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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 21h

There's like a 0.0001% chance that #BrendanCarr gives a damn what any American other than #Trump thinks, but I sent in a public comment anyway. It only takes a minute, so I suggest others do, as well. #FCC #USpol #elections #midterms #AI […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Every time I see one of these articles about how cracks are growing in #MAGA and in support for #Trump, it just sounds like wishful thinking. Just because you can find a handful of people who've changed their mind about him or a single poll where his already consistently low approval is slightly […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

I wish #film and #music critics didn't hand out stars but instead just wrote about who a #movie or #album might appeal to and who it wouldn't. #criticism

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

I highly recommend attending the #Créole #Culture Day to anyone who is anywhere near the #GrandCoteau area of #Louisiana on October 3rd. Not only is the event going to be fun and full of valuable activities, it is put on by some very passionate people who are beyond deserving of the support […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

How can you tell when #school voucher supporters haven't thought a damn about what they mean for #education? They promote vouchers for #students with #IEPs to go to #privateschools where those IEPs no longer need to be honored. #autism #neurodivergent #privateschool #IEP […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026

#Labor #activists were literally killed by businessmen. We tend to gloss over this on #LaborDay. #HenryFord had his private police force fire on #strikers in #Detroit, killing at least 5. The #Rockefellers had private militias murder 21 people, including children, in #Ludlow, #Colorado. These […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

RE: tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/117185557… Quite insane how blatantly #colonialist these activities are. Rather than just bringing us back to the 1950s, #Trump also wants to bring back a 1600s mindset. I will not be surprised at all if Americans see gas prices drop and just gloss […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026

Simply unbelievable. I've never seen a #boxer dominate their opponent so clearly in a world championship fight and then all at once completely and utterly run out of steam. #Itauma literally beat himself by not having the endurance to keep up a moderate pace for more than 6 rounds even without […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

The extremely slow restoration of electricity in #Gary, #Indiana, a primarily #Black city, has been explained as being related to the city being hit worse than others, but the storm in question stretched from NW #Illinois all the way to south #Ohio, and no one else in Indiana is experiencing an […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

J'ai vu les #LostBayouRamblers hier au soir pour la 5e fois, 1x à #Lafayette, 3x à la #NouvellesOrléans et asteur aux alentours de #Chicago (#Fitzgeralds à #Berwyn). Ça a été un bon show, comme d'habitude, et j'ai rencontré la cousine de la femme de mon premier prof de […] [Original post on h4.io]

Les Lost Bayou Ramblers sur scène à Fitzgerald's.

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026

I never bother to learn other people's #songs, but I've been checking out open G #blues tracks to learn by ear to see if I can pick up new tricks. The problem is, many solo blues #musicians don't seem to tune up very often, so really they're playing in open G# or open Gb or maybe even 2 steps […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

#Chicago north #suburbs are insanely out of touch. Just came across someone complaining that their #propertytaxes went up $12,000 this year. This person must own a home that's valued over a $1,000,000 and they're crying about how unfair #taxes are. And this is basically all I'm seeing on […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026

#HarryShearer, who does many of the voices for The #Simpsons, has long resided in #NewOrleans, to my surprise. I guess that explains why this #NOLA #food episode felt so accurate. (I was actually just curious how old the voice actors for the show are. He's the oldest of the main ones at 82.) […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

Fitting mass numbers of #Haitians in the #US with ankle monitors is extremely on the nose. You're practically one step away from placing them on sugar plantations. This is what a racialized social system looks like in its most obvious forms. (And of course #Trump has a private financial stake in […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

I have no words that can express how bad this move is. This is the epitome of what a racialized social system looks like. #education #US #USpol #racism #poverty apnews.com/article/head-start-presc…

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/08/2026

Hm, seems you can add #RSS feeds to your #Mastodon feed using @birb. Gonna try it out for a couple of the big #linguistics #journals in my field.

