I have been in the same room with @benzimmer.bsky.social, @jacklynch000.bsky.social, and @petersokolowski.bsky.social and it's so much fun to discuss words.

WATCH: youtu.be/BX9FCGR-CaY?... READ: grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/104... LISTEN: pod.link/173429229

She was fired for teaching what she was hired to teach. She was fired for doing what she did not do. She was fired for breaking a law that does not exist.

No firm answers so I'm going. Bringing children's books in Spanish, quiet toys, & cards in 5 languages abt rendition to third countries like Uganda & Honduras that applicants must "choose." We try to comfort & give safe passage out of the bldg. Thanks all, esp @akivamcohen.bsky.social and #lawsky.

Thank you. It's not for me; I'm a court observer and am trying to figure out how to get people help tomorrow if they show up for a hearing that may be cancelled.

Evil is always open. But does anyone specifically know about the immigration courts at 26 Federal Plaza tomorrow?

Hey, #lawsky anyone know?

Hi, this is a time sensitive query: tomorrow was made a Federal holiday by executive order. I'm trying to figure out if immigration court hearings are in session at 26 Federal Plaza and can't get clear information. Please help.

Hi, this is a time sensitive query: tomorrow was made a Federal holiday by executive order. I'm trying to figure out if immigration court hearings are in session at 26 Federal Plaza and can't get clear information. Please help.

This is not a shofar

The Jews are going full on "two Jews three opinions" today so if you get tired of singing songs written by us, hop on over to #Jewsky for a good ol' argument that has no winner. Or end.

alternate side parking suspended for everyone!

Fine, whatever, this random cat is your new god of the winter solstice

Q: Did Jews have such a feast? A: No. So you're saying some people who are not Jews had a religious holiday (n.b., you're mostly wrong about this) and therefore Jews should acknowledge that Christmas is secular.

As an actual Religious Studies scholar, it is an insult to our field to describe anything this student wrote about gender as "Bible-based."

People who claim Xmas is not religious are choosing to ignore its religious underpinnings. Starting with the name. And that choice represents the inherently Xian nature of this country's belief system; anything that challenges it is considered ideological.

Would anyone who has access to this study please send it to me? Need it for book research. My email is [email protected]. Thank you. #AcademicSky researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publicati...

The sad I feel when students who are otherwise killing the work don't submit the last assignment.

Delighted to see William Godwin's superb novel, Caleb Williams, trending. #18C #CalebWilliams #Godwin

I am feeling a lack of Hanukkah cats—anyone know of anyone posting them? Putting out the cat signal, so to speak! Here’s one of mine from some years back

Yesterday at 26 Federal Plaza Immigration Court escorting an asylum petitioner, a photographer shoved me into ICE agents swarming the person. It was terrifying but I'm a citizen not in danger. Imagine the terror of the people in court. When fathers ask me to help walk the family out, it's bad.

the essence of popularism is nihilism, but the functional work of popularism lies in convincing a polity to build a series of increasingly larger dials taht say 'racism' on them

The true cost of self-deportation

Looks just like a closed adoption file.

Yesterday at 26 Federal Plaza Immigration Court escorting an asylum petitioner, a photographer shoved me into ICE agents swarming the person. It was terrifying but I'm a citizen not in danger. Imagine the terror of the people in court. When fathers ask me to help walk the family out, it's bad.

Looks just like a closed adoption file.

Are you going birding this weekend?

The actions of a flailing leader makes fascists work as fast as they can. This administration already has a massive body count from ending USAID. They want to starve countries that aren’t white. I shudder at the final count we’ll add up in a decade, if we’re still here and able to do the counting.

People are being required to give evidence of how they will be tortured in Uganda, Honduras, and Ecuador.

Blocking this site for the rest of the night to work on my book. But one last thing: I would love to interview an #ActuallyAutistic man in a same-sex relationship for one of the last two chapters of my book about autism and masculinity. My email is [email protected]. DMs open.

Ahem: I'm caught up on my New Yorkers.

I use my familect story of "shoetree" on exams.

I can't fathom why people aren't more upset about this.

You don't understand: People are being sent to Uganda today at 26 Federal Plaza in NYC. DHS lawyers are being allowed to make oral motions for pretermination to third countries.

Don't miss our bumper special issue of #JECS this month on all things Mary Hamilton! Edited by Sophie Coulombeau, David Denison, and Nuria Yanez-Bouza and available here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17540208... #skystorians #maryhamilton #hamiltonpapers #18thC #womenswriting 🗃️

No [A] between Broadway Junction and Jay St-MetroTech. No [C] between Broadway Junction and W 4 St-Wash Sq. For service in Brooklyn, take the B25 bus or [J][M][L] trains.

Quality over quantity!

We're at synagogue for the big Hanukkah party. Added security including the K9 unit...

Trying to explain to my department chair that article downloads are less important than citations.

Lovely year-end notice from @tonydomestico.bsky.social in @commonweal.bsky.social of CLOSE READING FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY. "Sinykin and Winant convincingly argue that close reading isn’t just an intellectual but also a social and ethical practice" www.commonwealmagazine.org/books-domest...

Sheds light on Uniformitarianism in the evolution of modern languages, showing that creoles didn't emerge exceptionally 'Uniformitarianism in Language Speciation' eds. Salikoko S. Mufwene & Enoch O. Aboh, Out Now https://cup.org/48Wkx0X #Linguistics #LangSky 🐦🐦

Feel free to share (the cat)

Cat alert!!

Coming together, a book abstract with my cat, Isidore!

Once again the Jews are stepping up to fill in the day after Christmas.

Just so we’re clear.

Awesome, I get to figure out how to cite subreddits and posts on linguistic imperialism in author-date format. Any ideas?

And those gay people just flaunting their disgusting lifestyle. What the hell do they expect??

💯 let's blame women and miniskirts

Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOTK...