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PSBigBig (I am not Lizardman)<p>🌱 Challenging Einstein: Semantic Bio-Energy in Plants? (E = mc² + λS)</p><p>Can meaning itself change biology?<br>I ran double-blind tests showing that positive speech can boost plant ATP production by up to 40%.<br>Energy equation: E = mc² + λS (S = semantic info, measured by BERT &amp; acoustic analysis).</p><p>Full details, math, and data (open access):<br><a href="https://zenodo.org/record/15630370" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">zenodo.org/record/15630370</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>biology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semantics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ChallengeEinstein" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChallengeEinstein</span></a></p>
Robin Cooper<p>Our short open-access book Types and the Structure of Meaning has been published as a Cambridge Element in Semantics <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/types-and-the-structure-of-meaning/27C1813D046DADA53FC6A2BEC505E941" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cambridge.org/core/elements/ty</span><span class="invisible">pes-and-the-structure-of-meaning/27C1813D046DADA53FC6A2BEC505E941</span></a></p><p>written with Stergios Chatzikyriakidis, Eleni Gregoromichelaki and Peter Sutton</p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>semantics</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/typetheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>typetheory</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>
isws<p>"Ceci n'est pas sémantic"<br>Frank van Harmelen is alluding to the famous Réné Magritte painting "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" pointing out the the knowledge graphs we are using frequently don't carry any semantics at all, but are only "nicely" structured graphs.</p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/isws2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>isws2025</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/keynote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keynote</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/llms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llms</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/knowledgegraphs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledgegraphs</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semantics</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/semanticweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semanticweb</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/semweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semweb</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/summerschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>summerschool</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/ontologies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ontologies</span></a></p>
Lupposofi<p>Dorothy Edgington has revised her SEP-entry on Indicative Conditionals, <a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/conditionals/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">plato.stanford.edu/entries/con</span><span class="invisible">ditionals/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/sep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sep</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/filosofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>filosofia</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/kielifilosofia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kielifilosofia</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/konditionaali" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>konditionaali</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/conditionals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conditionals</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semantics</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/possibleWorlds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>possibleWorlds</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/kieli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kieli</span></a></p>
Solar Branka :mw:<p>'Bald' sounds like 'bold'.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semantics</span></a></p>
Stefan Müller :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@W_Lucht" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>W_Lucht</span></a></span> Semanticists say: The meaning of life is life'.</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semantics</span></a></p>
David Scott Moyer<p>Getting better at using "y'all" instead of "you guys". It still feels awkward, maybe a bit cultural appropriation-y. With a couple, I can say "you two" or "the two of you". I suppose any group could be done with the appropriate number. Ugh. I'm 67. "you guys" has been part of my lexicon since Kennedy was president. Apologies if I slip occasionally.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patriarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semantics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a></p>
Stefan Müller :verified:<p>15/ Wenn ich meiner Familie was von <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Semantik" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Semantik</span></a> erzähle, dann fragen sie mich, ob ich auch die <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/antics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antics</span></a> wieder in die <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semantics</span></a> eingebaut habe.</p><p>Das ist sehr gemein, weil ich versuche, diesen Ohrwurm zu verdrängen.</p><p>Außerdem habe ich es wirklich versucht. Siehe 9/. Aber es wurde mir ausgeredet.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pSOlRUr5yCY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/pSOlRUr5yCY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
davidvedvick<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://glammr.us/@overholt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>overholt</span></a></span> are you sure it's not one "15 dozen"? <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semantics</span></a></p>
skua<p>"... This obliviousness trance was only interupted when he crossed the entrance to Red Lion Square in Holburn, the supposed location of Oliver Cromwell's missing head so he'd heard, ... cadaver having spent the night before laid out in the epynomous Red Lion Inn."</p><p>In the preceeding passage, what does "epynomous" signify?</p><p>Or more simply, " What more do we know from it being immeduately before "Red Lion Inn"?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Semantics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AlanMoore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlanMoore</span></a></p>
Pi Fisher<p>How do you define lying? Here are some examples to consider, which you may or may not believe count as lies: </p><p>1. Saying something untrue sarcastically <br>2. Saying something true sarcastically, convincing others it's untrue<br>3. Dancing around a question to imply an untrue answer, while only saying true things<br>4. "I've got a school project and I need to ask you some questions" (both true, but implying a connection that doesn't exist) </p><p><a href="https://kind.social/tags/definitions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>definitions</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semantics</span></a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a></p>
