# language — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1292 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover language. Page: Feed: --- ## [A Bug’s Life](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/31/a-bugs-life/) _2026-08-31 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ A bicycle has wheels of different sizes. On the rim of each wheel is a bug. As the bike travels, the bug on the smaller wheel traces a large number of small arches, and the bug on the larger wheel traces a smaller number of large arches. On a given bicycle trip, which bug travels the greater distance through space? Remarkably, they travel the same distance. The arches are cycloids, and one… ## [A Bug’s Life](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/31/a-bugs-life/) _2026-08-31 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ A bicycle has wheels of different sizes. On the rim of each wheel is a bug. As the bike travels, the bug on the smaller wheel traces a large number of small arches, and the bug on the larger wheel traces a smaller number of large arches. On a given bicycle trip, which bug travels the greater distance through space? Remarkably, they travel the same distance. The arches are cycloids, and one… ## [The Cybernetics of School: The Stars, the Well, and the Institution](https://daedeluskite.com/2026/08/31/cybernetics-of-school-stars-well-institution/) _2026-08-31 · G · Daedelus Kite_ Institutions study the world remarkably well. The harder problem is that the world they are studying is also inside the building, and there is no position outside the system from which that entanglement simply disappears. ## [Altair 8800: the empty box that started an industry](https://thingshavehistory.com/posts/altair-8800/) _2026-08-31 · Things Have History_ The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics arrived on newsstands on December 19, 1974, and the machine on its cover did not exist. What editor Les Solomon had photographed was an empty aluminum chassis — no circuit boards, no components — because MITS hadn’t finished building one in time for the… ## [Linguistics Books for Kids: Why is a Tiger a Tiger? A Bestiary of Etymology, by Dave Buchen](https://www.superlinguo.com/post/826411319828922368) _2026-08-30 · laurengawne · Superlinguo_ There are many books with etymological stories for adults, but why should adults have all the fun? Dave Buchen has been created illustrated books for children with short, accessible etymology stories. Why is a Tiger a Tiger? is full of animal etymologies with playful black and white illustrations. I counted around eighty pages of illustrations. Buchen is a self-published author, and the print on… ## [Mine, by Adam Ouston, a novel length story written as one sentence](https://disassociated.com/mine-by-adam-ouston-novel-length-story-written-one-sentence/) _2026-08-30 · disassociated.com · disassociated.com RSS feed_ That’s Mine, by Hobart based Australian author Adam Ouston (Instagram page), which features one incredibly, outrageously, long sentence of perhaps eighty-five thousand words. No full-stops, chapters, or even a few lines of space to break up the text it seems. I can’t find an official word count for the novel, so made a guess. The \[…\] ## [A family of haiku](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/31/a-family-of-haiku/) _2026-08-30 · beckwolski · Wordflower poetry_ Blossoms blooming wow / Grab a handful for my mum / Too many to hold (by Guest Poet Anika) ## [Trailer for The Social Reckoning, the bleak follow-up to The Social Network](https://disassociated.com/trailer-for-the-social-reckoning-the-bleak-follow-up-to-the-social-network/) _2026-08-30 · disassociated.com · disassociated.com RSS feed_ A trailer for The Social Reckoning, directed by Aaron Sorkin, which opens in Australian cinemas on Thursday 8 October 2026, and follows-up 2010’s The Social Network, which Sorkin co-wrote. As I wrote a few months ago, The Social Reckoning is a far darker continuation of the Facebook story. That said, hints of what were to \[…\] ## [What Is The Name Of…](https://puzzleaday.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/what-is-the-name-of/) _2026-08-30 · Puzzling · Puzzle a Day_ For today’s puzzle, I’ve come up with twelve descriptions of familiar things, and your challenge is to identify their proper names. What is the name of….. 1. The dot over the ‘i’ and ‘j’? 2. The technical term for the hashtag symbol (#)? 