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@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-06-30 11:56:27

💀 Solving the mystery of a 200-year-old ambush
#history

Solving the mystery of a 200-year-old ambush
A new report reveals that 10 Napoleonic soldiers attacked by Spanish guerrillas were not sent to prison, as previously believed, but killed

@arXiv_csCL_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-06-30 10:20:40

SAGE: Spliced-Audio Generated Data for Enhancing Foundational Models in Low-Resource Arabic-English Code-Switched Speech Recognition
Muhammad Umar Farooq, Oscar Saz
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22143

SAGE: Spliced-Audio Generated Data for Enhancing Foundational Models in Low-Resource Arabic-English Code-Switched Speech Recognition
This paper investigates the performance of various speech SSL models on dialectal Arabic (DA) and Arabic-English code-switched (CS) speech. To address data scarcity, a modified audio-splicing approach is introduced to generate artificial CS speech data. Fine-tuning an already fine-tuned SSL model with the proposed Spliced-Audio Generated (SAGE) data results in an absolute improvement on Word Error Rate (WER) of 7.8% on Arabic and English CS benchmarks. Additionally, an Experience Replay (ER) in…

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-08-30 00:30:00

On The Road - Train to Xi’An 🚞
在路上 - 去西安的火车 🚞
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️Kentmere Pan 200
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Kentmere Pan 200 (FF)

English Alt Text:
Black and white photo of a person standing in a narrow train corridor, wearing a face mask and looking at a smartphone. The person is dressed in a light shirt and dark pants. The corridor has metallic walls and doors, creating a confined indoor atmosphere.

中文替代文字：
黑白照片，一人站在狭窄的列车走廊中，戴着口罩，低头看手机。此人穿着浅色衬衫和深色裤子。走廊两侧是金属墙和门，营造出封闭的室内环境。

Kentmere Pan 200 (FF)

English Alt Text:
Black and white image of a person seated on a fold-down wall seat in a narrow train corridor. The person faces away from the camera, looking toward the end of the hallway. The corridor has patterned carpet, windows on the left, and doors on the right.

中文替代文字：
黑白图像，一人坐在列车走廊中靠墙的折叠座椅上，背对镜头，望向走廊尽头。地板铺有图案地毯，左侧是窗户，右侧是车厢门。

Kentmere Pan 200 (FF)

English Alt Text:
Black and white photo taken from a seated passenger’s perspective inside a train. The view looks down the aisle, showing overhead lights and luggage compartments. Several passengers are visible, including a man standing in the aisle wearing a light shirt. Seat headrests have white covers with Chinese text. The image has light leaks on both edges, creating a faded effect.

中文替代文字：
黑白照片，从乘客座位视角拍摄，展示列车过道景象。画面中有顶部灯光和行李架，几位乘客可见，其中一名男子穿浅色衬衫站在过道中。座椅头枕上覆盖着印有中文的白…

Kentmere Pan 200 (FF)

English Alt Text:
Interior of a modern passenger train with rows of seats covered in white cloth headrests printed with Chinese text. Several passengers are seated, and one person stands in the aisle using a mobile device. Overhead compartments and a sign in Chinese are visible above the door at the end of the car.

中文替代文字：
现代客运列车内部，座位排成一列，头枕上覆盖着印有中文的白色布套。几位乘客坐着，一人站在过道中使用手机。车厢顶部有行李架，车门上方有中文标识。

@jacobgudiol@mastodonsweden.se
2025-06-30 20:00:57

Den här artikeln berör annat än hälsofrågor men problemet är precis det samma. Använd inte AI för att få svar på mer kontroversiella frågor där du inte kan något sen tidigare. För allt för ofta så ger den dig påhittade svar samtidigt som det låter väldigt självsäkert.
AI swallows misinformation and spits it back at us: ‘It’s optimized to give useful information, but not for it to be correct’

AI swallows misinformation and spits it back at us: ‘It’s optimized to give useful information, but not for it to be correct’
ChatGPT and Grok absorb fake news and regurgitate it when asked. Due to their design, these models and their competitors are highly susceptible to disinformation

@edintone@mastodon.green
2025-06-30 13:11:36

"Some notes on Medieval English genealogy" regular updates at:
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/updates/update.shtml Not just for genealogists but for anyone at all interested in 'broadly' the medieval period in England.

@arXiv_csCV_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-07-30 10:42:51

MetaCLIP 2: A Worldwide Scaling Recipe
Yung-Sung Chuang, Yang Li, Dong Wang, Ching-Feng Yeh, Kehan Lyu, Ramya Raghavendra, James Glass, Lifei Huang, Jason Weston, Luke Zettlemoyer, Xinlei Chen, Zhuang Liu, Saining Xie, Wen-tau Yih, Shang-Wen Li, Hu Xu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22062

MetaCLIP 2: A Worldwide Scaling Recipe
Contrastive Language-Image Pretraining (CLIP) is a popular foundation model, supporting from zero-shot classification, retrieval to encoders for multimodal large language models (MLLMs). Although CLIP is successfully trained on billion-scale image-text pairs from the English world, scaling CLIP's training further to learning from the worldwide web data is still challenging: (1) no curation method is available to handle data points from non-English world; (2) the English performance from existin…

@spamless@mastodon.social
2025-07-30 12:11:34

German-English connections: "anecken" and "to egg on." These words don't mean exactly the same thing, but they are related. Etymologically, they seem closely related. English is a Germanic language. And phrasal verbs offer up interesting connections.
#language #linguistics

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2025-08-29 19:45:22

XUE - the CO2-rich terrestrial planet-forming region of an externally irradiated Herbig disk: #planet formation models: https://www.su.se/english/news/unusual-carbon-dioxide-rich-disk-detected-around-young-star-challenges-planet-formation-models-1.841751

@degrowthuk@mstdn.social
2025-05-31 10:29:46

Degrowth: a dead end or the way out? Capital’s future scam
Aurora Despierta In the series Prospects for Degrowth This article by the Spanish writer Aurora Despierta is her adaptation (highly summarised for translation into English), for the series Prospects for Degrowth, of the original article: Decrecer ¿callejón o salida? La futura estafa del capital’ (2-5-2025) Translated by Mark Burton and Anna Gregoletto For a radically anti-capitalist degrowth that cannot be…

Degrowth: a dead end or the way out? Capital’s future scam
Aurora Despierta In the series Prospects for Degrowth This article by the Spanish writer Aurora Despierta is her adaptation (highly summarised for translation into English), for the series Prospect…

@ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-08-29 15:00:05

It's the beginning of the month again and that means new bills for the servers! We have various expenses and moderation work unfortunately takes up a lot of time, which is why we would be very happy about a little support! :boost_requested:

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@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-07-30 18:09:46

😘 The emotional burden of flirting on your phone: Lies, ghosts, and crumbs of attention
https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2025-07-21/the-emotional-burden-of-flirting-on-your-phone-lies-ghosts-and-crumb…

The emotional burden of flirting on your phone: Lies, ghosts, and crumbs of attention
Toxic behaviors, such as ghosting or intermittent flirting to maintain the other person’s interest, damage self-esteem, increase feelings of loneliness, and fuel dating app fatigue

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-06-30 08:00:16

wiki_article_words: Wikipedia article-words (en) (2010)
A bipartite network of English Wikipedia articles and the words they contain. The edge weight gives the number of times a word appeared in the connected article.
This network has 276739 nodes and 2941902 edges.
Tags: Informational, Language, Weighted
https://

wiki_article_words: Wikipedia article-words (en) (2010). 276739 nodes, 2941902 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/wiki_article_words

wiki_article_words — Wikipedia article-words (en) (2010)
A bipartite network of English Wikipedia articles and the words they contain. The edge weight gives the number of times a word appeared in the connected article.

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2025-07-31 07:00:35

Also let's face it. Buying books in Denmark is damn expensive with a 25% vat rate. I can't afford to buy the number I read. So thank heavens for libraries.
(Youngest kid, overwhelmed by cheapness of books in English bookshop once exclaimed: "imagine if we lived here, how many books we could buy?!")

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-07-30 01:12:29

Urban Diaspora VI 🏮
城市放逐 VI 🏮
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1994
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

English alt text:
Outdoor street scene with a group of people gathered around a sidewalk near a tree. In the center, a sign with Chinese characters. The sign promotes different types of cold jelly noodles, suggesting a food stall nearby. The mood appears casual, with individuals sitting and standing around, possibly waiting or socializing.

中文替代文字：
街边场景，一群人围绕在人行道边的树下。中间的牌子暗示附近有凉粉摊位。人们坐着或站着，气氛轻松，可能在等待或聊天。

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

English alt text:
Street view featuring a white car parked outside a building with two Chinese signs. One sign reads “Community Drug Rehabilitation (Recovery) Workstation” and the other reads “Care Workstation.” A few pedestrians walk nearby, a scooter is parked alongside, and the building has potted plants on the balcony and air conditioning units installed.

