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Josef Fruehwald

@jofrhwld.bsky.social

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i’m a linguist. he/him https://jofrhwld.github.io/

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · Nov 9

Check out the docs & intro tutorials for new-fave! #nwav52

new-fave

forced-alignment-and-vowel-extraction.github.io

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 6d

"Paul Boersma giveth, and he taketh away."

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 2d

It only took like 2 unsuccessful attempts at tweaking an image generation prompt for me to say "Fuck it, I'll just learn digital painting."

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 2d

I'm mostly calling them noun classes, but am stuck with "gender" from the textbook

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 3d

here's hoping teaching that Kiswahili has nine grammatical genders doesn't run afoul of avoiding controversial topics in the classroom

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 3d

Kwisatz Haderach

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 4d

a hand written sign that says “-Warning- Heads are not attached- breakable”

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 4d

for about 5 seconds I was wondering "Was Mario, PI" a video game?

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 6d

oh, just a little humor about Praat updates

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 6d

"Paul Boersma giveth, and he taketh away."

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 6d

this'll be a great test of Ezra Klein's hypothesis that it's a good idea for the democrats to burn all this time, money, & organizer goodwill to run a culture-war-lite candidate

Kentucky Lantern @kentuckylantern.com · 6d

Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath launches a second U.S. Senate bid
@liamniemeyer.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/10/06/f...

Former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath launches a second U.S. Senate bid • Kentucky Lantern

Democrat and former Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath launches campaign for Kentucky’s open U.S. Senate seat.

kentuckylantern.com

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 7d

if you're into R, @cranupdates.bsky.social is a great follow

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 7d

an urbanist in 2024: I wish for a federally mandated public restrooms.

*monkey’s paw curls”

PortiaMcGonagal @portiamcgonagal.bsky.social · 7d

The way these people think they're entitled to whatever they want. This is what happens when you raise children who are never told no. 1/

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'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 7d

JB Fletcher

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 8d

June! brooklyntweed.com/blogs/blog/c...

Celebrating Our Journey: Brooklyn Tweed’s Next Chapter

Beginning in June 2025, Brooklyn Tweed will return to its roots as a pattern-only design company, transitioning out of yarn manufacturing.

brooklyntweed.com

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 8d

brooklyn tweed doesn’t make yarn anymore 😯

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 8d

it’d be one thing if they were getting catfished, but *knowing* it’s a bot, and giving it a pet name…

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 9d

every journalist who screenshots it?

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 9d

i've added hyperlinks to my primary website as well as my WebLog jofrhwld.github.io/~joe/

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 10d

ai apologists are one thing. “It might be useful” is another. but ai *enthusiasts* are not normal

Laura Jedeed @laurajedeed.bsky.social · 10d

I'm sorry: "if I wish to see a virgin on-screen"?

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.

A picture of some AI girl standing on an AI landscape with an AI monster behind her. I'm gonna be so real: she looks about 14

By Tyler Cowen

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 10d

I made myself my *own* tilde site jofrhwld.github.io/~joe/

Tilde Site

jofrhwld.github.io

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 11d

“Let go and let God.” -accepting that which you have no control over

“Jesus take the wheel.” -I’m gonna be crazy reckless, watch this

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 12d

maybe this’ll get me cancelled, but i’m not a fan of Paul F Tompkins’ shtick

Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 13d

I forget what happened that people were like "I don't like audacity nomore," but yeah, that or whatever people replaced it with

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 13d

Phonetics teachers: You need to make a quick and dirty recording for class slides. You pop open:

1️⃣ Praat (Record mono Sound)
2️⃣ Phone voice memo
3️⃣ Something else?

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