A grammatical problem which has defeated #Sanskrit scholars since the 5thC BC finally solved by an Indian #PhD student at the University of #Cambridge.

Rishi Rajpopat (St John's College) made the breakthrough by decoding a rule taught by “the father of #linguistics” #Pāṇini.

The discovery makes it possible to 'derive' any Sanskrit word – to construct millions of grammatically correct words including ‘mantra’ and ‘guru’ – using Pāṇini’s revered ‘#language machine’ https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/solving-grammars-greatest-puzzle

The Aurora Borealis as seen from Aberdeenshure.

It was taken over Tarland, Aberdeenshire. NOT BY ME! I think this is the photographer:

https://www.instagram.com/whiteskyphotographics/

Former Top Twitter official urges Twitter users to monitor the functioning of key safety features such as muting, blocking and protected tweets as early warning signs the platform may be breaking down.

“If protected tweets stop working, run,” he said.

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/29/tech/yoel-roth-twitter-elon-musk/index.html?utm_source=fbCNNi&utm_content=2022-11-30T09%3A00%3A38&utm_medium=social&utm_term=link

UK recovering ‘dramatically’ worse from Covid than EU, says Bank of England governor

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-economy-covid-worse-eu-us-boe-b2226487.html

POLL: If you've been on #Mastodon for over a week and used it each day, what do you do plan to do with your #twitter account at this moment?

Boost for a larger sample size please.

RT @[email protected]

It's embarrassing and undignified. Most Americans have no idea how much their actions make the rest of the world suffer as they complain about what they think are high food and gasoline prices.

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/LuvSustainables/status/1591363613104930818