中文替代文字：
街景中，一辆白色汽车停在一栋建筑物前，建筑物上挂有两个中文标志，一个写着“社区戒毒（康复）工作站”，另一个写着“关爱工作站”。人行道上有行人经过，旁边停有一辆电动车，建筑阳台上摆放着植物并安装有空调设备。

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

English alt text:
Black-and-white photo of a bustling market stall. A person stands behind a counter stacked with open white boxes, likely containing produce. A bold handwritten sign marked “12.8” in the foreground suggests a price for the goods. The scene is filled with fruits, vegetables, and various signage, creating a sense of everyday commerce. The grayscale tone gives it a timeless, nostalgic feel.

中文替代文字：
黑白市场景象，一人站在摆满白色箱子的摊位后，箱子里可能装着各类农产品。前方有一个醒目的手写标价牌“12.8”，暗…

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

English alt text:
Black-and-white street scene showing a person standing behind a cart labeled with Chinese characters. The cart displays the phrase “自贡冷吃兔,” suggesting it sells cold spicy rabbit, a specialty from Zigong. Multiple motorcycles are parked nearby. Urban elements like buildings, cars, and a bus in the background convey a busy city atmosphere.

中文替代文字：
黑白街景中，一人站在写有中文标志的小推车后。推车上显示“自贡冷吃兔”，表明售卖的是自贡特色的冷吃兔。周围停放着多辆摩托车，背景中的楼房、汽车和公交车营造出繁忙的都市氛围。

@cdarwin@c.im
2025-06-29 20:05:39

Mary Edith Barnes became aware of the work of the Glaswegian psychiatrist and countercultural figure, Dr RD (Ronnie) Laing,
author of "The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness "(1960).
This led her to Kingsley Hall, a radical therapeutic community in Bow in East London.
Established in 1965 and headed up by Laing, it was an unconventional centre where mental-health professionals and those experiencing mental illness lived together. Drug-taking …

MARY BARNES
First published: Summer 2025 For English artist Mary Barnes, it was psychosis, radical treatment and an unorthodox relationship with her doctor that began her creative journey Mary Edith Barnes was born in Portsmouth, on England’s south coast, in 1923. She trained as a nurse, later joining the British Army and working

@hex@kolektiva.social
2025-06-25 22:07:06

As I'm learning Dutch, I'm reminded that the idea that there are people who believe that the bible is to be taken literally. The idea that a several hundred year old translation of a collection of texts in multiple languages, that were themselves translated multiple times between languages, before the whole thing was translated to Latin, then being translated to English, could somehow perfectly reflect the original text... Yeah, it's only possible to believe that if you have no idea how languages work and have never learned another language.
Like, just from linguistic drift alone if the bible were written in King James English you're losing *so* much context. But Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek translated to Latin, then to English, then to English again?
There are so many things that erg can't be translated, even as a beginner. Dutch and English are two of the closest languages that exist, they're both Germanic languages and they're the closest to each other (other than Friesian). You can't really be much closer, and yet, there are so many things you can't mutually represent. Hebrew and Latin, Aramaic and Latin, Latin and English, Greek and English, these aren't even the same families at all... They're extremely distant. There's absolutely no way to represent concepts from one to another without another book's worth of explanation.
And that ignores all the cultural context, which is mostly lost and a library and decade of education to get the stuff that we *do* know.
Only monolingual Americans could come up with an idea so incredibly asinine.

@benb@osintua.eu
2025-07-30 14:38:17

Ukraine's PrivatBank wins $1.9 billion fraud case against former owner Kolomoisky at UK court: https://benborges.xyz/2025/07/30/ukraines-privatbank-wins-billion-fraud.html

Ukraine's PrivatBank wins $1.9 billion fraud case against former owner Kolomoisky at UK court - Tracking information about the Russian War against Ukraine
The ruling represents a significant win for PrivatBank, which has pursued the case in English courts since 2017 following the bank’s nationalization.

@kctipton@mas.to
2025-06-28 09:42:32

Anatomy of a mass disappearance in Mexico -- EL PAÍS English https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-06-28/anatomy-of-a-mass-disappearance-in-mexico-mom-i-fell-into-the-hands-of-the-mafia.htm…

Anatomy of a mass disappearance in Mexico: ‘Mom, I fell into the hands of the mafia’
EL PAÍS reconstructs the last movements of a group of 40 migrants from Cuba, Honduras and Ecuador who disappeared on December 21, 2024, in San José El Hueyate, on the coast of Chiapas. Six months later, no authorities have begun to search for them.

@tschfflr@fediscience.org
2025-08-28 16:50:56

Very excited for The Emoji Workshop tomorrow! Warm-up starting now ☺️
https://www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/research/groups/super-linguistics/events/the-emoji-workshop.html

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-07-30 07:50:49

The Kyiv Independent crosses 20,000 paying members, up from 17,500 in May, with ~70% of its revenue coming from readers, and has no plans to add a paywall (Sarah Scire/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/07/how-kyiv-independent-reac…

How the Kyiv Independent reached 20,000 paying members — with no paywall
Horizontal connections and membership community have kept subscriber churn for the English-language publication under 2%.

@gedankenstuecke@scholar.social
2025-07-29 19:24:01

How fucked up UK society is? The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (which is volunteer run and afaict doesn't receive any form of support, financial or other, from the Royal family beyond the stupid name-prefix), is being bashed for *checks notes* saving lives on sea because the literal Nazis don't appreciate who's being saved:
«RNLI crew makes no apologies for saving migrants' lives in English Channel»
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8dejyg4l37o

@vosje62@mastodon.nl
2025-06-28 09:44:21

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories: ‘Israel commits crimes like it breathes. It must be stopped’ | #ELPAÍS English

Q. Can we talk about genocide without a ruling from an international court?

A. Was the Armenian genocide not a genocide because no court declared it to be so? No court established the Guatemalan genocide or that of Sabra and Chatila [Lebanon]. The genocide in Bosnia-Herzegovina was recognized this way only with respect to Srebrenica. Would we then say it wasn’t a genocide? And what about the Native Americans, the Inuit, the Aborigines in Australia, or the Nama and Herero in Namibia? Are they n…

Q. Will Israel succeed in expelling the population of Gaza?

A. The goal of this genocide is the ethnic cleansing of Palestine, as other genocides aimed for the ethnic cleansing of the native population of Australia, and in many places in North and Latin America. Palestine is the last frontier of Western colonialism. That is why it is our responsibility; that is why I say that the progressive government of Spain, a country that, like others, caused so much harm during centuries of colonialism, …

Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories: ‘Israel commits crimes like it breathes. It must be stopped’
The Italian lawyer maintains that the ‘genocide’ in Gaza, of which there is ‘overwhelming’ evidence, does not stop because so many are profiting from it. She will present a new report next week listing the names of companies involved

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-07-31 01:41:23

🫀 Revolution in medicine: A molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis, responsible for millions of deaths
https://english.elpais.com/health/2025-07-17/revolut…

Revolution in medicine: A molecule produced by gut bacteria causes atherosclerosis, responsible for millions of deaths
The discovery, made thanks to an experiment involving hundreds of bank employees in Spain, opens the door to new treatments beyond reducing cholesterol

@fgraver@hcommons.social
2025-06-29 15:58:03

‘Swashbuckling and cheeky’: island festival celebrates Ireland’s ‘pirate queen’ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/29/grace-o-malley-pirate-queen-ireland-festival-achill-island?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other…

‘Swashbuckling and cheeky’: island festival celebrates Ireland’s ‘pirate queen’
Achill Island gathering comes amid surge of interest in Grace O’Malley, the legendary seafarer who took on English forces 500 years ago

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-07-31 02:50:43

Weird Greco III 🇬🇷
怪异希腊 III 🇬🇷
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1994
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

🌫️ English Alt Text
A monochrome photograph capturing the dramatic silhouettes of palm trees and dense foliage set against a cloudy sky. The high contrast between the dark tree outlines and the lighter background creates a moody, atmospheric composition.

🌳 中文替代文字
这是一张黑白照片，画面中是几棵棕榈树和浓密树叶的剪影，背景是多云的天空。树木的黑色轮廓与明亮的天空形成鲜明对比，营造出一种神秘而富有氛围的意境。

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

🗿 English Alt Text
Black and white photo of a statue featuring two figures—one gently placing a hand on the other’s shoulder, while the second figure holds a jar. The statue stands on a pedestal surrounded by a circular fountain in an outdoor courtyard. Behind them is a stone building with decorative lattice windows, adding an old-world charm to the tranquil scene.

🏛️ 中文替代文字
这是一张黑白照片，画面中的雕像由两个人物组成，一人手握水壶，另一人轻触其肩膀。雕像矗立在喷泉中央的基座上，四周环绕着一个圆形水池。背景是一栋石砌建筑，窗户带有装饰性格栅图案，为宁静的庭院增…

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

🧍‍♂️🧍‍♀️ English Alt Text
A black and white image showing two Greco-Roman style statues: a male figure with defined muscles and draped robes gazes ahead, while a female figure beside him appears to look downward, her garment flowing elegantly. They stand in an open courtyard against a backdrop of a textured stone building with balconies featuring geometric metal railings. The atmosphere feels timeless, reminiscent of classical art in a historical European garden.

🎞️ 中…

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

📝 English Alt Text
A black and white photo of a fountain with two cherub statues at its base, set in an urban plaza. Nearby, one person sits on the fountain’s edge, appearing to read or write, while another stands next to a bicycle. Parked cars and a large blank signboard complete the cityscape in the background.

