Another disaster in the UK: The Dept of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Nottingham is being closed. Here's a petition: www.change.org/p/stop-the-r...

I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social

Y'all know what to do!

I may never update again.

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

Lese gerade, dass Peter Eisenberg verstorben ist ...

When you're serious about parking for bikes. Uppsala University campus ... basically very nice two-story garage for bikes. Pretty please?

If you haven't quit academia .edu yet, you're running late.

Virtual launch party for Surviving Linguistics (cascadilla.com/surviving.html)! Sep 26, 2025 12:00 PM *Pacific Time* Register in advance for this meeting: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The AAUP calls on Texas A&M & Texas State to reverse the ideological firings of faculty members. We condemn the removal of the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences & the chair of the English department at Texas A&M for supporting the academic freedom of an instructor as a draconian abuse of power.

Surviving Linguistics, third edition, with a little video on the page. cascadilla.com/surviving.html

This is a diamond mine 💎

UMich Ling is hiring for a cluster hire position in AI and Linguistics! Come work in a fabulous department with great grad students, supportive colleagues, and one overly school-spirited nut who will tell you where all the fun stuff is on campus. apply.interfolio.com/171006

Corporate America has been waging a war against the trade union movement for a simple reason: They know that union workers earn higher wages and better benefits than non-union workers.

Outside the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago. An absolutely terrifying but invaluable place for an American to visit now.

How did a sailors’ pidgin from the Mediterranean end up in the commands of Senegal’s colonial troops? This study follows the unexpected journey from sea jargon to Français Tirailleur. doi.org/10.25189/267... #langsky #linguistics

RIP Flaco Jiménez. One of the greats.

🌟MOTHER IS CALLING! 🌟 Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️

Are other states trying to use AI for court interpreting? Are any linguists engaging on this? www.aclu-wi.org/en/legislati...

Wow.

It's non-stop stupid.

also features my lab's paper, "Learning new neopronouns or task adaptation?" journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/...

A new research review out of the University of British Columbia (UBC) has found that Indigenous people experience better health outcomes when they speak their traditional languages. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

“Phonological drift and language contact: the Northwest European phonological area” by Pavel Iosad (June ’25) www.cambridge.org/ca/universit...

Estimates of 15K (police) to 18K (organizers) in Madison yesterday. A pic from just away from the crowds. "The only king here is Wisconsin."

New book series!

Just out! The *third edition* ...

Cad_Lin takes part in discussions promoted by @scietyhq.bsky.social — an open platform that brings together reviews, comments, and curation of preprints. The aim is to advance transparency in scientific evaluation and encourage open, collaborative dialogue. #OpenScience #Preprints #PeerReview

At the Field Museum in Chicago yesterday. Big exhibition about Indigenous peoples of the Americas incl langs. Not perfect, but lots of good stuff. I was surprised to see this. Monica Macaulay and I are going to write to ask them to change this. Does anybody accept this Greenbergian analysis?

Sigh. I reviewed a promising but flawed manuscript for a major journal last year, then the revision. The author hadn't made even basic changes — fixable but basic, serious mistakes. I advised R&R again. It just appeared with the mistakes still there in another journal, one I thought was responsible.

Pretty much, I guess. xkcd.com/3089/

Alphabet Updated With 15 Exciting New Replacement Letters theonion.com/alphabe...

People want scientific research. www.researchamerica.org/sd_question/...

This now out, all xi+923 pages of it. Jeroen Darquennes, the lead editor was *really* the lead editor on this.

Attn also: EdD folks working in sociolinguistic justice - we need your educational insights! We want to work with you!

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

Little known fact: On a 5-string bass, the extra string is for garrotting.

Hurrah!!!!!! Thanks to Jeroen Darquennes for leading the way and for the work from De Gruyter Brill to see this into print!

I need some key studies about profanity/cursing and gender. What do we know about gender and use of euphemisms for example? Can anyone help?

My soon-to-come book with @cambup-linguistics.bsky.social now has a page with a cover and everything! It’s been almost a decade working on it, and more than that in some form, but it’s finally almost here. 🧵 www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Wow. novembercriminals.com

Re-upping this -- please pass this along to early career folks navigating peer review!

some things about how #linguistics and other journals work!

Congratulations to the new 2024 AAAS Fellows class! They are a distinguished cadre recognized for their achievements across disciplines, including research, and teaching. www.aaas.org/news/aaas-we...

Hi fellow LSA members! Join me tomorrow for two hours of work time with other linguists! No talk, just hanging out in a zoom room and parallel-working. Hope to see you there! www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...

Where is there a list of students, faculty and staff who've been detained and where they are/what their status is?

This new article on Old Babylonian variation is already one of the most viewed in the past month at Cadernos de Linguística. Ancient letters, fresh questions for sociolinguistics. 🔗 doi.org/10.25189/267... #langsky #linguistics