so I'm on my way to a workshop at Loyola Marymount University - any recommendations for places to wander to early ams and after dinner? Animalful places specifically needed...

https://www.mapquest.com/search/loyola%20marymount%20university

#WestLA #LoyolaMarymountUniversity #Travel #advice

(there is at least one service dog on this am flight to LA so I think we'll be OK)

(she looks like a poodle mix of some sort - maybe 40lbs, tan and white, very very good obviously)

oh and this is the workshop

https://sunawi.kubishi.com/

(look, there's no place for 'AI' in language work, but there are certain areas where probabilistic automation technologies are useful - automatic transcription is one - but honestly what people really need is for the tech companies to de-enshittify everything and stop stealing everyone's stuff)

Sunawi — AI & Indigenous Language Revitalization Workshop

June 8–10, 2026 at Loyola Marymount University. Cross-disciplinary dialogue on responsible AI for endangered languages.