@jacobtlevy.bsky.social I am not completely up on these trends but one attempt at connecting these threads is in Timnit Gebru's idea of “TESCREAL.”

@RLIBlog Cepa lisasimpsonii

I figure that if the municipal supply is disrupted, the tank would be unpressurized and therefore we'd need either a bung or a pump to access the water.

@mpjgregoire I'm not Mexican, but a scholar of 19th Century Mexico. All I can tell you is that the USA and its agents have threatened and sought to manipulate Mexico for a long time.

@mpjgregoire @jfmezei It's serious. The USA previously conquered the northern half of Mexico (1846–1848).

@jonny Wiktionary's pronunciation data is also substantial, as well as natively IPA, but coverage seems spotty.

@jonny I'm not aware of a bigger pronouncing dictionary.

@jcrabapple Good stuff. Colonial Californian adobe buildings apparently have cactus (nopal) pulp in the bricks, for what I imagine is a similar reason.

@tomjennings Selfish people are totally vested in the idea that there is nothing else to life, because if they admitted that there was, it would invalidate their life path. Seems to me.

@joshisanonymous @xankarn Professional archivists do justifiably destroy records sometimes. But probably not these ones.

@sundogplanets You're the best orbital space organizer I know!

@carrideen @VCP Completely agreed that the expectations, on both sides, are culturally determined. When I was (an older) grad student in Spain I didn't stop surnaming the faculty even though other students used their first names. Anyway, this is not a good hill to die on, be flexible like a reed […]

@carrideen @VCP Talk about petty!

@johnpfaff.bsky.social Not only is this data self-reported, the Methods section says “Caution should be used when comparing these estimates across states; BRFSS survey data are collected independently by each state, which could result in data collection differences. Additionally, estimates may […]

@aguamielerogpz Con “le pegué, pero Durango, Durango” ¿quiere decir que trabajó muy duro?

@Artemis201 “Constant tension” hose clamps distribute pressure evenly around the material, unlike those worm-gear ones. Good luck.