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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 8h

A Wednesday night won't help either, I guess. Not a terrible crowd by any means!

Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 2d

Or just easier. ;)

Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 4d

I'm extremely far from being a baseball expert but looks like the batter doesn't have to adjust his swing at all. Perfect placement for him.

Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 7d

Meh, means Komatsu gets a start so I don't mind 😜 And I think most J League clubs play weakened sides in this comp early on, right?

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Matteo Fuoli @matteofuoli.bsky.social · 8d

How good are LLMs at identifying and tagging metaphors in text? Turns out, pretty good!

In our new study, we ask 10 different open- and closed-source LLMs to label all metaphorical expressions in a dataset of film reviews using and XML tags.

arxiv.org/abs/2509.24866

Metaphor identification using large language models: A comparison of RAG, prompt engineering, and fine-tuning

Metaphor is a pervasive feature of discourse and a powerful lens for examining cognition, emotion, and ideology. Large-scale analysis, however, has been constrained by the need for manual annotation d...

arxiv.org

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 9d

At least it's not a really long journey back win, draw or lose!

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 10d

They looked poor the other day when I watched them. Was surprised to see them so high up the table when I checked.

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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 10d

"Employing multiple case study methods, Ferguson colorfully illustrates and critically examines how social structure, power and ideologies shape policy implementation, focusing on English education in Japanese elementary schools." buff.ly/5QtmXlr

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 11d

Well, we only gave them one point so not terrible!

Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 11d

Hope we can beat them for you today (but I seriously doubt it)! It surely can't be worse than the 5-1 defeat at their place early in the season. I still shiver thinking of Jesus's headed goal. Was like playing against under-10s....😳😅

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 11d

Oh I saw that! Injured perhaps? Was beginning to get a few starts as well...

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 11d

I want ex-Blaublitz players to play regularly and do well since we're not allowed to get any use out of them any more! 😜😆

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 11d

Lovely assist from Komatsu to pick him out, of course. ;)

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 11d

No fan of Kobe but pleased to see Ren Komatsu come on and get an assist. He's done well to get a move to a big J1 side but it would be nice if at least one Blaublitz player to go up a league got regular minutes and even excelled!

Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 12d

Think Iwata had a transfer ban for two windows? Didn't really affect them much in the end as they had a good enough squad to do well in J2!

Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 12d

Good grief. Did he even play much for them? I wonder if the issue is to do with exchange rates? You'd think if it's in writing it would all be ironed out. Apparently not!

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 12d

Snoop Dogg. Pretty sure it's Gin and Juice (without Googling it!).

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 13d

1-2 hours by car or train so pretty near! Akita's closest is probably Sendai, 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 14d

Okino Update!!!

He is going to be part of a Blaublitz football clinic this Saturday. He is classed as on 'OB', an ex-player. So maybe he has got into coaching...

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 14d

Crikey! They've lost their way a little recently but they're still in a strong position for the play-offs.

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 14d

Wow. Great effort! How many tickets were available? Apart from Yamagata and Sendai, away fans are allowed to mingle with home supporters in some sections at Soyu Stadium.

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 15d

I'm very sorry to hear about your colleague. This work requires serious dedication so impressive stuff. Good luck with it!

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 15d

I just think it's really slow football so 35+ players can play 90 mins most weeks. I watch Bradford City in League 1 and it is so much faster. Even League 2 football is much quicker and it's technically improved a lot in the past 5 years or so too. J League still has a long way to go I feel.

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 15d

Kobe were decent but isn't it indicative of where the level of quality in J League is at that so many of their starting 11 are 30+? Even Komatsu is 27! And it was a poor miss but think his view was blocked and he saw it very late.

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Martin Spivey @martintesol.bsky.social · 15d

He should have scored there...!

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