Simon Kirby

@simonkirby.bsky.social

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Prof Language Evolution FBA FRSE MAE. Head of Dept, Linguistics & English Language, Uni Edinburgh. With my students & collaborators I do science & art. he/him. simonkirby.net

Clipping from the Guardian article by Sam Fowles pointing out that the Supreme Court judgment explicitly states that their role is not to define the meaning of the word “woman”.

Sepia photo realistic drawing of lichen growing on a branch.

Black and white photo of Lara playing soprano sax behind a laptop and electronic keyboard with a shadow of her playing cast against the wall.

Graph showing frequent units are shorter.

Some graphs showing the frequency distribution of segmented whale song

Diagram showing the whale segmentation procedure.

A picture of a humpback whale just below the sea surface taken by Marc Quintin

Brown ballpoint pen drawing showing abstract shapes like swirling smoke.

A small modular synthesiser with a monome grid and launchpad attached.