3. The smell after rain? 4. The small plastic or metal sheath … Continue reading What Is The Name Of… ## [Linux, open source operating systems, users exempt from age-verification, in California](https://disassociated.com/linux-open-source-operating-systems-users-exempt-from-age-verification-in-california/) _2026-08-30 · disassociated.com · disassociated.com RSS feed_ Luke James, writing for Tom’s Hardware: California’s legislature has passed Assembly Bill 1856, exempting open-source operating systems from the State’s Digital Age Assurance Act months before the law is due to take effect on January 1, 2027. It’s good news, but Linux, and other open source operating systems, are just, you know, too weird, and \[…\] ## [Watch chovy live code (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/1b0RzEAZrLxT) _2026-08-30 · **Sponsored**_ Join Mosh Coding streams with collaborative screen sharing and remote control, open source. ## [Photo cross-post](https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4728239.html) _2026-08-30 · Very cool, if true_ Anyone care to guess how old Gideon is? Original is here on Pixelfed.scot. comments ## [Rise and Fall of Champa](https://faroutliers.com/2026/08/30/rise-and-fall-of-champa/) _2026-08-30 · Joel · Far Outliers_ From Empire of the Winds: The Global Role of Asia’s Great Archipelago, by Philip Bowring (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Kindle pp. 134, 147: Nusantarians, protected by their seas and ships, were relatively safe on their islands from more populous mainland powers. … Continue reading → ## [Gideon had a 6th birthday party](https://andrewducker.dreamwidth.org/4728050.html) _2026-08-30 · Very cool, if true_ Today we had a kids birthday party in our house for the first time since Covid. 10 of them, mostly 5-6 year-olds. Every previous time we held it somewhere else - a soft play, a climbing centre, a kids gym - somewhere where we could turn up and let the kids run riot for an hour, then give them food for 45 minutes before the staff ushered us out and hosed the place down for the next party. But… ## [Pros and cons of a defacto indyref, and the SNP conference](https://weegingerdug.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/pros-and-cons-of-a-defacto-indyref-and-the-snp-conference/) _2026-08-30 · weegingerdug · Wee Ginger Dug_ As ever, when I take a few days off from the blog, there’s a lot to catch up on. There was the Survation poll on independence published on Thursday which reported a 52% result for Yes (with don’t knows removed). It’s worth pointing out that Survation is one of those polling companies which uses weighting \[…\] ## [Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (30.8.2026 16:00)](http://radio-arch-pp.stv.livebox.sk/a520/00/0053/005363/00536322-1.mp3) _2026-08-30 · Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio_ In 2026, Slovak Radio is marking 100 years since broadcasting began in what was then Czechoslovakia. For most of that time—90 years, in fact—broadcasting to audiences abroad has been an essential part of its story. While Radio Prague International is celebrating its 90th anniversary, Radio Slovakia International is marking 33 years since launching its own international service. This program is… [Listen](http://radio-arch-pp.stv.livebox.sk/a520/00/0053/005363/00536322-1.mp3) ## [Links #843](https://maggiemcneill.com/2026/08/30/links-843/) _2026-08-30 · Maggie McNeill · The Honest Courtesan_ Get on the fucking ground…I will fucking tase you. – cop to “missing child” Even with all of her songs to choose from, this felt to me like the most appropriate tribute to one of the world’s most beloved human beings. The links above it were provided by Radley Balko; Mistress Matisse; T. Greg Doucette; Ryan \[…\] ## [Poetry Sunday](https://bilbosrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2026/08/poetry-sunday_01049956651.html) _2026-08-30 · Bilbo · Bilbo's Random Thought Collection_ Those of you who are my age (mid-70s) have certainly noticed that the content of your mail changes - not just snail mail, but e-mail and spam text messages. You get fewer and fewer ads about concerts, hip new clubs opening up, and great vacation opportunities, and more ads for retirement communities, cemetery plots, and medications for aching joints. I remember my father commenting on this when he… ## [In a Word](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/30/in-a-word-713/) _2026-08-30 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ quidam n. an unknown person oppidan n. an inhabitant of a town obrute v. to overwhelm, bury; to cover over recumbentibus n. a knockdown blow The “sitting man” is numbered among the victims of Vesuvius in 79 CE. He died crouching in a corner of his house, holding a scarf over his mouth. ## [In a Word](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/30/in-a-word-713/) _2026-08-30 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ quidam