Janita Botha (they/she)

Depends what you are looking for? Basic overview? Current state of the field?

What are some good alternatives?

I read this as "professional alligators", which makes it even funnier.

The understatement of the century. Of the 100+ books I have read in the past year, this is by far the best.

I need everyone to understand the following:

This is tragic.

This is inhumane.

This is human bondage.

This is not new.

This has been happening for a very long time.

This is great! But will it be marketed and sold in an accessible way?

I think it is always useful to remember that these are language models, and are most useful for language modelling tasks eg. summarizing, transcription, paraphrasing etc.

many of us have been trying to warn the world about the intersection of autistiphobia, ableism, and fascism for years now.

only to be laughed at, including by many in the autistic community.

we've been called fear mongers, opportunists, partisans.

our lives are at stake ffs

I won’t share RFK Jr.’s lies about autism.

It’s disgusting and dangerous.

If he had a shred of decency, he would apologize and resign.

Autistic people contribute every day to our nation’s greatness.

To every kid with autism, I’m in this fight all the way for you.

As a neurodivergent researcher: Thank you for doing this work.

I would watch every single episode.

@dailymaverick.co.za today's quickie appears not to be working?

I love the dialogism of this! #KaitlinDever is an underrated actress who I believe will win an Oscar one day.

After finishing #AppleCiderVinegar, I rewatched Unbelievable. Both based on true events in which Kaitlin Dever plays a young woman ho had a rough childhood. In one, she tells the truth about something bad that happened to her, and is not believed. In the other, she lies, and is believed. #Netflix

Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.

Is this neccesarily a bad thing? What is considered basic by some is not basic for all... And I suspect that the challenges intermediate users face are often due to something "basic" that did not land entirely.

Convo with my friend from Hungary tonight who left after Orban’s election.

She said “your head will spin with all the wild stuff they try to pull, new things every day, but don’t take your eyes off the money. It’s all about the money, and what they’re stealing, and for whom.”

Yep. If you dig into the article you’ll see the invocation of Zimbabwe as an excuse to misinterpret the recent expropriation law (which will probably hit Black residents worst)

Yes. This is why state capture is a useful concept to understand what's going on. Here's a definition. See the section on South Africa in particular.

I always think of this as "universal design practices". Often adjustments to a workspace or work practices are likely to benefit many individuals - not only those requiring accommodations.

Has anyone done a corpus linguistics study on Trump's phraseology? There is something very sly in the way he uses "actully" and "perhaps" in the same phase: "they're taking away land and confiscating land, and actually they're doing things that are perhaps far worse than that." #corpuslinguistics

Kelly Bishop, aka "The Third Gilmore Girl" was a pioneer of the idea that having the confidence of a mediocre white man is how one makes one's dreams come true. Her matter-of-fact attitude and dry wit makes for brilliant and rejuvenating reading/listening. #memoir #audiobook #booksky

"Extremely hardcore" by @zoeschiffer.bsky.social (about the Twitter takeover) is one of my favourite recent reads. It has helped me feel less... disoriented by what is happening in the US at the moment. And less likely to expect anything but chaos.

Can confirm. Adding the F word to your google searches turns off AI summaries. E.g.:

"how do massively parallel reporter assays work?"
vs
"how do f*cking massively parallel reporter assays work?"

I read your paper! Nerdily saying hi! (First time recognising a researcher on bsky)

RFK Jr is saying that "autism is destroying our kids." Autism didn't destroy me, but ableism almost did, and eugenics/the mainstreaming of disinformation certainly threaten to.

What are the best apps/platforms for listening to academic papers? Bonus points if there is transparency on any listening limits. #ADHD #academia #texttospeech

turkey stuffed with octopus tentacles, sitting on top of crab legs

Why does nobody like the surf and turf turkey?

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