anantagd

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Hello, I'm a blind reader of yours

#Fedivasi #EnterpriseArchitect by day, #Artist and #Cook by other day. I went to the Med to do extreme yachting and camping. Support the #CivilFleet. #Anarchist #ActuallyAutistic #EcoHareKrishna #BotWhisperer #WitteRavenPockets #Pujari
I clutter Mastodon with "alt text whining"
I won't quote or be quoted
Rummaging through the net's trashcans since 1994. Be quiet, eyes

#Intersex
#AltText Police Special Intervention Unit
#Blind
#Antifascist

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@futurebird@sauropods.win avatar futurebird , to random

This story is depressing but there is also a reason for hope in it. Even deeply indoctrinated children* are aware, can sense, that there are bigger things out there. That it's possibly to really know things, not just be told what to think, but to really know.

*in some ways every child is indoctrinated in one way or another.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WhbNficu4Q

anantagd ,

@futurebird That's how it worked for me, yes. I went off the derech from haredi judaism. By means of the "intellectual inquiry route"

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , (edited ) to random

What’s your favourite winter sport to watch?

anantagd ,

@EUCommission speed skating of course.

anantagd , to random

Can the Sighties kindly shut up if someone raises a question addressed to blind people. Instead of going: "A merchant from a faraway land told me about a blind person, known in that region, who appears to use a knotted rope, woven by hand into a tablecloth to access the Mastodon"

anantagd , to random

Interesting to me that sighted people are predominantly interested in the production of alt text, but have no interest in the reception of their writings by blind people.

anantagd , to random

Sighted people: I cannot write alt text. Too hard! Too many characters to type in the little box
Also Sighted people: Let me write you 5 well-crafted paragraphs in a reply to explain to you why adding alt text is so exceedingly hard

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

Simplicity is on Europe’s digital menu 🍪

Our new Digital Package could save businesses €5 billion by 2029 and boost AI-driven innovation.

Here’s how ↓

📘 Simplified rules on AI, cybersecurity and data
📈 Data Union Strategy to support AI leadership
📱European Business Wallet to cut red-tape and facilitate cross-border operations

By simplifying digital rules, we can lower costs and unlock innovation – all while safeguarding privacy, fairness, and security.

→ https://link.europa.eu/crNTV4

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anantagd ,

@EUCommission Gut the AI directive and GDPR, why don't you. Stop . Stop the

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

We are building a Union of Equality, free from discrimination based on gender, race, religion, age, disability, or sexual orientation. 🏳️‍🌈✋🏾👩🏽‍🦯

And we’re doing it together with our citizens.

From implementing a new Code of conduct on hate speech online to co-creating a rulebook to fight bullying in schools.

Tolerance isn’t just a principle – it’s a practice that should go beyond the .

Outcome from the EU Citizens’ Panel on Tackling Hatred 💬 https://link.europa.eu/bHVQrB

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@transworld@masto.ai avatar transworld , to random

Yes, it is possible to beat the fascists. "The Netherlands' new Prime Minister is hot, gay & has a sexy Olympian boyfriend"

https://www.out.com/news/who-is-rob-jetten#rebelltitem1

anantagd ,

@transworld No, this is not a good take on Dutch politics. D66 will rather jump in bed with fascist JA21 than with Green-Social Democrat GLPVDA.

@rhyseverquill@social.coop avatar rhyseverquill , to random

@FediTips how do screenreaders handle hashtags? is there a masto ettique for where hashtags go, when considering blind or vision impaired folks? like should they appear in line like , or at the end, like this:

anantagd ,

@rhyseverquill @FediTips ASK PEOPLE with SCREENREADERS
Personally I like them at the end.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

Europe inches closer to a toxic-free environment.

We are restricting the use of PFAS chemicals in firefighting foams.

These ‘forever chemicals' do not break down naturally, posing unacceptable risk to human health and the environment.

Cleaner choices, stronger protection.

👉 https://link.europa.eu/V44rTf

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@alice@lgbtqia.space avatar alice , to random

I haven't done one of these in a while, so here goes!

Hey , + and folx! Are you an expert in something? Do you have a fancy degree or a lot of experience in some field/hobby? Do you like to infodump about it? Then out yourself in the replies below!

I'll start. Hi 👋 I'm Alice. I'm multi-queer (pan/bisexual and nonbinary). I'm an expert lockpicker and data scientist, and I have an education in computer science, psychology, and statistics.

