate in Praat
> measurements with Praat script
> minor fiddling in Excel
> process output with Python script
> stats in R

#linguistics

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 4d

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 5d

And if you prefer to watch & listen to talks, here's the talk it is based on:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuU-...

Resisting dehumanization in the age of AI - Emily Bender

YouTube video by CogSci: Interdisciplinary Study of the Mind

www.youtube.com

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 4d

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Catherine Sheard @sheardcat.bsky.social · 4d

Well, this is fascinating

www.science.org/content/arti...

China bolsters controversial claim to Pacific languages with new museum

Nationalist narrative holds that Austronesian language and culture originated in China, not Taiwan

www.science.org

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 4d

That article is quoting all the right people (Bellwood, Klamer, Ross). Pleasant surprise tbh

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 4d

Belmopan, Belize, near the Assembly building: 249 species incl the Green-breasted Mango, Red-lored Amazon, Crested Caracara, four vultures, and a toucan.

Just saying.

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Fae’rynn (Phantom Futch) @faerynnistired.itch.io · 6d

“don’t be bigoted towards AI.”

your AI data centers are poisoning Black communities as we speak, please get some fucking perspective. jesus christ

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 6d

Also hi Sam! Long time :-)

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 6d

Speaking as a linguist, not a politics/law knower: I think it can be called war if one side wages war on the other, regardless of the response of those attacked. Cf the war on drugs - drugs by definition cant fight back, and yet. (Maybe that's metaphorical & thus different? My point still stands)

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 6d

It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.

Office of the President
Dear Dartmouth community,

As many of you know, Dartmouth was one of nine universities asked by the White House to give feedback by Oct. 20 on a draft of its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

I am deeply committed to Dartmouth’s academic mission and values and will always defend our fierce independence.

You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves.

Best,
Sian Leah Beilock
President

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Deanna Kreisel 🌱 @doctorwaffle.substack.com · 8d

In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:

Screen cap of parodic version of William Blake's "The Tyger" that begins:
Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright
(Not sure if I spelled that right)
What immortal hand or eye
Could fashion such a stripy guy?
What the hammer that hath hewn it
Into such a chonky unit?
Did who made the lamb make thee,
Or an external franchisee?

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 7d

#linguistics

Katie Franich @kfran.bsky.social · 7d

Tenure-track phonology position at UChicago!

Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · 8d

Jobs: English; Phonetics, Phonology, Semantics: Assistant Professor in Phonology, The University of Chicago

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 7d

Are you f*cking kidding me?

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 7d

#linguistics

Matt Goldrick @mattgoldrick.bsky.social · 8d

Postdoc (flexible start): child language development across different populations and contexts, methods including behavioral studies, large-scale data analysis, and/or computational modeling. M. Cychosz, Linguistics, Stanford Univ. postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...

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compost is the ghosts of food @compostwitch.bsky.social · 18d

A small fish with the caption "Do you see the minnow fin?" and an arrow to its fin. Then "Yes, comma" and then a box of acetaminophen.

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 8d

ICE is buying a location tracking tool that harvests data from hundreds of millions of phones a day. Protect your location data by updating a few settings on your phone 🧵 (1/4): www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 8d

If you make weird stuff on the web that is even a little bit nature-adjacent

(And you miss Glitch?)

You're welcome to join in on this thing I'm running, which is for weird stuff on the web that is even a little bit nature-adjacent:

binstobins.com

🪶🌿📊

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 8d

The state-subsidized daycare that costs 10% of what we pay in the US may really truly radicalize me tho

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Prof. EAGZ @emmmilygz.bsky.social · 8d

Look, Germany, you're great in so many ways, but your scratchy toilet paper and tissues are a crime against humanity

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