Ha! Our #LCS #HubComics in #UnionSquare #SomervilleMA is the subject of a really cool artwork: a scale model of the shop, by @dinagjertsen (has been doing a series of similar works for local Somerville landmarks, like Martha Friend's house on Highland, and Buddy's Diner). I love this city.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJuNfPhONGW/
#boston #comics #scalemodels #art #bostonArt
"We are stardust.
We came from the stars and to the stars we shall return.
In the meantime, we remember these truths with our Wyrmsong.
The Breath of the Wyrm provides our voice.
The Scales of the Wyrm protect our substance.
The Wings of the Wyrm uplift our deeds.
The Fangs of the Wyrm gnaw our meanings.
The Horns of the Wyrm defend our customs.
The Claws of the Wyrm scratch our glyphs.
The Eyes of the Wyrm witness our triumphs.
The Tail of the Wyrm steers our memories.
Together, they sing : we sing."
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Greetings, fellow glossopoeists.
I propose a collaborative linguaculture -- a (sub)culture created in and around a language -- based on the Common Honey model of language creation.
What is the Common Honey model?
It is a system that addresses both the division of labor and the relation of each participant to each other. To clarify, each role has final say and jurisdiction over a particular part of the language. Additionally, each role has attendant cultural taboos which help to foster a sense of community identity.
For example, in the Sajem Tan (Common Honey) community, "Thunder" is in charge of phonology and her taboo is that she may not rhyme, neither in English nor in Sajem Tan.
While Thunder or, indeed, any other member is allowed (and encouraged!) to accept feedback and proposals from their fellow participants, she still has the authority to approve, veto, or disregard any suggestions regarding phonology. In fact, during Sajem Tan's "Age of Great Reforms", Thunder changed /ʎ/ to /j/, /ɵ/ to /œ/, and /ɤ/ to /o/ based on the community's difficulty pronouncing these phonemes.
This system provides stability, yet encourages compromise and flexibility. The stability emerges from having definitive "answers" from a single individual/source, terminating indecisiveness and power struggles between members. Compromise and flexibility emerge when the members realize that any outré decisions or stubbornness on their part could be reciprocated by their co-collaborators.
With regards to the taboos -- the heart of the culture -- click this link to read the post which inspired Common Honey to exist:
https://listserv.brown.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0905D&L=CONLANG&P=R2930 .
Pay particular attention to this quote:
"You don't just become "a speaker" of this language, you must take on a more particular title. I'm imagining a culture as well, I suppose, but it's not just a fictional culture-- like the language itself, the imagined society is meant to come to life as the players take their parts."
Before you join, please read the following essay.
Is a Collaborative Language Even Possible?
https://fiatlingua.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fl-00000C-00.pdf
It will prepare you for some common pitfalls, most of which I have seen verified in the many collaborative projects on Reddit and elsewhere. To maintain momentum and to prevent burn-out on a small community, please invite as many people as possible. There may come a time when we'll need a designated ambassador/recruiter to reinvigorate the community with new members during lulls or absences.
On that note, we ask that you be available for at least two days each week so that we can conduct voice chats and live collaborations. Please, state your available days and hours when you introduce yourself.
Lastly, and most importantly, see the rules.
Thank you for your interest. Post any comments and questions that you may have.
#glossopoeia #language #Discord #Wyrmsong #collaboration #LCS #dragon #wyrm #space #stars #neography #FiatLingua #linguistics
We're currently gathering participants on the Language Creation Society Discord server for a language based on the Common Honey model of collaboration.
https://fiatlingua.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/fl-00000C-00.pdf
https://listserv.brown.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0905D&L=CONLANG&P=R2930
https://sajemtan.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page .
Lastly, and most importantly, see the thread titled "Role-based collaboration" to join: https://discord.gg/4GDqdWbAQ9 .
