Author: wbtd
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Falling off
On 12 June this year (2024), I fell off my bicycle. This essay is about why I fell off and what I should have done to avoid long-term serious injury....
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How to talk about Nepāl bhāṣā
There is at present, again, a debate around the correct terms with which to refer to the language spoken by the original inhabitants of Nepāl Maṇḍala. With the UNESCO Decade...
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Angry weather
The rain and hail are raging at the windows. Again. The wind is pummeling the walls and roof, again. There’s a red weather warning just south of us, again. Earlier...
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What is my dog’s religion: exposing Eurocentric biases in OpenAI models.
When I teach courses on anthropology of religion, I like to start by asking students if they have a dog. This is more fun than asking if they have a...
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The lost railways at our door
We have lived in Donmouth for about 17 years now, long enough to have found interesting details in the landscape. Soon after we arrived, back when the salmon nets still...