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 😭

I love this song

The University of Michigan Latina/o Studies Program presents: Alex E. Chávez (University of Notre Dame) "The Afterlives of Sound: Memory, Ethnography, and the Borderlands" Tuesday, October 7th, 2025 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm Tappan Room, Michigan Union, Ann Arbor, MI Free and open to the public.

shout out (negative) to the person who started turning as I was crossing the street and then looked annoyed when I stopped walking?? bestie why are you accelerating!!!!

shout out to the person i just saw on the bus wearing a shirt that says "transexual menace" 😍

enjoying reading for fun and being done with school, but i really do miss carrying a backpack. like im reading physical books and most of them do not fit in my purse!!

Happy birthday Marsha P. Johnson, visionary and fiery Black trans activist who birthed a movement. She’d by 80 today, and should still be alive. Her legacy is one of revolutionary advocacy for global LGBTQ+ liberation. Her life is a testament to the need for sex worker rights & decriminalization.

RoboCop: *about to arrest me* Me: before you arrest me, which of these 9 pictures have cars in them RoboCop: i’m going to let you off with a warning

A colleague at UB is conducting a 6-9 minute survey on the experiences of transgender people in academia: sunybuffalo.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Something very very weird happened during the Hugos award ceremony... It's been on my mind for days, and so I wrote this blog: "When People Giggle at Your Name, or the 2025 Hugo Awards Incident" grigorylukin.com/2025/08/21/w... #Worldcon

Don’t forget your meds! ✨

yoooo!!!

it is very strange for me not to be preparing for a new school year for the first time i can remember. 😔

the problem with reading more is that i can't watch all the book videos i like bc i usually don't like to know too much about a book before i read it 😭

Are you interested in trans issues and identify as trans? Do you want to help improve health care for trans people? Have you not received psychological therapy from a mental health professional? If so, please consider taking part in this research project tinyurl.com/4sw9mryy #TransResearch

i miss beaches 😭

I washed my makeup brushes and now my brain is like "and we're done!!" like I don't have more to do today 😔

My Berkeley colleagues & I are saddened by the death of our colleague Robin Lakoff. Her 1972 book Language & Women's Place created the modern field of language & gender. She also wrote articulately, passionately & impactfully about Latin linguistics (Abstract Syntax & Latin Complementation, 1968) 1/

Hey, as a librarian I have to tell you You don't have to finish a book that doesn't interest you. Life's too short for that. Not your jam? You have my permission to move on to the next book.

Registration is open for NWAV 53: Sociolinguistics, Conflict, Justice, and Peace! Early registration is through 9/30. We look forward to seeing you in Ann Arbor! nwav53.ling.lsa.umich.edu

it appears that @bsky.app have suspended the account of @jessiegender because a trans person saying "I wish ill on JK Rowling" is against the rules, so let me say with my loud cis voice that I too wish ill on all perpetrators of hate speech against trans people reinstate Jessie, this is ridiculous

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Taking photos and video of law enforcement officers performing their duties in public is our constitutional right. This includes police, FBI, National Guard troops, ICE agents, and other government officials.

guys don't touch your tupperware of tteokbokki and then touch your eye 😭

it's actually so interesting how much my mannerisms have to change when i put fake nails on. it's actually so interesting to me, but i can't quite articulate what all i mean??

A murder of crows? You mean caws of death??

one annoying part of a nighttime migraine is trying to decide whether it's worth it to slam a bunch of caffeine to make it go away 😔

a good part (??) about job hunting is that it's forcing me to be VERY STRICT about when im allowed to access my email and certain websites. 😭 i just need to stop frantically refreshing gmail at all hours of the night 😔

reminder to me specifically that wearing my glasses actually prevents headaches!! this happened last week!! please remember!!

i love going to my friends' dissertation defenses 😭

momentarily here to yap, but i got some library books the other day, and im so used to ebooks that i turned off my lamp (too bright!!!) and then remembered that physical books don't, in fact, glow in the dark.

i get being frustrated by this in some contexts (kinda??) bc it does show how much we tailor our language for algorithms, but also i would like to be pedantic and point out that "unalive" predates tiktok by about 3 years. I've had times that "unalive" was confusing for me bc it's less specific?

i was gonna go to the local pride fest but now my head hurts, which is honestly homophobic.

"I read to relax," I say, reading two Han Kang books and Pachinko within days of each other. 😭

craving an asiago bagel 😔

50. Read PhD and MA theses when you are doing research. There is so much great scholarship by people who never got the opportunity to publish their research as a book.

sometimes i feel like my book ratings are too high but then i realize: 1) who cares? and 2) im not gonna finish a book i don't like? the fact i finish a book means it's at least 3 stars out of 5 😂

Calling all first-gen linguistics students! The First Gen Access & Equity (FGAE) Committee is offering a $500 travel grant to support one first-generation student attending the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting in New Orleans! Apps due July 31! www.lsadc.org/content.asp?... #LSA2026 #FirstGen #Linguistic

job app adventures: mood seems to vary week to week. last week was awesome, super motivated, optimism was present. this week, i am convinced i will never work again. 🥲