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Transfer Learning via Lexical Relatedness: A Sarcasm and Hate Speech Case Study
Angelly Cabrera, Linus Lei, Antonio Ortega
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.16555 https://

Transfer Learning via Lexical Relatedness: A Sarcasm and Hate Speech Case Study
Detecting hate speech in non-direct forms, such as irony, sarcasm, and innuendos, remains a persistent challenge for social networks. Although sarcasm and hate speech are regarded as distinct expressions, our work explores whether integrating sarcasm as a pre-training step improves implicit hate speech detection and, by extension, explicit hate speech detection. Incorporating samples from ETHOS, Sarcasm on Reddit, and Implicit Hate Corpus, we devised two training strategies to compare the effec…

German has a unique problem: the default noun for any job is male. Every effort to include the female or neutral form is fought tooth and nail by conservative parties. So when a mayor was forced to remove the mention of both genders in the statute for firefighters.... he kept just the female form of every job title 😈
"That's not what we meant!" the city council is now crying. "Not every person is female, after all!" they lament without noticing the irony.
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The event page for @… 's Enshittification book tour stop in #Montreal links to Facebook for full details…
The irony of this is not lost on me.
(See you there, tomorrow, local friends?)

Cory Doctorow launches Enshittification | Librairie Drawn & Quarterly
Drawn & Quarterly is an internationally renowned publisher of the world's best cartoonists.

Oh the irony!
Wes Streeting suggesting that Donald Trump is wrong to stop prescribing paracetamol (as we know it here) without any evidence it is causing harm is EXACTLY WHAT HE IS DOING by stopping prescribing of puberty suppressing drugs in children experiencing gender incongruence. Literally, exactly the same - no evidence, just politics.
#ukpolitics

Wes Streeting Slams Donald Trump Over Claim Paracetamol Use Linked To Autism
The health secretary told pregnant women not to "pay any attention whatsoever" to the US president. Wes Streeting has slammed Donald Trump’s claim …

I read this article about inattention while eating my breakfast at work and dropped sardine paté down my top and trousers in the process, the very definition of irony. I usually get quite grubby at work so I got away with it but really.
‘We’re exhausted – but not from doing too much’: can this woman help us survive the age of distraction? | Health & wellbeing | The Guardian

The Hawaii State Public Library System banned the phrase “banned books week,” in displays at 51 public libraries across the state. #irony #BannedBooksWeek #Hawaii

Hawaii library system bans displays that refer to 'Banned Books Week,' rebrands to 'Freedom to Read'
Last week Lani Kawahara, who oversees the young adult section at Kauai’s largest library, set up her annual display to mark Banned Books Week, a national campaign that kicked off Sunday to spotlight the harms of book censorship in America.

I wonder if the US will eventually overcome it's cultural (wilful?) obliviousness to irony, because it's settling in drifts as far south as Te Wāiponamu (the South Island) of Aotearoa (NZ).
Perhaps, one day, they might develop an appreciation of irony as I have since emigrating. And even savour it.

David Bradley, #Minnesota Chippewa, at The Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) #SantaFe #NewMexico. Part of the exhibition "Reservation for Irony: Native Wit and Contemporary Realities." Check it out …

It's funny because when I captioned NPR's audio I realised the transcript on their website is wrong.

David Simon does not say:

"You mentioned that."

He said:

"You imagine that?"

As NPR likely use "AI" for their transcripts, this adds an extra layer of irony.

The irony here is of course that the people who most need to see these posts won’t because of the very problem I’m giving advice about solving

As the US betrays Ukraine yet again, Ukraine displays the strength and integrity that has long been absent from US politics and media.
Craven sycophants of billionaires continue to reveal their true colors, while Ukraine shows the world how to fight, and what true heroes look like.
Each day is a new descent of shame for being an American.
The irony of Italy providing a voice of democracy and true journalism while the US does the opposite is not lost on me.
Georgio rep…

Investing in Ukraine to Defend Europe
Live from Ukraine 🇺🇦

Charter schools are a money grab designed to destroy public education. An excuse to shovel public money into the pockets of people with big ideas about education that mostly don't work.
The irony is that the one thing almost all critics of education agree on is that too much money is spent on administrative/managerial staff. https://

Microsoft surface headset does not work properly on Windows - works great on Linux #wtf #irony

It is a strange kind of irony to grow up with divorced parents and discover that the two sides of my family could not be more different. My mom is voting for fascists, and it shows in the way she tries to dictate every part of me, how I should look, how my hair should be, and the choices I never wanted to make but was pushed toward. Her world feels like control, a constant pressure to fit into something I do not belong to.
My dad, on the other hand, is voting for socialists, but more t…

The obvious irony that they used to call themselves "disruptors"—which is essentially an antonym of "builder"—is completely lost on them.

