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Matt Spike
@matspike.bsky.social
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> Language + CogSci + Evolution + NLP/ML/AI COMPLEXITY, FUNCTION & FORM in - language, culture, cognition - evo dynamics - info & computation - explanation homeostatic property cluster at large LangEvo is Hard Reading List https://t.ly/gfGj
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Jul 21
So here's a LINK to a really long reading list for people who:
- are interested in LANGUAGE EVOLUTION
- are interested in ABANDONING HOPE OF SIMPLE EXPLANATIONS
- like 1970S COLOUR SCHEMES
https://matspike.notion.site/Form-Function-in-Language-Evolution-58d44b9512c64a7fb48ef811cb89b6b8?pvs=4
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Clayton Littlejohn @cmlittlejohn.bsky.social · 6d
Have we figured out what Kant said yet?
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 7d
the best answer i got for this:
awaitsync on Threads writes: "Metrognome"
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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 7d
New analysis by The Australia Institute finds the Australian National University has a $90 million surplus, not a $142 million deficit!
The ANU’s hidden $90m budget surplus
New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.
australiainstitute.org.au
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Oded Rechavi @odedrechavi.bsky.social · 8d
Thanking the reviewers
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Picture This Scotland @74frankfurt.bsky.social · 8d
Hibernian's Erich Schaedler models the first sponsored football shirt in Scotland. (1977)
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · 9d
this genuinely IS the headspace I live in most of the time, welcome on board everybody
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The Ramsey Lab @theramseylab.bsky.social · 9d
New Cambridge Element in the Philosophy of Biology series—fully #openaccess! @thomasreydon.bsky.social explores how evolutionary theory crosses over from biology into other fields, showing how these crossovers embody a broader style of reasoning: 'evolutionary thinking' bit.ly/48z3h36 #HPbio #evosky
Book cover of “The Scope of Evolutionary Thinking” by Thomas A. C. Reydon, in the Cambridge Elements: The Philosophy of Biology series. Against a black background, the title is surrounded by Ernst Haeckel’s illustrations of marine organisms—radial, symmetrical forms in vivid blues, oranges, reds, and greens.
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welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social @welcometoyourdoom.bsky.social · 9d
Louis Armstrong playing the trumpet for his wife Lucille.

#vintagephoto #louisarmstrong #egypt #sphinx
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · 10d
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"Mr Edgelord Alpha Spike 7878" - from a still from some TV show, some guy is saying this in the scene. A lady is looking at the guy, she looks very impressed. I don't know what the show is but it must be very good.
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Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 12d
"Knight Rider" (1984) s02e17, Garthe Knight (Michael Knight's evil twin) breaks out of prison. Now in glorious HD.
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · 15d
N O I C E
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Aaron Steven White @aaronstevenwhite.io · 15d
I've found it kind of a pain to work with resources like VerbNet, FrameNet, PropBank (frame files), and WordNet using existing tools. Maybe you have too. Here's a little package that handles data management, loading, and cross-referencing via either a CLI or a python API.
GitHub - aaronstevenwhite/glazing: Unified data models and interfaces for syntactic and semantic frame ontologies.
Unified data models and interfaces for syntactic and semantic frame ontologies. - aaronstevenwhite/glazing
github.com
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Anna Ciaunica @annaciaunica.bsky.social · 18d
Delighted to speak in Tokyo next October at this fantastic event ! 😎

Thank you for having me🙏!

Will be talking about embodiment and Artificial Agents

osf.io/preprints/ps...
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Oleg Sobchuk 🇺🇦 @sobchuk.bsky.social · Sep 4
Great news from the @erc.europa.eu today: I received an ERC Starting Grant to study the cultural evolution of literature 🔥

www.eva.mpg.de/press/news/a...
Charting the evolution of European literature
Oleg Sobchuk has received an ERC Starting Grant to study 200 years of European literary evolution
www.eva.mpg.de
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Michael Stipe @michaelstipe.bsky.social · Aug 30
I can
I can
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Aug 29
some people are just overly rigid designators, sadly
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Aug 28
"begriffsschrift CLEAR AND PRESENT LOGIC. von Gottlob Frege AND TOM CLANCY"
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Aug 28
"begriffsschrift CLEAR AND PRESENT LOGIC. von Gottlob Frege AND TOM CLANCY"
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Aug 28
a logo for the federal network with a blue globe
Alt: From Starship Troopers: a logo for the federal network with a blue globe, "would you like to know more?"
media.tenor.com
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Aug 28
Hank Hill: "I sell JSONs and JSON accessories"
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Aug 28
the whole AI Herrenvolk Thoughocracy schtick annoys me way less these days - it's the intellectual equivalent of a clown in underpants slapping themself on the back, like, whatevs, have at it

their TOTAL IGNORANCE OF FOUNDATIONAL COMPUTER SCIENCE, on the other hand, DRIVES ME INTO WILD FITS OF RAGE
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Josh @joshz.bsky.social · Aug 27
You're telling me an AI researcher is myopic and almost completely uninformed about other fields of study that could complement their own? No way; that bunch is famously multidisciplinary and supportive of the humanities.
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Aug 13
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAALHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAALHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAALHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Aug 27
Ancient aliens guy: "jsons"
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Aug 27
Obi Wan: "he's more JSON than man now"
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Aug 27
Monty Python & Holy grail killer rabbit scene: "that's no ordinary json"
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Matt Spike @matspike.bsky.social · Aug 27
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
And I looked and behold, a pale horse
And his name that sat on him was Death
And a json followed with him
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