This is such a good point! I mean, obviously one could hand wave magical space-appropriate "plascrete", but still. (Apparently Ep 10 was UofT Scarborough, which checks out brutalist architecture wise)
02.08.2025 15:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@bron.bsky.social
Linguist, reader, knitter, video gamer, Canadian (in no particular order). Thinks a lot about auxiliaries and pronouns, Stardew Valley, and books with magic and/or spaceships and/or kissing in them. Experimenting with context collapse. (she/her)
This is such a good point! I mean, obviously one could hand wave magical space-appropriate "plascrete", but still. (Apparently Ep 10 was UofT Scarborough, which checks out brutalist architecture wise)
02.08.2025 15:40 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0There has never been a โpublic-private partnershipโ that provided a higher quality service or cost less money than the public just doing the job in-house.
PPPโs exist to transfer more public, taxpayer money to private entities. Itโs welfare for the immortal, immoral, unaccountable corps.
Toronto is the city where I got over the trauma inflicted by my Asshole Road Cyclist father (motto: "why would I ever do a single thing differently just because a child is with me?") and became a bike commuter, and so its cycling infrastructure will forever be near to my heart.
31.07.2025 17:34 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Well, this is just FANTASTIC news.
โCycle Toronto wins Charter challenge, saving bike lanes on Yonge, University, and Bloor.โ
Congratulations @cycletoronto.bsky.social, youโve done a huge service to Toronto. Safe bike-lanes are better for EVERYONE, no matter how they get around.
My sincere sympathy. I have medication that apparently is best taken 2 hours away from any food, which basically means I can only take it in the middle of the night when I wake up to pee. It's not going great, so far.
31.07.2025 17:06 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I am looking for a roommate or 3, primarily because I enjoy living with people, and for my own safety and that of the animals I'm caring for.
It's a farmette situation just outside of Rochester, MN. Lots of space and quiet. I'm working out the details still but plz RT.
I like Calendly, though I had to stop using it because it wouldn't integrate with my work calendar (not because of Calendly, because of annoying IT policies)
29.07.2025 19:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0"Theta grids" or "theta roles" aren't represented in syntax.
29.07.2025 16:00 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0As someone whose office isn't air conditioned, but who also has a hard time getting stuff done at home, summer is a challenge.
28.07.2025 20:40 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on board? Me: Yes, but I'm not that kind of... Flight attendant: It's 11:52 PM and the passenger in 37F has a conference abstract due in seven minutes. It's currently 50 words over the limit. Me: Okay. I'm here.
#academicsky #episky #publichealth #socialepi #science
27.07.2025 15:29 โ ๐ 200 ๐ 48 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 7Motherfucker I can barely access Microsoft teams from my computer
25.07.2025 20:02 โ ๐ 1510 ๐ 193 ๐ฌ 77 ๐ 8So this is happening! An initial trial group of language nerds will be gathering in early August (me, @sarahling.bsky.social, @ludling.bsky.social, and @gretchenmcc.bsky.social), stay tuned for news of various outputs (podcasts, academic articles, videos, etc)
25.07.2025 19:24 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Three shelves of brightly coloured books
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Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way
21.07.2025 21:35 โ ๐ 2755 ๐ 863 ๐ฌ 25 ๐ 1724. Ask culture and Guess/Offer culture are both totally valid, but Ask culture is the only real option if you're ever going to interact with people from different backgrounds/places/cultures. (Speaking as someone whose family is big time Guess culture.)
23.07.2025 19:41 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 023. Cold contacting someone is occasionally the right move, but much less often than some people advise.
23.07.2025 19:01 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I was kind of enjoying the emojis, and then I realized they're both treating them as points on a continuous scale AND associating points on the scale with coloursโฆ
23.07.2025 17:53 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 022. Most surveys are very badly designed.
23.07.2025 16:33 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 0Yes, this would actually be my preference too
23.07.2025 14:46 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 021. All calendar systems should have the ability to set multiple alarms for a single event.
23.07.2025 14:14 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0This is one of the reasons I am so passionate about the Caleb Scholars program. We give students funds to return home to learn from elders as they go to school, and we find undergrads though professional/PhD programs bc I know how hard it was to return home during grad school.
www.calebscholars.org
20. A PhD is a very poor measure of "intelligence" (whatever that is), but is a pretty good measure that someone can successfully navigate arbitrary and intricate institutional systems.
22.07.2025 19:18 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 019. Niche linguistics content here, but: DO support does not arise due to anything like a Stray Affix Filter, and I will die on this hill.
22.07.2025 18:32 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Great thread. Really shows how far Tesla is going.
22.07.2025 17:25 โ ๐ 238 ๐ 48 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 118. For most people there is no good reason to check a bag when flying, BUT airlines should be strict about making sure carry-on suitcases will actually fit in overhead bins.
22.07.2025 16:48 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 017. Signatures are a terrible security measure.
22.07.2025 16:42 โ ๐ 8 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I am lucky that my mother took me to a real bra store as a teen, but I've definitely spent multiple years wearing the wrong size before realizing mine has gone up yet again.
22.07.2025 16:12 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0(Addendum: "DD" is not a cup size by itself, it only expresses a 5" difference between full bust and underbust)
22.07.2025 16:11 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 016. Not enough people know how bra sizing actually works, and no DD is not a particularly large size
22.07.2025 15:36 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0I appreciate your and everyone else's enthusiasm for blueberries, and I am always happy to try "particularly good" blueberries. So far, I confess, the best they've been is "fine", never "good"
22.07.2025 15:33 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0