Your turn 😊

anantagd ,

@alice I have an M.A. in formal linguistics, mostly focusing on pragmatics. After that I felt I needed a language vacation and studied Sanskrit and classical Tibetan in Leiden, graduated with a something something about the Paramitas. After this I went on to study with a Tibetan teacher of good reputation and went on 3 year retreat. I'm knowledge holder of a minuscule niche lineage of Chöd.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , (edited ) to random

Independent, free media stands at the core of democracy.

Today, the European Media Freedom Act starts applying, designed to strengthen media freedom, independence, and pluralism within the EU.

It ensures
✅ Stronger protection for journalists
✅ Adequate funding and editorial freedom for public service media
✅ Limits to unwarranted removal of media content by very large online platforms

It also establishes the European Board for Media Services.

Find out more - https://europa.eu/!P8cG4Q

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anantagd ,

@EUCommission
Now do Palestinian journalists

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , (edited ) to random

🎨 Design the future look of the euro!

The European Central Bank has launched a design contest for the new euro banknotes.

Open to graphic designers in the EU, submit your proposal for one of two themes:
🖼️ European culture
🌍 Rivers and birds

The designs – reflecting Europe’s shared cultural identity and natural heritage – will shape our currency for years to come!

🗓️ Apply by 18 August 2025, 12:00 CET

🔗 More info: https://europa.eu/!cWfmdT

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anantagd ,

@EUCommission
Jaap Drupsteen's designs for the last ed Guilder banknotes or no dice

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

In these turbulent times, we need predictability so our companies can plan and invest.

With the EU-US deal, we're securing access to our largest export market.

video/mp4

anantagd ,

@EUCommission Ah, capitulation to a fascist regime. Yeah, why not.

@filmfreak75@mastodon.social avatar filmfreak75 , to ActuallyAutistic group
anantagd ,

@angelastella @SecondUniverse actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group @autistics I'm blind. Please don´t. alt text replies pop up in my timeline all the time, without the corresponding post that contains the image. And since I've set my screenreader to skip reading out image addresses if there is no alt text, it just clutters up my timeline and doesn´t provide access to anything. Thanks. I know you mean well.

anantagd ,

@filmfreak75 actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group @autistics Sean, can you please put alt text to your images, especially if they are screen shots of text? I'm blind.

anantagd ,

@Szescstopni @angelastella @SecondUniverse actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group @autistics I used to do that too, and I know that people mean well, and like you I found that, yes, sometimes people will add alt text to their images after posting. But those are pretty rare exceptions.

anantagd ,

@SecondUniverse @angelastella actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group @autistics It adds context about who posted what in a thread of replies. Procedural sequence can become pretty important when you're blind.

anantagd ,

@adelinej @filmfreak75 @angelastella @SecondUniverse actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group Yes, it's nice when people react to that hashtag. I do want to caution against the use of AI to do image description. Many people invoke altbot, because they think AI alt text provides access to images for blind people. Let me enlighten you and tell you they don't.

@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse avatar AnarchoNinaWrites , to random

Also

You folks have no idea how much shit, just like this, I have rattling around in my head.

In a different life, I would have been an American history scholar who still had the flee the country.

I cannot stress this enough - there is in FACT a hidden history of the United States that is absolutely not a secret, but is never acknowledge and purposely prevented from entering the discourse.

Your country is way more rotten and fascist than you think it is - by many orders of magnitude.

anantagd ,

@AnarchoNinaWrites I used to be a scholar of European colonialism and genocidal pathology and I fled.

@Paralhax@infosec.exchange avatar Paralhax , to ActuallyAutistic group

So people now need a translator to communicate with others?
Perhaps it would be easier if we just accepted each other as we are. Neurotypicals would not assume bad intentions and overinterpret messages. That would help a lot.

https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/its-most-empathetic-voice-my-life-how-ai-is-transforming-lives-neurodivergent-2025-07-26/

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anantagd ,

@Paralhax
Seeing how many neurodiverse people are at a higher risk of suicide and knowing how the people pleasing reinforcement of AI chatbots could exacerbate this, I don't consider this AI use to be helpful.
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@autismunicorn@autistics.life avatar autismunicorn , to #AutisticActually

Everyone says that comparing yourself to other people is wrong. And I agree. You shouldn't compare yourself to other people - even though in certain situations it can be inspiring. Most of the time, however, it has quite the opposite effect.