🧾 中文替代文字
这是一张黑白照片，画面中是一座喷泉，底座上有两个小天使雕像。喷泉位于一个城市广场，一人坐在喷泉边缘，似乎正在阅读或写作，另一人站在自行车旁。背景中有停放的汽车和一个巨大的空白广告牌，构成城市景观。

@mapto@qoto.org
2025-06-28 11:09:42

El Pais is doing an amazing work in showing how citation metrics is a call for abuse (gaming to be more precise).
https://english.elpais.com/science-tech/2024-12-05/dozens-of-the-worlds-most-cited-sci…

Dozens of the world’s most cited scientists stop falsely claiming to work in Saudi Arabia
This newspaper unveiled that Saudi universities were paying up to €70,000 a year to prestigious researchers to artificially pump up Arab institutions in international academic rankings

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2025-07-24 11:36:41

"The Most Important Word in the English Language" #connect

The Most Important Word in the English Language
Karen Armstrong once said, “We are meaning-seeking creatures and, unlike other animals, fall very easily into despair if we cannot find significance and

@grifferz@social.bitfolk.com
2025-07-29 22:25:01

Content warning: ukpol

Trump's empty words in support of UK farmers has brought out a slew of boomers on my Facebook saying things like, "never thought I would agree with him but he showed Starmer!!" and "at least he says what he thinks unlike our lot!"
Did they not learn anything from the time Farage pretended to care about the fishing industry? Never seen a populist they didn't fall in love with.
We are doomed. I bloody hope all the new 16 and 17 year old English voters tu…

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-07-29 12:55:51

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Early
The Beat:
🎵 Save It for Later
#TheBeat
https://uncledig.bandcamp.com/track/save-it-for-later-english-beat
https://open.spotify.com/track/7rTg8NpLI1NN4zEf7FdvGG

@tempus_fuckit@toot.cat
2025-07-31 11:31:04

There's a german and a french Wiki article about #PetroMasculinity, but not an english one? 🤔
DE: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petromaskulinität
FR: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pétro-masculinité

@jlpiraux@wallonie-bruxelles.social
2025-07-25 18:06:12

L'histoire des pâtes antifascistes
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-24/macaroni-against-fascism-why-pasta-is-a-symbol-of-resistance-in-italy.html

Macaroni against fascism: Why pasta is a symbol of resistance in Italy
On July 25, the fall of Mussolini’s regime is commemorated with ‘pastasciutta antifascista,’ a dish that was considered an enemy by the dictatorship

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-08-30 18:00:06

wikiconflict: Wikipedia edit wars (2009)
A network representing editorial interactions among editors of the English Wikipedia. Nodes are editors, and an edge denotes an edit conflict between the two editors. Edge are timestamped and signed. A positive sign indicates the users have agreement on the edit, and the negative sign indicates a disagreement (a reversion) on the edit.
This network has 118100 nodes and 2917785 edges.
Tags: Social, Conflict, Signed, Timestamps

wikiconflict: Wikipedia edit wars (2009). 118100 nodes, 2917785 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/wikiconflict

wikiconflict — Wikipedia edit wars (2009)
A network representing editorial interactions among editors of the English Wikipedia. Nodes are editors, and an edge denotes an edit conflict between the two editors. Edge are timestamped and signed. A positive sign indicates the users have agreement on the edit, and the negative sign indicates a disagreement (a reversion) on the edit.

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-05-31 00:30:03

Natura Urbana VI 🏡
城市自然 VI 🏡
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1995
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography

Ilford FP4 @ ISO 80

**English:**
A black and white photograph depicting a tranquil scene in a park. Several ducks are resting on the grass near a body of water. The ducks are scattered around, some closer to the water's edge while others are further away. The water body is partially visible, and the overall scene is calm and serene, with the ducks appearing relaxed in their natural habitat.

**Chinese:**
一张黑白照片，描绘了公园里宁静的场景。几只鸭子在水边的草地上休息。这些鸭子分散各处，有些靠近水边，有些则离得较远。水体部分可见，整个场景平静而宁和，鸭子们在自然栖息地中显得非常放松。

Ilford FP4 @ ISO 80

**English:**
A black and white photograph capturing a scenic view of a park with a small bridge over a pond. The pond is surrounded by lush vegetation and trees, creating a peaceful atmosphere. In the background, tall buildings rise above the treeline, contrasting with the natural setting of the park. The bridge adds a charming element to the scene, inviting viewers to imagine crossing it and exploring the park further.

**Chinese:**
一张黑白照片，捕捉到公园中带有小桥的池塘的美景。池塘周围环绕着茂密的植被和树木，…

Ilford FP4 @ ISO 80

**English:**
A black and white photograph showing a solitary black swan standing on a narrow strip of land beside a pond. The swan is poised gracefully, with its neck arched elegantly. The pond is surrounded by reeds and other vegetation, creating a picturesque and serene setting. The background includes more greenery and trees, adding to the natural beauty of the scene.

**Chinese:**
一张黑白照片，展示了一只孤独的黑天鹅站在池塘边的一条狭长陆地上。天鹅姿态优雅，脖颈弯曲得非常优美。池塘周围环绕着芦苇和其他植被，构成了一幅如画般宁静的场景。背景中还有更多的绿色植物…

Ilford FP4 @ ISO 80

**English:**
A black and white close-up photograph of a cluster of small flowers. The flowers are delicate and appear to be in full bloom, with intricate details visible in their petals. The background is blurred, drawing focus to the flowers in the foreground. The play of light and shadow adds depth to the image, highlighting the natural beauty and intricacy of the flowers.

**Chinese:**
一张黑白特写照片，展示了一簇小花。这些花朵娇小精致，看起来盛开得非常美丽，花瓣的细节清晰可见。背景模糊，使前景的花朵成为焦点。光影的交错为图像增添了深度，突显了花朵的自然美…

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@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-06-29 11:33:30

Great article from NYT about sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan from the UAE. For me it illustrates the bigger problem of the middle-east/gulfstates, the absence of any meaningful democracy, too rich oligarchs with too much power. Politically the people are living in medieval times there.

Conquering Soccer and Arming Warlords
The Emirati vice president is best known as the owner of Manchester City, a top English soccer team. Behind the scenes, he has been described as the “handler” guiding his country’s secret foreign wars.

@detondev@social.linux.pizza
2025-07-27 03:07:00

even more famous!
https://english.elpais.com/people/2024-02-10/that-ferrari-isnt-going-to-pay-for-itself-the-controversial-rise-of-jeremy-fragrance-the-perfume-influencer.html

Fragrance reviews have been pushed into the background. Just one example is the 2021 video My Life Story, where he claims that his father used to beat him and his older brother, that he had sex with other men while he was part of Part Six and that a woman falsely accused him of rape. In the final minutes, before recommending Gentleman by Givenchy, he gets excited by thinking about the millions of women who get breast implants. Many of his subscribers assume that such manic videos are the result…

In his native country, Jeremy has become a celebrity: in November 2022, he made the leap to the small screen when he took part in the 10th edition of Promi Big Brother, Germany's version of Celebrity Big Brother. As was to be expected, he did his thing: he did not eat anything, subsisting only on water, and at no time did he take off his characteristic white suit, no matter how much the producers asked him to. On the sixth day, he left the show. He had accomplished his mission: as he said on se…

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-05-31 00:30:03

Natura Urbana VI 🏡
城市自然 VI 🏡
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1995
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography

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@arXiv_eessSY_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-08-29 09:36:11

A Proposal for Yield Improvement with Power Tradeoffs in CMOS LNAs (English Version)
J. L. Gonz\'alez, J. C. Cruz, R. L. Moreno, D. V\'azquez
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20611

A Proposal for Yield Improvement with Power Tradeoffs in CMOS LNAs (English Version)
This paper studies an architecture with digitally controllable gain and power consumption to mitigate the impact of process variations on CMOS low-noise amplifiers (LNAs). A \SI{130}{nm}, \SI{1.2}{V} LNA implementing the proposed architecture is designed based on an analysis of variability in traditional LNAs under different bias currents and on the corresponding effects on the performance of a complete receiver. Two different adjustment strategies are evaluated, both of which are compatible wi…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-08-19 17:50:51

Meta rolls out AI-powered voice translations for creators on Facebook and Instagram globally, supporting English-Spanish translations with lip syncing (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/19/meta

Meta rolls out AI-powered translations to creators globally, starting with English and Spanish | TechCrunch
The new feature, which is available in any market where Meta AI is available, allows creators to translate content into other languages for a broader audience.

