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@jredlund@social.linux.pizza
2025-05-13 23:10:55

Rhetorical Analysis of an Open Letter
I want to talk first about the effects of genre on rhetorical analysis. Let’s start with two main categories. Primary sources: These are texts from a writer or an organization to a specific audience or audiences with a persuasive purpose. Such texts include op-eds, letters, press releases, blog posts, tweets, and emails. These texts provide an opportunity for a straightforward rhetorical analysis because the rhetorical situation is…

@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk
2025-06-05 19:02:15

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Cumulus:
🎵 Boxes & Letters
#Cumulus
cumulus.bandcamp.com/track/box
open.spotify.com/track/64U8S3i

@nobodyinperson@fosstodon.org
2025-06-10 14:05:52

I just love :vim: #vim for its macros 🤩
(vim macro in the #AltText)
#TexLaTeX

vim screencast. a latex file is open, cursor on a \section{Conclusion} line. The F8 key is pressed (as shown by an overlay), and above the \section line a fancy figlet with reading "Conclusion" in big ASCII art letters appears. Another time F8 is pressed, the next happens for the next section.

You can add this to your vimrc (and install figlet):

nnoremap <F8> k/\\.*section.*{<CR>f{vi{yO<ESC>pV!figlet -w120<CR>maVnk:normal gI% <CR>
@awinkler@openbiblio.social
2025-05-27 20:44:46

via theguardian.com/technology/202:
Matteo Valleriani: "It is time to build public, open-access LLMs for the humanities…