!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social: is.gd/paU8Ko (It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)

“Once-unthinkable” here should be “in wild and blatant violation of the law and the US Constitution.” At NIH alone: The RIFs were illegal (as a judge, Illston, ruled). The grant terminations were illegal (Young ruling). The probationary firings were illegal (Alsop ruling). We must say this. 1/

My lab at BU is recruiting PhD students and possibly a postdoc this year! We study humans & machines, centered around topics like meaning, generalization, evaluation methods and design, and the nature of computation and representation that underlie language and cognition. 🫴🫴

Thought of @joshuaraclaw.com when coming across this story news.clas.ufl.edu/28086-2/

Don't miss this opportunity to work with one of the best in multingualism in diverse contexts and using diverse methodologies!

We’re hiring! Join the BabelBrain Project @usc.gal @filoloxiausc.bsky.social 1️⃣ PhD1/multilingual practices in Galicia 2️⃣ PhD2/multilingual practices in Gibraltar 3️⃣ Postdoc/experimental fieldwork in Galicia & Gibraltar 📄 Full details: www.usc.gal/gl/investiga... 🗓 Deadline: 26 Nov 2026

The Multilingual Minds & Machines Meetings call for abstracts is now open! Everything you need to know is here -> mmmm2026.github.io

"Vanderbilt is failing in its moral responsibility to push back against rising authoritarianism and political coercion." My effort to convince Vanderbilt (and all universities) to take a stand for the rule of law, the Constitution, and our democracy. www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

🚨🚨 New tenure-track job posting! 🚨🚨 The University of Florida is hiring an Assistant Professor in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience, with an open research focus. Job ad here: explore.jobs.ufl.edu/en-us/job/53... Here's some info about why you should apply to this job! 1/

It is the honor of my lifetime to share that @universitypress.cambridge.org will publish the @lingsocam.bsky.social's new Journal of Black Language & Culture. www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.

I once had the immense pleasure of hearing her speak at PSU. A tremendous force for good, may she rest in peace.

SCOOP/UPDATE — The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) instructed *all* federal agencies to send out the shutdown email with NO modifications permitted, a federal source confirmed. Leadership received these orders via email at 1:30pm ET and then reinforced on a 3pm intra-agency call.

This is so crazy and to see NSF among the list saddens me tremendously. Adherence to the Hatch Act is something that we are trained on and take seriously.

I did follow this and it is a remarkable 15 pages.

Chief Justice Roberts in SFFA just two years ago: "Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it." Yet when the government is EXPLICITLY using race & ethnicity to detain & question people, he gives it his blessing.

UCDavis Psych is hiring an Assistant Professor in Human Cognition or Cognitive Neuroscience 🧠✨ Come join a vibrant, collaborative dept and live in a fun college town near Sacramento, San Francisco, Napa, and Lake Tahoe. Applications due Oct.21. Please share widely! recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07300

I have never seen so many public servants protest the mismanagement of a government. Trumpists will point to this as proof of the deep state, but the reality is that these are professionals who are desperately trying to get the public to understand how bad things are.

The SNL 2025 Access Award will waive registration fees for up to 20 students, trainees, and faculty who face barriers to attending the Society for Neurobiology of Language conference. Apply by Aug 27; winners named Aug 28. Pls share! 🔗 tinyurl.com/SNLAcessAward #SNL2025 #NeurobiologyofLanguage

One highlight of LILG 2025: the official launch of the new open-access journal Gender Linguistics! Published by our association, the journal will be a space for research at all linguistic intersections of language and gender. Learn more: gender-linguistics.org #linguistics #journal #launch

I have a BA in music (classical voice) with a minor in philosophy, where I took logic, political philosophy, and legal philosophy. My PhD is in cognition and neuroscience w/an MA in stats, and now my work is applied stats. I am a better, more rounded scholar because of the humanities.

Further consolidating control over federal research funding under Russell Vought and a cadre of apparatchiks. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

A big problem with US STEM is it has presented itself as "politics free", better than social science, & exceptional (thus separate), making it very easy for the rightwing to present STEM as not being important or valuable for people, elitist, & untrustworthy 1/2

Join us for our final Summer Series talk tomorrow, Tuesday, July 22nd, at 2pm ET! Dr. Ashley Ruba will provide us with tips and tricks on how to effectively communicate our research skills in a way that makes them transferable to industry jobs. psu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Dear deaf people who sign some variety that could fall on the spectrum of “ASL” but grew up signing that wasn’t considered “ASL” for whatever reason, If you receive a survey that is targeted at ASL signers, do you assume you are included? Why or why not? Asking for myself

“Hey bro, why is your face covered” “I’m out here arresting babies” “Have you considered not arresting babies” “Well they’re criminal babies”

Excellent news!