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-07-25 01:34:08

IRS considers eliminating ability to file your taxes in language other than English | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/irs-english-tax-filing-trump-b2795612.html

@degrowthuk@mstdn.social
2025-05-31 11:00:06

Beware diluted, fake, scam "degrowth". Insist on the real thing.
New piece in our #ProspectsForDegrowth series.
"Degrowth: a dead end or the way out? Capital’s future scam" – #degrowthUK

Degrowth: a dead end or the way out? Capital’s future scam
Aurora Despierta In the series Prospects for Degrowth This article by the Spanish writer Aurora Despierta is her adaptation (highly summarised for translation into English), for the series Prospect…

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-07-30 15:00:07

wiki_users: Wikipedia user interaction (2011)
A network derived from interactions between editors of the English language Wikipedia, as derived from the edit histories of 563 wiki pages related to politics. A positive sign indicates positive links such as trust or similarities, and a negative sign indicates distrust or disagreement.
This network has 138592 nodes and 740397 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Signed

wiki_users: Wikipedia user interaction (2011). 138592 nodes, 740397 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/wiki_users

wiki_users — Wikipedia user interaction (2011)
A network derived from interactions between editors of the English language Wikipedia, as derived from the edit histories of 563 wiki pages related to politics. A positive sign indicates positive links such as trust or similarities, and a negative sign indicates distrust or disagreement.

@mirolucassen@mastodon.nl
2025-07-28 16:40:23

En nu nog iets doen…
From: @…
https://masto.ai/@meduza_en/114931756048380445

Meduza in English (@meduza_en@masto.ai)
“I’m not so interested in talking anymore,” Donald Trump said of Vladimir Putin. “We have such nice conversations, such respectful and nice conversations, and then people die the following night.” https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/07/28/trump-says-he-s-no-longer-interested-in-speaking-with-putin

@shoppingtonz@mastodon.social
2025-06-29 19:16:50

I made a new friend today in Albion Europe.
ZairGT...I think native language is Spanish but also speaks English.
I found this Tree T4.3 in a blue zone and I went to it back and forth. At one point I find ZairGT(both him and me unflagged, no FW) there...and the gathering duel was "short and bloody" and I realized I have no chance to take that.
I admitted defeat and often went there and did the 1 sign and WP...
part 2 soon...

@BBC3MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-06-29 12:34:38

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #MusicMap
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Murray Perahia & English Chamber Orchestra:
🎵 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467 "Elvira Madigan": II. Andante
#WolfgangAmadeusMozart
https://open.spotify.com/track/6jIrgSSphFvzmjzYQyxDzC

@arXiv_csHC_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-07-28 09:48:21

RhythmTA: A Visual-Aided Interactive System for ESL Rhythm Training via Dubbing Practice
Chang Chen, Sicheng Song, Shuchang Xu, Zhicheng Li, Huamin Qu, Yanna Lin
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19026

RhythmTA: A Visual-Aided Interactive System for ESL Rhythm Training via Dubbing Practice
English speech rhythm, the temporal patterns of stressed syllables, is essential for English as a second language (ESL) learners to produce natural-sounding and comprehensible speech. Rhythm training is generally based on imitation of native speech. However, it relies heavily on external instructor feedback, preventing ESL learners from independent practice. To address this gap, we present RhythmTA, an interactive system for ESL learners to practice speech rhythm independently via dubbing, an i…

@arXiv_astrophGA_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-06-30 09:55:50

MeerKAT radio continuum imaging of nearby star-forming spirals in the NGC 6221, NGC 3256/3263, and NGC 2434 galaxy groups
J. Saponara, B. S. Koribalski, J. English, P. K. Humire
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22382

MeerKAT radio continuum imaging of nearby star-forming spirals in the NGC 6221, NGC 3256/3263, and NGC 2434 galaxy groups
Context. We present high-resolution MeerKAT 1.3 GHz radio continuum images of star-forming spirals in the nearby galaxy groups around NGC 6221, NGC 3256/3263 and NGC 2434. This sample spans the evolutionary timeline for galaxy groups, encompassing early, intermediate, and late stages, respectively. The NGC 6221 group contains an interacting galaxy pair with tidal debris, along with at least three dwarf galaxies. In contrast, the NGC 3256/3263 group represents a loose group consisting of several…

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2025-08-29 16:10:52

Three-year Program in Logic and Debate. The Art of Reasoning in the Nālandā Tradition
https://ift.tt/ngcsTpG
Rutgers Global Affairs Conference now VIRTUAL - new CFP deadline Rutgers University…
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Three-year Program in Logic and Debate. The Art of Reasoning in the Nālandā Tradition | H-Net
The Research Center of the Italian Buddhist Union promotes an online three-year Program on the Buddhist art of debate, available in both English and Italian. You can find the details about the program and all the relevant information at the following link: https://centrostudiubi.it/en/buddhist-studies/formazione/scuola-triennale-di-logica-e-dibattito/.

@rmdes@mstdn.social
2025-06-28 08:13:00

Abuse in Buddhism: The Law of Silence https://openbuddhism.org/library/videos/2022/elodie-emery-wandrille-lanos-present-buddhism-the-unspeakable-truth/

‘Abuse in Buddhism: The Law of Silence’
In a brief video in English, the French filmmakers Élodie Emery and Wandrille Lanos introduce their documentary ‘Abuse in Buddhism: The Law of Silence’ (Arte, 2022). It can be watched here.

@arXiv_csCV_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-07-30 10:41:21

VeS: Teaching Pixels to Listen Without Supervision
Sajay Raj
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22008 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.22008

VeS: Teaching Pixels to Listen Without Supervision
Recent dense audio-visual (AV) models achieve impressive retrieval and emergent localization, but almost all evidence comes from English-centric, caption-rich web video. It is unclear whether these objectives survive in low-resource, code-switched, and noisy multilingual settings that typify developing regions. We show they do**-**and that the choice of aggregation function becomes even more critical. Using a multilingual subset of Project Vaani spanning dozens of Indian languages and dialectal…

@arXiv_csCL_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-07-31 09:49:01

BALSAM: A Platform for Benchmarking Arabic Large Language Models
Rawan Al-Matham, Kareem Darwish, Raghad Al-Rasheed, Waad Alshammari, Muneera Alhoshan, Amal Almazrua, Asma Al Wazrah, Mais Alheraki, Firoj Alam, Preslav Nakov, Norah Alzahrani, Eman alBilali, Nizar Habash, Abdelrahman El-Sheikh, Muhammad Elmallah, Haonan Li, Hamdy Mubarak, Mohamed Anwar, Zaid Alyafeai, Ahmed Abdelali, Nora Altwairesh, Maram Hasanain, Abdulmohsen Al Thubaity, Shady Shehata, Bashar Alhafni, Injy Hamed, Go I…

BALSAM: A Platform for Benchmarking Arabic Large Language Models
The impressive advancement of Large Language Models (LLMs) in English has not been matched across all languages. In particular, LLM performance in Arabic lags behind, due to data scarcity, linguistic diversity of Arabic and its dialects, morphological complexity, etc. Progress is further hindered by the quality of Arabic benchmarks, which typically rely on static, publicly available data, lack comprehensive task coverage, or do not provide dedicated platforms with blind test sets. This makes it…

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-06-30 00:30:00

Raining Symphony 🎷
雨奏鸣曲 🎷
📷 Pentax MX
🎞️Fomapan 400 Action
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography

Foma FOMAPAN 400 Action (FF)

**English:**
This black-and-white photograph captures a street scene with a row of shared bicycles lying on the pavement, seemingly fallen over. A person riding a scooter with an umbrella is passing by on the left side of the image. The street is wet, indicating recent rain. In the background, there are cars on the road and a pedestrian sidewalk.

**Chinese:**
这张黑白照片拍摄了一条街道的场景，一排共享单车倒在人行道上。左侧有一位骑着带伞的踏板车的人经过。街道是湿的，表明刚刚下过雨。背景中可以看到路上的汽车和人行道。

Foma FOMAPAN 400 Action (FF)

**English:**
The image is a black-and-white photograph taken from inside a bus. The perspective is from a passenger's viewpoint, looking towards the front of the bus. The interior of the bus is visible, including the ceiling, handrails, and a few seats. A bus driver is seen at the front, slightly blurred due to motion. The bus appears to be in motion, as suggested by the blurred scenery outside the windows.

**Chinese:**
这张黑白照片是在公交车内拍摄的。视角是从乘客的角度出发，朝向公交车的前方。照片中可以看到…

Foma FOMAPAN 400 Action (FF)

**English:**
This black-and-white image shows a busy urban intersection with several cars waiting at a traffic light. A person on a scooter is in the foreground, also waiting for the light to change. The scene is framed by an overpass or bridge above the street, and there are traffic lights and street signs visible. The street appears wet, suggesting recent rainfall.

**Chinese:**
这张黑白照片展示了一个繁忙的城市路口，几辆汽车在等待交通灯。前景中有一位骑踏板车的人也在等待信号灯变化。场景被街道上方的高架桥或立交桥所框定，可以看到交通灯和街道标志。街…

Foma FOMAPAN 400 Action (FF)

**Chinese:**
This black-and-white photograph depicts a person sitting on the ground against a wall, seemingly engrossed in their smartphone. The person is wearing a large coat and has a big bag beside them. The setting appears to be an urban area, possibly near a building entrance or a public space, as indicated by the signage and the presence of other people in the background.

