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I've shared the opening chapters of A Language Insufficiency Hypothesis on PhilPapers.

📕👉 https://philpapers.org/rec/WILALI-3

I examine the structural limits of human language as a medium for conveying meaning. This counters the widespread assumption that clearer definitions.

👉 https://philosophics.blog/2026/05/25/a-language-insufficiency-hypothesis-on-philpapers/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social

#philosophy #books #reading #writing #author #nonfiction #academic #language #communication #efficiency #semantics #pragmatics #meaning #society #critique #complexity #power #blog #poscast

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You Don’t Know HTML Lists, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://web.archive.org/web/20260516011707/https://blog.frankmtaylor.com/2026/05/13/you-dont-know-html-lists/?ref=frontenddogma.com

#html #lists #semantics

You Don’t Know HTML Lists, by (not on Mastodon or Bluesky):

https://web.archive.org/web/20260516011707/https://blog.frankmtaylor.com/2026/05/13/you-dont-know-html-lists/?ref=frontenddogma.com

#html #lists #semantics

Schanuel's Conjecture and the Semantics of Triton's FPSan

https://cp4space.hatsya.com/2026/05/03/schanuels-conjecture-and-the-semantics-of-fpsan/

#HackerNews #SchanuelsConjecture #Triton #FPSan #Semantics #Mathematics #Research

⏳ Deadline Extension: Call for #Tutorial Proposals at #SEMANTiCS 2026!

Are you planning to submit a tutorial proposal to the SEMANTiCS 2026 conference? We are happy to extend the Tutorial proposal submission deadline by two weeks!

📅 New Date: May 30, 2026

🔗 https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_workshops_tutorials.html

⏳ Deadline Extension: Call for #Tutorial Proposals at #SEMANTiCS 2026!

Are you planning to submit a tutorial proposal to the SEMANTiCS 2026 conference? We are happy to extend the Tutorial proposal submission deadline by two weeks!

📅 New Date: May 30, 2026

🔗 https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_workshops_tutorials.html

⏳ Deadline Extension: Call for #Tutorial Proposals at #SEMANTiCS 2026!

Are you planning to submit a tutorial proposal to the SEMANTiCS 2026 conference? We are happy to extend the Tutorial proposal submission deadline by two weeks!

📅 New Date: May 30, 2026

🔗 https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_workshops_tutorials.html

⏳ Deadline Extension: Call for #Tutorial Proposals at #SEMANTiCS 2026!

Are you planning to submit a tutorial proposal to the SEMANTiCS 2026 conference? We are happy to extend the Tutorial proposal submission deadline by two weeks!

📅 New Date: May 30, 2026

🔗 https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_workshops_tutorials.html

a lesson in #language - who's "putting personal #policy preferences ahead of proper interpretations of #law"?

10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s #ICE policies https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/10k-rulings-ice-mandatory-detention-trump-analysis-00914195

#rhetoric #semantics #propaganda #doublespeak #euphemisms #gaslighting

a lesson in #language - who's "putting personal #policy preferences ahead of proper interpretations of #law"?

10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s #ICE policies https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/10k-rulings-ice-mandatory-detention-trump-analysis-00914195

#rhetoric #semantics #propaganda #doublespeak #euphemisms #gaslighting

a lesson in #language - who's "putting personal #policy preferences ahead of proper interpretations of #law"?

10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s #ICE policies https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/10k-rulings-ice-mandatory-detention-trump-analysis-00914195

#rhetoric #semantics #propaganda #doublespeak #euphemisms #gaslighting

a lesson in #language - who's "putting personal #policy preferences ahead of proper interpretations of #law"?

10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s #ICE policies https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/10k-rulings-ice-mandatory-detention-trump-analysis-00914195

#rhetoric #semantics #propaganda #doublespeak #euphemisms #gaslighting

a lesson in #language - who's "putting personal #policy preferences ahead of proper interpretations of #law"?

10,000 rulings: The courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s #ICE policies https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/13/10k-rulings-ice-mandatory-detention-trump-analysis-00914195

#rhetoric #semantics #propaganda #doublespeak #euphemisms #gaslighting

OK, #C23 #stdckdint #ckd_add () and friends look pretty freaking cool. I spam my own code as copypasta for detecting #wraparound with unsigned integer types in network protocol sequence number spaces, but the #semantics are pretty much lifted straight from #rfc3626 anyway. Maybe I should give it the C23 and C++26 template method treatment. https://gustedt.gitlabpages.inria.fr/c23-library/#stdckdint @JensGustedt @wdtz #languagelawyering

OK, #C23 #stdckdint #ckd_add () and friends look pretty freaking cool. I spam my own code as copypasta for detecting #wraparound with unsigned integer types in network protocol sequence number spaces, but the #semantics are pretty much lifted straight from #rfc3626 anyway. Maybe I should give it the C23 and C++26 template method treatment. https://gustedt.gitlabpages.inria.fr/c23-library/#stdckdint @JensGustedt @wdtz #languagelawyering

