Sonja

Sonja

@tokipona.org

tokipona.org founder, art producer, book publisher, polyglot, screenwriter, weirdo Let's chill in a Toki Pona community server: https://discord.gg/pona

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Big thanks to @voidmaosort.bsky.social who's a witness. tenpo pini la monsuta suli li lawa e insa mi. tenpo ni la monsuta li weka la pilin lili taso la mute li pona sin. I hurt many loved ones around me. I want to make it right by saying sorry and by patience and commit to restorative actions 🐦‍🔥 🤍

Sonja reposted

A thought-provoking article by @celesterl.bsky.social exploring the politics of transcription, language technology & whose voices are recognised — or erased — by AI systems. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4awchped 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #transcription #AI #minoritylanguages

tinyurl.comTranscribing speech is never neutral. It shapes power and biasAutomated speech recognition is a powerful tool – but it comes with a host of assumptions.

رب ابن لي عندك بيتا في الجنة ونجني من فرعون وعمله ونجني من القوم الظالمين

A girl is home, praying and fasting, and a group of men with firearms make a ruckus at her door. Let us remember Chantal Moore, unnamed woman in Edmonton 2023, Sandy Guardiola, Atatiana Jefferson, and countless more.

Calling complete continuous compassion. I need to turn off my computer again for Saturday tradition we do every week from my great great great grandma Abigaïl, but I do not forget any of you. Thank you for your immense patience. May the Divine reward you for covering for me during my family day. 🫡🪽

Ahad! Ahad! Ahad! Pleace, love, unity and respect for Ahad Ha'am, pioneer of Spiritual Zionism (Tsiyonut Ruchanit)! ☮️ Read his essays and how he fiercely opposed the way Theodor Herzl wanted to emulate the arrogant bully secular European colonial style Zionism. Ahad! Ahad! Ahad!

If anything weird seems to happen in my life, please read the Wikipedia article about Minerva for inspiration about my day job.

I don't believe in the Woke Mind Virus. Right-wing people don't understand. I have been in the trenches with tens of thousands of super progressive gen Z people. The correct term is the Walk Mine Walrus: when you walk on a landmine, your foot is blown off, then a walrus comes to eat it as a snack.