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Robert FairheadI read <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GeorgeSaunders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeorgeSaunders</a>' collection of short stories, Liberation Day (Bloomsbury), in 2023. I recall vividly Love Letter, in which a grandfather writes a letter to his grandson during a time set in the future, but eerily familiar. I heard <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DavidSedaris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidSedaris</a> read the story on <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TheNewYorker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheNewYorker</a> Fiction podcast yesterday. Now I know why it was so "eerily familiar"! 😟 <a href="https://aus.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/shortstories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shortstories</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/warnings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#warnings</a> Link to New Yorker podcast episode: <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/david-sedaris-reads-george-saunders" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/fiction/david-sedaris-reads-george-saunders</a>

Alberto Chimal<a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/Aparici%C3%B3n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Aparición</a> de varias <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/met%C3%A1foras" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metáforas</a>. Several <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> appear. :sparkles_green: <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/fotograf%C3%ADa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#fotografía</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#photography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/Fotograf%C3%ADaUrbana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FotografíaUrbana</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/UrbanPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UrbanPhotography</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/hallazgos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hallazgos</a> <a href="https://mstdn.mx/tags/findings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#findings</a>

Adrian SegarWould you like to create breakthrough meeting designs? Here's how Elementary Meetings suggest environments for participation at events.<a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/09/how-to-create-breakthrough-meeting-designs-with-elementary-meetings" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/09/how-to-create-breakthrough-meeting-designs-with-elementary-meetings</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meetings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EventDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EventDesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElementaryMeetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElementaryMeetings</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#events</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#eventprofs</a>

Jason YipI like <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BarbaraOakley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BarbaraOakley</a> 's idea of using <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> to come up with candidate <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> to explain concepts. Useful for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/presentations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#presentations</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#learning</a>.

Nicole HennigAI isn’t running water <a href="https://noeticengines.substack.com/p/ai-isnt-running-water" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://noeticengines.substack.com/p/ai-isnt-running-water</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humans</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#intelligence</a>

janNumerous writers have discussed the metaphors by which we live, the ones that give meaning and orientation to our lives, that structure the ways in which we react to the world around us and to other people. Light and darkness constitute one of those metaphors. But, unlike many others of more recent origin, light:darkness can be traced back to the Upper Palaeolithic. —David Lewis-Williams, Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/metaphors" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a>

earthlingMetaphorically Speaking: A Dictionary of 3,800 Picturesque Idiomatic Expressions (1990) by N. E. RentonThere are books on antonyms, synonyms, and rhyming words, but this is the first paperback work on metaphors, the idiomatic words and phrases used to create images for the purposes of comparison, clarification, or whimsy. Contains three separate, self-contained listings: a dictionary, a thematic section, and a thesaurus.<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a>

Frederik ElwertCall for Papers: International Conference on “<a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> of <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Religion</a>” October 27–29, 2025, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.This conference hosted by <a href="https://nrw.social/@sfb1475" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sfb1475</a> invites scholars from different fields to discuss <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphor</a> research (including computational approaches) in a comparative perspective. Confirmed keynote speakers are Eve Sweetser and Gerard Steen. Submission deadline: February 28, 2025 <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalHumanities</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/MultilingualDH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MultilingualDH</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/ReligiousStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ReligiousStudies</a> <a href="https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/news/article/international-conference-on-metaphors-of-religion-october-2729-2025-ruhr-university-bochum-germany/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/news/article/international-conference-on-metaphors-of-religion-october-2729-2025-ruhr-university-bochum-germany/</a> 🚀

Inautilo<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Development</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Debates</a> The beautiful sentence that is the web · HTML is the noun, CSS the adjective, and JS the verb <a href="https://ilo.im/161m9i" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ilo.im/161m9i</a>_____ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Concepts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Concepts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sentences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Sentences</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebDesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WebDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Frontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Frontend</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HTML</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CSS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JavaScript</a>

RHET AI Center📢 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀📝 Join Dr. Anna Henschel on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 at the MPI lecture hall in Tübingen, where she will present the results of a survey with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> researchers and offer practical tips for using more effective <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> in AI <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#communication</a>.Register at <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=M1hH4ejb4EqJTs0PVhyY9M_EJPY4xE5ImOfId7_gf-dUREg2T0g1WTJPTVFIUFBYVVMyMkVCVlBBOS4u" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=M1hH4ejb4EqJTs0PVhyY9M_EJPY4xE5ImOfId7_gf-dUREg2T0g1WTJPTVFIUFBYVVMyMkVCVlBBOS4u</a>🗣️ The event will be held in English and takes place in person in the Max-Planck Institute lecture hall in Tübingen (Max-Planck-Ring 4) from 𝟱.𝟯𝟬 – 𝟳.𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗺.