Especially social media is full of people pretending like they have a great life. In some cases that's probably true, but mostly it comes across to me as some sort of need to prove to other people that they too have a great life because they travel the world, have a partner, etc.

Personally, these things affect me very badly. I try not to compare myself to other people, but when I see others enjoying life and I don't, it makes me feel worse. When I see pictures of couples in love on the internet or see them in the real world, it also makes my mood worse. Both social media and the real world are toxic places for me, which only makes my depression worse.

anantagd ,

@shoppingtonz @angelastella @autismunicorn actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group Did he formulate his criteria to accommodate neurodivergence? No, he formulated them to better eradicate.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

We’re issuing new guidelines under the Digital Services Act to protect minors online.

These recommendations target:

➡️️ Addictive design
➡️ Cyberbullying
➡️ Harmful content
➡️ Unwanted contact from strangers

We will ensure that children and young people can continue to enjoy the online world while minimising risks and exposure to harmful content.

https://europa.eu/!QvQBqR

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@EUCommission This is Newspeak for: we want everyone to real-ID for their internet licence, while we implement ChatControl and will let Palantir build our digital infrastructure for data sharing. OK.

@randahl@mastodon.social avatar randahl , (edited ) to random

I am truly sad about this incident. As @Gargron explains here, this technical error has nothing to do with me, but I cannot tell those who have misunderstood the situation because they have now blocked me.

Man this is frustrating. 😞

Update: I have now been unblocked.

https://mastodon.social/@Gargron/114870503529714155

anantagd ,

@randahl @GottaLaff @HarriettMB exactly this response will make me block you. Sad.

cesium , to random

People (including myself) have long considered me a quick learner. Today I discovered it's inaccurate: I either find something instantly obvious/understandable, or take 20x the average time (sometimes forever) just to follow the thing doing its thing. Very little in between

anantagd ,

@arx
This whole "learning styles" thing has been disproven numerous times.
@Tooden @cesium actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group @adhd

anantagd ,

@arx
I said it. The whole thimg abput visual learners and whatnot is fiction and that we have known for decades. Still the myths persist.
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anantagd ,

@me
This is only one example of many. I'm not your google.

anantagd ,

@VulcanTourist
Not what I reacted to. I'm not denying you anything. Just pointing out that "learning styles" don't exist, yet entire didactic concepts are erroneously based on them. Which harms students.
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anantagd ,
anantagd ,

@wakame
Again. The "four learning styles" do not exist, nor does any other "learning style". What does exist is a healthy didactic relationship between student and teacher.
@Zumbador @Susan60 @arx @Tooden @cesium actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group @adhd

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

📣 We are proposing a reduction of 90% to the EU's emissions by 2040, a significant milestone on our road to net zero by 2050.

By setting this target, we want to:
🔹 Ensure certainty for investors
🔹 Guarantee energy security and resilience
🔹 Create more jobs
🔹 Drive innovation, prosperity, and competitiveness

Europeans want strong climate action. We are responding to this call.

For a European green transition that is clean, competitive, and fair for all!

Find out more: https://europa.eu/!3fpPhk

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anantagd ,

@EUCommission Dick Schoof of The Netherlands needs that memo too.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

The European Accessibility Act is now in force, making life easier for millions of people living with a disability or reduced mobility.

This means:

✔️ More accessible products and services across the EU
✔️ Easier access to transport, education, and job opportunities
✔️ Better prices through fairer competition
✔️ More jobs for accessibility experts

Together, we’re building a more inclusive Europe where accessibility is a reality, not an option.

Find out more: https://europa.eu/!97xKPR

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@EUCommission
I am blind. And I work for a Dutch DSO. My org argued that since energy users are not "consumers" in the sense of the EAA, it isn't necessary for my publicly funded organization to make our presently inaccessible homepage accessible. Which means that I, a blind employee, cannot even access our own homepage to find out about grid outages. So thanks a lot, EC

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

What do these photos have in common?

They show invisible borders between Schengen countries. No checks, no stops, just freedom of movement.

In 2025, we celebrate 40 years of the Schengen Agreement, a milestone that has reshaped how 450+ million people live, work, and travel.

Schengen means:
✅ Seamless mobility
✅ Economic opportunity
✅ Shared security

It’s a symbol of unity and freedom, every day.

Find out more: https://europa.eu/!k7Gykf

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anantagd ,

@EUCommission
Germany does border checks though. Schengen only works for pale Europeans

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

Sustainability isn't an option. It’s a necessity!