OK, #C23 #stdckdint #ckd_add () and friends look pretty freaking cool. I spam my own code as copypasta for detecting #wraparound with unsigned integer types in network protocol sequence number spaces, but the #semantics are pretty much lifted straight from #rfc3626 anyway. Maybe I should give it the C23 and C++26 template method treatment. https://gustedt.gitlabpages.inria.fr/c23-library/#stdckdint @JensGustedt @wdtz #languagelawyering

OK, #C23 #stdckdint #ckd_add () and friends look pretty freaking cool. I spam my own code as copypasta for detecting #wraparound with unsigned integer types in network protocol sequence number spaces, but the #semantics are pretty much lifted straight from #rfc3626 anyway. Maybe I should give it the C23 and C++26 template method treatment. https://gustedt.gitlabpages.inria.fr/c23-library/#stdckdint @JensGustedt @wdtz #languagelawyering

OK, #C23 #stdckdint #ckd_add () and friends look pretty freaking cool. I spam my own code as copypasta for detecting #wraparound with unsigned integer types in network protocol sequence number spaces, but the #semantics are pretty much lifted straight from #rfc3626 anyway. Maybe I should give it the C23 and C++26 template method treatment. https://gustedt.gitlabpages.inria.fr/c23-library/#stdckdint @JensGustedt @wdtz #languagelawyering

Towards a Higher-Order Bialgebraic Denotational Semantics by Sergey Goncharov, @[email protected], @[email protected], Henning Urbat, and me has been (unconditionally) accepted at ICFP'26! Abstract below ​:Blobhaj_Read_Octopus:​

#icfp #functionalProgramming #programmingLanguages #semantics #coalgebra #categoryTheory

Towards a Higher-Order Bialgebraic Denotational Semantics by Sergey Goncharov, @[email protected], @[email protected], Henning Urbat, and me has been (unconditionally) accepted at ICFP'26! Abstract below ​:Blobhaj_Read_Octopus:​

#icfp #functionalProgramming #programmingLanguages #semantics #coalgebra #categoryTheory

The words we use: Mental health literacy is expanding but not always improving

https://healthydebate.ca/2026/05/topic/words-mental-health-literacy/

#mentalhealth #psychology #psychiatry #healthcare #media #Socialmedia #depression #trauma #burnout #stress #labels #semantics #language

The words we use: Mental health literacy is expanding but not always improving

https://healthydebate.ca/2026/05/topic/words-mental-health-literacy/

#mentalhealth #psychology #psychiatry #healthcare #media #Socialmedia #depression #trauma #burnout #stress #labels #semantics #language

The words we use: Mental health literacy is expanding but not always improving

https://healthydebate.ca/2026/05/topic/words-mental-health-literacy/

#mentalhealth #psychology #psychiatry #healthcare #media #Socialmedia #depression #trauma #burnout #stress #labels #semantics #language

The words we use: Mental health literacy is expanding but not always improving

https://healthydebate.ca/2026/05/topic/words-mental-health-literacy/

#mentalhealth #psychology #psychiatry #healthcare #media #Socialmedia #depression #trauma #burnout #stress #labels #semantics #language

The words we use: Mental health literacy is expanding but not always improving

https://healthydebate.ca/2026/05/topic/words-mental-health-literacy/

#mentalhealth #psychology #psychiatry #healthcare #media #Socialmedia #depression #trauma #burnout #stress #labels #semantics #language

One for the semanticists… 🤪
“Remember, today’s pickup is today” (Signal message from the farm share) #semantics #linguistics

🔊 Call for Industry & Use Cases Presentations - #SEMANTiCS 2026

Are you implementing Semantic Technologies in a real-world enterprise environment?

The Industry & Use Case Track at SEMANTiCS 2026 is now open for submissions!

Read more: https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_industry.html

New article in Meaning: Gregory Scontras and Judith Tonhauser present experimental and theoretical insights into within-utterance projection variation in negated know-utterances. Published May 5, 2026. Read now in Meaning.

#Linguistics #Philosophy #Semantics

Language is not the bridge. I respond to another Substack post – one I agree with 85 % – but the missing portion is key.

https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/language-is-not-the-bridge?r=pvxh5

#philosophy #language #bridges #communication #ontology #systems #ontologicalgrammar #languageinsufficiency #artificialintelligence #knowledgegraphs #metadata #infrastructucture #systems #semantics #substack #blog #podcast #essay #writing #metaphor #model #schema #protocol

Language is not the bridge. I respond to another Substack post – one I agree with 85 % – but the missing portion is key.

https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/language-is-not-the-bridge?r=pvxh5

#philosophy #language #bridges #communication #ontology #systems #ontologicalgrammar #languageinsufficiency #artificialintelligence #knowledgegraphs #metadata #infrastructucture #systems #semantics #substack #blog #podcast #essay #writing #metaphor #model #schema #protocol

Language is not the bridge. I respond to another Substack post – one I agree with 85 % – but the missing portion is key.

