András Bárány@Andraas@mastodon.socialmastodon.social

My paper on alignment in ditransitive constructions has been accepted to appear in Language.

I studied case and agreement patterns in 124 different languages from 70 families and found that not all logically possible combinations of case-marking (e.g. Mary gave the flowers to Peter vs. Mary gave Peter the flowers) and agreement (the verb indexing the properties of either Peter or the flowers) are possible. Out of four types, three are attested, but one is missing! 1/5 #linguistics #syntax

In light of recent events, I want to remind everyone that end-to-end encryption doesn't prevent you from adding the editor of the Atlantic to your private group chats.

Let’s move away from ascribing agency to an artifact “AI’s problem…” to naming who is pirating these books for profit.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/libgen-meta-openai/682093/

Here’s journalism about some of the richest people in the world deciding to steal as many books as they could get away with. They got mine, I see.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/libgen-meta-openai/682093/

"Straßenverkehr: Zu Fuß gehen? Kann tödlich enden

Mehr als 400 Fußgänger sterben jährlich im deutschen Verkehr. Städte in anderen Ländern machen vor: Es könnten auch Null sein. Man muss Autofahrer nur härter beschränken."

https://www.zeit.de/mobilitaet/2025-02/strassenverkehr-gefahr-unfall-fussgaenger-schutz-regeln

Neues fürs Wiener Radnetz: Was wird 2025 gebaut? https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000260921/neues-fuers-wiener-radnetz-was-wird-2025-gebaut?ref=mastodon

The news has been more than a bit grim of late, so hooray for Carbon Brief providing some genuine and really meaningful **good** news: the UK's carbon emissions in 2024 were the lowest since 1872, because demand for fossil fuels just keeps decreasing.

https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-emissions-fall-3-6-in-2024-as-coal-use-drops-to-lowest-since-1666/

Studie: Nur sieben Länder halten WHO-Grenzwert für saubere Luft ein

Nach Schätzungen der WHO sterben jedes Jahr sieben Millionen Menschen an den Folgen verschmutzter Luft. Besonders schlecht ist die Luftqualität laut einer Studie im Tschad. Auch Deutschland hält die WHO-Grenzwerte nicht ein.

https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/gesundheit/who-luftqualitaet-102.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

Look at that! Low emissions zones are good for people. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/07/london-air-pollution-down-since-ulez-expansion-study?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Ceterum censeo that Holyrood Park should be car-free every day, not just on weekends (with some reasonable exceptions, maybe). #edinburgh #carsruincities

Eight books I built on in my lecture & can recommend for #dhd2025 — the lower row with Suchman, Illich, Eubanks and Franklin perhaps less familiar in some DH quarters but all the more relevant for how they study the intersections of culture, technology, science, and the social

Refs at https://markdingemanse.net/dhd2025

Für Meta ist Antisemitismus jetzt "Teil der Debatte" https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000259986/fuer-meta-ist-antisemitismus-jetzt-teil-der-debatte?ref=mastodon

https://www.europesays.com/1887469/ Message to the circa 12% of Scots intending to vote Reform (according to recent polls) — they can’t be trusted. #Scotland #UnitedKingdom

Don't panic, organize

From this — https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/feb/26/lords-chief-whip-spoke-at-what-appears-to-be-cash-for-access-event — to this — https://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/campaigns/elected-house-of-lords/? #houseoflords #electoralreformsociety #proportionalrepresentation

Niederösterreichs Gemeindebund zahlte 4,3 Millionen Euro an die ÖVP – wofür? https://www.derstandard.at/story/3000000257945/niederoesterreichs-gemeindebund-zahlte-43-millionen-euro-an-die-oevp-wofuer?ref=mastodon

Still using OpenOffice? It has unfixed security issues over a year old: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_OpenOffice#Security – So all users are strongly recommended to update to one of the actively maintained successor projects, like LibreOffice. (Please share and help raise awareness about this!)

Deutschlands Bahnhofsschilder: Das neue Wegeleitsystem der Deutschen Bahn - Wortfeld - https://www.wortfeld.de/2025/01/deutschlands-bahnhofsschilder/

https://carfreeholyrood.wordpress.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woFlJx7Rv78

These the words now forbidden in the Free Speech United States of Academic Freedom.....

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