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Iraide Ibarretxe-Antuñano<p>📢🚨 New publication <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AppliedLinguistics" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AppliedLinguistics</a> Journal <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.app/profile/oupacademic.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@oupacademic.bsky.social</a> We're all metaphorical beings, but are all <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23metaphors" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> the same? If you want to know the answer, check out this 🧵about our new study with <a class="mention" href="https://bsky.brid.gy/ap/did:plc:mzjchrx2ccb7x4uyrvpayhrb" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@paulapsobrino.bsky.social</a> 😀 Spoiler: <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23metaphor" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphor</a> influences our <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23decision-making" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#decision-making</a> ⬇️<br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mzjchrx2ccb7x4uyrvpayhrb/post/3llyf52fdyk2q" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:mzjchrx2ccb7x4uyrvpayhrb/post/3llyf52fdyk2q</a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>Would you like to create breakthrough meeting designs? Here's how Elementary Meetings suggest environments for participation at events.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/09/how-to-create-breakthrough-meeting-designs-with-elementary-meetings" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/event-design/2013/09/how-to-create-breakthrough-meeting-designs-with-elementary-meetings</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EventDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EventDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElementaryMeetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElementaryMeetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaphors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>events</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eventprofs</span></a></p>
Inautilo<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Approaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Approaches</span></a><br>The art of design tokens · A metaphor for the 3-tier token model <a href="https://ilo.im/163180" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ilo.im/163180</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>_____<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metaphors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Creativity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DesignTokens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesignTokens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DesignSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DesignSystems</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProductDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProductDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UxDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UxDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UiDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UiDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDesign</span></a></p>
Jer 🚵🏼<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTooter</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaphors</span></a></p>
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦<p>“ <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Words" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Words</a> are incorrigible weasels; <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23meanings" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#meanings</a> of words cannot be held to paper with the ink.” – from Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling, Vol III (1982) by <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23SusanneKLanger" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SusanneKLanger</a> <a href="https://psyche.co/ideas/for-this-neglected-philosopher-metaphors-make-life-an-adventure" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">psyche.co/ideas/for-th...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23metaphors" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophy</a><br><br><a href="https://psyche.co/ideas/for-this-neglected-philosopher-metaphors-make-life-an-adventure" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">For this unsung philosopher, m...</a></p>
Jason Yip<p>I like <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BarbaraOakley" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BarbaraOakley</span></a> &#39;s idea of using <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> to come up with candidate <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>metaphors</span></a> to explain concepts. Useful for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/presentations" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>presentations</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>learning</span></a>.</p>
Tyrone Tony Reed Jr.<p>Metaphors &amp; similes give your writing power when used right. </p><p>✍🏾 This <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TonyTipsTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TonyTipsTuesday</span></a> honors women writers who mastered this art.</p><p>Full post ➡️ <a href="https://wix.to/FRYc0pH" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wix.to/FRYc0pH</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ImageryMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImageryMatters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metaphors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WomensHistoryMonth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHistoryMonth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritingTips</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blackwomen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackwomen</span></a></p>
Nicole Hennig<p>AI isn’t running water <a href="https://noeticengines.substack.com/p/ai-isnt-running-water" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">noeticengines.substack.com/p/a</span><span class="invisible">i-isnt-running-water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaphors</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/humans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humans</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a></p>
Nicole Hennig<p>AI isn’t running water <a href="https://noeticengines.substack.com/p/ai-isnt-running-water" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://noeticengines.substack.com/p/ai-isnt-running-water</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AI" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23metaphors" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23humans" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humans</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23intelligence" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#intelligence</a> </p>
OhSnap!Dragon<p>In the U.S.A., the Fourth Estate is a run-down, sketchy, flea-ridden shack economically and ethically beholden to their corrupt landlords.<br>🤨 <br><a href="https://lounge.town/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://lounge.town/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaphors</span></a></p>
