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Jer 🚵🏼<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BikeTooter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a>

Jason YipI like <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BarbaraOakley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BarbaraOakley</a> 's idea of using <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> to come up with candidate <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> to explain concepts. Useful for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/presentations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#presentations</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#learning</a>.

OhSnap!DragonIn the U.S.A., the Fourth Estate is a run-down, sketchy, flea-ridden shack economically and ethically beholden to their corrupt landlords. 🤨 <a href="https://lounge.town/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://lounge.town/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a>

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. —David Lewis-Williams, Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/metaphors" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a>

earthlingMetaphorically Speaking: A Dictionary of 3,800 Picturesque Idiomatic Expressions (1990) by N. E. RentonThere 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.<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a>

Frederik ElwertCall for Papers: International Conference on “<a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> of <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Religion</a>” October 27–29, 2025, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany.This conference hosted by <a href="https://nrw.social/@sfb1475" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sfb1475</a> invites scholars from different fields to discuss <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphor</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 noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalHumanities</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/MultilingualDH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MultilingualDH</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/ReligiousStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReligiousStudies</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 noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/en/news/article/international-conference-on-metaphors-of-religion-october-2729-2025-ruhr-university-bochum-germany/</a> 🚀

Inautilo<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Development</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Debates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Debates</a> 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 noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ilo.im/161m9i</a>_____ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Concepts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Concepts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sentences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sentences</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebDesign</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WebDev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Frontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Frontend</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HTML" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HTML</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CSS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JavaScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JavaScript</a>

RHET AI Center📢 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗜 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘀📝 Join Dr. Anna Henschel on 𝗧𝘂𝗲𝘀𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟰𝘁𝗵 at the MPI lecture hall in Tübingen, where she will present the results of a survey with <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> researchers and offer practical tips for using more effective <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> in AI <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communication</a>.Register at <a href="https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=M1hH4ejb4EqJTs0PVhyY9M_EJPY4xE5ImOfId7_gf-dUREg2T0g1WTJPTVFIUFBYVVMyMkVCVlBBOS4u" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=M1hH4ejb4EqJTs0PVhyY9M_EJPY4xE5ImOfId7_gf-dUREg2T0g1WTJPTVFIUFBYVVMyMkVCVlBBOS4u</a>🗣️ The event will be held in English and takes place in person in the Max-Planck Institute lecture hall in Tübingen (Max-Planck-Ring 4) from 𝟱.𝟯𝟬 – 𝟳.𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗺.

Frederik ElwertOur research center <a href="https://nrw.social/@sfb1475" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sfb1475</a> hosts an international conference on the topic “<a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> of <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Religion</a>: Comparative Perspectives, Theoretical Potential, and Methodic Innovation” next fall. One of the topics will be “Digital and Computational Approaches to <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metaphor</a> Analysis.” Keynote speakers are Eve Sweetser and Gerard Steen. Interested? Here’s the full <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/CfP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CfP</a>: <a href="https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/aktuelles/artikel/international-conference-on-metaphors-of-religion-october-2729-2025-ruhr-university-bochum-germany/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/aktuelles/artikel/international-conference-on-metaphors-of-religion-october-2729-2025-ruhr-university-bochum-germany/</a> Deadline: 28 Feb 2025. Please share! <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalHumanities</a>

earthlingMetaphors Dictionary by Elyse Sommer & Dorrie Weiss, 2001Presenting 6,500 colorful comparative phrases from ancient times to the present, the Metaphors Dictionary is a powerful tool for writers and speakers and a source of inspiration and entertainment for readers. This expansive collection offers annotated metaphors in a diverse range of timeless and timely subjects -- from love to the information superhighway.<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictionaries</a>

earthling<a href="https://social.treehouse.systems/@mgorny" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mgorny</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@3x10to8mps" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@3x10to8mps</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> Lakoff's previous book:Metaphors We Live By (2003) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a>

Frederik ElwertNew paper out: In “Annotating Metaphorical Mappings: An Implementation of Steen’s Five Step Method,” Stefanie Dipper and I explain how we use complex <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Annotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Annotation</a> to capture the conceptual structure of a <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metaphor</a> and also document the researcher’s underlying assumptions. This is the core shared methodology in our <a href="https://nrw.social/@sfb1475" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sfb1475</a> “<a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> of <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Religion</a>.” <a href="https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.258" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.46586/mp.258</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalHumanities</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/MultilingualDH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MultilingualDH</a> <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/ReligiousStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ReligiousStudies</a>