n. an unknown person oppidan n. an inhabitant of a town obrute v. to overwhelm, bury; to cover over recumbentibus n. a knockdown blow The “sitting man” is numbered among the victims of Vesuvius in 79 CE. He died crouching in a corner of his house, holding a scarf over his mouth. ## [So lange barfuß im nassen Gras stehen, bis...](https://finest.day/posts/2026-08-29-so-lange-barfuss-im) _2026-08-30 · Finest Day_ So lange barfuß im nassen Gras stehen, bis das Gefühl im Kopf angekommen ist. ## [Know before it drops (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/BYdikrSXgvds) _2026-08-30 · **Sponsored**_ Follow a show, artist, genre or rocket and get notified before release ## [The Strait of Hormuz: Cascades, Delay and the Architecture of a Crisis](https://daedeluskite.com/2026/08/30/strait-hormuz-cascades-delay-crisis/) _2026-08-30 · G · Daedelus Kite_ The current US President destabilised one of the most tightly coupled junctions on Earth, then seemed surprised when the consequences spread. The deeper problem is that political, ideological and socioeconomic systems optimally reproduce themselves through the disorder they create. ## [There are differences in tastes, I know. But I cannot understand people who don’t find Sam Reich’s…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/826329321719398401) _2026-08-30 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ There are differences in tastes, I know. But I cannot understand people who don't find Sam Reich's laugh the most annoying part of Game Changer. Like, I just can't want the show because the funny stuff going on is drowned out by Sam amused by it all. ## [WAITS: Programming in Lisp](https://timereshared.com/waits-lisp/) _2026-08-29 · Time Reshared_ Continuing our series about programming on WAITS , this week we'll look at Lisp. History Stanford had a version of Lisp on the IBM 7090 and PDP-1 machines used in the first few years of the lab's existence. When they got their PDP-6 they took an early version of Maclisp from MIT, made changes to get it to work with the WAITS system and released it in 1966 in Lisp 1.6. The authors were John Allen,… ## [Anglish Poetry \[a reblog\]](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/30/anglish-poetry-a-reblog/) _2026-08-29 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ What if you tried to write poetry in English using only words of Germanic origin (nothing from Latin or Greek; no other loan words)... Salie Davis tells us all about it, with a nice example. ## [Early Raku++ adopters](https://andrewshitov.com/2026/08/29/early-raku-adopters/) _2026-08-29 · Andrew Shitov · Andrew Shitov_ For the first time in ~18 years, I am genuinely excited to use Perl 6 (Raku) again. \<…\> Finally usable for real-world scenarios!perlancer on X The Raku++ project started on July 1. Today it’s been about two months since then, so let me tell you about some external activities where other people are already using … Continue reading "Early Raku++ adopters" ## [Three Rebus Puzzles](https://puzzleaday.wordpress.com/2026/08/30/three-rebus-puzzles-90/) _2026-08-29 · Puzzling · Puzzle a Day_ Can you solve these three rebus puzzles? The numbers in the brackets indicate how many letters are in each word of the answer. 1. (11) 2. (5, 5) 3. (8, 5) Scroll down for a clue and further down for the answer. \* \* \* \* \* \* \* Clue: The first letter of each … Continue reading Three Rebus Puzzles ## [Tamil Chola vs. Srivijaya, 1000s](https://faroutliers.com/2026/08/29/tamil-chola-vs-srivijaya-1000s/) _2026-08-29 · Joel · Far Outliers_ From Empire of the Winds: The Global Role of Asia’s Great Archipelago, by Philip Bowring (I.B. Tauris, 2018), Kindle pp. 126-127: For centuries Nusantaria’s seafaring skills and island geography protected it from outsiders. But in 1025, those walls were breached … Continue reading → ## [Der Schmerz des Herausgerissenwerdens](https://finest.day/posts/der-schmerz-des-herausgerissenwerdens) _2026-08-29 · Finest Day_ Manchmal empfinde ich körperliche Schmerzen, wenn ich aus einem tiefen Gedanken herausgerissen werde. Der Schmerz ist real, ich kann ihn jedoch kaum lokalisieren oder sagen, wo sein Startpunkt liegt. Geht... ## [Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (29.8.2026 16:00)](http://radio-arch-pp.stv.livebox.sk/a520/00/0053/005363/00536318-1.mp3) _2026-08-29 · Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio_ We take a look back at the week's headlines and some of our best stories from the past week. [Listen](http://radio-arch-pp.stv.livebox.sk/a520/00/0053/005363/00536318-1.mp3) ## [A Theory of Dickheads](https://daedeluskite.com/2026/08/29/a-theory-of-dickheads/) _2026-08-29 · G · Daedelus Kite_ Everyone