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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 26/09/2026

These people love the whole "but it's brainlike" but never for a moment think that's an utterly unscientific claim without minimally some definition. Superficial appearances matching and this being seen as something deep is core pseudoscientific knowledge. More below.

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh look, it is brainlike! Must be intelligent 🤔

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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

if you believe the computational theory of mind, the artificial minds debate is like 'what if a *computer* could be.............. a computer'

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My paper, "Memory reports as state descriptions: an Iranian perspective" has just been published in Philosophical Studies, in their special issue on Semantics and Memory! A big thanks to everyone who contributed to the development of this paper. You can read it here. doi.org/10.1007/s110...

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Pleased to report that my paper "Memory reports as state descriptions: an Iranian perspective" has been accepted for publication in Philosophical Studies, in their special issue on Semantics and Memory! Happily, it will be published open access, and I'll share the link to the paper once it's out!

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Evan Westra @evanwestra.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

You joke, but every morning while you're still asleep, I get up at the crack of time t, have a cup of coffee,and then get straight to Φing.

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Semantics of Natural Languages @semnatlangs.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

We're thrilled to announce the launch of Semantics of Natural Languages, a new diamond open access journal - the scholar-owned and -led successor to Natural Language Semantics, published with OLH under the auspices of LingOA. snl-journal.org The Editors Amy Rose Deal, Clemens Mayr, Florian Schwarz

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 17/03/2026

this is so perfect as a phrasing "AI asks that you buy into the idea that more data means being closer to The Truth." I also explain this and take pains to really hammer home this is NOT EVEN TRUE in science, more data is NOT a better theory or account!

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a nguyễn @scientifical.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

please I am begging you stop using ai for everything, please learn to value your own labor!!

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

I'm giving a talk at this very cool workshop on Memory and Language in Grenoble this month! I'll be talking about the semantics of a particular kind of memory report in Persian and Kurdish and implications for the relationship between semantics and philosophy of memory. phil-mem.org/events/2026-...

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Centre for Philosophy of Memory, Centre de philosophie de la mémoire

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Kate Davidson @kathryndavidson.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

We are hiring next year in semantics- one year positions of course less exciting and good for the field than straight up tenure track postings, but on the other hand hiring in something that isn’t computational feels like a win anymore in linguistics. Come bring some innovative takes on meaning!

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Lecturer in Linguistics (Semantics)

The Department of Linguistics seeks applications for a lecturer in linguistics, with a focus on teaching and advising in formal semantics. The ability to teach and advise students in another area in a...

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question: Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends. Make. Friends.

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colin feral @sal.gay · 03/12/2025

They should do MyChart Wrapped

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But Dave Died 10 Years Ago This Very Night @daveexmachina.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

normal person: i just want a place to hang out with my friends tech weirdo: and shitheads np: no just my friends tw: but what about hearing alternative views on race and gender? np: we just want to hang out and goof around tw: so where do the shitheads fit in then np: no shitheads tw: not following

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Martin Haspelmath @haspelmath.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Interested in Balkan languages? The definitive reference work has arrived – on 1000 pages, in open access. www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

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orinoco boo @nocontroller.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

You have more in common with the average Iranian citizen than you do with the people that run this country

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Sāmapriyavasuḣ @avzaagzonunaada.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Sanskrit speakers were calling their leaders “the goat”, it appears.

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Fintan Mallory @fintanmallory.com · 18/04/2025

Kit Fine is the Steve Reich of analytic philosophy (no, I will not be elaborating)

This suggests that the semantic connection on the sequence
D1, D2 . . . Dp, ft1t2 . . . tn, E1, E2, . . . , Eq should be determined on the
basis of the semantic connection on D1, D2 . . . Dp, f, t1, t2, . . . tn, E1,
E2, . . . , Eq (with ft1t2 . . . tn giving way, as before, to f, t1, t2, . . . , tn);
and d1, d2, . . . dp, b, e1, e2, . . . , eq will belong to the semantic
connection on D1, D2 . . . Dp, ft1t2 . . . tn, E1, E2, . . . Eq, i.e. ft1t2 . . . tn
will be capable of taking the value b when D1, D2 . . . Dp, E1, E2, . . . ,
Eq take the values d1, d2, . . . dp, e1, e2, . . . , eq, just in case,
for some individuals a1, a2, . . . , an for which b = f(a1, a2, . . . an),
t1, t2, . . . tn are capable of taking the values a1, a2, . . . an when
D1, D2 . . . Dp, E1, E2, . . . , Eq take the values d1, d2, . . . dp, e1,
e2, . . . , eq, i.e. just in case, for some individuals a1, a2, . . . an for which
b = f(a1, a2, . . . an), the tple d1, d2, . . . dp, f, a1, a2, . . . , an, e1, e2, . . . ,
eq belongs to the semantic connection on D1, D2 . . . Dp, f, t1, t2, . . . tn,
E1, E2, . . . , Eq.