Eurostat’s new report shows strong progress in access to quality education, decent work, and reducing inequalities.

There are also steps forward on gender equality, innovation, sustainable industry, and food systems.

But challenges remain: ocean protection needs strengthening and there are setbacks in clean water, forests, and biodiversity.

More work is needed but we are committed to reaching our 2030 goals!
Read more:
https://europa.eu/!h6wPr4

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anantagd ,

@EUCommission So why is the plan to earmark billions of Euros to increase AI data center building and the energy use and CO2 emissions that go with that? Will that protect our oceans?

@AncTreat5358@mindly.social avatar AncTreat5358 , to actuallyadhd group

Interesting how perceptions can vary from person to person. I met with a new GI physician yesterday. I thought it went well, and I felt I was very prepared with detailed pre-visit discussion points and documents from related previous doctors/procedures.

However, in reading the physician notes, I presented as "tremendously anxious", to the extent that she wants me to work with a behavioral therapist.

I still contend that, even though I present anxious to others, I don't feel it myself at all. I'm just being "me", and my AuDHD or possible bipolar I might look like anxiety to others.

I'd love to hear if you know someone like me, and could offer your/their story. It's a rough place to be where a person is misunderstood.

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anantagd ,

@AncTreat5358 actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group actuallyadhd@a.gup.pe icon actuallyadhd group I recognize this from having my vajrayana meditation practice pathologized as "dissociation" by a psychiatrist, in the context of PTSD from childhood abuse. For me, that I was able to develop my practice to such an extent, and could use it to go against the patterns from my upbringing, is a sign of health, not of illness. I didn't and don't want this part of who I am derided or seen for something it's not.

anantagd ,

@AncTreat5358 actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group actuallyadhd@a.gup.pe icon actuallyadhd group I'm in the Dutch care system and "the norm" is very prevalent here, with DSM 5 diagnoses as a central element. I went to a Tibetan doctor (amchi) for advice. He told me: stop all formal meditation for the time being. My Dutch mental health care worker: something something mindfulness. And there's the problem. Vajrayana is far outside the Western paradigma.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

Digital power is geopolitical power - and Europe is ready to lead! 🌐

We’ve launched the EU’s International Digital Strategy: a new plan to strengthen global digital cooperation while supporting our own competitiveness in AI and key technologies.

Our priorities include:

✔️ Leadership in AI & emerging tech
✔️ Trusted digital infrastructure
✔️ EU Tech Business Offer
✔️ Stronger cybersecurity & digital rights
✔️ Safer, more accountable online platforms

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anantagd ,

@EUCommission So why is Palantir consulting on the European infrastructure? And why is Chat Control back on the agenda every 8 weeks?

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

We must sustain the ocean that sustains us.

Climate change, pollution, overexploitation, and geopolitical tensions continue to pose a threat to our ocean, and we need to step up efforts to protect it.

A unified approach is essential for success.

The EU Ocean Pact, to be presented at the UN Ocean Conference on 9 June, brings together all relevant policies with a sharpened focus on:

🌊Ocean health
🐟Competitive EU Blue economy
🏝️Coastal communities
🐚️Maritime security
🤿Research
⛵EU ocean diplomacy

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anantagd ,

@EUCommission So start acting on climate change then

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

The protection of Ukrainians is non-negotiable.

We are proposing to extend temporary protection of Ukrainians in the EU until March 2027.

And we are committed to paving a fair, stable path:
🕓 Supporting long-term solutions
↩️ Facilitating voluntary return and visits
ℹ️ Helping people to make informed decisions

Ukraine’s future depends on its people.

For as long as it takes, we stand with them. We .

More: https://europa.eu/!fQPMHm

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anantagd ,

@EUCommission
Now do Gaza andere Palestinians

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

Experts have tested over 140,000 food samples across Europe to check for pesticide residues.

🔹Over 98% of tested foods met legal standards
🔹Most had no trace of pesticides at all
🔹The overall risk to our health is very low

Fruits, vegetables, and other everyday foods on our shelves are regularly checked. They continue to be safe to eat, share, and enjoy.

📊 The European Food Safety Authority have created an online tool so you can explore the results for yourself ➡️ https://europa.eu/!wx6Bfd

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@dave@autisticnomad.social avatar dave , to ActuallyAutistic group

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Folks who experience PDA (Pathological Demand Avoidance):

What does PDA feel like to you?

And a follow-up question: What kind of parents did you have? How did they communicate responsibilities and chores to you?