In a twist of irony - I apparently picked up #COVID on the day of my #US naturalization ceremony.
Went to the doctor today where I got tested and diagnosed - all good. Insurance covered it, I paid $40 co-pay.
They prescribed Paxlovid. Great, definitely want to take it.
Went to the pharmacy, they tell me the 5 days of it will cost $1,777. I nervously laugh, telling them they need to make sure to run it through insurance.
They take my insurance, and say “that’s strange, it’s still really expensive”. New total: $1,000.
They try to add a discount code, but it cancels out the insurance, so the total is $1,500.
I ask if there are generics - nope, not available. I double-check my plan details: I’m $100 away from my deductible and the plan covers basically all prescribed medications. Pharmacy is in-network, supposedly.
Anyway, now I’m home and trying to call my insurance and wondering how in the world people are being made to choose between higher risk of hospitalization and paying $1-1.7k for five days of medication with a private insurance plan.
At least I got to pick up more KN-95 masks to wear while I’m contagious….
#USPol #healthcare #insurance #medicine

Oh the irony
#microsoft #copilot #genai

"Gas stations are America's accidental museums-fluorescent-lit shrines to kitsch, camp, and chaotic consumerism. Exploring gas station merchandise through art becomes a way to examine the surreal poetry of the roadside: airbrushed wolves on velvet, rhinestone trucker hats, Jesus candles, lottery tickets, and beef jerky side by side like some late capitalist still life. These one-stop culture convergence points are where regional identity, mass production, nostalgia, and irony collid…

The absolute irony of The National Archives sending an email celebrating 200 years of the modern railway and ending with a notice that strike action by the RMT might affect their services.

Irony at z=6.68: a bright AGN with forbidden Fe emission and multi-component Balmer absorption
Francesco D'Eugenio, Erica Nelson, Xihan Ji, Josephine Baggen, Jenny Greene, Ivo Labb\'e, Gabriele Pezzulli, Vanessa Brown, Roberto Maiolino, Jorryt Matthee, Elena Terlevich, Roberto Terlevich, Alberto Torralba, Stefano Carniani
https://a…

Irony at z=6.68: a bright AGN with forbidden Fe emission and multi-component Balmer absorption
We present the deepest medium-resolution JWST/NIRSpec spectroscopy to date of a bright Little Red Dot (LRD) AGN, Irony at z=6.68. The data reveal broad Balmer emission from H$α$-H$δ$ and Balmer absorption in H$α$-H$ε$. The absorption lines are kinematically split: H$α$ is blueshifted while higher-order lines are redshifted suggesting complex gas kinematics; their relative ratios are inconsistent with a single, passive absorbing screen. The line depths require absorption of both the BLR and…

Has to be be intervention from the gods of fate (i e. irony of fate), that one of the biggest assholes in literature, Peer Gynt, is a national hero and idol in Norway. https://www.ibsenbyen.no/en/ibsen-i-norge-peer-gynt-pa-gala-ikonisk-forest…

Just finished "Lulu and Milagro's Search for Clarity" by Angela Velez. It's an excellent #OwnVoices Latinx teen drama about big questions like dating and college, and it's very well plotted, with lots of balls in the air that get caught and thrown again beautifully and which all come down nicely at the end. Reminded me of "Far From the Tree" by Robin Benway, which also had three siblings and which also juggled dramatic irony beautifully across multiple perspectives. A less skilled author could have told a similar story with more straightforward perspective trading, but Velez manages to create a lovely relay race of tensions that pass their batons to each other so neatly you're always eagerly awaiting the next development.
#AmReading

Irony - causing an Insurrection by making up an Insurrection
#trump #miller #uspol

The sad irony here is that I’d probably have shelled out the $12/mo for the lowest tier paid plan, but now I refuse to just on principle.

Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime https://jacobin.com/2025/10/trump-classifies-anti-capitalism-as-a-political-pre-crime/

Trump Classifies “Anti-Capitalism” as a Political Pre-Crime
Donald Trump’s new security directive labels anti-capitalist beliefs as a predictor of political violence. The irony: left-wing structural analysis actually pushes people away from lone-wolf attacks and toward mass organizing for change.

@… It’s hilariously sad that he doesn’t see the irony in automating human connection.
If *you* don’t have something to say, you can just *not post* for free.

The irony of google sending me a popup notification about focusing on wellbeing and being good to myself.
Look, not distracting me with your bullshit, google, would be a *great* start.

Trying to share and repost cool and inspiring things because everyone here complains too fucking much all the damn time.
(Yes, I can see the irony that this post is itself a complaint.)

