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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Let’s be clear: we have both wide-spread anecdotal & data driven, research level analysis that LLM use erodes cognitive skills faster than Alzheimer’s. Using it is literally bad for your brain, and bad for your ability to learn and retain new information. As a public health matter? It’s horrifying.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Anyhow, I just broke a nail.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

9 times out of 10, I have no idea why the nail broke. Just living my life, when suddenly a perfect arc of keratin snaps off.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It is only in the past 5-10 years that I've regularly had nails long enough that they sometimes break, but it happens often enough that I totally understand previously-mysterious "shit, I just broke a nail" comments from feminine-coded characters in media.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Friends, what syntactic category do we think "enough" is? It seems to modify adjectives ("tall enough to go on this ride") but also it can occur as a predicate on its own?

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is a drive by comment because I saw someone comment on football being a very republican-coded sport (wrt this Kraft dude, who apparently owns the Patriots)

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Oh wait it turns out I forgot about baseball, though it's pretty neck-and-neck with hockey: votehub.com/2026/01/20/t...

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Football might be the most republican sport as measured by vibes, but alas hockey is the most republican sport as measured by actual player voting patterns.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

wow. with this announcement, all of ed sheeran's openers for this tour have pulled out:

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

every new fact about this Kraft guy is worse than the last somehow

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I am absolutely without any doubt confident I would have room. (I might be driving, but even if I fly I will 100% have space)

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I mean, I'm going to be in Montreal in like a month? Just saying.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It could 100% be on a black background, I am very tempted to write to them to ask what the odds are of other colours. (I suspect asymptotically approaching zero, alas)

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It is! I was just mourning that it is not in any of mine.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I don't know who exactly, but I feel confident that some of you want to know about this skirt with a design showing development of the Proto-Sinaitic script into many descendant scripts, including modern Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, and Hebrew scripts. princess-awesome.com/products/adu...

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Adult "Prototype" Writing Systems Origins Skirt With Pockets

Description Specifications In this design featuring the development of writing systems from Proto-Sinaitic to the present, the evolution of letter forms spirals out from the mother script (Proto-Sinai...

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Like, I'm sorry, but from the perspective of almost any point of typological comparison, English and French are basically the same language.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Save me from linguistics papers that have a section about crosslinguistic implications, where "crosslinguistic" just means that the analysis of English is extended to French.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I am so glad you're settling in and starting to find your way around!

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Sometimes you just have to accept what your body has decided and go with it! I hope you at least enjoy(ed) the sims and games.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

It's not a word for me! But I do hear other people use it, and I'm curious if there's a distinction for them.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

One day I would love the opportunity to ask someone who I overhear saying "comfortability" whether it means something different from "comfort", without coming across as a prescriptivist asshole.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

TIL that there is a game similar to hockey (but not on ice) played in the Scottish highlands "and other areas in the world where Scottish Highlanders migrated" called "shinty", which is surely where the name "shinny" (=pick up hockey, on ice or pavement) comes from. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinty

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This bust is tucked all the way at the back of the building at the Falkirk Wheel, we discovered it only because there weren't any other seats available!

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Encountered a commemorative bust of Tommy Douglas, father of Canadian Medicare, in a miscellaneous tourist cafeteria in Scotland of all places—apparently he was born in Falkirk!

A bronze bust of Tommy Douglas in a modern style, on a white plinth in front of a grey wallpaper . He is wearing horn rimmed glasses, grinning with teeth visible, and wearing a coat with very wide lapels, with a maple leaf pin. In the background is an informational sign (text transcribed in another photo).

Sign reading: The Greatest Canadian: Thomas Clement Douglas (1904-1986) "courage my friends: 'it's not too late to build a better world." Camelon, Falkirk born 'Tommy' Douglas will be remembered in history for being the man who introduced free healthcare (Medicare) for all Canadians. (In 2016, Camelon Local History Society, with support from Falkirk Founcil and Falkirk Community Trust, realised a long held ambition to commission an artwork to celebrate the achievements of this influential local. The artwork has been created by artist Walker Awlson and cast in bronze by Powderhall Bronze Foundry.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

If you’ve seen this article, you may be sitting with anger, pain, or just exhaustion at dealing with another helping of colonial nonsense. We feel a responsibility to speak back when these colonizing narratives show up, yet again, in such a prominent venue. endangeredlanguages.com/story/respon...