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Just for kicks, I checked the prices for tickets to the 3 day #punk #festival #RiotFest in #Chicago. One day is $115. Two days is exactly double, $230. Three days is almost exactly triple, $340. Why is the only discount a whole $5, and why is it only for three day tickets? Very capitalist for a […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/07/2026

At first, I thought it sounded like a #theramin in this #song, but it turns out it's a slide #whistle. Either way, it creates such a surprising, unique, otherworldly sound for such an old #recording. #MaRainey #blues #slidewhistle #music youtu.be/HpLF2BBTc74?si=GYDcsKX_mW2…

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

It was already so difficult for me to call #DesPlaines, #Illinois /dɛs pleɪnz/ rather than /de plɛn/, but I just learned that #Marseilles, #IL is pronounced /marseɪlz/ and #LaGrange, IL is /lə greɪndʒ/. #linguistics #phonetics #phonology #French #English #languagecontact

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Philipp Krämer @phkraemer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

J'ai pris énormément de plaisir à coéditer, avec mon cher collègue Olivier-Serge Candau en Guadeloupe, ce numéro spécial d'Archipélies consacré aux descriptions des langues créoles au XIXe siècle, avec des articles qui portent sur les créoles 🇲🇶🇯🇲🇬🇫🇭🇹🇲🇴. journals.openedition.org/archipelies/...

Première de couverture du numéro 21 (juin 2026) de la revue "Archipélies", numéro spécial "Décrire les créoles au 19ème siècle : idéologie, sociologie et interextualité", sous la direction d'Olivier-Serge Candau & Philipp Krämer.
L'image montre la couronne d'un arbre du voyageur en forme typique d'éventail, photographiée à contre-jour.

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 18/07/2026

I feel like there's some hidden #research out there on diphthongization of the NURSE vowel in #American #English. I get that it's rare these days, but that I've never seen anything but a passing mention that it ever existed and those mentions being limited to #NYC seems strange given how […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 04/07/2026

We should certainly celebrate #IndependanceDay, but it's also a good time to reflect on the fact that we are an imperfect country that has failed people and continues to do so. The ideals of our founding were not achieved on the #4thofJuly in 1776 and still haven't been today. Ideals are […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 03/07/2026

Sur l'objet étiqueté «glacière» se trouve aussi la #traduction en #anglais «ice tank». C'est du #film Le Voyage à travers l'impossible de 1904 par #Méliès, et je trouve intéressant qu'il a mis des traductions en anglais à travers (hah) un film muet qui a été réalisé en […] [Original post on h4.io]

Une image du film Le Voyage à travers l'impossible éoù se trouve une glacière sur laquelle est aussi écrit «Ice Tank».

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

Inexplicable that #CocoGauff has never been past round 4 of #Wimbledon and only just barely got out of round 2 just now. It's like she's allergic to grass. #tennis

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

#Spiderman trying to use the subjunctive mood in 1968: "But I'd rather she hated the webslinger." #English has this mood, and trying to produce it with a past tense form perhaps suggests that its need is felt here w/o really knowing how to do it. "She hate" is is […] [Original post on h4.io]

A panel from a 1968 Spider-Man comic where he is swinging through the air and says, "But I'd rather she hated the webslinger."

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 29/06/2026

"Trump [a felon] voiced his approval in a Truth Social post. 'It is such an Honor to be the sitting President who won this Historic and Unprecedented Ruling, one of the most important ever given with respect to Presidential Powers,' he wrote." #USpol #fascism #Trump #fed […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 28/06/2026

The #AfricanPygmies (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Pygmi…) and #Khoisan (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khoisan) #Wikipedia pages are in desperate need of de-racisting. I don't know anything at all about these groups, but the pages are almost entirely focused on more or less saying that […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 25/06/2026

I've been relistening to #SonnyRollins' studio albums from first to last since he passed away, and honestly, his best stuff for me was from 1989 onward. - 1950s-1960s: Just played lots of notes with no direction save for Way Out West - 1970s-1980s: Mostly uninspired #calypso and #funk stuff - […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 23/06/2026

I always assumed #hipster was a term that came about only in the early 2000s, but here's #Daredevil using it in 1967. A quick check in American #English #literature suggests that the word actually popped up in the 1960s, albeit not as prominently as the early 2000s ( […] [Original post on h4.io]

A panel from a 1967 Daredevil comic where Daredevil is swinging down from a building and thinking, "I wonder if I'm really a hipster at heart."