Stefan Müller<p>This is the proof that you can store more than quantifiers in Cooper Storage:</p><p><a href="https://cooperstoragenc.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cooperstoragenc.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>semantics</span></a></p>
Strong Language<p>Goodbye to Gene Hackman, one of the greats. He also made us wonder about the difference between an asshole and a son of a bitch. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.ie/@stancarey" class="u-url mention">@<span>stancarey</span></a></span> in 2019: </p><p><a href="https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2019/05/03/sweary-semantics-in-the-royal-tenenbaums/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stronglang.wordpress.com/2019/</span><span class="invisible">05/03/sweary-semantics-in-the-royal-tenenbaums/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/GeneHackman" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GeneHackman</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/insults" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>insults</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>movies</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/WesAnderson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WesAnderson</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>semantics</span></a></p>
Steve Faulkner<p>🤯Doing my heading in </p><p>"In 2024 I was approached by Mat Marquis to answer some questions on HTML headings."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Semantics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p><p><a href="https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2024/06/05/doing-my-heading-in/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">html5accessibility.com/stuff/2</span><span class="invisible">024/06/05/doing-my-heading-in/</span></a></p>
skua<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@paninid" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>paninid</span></a></span> </p><p>So grifting includes illegal methods (i.e. fraud) ?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grift</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Grifting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grifting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Semantics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VocabularyWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VocabularyWednesday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vocabulary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vocabulary</span></a></p>
Operation Resuscitation: Democracy<p>Just some slides of sample sentences from last week’s organizer training on <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23semantics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#semantics</a>. Words matter. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23unions" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unions</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23organizing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#organizing</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23linguistics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a></p>
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.<p>A delinquent barfly went to the pub. A delinquent briefly went to the cheese shop.</p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/GardenPath" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GardenPath</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/GardenPathSentence" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GardenPathSentence</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/SyntacticAmbiguity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SyntacticAmbiguity</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/MorphologicalAmbiguity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MorphologicalAmbiguity</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/syntax" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>syntax</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>semantics</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/morphology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>morphology</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/ambiguity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ambiguity</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/barfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>barfly</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/briefly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>briefly</span></a></p>
ISWC 2025<p>🚀 Exciting News! The Deadline for Challenge Proposal Submission Has Been Extended! 🚀<br>We are giving you more time to submit your proposal – the new deadline is now March 4!<br>This is your opportunity to showcase innovative ideas, tackle real-world problems, and make a meaningful impact. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISWC2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ISWC2025</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Semantics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NARA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NARA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@anligentile" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anligentile</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@maribelacosta" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>maribelacosta</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.jp/@K_e_n_F" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>K_e_n_F</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@gong_cheng" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>gong_cheng</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sigmoid.social/@GenAsefa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>GenAsefa</span></a></span></p>
Greg Restall<p>This Thursday, I’ll be down in London giving a talk about defining rules for quantifiers and identity, at the PPLV group in Computer Science at UCL. If you happen to be in the area, and are interested in proof theory, semantics and hints of metaphysics, I’d love to see you there.</p><p><a href="https://consequently.org/presentation/2025/drqi-pplv-ucl/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">consequently.org/presentation/</span><span class="invisible">2025/drqi-pplv-ucl/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/prooftheory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prooftheory</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semantics</span></a></p>
Fight Back Against Fascism<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nedhamson1" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nedhamson1</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Semantics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Semantics</span></a>. Whether a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a> or insurrection, the outcome will be the same...destruction of the US Constitution </p><p>18 U.S. Code § 2383 - Rebellion or insurrection</p><p>...Whoever incites, sets on foot, assists, or engages in any rebellion or insurrection against the authority of the US or the laws thereof, or gives aid or comfort thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 yrs, or both; and shall be incapable of holding any office under the US... </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPOL</span></a></p>