01How do scams actually catch people?
Yfraud is a rules engine, no model, that reads the page or message you are on. In the October 2026 study it caught 42% of 3,073 real phishing emails before, 80% after, while false warnings on 3,899 honest mailing list emails fell from 20.4% to 0.5%. Out of 134,850 legitimate web addresses it warned on three. THE DETECTION STUDY → EMAIL SIGNALS → ADDRESS SIGNALS → TRY THE ENGINE →MEASURED OCT 2026
02How do the Niger Delta's languages get recorded?
Seven languages: Pidgin, Ijaw, Urhobo, Itsekiri, Ibibio, Edo, Esan. Speakers record 6,000 items a round on their own phones, in batches of 500, with hidden checks for silence, clipping and pace, and a Pidgin line that opens each item to the other languages. Round 1 opens with volunteers.THE PAPER: COUNTING WHAT EXISTS (DRAFT, PDF) →ROUND 1 OPENING
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How does an adult learn a language they already hear?
Creeks is speaking first: eight card lessons, you say the line before you ever read it, and a grader that learns from marks the team gives by hand, Match, Close or Again. The question is whether a grader taught that way can be trusted with a learner's confidence.SHIPS DEC 2026