It's Trans Day of Visibility and I wrote about how visibility without protection is a trap, and it often seems like the loudest calls for us to be visible are coming from those who have done nothing to protect us. www.coyotemedia.org/im-supposed-...

btw @mattielubchansky.com @kasulke.co and I made an advice podcast this week and mattie got so impassioned that she unsheathed a sword mid-recording. we discuss whether u should tell yr husband about yr affair(!), whether u should flee the country(!), the time we met a piss ghost(!!), and more!

Hot off the press...I talked to @vox.com 's "Explain It To Me" podcast about accents and identity! megaphone.link/VMP7502393904

Check out today’s blog from Camp Anthropology - Erin Moriarty and Octavian Robinson discuss the editing process of the Crip Linguistics Reader: campanthropology.org

Now available: Free, data-driven, community-centered resources for honoring people of all genders in Arabic, created by @maryahc.bsky.social, Lucie Knight, & Vess-Tessa as part of the Gender Just Language Education Project that I cooridinated & edited. Please share. www.krisknisely.com/arabic

it sucks that medical institutions demand a sacrifice of autonomy in exchange for care. it sucks that a lot of us have unmet support needs because we can't access the care we need without blowing up our lives

Woohoo! Great new open access piece out in Internet Pragmatics by Kendra Calhoun: “This is so Vine coded”: Genre, nostalgia, and strategies of multimodal intertextuality on TikTok www.jbe-platform.com/docserver/fu...

I endorse this podcast not just for my love of language and translation, but also for anyone who wants to improve their communication skills! As an autistic who couldn't smalltalk for beans, their episode on the topic helped me, and so much more than I could fit in a blueet Knowledge is power!

Join us for the LSA Presidential Forum: Futuring the LSA: Bold Visions on April 15 (7–8:30 PM ET). Help shape the future of linguistics with this interactive virtual conversation. Register now: buff.ly/t8fj8CT

if you want to know the history of this kind of policy, I made a podcast two years ago that explained why these tests make no sense, how they were already used and eventually abandoned by the IOC in the 80's and 90's, and the devastating impacts they have on real athletes: www.tested-podcast.com

anyway look at my beautiful cat

vvvv excited to read this

i think everyone (EVERYONE.) should get sabbaticals tbh

The Leipzig glossing rules actually say you have to read 1pl as wumple.

i love what hrt has done for my nonbinary

truly truly wish i could take off my ears and leave them in a jar on my dresser. why is everyone in philly having a chainsaw and leafblower rave right now

disabled students can see disabled professors run themselves ragged or get ground up in the institutions, you know. part of our duty of care to them is taking care of ourselves and each other so they can see what that can look like

disabled students can see disabled professors run themselves ragged or get ground up in the institutions, you know. part of our duty of care to them is taking care of ourselves and each other so they can see what that can look like

Today in stuff I don’t need but am nevertheless tempted by: notebook bandana headingprints.com/products/not...

If you work in #SciComm , please take our survey and share it!

Hey kids and people, it's EXCERPT TIME, Y'ALL CAN READ AN EXCERPT!

I've been really into legos recently, so I designed and built an ASL "I Love You" handshape for fun 🤟 It was a real challenge to get the shapes and proportions to look right! I uploaded the instructions for sale on Rebrickable: rebrickable.com/mocs/MOC-254... #Lego #ASL #Art

dude i think i might have exercise-induced asthma? (i ran for the train like an hour ago and am still coughing)

fuck yes check this new #linguistics paper on gender inclusive writing in French: doi.org/10.1177/0957...

Confs: 1st International Workshop on Grammatical Gender Acquisition and Processing

Internships: Language Documentation: CoLang Web Committee Summer Internship, CoLang Advisory Circle - Web Committee, Reno, Nevada, USA

Whenever the discussion of how college should be free for everyone goes around, some proportion of people object with "but what about kids [usually adults, but that's a different conversation] whose parents can pay for it?" and stories like this are why.

I'm doing a book talk at my university. If you want to learn about how the academic labour of international TAs is "accented" by such forces as neoliberalism, whiteness, and disciplinary cultures, scan the QR code on the poster or click on this registration link: utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Attention Science Communicators! We are conducting a survey on the landscape of science communication & need your help gathering experiences. Please send this to #SciComm ppl you know. We want to get as thorough a sense of the state of the field as we can. umiami.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

i have watched the ncuti gatwa performance of the importance of being earnest and can report that it is indeed very good especially the costumes! and lady bracknell!

CFP REMINDER: you like linguistics? you like queer stuff? then get your LavLang abstracts in (please)! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪻💬🗣️ Submissions are due by 28 March, that's almost two weeks, you got this! See you in Edinburgh in September 💜 lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231

#langsky Pure curiosity: can anyone point me towards research (if it exists!) on instances where a speaker temporarily switches between T- and V-forms for the same addressee in a language with T-V distinctions?

nails and knitting check! this is Loop Posy in the Blossom colorway for the Philly Yarn Crawl, and Shattered Glass from Mooncat

combination sunbeam and shoulder time means he will Not allow me to crochet

enticement if you need it: lingthusiasm's very nice bonus episodes for their patrons includes some extra kirby interview (among others!)

life hack: shops with codes for the bathroom door, save them in your password manager

Nominations for the 2027 Leonard Bloomfield Book Award are now open! This award honors a book with an outstanding and enduring contribution to language and linguistics. Deadline: April 30, 2026 (11:59 PM PT). Nominate: www.surveymonkey.com/r/FGBYNTH

being really obviously nonbinary in public is fun sometimes. i like the way little kids and old folks interact with me especially

god i love the gender i have landed on. i love having sparkly nails and crocheting in public while being just very wide and having a bit of a fuckboy mustache. i love that i get an exciting mix of gendered addresses from strangers

you're telling me this atlantic is mid?

Why do you live in the city? For the rich tapestry of hypercontextual micronarratives, of course

oh *now* y'all want to talk about expanding access to hormones as long as it's for cis people? *throws desk across room*

The Second Language Acquisition Lab at the CUNY Graduate Center is recruiting Turkish speakers in the U.S. or Germany for an online study on Turkish and bilingualism. Not eligible? Please share, word of mouth really helps! slalab.gc.cuny.edu/post/new-stu... #linguistics @verbingnouns.bsky.social

Submit to TRILL, the first peer-reviewed venue for citable linguistics teaching resources. Share evidence-based class activities & assignments that support inclusive, equitable linguistics teaching. Deadline: March 15, 2026. Questions: [email protected]

📢 Call for Participants – Turkish Speakers The Second Language Acquisition Lab at the CUNY Graduate Center is recruiting Turkish speakers in the U.S. or Germany for an online study on Turkish and bilingualism. Not eligible? Please share, word of mouth really helps! More info at the link in bio.

"we must be beneficial and not parasites, because the train evolved a cafe car" - my genius girlfriend who has correct opinions

NYU's Cognitive Development Lab is seeking participants aged 4–14 to participate in their online studies. Canadian and US children and youth are eligible. Parents can get more info here: www.cimpianlab.com/parents #ParticipateInResearch

Friends! Have you ever wanted to write a picture book? I"m hosting an Ask Me Anything for those who pre-order my debut picture book PAY ATTENTION TO ME!, out from Sourcebooks Kids on May 9th! Learn more here! www.agentsandbooks.com/have-you-eve...