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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

I used it in my dissertation to gloss the corresponding word in Zapotec! It's such a handy word!

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Ravelry links for those who like that kind of thing: www.ravelry.com/projects/may... www.ravelry.com/projects/may...

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Ainsley S @americanbeetles.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

PER MY LAST TABLET,

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

I read Sky Daddy by Kate Folk for a book club recently, and it was one of those books that is going to live in my brain for years

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Anecdotally, my introduction to Discworld was Monstrous Regiment, and I think it's a really good option

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Wow, a really unfortunate number of replies here from people who got 2/3 of the way through the name and decided OP was Hakeem Jefferies...

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Josef Fruehwald @jofrhwld.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I present, the lenition hypercube

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

What if leech but also hammer head but also moray eel??

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Yellow lichen growing on pink granite today 🌿

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

(Caveat that research articles on this are often positioned from deficit model / medical model of disability. Also this was me doing a quick literature scan, I'm not an expert on this side of linguistics!)

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

E.g., one of the articles mentions that individuals with ASD can have greater discrimination of pitch outside of a language context, while lower discrimination of tonal categories pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC... pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

For child language acquisition, it looks like researchers have found atypical patterns in both perception and production of tone. But (this is a bit of my own intuition) it's possible this is a manifestation of something broader about acquisition of phonology, not specific to tone...

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Your quarterly nag to share your delicious bio juices with strangers in a socially acceptable way!

A white poster on the wall of a blood donation center reminding donors of the next available day they can donate.

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I pre-ordered this so fast, didn't even check my book budget haha 😅 I'm so excited for this!!

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

From a friend, seen in a Chicago gift shop... ADS Word of the Year 2024 is alive and well in the wild #WOTY24

A pack of paper napkins in a shop. They are black with metallic gold text, block capital letters reading "Were you about to rawdog my table?"

The are made by Pretty Alright Goods

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Omg your nails match the little heart crest on their head

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Gwen Pearson @bug-gwen.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

The world is a lot right now so perhaps you also need an adorable tuxedo kitty with a tiny soul patch. In a tub. ❤️

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

This is gorgeous! I especially love the design of the asteroid belt

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I think "likely" is modifying "race" there - acknowledging that the race data in their modeling is asleep estimated I guess? The wording is very awkward 😅

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Yeah I have to assume that "Likely race in major urban areas plays a major role in that modeling." is doing a LOT of work in their methods (independentvoterproject.org/voter-stats/tx). Primary turnout is low and usually twice as many Rs as Ds

L2's methodology for Texas: Texas voters do not register by party. However, when those voters participate in a partisan
primary, that ballot choice is recorded and reported on the state voter file. In the absence of
stronger indications (e.g. partisan political contributions or identification due to the holding of
partisan public office) the most recent even-year partisan primary ballot is used. Texas reports
participation in presidential preference primaries in which large percentages vote, particularly in
the Republican races. In the absence of any even-year partisan primary participation, the most
recent odd-year local partisan primary is used. This information is supplemented through the
use of modeling analytics. Likely race in major urban areas plays a major role in that modeling.

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I was floored just by the silhouette, but then THE DIVE!!

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 09/08/2025

GLORIOUS PELICAN FOOTAGE OMG HOW IS THIS MY LIFE 😭😭🪶

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Jeremy Yoder says no war @jbyoder.org · 07/08/2025

I'm going to finish this manuscript by the end of the week, I told myself

Distracted Boyfriend meme: ME looking away from WRITING THE DISCUSSION SECTION to ogle MAKING NEW RESULTS FIGURES

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 31/07/2025

BIG STICK

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lukelukeluke @lukelukeluke.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Here are some nice mushrooms

A family of mature and very wiry collared parachute mushrooms grow from a blackened bit of decayed stick, held between two fingers in a green summer forest. All photos by me

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

I am 30yo and my family used speed dial on our landline up through the end of my high school years. I'd be curious about the under 20s (based on my experience of when my friends' families stopped having landlines)

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

That looks so wrong to me when I see it, but also I've found a counter-example in my regular life. My transit app uses a clock like that. I got nothing!