Frederik ElwertOur research center <a href="https://nrw.social/@sfb1475" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sfb1475</a> hosts an international conference on the topic “<a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> of <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Religion</a>: Comparative Perspectives, Theoretical Potential, and Methodic Innovation” next fall. One of the topics will be “Digital and Computational Approaches to <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Metaphor</a> Analysis.” Keynote speakers are Eve Sweetser and Gerard Steen. Interested? Here’s the full <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/CfP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CfP</a>: <a href="https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/aktuelles/artikel/international-conference-on-metaphors-of-religion-october-2729-2025-ruhr-university-bochum-germany/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/aktuelles/artikel/international-conference-on-metaphors-of-religion-october-2729-2025-ruhr-university-bochum-germany/</a> Deadline: 28 Feb 2025. Please share! <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalHumanities</a>

Nicole HennigComputing inside an AI | Will Whitney <a href="https://willwhitney.com/computing-inside-ai.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://willwhitney.com/computing-inside-ai.html</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/future" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#future</a>

earthlingMetaphors Dictionary by Elyse Sommer & Dorrie Weiss, 2001Presenting 6,500 colorful comparative phrases from ancient times to the present, the Metaphors Dictionary is a powerful tool for writers and speakers and a source of inspiration and entertainment for readers. This expansive collection offers annotated metaphors in a diverse range of timeless and timely subjects -- from love to the information superhighway.<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictionaries</a>

Ecologia Digital"Many of our <a href="https://mato.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> frame <a href="https://mato.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> as a <a href="https://mato.social/tags/tool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tool</a> to be used, emphasising <a href="https://mato.social/tags/human" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#human</a> agency in its application. Lucinda McKnight & Cara Shipp wrote an article problematising the word “tool” in AI contexts, arguing that this framing oversimplifies the complex nature & impacts of AI systems. They suggest that viewing AI merely as a neutral tool ignores its “embeddedness” in socio-technical systems, its potential for harm, and the power dynamics inherent in its development & use."<a href="https://leonfurze.com/2024/07/19/ai-metaphors-we-live-by-the-language-of-artificial-intelligence/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://leonfurze.com/2024/07/19/ai-metaphors-we-live-by-the-language-of-artificial-intelligence/</a>

Miguel Afonso Caetano"AI researchers are still grappling for the right metaphors to understand our enigmatic creations. But as we humans make choices on how we deploy and use these systems, how we study them, and how we craft and apply laws and regulations to keep them safe and ethical, we need to be acutely aware of the often unconscious metaphors that shape our evolving understanding of the nature of their intelligence."<a href="https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adt6140?af=R" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.adt6140?af=R</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LLMs</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ChatBots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChatBots</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Rhetoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rhetoric</a>

RoundSparrow 🐦<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ActuallyAutistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ActuallyAutistic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismAndMetaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AutismAndMetaphors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AutismUnderstanding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AutismUnderstanding</a> //\\Autism and Understanding Metaphors<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DoubleEmpathy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoubleEmpathy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DoubleEmpathyProblem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DoubleEmpathyProblem</a> //\\ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FWakeMeta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FWakeMeta</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FWakeMetaphores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FWakeMetaphores</a>

Brigitte NerlichIn this week's post I return to the topic of war <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> in talk about bacteria with a focus on metaphor scenarios and <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/scicomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scicomm</a> <a href="https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingsciencepublic/2024/11/01/gunfight-at-the-o-k-corral-or-how-bacteria-interact-in-popular-science-writing/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingsciencepublic/2024/11/01/gunfight-at-the-o-k-corral-or-how-bacteria-interact-in-popular-science-writing/</a>

RoundSparrow 🐦<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> //\\ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HaventYouHeard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HaventYouHeard</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BattleOfWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BattleOfWords</a> //\\ ====::>>> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FrameRealilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrameRealilty</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordWokeOpera" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordWokeOpera</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ConcernsOfFinnegans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ConcernsOfFinnegans</a> ::: "Concerns of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake" - the meaning of words.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CombatWarMetaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CombatWarMetaphors</a> //\\ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LangaugeWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LangaugeWar</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pPNV_B-Hpc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pPNV_B-Hpc</a>

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