#read speech

[lotus-pear]

in love with tragedy

[killjoy-toast]

As the #1 one Mary Poppins truther, I legally had no other choice

[incredubious]

another ole collection of one piece doodles...enjoy

[sualne]

something i wish i'd see more in trigun fanarts is people having vash speak their native/non-english languages completely unprompted, ive seen folks have him speak french, which he canonically knows, but i really do believe he's a polyglot. mostly because of that one time in the desert when he saw the samurai and wanted to greet him in japanese but struggled to remember how to even say hello.

my headcanon is that rem had them learn as many languages as possible but with the big fall and so many people dying, which i think is what led english to became No man's land main (or even only?) language, means that vash (and knives!) both got horribly out of practice and are various sort of rusty in every others languages.

what im saying if there's any pun or joke you've been dying to write but just doesn't work in english vash (and knives!!) are right there!

[ashenknightt]

WE DID IT JOE!!!

[skyshipper]

HAPPY STAR WARS DAY! MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

[strawburbur]

self indulgent art time

sometimes i wish the farmer can participate in emily's clothing therapy bc ik ruru would EAT. but i digress

[insanitysilver]

starting a support group for ppl who proofread their chapters and still find typos years later after they've been posted

[ceabu]

DAY 3 OF @pale-gamkar-week FLIRTING

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Why would you—That's not—I just wanted to ask for help, why did you have to go and make it awkward???

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[wronghands1]

[hotdrinks]

[ID: A grayscale bust of Jon and Martin from The Magnus Archives asleep together. Jon's head is on Martin's chest, his mouth hangs slack. He sleeps with his eyes open, his gaze is unfocused, his pupils shine red. A red outlined speech bubble filled with static noise and no words comes from him. Martin's hand rests on Jon's back, his brows are furrowed in his sleep. End ID]

A ko-fi req for Jon snoozing on Martin. But God forbid the creepy ever stops entirely amiright

[manuscriptedpod]

When more is more: Redundant modifiers can facilitate visual search

Manuscript authors: Gwendolyn Rehrig, Reese A. Cullimore, John M. Henderson, & Fernanda Ferreira

Abstract

According to the Gricean Maxim of Quantity, speakers provide the amount of information listeners require to correctly interpret an utterance, and no more (Grice in Logic and conversation, 1975). However, speakers do tend to violate the Maxim of Quantity often, especially when the redundant information improves reference precision (Degen et al. in Psychol Rev 127(4):591–621, 2020). Redundant (non-contrastive) information may facilitate real-world search if it narrows the spatial scope under consideration, or improves target template specificity. The current study investigated whether non-contrastive modifiers that improve reference precision facilitate visual search in real-world scenes. In two visual search experiments, we compared search performance when perceptually relevant, but non-contrastive modifiers were included in the search instruction. Participants (NExp.1=48, NExp.2=48) searched for a unique target object following a search instruction that contained either no modifier, a location modifier (Experiment 1: on the top left, Experiment 2: on the shelf), or a color modifier (the black lamp). In Experiment 1 only, the target was located faster when the verbal instruction included either modifier, and there was an overall benefit of color modifiers in a combined analysis for scenes and conditions common to both experiments. The results suggest that violations of the Maxim of Quantity can facilitate search when the violations include task-relevant information that either augments the target template or constrains the search space, and when at least one modifier provides a highly reliable cue. Consistent with Degen et al. (2020), we conclude that listeners benefit from non-contrastive information that improves reference precision, and engage in rational reference comprehension.

Manuscript link: cognitiveresearchjournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s41235-021-00275-4

Citation: Rehrig, G., Cullimore, R.A., Henderson, J.M. & Ferreira, F. (2021). When more is more: redundant modifiers can facilitate visual search. Cogn. Research, 6, 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41235-021-00275-4

[thebanishedreader]

Oh, what the hell, Florida.

Heyyy so I just looked at my spreadsheet of banned books and...

There are 1,402 BANNED BOOKS in the state of Florida ALONE.

To put that in perspective, on that very same spreadsheet, the number of banned books in California is: one (1).

If you guys have been following this (very new) blog and my posts, then you will know that the number of banned books in Colorado is: eight (8).

In Arkansas, it's four (4).

So. Just to reiterate, to repeat.

As of June 2023,

THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS BANNED 1,402 BOOKS.

NEARLY HALF OF ALL BANNED BOOKS THIS YEAR, AND NEARLY THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF BANNED BOOKS IN 2022 IN TOTAL.

FLORIDA. HAS. BANNED. 1,402. BOOKS.

Please read banned books. Support libraries. Support authors. And please, please please please please, for the love of everything, stay safe. I love each and every one of you. Stay safe.

Support the American Library Association here.

[084392]

ok and if gardevoir could take control of rt heros body...

[knight-says-rollout]

Soundwave speaks in the 3rd person and no one blinks. He’s intelligent, respected even

But when Me, Grimlock-