Things I kept in tabs hoping for the day where my RL blog will exist (while battling against the crazy dark forces of Afnic and incompetence):
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# The Interoperation, a Sterling story.
# "Words that do not mean what you - yes you! - think they mean" for $500, Alex - literally / relatedly, Steven Pinker on Science Friday (using "literally" abusively oh noes).
# lexical repulsion, or anti-collocations.
# Mapping
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There is more required nowadays to make a single wise man than formerly to make Seven Sages, and more is needed nowadays to deal with a single person than was required with a whole people in former times.# Scalzi on Ekaterina Sedia: The Big Idea
# The Interoperation, a Sterling story.
# "Words that do not mean what you - yes you! - think they mean" for $500, Alex - literally / relatedly, Steven Pinker on Science Friday (using "literally" abusively oh noes).
# lexical repulsion, or anti-collocations.
# Mapping