Assistant Professor in CIS/Anth @UBC. Language & Place. Gardener, Mom, Daughter, Sister, Friend. I work with communities to support language reclamation.
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Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
I have transgendered
the aliens
that were in
the prison
and which
also were probably
executing
the babies
forgive me
I have the best rallies
so large
and so not bored
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
Delve into decolonized #LanguageLearning practices in North American indigenous communities. The chapter provides key insights into new pedagogies that nurture the communities.
Free to read & download as part of our #IndigenousLanguages Collection:
cloud.newsletter.degruyter.c…
@mulix
ALT Book cover titled “The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America” edited by Carmen Dagostino, Marianne Mithun and Keren Rice. The background of the cover shows a lake lined by trees and a mountain behind it. The cover is shown against a rust brown background with pastel green geometric shapes. To the right of the book cover, there is vertical text that reads “Celebrate Indigenous Languages”.
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
Do you use the Canadian COVID-19 Forecast?
We need your help for a funding application.
We're asking people how the Forecast affects your decisions and actions related to infection prevention.
Please respond and share this anonymous survey!
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Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
Science and research are fundamental building blocks of Canada. They require attention, nurture and support for a better future, environment and quality of life for all. Grad students and postdocs are the future of research, and they need our support.
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
In BC we say NO to physician assistants. I know they live here and desperately want to help but by god we are gonna stand firm with our NO. Heck we don’t really even no why we say no but we will make sure we have the longest waiting lists in the country. Go team! We are winners.
Physician Assistants - a role in healthcare created for the success of team based care
A commitment to teams is growing across Canada - it's time for BC!
#BCNeedsPAs
@Dave_Eby @BCCFP @BC_GP_Shortage @bcndp @BCGreens @shirleybond @BCFamilyDoctors @Docs4BC @DrJLush @DoctorsOfBC
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
Probably the best thing you'll see today.
In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world.
The results 🧵
1/22
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
Lots of people are talking about Eliezer Yudkowsky of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute right now. So I thought I'd put together a thread about Yudkowsky for the general public and journalists (such as those at @TIME). I hope this is useful. 🧵
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
CEDaR is hiring for the summer!
If you are a UBC student who is interested in digital media, communications and/or software development, we are looking for four new WorkLearn students to join our team!
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
✨Join us at the sixth ComputEL workshop this week, co-located with ICLDC 2023!✨
Including a special session on "Justice through Technology"!
More information: icldc8.sched.com/event/1Iw6F…
computel-workshop.org/comput…
Register now!
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
Hi everyone! 👋🏻 I'm looking hire quite a few contractors to work on different language technology projects! Are you a #linguist, #webdev, #archivist, or #Indigenous #language -adjacent person looking for a job? Look no further! Read the thread 🧵for more info about opportunities.
FPCC is hiring, and we would love for you to be our newest team member! Please check out our employment page to see the full list of current positions.
fpcc.ca/employment 💻
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
#Paxlovid is harder to access in #BC than any other #province.
This table shows age-based eligibility criteria for paxlovid across #Canada.
Feedback welcome, as are additional details for #NS in particular.
@Protect_BC @PoPNB_kindness @POP_Quebec @POP__PEI #BCPoli #CanPoli
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
So, the Open AI GPT3 demo has a "Grammatical Standard English" task which 1) replaces regional lexical items, 2) translates habitual-be in exactly the way white listeners unfamiliar with AAE do
ALT Screen shot of the "grammar correction" task overview. It shows "She no went to the market" as the prompt and "She didn't go to the market" as the response.
ALT The "Grammatical Standard English" task from GPT-3. Prompt is "What kind of pop would you like." Response is "What kind of soda would you like?"
ALT "Grammatical Standard English" task from GPT-3. Prompt is "Cookie monster be eating cookies." Response is "Cookie Monster is eating cookies."
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
The most important time is the day after the apology so here is my "To Do" list for the Catholic Church, the Holy See and @Pontifex
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
🙌🙌🏽Happy Friday!! We’re thrilled to announce TURJUMAN, our novel neural Arabic machine translation toolkit. TURJUMAN is Arabic for "translator", "interpreter". It translates from 20 languages into Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). 🧵1/n #machineTranslation #NLProc #Arabic #AI
Daisy Rosenblum retweeted
Welcome, everyone, to our EML Spring Showcase! Whether you're joining us in person or online, we hope you find the next couple hours inspiring! @CelebrateLearn @UBC_CTLT @ubclibrary