#glossopoeia #language #collaboration #introduction #Discord #LanguageCreationSociety #LCS
We're currently gathering participants on the Language Creation Society Discord server for a language based on the Common Honey model of collaboration.
https://fiatlingua.org/wp-content/uploa ... 00C-00.pdf .
https://listserv.brown.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A ... NG&P=R2930 .
https://sajemtan.miraheze.org/wiki/Main_Page .
Lastly, and most importantly, see the thread titled "Role-based collaboration" to join: https://discord.gg/4GDqdWbAQ9 .
#glossopoeia #language #collaboration #introduction #Discord #LanguageCreationSociety #LCS
WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, JANUARY 15TH – PREMIER PUBLISHERS
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#boom #dark horse #titan #idw #image #dynamite #comics #comic books #01152025 #lcs #ncbd
WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, JANUARY 15TH – THE BIG 2
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WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, JANUARY 8TH – INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS
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#indiependent #comics #lcs #ncbd #comic books #01082025 #mad cave. magma #2000AD #scout #vault #oni
WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, JANUARY 8TH – DELUXE PUBLISHERS
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WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, JANUARY 8TH – PREMIER PUBLISHERS
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WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, JANUARY 8TH – THE BIG 2
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The U.S. Navy had billed them as technical marvels
— small, fast and light, able to combat enemies at sea, hunt mines and sink submarines.
In reality, the Littoral Combat Ship ( #LCS ) was well on the way to becoming one of the worst boondoggles in the military’s long history of buying overpriced and underperforming weapons systems.
Two of the $500 million ships had suffered embarrassing breakdowns in previous months.
The Freedom’s performance during the exercise, showing off its ability to destroy underwater mines, was meant to rejuvenate the ships’ record on the world stage.
The ship was historically important too;
it was the first LCS built, the first in the water, commissioned just eight years prior.
But like the LCS program’s reputation, the Freedom was in bad shape.
Dozens of pieces of equipment on board were undergoing repairs.
Training crews for the new class of ships had proven more difficult than anticipated.
The sailors aboard the Freedom had not passed an exam demonstrating their ability to operate some of the ship’s most important systems.
One Navy secretary and his allies in Congress fought to build more littoral combat ships even as they broke down at sea and their weapons systems failed.
The Navy wound up with more ships than it wanted, at an estimated lifetime cost that could reach $100 billion or more.
The Navy’s haste to deliver ships took precedence over combat ability.
Without functioning weapons systems the vessels are like a “box floating in the ocean,” one former officer said.
Sailors and officers complained they spent more time fixing the ships than sailing them.
The stress led many to seek mental health care.
Top Navy commanders placed pressure on subordinates to sail the ships even when the crews and vessels were not fully prepared to go to sea.
Several major breakdowns in 2016 exposed the limits of the ships and their crews, each adding fresh embarrassment to a program meant to propel the Navy into a more technologically advanced future
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-navy-spent-billions-littoral-combat-ship
WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, JANUARY 1ST – INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS
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#magma #mad cave #oni press #2000ad #lcs #01012025 #comics #comic books #viz
WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, JANUARY 1ST – DELUXE PUBLISHERS
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WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, JANUARY 1ST – PREMIER PUBLISHERS
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WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, JANUARY 1ST – THE BIG 2
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Took photos the other week of USS Beloit, LCS 29, and realized it was just over 16 years since I captured USS Freedom, LCS 1, stopping in Halifax on her delivery voyage. #ussbeloit #ussfreedom #lcs #warship #warshipphotography #ship #shipphotography #freedomclass #usnavy #littoralcombatship
WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, DECEMBER 26TH – INDEPENDENT PUBLISHERS
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#12252024 #2000AD #alien books #comic books #comics #Indie #LCS #mad cave #magma #ncbd #scout #vault #what's on the shelf
WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, DECEMBER 26TH – DELUXE PUBLISHERS
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WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, DECEMBER 26TH – PREMIER PUBLISHERS
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#12252024 #Boom #Dark Horse #Dynamite #IDW #Image Comics #LCS #ncbd #Titan