Frederik ElwertYou are a PhD candidate in the humanities and working on <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a>? You might even be interested in the nexus of <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/metaphor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphor</a> and <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#religion</a>? You’re at a non-German university but would like to come to Germany for a while? Our short-term fellowships (3–6 months) for <a href="https://nrw.social/@sfb1475" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sfb1475</a> are open again: <a href="https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/aktuelles/artikel/call-for-applications-short-term-fellowships-within-the-crc-1475/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://sfb1475.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/aktuelles/artikel/call-for-applications-short-term-fellowships-within-the-crc-1475/</a> (Plus, we do quite a bit of <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/DigitalHumanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalHumanities</a> in the project as well.) Please share widely!

janMetaphors in biology have a dangerous tendency to turn into “explanations,” and schematic representations of experimental findings…may be mistaken even by experts for literal pictures of what happens. One of the fundamental messages of this book is that we cannot properly understand how life works through analogies or metaphorical comparison with any technology that humans have ever invented (so far). Such analogies may provide a foothold for our understanding, but in the end they will fall short, and will constrain and even mislead us if we don’t recognize when to relinquish them. —Philip Ball, How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/metaphors" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/analogies" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#analogies</a>

Avdi GrimmProgramming is widely regarded, at least among enthusiasts, as a creative act. Calling it a “craft” has gained widespread acceptance, and it’s not unusual to hear the term “art” thrown around (if sometimes a tad flippantly).And yet, there’s something I see other self-identified “creatives” doing which seems almost entirely absent from the […]<a href="https://avdi.codes/where-is-the-programmer-inspo/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://avdi.codes/where-is-the-programmer-inspo/</a><a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://avdi.codes/tag/design-patterns/" target="_blank">#DesignPatterns</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://avdi.codes/tag/extracted-from-sigavdi/" target="_blank">#ExtractedFromSIGAVDI</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://avdi.codes/tag/metaphors/" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://avdi.codes/tag/practices/" target="_blank">#practices</a>

RoundSparrow 🐦<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreatSealUSAFirmwareUpdate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatSealUSAFirmwareUpdate</a> "The Divine Invasion is a 1981 science fantasy novel by American writer Philip K. Dick. It is the second book in the gnostic VALIS trilogy, and takes place in the indeterminate future, perhaps a century or more after VALIS."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Invasion" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Divine_Invasion</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnifiedTheoryFictionNonFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnifiedTheoryFictionNonFiction</a>

RoundSparrow 🐦<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SingSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SingSong</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Metaphors</a> Memorize this story, act it out with your community / village.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WarPeaceGlobalVillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WarPeaceGlobalVillage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DefendNATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DefendNATO</a> NOW DEFEND DEFENSE! SING!<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVQgY-Sivns" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVQgY-Sivns</a>

starfishskiesThorns. (May 2022)Leafing through my drafts in search of something that fits the mood, I found this cryptic little oddity. No fresh words for now, need to think through some things; but from the bottom of the drawer is fine, too.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetryblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetryblog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poetry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unsaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unsaid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unspoken" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unspoken</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/riddles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#riddles</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/metaphors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/liminalcreatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liminalcreatures</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C51SzkTraGy/?igsh=MWVvbWFjNTRldDk5bg==" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/p/C51SzkTraGy/?igsh=MWVvbWFjNTRldDk5bg==</a>

jan“…the evolution of metaphors scientists employ in describing the brain has followed our technological trajectory. Yet all these metaphors are mechanical, so, to my way of thinking, science fails to portray — to understand — the real essence of brains, indeed of all the living entities characterized by the intelligent self-organization that is totally lacking in the manmade machinery from which science draws its metaphors.” —Elisabet Sahtouris, VISTA <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/elisabetsahtouris" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elisabetsahtouris</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/science" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/metaphors" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a>

jan“…the task of science…[is] finding the right, or most appropriate, metaphors. This is a very big deal to me, because I have been so concerned about science using mechanical metaphors almost exclusively in describing life when they are, in my opinion, sorely inadequate given the essential differences between organism and mechanism. I had, in fact, long considered choice in metaphors to be critically important to science, often speaking about how nothing new in science can be described in anything but terms we already understand — that is, in metaphors — and how these metaphors color our understanding of particular scientific findings…” —Elisabet Sahtouris, VISTA <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/elisabetsahtouris" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elisabetsahtouris</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/science" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/metaphors" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#metaphors</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/understanding" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#understanding</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://pleroma.microblog.se/tag/life" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#life</a>

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