LSA Presidential Research Forum Join us as scholars rethink terms like “native speaker” and “bilingual”— and work toward empirically driven, contextually grounded characterizations of language use. Register to attend - www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_... #LSA #Linguistics #Sociolinguistics

Karolinska is looking for 20 (!!) assistant professors and offering 6 year appointments with ~1M USD startup packages. ki.se/en/about-ki/...

NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years. NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."

yep! unpaywalled:

Very last minute - but check out this workshop happening this Thursday and Friday on how we might build theories that account for variability and universality in human minds and brains. Remote attendence is an option! cps-vo.org/group/cise-s...

This Senate proposal advanced by Sen Cruz would cancel new and existing State laws on any aspect of tech use including civil rights, consumer protection, privacy, fraud, safety for kids, accessibility, and more. In short, we’d lose the few laws we have that ensure responsible AI use. #killthebill

Midnight, June 7 is the deadline to comment on the revised Schedule F, Trump's plan to politicize the civil servants by converting them into at-will appointees that can be fired for the mildest pushback against illegal actions. It's easy - here is how: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/last-day-t...

Want your NIH and NSF program officers and division directors to be fired and turned into political appointees? Deadline extended: 3 days left! Already 33,000+ public comments Comments can tank a proposed rule in court. 📣 Oppose the rule with a brief comment: shorturl.at/WKuBj

Equally important, I think it's folly to assume things will return to "normal". The NSF is being decimated. Even if Congress were to restore prior funding levels who will administer the $? Tons of people are gone & hiring will be hard because who will trust that job going forward?

I'm hiring a postdoc to start this fall! Come work with me? recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07123

Are you a PI of a federal grant cancelled by the Trump administration? Please share your info with the Democratic Staff of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, who launched this portal yesterday to track funding cancellations 🔭🧪 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

I spent five weeks talking to federal workers about knowledge loss and brain drain across the federal government, and its implications, both right now and for decades to come. Their stories are frightening, but I think it's important to know what we're facing: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Happy to announce the first workshop on Pragmatic Reasoning in Language Models — PragLM @ COLM 2025! 🎉 How do LLMs engage in pragmatic reasoning, and what core pragmatic capacities remain beyond their reach? 🌐 sites.google.com/berkeley.edu/praglm/ 📅 Submit by June 23rd

1. It's Fustilarian Friday and today's drop is the "Restoring Gold Standard Science" executive order. My read is that this is designed to (1) protect far-fringe figures such as the antvaxxers now heading our health agencies, and (2) kneecap efforts to use scientific evidence in regulatory policy.

Another light dims. To paraphrase Spinal Tap: "How much more dark could this be? And the answer is none. None more dark." National Academies prepares for ‘a fairly radical downsizing’ www.statnews.com/2025/05/23/n... via @statnews.com @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social @elisabethbik.bsky.social

The Trump administration just dropped an executive order, "Restoring Gold Standard Science" and there's lots to unpack. This EO reveals more about how the Administration will approach scientific integrity and science in regulatory contexts. Some initial thoughts. 🧵 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Brief victory celebration and NEW ASSIGNMENT More than 27,000 comments posted regarding Schedule F implementation! 1/n

🚨 A new rule would let career scientists like NSF/NIH program officers be replaced by political appointees Already 14,000+ public comments, deadline is Friday 📣 Comments can be short. Courts consider them—and scientists with NSF/NIH experience are especially impactful Speak up! shorturl.at/WKuBj

Perspectives on Psychological Science returns—reimagined. More voices. Broader reach. Rigor with respect. Read the relaunch editorial. #PsychScience #OpenScience #EditorInChief @psychscience.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/eprint/QWMMC...

Please join SOBLAC – The new @lingsocam.bsky.social SIG of Black Language and Culture! www.lsadc.org/AF_MemberCom... Help us spread the word!

A 3-year full-time post-doc position in Prague! I'll be grateful for reposts. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. linguistlist.org/issues/36/10...

They have now gutted NSF....the beacon for funding basic research. Over 33 years, NSF funded 90% of my research including CAICE. I feel so sad for everyone. Why destroy the heart of basic science? What is their end game? The damage makes no sense unless you truly are trying to destroy the US.

June 6 @ 1 pm ET! Join authors @emilymbender.bsky.social, @alexhanna.bsky.social, and @karenhao.bsky.social as they discuss their must-read new books exposing AI hype and tech industry power with D&S’s @tamigraph.bsky.social. datasociety.net/events/chall...