unsolicited advice: 1. post about your book 2. put the TITLE of the book in the post 3. put a LINK TO BUY THE BOOK in the post 4. consider a cute graphic or just put the cover of your book (with alt text!) in the post 5. post about it as if this is the first time someone's learning about it/you

Plant Native Plants or GO TO HELLLL by the wonderful @the666cat.bsky.social (now pictured in better lighting. Thanks, daytime). Get 'em at SquidFacts.net

teaching about morphology today which meant making my linguistics students scream the word PHILAFUCKINGDELPHIA at me in unison to show how we can predict where the FUCKING goes based on which syllable is stressed

studying linguistics equips you with the tools necessary to succeed in the real world. the tools

is there anything better for the ol self-esteem than a toddler thinking you're cool

Students, staff, faculty turning to ChatGPT? That means they are being asked to do things they don't have the time, resources, support, etc to do.

In early 2024, I got to speak to Deans from up & down the West Coast of the US & Canada about "AI". I told them that the only value of ChatGPT for university administrators is as a contrast-dye test to show where resources are lacking.

"The research suggests that generalizations about human behavior are often flawed because they rely on samples composed largely of White individuals."

Sometimes you're done with asking nicely. Our friend @the666cat.bsky.social put a decidedly Philadelphia spin on the appeal to plant native plants in our city. Please plant native plants or Go to hell! Get prints (11x14in) at SquidFacts.net

Super happy to see our paper (w/ @riannawalcott.bsky.social) in Journal of Sociolinguistics: "‘Gen Z Language? Y'all Mean AAVE’: The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language’ 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

want to know how these people really feel about defending effeminate gay men? watch how they talk about trans men who are fem and/or gay (but i bet you can guess)

at any time, your DM can ask you to make a constitution saving roll against sensory stimuli (its raining; the lighting is weird; your socks are different today; someone is talking near you). on a failed save you take 3d8 psychic damage, half as much on a successful save. you can use a spell slot to>

physiotherapists are what happens when a jock is a nerd

transgender for everyone and abolish ice and no war. just the basics

nails and knitting (crochet but it doesn't alliterate) check 🧶

nails and knitting (crochet but it doesn't alliterate) check 🧶

i wish the septa regional rail had a cafe car, id take a tiny dunkin on the train as fuck right now

Sometimes we hear from teachers and professors that they're using Lingthusiasm in the classroom, which is awesome! If that's you, we've set up this short form so you can tell us about how you use it:

Good morning! It is now the appointed time! The one we need! The Thursday scream! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!!

In addition to brotherly bugs I also made this coloring page for tomorrow’s event at @acadnatsci.bsky.social, and while I think from a graphic design perspective it’s worse than brotherly bugs, I’m showing you anyway because the face on the black eyed Susan is cracking me up

(deep sigh) quagmire voice

i wish there were more alt-ac jobs that could be done part time. so many of my friends with advanced degrees and deep knowledge are disabled in such a way as they cannot work full time, but would be fucking fantastic as a .5 fte in like, the graduate writing center or whatever

i think the (pretty solid) life advice of "don't start using a word ironically unless you're okay with the fact that you will eventually start unconsciously using it unironically" interacts with autistic spectrum traits

just saw a graffito that said "never learned cursive" and i am very charmed

Join us for the SFU Multilingual Week keynote by Kyra Borland, titled “Many Worlds: Experiences working in Indigenous language revitalization outside academia.” Feb 26, 12:30pm. Zoom: Email [email protected] for the link. Register & learn more: www.sfu.ca/linguistics/... @sfu.ca

bonan matenon

I am simply begging people to put information about their events, programs, projects etc in more places than just Instagram. It's fine to post on Instagram (obviously) but when that is the ONLY place that one can find info about what you're doing and hosting, that sucks! For so many reasons!!

"it smelled like and there was a big empty bucket of Kentucky fried chicken" <- incredible RNR example on the wild. #syntax #linguistics

going to start individually emailing psycholinguists and begging them to read sankoff and blondeau 2010. and mayhaps take a sociolinguistics class

omg it snew so much

occasionally i forget that umm en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autisti...

if you are at all thinking of applying for a LingComm grant - and you should! - I'm happy to offer friends / students / colleagues a bit of advice on writing a strong application, just get in touch!

okay but seriously what is it with linguists doing contra dancing / ceilidh / scottish country dancing / etc. seems way higher than gen pop

philly semiotic landscape

FYI: Call for Book Chapters - "Sex, Gender and Biopolitics: Discourses of Normativity and Governance in Everyday Life"

Glasses, contact lenses, water screws, terracing, wheelbarrows, pencils, public transit, ramps, solar cells, wind farms, dental floss, cassette tapes, books, notebooks, books, spades, dibbers, cauldrons, spoons, crutches, kitchen knives and oh yeah, hammers and sickles.

Crochet, solar and wind energy, open source software (especially R, LaTeX, Inkscape), light-based alarm clocks, e-bikes, cargo-bikes, bicycles in general, fast trains, running water,...

The 2026 native plant project is up and running! We have 10 seed distribution stations set up all around the city, each thanks to a volunteer poster hoster. This project was made possible by monthly donors to @skypeascientist.bsky.social and people who bought calendars from SquidFacts.net!

CoLang 2026 is headed to Reno! June 22–July 10, 2026 This summer, CoLang 2026 brings together scholars, community language activists, & language workers from around the world for an immersive institute focused on language documentation, revitalization, and reclamation. www.unr.edu/colang?mc_ci...

Last night I mentioned only 8% of hearing parents learn enough sign to have a 2-way conversation with their deaf child. Many reasons, but a lot of stems from misinfo. Here's a letter of mine where I busted some of the biggest ASL/ language acquisition myths: buttondown.com/signs+wonder...

really really exquisite positive-anymore

Finish Your Shit February isn't an official anything, it's just a phrase i made up bc me and my crochet girlies have too many wipe

Writing is thinking. It's not some marginal boring task you can skip. It's the heart of it.

btw i finished my scarf 🧶 for Finish Your Shit February

oh man i usually sit on the same side of the train on my commute and im sitting on the other side (and backwards) and its shockingly discombobulating

Just over a month to go until the deadline!!! A reminder, we're inviting submissions for Lavender Languages 32 to be held at the University of Edinburgh, 2-4 September (@schoolofppls.bsky.social) Submit here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

linganth about bdsm practices? reading recs?