Antonio Ascanio
@antonioascanio.bsky.social
English teacher studying how language shapes our thoughts.
MA student → PhD candidate | Cognitive linguistics, CDA, meaning & metaphor addict. University of Córdoba (Spain).
Scriptwriter when I have time.
MA student → PhD candidate | Cognitive linguistics, CDA, meaning & metaphor addict. University of Córdoba (Spain).
Scriptwriter when I have time.
Hard times for science.
It's just insane that no pilot thought of this route before AI brilliantly came up with it!!!!!!!!
December 7, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Hard times for science.
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„This is how they announce that Spain will not participate in Eurovision. Well done RTVE. Well done Silvia Intxaurrondo. Again.“
Thats the Israeli Eurovision contestant of 2025 and footage of the warcrimes the country she proudly represents commits in Gaza.
Thats the Israeli Eurovision contestant of 2025 and footage of the warcrimes the country she proudly represents commits in Gaza.
Así es como se comunica que España no participará en Eurovision. Bravo RTVE. Bravo Silvia Intxaurrondo. Una vez más.
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 6, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Hay ya más IAs para agilizar tareas que tareas que agilizar.
December 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Hay ya más IAs para agilizar tareas que tareas que agilizar.
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The world met Ferdinand de Saussure on a night like this (in 1857)
A presumed European substrate word *salik-/*selik-/*welik-: "willow" -> salicylic, Saussay/Saussure, sargasso, sallow, willow
#WorldLinguisticsDay
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A presumed European substrate word *salik-/*selik-/*welik-: "willow" -> salicylic, Saussay/Saussure, sargasso, sallow, willow
#WorldLinguisticsDay
circumvent bsky image compression in the link
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The world met Ferdinand de Saussure on a night like this (in 1857)
A presumed European substrate word *salik-/*selik-/*welik-: "willow" -> salicylic, Saussay/Saussure, sargasso, sallow, willow
#WorldLinguisticsDay
circumvent bsky image compression in the link
A presumed European substrate word *salik-/*selik-/*welik-: "willow" -> salicylic, Saussay/Saussure, sargasso, sallow, willow
#WorldLinguisticsDay
circumvent bsky image compression in the link
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![R. H. Bing (October 20, 1914 – April 28, 1986)[1] was an American mathematician who worked mainly in the areas of geometric topology and continuum theory.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreid62wy3dekb2kzbisjfdlimlb35j4rlgew5iof7vi32byfszmg26a@jpeg)
![Bing's father was named Rupert Henry, but Bing's mother thought that "Rupert Henry" was too British for Texas. Thus she compromised by abbreviating it to R. H.[5] Consequently, R. H. does not stand for a first or middle name.
When Bing was applying for a visa, he was requested not to use initials. He explained that his name was really "R-only H-only Bing", and ended up receiving a visa made out to "Ronly Honly Bing".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreigmfj53q4uy33spga2bxdkllqm3ag5sffovg5g7ddmu3vqzkb6k24@jpeg)
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🤖🧠I'll be considering applications for PhD students & postdocs to start at Yale in Fall 2026!
If you are interested in the intersection of linguistics, cognitive science, & AI, I encourage you to apply!
PhD link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
Postdoc link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
If you are interested in the intersection of linguistics, cognitive science, & AI, I encourage you to apply!
PhD link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
Postdoc link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
November 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🤖🧠I'll be considering applications for PhD students & postdocs to start at Yale in Fall 2026!
If you are interested in the intersection of linguistics, cognitive science, & AI, I encourage you to apply!
PhD link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
Postdoc link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
If you are interested in the intersection of linguistics, cognitive science, & AI, I encourage you to apply!
PhD link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
Postdoc link: rtmccoy.com/prospective_...
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
Humans’ very last frontier falling apart. The ̶f̶u̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ present is an extremeley creepy place to live in. Or even to die.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Humans’ very last frontier falling apart. The ̶f̶u̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ present is an extremeley creepy place to live in. Or even to die.
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Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
www.yahoo.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany.
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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If you have anything kind or generous to say to an early career scholar, please say it. We need it in more ways than you know. We absolutely need the encouragement. This work is not easy, especially when you really care. This is often thankless work. Some days you are worn down. But it’s all love.
November 14, 2025 at 6:08 AM
If you have anything kind or generous to say to an early career scholar, please say it. We need it in more ways than you know. We absolutely need the encouragement. This work is not easy, especially when you really care. This is often thankless work. Some days you are worn down. But it’s all love.
