Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
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#10yrsago #LOVEINT: #NSA spooks illegally stalking their romantic interests https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-WB-40005
#10yrsago Why it matters that you can’t own an electronic copy of the #OxfordEnglishDictionary https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/aug/23/oxford-english-dictionary-future-digitally
#5yrsago Law and Order Republicans have suddenly discovered the undeniable injustice of “flipped” prosecution witnesses https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/yes-witnesses-flipping-does-corrupt-justice-but-not-because-theyre-rats/2018/08/23/c88871c4-a71e-11e8-a656-943eefab5daf_story.html
#5yrsago #TSA racially profiles Muslim woman, makes her show her bloody sanitary towel https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-may-have-to-quit-harvard--because-the-tsa-wont-stop-searching-me/2018/08/14/0dbdbb72-9a55-11e8-b55e-5002300ef004_story.html
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#10yrsago #loveint #nsa #OxfordEnglishDictionary #5yrsago #tsa
michael · @proseandpassion
356 followers · 1809 posts · Server mastodon.socialsome thoughts on the book The dictionary of lost words: https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/02/words-lost-and-found.html #oxford #OxfordEnglishDictionary #BookReview
#oxford #OxfordEnglishDictionary #bookreview
InayaShujaat · @InayaShujaat
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calligraphy
/kəˈlɪɡrəfi/
noun: calligraphy
decorative handwriting or handwritten lettering.
"a label written in admirable calligraphy"
the art of producing decorative handwriting or lettering with a pen or brush.
Patrick Vanhoucke (no parody) · @librarianbe
385 followers · 883 posts · Server mastodon.socialThis year, Oxford Languages, the creator of the Oxford English Dictionary, titled "goblin mode" as the 2022 Word of the Year, meaning it best reflected the ethos and mood of the past 12 months.
#GoblinMode #OxfordLanguages #OxfordEnglishDictionary #OED #WordOfTheYear #WordOfTheYear2022
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/05/1140696560/oxford-word-2022-goblin-mode
#Goblinmode #oxfordlanguages #OxfordEnglishDictionary #oed #wordoftheyear #wordoftheyear2022
Patrick Vanhoucke (no parody) · @librarianbe
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This year, Oxford Languages, the creator of the Oxford English Dictionary, titled "goblin mode" as the 2022 Word of the Year, meaning it best reflected the ethos and mood of the past 12 months.
#GoblinMode #OxfordLanguages #OxfordEnglishDictionary #OED #WordOfTheYear #WordOfTheYear2022
https://www.npr.org/2022/12/05/1140696560/oxford-word-2022-goblin-mode
#Goblinmode #oxfordlanguages #OxfordEnglishDictionary #oed #wordoftheyear #wordoftheyear2022
A A B, she · @littleshebear
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littlebrownted · @littlebrownted
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