I'm not the only one on Bluesky saying this, but maybe together we can bring it into being: Brad Lander for first deputy mayor in the Mamdani administration.

This man hates this city. Imagine running for a mayor in a city where between 600 and 700 languages - some of whom are some of the last speakers in the world - and going "diversity can be a weakness"

NYC linguists give the linguistic answer, but also patiently explain why this isn't an excuse: “We can learn hard names. We can do it. We can figure out how the spellings map to the sounds. We can all get there. We just have to practice.” - @laurelmack.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

notice the general mood of the timeline? how everyone is in a good mood and there’s a lot less misery and dooming? how there’s a lot of “we’re going to beat these assholes”? anyway that’s why these events are important

I assume NYC should be thanking Portland for introducing blow up aliens, animals and characters to the resistance #nokings

In honor of Indigenous People's Day, here's a very brief timeline of the revitalization of ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi. hilo.hawaii.edu/chancellor/s...

I'm enjoying this thread about the greatest lyricists, but I can't include John Prine ever since I learned about Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian.

If you’ve ever asked AI to summarize a paper, you know it provides only a surface-level and uncritical description. Even if you asked it for a review, what criteria would it use to provide meaningful critical feedback? If it said “X is unclear”, how would you know humans would feel that way?

So I take it we're still not going to get to hear Grogu speak? I've been waiting since 2019 (from before we knew his name!) to learn whether they'd make him sound like Yoda or have him just speak Basic, as he obviously should 😆 slate.com/technology/2...

I found an example in the wild on here of a possible suffix usage that we were discussing in class. I want to show my students, but since the post is critical of the administration, I'm worried about potential consequences, even though the content is entirely irrelevant. This is what we've come to.

Did they not see Kaʻiana in **Chief of War**?

The ambiguity of this headline is pretty great. Have we reached the singularity, and this is the only actual proof?

I say aloud often that one of the worst catastrophes of this era will be the dismantling of the American science infrastructure. Sorry to be reposting the NYT, but the wording of this headline is more stark and apt than usual. 🎁 link (via my institutional subscription, which I'm not paying for)

Someday when we can look back at this time, we'll see that there were some profiles in courage. Many judges who made the right call, so many incredibly brave civil servants, labor and immigrant leaders, a handful of college administrator (but a few), even a couple of politicians.

I just want something to make a difference so badly. Big kudos to the CDC folks, I fervently hope something comes of it.

The irony, of course, is that the “phonetic way to say umami” is [umami].

Draw a geographically accurate map of New York City and label all the neighborhoods. This thing is not going to put neighborhood boundary expert @rachelholliday.bsky.social out of a job any time soon.

I'm curious. If someone responds to a texted question by providing a brief answer, followed by "More later, I'm running out now", do you read this as expectation-setting/a promissory note, or is it just a conventionalized pleasantry (that does not lead to the expectation of a later response)?

I'm curious. If someone responds to a texted question by providing a brief answer, followed by "More later, I'm running out now", do you read this as expectation-setting/a promissory note, or is it just a conventionalized pleasantry (that does not lead to the expectation of a later response)?

I’m equally embarrassed for my alma mater

This was the same take I also had when I saw this graphic earlier today, but this is worded more directly and insightfully. This poll is actually kind of remarkable.

Cuomo and Adams beefing is a delicious moment in this dark time. Let us all wish that the only effect it has is to leave even greater distaste for both of them in New Yorkers' mouths.

This bill is an act of war by the billionaires and their white nationalist allies against the people of the United States. It will take health care from millions of people to fund tax cut for billionaires, secret police to arrest the President’s critics, and concentration camps. It’s fascism.

Q about LSA abstracts for the linguists: I know there is a 2nd page for figs/refs/tables etc, but if we want to put a fig in the main text, is that possible? The problem is that we have a few figs and if we shrink them too much, they won't be readable.

