Linguist (this account is inactive)
馃尨 丕賱卮丕乇賯丞
Joined June 2022
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I enjoyed Twitter, but I am saying goodbye to X.
You may find me on Bluesky鈥攐r better yet, email me.
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Mark Shockley retweeted
Mass protest outside the US Treasury Department in DC to stop oligarch neo-Nazi Elon Musk鈥檚 coup attempt. Thousands are calling for Musk's arrest. (馃摲@Roots_Action) #3E #USprotests #DOGE
Mark Shockley retweeted
In order to erase "diversity," they also erased:
Integrity
Judgement
Emotional maturity
Suitability
Compassion
Respect
Leadership
Conscientiousness
Cooperativeness
Dimensions
Constitution
Initiative
Fairness
That sums up the entire new regime of government perfectly tbh.
"After reviewing the available information, we want to let you know GroidsNGroids hasn't broken our safety policies."
I know it's just troll content. But this site is so unserious and unprofessional, and it's making money. Message me if you want my email or WhatsApp.
Fortunately I hate Amazon so much that this is not a problem for me when I'm in the US.
If anyone steals something I bought online, they are going to be stuck with one of two things: a descriptive linguistics book, or an outdated commentary on the Pentateuch.
It鈥檚 more surprising to encounter someone who *isn鈥檛* experiencing occasional package theft these days
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This account is incredible. Thank you for sharing all these historical photos. @ArabiaEastern
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Ruus Al Jibal Arabic phrase of the day
噩夭賵賰 丕賱賱賴 禺賷乇
'May God reward you!'
(A standard way of thanking someone.)
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Marijn @PhDniX points out Sibawayh, al-Mubarrad, and al-Farra' all would accept imalah on y-final verbs, e.g. 千az膿, but disagree about imalah on w-final verb.
Some modern Arabic dialects, following al-Farra' and al-Mubarrad, only have imalah on y-final verbs.
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Thanks, ex-Twitter, for teaching me racial slurs I didn't know existed.
I'm going to go watch the Star Wars Holiday Special, it's much more interesting than being here.
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I'm seeing whole accounts based around white supremacy, with racial slurs throughout, and mostly positive replies.
What has happened to this site? What happened to my country? This is unbelievable. I hope for all our sakes they are bots.
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Mark Shockley retweeted
Here's how the game works:
Attention= ad revenue.
Our survival instincts are most attuned to perceived threats, so if the news, social media, podcasters, etc, can keep some new perceived threat ever before you, they know they can keep harvesting your attention.
We become what we behold, so the inevitable end of the constant consumption of outrage, fear, and anger is that we become people who are always outraged, fearful, and angry. It is a poison to our soul.
I'm hopeful that as more courageous people take a risk to create things filled with what is true, good, and beautiful, we will feel the difference in our souls.
It's time to redirect our attention to what leads to human flourishing.
The irony of the art-hating crowd that's so mad about one literature PhD: Literature is one of the majors that has been plummeting in the US since the Great Recession.
It's not like the US is ""wasting"" manpower on the humanities.
We're already pouring everything into STEM.
Hot Take: Christmas Time Is Here is the worst song on Vince Guaraldi Trio's Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack.
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