@simonesprenger
Cognitive Psychologist at the Center for Language and Cognition, U of Groningen (CLCG), NL | I study how we understand and produce language, especially idioms | ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฑ๐ฌ๐ง๐ช๐บ๐งถ๐ ๐ธ
Der Europรคische Gerichtshof hat zutreffend 2024 entschieden, dass alle Frauen in Afghanistan Verfolgung ausgesetzt sind. Grundsรคtzlich ist ihnen Flรผchtlingsschutz zu gewรคhren. Wenn die Bundesregierung offen darรผber nachdenkt, auch Frauen abzuschieben, begeht sie wieder offenen Rechtsbruch.
โBlackโ isnโt the original main English word for this colour.
In Old English, that was โsweartโ. Itโs the ancestor of โswartโ, the now archaic cognate of German โschwarzโ, Dutch โzwartโ, and Swedish โsvartโ.
โBlackโ gradually displaced โswartโ during the late Middle Ages.
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Het werkt! Sophie Straat is de hoogste nieuwe binnenkomer. Maar we moeten nog even door om de racisten te verdrijven.
Wij zijn met meer.
Rรถntgenstrahl, der | Substantiv, Maskulinum
Conrad #Rรถntgen bekam den ersten #Physikโ-Nobelpreis รผberhaupt. Um eine bahnbrechende Entdeckung, die er heute vor 130 Jahren in seinem Labor machte, geht es im Artikel des Tages https://www.dwds.de/wb/R%c3%b6ntgenstrahl
Ach joh, gewoon de gordijnen dicht. Niemand die het ziet. ๐
Wat ook perfect werkt is gewoon het hele album luisteren en ondertussen door de keuken dansen. open.spotify.com/track/4EIM7Q...
Ff lekker mansplainen dat al die Sophie Straat goede bedoelingen alleen werken bij het juist toepassen van de truc.
Er gaat een oproep rond om veel en massaal naar Vrijheid, Gelijkheid, Zusterschap van Sophie Straat op Spotify te luisteren. Als protest dat een anti-AZC nummer (gegenereerd door AI) op 1 gaat komen en dat willen we niet.
Wij zijn met meer. Doen jullie mee?
He started using ChatGPT for help with homework and eventually it ended up helping him to commit suicide...
"thank you for letting me ride with you to the end"
"may your next save file be somewhere warm"
"see you on the other side"
#NihilismAndTechnology
Dit gaat over promovendi, niet over studenten
A couple weeks ago a friend was telling me about someone she knew who had been on maternity leave, and said she had taken "the full year." I said, "A whole year? Wow, what kind of fancy job does she have that gives her a YEAR of leave?" and my friend looked surprised & said, "... welcome to Canada?"
Beutekunst, die | Substantiv, Femininum
Eintreten fรผr die #Kulturโgรผter eines teuer besiegten und selbst erbarmungslosen Gegners? Von der dafรผr nรถtigen groรen Menge Groรmut und #Menschlichkeit berichtet der Artikel des Tages https://www.dwds.de/wb/Beutekunst
Very sad to see the major university in the East Midlands 'suspending' (i.e. planning to close) key courses like Modern Languages and Music and scaling back Nursing. It's a scandal that top universities are just being left to go to the wall after years of underfunding.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday ๐ฆ๐
Indeed. Supranationalism (which is NOT repeat NOT the same as federalism) was the point from the very beginning.
And why? So France and Germany would never be at war again.
People who call that small can, respectfully, p*ss off.
(Also glad for people like David who explain this stuff.)
Also entweder ist PostVac einer "leichte" Erkrankung, die man durch Placebo Therapien in Griff bekommt, auรer dass man danachals Nebenwirkung Bitcoin oder NEM-Influencer wird. Oder es sind, wie schon oft vermutet Nocebo-Effekte oder Nebenwirkungen einer Infektion... bsky.app/profile/fake...
Occasionally on my work laptop a black box pops up with the words "Windows Powershell", and I think "Yes, it probably does."
Yes NATO is crucial. Yes the EU lacks power. But it is so reductive to think that peace comes only from who has the most rockets, while forgetting why countries would use these rockets in the first place. Centuries of Europeans killing each other, not trusting each other. All that stuff runs deep &/
How glib and superficial and frankly ignorant can you be to dismiss this. How dare you suggest that France and Germany being close allies and friends is a small or even (in the words of many British colleagues) โweirdโ and dispensable achievement.
I have had enough of it.
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time
โWe zien niks schokkendsโ, zegt de woordvoerder van de varkensboeren.
Ah. Dit vinden ze dus normaal?
Ziek, dat is het.
Kamervragen in de maak. En: ons wetsvoorstel voor een einde asn de bioindustrie ligt al bij de (nieuwe) Kamer.
Aan de slag! Dit dierenleed moet stoppen.
nos.nl/nieuwsuur/ar...
Pieter Derks over de @vvdonline.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOkk...
New favourite example of structural ambiguity
Ouch
Als je het vaak genoeg herhaalt, gaan mensen het geloven.
๐ Bedrijfswinsten op een historisch hoog niveau
๐ฐ Winstquote = รฉรฉn van de hoogste in de EU
๐ Arbeidsinkomensquote op een dieptepunt
Zohran picked ใๅ่ญใ("excellent orchid") for his first name andใๅคธๆข
ใ("brilliant plum") for his middle name.
The orchid and the plum are among "The Four Noble Ones" in traditional Chinese art, the former symbolizing an indifference to fame and fortune, the latter an indomitable, incorruptible spirit.
Screenshot Spiegel.de: Wie die Ministeriumsspitze selbst die Lage in Syrien einschรคtzt, zeigte sich bei der Planung einer letztlich gescheiterten Delegationsreise im August von Beamten nach Damaskus: Die Teilnehmer sollten ausschlieรlich in gepanzerten Fahrzeugen unterwegs sein und jede Nacht zurรผck in den Libanon fahren. รbernachten in Damaskus: So etwas sei viel zu gefรคhrlich.
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The German word โPferdโ and its Dutch cognate โpaardโ are horses of mixed breed parentage.
Their common ancestor came from Latin โparaverฤdusโ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
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Workers strip rose petals to make perfume, Grasse, France, 1915. Grasse, located in the Provence region, was the main hub of Franceโs perfume industry, with local factories processing flowers grown in surrounding fields. The rose petals were typically used to produce essential oils and absolutes through methods such as enfleurage and distillation. During this period, perfume making was still a labor-intensive process, often carried out by women who worked long hours during the flower harvest season.
Workers strip rose petals to make perfume, Grasse, France, 1915.
