someone just came into the shop and said her friend "needs sized" and i almost vibrated out of my skin 😂

i will say. due to 3 nonbinary talks in a row. i think we gotta theorize nonbinary better in sociolinguistics. nonbinary is not "a" "gender" #nwav53

dont tell me your nonbinary participant's agab

This person took this when they called the race

sociolinguistics

accidentally had too much caffeine 😔 maybe it's time to take a walk

The 2025 Ace Community Survey has been released! tinyurl.com/AceSurvey2025

when my husband asks what the people in my phone are up to

UM Regents Paul Brown and Jordan Acker are trying to get on ballot for re-election. They refused to hear reports from Faculty. Dismantled DEI at UM. Stopped gender-affirming care at UM Medicine. Expelled students who criticized Israeli actions in Gaza And yet, aft.org is considering endorsing them

Coming to NWAV? Just NWAV curious? Check out all the talks and abstracts on our Oxford Abstracts program! You can make a free account on OxAbs to make a personal program with specific saved sessions. Registration prices go up Monday! See you soon! virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/75494/...

one of my friends the other day referred to my dark brown hair as my "government hair color" and i'm still so amused by that

For those asking how to support, here’s how: www.greenbootsgardens.com/get-involved

i made a helpful reference

anxiety is wild like why am i worried i left a stove on at work?? i work at a boutique??? we literally do not have a stove or anything similar????

wearing a headwrap always feels like a great idea until mid-afternoon when my ears decide they're done with having my glasses arms press into them 😔

as an axolotl parent, i am extra pleased to see all the axies in the footage from yesterday's protests 🥰

my friend sent me $10.18 today so I could get some cake for my birthday and honestly that's so cute of them 😭 (i have acquired cake and am waiting for the bus home!)

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Excuse me: bb turtles

turn off your location and biometrics on your phone and have a contact person. be safe out there today! 🥰

i said uncomfortable but i actually hate it 🥰

dyed my hair back to dark brown for the first time in 5 years and wow i feel very uncomfortable with this change 😂

This is Finley. He has a rare genetic mutation that causes patches of different colors in his coat. It is completely harmless, but it does make him completely handsome. 14/10 (IG: jaktlabben.finley)

It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

Michel DeGraff, a tenured professor of linguistics at MIT, discusses how his proposal to teach a class on language & decolonization in Haiti, Israel, and Palestine was denied. He faced significant repercussions: he was removed from his department, had a pay raise withheld, and his salary frozen.

@fbisnath.bsky.social I was listening to a podcast the other and there was a guy from Trini on it and his accent reminded me of you and I miss you 😭

finally changed my email signature to say phd 🥹

Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹 This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨ Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌 youtu.be/gHAIjSkmnYI?...

“Madeline why is all your stuff out on counters” so I remember it exists

worst part about my job is that, since i open almost every day, i am now beginning to resemble a morning person 😔

For anyone having a bad night tonight, or feeling like they don’t “deserve” an accommodation they need…. You do deserve it. Don’t feel guilty. Living with chronic illness is hard and we should feel empowered to do whatever we need to in order to make life a bit easier.

I so appreciate the framing here (in contrast to academic freedom arguments, which feel esoteric): By forcing educators to say there are two genders, the federal government (via university admins, school boards, etc) are requiring educators to lie to students. It’s lies!

bagels are just such a great invention 😌

I'm so happy to see the Canadian Linguistics Society issuing this statement - I want to see more linguists leveraging our expertise and scientific grounding to push back against linguistic oppression, and I think statements like this are a fantastic step! #linguistics 🧪

"I just think they're neat."

Lenchitudes: Sapphic Representation in Contemporary Mexican Narrative (SUNY Press, Genders in the Global South, January 2026) by Alejandra Márquez. sunypress.edu/Books/L/Lenc...

update on this: i embraced my identity as a tote bag queer!

If you're a cis person who wants to be kind to your trans and nonbinary friends right now, please do not forward us links to stories about trans people being abused, having their rights taken away, or living in fear. We already know. A friendly "hey I hope you're OK" is much more helpful. 💖

accidentally wore two different earrings all day at work 😂

Yall. Don't put your name on a list for attending a protest! It's obvious! Big "I can talk to the cops without a lawyer because I didn't do anything wrong so I have nothing to hide" vibes.

also, if you prefer audiobooks or ebooks, check to see if your library has libby or hoopla! a lot of libraries (like the ones in michigan) also can transfer books from other libraries! you can also often check out dvds and cds :D

icymi, you can now preorder the crip linguistics reader

*deep breath* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!

reminder that you’re probably not terrible at your job and your friends don’t hate you, you probably just need a snack

What’s so frustrating about this is there are thousands of flash card decks and worksheets and free training plans online to answer both of those inquiries completely. That has to be true, because otherwise an LLM couldn’t do it. But people want ChatGPT to regurgitate it to them, like baby birds

seeing that @kirbyconrod.bsky.social will be giving a talk at michigan next week: 🥳 checking my schedule and seeing i work until 6 that day: 😭

En la University of Michigan Ann Arbor, hay un puesto para catedráticx auxiliar de estudios latinoamericanos y caribeños en el Departamento de Lenguas Romances, para enseñar en español. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37883941...

it’s so moving when bus drivers wait a bit longer at a bus stop for an old man running for the bus 😭 the old man being me

really funny kpop demon hunters linguistics post is missing alt text 😭