#Text&Language
AI subtitles will be the death of me. Nowhere in the Thai text does it say "I have to poop."
September 28, 2026 at 10:06 AM
You should also subscribe to the Text and Language Lab channel too :-)
ICYMI, a short video about my doctoral research...
We research narrative fiction — but how? 📚🔍

In our new series, “Meet Our Researchers” get to know James Tauber and get a first glimpse into his PhD research.

More fascinating insights and discoveries from @jtauber.com to come. ✨

youtu.be/dblAizA_IHM
September 28, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Cboard is an open-source augmentative & alternative communication (ACC) board built with React 💬 It allows users with speech and language impairments to communicate with symbols and text-to-speech! - madewithreactjs.com/cboard
September 28, 2026 at 9:40 AM
Even if the apologizer had nothing to do with sending an awful text, there are other ways to show you understand what the receiver is going through. I'm not here to be a language police/n*zi, but the wording could've been better.
September 28, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Copenhagen-based Interhuman AI develops Social Intelligence technology. Its model Inter-2 analyses social signals across text, audio, and video in real time.

Source: Tech.eu
Interhuman AI wants to teach AI what humans say without words
Copenhagen-based Interhuman is developing proprietary models that interpret the social signals behind human communication, from tone of voice to body language.
tech.eu
September 28, 2026 at 9:18 AM
Woods Cross City Council is reshaping accessory dwelling unit regulations by proposing a new minimum lot size of 7,500 square feet, sparking heated debates among residents and planning officials.

Get the details!

#WoodsCrossDavisCounty #UT #CitizenPortal #HousingPolicy #ZoningReform
Woods Cross council tables ADU ordinance, directs staff to set 7,500-sq-ft minimum with temporary-absence exceptions
After extensive public testimony and planning-commission backing, the council voted to table proposed ADU text amendments and directed staff to draft ordinance language with a 7,500-square-foot minimum and owner-occupancy exceptions for temporary absences, returning for intent to adopt on Sept. 29.
citizenportal.ai
September 28, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This is the next step for my custom Q&A visual in #PowerBI. Reports now answer questions the way a colleague would.
The AI figures out what you're asking, you report does the math, so your data never leaves it. Pay per token, at a fraction of the cost.
#Data

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Custom Free-Text Q&A for Power BI: A Smarter, Cheaper Alternative
Microsoft is retiring Power BI Q&A in December 2026. Discover a lightweight, custom alternative that delivers natural language search for pennies a month.
lazarjovovic.com
September 28, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Open source and free. Local voice AI that runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac. Clone voices, dub videos, transcribe audio, build audiobooks. 646 languages, no API key, no account.
voicestudio.sh
VoiceStudio (formerly OmniVoice Studio) — Local Voice AI
VoiceStudio, formerly OmniVoice Studio, is an open-source desktop app for local voice cloning, dubbing, transcription, and text-to-speech. Its 646-language catalog varies by engine.
voicestudio.sh
September 28, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Hesitant to link to this because they seem to only have an X account and no AI disclosure…. Regardless, some neat concepts. Using trails to lessen the effect of not being able to see far from top-down. Allowing grunts, signs and drawing on ground instead of text or voice chat. eatmeatgames.net
September 28, 2026 at 8:42 AM
AI free-text analysis could identify DV trends and help to tackle coercive control, says research
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AI free-text analysis could identify DV trends and help to tackle coercive control, says research
Research into the use of natural language processing to analyse police-recorded domestic violence and abuse (DVA) data suggests the use of such AI technologies on free-text data could significantly…
policinginsight.com
September 28, 2026 at 8:11 AM
biology isn't a binary, and models aren't reality. Saying that sex is reality is like saying the dictionaries tell us how language should be used. Sex is nothing but the model of applying the gender binary to the body, and right wingers clearly know this and use it.