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Big news! I am very excited to announce that I will be starting as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Rutgers University this fall! I'm beyond thrilled to be joining such a fantastic department and very much looking forward to everything to come.

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Happy to share my collaborative work with Vera Hohaus, "Scope, monotonicity and maximal informativity cannot be underestimated! A compositional analysis of an apparent linguistic illusion," which has just been published in the Proceedings of SALT34! journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/...

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Happy to announce that my paper with Jens Hopperdietzel and Andrew Koontz-Garboden on a type-shifting approach to state/change-of-state lability has been accepted–pending minor revisions–at Natural Language Semantics! Happy this will be out soon!

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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Anyways I had a genuine scientific need to find/recall/google dad jokes in Spanish so please disfrutádlos

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Happy to announce I'll be presenting a talk at NACIL4 in Toronto, as well as a poster at WCCFL43 in Seattle! The NACIL talk is about the form and semantics of memory reports in Persian and Sorani Kurdish, and the WCCFL poster is about an understudied use of re- in English. Fun!

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 20/06/2024

Happy to report I'll be giving a talk and a poster presentation at this year's Sinn und Bedeutung! Looking forward to Sicily in September!

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 09/06/2024

Off to Nantes for TripleA 11! Very much looking forward to the conference, which was my favorite last year, as well as checking out a city in France other than Paris!

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 25/05/2024

Heading out for SALT34 tomorrow, where I'll be presenting joint work with Vera Hohaus on "Scope, monotonicity and maximal informativity cannot be underestimated! A compositional analysis of an apparent linguistic illusion." Looking forward to it!

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 05/04/2024

Very happy to share that my paper "Mental states via possessive predication: the grammar of possessive experiencer complex predicates in Persian" has been published open access in Natural Language Semantics! You can check it out via the link below! doi.org/10.1007/s11050-024-09221-8

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 14/03/2024

Happy to announce I'll be giving a talk at CLS60 this year on my most recent work: "Growth and improvement: a quality semantics for result state nominals." Very excited to present on this!

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

Recently realized I wrote in a job application that I was writing to apply to the department's "tenure-track Visiting Assistant Professor position." 🤦‍♂️

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

Very, very pleased to announce that Vera Hohaus and I have a poster at SALT this year! At least one of us will be there to present "Scope, monotonicity and maximal informativity cannot be underestimated ! A compositional analysis of an apparent linguistic illusion." Very much looking forward to it!

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

Pleased to announce that my paper "Mental states via possessive predication: the grammar of possessive experiencer complex predicates in Persian," has been accepted for publication in Natural Language Semantics! Many thanks to everyone who played a role in the development of this paper!

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Lizzie Coppock @lizzieloo.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

Semantics teachers! The Spring 2024 edition of “Invitation to Formal Semantics” is now up at: eecoppock.info/semantics-bo... This release includes important fixes in Chapters 6, 12, and 13. Feedback remains very much appreciated as always!

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 02/01/2024

Made it to the Sheraton in NYC! Ready to party (read: do linguistics lol)!

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 01/01/2024

Getting ready to fly to NYC for the LSA tomorrow! Excited to see some cool linguistics and catch up with some friends. If you'll happen to be there and want to say hi, don't be a stranger!

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 30/11/2023

Pulled off a 10k for the first time in 3 years the other day! Gonna try to keep it up, hoping to get back to the level of fitness I had pre-covid.

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Ryan Walter Smith @ryanwaltersmith.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Managed to pull off a 5k for the first time since probably 2020. Been a slog to get back in shape, but I'm working on it!

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