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not a name but a diagnosis

@kbmcgowan.bsky.social

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phonetician, linguist, associate professor, musician, gen x nerd, he/him

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · May 9

"woke" is an admirable, aspirational quality and using it as a slur is always an own goal

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 19h

scariest thing i could think of

not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 20h

paul stops supporting praat

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 1d

"The chancellor approved it"

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 3d

I was holding steady at Inbox 666 for a couple of weeks, but i'm afraid it's gotten away from me again

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 5d

The stupidest possible twist to The Matrix is that the technology needed all those human batteries to generate fake Mr. Beast videos

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Linguistic Society of America @lingsocam.bsky.social · 6d

The LSA is a proud member of the American Council of Learned Societies. We encourage all members to read this important statement.

American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 6d

ACLS has released a statement regarding the White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”: bit.ly/3IviMig

We call for the immediate rejection of the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”...No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it. -ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 9d

pastry

not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 9d

I’m so old? I just tried to telnet to port 25 to verify an e-mail address is real and was shocked to learn I don’t have a telnet client

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 9d

the horror. truly, the horror. I am so sorry

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 11d

when my screen says “check for a duo push” my stupid brain sings it to me to the tune of “what’s new pussycat?” with such a reduced vowel in ‘a’ that I could be stepping out onto the moon for the first time.

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · Aug 21

Made a jar of reusable wetwipes to live on my counter.

-gallon jar with gasketed fliptop lid
-4 cups water
-4 cups 70% isopropyl alcohol
-~1 cup white vinegar
-orange essential oil drops (for smell)
- Spoonful of Dawn dish soap

Mix, toss in 12 microfiber washcloths, soak 'em, close lid.

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 13d

yeah

not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 13d

that's right

not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 13d

honestly, what are the odds that a species would invent two different things and call them both the “Phonetic Alphabet” when neither is phonetic and one of them isn’t an alphabet?

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 16d

who has no thumbs and my whole heart? THIS GUY

sleeping ginger cat sprawled across the lap of his preferred human

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 18d

the Remington Steele and He Man & the Masters of the Universe TV Show themes are the same song. I see what you did, Henry Mancini.

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 20d

found the paper I was thinking of: the jaw bone/fatty tissue is importantly for echolocation and their mammalian ear IS fluid filled: www.researchgate.net/profile/Darl...

www.researchgate.net

not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 21d

nothing; i'm just a dork and should read better

not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 21d

sorry!

not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 21d

technologically advance a band

the automatic doors

Xina @ciw.bsky.social · 21d

technologically advance a band.

OK GoPro

rom comrade @savasavasava.myatproto.social · 21d

technologically advance a band.

Nine Inch Nailguns

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Bailey McCann @baileymcc.bsky.social · 22d

Some Christians think the rapture is happening in a window between the 21st-24th as in starting tomorrow and if true dear god come get your children and leave us in peace why tf has it taken this long

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 22d

If we live in a society where a man is free to be a professional shithead, we have to live in a society where we're free to call a shithead a shithead

not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 22d

I keep getting this ad with some bearded dude confidently saying, "the reason butter is CALLED butter is because of the butyric acid" apparently completely innocent of the fact that he's completely full of shit

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 23d

find someone who is as obsessed with you as nate silver is with this app

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not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 23d

Don't love this new floating "you didn't want to use our app, did you?" bubble thing Overcast has added

screen shot of the app Overcast showing how the new floating UI bubbles make using the app next to impossible

not a name but a diagnosis @kbmcgowan.bsky.social · 24d

I have no idea who he is except that every time I see his name he's completely full of shit and convinced it doesn't smell