I'm filling out some paperwork and there are a whole series of questions like this: Please confirm that the individual will not be entitled to a job with the Department at the conclusion of the proposed Internship or Research affiliation (Yes__ No __) So, uhh, is the right answer yes or no?

The Onion piece that will be shared on social media forever and literally never disappear for New Yorkers.

As a bit of trolling, this non-endorsement by the Times (Union) of Albany is a masterclass in dunking on the non-endorsement by The Times of New York -- www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

I stick by my belief that NY politicians are often appalling. But there've been some bright moments recently. This ⬇️ & the show of force by NYC mayoral candidates and even the governor when comptroller/mayoral cand Brad Lander was arrested by ICE today. Notably Cuomo did not show up 🙄 #DontRankCuomo

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Introducing the tidynorm package! It's got convenience functions for applying your favorite vowel normalization methods to point measures, formant tracks, and DCT coefficients in a tidyverse workflow, as well as a flexible framework for defining your own normalization methods!

I don't think I've ever felt more like burning it all down than I have while witnessing the elite project to turn Zohran Mamdani and Brad Lander into scary, incompetent monsters while turning an actual incompetent monster, Andrew Cuomo, into a merely complicated fellow who just made an oopsie.

Sign for tomorrow. Marching rain or shine #nokings

If you aren't sure why people are saying to rank "Anyone But Cuomo" for NYC mayor, these are the reasons. We deserve a mayor who cares about the city, not a malicious predator who is carpetbagging because he can't figure out what else to do with his life.

Extensive Propublica story about grant terminations Sharing specifics and putting faces on the research… Definitely worth a read projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...

It's possible I'll never tire of discourse about how cities characterize their geography. (Related: a friend who lives in the northern Bronx told me his 14 y.o has never been to Brooklyn. However, same folks travel 3 hrs by 2 subways/ferry/3rd subway to visit family in Staten Island. NYC is big.)

This thread is pretty funny, but the real reason I'm here is to figure out why it says Bouba above the pic. It's not in either the original post or the repost, is it a plug-in? Anyone?

New York politicians are mostly so much worse than the rest of the country can possibly imagine, except for Tish James, who has mostly been fighting a good fight ✊

Time suck alert 😅

I've been saying to anyone who will listen to me that my big fear is that come August, the State Department simply will not issue student visas en masse. This is one step closer to that fear being reality.

say it again: 4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

Here is the grad speech that NYU is now withholding the student's diploma for: "As I search my heart today in addressing you all…the only thing that is appropriate to say in this time and to a group this large is a recognition of the atrocities currently happening in Palestine."

What happens when all of the avocados at the store are overripe? This is a burning question I’d love a podcast like @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social or @planetmoney.bsky.social to tackle sometime 😂🥑

I’m actually having a sickening physical reaction to this post.

Hello fellow New York City dwellers! I made a mayoral primary zine letting you know who to rank on your ballot, important dates, why ranked choice voting is good, and who NOT to rank. I posted a free download so you can print and assemble your own here: drive.google.com/drive/u/1/fo...

I'm nervous about traveling internationally as a US academic (mainly about being hassled, which is way better than what internat'l colleagues could face.) But when I returned to NYC from Canada & told the agent I had gone to an academic conference, she unexpectedly responded "How'd it go?"

The thing is, *did* skeet stick? I’ve said this word to people who are on this site and they just looked at me blankly. So I’ve kind of started saying “post on Bluesky” (which I also hate).

ATTENTION: NSF GRANT RECIPIENTS We received a heads up from a trusted source that you should proactively download/print/screen shot any documentation on research.gov pertaining to your NSF awards, both those that are current and any that have closed in the last 5-6 years. 1/n

so they're mycoblogging

Another big crowd in NYC today. And I didn’t get a pic, but we chuckled at the most NYC-specific sign yet: “We don’t want any kings…especially ones from Queens” @50501newyork.bsky.social