Warren Buffet, sums up what tariffs do…
A tariff, Buffett explains in an CBS interview, is “an act of war to some degree.”
“It may not draw blood immediately but make no mistake—it's an act of aggression that invites retaliation."
"The irony," Buffett notes, "is that protectionism often harms precisely what it claims to protect.
American consumers pay higher prices.
American manufacturers face higher input costs.
American farmers los…

Warren Buffett: A Tariff Is ‘An Act Of War To Some Degree’
Warren Buffett warns tariffs ignite economic warfare as smart money shifts to European markets, Chinese stocks, and gold amid market turbulence.

"American slavery was not so bad. It was even beneficial to slaves and their descendants.
Donald Trump, his MAGA allies, and conservative talking heads continue to peddle this insulting, ahistorical, and unapologetically racist narrative. Without irony or shame — and to absolve their followers of any guilt or responsibility — Trump wants to whitewash America’s original sin."

Making Slavery Great Again
It's less outlandish than it sounds.

Americans should be able to FOIA the AI prompts the government uses to generate this stuff. (If only to assure themselves the word "aryan" isn't being used.)
https://www.buzzfeed.com/alexalisitza/reactions-make-america-skilled-again-tweet…

Trump Admin's 'Lazy' Post Sparks Major Criticism
The irony of the labor department being called "lazy."

I don’t mind if you distribute your music on #Spotify, as long as you also make it accessible on #Bandcamp!

The absolute irony of the person complaining about a little bit of #Welsh being called Ceri.
Also, it's not a Pelican crossing, looks more like a Puffin. #rdguk
Reading council installs Whitley Welsh pelican crossing
https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/25367371.reading-council-installs-whitley-welsh-pelican-crossing/

Day 12: Laura Zimmerman
We're back to a YA author here, and Zimmerman has been floating in my list of people to include since the start. I've read "My Eyes are Up Here" about dealing with misogyny and just general logistics while having very large breasts in high school. It's both engaging & educational, but also very well written in terms of the pacing, comedic moments, and turns of phrase. That led me to check out "Just Do This One Thing For Me" which is extremely dark, *incredibly hilarious*, and so thick with dramatic irony it had me constantly amused. It's also really touching at times, and a beautiful ode to the bonds of siblinghood that made me cry as well as laugh. I won't spoil the plot at all, but it's one of the best YA books I've ever read.
#20AuthorsNoMen

❝The irony is that…the few who resist him — the ones who say no, who absorb the punishment and ridicule — emerge larger, not smaller. They grow in stature, even if only by contrast.❞
❝[Institutions] fear the heat, the Twitter storm, the boycott threats, the possibility of regulatory retaliation. But in trying to avoid trouble, they entangle themselves in it.❞ Trump as Tar Baby.

Yes, of course we’re Agile. We have Jira!
Oh no sorry, sprints are enforced at 2 week length per corporate policy.
What’s that? No sorry, teams can’t modify task fields, you’d need to ask a Jira admin, but they don’t like to change things.
Swimlanes? Oh dear no, that’s the Jira admin as well. You see it’s important we have a strictly uniform implementation of our Agile workflow across the org.
(And they don’t even hear the irony themselves…)

One way I can lose all my money is by taking Spotify to court over their exploitative practices, meanwhile, supporting artists directly on Bandcamp actually puts money where it belongs: in the creators’ hands.
⭐ Read more here: https://bandcamp.com/about ⭐

As the President flouts the Posse Comitatus Act
by sending troops to Portland,
I can’t help but be struck by the irony that Portland was the birthplace of the Christian Nationalist and white supremacist, right wing domestic terror group called the Posse Comitatus.
https://bsky.app/profile/se…

Just mulling the truth of this:
❝The irony is that…the few who resist him…emerge larger, not smaller. They grow in stature, even if only by contrast.❞
Like…Jimmy Kimmel, a pretty OK late night host, is going to be remembered forever as a Hero of the Free Press — while Tim Cook, zillionaire CEO of one of the most important tech companies in history, will be dogged to his grave by the humiliating image of him French kissing Trump’s ass in public. It’s wild.

The irony is not lost on me that working from ostensive definition — “supervised learning” in the biz — is in fact an area in which modern “AI” excels: “Here are 10000 pictures of cats, and 10000 pictures of not-cats. Now, is this a picture of a cat?” Machines have got pretty darned good at that in many spheres.
Does that mean we could train an AI to definitely answer whether AI is in fact “intelligence,” since intelligence is in practice defined by example? In short, no — and I think there’s a spark of insight in answering that question:

This certainly brings a new irony to the old saying that a DA could get a grand jury to indict a ham sandwich.
From @…:
https://mstdn.social/@_L1vY_/115100984614965784