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Even though Emma is not my personal favourite (that would be Persuasion), I still agree Clueless is the best adaptation, and it would be super interesting to read Emma for the first time looking for the Clueless plot beats.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I think I've also been told that the orthography, though transparent, was also established several sound changes ago, so doesn't *feel* transparent on first exposure.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Without a doubt, the greatest (not greatest) part of taking a red-eye flight now that I am no longer a Youth is how all the systems of my body stage a revolt upon arrival.

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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Cities dismantled their tram networks to become “motor cities of the future”. The result? You could travel further within 30 mins via public transport in 1957 than you can in 2026. Cities are seeking billions to rebuild networks. Incredible piece of work this.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Occasionally I fondly remember my childhood, when I had no awareness of my sinuses at all and was kind of confused by those ads for cold medicine where the sinuses glow red-orange.

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Lev Mirov @thelionmachine.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The thing in this story that strikes me is how his neighbor and the consul chose to save his life. They decided to do the right thing when you know the government is trying to murder somebody. I think about these unnamed people in survivor stories all the time -- they're everywhere. They can be us.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Awesome, thank you for the link to rahaeli's dw, I couldn't find the specific post (and didn't want to bother her directly)!

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Context: I am leaving soon on a 3-week trip involving high-risk activities (dancing in crowded indoor venues), at the end of which I take an exam. Last time I did this (in 2023) I got covid right before the exam, so this time I'm adjusting my covid-precautions back up to medium-high.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Friends! I have a Covid-prevention question. I seem to remember that there is some evidence for a prophylactic antihistamine regimen. Is this correct? If so, does anyone have information about which antihistamines and what dose? TIA!

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K a s s i e D e e @kassiedee.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

“I had time to run home and pack a bag and get to the beach where the boats were waiting,” said a member of Namaygoosisagagun First Nation (Collins). “We literally had minutes to get on the boats and flee before it took our town.”

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Namaygoosisagagun First Nation in northern Ontario surrounded by wildfire as members flee in boats — APTN News

'We literally had minutes to get on the boats,’ says member of the community.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Hm. Could be! Did that happen to you when you hadn't gotten more sun than usual, though?

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I don't know why, but I find allergic reactions much more annoying when I can't pinpoint their source.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Update: I now have a speckled red flush on basically all the skin revealed by a Victorian off-the-shoulder gown. Cause remains unknown, but tentatively narrowed to either (a) a 48-hour delayed reaction to a peach+pear sparkling beverage, or (b) a hairstylist vigorously dusting hair off my neck.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I would be less annoyed if I had any idea what I could possibly be reacting to. (Haven't eaten anything new, haven't put anything new on my skin, only guess is that I came into contact with something when I got my hair cut yesterday.)

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Whoo, nothing like getting ready to leave for a week in the woods and suddenly getting a Mysterious Rash (tm).

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This is also true! While there's nothing wrong with speaking in ways that express gender (or any other aspect of identity), it is good for people to have the tools to avoid doing so if they choose to.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Nothing astonishing, just vary your intonation, stand with even weight, look at your audience. Stuff I 100% don't reliably do myself, to be clear.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sometimes I think about putting together a blog post or video series giving junior academics advice on public speaking.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Friends, I have tripped over a linguistics-themed umbrella! It could more felicitously be labelled a "writing systems" umbrella, but you know, I'll take what I can get. cognitive-surplus.com/collections/...

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Linguistics Umbrella

There are around 7,139 known languages around the world, and while they all have a word for "wet," that doesn't mean you have to be! These eco-umbrellas have canopies made from 100% recycled soda bott...

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Congrats! 🥳 That's great news, and very well deserved! (though ime typically feels anticlimactic, since I assume this was the final hurdle after many prior stages)

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 29/06/2026

Microsoft Teams sucks.

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I'm still very bad at sleeping, and very good at "accidentally" staying up until 1AM reading fiction, but being less resentful of my partner's irregular breathing is a huge plus.

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