**Chinese:**
这张黑白照片描绘了一位靠墙坐在地上的人，似乎正专注于他们的智能手机。这个人穿着一件大衣，旁边放着一个大包。场景看起来是一个城市地区，可能在一栋建筑的…

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2025-06-30 14:00:07

wikiconflict: Wikipedia edit wars (2009)
A network representing editorial interactions among editors of the English Wikipedia. Nodes are editors, and an edge denotes an edit conflict between the two editors. Edge are timestamped and signed. A positive sign indicates the users have agreement on the edit, and the negative sign indicates a disagreement (a reversion) on the edit.
This network has 118100 nodes and 2917785 edges.
Tags: Social, Conflict, Signed, Timestamps

wikiconflict — Wikipedia edit wars (2009)
A network representing editorial interactions among editors of the English Wikipedia. Nodes are editors, and an edge denotes an edit conflict between the two editors. Edge are timestamped and signed. A positive sign indicates the users have agreement on the edit, and the negative sign indicates a disagreement (a reversion) on the edit.

@ErikUden@mastodon.de
2025-08-28 10:33:12

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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2025-08-24 22:13:51

Improvements in the Reconstruction of IceCube Realtime Alerts / IceCat-2 - Updated IceCube Event Catalog of Alert Tracks / Two 100 TeV #Neutrinos Coincident with the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 7469: https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06957 / https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.06176 / https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/adb031/meta -> Source Desperately Sought: https://news.rub.de/english/2025-08-22-astrophysics-source-desperately-sought -> Detecting Neutrino Trajectories in Real Time: https://news.rub.de/english/press-releases/2025-08-22-cosmic-radiation-detecting-neutrino-trajectories-real-time

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-08-30 11:00:07

wiki_link_dyn: Wikipedia link dynamics (2011)
Six networks of the evolving hyperlink structure among wikipedia articles, for simple English (en), German (de), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Italian (it), French (fr), taken in August 2011. Each edge is timestamped, and an edge (i,j) indicates that article i hyperlinks to j. The edge sign indicates the addition ( 1) or deletion (-1) of that link at the specified time.
This network has 100312 nodes and 1627472 edges.
Tags: Informati…

wiki_link_dyn: Wikipedia link dynamics (2011). 100312 nodes, 1627472 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/wiki_link_dyn

wiki_link_dyn — Wikipedia link dynamics (2011)
Six networks of the evolving hyperlink structure among wikipedia articles, for simple English (en), German (de), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Italian (it), French (fr), taken in August 2011. Each edge is timestamped, and an edge (i,j) indicates that article i hyperlinks to j. The edge sign indicates the addition (+1) or deletion (-1) of that link at the specified time.

@tschfflr@fediscience.org
2025-08-27 12:33:52

I arrived in Oslo! The Emoji Workshop is on Friday - if you're working on the linguistics of emojis and need the Zoom link, contact me via email
https://www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/research/groups/super-linguistics/events/the-emoji-workshop.html

@kctipton@mas.to
2025-06-23 15:44:02

Harassing ICE: How the L.A. protesters are reinventing themselves | U.S. | EL PAÍS English https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-23/harassing-ice-how-the-la-protesters-are-reinventing-themselves.html

Harassing ICE: How the L.A. protesters are reinventing themselves
The pushback against immigration raids is evolving into an organic movement that is making things more difficult for officers in charge of Trump’s deportation drive

@arXiv_csCL_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-06-30 10:22:00

HyperCLOVA X THINK Technical Report
NAVER Cloud HyperCLOVA X Team
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.22403 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2506.22403…

HyperCLOVA X THINK Technical Report
We introduce HyperCLOVA X THINK, the first reasoning-focused large language model in the HyperCLOVA X family, pre-trained on roughly $6$ trillion high-quality Korean, and English tokens, augmented with targeted synthetic Korean data. It was implemented as a compute-memory-balanced Peri-LN Transformer scaled with $μ$P, pre-trained through a three-stage curriculum that expands the context window to $128$K tokens, and post-trained via supervised fine-tuning with Reinforcement Learning from Verifi…

@servelan@newsie.social
2025-08-24 00:50:59

Faced With Trump’s English Mandate, Mexico’s Truckers Report to Class - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/world/americas/mexico-english-truckers-trump.html

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-08-29 15:00:07

wiki_link_dyn: Wikipedia link dynamics (2011)
Six networks of the evolving hyperlink structure among wikipedia articles, for simple English (en), German (de), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Italian (it), French (fr), taken in August 2011. Each edge is timestamped, and an edge (i,j) indicates that article i hyperlinks to j. The edge sign indicates the addition ( 1) or deletion (-1) of that link at the specified time.
This network has 100312 nodes and 1627472 edges.
Tags: Informati…

wiki_link_dyn — Wikipedia link dynamics (2011)
Six networks of the evolving hyperlink structure among wikipedia articles, for simple English (en), German (de), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Italian (it), French (fr), taken in August 2011. Each edge is timestamped, and an edge (i,j) indicates that article i hyperlinks to j. The edge sign indicates the addition (+1) or deletion (-1) of that link at the specified time.

@ruth_mottram@fediscience.org
2025-08-28 05:43:58

"Putin has got the world he wanted"
Fascinating depressing interview with Fiona Hill by @… 's
Rune Lykkeberg
Intro in Danish, English otherwise
Langsomme samtaler: Fiona Hill: Putin har fået den verden, han ville have
https://samtaleromusa.podbean.com/e/fiona-hill-putin-har-faet-den-verden-han-ønskede/

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-07-27 14:07:35

The English Premier League recently signed deals with Adobe and Microsoft to offer AI-powered tools to fans, including those playing the Fantasy Premier League (Josh Noble/Financial Times)

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-08-19 17:50:41

Meta rolls out AI-powered voice translations for creators on Facebook and Instagram globally, supporting English-Spanish translations with lip syncing (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/19/meta

Meta rolls out AI-powered translations to creators globally, starting with English and Spanish | TechCrunch
The new feature, which is available in any market where Meta AI is available, allows creators to translate content into other languages for a broader audience.

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2025-07-31 06:10:21

CFP: Wahrheitspraktiken | Practices of Truth | Pratiques de la vérité (45. Kölner Mediaevistentagung, 7.-11.09.2026) (31.08.2025)
https://ift.tt/BkVmvEl
Pirino on Suzuki, 'Humanitarian Internationalism Under Empire: The Global Evolution of the Japanese…
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CFP: Wahrheitspraktiken | Practices of Truth | Pratiques de la vérité (45. Kölner Mediaevistentagung, 7.-11.09.2026) (31.08.2025) | H-Net
Vom 7. bis 11. September 2026 findet die 45. Kölner Mediaevistentagung zum Thema »Wahrheitspraktiken | Practices of Truth | Pratiques de la vérité« statt. Unten stehend der Call for Papers auf Deutsch:alternativ: English | Français__________________________________________________________

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-06-29 01:46:34

Raining Sessions ☔️
雨 ☔️
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#filmphotography

Foma FOMAPAN 400 Action (FF)

**English:**
A black and white photograph showing a close-up view of a window latch on a window frame. The window is partially open, revealing a small gap between the window and the frame. The texture of the wall and window frame is visible, with some wear and tear evident.

**Chinese:**
一张黑白照片，特写展示了窗户框上的窗户锁扣。窗户部分打开，露出窗户与框架之间的小缝隙。墙壁和窗框的纹理清晰可见，部分地方有磨损和破旧的痕迹。

Foma FOMAPAN 400 Action (FF)

**English:**
A black and white photograph showing a close-up view of a window latch on a window frame. The latch is in a horizontal position, and the window appears to be closed. The texture of the wall and window frame is visible, with some signs of aging and wear.

**Chinese:**
一张黑白照片，特写展示了窗户框上的窗户锁扣。锁扣处于水平位置，窗户看起来是关闭的。墙壁和窗框的纹理清晰可见，部分地方有老化和磨损的迹象。

Foma FOMAPAN 400 Action (FF)

**English:**
A black and white photograph capturing a scene on a wet street. A scooter is parked on the left side of the image, and a manhole cover is visible in the center of the street. The reflection of the scooter and a person can be seen in a puddle on the wet pavement.

**Chinese:**
一张黑白照片，捕捉了湿漉漉的街道场景。一辆摩托车停在照片的左侧，一个井盖位于街道的中央。摩托车和一个人的倒影在湿漉漉的人行道上的水坑中清晰可见。

Foma FOMAPAN 400 Action (FF)

**English:**
A black and white photograph capturing a scene on a wet street. A person is seen riding a scooter on the left side of the image. The reflection of the scooter and the person is visible in a puddle on the wet pavement, creating a mirror-like effect.

