Linguist in the Wild
I'm a mom, yogi, and linguist posting here: https://substack.com/@womenwritinboutai
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Open Letter to the Ames Mayor & City Council
June 28, 2026
Dear Members of the Ames City Council,
As an Ames resident, parent, and utility customer, I’m writing to ask the Council to slow down before committing to the proposed Lightedge data center on Aviation Way, and to require a...
Are GPTZero’s “AI vocabulary” tells actually showing up in public news writing?
There's a concept in ecology called shifting baseline syndrome. Each generation of fishers takes the depleted reef they grew up with as "normal," so the long slide never registers because the yardstick moves with the water. I think we're wa...
Your AI Voice Has a Google Problem
I’ve written a lot about what people call “AI tells.” Delve. Quietly. Not just X but Y. When we outsource ___ to AI, we lose ___. I check my intuitions about oddly frequent words that just stand out to me (I can’t explain why; it’s just a k...
Three Shapes of a Spike
This is the first of a few methodological follow-ups to my AI word list piece.
I got a great tip from a reader who noted that frequencies and log ratios are likely much higher within specific domains than they are overall. He also said, “...
The Frame That Does the Thinking for You
I have a particular kind of itch. When a phrase starts feeling too familiar but not familiar like a friend, familiar like an earworm (OMG do you get these too! Someone just told me it is a form of OCD and I felt so seen!) — I have to go fin...
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I'm a mom, yogi, and linguist; My linguistic and personal work is here; I also post on Women Writin' 'Bout AI. https://substack.com/@womenwritinboutai
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