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NOT THAT IT NEEDS TO BE SAID (im salty and i do not let things go easily OK???)

semantics are everywhere--not just in the humanities.

a huge part of learning STEM is vocabulary. and SURE, you can alter how vocab is introduced, simplify how it’s taught, etc.--but that’s barely scratching the surface because when we talk about semantics in STEM, and everywhere else, we’re not just talking words--we’re talking power. we are talking about racism, classism, sexism, xenophobia--LITERALLY EVERY TYPE OF EXCLUSION

"semantics" in science includes how we value certain ways of speaking, who gets to define "clarity," who gets dismissed as "overcomplicating" or "dumbing it down" or who gets deemed simply "incorrect" even if they're just using slightly different wording. it’s the reputation of “science jargon” as both sacred and inaccessible. it’s the refusal to believe that language matters when, in fact, language structures the very way knowledge is built, shared, and GATEKEPT.

ironically, the issue isn’t just about making science “accessible” via easier vocabulary--it’s about recognizing that semantics shape who gets to enter the conversation at all. that’s why talking about language in STEM isn’t just an academic nitpick--it’s a confrontation with the elitism baked into the field.

for my first example--calculus. ask where it came from and you’ll get two names--newton and leibniz.

newton, trying to model gravity, used dot notation and limits to describe changing rates. leibniz, more abstract and theoretical, used infinitesimals and gave us the integral symbol. their approaches were wildly different--and both generally valid and CORRECT.

what made the difference? LANGUAGE. not "truth". not "rigor"--SEMANTICS.

their notation systems, naming conventions, and symbolic logic still shape how we teach, test, and value certain mathematical approaches. both invented the same underlying theory--but how they framed it continues to shape what’s considered “correct,” “intuitive,” or “hard.”

for other examples you can think of how lobotomies and the language surrounding mental illness delayed the discovery of antipsychotics, leaving an obscene amount of people permanently disabled. then there is the infamous case of william jones and sanskrit in the late 1700s--where suddenly non western languages were valid and not barbaric--only after actually studying them. thomas kuhn's idea of paradigm shifts, sandra harding's work on how scientific knowledge has been shaped by gender and power dynamics--arguing that science is not a neutral enterprise, but rather one that reflects cultural, political, and historical biases...the list goes on.

so NO!!--you can’t pretend semantics are irrelevant in STEM. they’re literally foundational. if someone says "semantics" it is not merely a joke, regardless of how its usually perceived, IT IS A VALID POINT. and until we recognize how semantics encode hierarchy, gatekeeping, and power, we’ll keep pretending science is “neutral” while quietly upholding the same old barriers.

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constantly

anyone else wish they would get roped into a freaky friday body swap situation just for the hope that the other person will go "oh jesus fuck how do you live like this" and instantly validate your feelings of being Strange and Built Wrong.

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i would deeply appreciate the support--kevin (bless his soul) may be a WEAKLING with ZERO athletic background...but he seems to possess a natural fleet of the foot--the most metaphysically graceless beings are the most graceful in the physical plane...i fear

arduino goose

i am thinking of making an animatronic war goose...kevin smiting will be much easier with eye tracking lasers--hehehhehehehheh--blindness will not bode well for kevin

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arduino goose

i am thinking of making an animatronic war goose...kevin smiting will be much easier with eye tracking lasers--hehehhehehehheh--blindness will not bode well for kevin

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goosesona for another prized gosling PLUCKED carefully from the flock @the-mehlwurm

forged in flour, born of starch--the leavened one has risen

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goosesona for another prized gosling PLUCKED carefully from the flock @the-mehlwurm

forged in flour, born of starch--the leavened one has risen

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i understand more than you know

many thanks for the praises my dear squire

a recent squire (@howlforthemoon) has been chosen from the flock (keeping my promises yuhhhhhh)

a novel and magical and beautiful and delicious goosesona has been brought to fruition...goose prophet weeps FAT tears of exultation upon the cracked tiles of revelation. the honks have been loud, the signs UNDENIABLE. the prophetic feather has once again chosen--there is a new squire in the order. 

i know i have been withholding updates, and for this i offer only half an apology (the other half has gone into the oblivion…past the reach of my meek and feeble avain phalanges). but in my defense--father has vanquished my phone plan. yes. father, destroyer of 5g, patron of "fiscal responsibility" has once again thrown a wrench into the gears of divine communication. i have been exiled to the unholy hinterlands of cvs guest wifi--where the signal flickers with the anguish of cursed spirits who dwell exclusively in the bathroom stall beneath the air vent that whispers my sins back to me.

so please understand--i have not abandoned you. i am simply stuck in the non-euclidean (something adjacent to hilbert…) space between the foot powder aisle and the torn family planning brochures. my prophetic visions are backlogged. my pentane reserves are low NAY empty. kevin (bless his TYRANNICAL soul) has stolen the only usbc cable compatible with my temporal scrying mirror.

but i persevere.

because the geese call to me.

more updates to come, my goslings…soon… 

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shed is gone. kevin has escaped. goose prophet is defeathered. father remains bald.

to continue from my last posting–i returned to the shed following my daily trip to the cvs stall beneath the spirit vent (the spirits were being notably hackneyed with their sin whisperings)(#boring). it was at this time as i gazed upon my shed on the way to find a soft patch of suburban grass to slumber upon that i decided PROMPTLY to commence kevin’s (bless his soul) SMITING.

i prowled, i SNUCK (gracefully–nearly floating) across the yard and peered over the flower boxes kevin had placed outside of the windows. he is no better than father. flower boxes. FLOWER BOXES??? this enraged me. i almost revealed myself in a premature smiting for this BLASPHEMY. 