**Chinese:**
一张黑白照片，捕捉了湿漉漉的街道场景。一个人骑着摩托车出现在照片的左侧。摩托车和人的倒影在湿漉漉的人行道上的水坑中清晰可见，形成镜面效果。

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2025-06-28 06:15:37

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@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-07-27 08:06:28

🛤️ Like outlaws from the Old West: Sinaloa Cartel accused of robbing US trains
https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-06-30/like-outlaws-from-the-old-west-sinaloa-cartel-accused-of-robbing-us-trains.html
…

Like outlaws from the Old West: Sinaloa Cartel accused of robbing US trains
Court documents reveal at least 10 heists in the last two years on the California-Arizona route

@arXiv_csCL_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-07-30 10:17:21

Multilingual JobBERT for Cross-Lingual Job Title Matching
Jens-Joris Decorte, Matthias De Lange, Jeroen Van Hautte
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21609 https://

Multilingual JobBERT for Cross-Lingual Job Title Matching
We introduce JobBERT-V3, a contrastive learning-based model for cross-lingual job title matching. Building on the state-of-the-art monolingual JobBERT-V2, our approach extends support to English, German, Spanish, and Chinese by leveraging synthetic translations and a balanced multilingual dataset of over 21 million job titles. The model retains the efficiency-focused architecture of its predecessor while enabling robust alignment across languages without requiring task-specific supervision. Ext…

@tschfflr@fediscience.org
2025-08-27 05:13:05

#omw to The #Emoji Workshop*! Step 1 ✅
#DB true to form with trains just not running without notice, and this helpful schedule
* https://www.hf.uio.no/iln/english/research/groups/super-linguistics/events/the-emoji-workshop.html

@kctipton@mas.to
2025-06-23 15:34:58

Acrobatics, accidents and legal loopholes: The uncertain world of stunt performers | Economy and Business | EL PAÍS English https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-06-22/acrobat…

Acrobatics, accidents and legal loopholes: The uncertain world of stunt performers
Despite risking their lives at work, there is no legislative framework to protect these professionals

@arXiv_csCL_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-07-30 10:21:31

Overview of ADoBo at IberLEF 2025: Automatic Detection of Anglicisms in Spanish
Elena Alvarez-Mellado, Jordi Porta-Zamorano, Constantine Lignos, Julio Gonzalo
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.21813

Overview of ADoBo at IberLEF 2025: Automatic Detection of Anglicisms in Spanish
This paper summarizes the main findings of ADoBo 2025, the shared task on anglicism identification in Spanish proposed in the context of IberLEF 2025. Participants of ADoBo 2025 were asked to detect English lexical borrowings (or anglicisms) from a collection of Spanish journalistic texts. Five teams submitted their solutions for the test phase. Proposed systems included LLMs, deep learning models, Transformer-based models and rule-based systems. The results range from F1 scores of 0.17 to 0.99…

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-08-29 00:30:00

Uneven Lives VIII 👁️
不工整人生 VII 👁️
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️ERA 100, expired 1994
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

English Alt Text:
A black and white double exposure photograph showing two people working on a rooftop, overlaid with a wall featuring Chinese signage and utility boxes. The composition blends manual labor with urban infrastructure, creating a layered, artistic cityscape.

中文替代文字：
一张黑白双重曝光照片，画面中两人在屋顶上工作，叠加了一面带有中文标语和公共设施箱的墙面。画面融合了体力劳动与城市基础设施，呈现出层次丰富的艺术城市景象。

English Alt Text:
A surreal park scene viewed through a reflective surface, showing trees, rocks, a metal tower, and a person with a bicycle. Abstract dark shapes overlay the image, adding depth and visual complexity.

中文替代文字：
通过反光表面拍摄的超现实公园景象，画面中有树木、岩石、金属塔以及一位骑自行车的人。图像上覆盖着抽象的暗影形状，增强了画面的深度和视觉复杂性。

English Alt Text:
A black and white abstract photograph of a modern architectural interior, possibly an elevator shaft, with illuminated panels, curved lines, and layered reflections. A faint human silhouette adds a subtle narrative element.

中文替代文字：
一张黑白抽象照片，展示了现代建筑内部空间，可能是电梯井，带有发光面板、弯曲线条和多层反射。隐约可见的人影为画面增添了细腻的叙事感。

@arXiv_csCL_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-07-31 09:29:21

Question Generation for Assessing Early Literacy Reading Comprehension
Xiaocheng Yang, Sumuk Shashidhar, Dilek Hakkani-Tur
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22410 https://

Question Generation for Assessing Early Literacy Reading Comprehension
Assessment of reading comprehension through content-based interactions plays an important role in the reading acquisition process. In this paper, we propose a novel approach for generating comprehension questions geared to K-2 English learners. Our method ensures complete coverage of the underlying material and adaptation to the learner's specific proficiencies, and can generate a large diversity of question types at various difficulty levels to ensure a thorough evaluation. We evaluate the per…

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-07-30 22:00:04

wiki_science: Wikipedia Map of Science (2020)
A network of scientific fields, extracted from the English Wikipedia in early 2020. Nodes are wikipedia pages representing natural, formal, social and applied sciences, and two nodes are linked if the cosine similarity of the page content is above a threshold. See <http://www.s…

wiki_science: Wikipedia Map of Science (2020). 687 nodes, 6523 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/wiki_science

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-08-28 00:30:00

Uneven Lives VII 👁️
不工整人生 VII 👁️
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️ERA 100, expired 1994
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

• English Alt Text:
Black-and-white image of a person squatting on a brick sidewalk with a painted bicycle symbol, possibly eating or drinking. A ghostly double exposure effect and tree shadows create a moody, artistic scene.
• 中文替代文字：
黑白图像，一人蹲在铺有砖块并标有自行车符号的人行道上，似乎在吃或喝东西。图像中有树影和幽灵般的双重曝光效果，营造出一种情绪化的艺术氛围。

• English Alt Text:
A black-and-white photo of a person standing beside a bicycle on a tree-lined sidewalk, facing an empty road. Abstract white shapes from film damage or double exposure add a surreal, artistic effect.
• 中文替代文字：
一张黑白照片，画面中一人站在树荫人行道上的自行车旁，面朝空旷的马路。图像边缘和中央有抽象白色图形，可能是胶片损坏或双重曝光造成，增添了超现实的艺术感。

• English Alt Text:
A black-and-white photo of a city street in front of the “Da Jiao Ting International Business Hotel.” Several vehicles, including a white van labeled “Maximum capacity: 10 people,” a bus, and a car, are parked outside. Reflections and silhouettes suggest the photo was taken through a window.
• 中文替代文字：
黑白照片，城市街道场景，位于“大郊亭国际商务酒店”前。酒店外停有多辆车，包括一辆标有“准乘10人”的白色面包车、一辆公交车和一辆轿车。图像中有反光和人影，显示照片可能是透过窗户拍摄的。

@arXiv_csCL_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-07-29 08:31:31

HITSZ's End-To-End Speech Translation Systems Combining Sequence-to-Sequence Auto Speech Recognition Model and Indic Large Language Model for IWSLT 2025 in Indic Track
Xuchen Wei, Yangxin Wu, Yaoyin Zhang, Henglyu Liu, Kehai Chen, Xuefeng Bai, Min Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.19616

HITSZ's End-To-End Speech Translation Systems Combining Sequence-to-Sequence Auto Speech Recognition Model and Indic Large Language Model for IWSLT 2025 in Indic Track
This paper presents HITSZ's submission for the IWSLT 2025 Indic track, focusing on speech-to-text translation (ST) for English-to-Indic and Indic-to-English language pairs. To enhance translation quality in this low-resource scenario, we propose an end-to-end system integrating the pre-trained Whisper automated speech recognition (ASR) model with Krutrim, an Indic-specialized large language model (LLM). Experimental results demonstrate that our end-to-end system achieved average BLEU scores of …

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-07-30 23:00:04

wiki_science: Wikipedia Map of Science (2020)
A network of scientific fields, extracted from the English Wikipedia in early 2020. Nodes are wikipedia pages representing natural, formal, social and applied sciences, and two nodes are linked if the cosine similarity of the page content is above a threshold. See <http://www.s…

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-07-28 02:44:05

Urban Diaspora IV 🎈
城市放逐 IV 🎈
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1994
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#filmphotography

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

• English Alt Text: A person sits on a bench in a shaded outdoor area, reading a book. The setting includes leafy trees, a curved concrete structure, and a circular planter filled with pebbles.
• 中文替代文本：一个人坐在阴凉的户外长椅上阅读书籍。环境中有茂密的树木、弯曲的混凝土结构和一个装满鹅卵石的圆形花坛。

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

• English Alt Text: A handwritten sign in Chinese is attached to a gated entrance. Two people are positioned near the gate, one standing and one seated. In the background, parked cars and a building with multiple windows are visible. The sign lists various cakes and baked items repeatedly, such as “coffee,” “oven cake,” and multiple entries of “cake.”
• 中文替代文本：一个手写的中文招牌贴在门口的铁栅栏上，门附近有两个人，一人站着一人坐着。背景中可见停着的车辆和一栋有多个窗户的建筑。招牌上反复列出各类蛋糕和烘焙食品，如“咖啡”、“烤箱蛋糕”和大量“蛋糕”的字样。

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

• English Alt Text: A black-and-white photo of people sitting outdoors on a brick ledge near a tree. The group is partially shaded with sunlight filtering through, and they appear absorbed in their phones or devices. Bags and belongings are placed around them, and the background includes greenery and a plain building wall. The monochrome tone evokes a reflective or timeless atmosphere.
• 中文替代文本：一张黑白照片，几个人坐在室外砖砌的台阶上，旁边有一棵树。阳光从树叶间穿透，给画面带来阴影感，他们似乎都专注于手机或其他设备。周围放有背包和物品，背景是…

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

• English Alt Text: A lively outdoor scene shows people gathered in a shaded, park-like area near a tree-lined street. Some individuals are sitting on benches or ledges, while others stand beside bicycles and motorcycles. A prominent traffic sign on the left warns drivers to slow down near a school zone, with pictograms of children and Chinese text. The environment suggests a casual social gathering in an urban neighborhood, highlighting community life and pedestrian s…

@arXiv_csCL_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-07-31 09:54:01

Investigating Hallucination in Conversations for Low Resource Languages
Amit Das, Md. Najib Hasan, Souvika Sarkar, Zheng Zhang, Fatemeh Jamshidi, Tathagata Bhattacharya, Nilanjana Raychawdhury, Dongji Feng, Vinija Jain, Aman Chadha
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.22720

Investigating Hallucination in Conversations for Low Resource Languages
Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable proficiency in generating text that closely resemble human writing. However, they often generate factually incorrect statements, a problem typically referred to as 'hallucination'. Addressing hallucination is crucial for enhancing the reliability and effectiveness of LLMs. While much research has focused on hallucinations in English, our study extends this investigation to conversational data in three languages: Hindi, Farsi, and Mandari…

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-06-28 02:07:28

City Corners 🏙️
城市角落 🏙️
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️ILFORD FP4 Plus, expired 1995
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#filmphotography

Ilford FP4 @ ISO 64

English alt text: Several potted plants, including tulips and leafy greens, are arranged on a surface against a wall. A circular cutout in the wall casts light and shadows, creating an artistic, serene atmosphere.

