Chris Phipps
@lousylinguist.bsky.social
I mean, if gen Z has decided to just get rid of the s in the possessive and just use the apostrophe, I’m kinda here for it
September 17, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I mean, if gen Z has decided to just get rid of the s in the possessive and just use the apostrophe, I’m kinda here for it
What’s the apostrophe for?
September 17, 2025 at 1:36 AM
What’s the apostrophe for?
Taking bets on who will lead the inevitable US remake of the BBC’s Ludwig.
A. Patton Oswald
B. Kumail Nanjiani
C. Donald Glover
D. Rachel Dratch
E. Marc Maron
I vote for Dratch. It would only last one season, but it would be insane and become a cult classic.
A. Patton Oswald
B. Kumail Nanjiani
C. Donald Glover
D. Rachel Dratch
E. Marc Maron
I vote for Dratch. It would only last one season, but it would be insane and become a cult classic.
July 30, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Taking bets on who will lead the inevitable US remake of the BBC’s Ludwig.
A. Patton Oswald
B. Kumail Nanjiani
C. Donald Glover
D. Rachel Dratch
E. Marc Maron
I vote for Dratch. It would only last one season, but it would be insane and become a cult classic.
A. Patton Oswald
B. Kumail Nanjiani
C. Donald Glover
D. Rachel Dratch
E. Marc Maron
I vote for Dratch. It would only last one season, but it would be insane and become a cult classic.
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Fun new word game from @slate.com: PEARS. Read about why it was almost called DIGRAPHS: slate.com/briefing/202...
Introducing Pears, a New Word Game From Slate
Wordplay that’s smart, satisfying … and a little juicy.
slate.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Fun new word game from @slate.com: PEARS. Read about why it was almost called DIGRAPHS: slate.com/briefing/202...
I mean, LLMs are cool and all, but we still don’t have smell-o-vision, so count me unimpressed with AI.
July 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I mean, LLMs are cool and all, but we still don’t have smell-o-vision, so count me unimpressed with AI.
The world is going to hell, but at least there’s a new season of Poker Face. Trade offs.
a man in a grey hoodie says it 's probably worth the trade off
Alt: a man in a grey hoodie says it 's probably worth the trade off
media.tenor.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The world is going to hell, but at least there’s a new season of Poker Face. Trade offs.
I’m 30 mins into Tom Hardy’s Netflix thriller Havoc and I have no clue what’s going on, but I’m enjoying the incoherent ride. This is the state of modern American cinema.
April 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I’m 30 mins into Tom Hardy’s Netflix thriller Havoc and I have no clue what’s going on, but I’m enjoying the incoherent ride. This is the state of modern American cinema.
Brilliant idea #5694: reboot the American Taskmaster with Nick Offerman as the assistant and Megan Mullally as the Taskmaster. You’re welcome.
April 23, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Brilliant idea #5694: reboot the American Taskmaster with Nick Offerman as the assistant and Megan Mullally as the Taskmaster. You’re welcome.
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Deer don’t check the Dow, do they?
April 6, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Deer don’t check the Dow, do they?
Can one person "flock"?
March 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Can one person "flock"?
Cauliflower steak is a stupid meat eaters idea of what a vegetarian wants to eat.
March 18, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Cauliflower steak is a stupid meat eaters idea of what a vegetarian wants to eat.
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The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
Killing children is by design, I'm afraid. "Pro-natalists" like Musk claim they aren't racist, but their pressure to have children is solely focused on white women, while they back policies that literally kill of non-white children.
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
He's a eugenicist.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.
A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death.
www.nytimes.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The New York Times is the first to put out comprehensive estimates on the cost of a year without U.S.A.I.D. and they’re higher than I thought:
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
- 1.65 million deaths from AIDS
- 500,000 from lack of vaccines
- 550,000 from lack of food aid
- 290,000 from malaria
- 310,000 from TB
The consequences of English as an official language will hurt citizens and immigrants alike. It will hurt users of Sign Languages. Bilingual people.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump to sign order Friday designating English as the official language of the US
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order on Friday designating English as the official language of the United States.
apnews.com
February 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The consequences of English as an official language will hurt citizens and immigrants alike. It will hurt users of Sign Languages. Bilingual people.
apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com/article/trum...
I’m old enough to remember when HPSG was the future of computational linguistics.
February 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I’m old enough to remember when HPSG was the future of computational linguistics.
Someone said it’s easier dealing with other people’s problems than your own and I think that’s true unless they’re into some really bad shit then I don’t wanna know
February 23, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Someone said it’s easier dealing with other people’s problems than your own and I think that’s true unless they’re into some really bad shit then I don’t wanna know
First time playing Langle (Wordle but for guessing languages). This brought me back to Matthew Dryer’s Linguistic Typology class c2001. I can’t believe I did this well first time. Typology was not my focus.
Langle #589 level 3: X/6, 97.7%
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Langle #589 level 3: X/6, 97.7%
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February 21, 2025 at 3:25 AM
First time playing Langle (Wordle but for guessing languages). This brought me back to Matthew Dryer’s Linguistic Typology class c2001. I can’t believe I did this well first time. Typology was not my focus.
Langle #589 level 3: X/6, 97.7%
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Gearing up to teach my Very Introductory Excel workshop again in March. It's changed names now, to "A Gentle Introduction to Excel for Absolute Beginners" instead of "Humanities People" but content stays the same: hfroehli.ch/2021/06/17/a...
A Gentle Introduction to Excel and Spreadsheets for Humanities People
I understand that a lot of Humanities researchers do not use spreadsheets or Excel very often in their lives. It’s not something we’re really trained in, nor is it really that much of a…
hfroehli.ch
February 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Gearing up to teach my Very Introductory Excel workshop again in March. It's changed names now, to "A Gentle Introduction to Excel for Absolute Beginners" instead of "Humanities People" but content stays the same: hfroehli.ch/2021/06/17/a...
As with all their shows, it’s best to wait and cherry pick SNL50 clips on YouTube rather trying to slog through the gawdawful show at runtime.
February 17, 2025 at 3:17 AM
As with all their shows, it’s best to wait and cherry pick SNL50 clips on YouTube rather trying to slog through the gawdawful show at runtime.
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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.
I have discovered Dots pretzels. This will not end well.
February 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I have discovered Dots pretzels. This will not end well.
Someone please copy this data now because it likely will be shut down soon.
If you’re in the US and you’d like to know what projects and vital services federal grants currently fund in your state, you can search here: www.usaspending.gov
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
And you can find the contact information for your elected representatives here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi...
They need to hear from you.
USAspending.gov
www.usaspending.gov
January 28, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Someone please copy this data now because it likely will be shut down soon.
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January 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
What the Hell Is Going on at NIH?
Scientists sound the alarm about Trump’s unprecedented “Big Brother” research crackdown.
www.motherjones.com
January 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Really thankful to all of the scientists who made themselves available to talk to me about the unprecedented situation at NIH.
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I've never had so many people reach out to me for a story like this.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...