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LANGYWANGY is freedom to be understood; freedom to not be understood; accessibility, multiplicity, and play. down with language standardization

This is a rectangular flyer with text over a background image. The background image is a watercolor illustration of a firefly in flight, with its light blazing. Large text across the top reads "CRUSHED ICE." White text below this reads "Sunday, 23 Aug, 5-7pm. on the lawn @ 4836 Ellsworth Ave 15213. bring lawn chairs!" Black text over the firefly's light rays reads "a benefit show for the legal defense fund of the 'Minnesota 15' anti-ICE organizers. $10 donation encouraged. featuring THE RAGING GRANNIES, SMOKESTACK LIGHTNING, EERIE MOON, BEALTAINE, LABOR CHOIR."
Image description: This is a screenshot of one of the academic articles cited by the original post. It is titled "Table 1, Tortured phrases we found in the literature along with their usual, correct wording." The table is in two columns: "Tortured phrase found in publications" on the left, and "Correct wording expected" on the right. The phrases with their correspondences are as follows: profound neural organization - deep neural network. [fake/counterfeit] neural organization - artificial neural network. versatile organization - mobile network. organization [ambush/assault] - network attack. organization association - network connection. [enormous/huge/immense/colossal] information - big data. information [stockroom/distribution center] - data warehouse. [counterfeit/human-made] consciousness - artificial intelligence (AI). elite figuring - high performance computing. haze figuring - fog/mist/cloud computing. designs preparing unit - graphics processing unit (GPU). focal preparing unit - central processing unit (CPU). work process monitor - workflow engine. facial acknowledgment - face recognition. discourse acknowledgment - voice recognition. mean square [mistake/blunder] - mean square error. mean [outright/supreme] [mistake/blunder] - mean absolute error. [motion/flag/indicator/sign/signal] to [clamor/commotion/noise] - signal to noise. worldwide parameters - global parameters. [arbitrary/irregular get right of passage to - random access. [arbitrary/irregular] [backwoods/timberland/lush territory] - random forest. [arbitrary/irregular] esteem - random value. subterranean insect [state/province/area/region/settlement] - ant colony. underground creepy crawly [state/province/area/region/settlement] - ant colony. leftover vitality - remaining energy. territorial normal vitality - local average energy. motor vitality - kinetic energy. [credulous/innocent/gullible] Bayes - naïve Bayes. individual computerized collaborator - personal digital assistant (PDA).
bright geometric laser lines form 3D shapes over a black background. in the upper left, the musician Prince appears, glowing, in a black and white outfit. to his right is the text: "you can always talk how u want and play w language" in the bottom center, a larger glowing Prince in a black shirt holds up both hands at shoulder height, with a glowing bar between them. across this bar is text reading "it's always ethically correct"
A cartoon shows a possum, holding a big magnet in its tail, walking past two big computer server boxes. Caption text reads as follows: DO YOU FUCKING MIND / I'M RUNNING THROUGH AI-GENERATED ART SERVERS WITH A BIG MAGNET
Screenshot of one paragraph from the short essay in question. In the text "For hundreds of years, in advanced societies" the words "hundreds" and "advanced" have been highlighted in blue. Full text of the paragraph: For us human beings, using language is not a skill like any other - it is the way we do almost anything at all. Philosophers have disputed whether beings could exist that could think despite lacking language, but it is clear that humans cannot do so. We grasp the very contours of our world in and through language. But we are not born with a language. We have to acquire and develop our linguistic capacities through immersive practice with other human beings. For hundreds of years, in advanced societies this has meant cultivating an intimate familiarity with human writing.
Flyer made of a collage of images. The background image in the top half is a multi-colored image of mushrooms under ultraviolet light. Over this image on the left side is a slightly tilted white rectangle containing the following text in black and gray: "PITTSBURGH ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR. October 24-26, 2025. pghanarchistbookfair@proton.me e-mail, http://bit.ly/4mvuB6v announcement only listserv." On the right edge of the flyer is a small photo of a silhouetted flag being raised over a greenish background, superimposed with small white text reading "RAISE THE BLACK FLAG." Below this on the bottom right is an image, tilted 90 degrees counterclockwise, of a human figure facing away from the camera and holding a spraying roman candle, with a faint circle-A in the background. Superimposed over this image, also tilted 90 degrees counterclockwise, is the text "FIRE WORKS." The bottom left of the flyer is a black and white photo of a police car on fire, taken from the rear of the car. Superimposed over this image is the white text, "we are not afraid of ruins."
Screenshot of the Wikipedia page for Metal Gear Solid V, with the following text highlighted: "to release a parasite that kills anyone who speaks English." Full paragraph reads as follows: Snake learns that Cipher's leader Zero was usurped and XOF, a rogue faction of Cipher, was responsible for destroying MSF. XOF's leader Skull Face considers Cipher's plan for world peace akin to making it culturally American, and intends to release a parasite that kills anyone who speaks English. A modified parasite gave Quiet and XOF's elite soldiers, the "Skulls", their unusual abilities. After releasing the English strain of the parasite, Skull Face plans to use the threat of the latest Metal Gear "Sahelanthropus" to make nuclear weapons desirable, believing that nuclear deterrence will attain world peace while protecting other cultures; in secret, he will retain remote control of the weapons. Skull Face refuses to use an AI for Sahelanthropus, so is dependent on the Third Child's psychic abilities.