Can a bluesky plea possibly summon up someone near Christchurch who has a rotary phone gathering dust in their garage? (Wanting to borrow one for a prop for a school play)
Nicola Willis's new household budget savings plan is to reduce the household income by 25% whilst costs go up by 10%, and then say it's the fault of the household having too many people in it...even though it's the same number as it was before
Published today. The vowel in 'just' is undergoing an independent sound change, separate from any changes to KIT or STRUT. Filed under the ever-growing category of "things that were supposed to be fun little papers, that unexpectedly ended up taking many years"
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Today's L4 at inflekt.net requires knowing a quirk of the dictionary. I wonder if you've found it yet @upsidebackwards.bsky.social ?
Here's the pĹtiki, being Ashburton-famous. Can't wait for this show to open next week. It looks stunning. Also can't wait for it to be over, when we have a much-needed week of nothingness planned.
Relatively painless level 4 at inflekt.net today @amycgale.bsky.social
The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...
I hit my head against the L4 inflekt, then realised I was mistakenly doing a regular puzzle instead of the daily. So here it is via the 'share puzzle' feature, in case @amycgale.bsky.social, @upsidebackwards.bsky.social or (anyone else) can beat me.
greybeetle213.github.io/inflect/?mUK...
Whereas my level 5 is currently at 41.
They made them take down the videos because they would cause "reputational damage" to people like this young man, Nathan Cavanuagh, so definitely don't post this all over the internet with the name Nathan Cavanaugh attached, or this guy might suffer reputational damage. This guy, Nathan Cavanaugh.