@dalaigrama
Sociophonetician in the Sociolinguistics Lab at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Interested in language variation and change, phonetics, dialect (typology), ethnolects, life-span change, Hawaiʻi, creoles, and prehistoric fauna. Proud papa. he/him
I think a lot of people struggle to accept how far they are from being a trained expert and genuinely believe that four YouTube videos and two late night tiktok rabbit holes are enough to make them equivalent to one. And then they take any implications to the contrary as someone calling them stupid.
I'm constantly trying (/failing) to get this point across.
If you're a trained expert in a field, then it may be worthwhile to question the scientific consensus of your peers.
If you're not, the scientific consensus is absolutely the best you can do and it's arbitrary foolishness to disregard it.
I’m currently on leave but was given edits over the weekend that were DUE MONDAY. I did them because I’m a preciously employed immigrant and publishing is what I pretend will someday secure my career but good lord, editors! Slow Science would change my life, fr
#FossilFriday Cousins in life, companions in death. Belemnite guard by chance preserved in the body chamber of the ammonite Parkinsonia from the Jurassic.
I don’t post much at all, but my friend of many years could really use some help. Please take the time to read and donate if you can ❤️
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As our "Immigrants Welcome" sticker says,
"the border doesn’t keep out predators; it gives them badges and guns."
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Oh goodness - very happy to hear to that you're all recovering but sending hugs and good vibes ❤️
Ooooooh - very exciting! Bookmarked!
Darren pointing at screen during a technical check at Lightroom, saying "So that is an AI monster - do not use", while working with two other people.
When it comes to creative and artistic works I have NO interest in anything included in the AI catchall (caveats required because machine-learning has its place WRT handling data). I will never use it. Do I want an AI copilot? No no no, no I do not; I despise the fact that I am even asked.
Ahhh congratulations!!!
Same, yo. “Why isn’t this dull-to-moderate muscle pain that I’ve been ignoring for three straight months dissipating? This cannot be connected to a sedentary lifestyle. No, no. The explanation must lie in something more…mysterious. Mayhaps the answer I seek lies in the valley of dreams?”
um...
...what?
Still think this was one of the best power moves of all time
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Democratic party leadership has been on autopilot for ten years, they weren't losing to fascism, fascism isn't popular enough for them to lose to fascism, they were allowing it to fill the void where their leadership should have been. Tonight we're seeing that we have other options. They should too.
German study shows how far right sets agenda thanks to mainstream parties reshaping their communications to respond to what are initially fringe issues, boosting the spread of these ideas and signalling to voters that these ideas and stances were legitimate
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Anti-immigration politics contribute to racism in Germany
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Hopefully everyone in CA already knows this, but just in case someone doesn’t - there’s a special election happening right now. It’s REALLY important that you vote, and it’s REALLY important that you vote YES on Prop 50.
Spell your name with movie titles
Jurassic Park
Arrival
My Neighbor Totoro
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
Can large language models stand in for human participants?
Many social scientists seem to think so, and are already using "silicon samples" in research.
One problem: depending on the analytic decisions made, you can basically get these samples to show any effect you want.
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I am opposed to AI products and services because of the extra power they require... IN A CLIMATE CRISIS. I am opposed to AI results - texts and illustrations - because they've been created unethically, via theft and non-consensual use of the work of others. Share if you agree.
But wait 100% of my knowledge about candy corn in the free market comes from this source which I’m almost certain is completely true
youtu.be/o4vVGG_FcvY?...
@melodyannross.bsky.social
Nyctosaurus ~ night lizard 🌌🦎
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4/5 complete!
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I looked at a lot of modern day sea birds for inspiration of this design and I noticed a lot had simple colour palettes or strong lines so I felt this would be suitable for this pterosaur…but I couldn’t resist a flourish of colour on the crest tips!
is it time to bust out my "bigfoot is bears" photo collection again? if your mental image of a bear is a thick-furred, fat glossy male bear in autumn, you're probably not prepared for how weird their proportions can look in spring, or when walking upright, like they frequently do.
The mounted skeleton of the phytosaur, Redondasaurus, with its open jaws facing the viewer. On display at the Museum of Natural History & Science in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
For this #FossilFriday, I thought l'd share this photo of a Redondasaurus skeleton on display at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science. While it looks like a #crocodile, it’s actually an ancient relative of theirs from the #Triassic - a #phytosaur.
#Paleontology #Science
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Just a reminder that "Creoles are the simplest languages of the world" is not an established fact in creolistics but very much a controversial position. Maybe not a statement linguists should uncritically repeat in passing during a lecture on an unrelated topic.
One of the coolest parts of this new find? Duonychus comes with a preserved claw sheath, so we can see what the claw really looked like! The researchers estimate the claws could have grabbed vegetation up to about four inches in diameter as the reptile foraged. 🧪
We get a new dinosaur today! Meet Duonychus, a therizinosaur with only two fingers on each hand. I’ll tell you more at NatGeo.
If you do one thing today, read this.
