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Had an absolute blast learning about Ryūkyūan languages recently. Put some highlights into a post: https://fumbling.it/posts/fly-me-to-the-ksks/

Site's back online and in pristine condition ✨✨ While I was at it, I set up a URL shortener using yourls.org! Latest post can also be found at: https://fmblg.it/v

awgeez awgeez awgeez

Site's down. Having some serious server trouble post-reboot. Will work on a fix this weekend.

Really curious if there's any work on the influence
of #fairtrade on linguistic diversity and language maintenance. Been on my mind the past week...

https://fumbling.it/posts/fair-trade-language-vitality/

A run-down of how I blog using #emacs, #orgmode and #gohugo. Not a how-to, just a cheeky behind the scenes.

https://fumbling.it/posts/how-i-blog/

Do any other teachers work with textbooks that are fine all the way through until that one bit that makes you say 'yikes, really?'

https://fumbling.it/posts/textbook-sexism/

The first of this year's book reviews. Crystal's 'Begat' was an absolute pleasure. https://fumbling.it/posts/begat-david-crystal-review/

My two cents on #conlangs and where they fit within the world of linguistics and language diversity. Felt the need to write this after reading David Peterson's (wonderful) #TheArtOfLanguageInvention.

https://fumbling.it/posts/thoughts-on-conlangs/

The good news: latest iteration of https://fumbling.it is up and running like a charm (with better Unicode coverage thanks to #notofonts)!

The bad news: broke all the links here in the process. Everything's still there, just a bit harder to get to atm!

🚧🏗️ Doing a bunch of work on the site under the hood today (read: completely replacing the engine). Expect interruptions 🏗️🚧

Little late to the party on this one, but #Mozilla has recently released their #CommonVoice database and it's the business. https://fumbling.it/common-voice-dataset-released/

Voice assistants are like children:

- Hilarious to talk to
- Good at hanging around in your kitchen
- Rubbish at jokes
- Always much smarter and much stupider than you expect

Tried out #mycroft. Had a blast 🚀👍

https://fumbling.it/first-impressions-mycroft-voice-assistant/

Because it's the season for making too many well-intentioned commitments, here's my reading list for the year 💪📚
fumbling.it/my-2019-reading-list

Is QWERTY the best layout to use when typing Japanese? I suspect it isn't. Here's a post exploring the question: fumbling.it/qwerty-vs-kana/