knows a dickhead. The interesting question is why the conditions that generate them do so enduringly and with such uncanny frequency. ## [Ship everywhere from one CLI (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/N9QLN4XrdDP5) _2026-08-29 · **Sponsored**_ One codebase, hosted runners, encrypted credentials, and automated submissions across stores ## [Generative AI in languages today — The capstone report](https://thelanguagecloset.com/2026/08/29/generative-ai-in-languages-today-the-capstone-report/) _2026-08-29 · Zui · The Language Closet_ Over these past two months, we have discussed extensively the impact generative AI has on how we write, speak, learn, and teach. Behind this series, was several more months of research to understand the overall themes of existing literature in this field of education and pedagogy, and perhaps several more to commit myself to learning … Continue reading Generative AI in languages today — The… ## [In search of the actual Elm Hill](https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_84_abbedcde-1d6b-4de9-a7d9-5fe72f25a043&uf=https%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2FCuriousNashville) _2026-08-29 · podcasts@wpln.org (Nashville Public Radio) · Curious Nashville_ Elm Hill Pike may be an industrial artery in Nashville now, but it was once a main thoroughfare with a rich history. But listener Chad Smith wonders: “Elm Hill Pike is very hilly. Where is the actual elm hill?” The investigation pushes WPLN’s Blake Farmer to hop on a bike and ride the length of the road. The journey takes him into some rich city history and to a dead end across the county line —… [Listen](https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/84/abbedcde-1d6b-4de9-a7d9-5fe72f25a043/082826_CuriousNashville_ElmHill_A.mp3) ## [In the News (#1667)](https://maggiemcneill.com/2026/08/29/in-the-news-1667/) _2026-08-29 · Maggie McNeill · The Honest Courtesan_ We’re coming for the books. – Dan Patrick Policing for Profit Cops usually make up some pretext, however flimsy, for their armed robbery schemes: Two Phoenix \[cops\] have been arrested and fired for \[brutally robbing two people at gunpoint after tricking them into pulling over under guise of\] a…traffic stop…Luis Vasquez Jr. and Antonio Felix…repeatedly shocked \[the \[…\] ## [Cartoon Saturday](https://bilbosrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2026/08/cartoon-saturday_0161529698.html) _2026-08-29 · Bilbo · Bilbo's Random Thought Collection_ Only two more days left in this @%$&! month. Thank goodness! Dolly Parton, the beloved country star, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and genuinely wonderful person, died on Tuesday at age 80 - that sound you heard was millions of hearts breaking; in the latest example of gratuitous buffoonery vis-a-vis our northern neighbor, friend, and ally, Der Furor has signed a royal decree executive order… ## [Salter Cane, fifteen years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZTMy1-VgIA Come along to the Prince Albert in Brighton one week from now to hear how we sound today: https://saltercane.com/tickets](https://adactio.com/notes/22741) _2026-08-29 · Adactio_ Salter Cane, fifteen years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZTMy1-VgIA Come along to the Prince Albert in Brighton one week from now to hear how we sound today: https://saltercane.com/tickets ## [Zoos, Bookstores, and Stories](https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2026/08/zoos-bookstores-and-stories/) _2026-08-29 · Jeffrey Bilbro · Front Porch Republic_ Nathan Beacom considers two different accounts of the role that virtue plays in public life. ## [Word Up: Lavinia Napaltjarri Heffernan](https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/awaye/word-up-lavinia-napaltjarri-heffernan/107083334) _2026-08-29 · Word Up_ For the past month, Lavinia Napaltjarri Heffernan has been sharing her language Luritja-Pintupi. [Listen](https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/nv/Z/h0.mp3) ## [For Short](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/29/for-short-5/) _2026-08-29 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ In 2007 I posted this cryptic verse by William Whewell: U 0 a 0 but I 0 U, O 0 no 0 but O 0 me; O let not my 0 a 0 go, But give 0 0 I 0 U so. You sigh for a cipher but I sigh for you, O sigh for no cipher, but O sigh for me; O let not my sigh for a cipher go, But give sigh for sigh, for I sigh for you so. In An Almanac of Words at Play (1975), Willard R. Espy offered this addition. What does it… ## [For Short](https://www.futilitycloset.com/2026/08/29/for-short-5/) _2026-08-29 · Greg Ross · Futility Closet_ In 2007 I posted this cryptic