Every time I read smarmy masturbatory arguments like this I’m reminded of Matt Christman losing his mind having to listen to Megan McCardle do the same thing about the Grenfell Tower fire.
The idea that we have a special duty to prevent the death of languages is compelling to anyone who loves languages. But is it true? How sad should we be when a language dies? “Consider the case—call it callous or simply tough-minded—for saying, ‘Not at all,’ ” Nikhil Krishnan argues. While some languages have been systematically wiped out by authoritarian governments forcing assimilation, others have been lost, chosen, or abandoned under more ambiguous conditions. Efforts to preserve languages require resources that some believe would be better directed toward other public priorities.. Multilingualism can pose challenges to comprehension. “Even where the death of a language would be acknowledged as a tragedy, what we should do—what costs we should be willing to bear—in trying to stop it must remain an open question,” Krishnan offers. Read his response to a recent book about linguistic preservation: https://t.co/5Qmcbhcf5R
@BaseballValues This model had the Sox overpaying for Contreras, Gray, and Bennett but we’re not complaining about those trades now are we? High demand for bats like Mead this deadline. Lots of people in the Nats FO were in the Sox org when Early was developing. Deal makes sense.
An aerial view of ongoing construction of a helipad and ballroom at the White House from the U.S. Army Golden Knight DHC-8 airplane on the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence,
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@PastTheEyeTest AA was down beginning of 2025 too and popped back up late April. His AA has also been steadily dropping every year of his career. I think we’d see bigger differences with velocity, spin, and shape in comparison to his starts last year if he was compensating with an injury.
the roko's basilisk guys are so funny bc they correctly intuit that our lives will be controlled by a psychotic, amoral algorithm that hates humanity but they think some nerd in SF is going to build it on his macbook. it was already built, in 1602, by the Dutch
@sunshinevvn Applying a new sound in a new context is next level. Learning to pronounce an unvoiced ‘th’ is one thing, throwing it into a consonant cluster like ‘Strengths’ is another.
lmao, so obvious that women are lying in this data, if I had to guess I'd say the average bodycount of a woman in college at this point is ~50 bodies at least (remember, 40% or so of college aged women do OnlyFans now)
This is pretty incredible. Cultural Revolution-type world in which zealous young bros without any real knowledge of anything were destroying the lives and careers of scientists and researchers based on their childish interpretation of what they thought their dear leader wanted.