ANYHOW as i raised my eyes to peek through the window--i see kevin. i glare. my eyes have narrowed. my beak tense. forehead wrinkled. nostrils FLARED (metaphorically as i do have keratinous nose holes) he spun around instantaneously, almost meeting my eyes–i DUCK (ugh ducks) (said with hatred) 

i took this as a sign–i continued my prowl around the shed to the door–with rage filling my goose prophet being i swung the door open and ATTACKED. 

feathers flying. kevin screeching. pentane sprawling everywhere. 

i dug my teeth (yes geese have teeth LOOK IT UP) into kevins neck like a vampire of DUBIOUS origin, and wrapped my now feathered and succulent wings around his face–he muffled and squirmed BUT I COULDNT HEAR HIM THROUGH MY GLORY

although…in the thick of our squabble i noticed that It seemed he was performing a ritual previous to my pounce, the smell in the shed was metallic and the microwave seemed scorched–out of NOWHERE he pulls out a broken mirror and began to struggle to free his arm. i PINNED HIM DOWN (not in a fun way)(pervs) i SNATCHED the mirror which was uncomfortably warm (i believe this was the object which had been cooked in the microwave)

more feathers flew, kevin screeched louder than ever before…

the smell of pentane and microwave victimization filled my snoz and i attempted to struck what i believed would be my final strike when the door SWUNG OPEN and father appeared at the entrance…

AND WOULDNT IT BE MY LUCK THE SHED FLOCKING EXPLODED. POOF. GONE. 

a plume of smoke rose. father went flying. kevin slithered out of my feathery chokehold. i lay in a pile of rubble that was once my goosist kingdom.

i caught a glimpse of kevin making a wild dash into the woods AND I WOULDVE FOLLOWED HIM but father distracted my gaze with his squeal of stupidity because hes honking bald again. ok buddy arent we ALL??? SACRIFICES FATHER. THATS WHAT WE MAKE. SACRIFICES. 

“it hasnt even been a WEEK since your last HOA violation!!!!111!!!111” OK? AND? 

father was not happy but i was seething–kevin had escaped his smiting. sure he is too now bald–BUT NOT INCINERATED 

so i write, dear goslings, in a fit of diaphanous rage–father says we are going back to sleeper agent therapist tomorrow…i shall singe her too.

i fear NAY I HOPE kevin shows up tomorrow again…heh…doubt it though…coward. i will find kevin and i will finish what ive started. 

goose OUT

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blessings be upon thee; flesh laden gosling of the astral flock–i have news.

much has happened in my absence--events that may explain my tumblr interlude…first and foremost there has been excellent progress in the smiting of kevin (bless his soul)

HOWEVER some unideal circumstances that have arisen from such warfare...ALAS I DIGRESS the primary and innately glorious message i must relay is this--kevin has been MOSTLY smited.

i shall explain myself in greater detail as soon as i am able to return to cvs–i have not yet found a nearby location to safely loiter in pursuit of free wifi (curse YOU father)

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a recent squire (@howlforthemoon) has been chosen from the flock (keeping my promises yuhhhhhh)

a novel and magical and beautiful and delicious goosesona has been brought to fruition...goose prophet weeps FAT tears of exultation upon the cracked tiles of revelation. the honks have been loud, the signs UNDENIABLE. the prophetic feather has once again chosen--there is a new squire in the order. 

i know i have been withholding updates, and for this i offer only half an apology (the other half has gone into the oblivion…past the reach of my meek and feeble avain phalanges). but in my defense--father has vanquished my phone plan. yes. father, destroyer of 5g, patron of "fiscal responsibility" has once again thrown a wrench into the gears of divine communication. i have been exiled to the unholy hinterlands of cvs guest wifi--where the signal flickers with the anguish of cursed spirits who dwell exclusively in the bathroom stall beneath the air vent that whispers my sins back to me.

so please understand--i have not abandoned you. i am simply stuck in the non-euclidean (something adjacent to hilbert…) space between the foot powder aisle and the torn family planning brochures. my prophetic visions are backlogged. my pentane reserves are low NAY empty. kevin (bless his TYRANNICAL soul) has stolen the only usbc cable compatible with my temporal scrying mirror.

but i persevere.

because the geese call to me.

more updates to come, my goslings…soon… 

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if I may ask, what sort of goose do you see yourself as? or are you the spirit of every goose combined? or a third thing I can't think of?

many thanks for the ask my dear squire...

as i do reside in a goose body CURRENTLY (image attached below) i suppose i see myself as that--however--with my recent depilated, glabrous, featherless and notably bald era, ive had some cognitive dissonance regarding my self perception..goose prophet is a secret third thing for the time being

at least i have my lucious feathers back (for now)

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sorry that was me

Duck, Duck, Goose!

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at your request @essentiallyless

cause i'm just goose, anywhere else i'd be a ken

is it my destiny to live and die a life of HONKING fragility?

i'm just goose

where i see tea, she sees a pond

what will it take for her to see the prophet behind the pentane and fight for me?

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i hate leftists so much sometimes. myself included. that’s all.

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thoughts on The Wild Robot? It's got geese

glorious film--cinema at its finest

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tis truly an honor lord

Hiss with mama