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Looking at this clock graphic, I'm interpreting it as a turning mechanism and thinking the down arrow will turn the dial from top to bottom, therefore showing me the number that is "above" the current one. Which, if it was a combination lock, would be a higher number.

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

9 -- and this is reinforced by the way every clock app & combination lock I've ever had has worked. Although as I say that, I realize this is maybe also like the scroll-up scroll-down thing. So more specifically...

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Daryll Marie @daryllmarie.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Today’s best blep unsurprisingly came from a harbor seal 🦑🦊🌿

A closeup of a seal’s face. Its eyes are closed and its tongue is out.

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Spotted on Taskmaster S19E6... those look like @hankgreen.bsky.social's Cancer Socks!!

Little Alex Horne's foot is wearing a classic plastic shoe and a teal sock with stripey blocks of black, minty green, and cantaloupe orange. (Fatiha El-Ghorri is partially visible walking in the background)

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Yeah I would say "never fails to disappoint" is negative & snarky

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Bronwyn @bron.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

SynTeach is a project looking at how syntax is taught in higher ed. Our next stage is FOCUS GROUPS—whether you loved or hated syntax, we'd love to talk to you! Sign up to be contacted once we start recruiting: forms.gle/PiBYpVPr1yg2... #linguistics

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SynTeach Focus Group Interest Form

SynTeach is a project researching peoples' experiences teaching and learning syntax in higher education. We have conducted surveys of the field including syntax instructors and students, and we are pl...

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Asher HELLbein @asherelbein.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Anything brutal you want to say about the Biden administration’s horrific Israel policy, immigration triangulation, and general timorous attitude about nailing Trump is more than fair. The claims that his economic policy was “business as usual” flatly were not

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Luke BOO 👻 ber @coolhand.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

splatcat

A dark brown and black tabby cat curled tightly into a circle, sleeping on a soft gray fabric surface. The cat’s head is tucked in toward its belly, with its eyes closed and front paws crossed neatly. The fur appears fluffy and well-groomed, with subtle stripes and color variations.

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Jorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

There are a lot of bad things happening all at once, and it’s overwhelming to think about how to meet moments like this. Jean says to focus on 1 or 2 things that you care about, understand fairly well, and are either local or involve a topic where you’re likely to have influence and find community

a beautiful tortoiseshell cat has one paw extended as she rests on the back of a sofa. she looks alert, determined and thoughtful

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.com · 14/04/2025

if Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release,” People want action, this is action. This is the highest form of doing something www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-r...

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Van Hollen Requests Meeting with President Bukele to Discuss Return of Kilmar Abrego Garcia; Announces Intent to Travel to El Salvador This Week if Abrego Garcia is Not Returned | U.S. Senator Chris V...

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) has requested a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele while he is in the United States this week in...

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

They're real, and they're *spectacular* (Common merganser drakes, #birds)

Two large white ducks with dark green heads, sharp bright red beaks. One is swimming toward an ice sheet with its back to us and the other is standing on the ice facing us and showing off its insanely bright, huge orange feet.

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Same! I was not expecting their stance to be so wide?!

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Graham Trainor @graham-oregon.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

@PCUN’s bill to create a farmworker labor standards board is a vital piece of legislation this session. Farmworkers deserve a seat at the table and a voice in their working conditions just like every other worker. www.opb.org/article/2025...

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Oregon bill would create farmworker labor standards board

A bill in the Oregon Legislature would establish a board overseeing labor standards for agricultural workers. We'll hear from two people, one who supports the bill and the other who opposes.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

How much do you think it costs to make a pair of Nike shoes in Asia? Before you open this thread, take a guess. Settle on a number and then compare it to what you'll learn in this thread. 🧵

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