中文替代文字：几个盆栽植物（包括郁金香和绿叶植物）整齐地摆放在一面墙前。墙上的圆形切口投射出光影，营造出一种艺术感和平静的氛围。

Ilford FP4 @ ISO 64

English alt text: A black and white photo of a simple wooden structure resembling a ladder or scaffolding, leaning against a wall. A cloth or tarp drapes loosely over one of the horizontal beams, while dappled shadows from nearby foliage create a play of light on the surface.

中文替代文字：一张黑白照片展示了一个靠在墙上的简易木结构，类似梯子或脚手架。一个布料或帆布随意披在横梁上，附近植物的斑驳阴影投射在墙上，营造出光影交错的效果。

Ilford FP4 @ ISO 64

English alt text: A black and white image of a public art installation featuring three stylized, flat human silhouettes standing side by side. The central figure has a square graphic on its chest with the word “SOHO” printed on it. Behind the figures are trees, a railing, and urban architecture, lending a modern and minimalistic atmosphere.

中文替代文字：一张黑白照片展示了一个公共艺术装置，由三个并排站立的人形剪影组成，中间的剪影胸前有一个印有“SOHO”字样的方形图案。背景中有树木、栏杆和城市建筑，营造出现代简约的氛围。

Ilford FP4 @ ISO 64

English alt text: A black and white photo of a bicycle parked beneath a small structure, possibly a staircase or canopy. The bike and overhead beams cast sharp, defined shadows on the concrete ground, with a circular manhole cover visible to the left. The dramatic lighting and contrast give the scene an atmospheric, almost cinematic quality.

中文替代文字：一张黑白照片展示了一辆停在简易结构下的自行车，可能是楼梯或遮棚。自行车和上方横梁在混凝土地面上投下清晰锐利的阴影，左侧可见一个圆形井盖。光影的强烈对比赋予画面一种富有氛围的电影感。

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2025-08-28 19:00:47

wikipedia_growth: en-Wikipedia links (2007)
The network of hyperlinks among English wikipedia pages, in 2007. An edge (i,j) indicates that article i hyperlinks to article j, and each edge is timestamped with its creation.
This network has 1870709 nodes and 39953145 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Unweighted, Timestamps
https:/…

wikipedia_growth: en-Wikipedia links (2007). 1870709 nodes, 39953145 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/wikipedia_growth

wikipedia_growth — en-Wikipedia links (2007)
The network of hyperlinks among English wikipedia pages, in 2007. An edge (i,j) indicates that article i hyperlinks to article j, and each edge is timestamped with its creation.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-07-22 23:29:07

🔫 Extortion: Mexico’s new battle against a deeply rooted crime
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-07-08/extortion-mexicos-new-battle-against-a-deeply-rooted-crime.html

Extortion: Mexico’s new battle against a deeply rooted crime
García Harfuch has presented a police and intelligence initiative targeting the criminal charges imposed on both large and small businesses

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-08-29 03:00:06

wikiconflict: Wikipedia edit wars (2009)
A network representing editorial interactions among editors of the English Wikipedia. Nodes are editors, and an edge denotes an edit conflict between the two editors. Edge are timestamped and signed. A positive sign indicates the users have agreement on the edit, and the negative sign indicates a disagreement (a reversion) on the edit.
This network has 118100 nodes and 2917785 edges.
Tags: Social, Conflict, Signed, Timestamps

wikiconflict — Wikipedia edit wars (2009)
A network representing editorial interactions among editors of the English Wikipedia. Nodes are editors, and an edge denotes an edit conflict between the two editors. Edge are timestamped and signed. A positive sign indicates the users have agreement on the edit, and the negative sign indicates a disagreement (a reversion) on the edit.

@arXiv_csCL_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-06-27 09:56:59

Text2Cypher Across Languages: Evaluating Foundational Models Beyond English
Makbule Gulcin Ozsoy, William Tai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.21445 https://

Text2Cypher Across Languages: Evaluating Foundational Models Beyond English
Recent advances in large language models have enabled natural language interfaces that translate user questions into database queries, such as Text2SQL, Text2SPARQL, and Text2Cypher. While these interfaces enhance database accessibility, most research today focuses solely on English, with limited evaluation in other languages. This paper investigates the performance of foundational LLMs on the Text2Cypher task across multiple languages. We create and release a multilingual test set by translati…

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-07-28 16:00:04

edit_wiktionary: Wiktionary edits (2010)
Three bipartite user-page networks extracted from Wiktionary, for French, German, and English. A user connects to a page if that user edited that page. Edits (edges) are timestamped. Edge weights represent counts of the number of edits.
This network has 7426 nodes and 41935 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Multigraph, Timestamps

edit_wiktionary: Wiktionary edits (2010). 7426 nodes, 41935 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/edit_wiktionary#be

edit_wiktionary — Wiktionary edits (2010)
Three bipartite user-page networks extracted from Wiktionary, for French, German, and English. A user connects to a page if that user edited that page. Edits (edges) are timestamped. Edge weights represent counts of the number of edits.

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-08-27 00:30:01

Uneven Lives VI 👁️
不工整人生 VI 👁️
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️ERA 100, expired 1994
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

• English Alt Text: Black and white photo of a busy urban street with people standing and conversing on the sidewalk, one person leaning against a wall using a phone, and reflections in glass adding depth; cars, buses, and buildings visible in the background.
• 中文替代文字：黑白街景照片，几位行人站在人行道上交谈，一人靠墙看手机，玻璃反射增添层次感；背景中有汽车、公交车和建筑物。

• English Alt Text: Black and white image of a street with a truck, a black car, and a white car; two people in the foreground, one wearing a hat and standing, the other wearing a cap and mask while looking at a phone; buildings and trees behind a fence in the background.
• 中文替代文字：黑白街道照片，左侧有卡车，中间是黑色轿车，右侧是白色轿车；前景中两人，一人戴帽站立，另一人戴鸭舌帽和口罩看手机；背景有建筑和树木，被围栏隔开。

• English Alt Text: Black and white photograph of modern high-rise buildings with stepped architecture and many windows, set against a partly cloudy sky.
• 中文替代文字：黑白照片展示现代高层建筑，结构呈阶梯状，窗户众多，背景是部分多云的天空。

• English Alt Text: Black and white photo of an urban lot filled with rubble, debris, and overgrown plants; two vehicles are parked in the center, with tall buildings in the background, a fence on the right, and trees on the left.
• 中文替代文字：黑白城市空地照片，地面布满瓦砾、杂物和杂草，中间停着两辆车；背景是高层建筑，右侧有围栏，左侧是树木。

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-06-27 02:02:21

Lights and Shadows 🔅
光与影 🔅
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Ilford FP4 @ ISO 64

English Alt Text: A person in a long coat with a backpack stands in front of a windowed building. To the left, crates and boxes are stacked on a wheeled cart, and overhead wires stretch across the scene.

中文替代文本: 一位身穿长外套、背着背包的人站在带窗户的建筑物前。左侧有一个堆满箱子的推车，上方布满电线，构成都市一角。

Ilford FP4 @ ISO 64

English Alt Text: A person in sunglasses sits at a table partially shaded by foliage. A bag with the letters “DS” rests on the table, and tents with people milling around suggest a lively market or outdoor event in the background.

中文替代文本: 一位戴着墨镜的人坐在桌旁，部分被植物遮住。桌上放着一个印有“DS”字样的包，背景是热闹的市场或户外活动，有帐篷和人群。

Ilford FP4 @ ISO 64

English Alt Text: A silhouetted figure sits alone inside a vehicle, gazing out of a window. The outside view is softly blurred, with hints of trees and buildings, while the interior is bathed in shadow, creating a moody black-and-white composition.

