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The new issue of The Speculative Grammarian (a satirical linguistics journal) is now available! Enjoy!

specgram.com/CLXXXII.1/

'Different countries may have different rules regarding freedom of speech, but if this is really the World Wide Web, censorship like this — in a world with single points of failure and growing imbalances of power — really needs to be a United Nations-level issue. '
thenextweb.com/contributors/20

Considering the criticism the UNHRC has come in for in light of some participants, Russia included...

Pourquoi le projet de loi israélien sur la cyber-sécurité pose-t-il problème ?

Les défenseurs de la vie privée et de la démocratie conviennent qu’une loi est nécessaire, mais pour eux ce projet de loi est un danger pour la démocratie

Même si les défenseurs de la vie privée et de la démocratie d’Israël accueillent favorablement une loi sur la cyber-sécurité qui aiderait la nation à repousser les attaques préjudiciables à ses entreprises (...)
etraces.constantvzw.org/inform

This sounds intriguing: ceppa.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/rese

They've got some good people involved (one of whom I interviewed for a podcast last year, and another of whom is my old college principal).

porn is "discriminated against" by payment processors because it has massively high chargeback. I guess the question is, does porn on Patreon have a high chargeback. I would guess it does not, but the payment processors are applying a broad rule against them.

A purely logographic script would be impractical for most languages, and none is known apart from one devised for the artificial language Toki Pona, a purposefully limited language with only 120 morphemes. A more recent attempt is Zlango, intended for use in text messaging, currently including around 300 "icons". All logographic scripts ever used for natural languages rely on the rebus principle to extend a relatively limited set of logograms

tititudorancea.com/z/logogram_

#logogram #TokiPona #Zlango

ISO 639-3 Registration Authority
Request for New Language Code Element in ISO 639-3
This form is to be used in conjunction with a “Request for Change to ISO 639-3 Language Code” form
Date: 2017-8-28

iso639-3.sil.org/sites/iso639-

#TokiPona #new #language_code #request #anno2017

Pixiv to release modeling software that lets you easily create gorgeous 3D anime characters【Vid】 http://feeds.rocketnews24.com/~r/rocketnews24/en/~3/IUjY3DxMrqU/ from SoraNews24

本日、銀座でSony World Photography Awards 2018 授賞式です
賞品のRX100M6も楽しみですが
ハービー山口さんにお会いできるのもワクワクです

#マストドン #tokyocameraclub #東京カメラ部 #Japan #Photo #写真 #日本 #mastodon #Photograph #Photography

mstdn.tokyocameraclub.com/medi

'It’s become so dangerous to express opinions, I’m getting off the net for awhile.'
edwardcastronova.com/2018/06/1

The month even someone known for 'virtual worlds' research left the building.

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From the Solarpunk Aesthetic tumblr:

Biotechnologist Marin Sawa and her University of London research group have created a proof-of-concept for printing solar cells onto paper using carbon nanotubes and cyanobacteria.

This technology is "[...] capable of generating a sustained electrical current both in the dark (as a ‘solar bio-battery’) and in response to light (as a ‘bio-solar-panel’) with potential applications in low-power devices."

nature.com/articles/s41467-017

solarpunk-aesthetic.tumblr.com