Quite often, when someone suggests something to me - like "we should do X" - even if X is something I might normally enjoy - I feel tense, and there's this "ugggggh" knee-jerk reaction in my head. An instant resistance to doing the thing.

I was mulling it over this morning, and it occurred to me that my parents were very authoritarian. "When I say jump, you say how high" was a common refrain in my childhood household.

I often didn't have a choice and was guilted and forced into doing things I didn't want to do. Not in abusive ways, but... for example, I often didn't want to go to my grandma's house for holidays, which I now realize was because it was incredibly overstimulating. She lived in a small house, and they would cram 30+ people in there. The noises, the smells, having to interact with aunts and uncles... I just didn't want to go. But I didn't have a choice.

So I learned early on that when something is "asked" of me, I don't have a choice.

I wonder if PDA - for me, or for others, or in general - comes from childhood experiences like that, where we are conditioned to deeply believe we don't have a choice. So when things are suggested or requested of us, it triggers that sense of dread that we have to do something and don't have a choice about it.

anantagd ,

@dave actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group Persistent Desire for Autonomy is a better descriptor, imo.

@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu avatar EUCommission , to random

Love comes in every color ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

On , we are standing strong with the LGBTIQ+ communities, amplifying their voices, and recommitting to a world where love is celebrated in all its forms.

That’s why we are working on the LGBTIQ Equality Strategy post-2025, set to be published by the end of the year.

This strategy will tackle discrimination and hatred based on:
🏳️‍🌈 sexual orientation
🏳️‍🌈 gender identity
🏳️‍🌈 sex characteristics

Diversity is our strength.

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anantagd ,

@EUCommission
Hahahahahahaha. should have been banned decades ago.

@snoopy_jay@mastodon.world avatar snoopy_jay , to ActuallyAutistic group

actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group Someone on here once said something like "Asperger found autistic to mean not fascist enough, look it up!" or something like that. I've tried to look it up and couldn't find anything. Does anyone know what they could have meant? I know the general nazi history of Asperger and I found several newer studies of how being autistic relates to being "radicalised", but I couldn't find what Asperger supposedly said on the subject.

anantagd ,

@Zumbador Asperger formulated his criteria in the context of Aktion T4 to select his young patients for "mercy killing" https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6667397/
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@nellie_m@autisticpri.de avatar nellie_m , to ActuallyAutistic group

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No one asked me but if you did I’d say:

DON‘T go for an official autism „diagnosis“ if you’re in the US. The fascist takeover is in full swing, and they don’t just use lists of people born elsewhere.

https://turtleisland.social/@Yehuda/114486805142023706

Lists of „diagnosed“ autistics are already being made.

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anantagd ,

@JustRosy
I can do without the disparaging tone. I wrote my Ph.D on the run up to fascist elimination and I come from a family that was the target of a genocide. Not nervous: just seeing patterns play out repeatedly.
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Ever read about a "discovery" and find yourself surprised that it wasn't common knowledge?

The stereotypical speech pattern for verbal autistic people is monotone, but there's actually another subgroup: those of us with "sing-songy" speech. I'm in this group. I was compared to a miniature car salesman as a child because of the exaggerated inflections in my voice. I heard the music of language as the primary signal and the words as secondary. I thought everyone heard the musical phrases intrinsic to spoken language, and the meanings they convey. But no, some researchers apparently just discovered its existence!

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-words-hidden-musical-grammar-natural.html


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anantagd ,

@hosford42 actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group Exactly this is why codified melodious speech, as in vedic mantras or Torah recitation, is so attractive to me.

anantagd ,

@JoBlakely @hosford42 @eazy actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group //waves// yep, that's me as a child. I already grew up bilingual, English and Dutch. I learned German and French at school (and Latin and Greek) Later I learned to read Old English and learned Norwegian. At Uni I started at Formal Linguistics, then decided I needed a vacation so studied Sanskrit and later classical Tibetan. My present work is in Enterprise Architecture modelling in Archimate, a deictic notation language.

anantagd ,

@JoBlakely @hosford42 @eazy actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group go for it. I always went where my interest would lead me. I also like speaking different languages because it changes my personality and thought patterns subtly. There's a joy in that. (Once I guided a tour to Norway on a bus full of Old Frisians, amazing things happened, language-wise)

anantagd ,

@JoBlakely @hosford42 @eazy actuallyautistic@a.gup.pe icon ActuallyAutistic group Speaking a different language is a kind of vacation to me in that way.