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Sun Apr 21 22:18:50 UTC 2024

  Stephen Hawking's eerie alien theory might explain why we've never been
contacted (msn.com)
<https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/stephen-hawking-s-eerie-alien-theory-might-explain-why-we-ve-never-been-contacted/ar-BB1k8Koe?ocid=winp2fptaskbar&cvid=16b56f648e3e49788bfffde0bef3fef6&ei=4>
:

"They could be too afraid to send signals for fear of being discovered
because maybe there's a d*******g alien civilisation out there that will
completely eliminate you."

JL

On Tue, Mar 26, 2024 at 8:03 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> <http://goog_1257578405>
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> https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/donald-trump-urges-maga-buy-203010179.html
> :
>
> One more X user stated, "Trump hawking Bibles to pay his legal fees for
> lying, cheating, and r----- is really the perfect culmination of the last
> eight years.
>
> JL
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>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 6:09 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <
> adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Many YouTube creators practice self-censorship. Creators are trying to
>> avoid demonetization and reduced propagation. If the YouTube algorithm
>> decides that a video and/or description contains too much sex,
>> violence, or other taboo material then the video is demonetized, i.e.,
>> YouTube will not run advertisements adjacent to the content. In
>> addition, YouTube will reduce the propagation of the content.
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 4:53 PM Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > The "seggs" phenomenon has been dubbed "algospeak," and you can read a
>> > scholarly treatment of the phenomenon in this paper by Kendra Calhoun
>> and
>> > Alexia Fawcett:
>> >
>> > https://www.languageatinternet.org/articles/2023/calhoun
>> >
>> > Kendra and Alexia are also contributing as co-authors on the next
>> > installment of "Among the New Words," which is all about algospeak.
>> (This
>> > is for AmSp 99.1, soon to be hitting your screens and mailboxes.)
>> >
>> > As for the "s--" expurgation, Yahoo News aggregated that story from an
>> > outlet called The Blast (https://theblast.com/). Skimming articles on
>> the
>> > site, I'm seeing typical four-letter avoidance like "s--t" and "f--k,"
>> > e.g.:
>> >
>> >
>> https://theblast.com/187637/netflix-the-power-of-the-dog-sam-elliott-blasts-film-benedict-cumberbatch/
>> >
>> > But I'm not seeing "s--" for "sex," so that may be some new wrinkle from
>> > the aggregators at Yahoo News motivated by algorithmic considerations.
>> >
>> > --Ben
>> >
>> > On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 4:12 PM Andy Bach <afbach at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > > Instagram must have a strong banning policy based on text (and images
>> but
>> > > that's different) because it is full of folks using elisions like
>> "seggs"
>> > > or <one letter><emoji> or just emojis in any vaguely sensitive
>> (generally
>> > > s-x related, though) msg, even the captions on images, so their bot or
>> > > whatever, must be able to decode those.  We can wait for Nancy F. to
>> have a
>> > > full overview of these language cow**rds.
>> > >
>> > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2024 at 2:36 PM Charles C Rice <
>> charles.rice at louisiana.edu
>> > > >
>> > > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > My son brought this to my attention recently and I've been trying to
>> > > track
>> > > > down the service/platform/environment that is causing it, or
>> what/who
>> > > > authors think they are avoiding with these spellings. So far I have
>> seen
>> > > > them on Facebook but only in the short videos that are piped in from
>> > > > Instagram or YouTube. I have seen a few more on YouTube itself.
>> Instgram
>> > > > users--I am not one--insist there is no filter on Insta so it's not
>> > > coming
>> > > > from there (but I rather doubt the assumption). People have sent me
>> > > > examples of s---- for shoot and d-- for die. There's a guy on
>> YouTube
>> > > > posting as DeleteLawz who uses these spellings to amplify his
>> > > > policing-the-police persona. Here's an example:
>> > > > https://youtube.com/shorts/UF1eMbKXPi4?si=XSwfNb8ZDsVfj96c
>> > > > "cop slams man's h**d into car". The subtitles include f*ck, bl**d,
>> p*gs,
>> > > > d*es, and for each of those words the sound track provides only the
>> first
>> > > > and last sounds. He visually covers the violent act described in the
>> > > title.
>> > > > This example might be motivated differently from some of the other
>> > > examples
>> > > > of self-censoring, but it provides good examples of the general
>> practice
>> > > as
>> > > > I've observed it.
>> > > >
>> > > > YahooNews presents a new twist for me because it would likely be a
>> > > > platform-wide policy (or if it isn't, that would be very
>> interesting as
>> > > > well). As far as I know, YahooNews is an aggregator, so it might
>> pull in
>> > > > items that are already self-censored by another publisher.
>> > > >
>> > > > Clai
>> > > >
>> > > > -----Original Message-----
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>> Of
>> > > > Jonathan Lighter
>> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2024 7:29 AM
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>> > > > Subject: s--
>> > > >
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>> > > >
>> > > > url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com
>> > > > %2Fentertainment%2Fadult-film-star-stormy-daniels-033004515.html
>> > > >
>> > > > "Daniels claimed that she accepted the money to create a paper
>> trail for
>> > > > her protection and also claimed that the s-- was consensual....In
>> the
>> > > > documentary, Daniels revealed why she did not reject the billionaire
>> > > > mogul's request for s-- during their meeting decades ago."
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > JL
>> > > >
>> > > >
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