我的 lingblog

Mostly linguistics related, occasional other nerdy stuff included... and there may be cats.

[cruxiu]

45 year-old man, Chad Michael Watts, attacked a group of children protesting ICE in #Texas while wearing a read MAGA hat. The youth bravely fought back and defended themselves.

The far-Right carries out violence in support of Trump and threatens our freedom, our children and working-class communities everywhere.

[jdfeny]

Silly fascist

[theconcealedweapon]

Now replace "feed" with "bomb" and people who objected to it would start supporting it.

The cruelty is the point.

[wodelingblog]

better than bombs

[wrongjohnsilver]

[dailycatsblog]

[anxietyproblem]

[ruinedchildhood]

[gennyescsecsemo]

[tiger-in-the-flightdeck]

The lack of context here is thrilling

[bigchefdaddy-deactivated2024051]

introductory python programming course

[deseos-de-la-via-lactea]

source

[utah-mountain-drifter-deactivat]

[dandelioncasey]

Bonus book #14 complete!

Credit for the book bingo challenge goes to @batmanisagatewaydrug; if you want to play along, you can get a clean version here.

You can check out my main entries for the book bingo here and the rest of my bonus reads here.

Title: Through the Language Glass

Author: Guy Deutscher

It’s a question that has baffled, enraged, and fascinated in equal measure for over a century – does the language you speak affect the way you think? Contrary to the fashionable consensus of today, acclaimed author Guy Deutscher believes that the answer is a resounding yes.

On an odyssey that takes us from Homer to Darwin, from scientists to savages, and from how to name the rainbow to why Russian water (a ‘she’) becomes a ‘he’ once you have dipped a tea bag into her, Through the Language Glass explores some of the most intriguing and controversial questions about language, culture, and the human mind.

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Not gonna lie, this one was not my favourite read – I don’t usually want a book to be shorter than it already is, but I really didn’t get on with this author’s writing style and where he chose to focus (and especially the several pages at the end where the author explains how colour vision works…in a book about language where colour takes up less than half of the discussion points).

Having said that, once it got going it was a pretty interesting look into some parts of linguistics that I’d never considered before. I would’ve liked a lot more focus on some of the more specific topics, like speakers of languages that concentrate on evidentiality or people that understand directions in a completely different way to English speakers, but that could be more a matter of personal preference than any reflection on the author. All the same, this one isn’t going on the reread list.

[wodelingblog]

Love this book! Read it during a few shifts at work years ago.

[kaijuno]

Boyfriend tells me I’m banned from fixing things around the house now >:(

[kaijuno]

God forbid women do anything

[kaijuno]

Where do u think I got the afterburner lol

[wodelingblog]

Looks perfect for wok hei.

[epically-epic-epicosity]

[makingdonalddrumpfagain]

[epically-epic-epicosity]

[socialistexan]

[madronash]

So if Harris and Walz get elected, Minnesota needs a new governor, right?

Meet this citizen of the White Earth Nation, a community organizer from St Louis Park who is married to an NPR reporter and... Yeah.

[sniperct]

[striving-artist]

Oh shit, Tim Walz.

“I know basic gun safety isn’t a threat to my rights. It’s about keeping our kids safe,” Walz said last month about his evolution on the issue. “I had an ‘A’ rating from the NRA. Now I get straight ‘F’s.’ And I sleep just fine.”

He was beloved by the NRA. When Parkland happened, his daughter was 17. She asked him to do more. I guess he doesn't do shit by half because not only reformed gun control, he donated all the money the NRA ever gave him to charity, and now has straight Fs. In 2016 he was a 'top 20 politician for guns' He turned it that fast.

I know this is the website of catholic guilt structures, but the idea of a politician that changes their mind, doesn't pretend it was different before, admits he was wrong, and then gets shit done? I adore that.

I did not expect him, so I have not done my learning yet, this was one of the first things I saw. And Damn.

[soberscientistlife]