@heiseonline@social.heise.de2026-01-14 07:37:00
@david@boles.xyz2026-01-14 15:03:38
Arm Angles in American Sign Language: The Textbook That Teaches What Other Textbooks Ignore
Watch any native signer and then watch an intermediate student. The difference is not in the handshapes. It is not in the facial expressions, though those matter. The difference lives in the arms. The native signer's shoulders engage when emphasis requires it. The elbows extend and contract with meaning. The signing space expands for formal address and contracts for intimacy.…
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-02-14 01:56:16
Five months after Sen. Bill Cassidy asked RFK Jr. to testify, it still hasn't happened (NBC News)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/five-months-sen-bill-cassidy-asked-rfk-jr-testify-still-hasnt-happened-rcna258798
http://www.memeorandum.com/260213/p120#a260213p120
@servelan@newsie.social2026-02-14 05:47:02
'Later found dead': Dem lawmaker flags explosive Trump allegation in Epstein files - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-epstein-2675266010/?cx_testId=4&cx_testVariant=cx_undefined&cx_artPos=6&cx_experienceId=EXC93HV4HK4I&cx_experienceActionId=showRecommendationsJ2A0SJUMQX4T24#cxrecs_s
@brewsterkahle@mastodon.archive.org2026-01-14 19:50:03
"The Value of Public Domain Day"
a thoughtful piece on the economics and the loss by our overzealous locking up of our culture.
https://www.authorsalliance.org/2026/01/01/the-value-of-public-domain-day/
but please celebra…
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026-02-11 15:44:27
Ex-GF offers to testify vs. Pearce in domestic case https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/47897534/wnba-player-offers-testify-vs-falcons-pearce-domestic-case
@AimeeMaroux@mastodon.social2026-01-13 21:11:10
A friend who is a teacher claimed that LLMs can write consistent plots now and are allegedly used for stories in textbooks or course material in language learning classes.
I find that quite hard to believe because in my limited experience, what information the #LLM will "remember" is quite random and it will just make stuff up if it "forgot", i.e. it doesn't matter if I…
@detondev@social.linux.pizza2026-01-13 20:09:43
In the 1960s, the Swedish comedy radio program Mosebacke Monarki satirically introduced ättestupa, abbreviated ÄTP, as an alternative to ATP, a state-provided pension.
@memeorandum@universeodon.com2026-01-13 15:05:45
Facing Contempt Threat, Clintons Refuse to Testify in Epstein Inquiry (Annie Karni/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/us/politics/bill-hillary-clinton-testimony-epstein-inquiry-contempt.html?unlocked_article_code=1.EFA._M3c.giR0VdG8woXl&smid=url-share
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p46#a260113p46