中文替代文本: 一位剪影般的人物独自坐在车内，望向窗外。窗外的景色模糊不清，隐约可见树木和建筑，车内则被阴影笼罩，构成一幅黑白对比强烈的画面。

Ilford FP4 @ ISO 64

English Alt Text: A textured wall catches the dappled shadows of tree branches and leaves in black and white. Several electrical meters are mounted in a row, while a scooter is partially visible in the lower right corner. Cracks and wear on the wall add a sense of age and atmosphere.

中文替代文本: 一面老旧墙壁上布满斑驳光影，树枝和叶子的阴影斜洒其上。墙上排列着几个电表，右下角部分可见一辆踏板摩托车。墙体的裂痕与磨损增添了岁月感与画面质感。

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2025-08-25 10:04:50

JaParaPat: A Large-Scale Japanese-English Parallel Patent Application Corpus
Masaaki Nagata, Katsuki Chousa, Norihito Yasuda
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16303 https://

JaParaPat: A Large-Scale Japanese-English Parallel Patent Application Corpus
We constructed JaParaPat (Japanese-English Parallel Patent Application Corpus), a bilingual corpus of more than 300 million Japanese-English sentence pairs from patent applications published in Japan and the United States from 2000 to 2021. We obtained the publication of unexamined patent applications from the Japan Patent Office (JPO) and the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). We also obtained patent family information from the DOCDB, that is a bibliographic database maintained…

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2025-08-26 00:30:00

Uneven Lives V 👁️
不工整人生 V 👁️
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#filmphotography

English Alt Text:
Black-and-white photo of two people talking near a modern building with reflective glass. A large abstract sculpture made of geometric shapes stands in the foreground. A patterned tall building is visible through the glass in the background.

中文替代文字：
黑白照片中，两人站在现代玻璃建筑前交谈。前景是一座由几何图形组成的大型抽象雕塑。背景玻璃后可见一栋带有独特图案的高楼。

English Alt Text:
Black-and-white image of a city street with a double-decker and a single-decker bus. Two pedestrians walk along the sidewalk; one wears a long dress and carries a bag, the other wears a shirt and pants. The double-decker bus has Chinese characters and an “EV” sign.

中文替代文字：
黑白城市街景，一辆双层巴士和一辆单层巴士停靠在路边。两位行人走在人行道上，一位穿长裙提包，另一位穿衬衫和裤子。双层巴士上有“EV”标志和中文文字。

English Alt Text:
Black-and-white photo of a person wearing a visor and face mask, seen from behind while standing on a sidewalk. In the background, a car drives by, a cyclist rides along the road, and another pedestrian walks near a building with trees and a fence.

中文替代文字：
黑白照片中，一位戴遮阳帽和口罩的人从背后拍摄，站在人行道上望向街道。背景中有一辆汽车驶过，一人骑车经过，另一人沿着有树木和围栏的建筑旁行走。

English Alt Text:
Black-and-white city street scene featuring a bus labeled “669,” a pedestrian crossing the road with a backpack and bag, and two cyclists riding side by side. An overpass, buildings, and a fence line the background, capturing a moment of urban movement.

中文替代文字：
黑白城市街景，左侧是一辆标有“669”的公交车，一名行人背着背包和提袋穿越马路，右侧两人并肩骑行。背景有高架桥、建筑物和街边围栏，展现城市生活的动态瞬间。

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-06-28 05:00:07

wiki_link_dyn: Wikipedia link dynamics (2011)
Six networks of the evolving hyperlink structure among wikipedia articles, for simple English (en), German (de), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Italian (it), French (fr), taken in August 2011. Each edge is timestamped, and an edge (i,j) indicates that article i hyperlinks to j. The edge sign indicates the addition ( 1) or deletion (-1) of that link at the specified time.
This network has 100312 nodes and 1627472 edges.
Tags: Informati…

wiki_link_dyn — Wikipedia link dynamics (2011)
Six networks of the evolving hyperlink structure among wikipedia articles, for simple English (en), German (de), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Italian (it), French (fr), taken in August 2011. Each edge is timestamped, and an edge (i,j) indicates that article i hyperlinks to j. The edge sign indicates the addition (+1) or deletion (-1) of that link at the specified time.

@arXiv_csCL_bot@mastoxiv.page
2025-08-26 12:00:56

Information availability in different languages and various technological constraints related to multilinguism on the Internet
Sonal Khosla, Haridasa Acharya
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.17918

Information availability in different languages and various technological constraints related to multilinguism on the Internet
The usage of Internet has grown exponentially over the last two decades. The number of Internet users has grown from 16 Million to 1650 Million from 1995 to 2010. It has become a major repository of information catering almost every area. Since the Internet has its origin in USA which is English speaking country there is huge dominance of English on the World Wide Web. Although English is a globally acceptable language, still there is a huge population in the world which is not able to access t…

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-07-26 00:35:52

Urban Diaspora III 🎈
城市放逐 III 🎈
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️Ilford FP4 Plus, expired 1994
buy me ☕️ ?/请我喝杯☕️？
#filmphotography

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

English alt text: A monochrome photo of a sleek, circular modern building with tall vertical windows. A raised pedestrian walkway curves in front of the structure, featuring railings and a staircase that leads to a busy street below. People walk and ride scooters beneath, near a traffic sign for a pedestrian crossing.

中文替代文字：一张黑白照片展示一座圆形现代建筑，建筑外立面设有高大的竖窗。建筑前是一个弯曲的高架人行道，配有栏杆和通往街道的楼梯。街道上行人和电动车穿梭，还有一个行人过街的交通标志。

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

English alt text: A street-level view of a restaurant with glass windows and doors, showing patrons seated inside. In front of the entrance, steps lead up from the sidewalk, where miscellaneous items such as boxes and cleaning tools are scattered. A motorcycle passes by on the road, while other buildings line the background.

中文替代文字：一张街景照片展示一家小餐厅，玻璃门窗内有顾客正在就坐。餐厅门前的台阶连接人行道，地面上散放着一些杂物，包括纸箱和清洁工具。一辆摩托车从街上驶过，背景中还有其他建筑物。

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

English alt text: Outdoor seating with three people at separate tables, casually enjoying conversation or activities. The space is set beside a building with a textured metal façade, paved with tiles and illuminated by soft daylight. Shadows stretch across the ground, adding contrast and depth to the urban scene.

中文替代文字：户外座位区，三位顾客分别坐在不同的桌旁，享受交流或各自的活动。场地位于一栋金属镂空外墙的建筑旁，地面铺有瓷砖，阳光柔和洒落，在地面上形成富有层次的阴影，为都市景象增添视觉对比。

Ilford FP4 Plus 125 (FF)

English alt text: A quiet urban street scene in black and white featuring a person seated on a chair or cart beneath a tree, with a small child nearby. Around them are bags and miscellaneous belongings, including what appears to be a stroller. Scooters and cars are parked along the street in the background, and buildings line both sides, creating a nostalgic and contemplative atmosphere.

中文替代文字：一幅黑白城市街景照片，画面中一位成人坐在树下的椅子或手推车上，旁边有一个小孩。周围散落着一些袋子和随身物品，包括疑似婴儿车。背景中街道两侧停着电动车…

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-08-25 00:30:02

Uneven Lives IV 👁️
不工整人生 IV 👁️
📷 Minolta Hi-Matic AF
🎞️ERA 100, expired 1994
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

English Alt Text:
Two people sit on wooden benches in front of a modern glass building. One wears a white sweater and looks down, while the other wears a denim jacket and white pants. A sign reads “Fresh Food Supermarket,” and large apple sculptures decorate the plaza.

中文替代文字：
两个人坐在现代玻璃建筑前的木质长椅上，一人穿白色毛衣低头看东西，另一人穿牛仔夹克和白裤子。背景中有“Fresh Food Supermarket”的招牌和几个大型苹果雕塑，场景位于一个公共广场。

English Alt Text:
A black-and-white photo of an urban outdoor space with geometric benches, planters filled with flowers, and a checkerboard seating area. A person walks on the sidewalk in the background near parked cars.

中文替代文字：
一张黑白照片展示城市户外空间，有几何形状的长椅、种满花草的花坛，以及一个棋盘格图案的座位区。背景中有人在人行道上行走，旁边停着几辆车。

English Alt Text:
A person stands near the entrance of a modern building with large glass windows and a revolving door, while another sits on steps beside a flower planter. Abstract shapes and faces are drawn on the ground, and reflections of nearby buildings appear in the glass.

中文替代文字：
一个人站在带有旋转门和大玻璃窗的现代建筑入口处，另一个人坐在花坛旁的台阶上。地面上绘有抽象图形和面孔，玻璃窗中映出周围建筑的倒影。

English Alt Text:
A black-and-white cityscape showing several multi-story residential buildings with balconies and air conditioning units. The building on the right features decorative trim along the roofline. The sky is mostly clear with a few scattered clouds.

中文替代文字：
一张黑白城市风景照，展示几栋多层住宅楼，带有阳台和空调设备。右侧的建筑屋顶边缘有装饰性设计。天空晴朗，只有少量云朵

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2025-06-27 12:00:09

wordnet: WordNet relationships
A network of English words from the WordNet. Node is a word, and edge denotes relationships between words (synonymy, hyperonymy, meronymy, etc.). The date at which this network was extracted from WordNet is not unknown.
This network has 146005 nodes and 656999 edges.
Tags: Informational, Language, Unweighted
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