Zompist Bboard Again

Trump has saved TikTok!... after being the one to suggest to ban it in the first place years ago! https://www.reuters.com/technology/tiktok-goes-dark-us-users-trump-says-save-tiktok-2025-01-19/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e9pI4UMdc4 FYI: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/...

yeah, shadow president implies that he has more power than the real president (or that the real president isn't etcetera) and that's almost certainly false: but it's pretty clear that heading a government agency that closes (or at least hamstrings) other government agencies qualifies as more power ...

Reminder: LCC11 presentation proposals are due in one week, Jan 28 https://conlang.org/lcc11-cfp — please get your proposal in on time! Remember that remote presentations are welcome, as are lightning talks, "conlang tips" videos, etc. — and you do not need to have the presentation ready t...

Hiyas Conlangers! We're officially announcing the 11th Language Creation Conference (LCC11) Conlang Relay and calling for participants. This year, we're hosting three rings for the Conlang Relay: a prose ring, a poetry ring, and a conscript ring. If you want to participate in any of these rings, and...

We have 4 candidates for the LCC11 venue, and we'd like your input on which to go with: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBgMZX4fTPnyPREU5xFC_XbH1sQ551KMOlpHYqu09KMO8VQg/viewform Please respond ASAP at least to the venue questions, even if that makes your answers tentative or partial. One o...