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Anything re language(s): etymologies, neologisms, grammatical quirks and rarities, unusual words, lost-in-translation, etc. Interests include: data viz, consumer protection, intl / comparative law, global politics, tech policy, ornithology, pop science …

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WORD WATCH: “crit fail”
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👉 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Sorry, but I’m bringing my iced coffee to the job interview | Tayo Bero
What, exactly, about the drink is so distracting? The viral debate raises bigger questions about who defines ‘professionalism’
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 2h
>> Colin Layfield and Lisa Fagin Davis argue that the manuscript’s folded sheets may have originally been piled on top of each other as “singulions” – like a stack of Christmas cards – but were mis-bound in a more typical “nested” arrangement at some point in the mid to late 15th century.
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A medieval manuscript has confounded scholars for centuries. Have they been reading it wrong all this time?
Researchers argue incorrect binding of Voynich manuscript radically changes ideas about its drawings and indecipherable text
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 7h
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>> Emma Pickering, head of technology-facilitated abuse at U.K.-based domestic abuse nonprofit Refuge, says she’s seen more and more survivors stalked via car apps. The charity’s assessments of new arrivals at the shelters it runs now include questions about …whether it’s possible they were tracked.
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 8h
Godzilla" El Niño
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 14h
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One move, 600 million views: Can you do the 'shanshenbu'? #coolchina
YouTube video by CGTN
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 14h
WORD WATCH: shanshenbu
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 15h
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 15h
“Laughing whitely” from Han Kang’s “The White Book”
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
>> Google is not the only company to have paused its bug bounty program because the influx of low-effort, often inaccurate reports meant that engineers were too overwhelmed to find and fix actual problems.
the-independent.com
AI is breaking one of the most important ways we keep technology safe
Google has been forced to shut one of its key security programs because of ‘slop’
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Chesterton fence” fs.blog/chestertons-...
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Chesterton’s Fence: A Lesson in Thinking
A core component of making great decisions is understanding previous decisions. If we don’t understand how we got “here,” we run the risk of making things much worse.
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
TIL Rumble strips are called “audible lines” in Australia ALSO: “Botts Dots”
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ALGO
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Does Olivia Dean's "I've Seen It" copy Bill Withers' "Just The Two Of Us?"
British singer Olivia Dean's song I've Seen It lifts a section of melody from 1981 Bill Withers hit Just The Two Of Us, according to a lawsuit [PDF] filed in…
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I bet there’s a market for these….
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
WORD WATCH: Kayaktivists
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
His loss !
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
WORD WATCH: slop meme aesthetic m.youtube.com/shorts/6LizC...
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Is brainrot dead?
YouTube video by Etymology Nerd
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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6 places around Tokyo that feel like they’ve been pulled straight out of the Backrooms
A24’s ‘Backrooms’ arrives in Japanese cinemas this week. Here’s where to enter the city's strangest levels before you watch the movie
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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A lost ancient script reveals how writing as we know it really began | New Scientist
A long-overlooked writing system from 5000 years ago is still largely undeciphered, but could mark the moment humans first represented their speech with written words
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Rugal folds
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Chode” & FCC obscenity rules m.youtube.com/shorts/wPEje...
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Ira Glass Asks a Lawyer: Can You Say "Chode" on the Radio?
YouTube video by This American Life
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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A Wild Mushroom With Bionic Arms Plays a Synthesizer in the Woods
Bionic and the Wires connected sensors to a wild mushroom in Derbyshire, using its bioelectrical signals to control bionic arms that played a synthesizer.
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blastitwonner.bsky.social @blastitwonner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mosh pit Diapers Bluetooth Funeral Urns
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