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

#Email #spam filters are traditionally done using classifiers. This is still an essential #technology behind modern #AI. I don't know anyone who desperately wants email without spam filters or who want spam filters to be stricken from existence, but paradoxically, a popular stance these days is […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

Even though #Musk isn't getting to jump the line directly into the #S&P500, I still gotta look into getting my #401k #investments moved into #ESG funds rather than the typical stuff that follows the S&P or otherwise invests in large #corporations anyway. It just feels stupid to tie your future […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026

Could we possibly get lucky and have #Trump's stupid #war with #Iran end in the current stalemate, leaving #gas / #oil prices permanently through the roof and therefore finally convincing #sciencedenialists that it's a good idea to move towards #cleanenergy, ultimately saving us from […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/06/2026

Great, just received a phone call from an #AI that was carrying out a #scam. Who knew that this is where this #technology would go.

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026

Just in case it needs to be said, #Trump doesn't even remotely care about the #Nicks, #basketball, or even #NewYork. He is 100% choosing to go to game 3, thereby ruining the experience for those who do care who were trying to attend watch parties, because he doesn't like it when someone besides […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026

Pretty impressed by Sue Foley's set today at the #Chicago #Blues Festival. I had checked out a quick clip beforehand and didn't expect much, but she had a great sense of pace and dynamics. #music

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 08/06/2026

[French Open winner is a terrible person] For anyone who may be congratulating #Zverev on his #RolandGarros win, let's not forget that he choked his ex and doesn't deserve anything. #sports #tennis #GrandSlam #FrenchOpen

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Volewica @nigel-purchase.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026

A priceless book of Yiddish songs from the Holocaust lay in a Sydney cupboard for decades – now it has been rescued The family of Olga R almost threw out the collection of 20 songs written by concentration camp prisoners after her death, before discovering its incredible history […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026

Kinda curious what you need to do to get a #creditcard with an #APR below 20% at this point. I've always had good credit, and when I got my first card, my APR was 9-10%. I remember my mom's was 4%. But for years now, I've been sent offer after offer for 26-34%. Just completely insane, #gangster […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 01/06/2026

Dans la #Louisiane, on use pas le mot «poubelle». Évidemment, c'est parce que ce mot provient du nom du préfet de #Paris à la fin du 19e siècle qui a décidé qu'il fallait des boîtes pour le fatras (c.-à-d., les déchêts) au lieu de le jeter dans les chemins. La migration des Français dans la […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 31/05/2026

It's really strange to see wide leg #jeans come back as a regular #fashion choice among younger people.

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 30/05/2026

I'm not big on Jack #Catterall, but finally watching his fight from last weekend against #Giyasov, he's probably the most skilled #boxer in the #UK right now. Moses #Itauma MAY be more skilled, but that's yet to be seen. No other UK fighter comes close, not #Fury or #Dubois or #Sheeraz. #boxing […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 20/05/2026

The defeat of #Massie just means we're spinning the revolving door to let in a different parasite. Just because Massie had a fixation on #Epstein doesn't mean that he wasn't absolutely horrible. Let's keep some perspective here. #primaries #Kentucky #Republican #GOP #Republicans #USpol […]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

Spotted in #FantasticFour c1967: "a-borning". A-prefixing with this #verb seemed odd to me, but there was quite a spike in "a-borning" just before the 1960s relative to some other common verbs that saw a-prefixing constructions declining. #linguistics #syntax […] [Original post on h4.io]

A panel of Fantastic Four from 1967 where a man is being carried away and the narrator says, "A deadly new danger is a'borning."

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Claire McNab @2legged.mastodon.ie.ap.brid.gy · 19/05/2026

I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this. The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg […] [Original post on mastodon.ie]

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 10/05/2026

Spotted in #Thor c1967: "enow", an antiquated version of "enough". It's hard to imagine how a writer at that time comes across such old lexical forms as this barely registered in writing from even the 1500s ( […] [Original post on h4.io]

A panel from Thor in 1967 where he says, "And, strangely enow."

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 09/05/2026

On a avancé l'idée que le suffixe -ment est plu' productif en #françaislouisianais, mais des mots comme «rienquetement» existe, de la construction «rien que», et c'est clair que c'est un développement local. #français #Louisiane #linguistique #changementlinguistique #morphologie

Entrée pour le mot «rienquetement» dans le dictionnaire de français louisianais, qui veut dire 'exactement'.

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Joshua McNeill @joshisanonymous.h4.io.ap.brid.gy · 02/05/2026

Discovered a new reason to get off #Github: I'm starting to received scam messages disguised as job offers. I'm definitely ready to move over to #Codeberg. #git

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