janNumerous writers have discussed the metaphors by which we live, the ones that give meaning and orientation to our lives, that structure the ways in which we react to the world around us and to other people. Light and darkness constitute one of those metaphors. But, unlike many others of more recent origin, light:darkness can be traced back to the Upper Palaeolithic.<br>—David Lewis-Williams, Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art<br><a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/metaphors" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metaphors</a>
earthling<p>Metaphorically Speaking: A Dictionary of 3,800 Picturesque Idiomatic Expressions (1990) by N. E. Renton</p><p>There are books on antonyms, synonyms, and rhyming words, but this is the first paperback work on metaphors, the idiomatic words and phrases used to create images for the purposes of comparison, clarification, or whimsy. Contains three separate, self-contained listings: a dictionary, a thematic section, and a thesaurus.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaphors</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>Would you like to create breakthrough meeting designs? Here's how Elementary Meetings suggest environments for participation at events.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2013/09/how-to-create-breakthrough-meeting-designs-with-elementary-meetings" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/event-design/2013/09/how-to-create-breakthrough-meeting-designs-with-elementary-meetings</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EventDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EventDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ElementaryMeetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElementaryMeetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaphors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/events" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>events</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eventprofs</span></a></p>
rikard<p>How to Stop Trump's Climate Pollution<br><a href="https://www.theframelab.org/how-to-stop-trumps-climate-pollution-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theframelab.org/how-to-stop-tr</span><span class="invisible">umps-climate-pollution-2/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Communication</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Framing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Framing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metaphors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/MediaSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nu/tags/Values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Values</span></a></p>
nearshorecyber<p>Sometimes, at Office Hours we talk about music theory, it´s true.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metaphors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cybersecurity</span></a></p>
Frederik Elwert<p>Call for Papers: International Conference on “<a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metaphors</span></a> of <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a>” October 27–29, 2025, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.</p><p>This conference hosted by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://nrw.social/@sfb1475" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sfb1475</span></a></span> invites scholars from different fields to discuss <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaphor</span></a> research (including computational approaches) in a comparative perspective. Confirmed keynote speakers are Eve Sweetser and Gerard Steen. Submission deadline: February 28, 2025 <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalHumanities</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/MultilingualDH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MultilingualDH</span></a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/ReligiousStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousStudies</span></a> <a href="https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/news/article/international-conference-on-metaphors-of-religion-october-2729-2025-ruhr-university-bochum-germany/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/</span><span class="invisible">news/article/international-conference-on-metaphors-of-religion-october-2729-2025-ruhr-university-bochum-germany/</span></a> 🚀</p>
Oppressed Dynasty Ent<p>I said, "Shifted the game, now they stuck with the trouble, <br>Can’t box me in, I’m the infinite rebel.<br>Built my own lane, they say I'm speaking latin so it means I'm dancing with devils ??? <br>Hahahahahaha </p><p>Triples baby.. let's go </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lyrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lyrics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lyricssong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lyricssong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newtrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newtrack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/barsfordays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barsfordays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entandres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entandres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaphors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/producermusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>producermusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trapbeats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trapbeats</span></a></p>
Oppressed Dynasty Ent<p>I said, "Circular moves, I’m ahead of their time,<br>They still stuck in their loops, I’m rewiring my mind" <br>Hahaha </p><p>Triples baby.. let's go </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lyrics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lyrics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lyricssong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lyricssong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/newtrack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newtrack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/barsfordays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>barsfordays</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entandres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>entandres</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>metaphors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/producermusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>producermusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/trapbeats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trapbeats</span></a></p>
Inautilo<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debates</span></a><br>The beautiful sentence that is the web · HTML is the noun, CSS the adjective, and JS the verb <a href="https://ilo.im/161m9i" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ilo.im/161m9i</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>_____<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Concepts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Concepts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metaphors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sentences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sentences</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDesign</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Frontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Frontend</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HTML</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JavaScript</span></a></p>
Xenofact<p><strong>The Tao Isn’t The Market</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.xenofact.com/2025/01/10/the-tao-isnt-the-market/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.xenofact.com/2025/01/10/the-tao-isnt-the-market/</a></p>