🧵 Human language comprehension is remarkably robust, but it also breaks down in surprising ways. In this preprint, we argue that both can be explained by one theory: noisy-channel inference. osf.io/preprints/ps...

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Why are emotions so important in heritage language maintenance? Listen to my conversation with Priyanka Bose about her insightful research into the heritage language practices of Bengali-speaking Australian families on the @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social ⬇️

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"In total, approximately 515,000 vehicles drove through the corridor in the same period, meaning that roughly 77% were speeding." Umm seems like the vendor needs to up their game.

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The comedian sees being online as similar to visiting the zoo. “I don’t need to interact with that,” he says. “It’s just a thing that I enjoy, and then I walk away.”

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The fact that the Christian nationalist movement sent in a paid shill and the best he could do was hand over this perfect campaign commercial...

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