David Selfe

Philologist apologist.

[David Selfe @DWSelfe]

'Stellate', the Scots word meaning 'studded with stars', is too beautiful to be abandoned by popular speech.

[Aleph Insights @AlephInsights]

From Metropolis to The Matrix, concerns about #AI have been repeatedly explored in fiction. @DWSelfe looks at recent representations (including #ExMachina and #HorizonZeroDawn) and what this tells us about anxieties over AI. https://t.co/HPOqH822E0

#analysis #ethics #society

[Aleph Insights @AlephInsights]

#OpenAI noted their #VoiceEngine would be delayed, citing risk. This got us thinking, what threshold does a technology have to meet for its benefits to outweigh its pitfalls? We explore the risks and rewards of voice cloning #decisionmaking #analysis #AI
https://t.co/tu5q5EUKpZ

[Aleph Insights @AlephInsights]

@NaturePortfolio found that Ukrainian language use has accelerated at the expense of Russian. @DWSelfe looks at the relationship between language and nationhood, and what this trend could mean for Ukraine and Russia. https://t.co/nUWjthDq0h

#UkraineRussiaWar #language #analysis

[Sean McDonald @seanmcdonald01]

One of funniest things I’ve ever heard was a girl explaining the difference between Glasgow & London.

She’d moved to London, was dressing boldly, and no one batted an eyelid.

She wore a beret in Glasgow and within 2 mins someone leaned out a passing car and shouted “BONJOUR!”

[Genki✨ @Genki_JPN]

A shop owner in Japan has closed their stop early to go home and play the FF16 DLC! 🔥 #FF16

The sign says "Due to the distribution of the FF16 DLC, all of the staff have returned home" 😂

[David Selfe @DWSelfe]

“Enshittification” 😙👌

[Past Glasgow @PastGlasgow]

"Glasgow is maybe the most bullshit-free place on earth. I think I call it 'the antidote to the rest of the world.'"

Anthony Bourdain, who died on this day in 2018.

[Jared Pechaček @vandroidhelsing]

sorry WHAT.

[German Embassy London @GermanEmbassy]

#stayingconnected

[Peter Walker @peterwalker99]

A round of applause, please, for the Guardian colleague who wrote the headline to this story of mine.

[BELLA CALEDONIA @bellacaledonia]

A letter to the Western Left from Kyiv https://t.co/3gDZkONEez

[David Selfe @DWSelfe]

A predictably dull take.

[Mirror TV @MirrorTV]

Gogglebox viewers ask for subtitles as new Scottish couple are introduced on show
https://t.co/cY6sLW0uKS

[Letters of Note @LettersOfNote]

Grumpy Darwin Day: https://t.co/mvknSW0nFz

[Alasdair Beckett-King @MisterABK]

A trampoline is a circle of fun, surrounded by a crust of pain. It sayeth, "Bounce! Bounce, children. But bounce not upon the frame, or bounce ye nevermore."

[Andrew Nadeau @TheAndrewNadeau]

me: so then this NFT bro called me a chode and I screenshotted his ape and photoshopped a tiny beret on it—

grandpa: how is this like when I was in the war?

me: grampa. grampa. if you just… *sigh* I’m getting there

[Eddy Rivas @eddyrivas]

IRS: hey time to do taxes guess how much you owe

Me: i don’t want to guess can you just tell me

IRS: …

Me: hello?

IRS: i’m thinking of a number between one and jail

[Sir Michael @Michael1979]

I LOVE sharing stories about my relatives on the dog groups 👍