THIS
If you have anything kind or generous to say to an early career scholar, please say it. We need it in more ways than you know. We absolutely need the encouragement. This work is not easy, especially when you really care. This is often thankless work. Some days you are worn down. But it’s all love.
November 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
THIS
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No todo hecho cultural (y el toreo lo es) merece ser conservado para la eternidad. Si acaso a efectos documentales. Las luchas de gladiadores por ejemplo no se han conservado y no pasa nada. Los historiadores y arqueólogos estudian el hecho y el recinto en que se celebraba. Y ya.
November 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
No todo hecho cultural (y el toreo lo es) merece ser conservado para la eternidad. Si acaso a efectos documentales. Las luchas de gladiadores por ejemplo no se han conservado y no pasa nada. Los historiadores y arqueólogos estudian el hecho y el recinto en que se celebraba. Y ya.
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Patriarchal white supremacy has never been about “protecting women and girls.” Rather it’s a social system that empowers privileged white men to do what they want to women’s bodies while simultaneously claiming migrants are sexual abusers of “their” women. This racist misogyny is painfully ordinary.
We're in the "raping young teenage girls isn't pedophilia" part of the cope from MAGA.
These people are evil.
These people are evil.
November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Patriarchal white supremacy has never been about “protecting women and girls.” Rather it’s a social system that empowers privileged white men to do what they want to women’s bodies while simultaneously claiming migrants are sexual abusers of “their” women. This racist misogyny is painfully ordinary.
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To all the doubters, AI is so close to being perfect
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 AM
To all the doubters, AI is so close to being perfect
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
Look my iphone helpfully transcribed a voice message left by my French mechanic
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The unspoken assumption behind “raping 15 year olds is different than raping 8 year olds” is that teenage girls are legitimate targets of desire on account of (sometimes) being adult shaped. But if the adult shape was the source of attraction, and not the vulnerability, these men would date women.
November 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The unspoken assumption behind “raping 15 year olds is different than raping 8 year olds” is that teenage girls are legitimate targets of desire on account of (sometimes) being adult shaped. But if the adult shape was the source of attraction, and not the vulnerability, these men would date women.
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Did you ever notice that branded + AI = braindead
November 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Did you ever notice that branded + AI = braindead
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If you are also a scientist, sure. If you aren't, like these guys, you should probably shut the fuck up and let the people whose opinions matter talk.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 5:46 PM
If you are also a scientist, sure. If you aren't, like these guys, you should probably shut the fuck up and let the people whose opinions matter talk.
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every company in 2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
every company in 2025
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"Es que las mujeres de ahora no quieren tener hijos".
Bueno, las de antes no sabemos si querían. Nadie les preguntaba, empezando por el marido.
Bueno, las de antes no sabemos si querían. Nadie les preguntaba, empezando por el marido.
November 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
"Es que las mujeres de ahora no quieren tener hijos".
Bueno, las de antes no sabemos si querían. Nadie les preguntaba, empezando por el marido.
Bueno, las de antes no sabemos si querían. Nadie les preguntaba, empezando por el marido.
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New paper: delighted that this paper should be published while I happen to be at the multimodality conference in Groningen: doi.org/10.1177/0957...
Using generative AI to investigate the multimodal representation of refugees and migrants - Christopher Hart, 2025
This article uses AI-generated images to consider patterns in the way refugees and migrants are visually represented on the internet. AI text-to-image generatio...
doi.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:49 AM
New paper: delighted that this paper should be published while I happen to be at the multimodality conference in Groningen: doi.org/10.1177/0957...
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This new LOTM Starter Pack is slowly starting to grow. It takes some time and searching, but today, the latest additions are people who have been interviewed for the @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast.
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This new LOTM Starter Pack is slowly starting to grow. It takes some time and searching, but today, the latest additions are people who have been interviewed for the @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast.
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
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'people who are multilingual are half as likely to show signs of accelerated biological ageing than are those who speak just one language.'
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Want a younger brain? Learn another language
A vast study suggests that being multilingual can slow down cognitive ageing.
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
'people who are multilingual are half as likely to show signs of accelerated biological ageing than are those who speak just one language.'
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2
Good thing that schools, universities and governments are so actively promoting modern languages then, isn't it? 1/2