https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/language-is-not-the-bridge?r=pvxh5

#philosophy #language #bridges #communication #ontology #systems #ontologicalgrammar #languageinsufficiency #artificialintelligence #knowledgegraphs #metadata #infrastructucture #systems #semantics #substack #blog #podcast #essay #writing #metaphor #model #schema #protocol

Language is not the bridge. I respond to another Substack post – one I agree with 85 % – but the missing portion is key.

https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/language-is-not-the-bridge?r=pvxh5

#philosophy #language #bridges #communication #ontology #systems #ontologicalgrammar #languageinsufficiency #artificialintelligence #knowledgegraphs #metadata #infrastructucture #systems #semantics #substack #blog #podcast #essay #writing #metaphor #model #schema #protocol

Language is not the bridge. I respond to another Substack post – one I agree with 85 % – but the missing portion is key.

https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/language-is-not-the-bridge?r=pvxh5

#philosophy #language #bridges #communication #ontology #systems #ontologicalgrammar #languageinsufficiency #artificialintelligence #knowledgegraphs #metadata #infrastructucture #systems #semantics #substack #blog #podcast #essay #writing #metaphor #model #schema #protocol

🤔 <table> used for content layout is a WCAG SC 1.3.1 fail or so i have thought as long as I can remember, some argue that it is not a fail...

#WCAG #a11y #Semantics #Nerdvana

https://github.com/w3c/wcag/pull/3566#issuecomment-4366290065

🤔 <table> used for content layout is a WCAG SC 1.3.1 fail or so i have thought as long as I can remember, some argue that it is not a fail...

#WCAG #a11y #Semantics #Nerdvana

https://github.com/w3c/wcag/pull/3566#issuecomment-4366290065

🤔 <table> used for content layout is a WCAG SC 1.3.1 fail or so i have thought as long as I can remember, some argue that it is not a fail...

#WCAG #a11y #Semantics #Nerdvana

https://github.com/w3c/wcag/pull/3566#issuecomment-4366290065

🤔 <table> used for content layout is a WCAG SC 1.3.1 fail or so i have thought as long as I can remember, some argue that it is not a fail...

#WCAG #a11y #Semantics #Nerdvana

https://github.com/w3c/wcag/pull/3566#issuecomment-4366290065

🤔 <table> used for content layout is a WCAG SC 1.3.1 fail or so i have thought as long as I can remember, some argue that it is not a fail...

#WCAG #a11y #Semantics #Nerdvana

https://github.com/w3c/wcag/pull/3566#issuecomment-4366290065

🚨 FINAL CALL: #SEMANTiCS 2026 #Research & #Innovation Track! 🚨

This is your final opportunity to submit your work to #SEMANTiCS2026, Research and Innovation Track!

⏰ The Clock is Ticking!
Don't miss the extended submission deadlines:

Abstract: May 7, 2026 (AoE)

Full Paper: May 14, 2026 (AoE)

Saw "nonhabit-forming" in a book and wanted to parse it (nonsensically) as "forming of non-habit".

I wrote about these tricky hyphens once: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/non-life-threatening-unselfconscious-hyphens/

#punctuation #hyphens #semantics #writing #EnglishUsage

Saw "nonhabit-forming" in a book and wanted to parse it (nonsensically) as "forming of non-habit".

I wrote about these tricky hyphens once: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/non-life-threatening-unselfconscious-hyphens/

#punctuation #hyphens #semantics #writing #EnglishUsage

Saw "nonhabit-forming" in a book and wanted to parse it (nonsensically) as "forming of non-habit".

I wrote about these tricky hyphens once: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/non-life-threatening-unselfconscious-hyphens/

#punctuation #hyphens #semantics #writing #EnglishUsage

Saw "nonhabit-forming" in a book and wanted to parse it (nonsensically) as "forming of non-habit".

I wrote about these tricky hyphens once: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/non-life-threatening-unselfconscious-hyphens/

#punctuation #hyphens #semantics #writing #EnglishUsage

Saw "nonhabit-forming" in a book and wanted to parse it (nonsensically) as "forming of non-habit".

I wrote about these tricky hyphens once: https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/10/10/non-life-threatening-unselfconscious-hyphens/

#punctuation #hyphens #semantics #writing #EnglishUsage

🎓 Call for Tutorials: Share Your Expertise at #SEMANTiCS 2026!

#SEMANTiCS 2026 is inviting Tutorial Proposals that offer fresh perspectives or address the practical challenges of the semantic community.

🔗 https://2026-eu.semantics.cc/page/cfp_workshops_tutorials.html

I love the #SEO advice that sites (even brand new ones) should use semantic triplets, entity packing, information gain, chunking and so on.

After all, #Google must allocate its most expensive computing systems to deeply analyse the #semantics of every page it crawls.

From the archives:

HTML Semantics: The Short Descriptions of All 113 Elements:

https://meiert.com/blog/html-semantics-overview/

#html #semantics