#transphobia #transmisogyny
September 28, 2026 at 7:49 AM
In "The Return Impact of Form 10-K Releases: Evidence from a Large Language Model" we fine-tune the model to predict returns after the release of Form 10-K filings and find evidence of a delayed reaction to the filings' information.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... (2/3)
The Return Impact of Form 10-K Releases: Evidence from a Large Language Model
Using the text of Form 10-K filings, we fine-tune a large language model to explain contemporaneous announcement-window returns and to predict post-filing retur
papers.ssrn.com
September 28, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Code-switching curricula cause cross-lingual convergence in language models. Training on code-switched data aligns parallel text representations.

Source: arXiv cs.CL
Feeding BabyLMs Macaroni: Code-Switching Curricula Cause Cross-Lingual Convergence
Abstract page for arXiv paper 2609.30535: Feeding BabyLMs Macaroni: Code-Switching Curricula Cause Cross-Lingual Convergence
arxiv.org
September 28, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Nevada's Regional Planning Commission just revamped its regional plan, introducing crucial updates on urban heat mitigation and expanded school-siting policies that could reshape local education dynamics!

Click to read more!

#NV #CitizenPortal #PublicPolicyUpdates #SchoolSitingGuidance
RPC sponsors and adopts annual regional-plan tweaks, including new school-siting guidance
The commission sponsored and adopted RPA 26-007, an annual set of minor text, policy and mapping amendments to the regional plan, including clarified language to align with state statute, stronger heat-mitigation policy language and an expanded school-siting PF8 policy that applies to charter and private schools and requires public processes for large schools.
citizenportal.ai
September 28, 2026 at 6:47 AM
./blog.sh 1.9

./blog.sh 1.9 is out — release on GitHub. The release about publishing in more than one language. Name them in site.locales, and a post keeps one date, one set of tags and one series, with a text per language written by ./blog.sh translate. The… […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
September 28, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Your star sign's love language (it's not what you think)

Some signs love loud. Yours might love quiet — a hand on your back, a text that says 'got home safe?'

We wrote down what each sign actually needs to feel loved. Not the…

https://oracleswisdom.online?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
September 28, 2026 at 5:10 AM
T-RoPE: Time-Aware Rotary Position Embedding for Sequential Recommendation

Shopify introduces a RoPE variant for generative recommenders that rotates attention by real timestamps at multiple time scales, capturing both recency and seasonal patterns.

📝 arxiv.org/abs/2609.30576
T-RoPE: Time-Aware Rotary Position Embedding for Sequential Recommendation
Large-scale recommenders increasingly adopt the sequential generative recipe behind large language models, bringing the Transformer into recommendation along with design choices made for text, includi...
arxiv.org
September 28, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Woah, this map of Wales looks like a cool hatted figure emerging from mist!
September 28, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Sian Eckhard's new book *Facsimile* on the parallel world of facsimiles of medieval manuscripts in the 18th and 19th centuries would surely be useful english.ubc.ca/bookshelf/fa...
Facsimile: Making, Likeness, and Medieval Manuscripts - Department of English Language and Literatures
In *Marvellous Vegetables in the English Renaissance*, Vin Nardizzi offers a reparative reading of Gerard’s “failed” text, particularly its chapters on leeks, laurels, tulips, and potatoes. Through a ...
english.ubc.ca
September 28, 2026 at 4:31 AM
the only thing that sets us apart from other animals is that we have a set language and really intelligent thinking and problem-solving skills. we have books and scriptures and whatnot.. literature is important-- what this text is making me realize #realityhunger
September 28, 2026 at 3:34 AM
@VeroniqueB99 "An hour with Shakespeare and you begin to feel comfortable with the language. Two hours, and you wonder wherefore all this rabblery assembled makes such baleful din in spite and menace 'gainst your hour of peace."

ALT TEXT for you because it's too good not to share with everyone.
September 28, 2026 at 3:25 AM
I'm KQ Watson, less in tact than I would like. I write horror, scifi & dystopia.
Clipped, a tale about a divine being who sacrificed his wings is on Kobo+, Overdrive & direct.

Kobo: www.kobo.com/ebook/clippe...
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September 28, 2026 at 3:09 AM