verse by William Whewell: U 0 a 0 but I 0 U, O 0 no 0 but O 0 me; O let not my 0 a 0 go, But give 0 0 I 0 U so. You sigh for a cipher but I sigh for you, O sigh for no cipher, but O sigh for me; O let not my sigh for a cipher go, But give sigh for sigh, for I sigh for you so. In An Almanac of Words at Play (1975), Willard R. Espy offered this addition. What does it… ## [The University Machine: Cybernetics, Power and the Reproduction of Academia](https://daedeluskite.com/2026/08/29/university-machine-cybernetics-power-academia/) _2026-08-29 · G · Daedelus Kite_ Academia is remarkably good at criticising power. It is considerably less enthusiastic about examining the machinery that gives it power. ## [Der beruhigende Klang aufploppender Aufbackcroissantverpackungen am Morgen...](https://finest.day/posts/2026-08-26-der-beruhigende-klang-aufploppender) _2026-08-29 · Finest Day_ Der beruhigende Klang aufploppender Aufbackcroissantverpackungen am Morgen. Die Drehung, das Rollen, die Rituale, der Zauber von Stabilisatoren und Weizengluten – die hochindustrielle Lebensmittelproduktion weiß, ihre Geschichten zu erzählen. (Gott, sind... ## [A Unique Failure](https://blog.trvth.org/2026/08/a-unique-failure.html) _2026-08-29 · Don Appleman · TRVTH_ At the six month mark of this war, the Wall Street Journal had reporting that in the walk up to this war, the extent to which the President's intelligence apparatus all told him of all the things that ended up happening, planning that the leadership of Iran would become more radical, that they would use the Strait of Hormuz, that they would target bases all over the Middle east and that there… ## [The Herd Reich: News24 and the Machinery of Mass Influence](https://daedeluskite.com/2026/08/29/the-herd-reich-news24-mass-influence/) _2026-08-29 · G · Daedelus Kite_ News24 shows how communication systems turn insecurity, identity and antagonism into recurrent political influence. ## [(untitled)](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/826246504893251584) _2026-08-29 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ necarion : mihai-florescu : Languages tend to peak at their word for butterfly. Never seen 2 that are the same, either. Papillon. Mariposa. Borboleta. Fluture. Vlinder. Schmetterling. Pillangó. Babochka. Farfalla. Sommerfugl. Perhonen. Farasha. Titali. Chōchō. Nabi. Húdié. Buom buom. Great job guys, i really mean it. ## [A Bit of a Geopolitical Pickle: The Security Trap](https://daedeluskite.com/2026/08/29/geopolitical-security-trap/) _2026-08-29 · G · Daedelus Kite_ Every attempt to secure one part of the world changes the conditions of security for everyone else. Endlessly. ## [(untitled)](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/826241615467331584) _2026-08-29 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ mihai-florescu : Languages tend to peak at their word for butterfly. Never seen 2 that are the same, either. Papillon. Mariposa. Borboleta. Fluture. Vlinder. Schmetterling. Pillangó. Babochka. Farfalla. Sommerfugl. Perhonen. Farasha. Titali. Chōchō. Nabi. Húdié. Buom buom. Great job guys, i really mean it. ## [The writers of Strange New Worlds appear to have a principled ethical stance against “looking up how…](https://necarion.tumblr.com/post/826241474555412480) _2026-08-29 · Heroes and Hamiltonians_ The writers of Strange New Worlds appear to have a principled ethical stance against "looking up how much energy is in antimatter". ## [An experiment in antiquated blogging](https://ludditus.com/2026/08/28/an-experiment-in-antiquated-blogging/) _2026-08-28 · Béranger · Homo Ludditus_ So many blogs from Kagi Small Web are powered by Herman’s ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Bear. Underpowered, actually. But heck, I thought of giving it a try as a companion to this heavy \[…\] ## [A verb Emily’d, by Selma Martin](https://wordflowerpoetry.com/2026/08/29/a-verb-emilyd/) _2026-08-28 · Catherin J Pascal Dunk · Wordflower poetry_ In response to Catherin’s request As for the Heart —Appreciation is a Wealth —no Thief can take away. I Appreciate —this Holy Encounter —And bow — the Soul. Selma Martin Cover photo by Amaan Shaikh on Pexels.com ## [The Classic ‘Five Pirates’ Puzzle](https://puzzleaday.wordpress.com/2026/08/29/the-classic-five-pirates-puzzle/) _2026-08-28 · Puzzling · Puzzle a Day_ Today’s puzzle is a classic. I don’t know who originally created it, however, it has a neat solution. Five pirates discover 100 gold coins. They are ranked by seniority, from oldest to youngest: Pirate A, Pirate B, Pirate C, Pirate D, and Pirate E. The most senior pirate, Pirate A, proposes how to divide the … Continue reading The Classic ‘Five Pirates’ Puzzle