I’m thrilled that San José State is going to offer Korean this fall! It’s a first-semester course with no prior knowledge required, and satisfies a GE Humanities requirement. If you’re an #SJSU Spartan looking for a new language experience, come be golden and take #Korean! #langsky #한국어

SJSU friends, San Jose friends, South Bay friends...welcome to this event on Monday, where a wonderful panel of six SJSU students will talk about their experiences interpreting and translating for their families! #politics of #translation #interpretation for a #multilingual USA #language #langsky

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This ad, and thousands of others just like it, is a giant “fuck you” to every human with a real job, and every other human who wants one. Who does ‘Artisan’ think is actually riding the bus? - at Van Ness & Eddy, San Francisco, 4/20/26 #AI #slop #sanfrancisco #streetphoto #ad #photo

흐린 날의 벚꽃은 더욱 아름답다 Cherry blossoms are even more beautiful on cloudy days —— #벚꽃 #사진 #봄 #photo #blossoms

It is precisely because no legal body is able to prosecute Trump that he must be removed from office by the people themselves for threatening genocide. In a fantastic essay on the corrosive effects of Trump’s “A whole civilization will die tonight” post from 3 days ago, Matthias Risse writes (1/2)

San Jose City Hall this afternoon. Wave hi if you’re in the neighborhood and 🖕🏻🍊🤡

What can we do in the face of such absolute madness? My first thoughts: 1. Call reps again, demand they intervene. 2. Carry a sign for the 25th everywhere I go in public today. 3. Reach out to Iranian American colleagues and ask if I can support or be with them if they want. Suggestions welcome.

With news of the Adios Baseball, See-ya! (ABS) robot ball/strike system, I am officially crossing the line from middle-aged “skeptical pragmatism on all things AI” view to grumpy old man “AI is killing joy, ending culture, and ruining humanity” years. Statler & Waldorf were right: this shit sucks!

This week I was lucky enough to visit Lahaina on the island of Maui, where the damage from the massive wildfire of August 8, 2023 is everywhere. 1/5

This was the sunset tonight near Lahaina, Maui. In case anyone needs a little timeline cleanse… — just another #ocean #sunset #photo

feeling the rain fall under the sun and blue sky we know what hope feels like and yet we must endure no one knows how long or which way the clouds will blow so close your eyes for just a moment breathe deep, then start to move again —— #photo and #poem, #sun and #rain in an #ageofopposites

“He Is Risen, WE ARE CLOSED” - America, 2026 —- #photo of #church #sign in #kaanapali #maui but it #couldbeanywhere #linguisticlandscape in #trumpsamerica

when a flag becomes its own metaphor —— a #photo in #tatters

Dear #NoKings and #language friends: Do you have photos of #multilingual protest signs (at least partially in a language other than English) from any U.S.-based No Kings rally yesterday? I’m doing a small project and would be grateful for any examples 🙏🏻 #AcademicSky #LinguisticLandscape

No a La Guerra - No War No a La Migra - No ICE No a Los Reyes - No Kings Vocabulario esencial de este día de protesta Essential vocabulary from this day of protest —— #SanJosé, CA #NoKings in #English and en #español March 28 de marzo

It’s not just next Saturday. The No Kings ride has been going on every day for 250 years. I was proud to add my half century to the millions earlier today. Photo at Dumbarton Bridge between East Palo Alto and Newark 🚫👑🚲 #NoKings

Be a fountain for others, and not a drain. #LifeAspirations at the local #CoffeeShop #closeup #photo

hard to tell what’s real anymore — #building #reflection #photo under a #bluesky in #sanjose

sunrise in San Jose —— #dtsj #downtown #reflection #photo

How do you know you’ve been in the Silicon Valley for a while? You look at this parking lot in front of a gleaming multistory office building and say, “Oh, look, the trees are blooming!” —— #SanJose #building #sky #reflection #photo

Advice for the nation, on the side of my neighborhood dumpster And not a bad message for marking International Women’s Day as well 🚮 —— #DumpHisAss a #dumpster #photo for the #dumpsterfire we live in

Welcome students, teachers, colleagues & friends to this fun, free, online poetry-writing event on Weds. 3/4! The workshop will feature an exploration of identity, language, and place. More details & RSVP: events.sjsu.edu/event/where-... Supported by the #SJSU H&A #AEPG program #TranslateSanJose

I'm excited for this opportunity to hear from SJSU faculty and TESOL students about their experiments using #linguisticlandscape in their teaching design, Wednesday Feb. 25 at #SJSU and online. Zoom registration is open to all who are interested...please join! #academicsky

🤖 🪐 👽 🛸 🚀 🌏 . Mystery Science Theater 2026 . 🤖 🪐 👽 🛸 🚀 🌏

land | sea | sky | universe —— just another #beach #photo at #dusk

The X-Files “I want to believe” says a lot about the delusional realities we face in America. The fervor over QAnon conspiracies and casual acceptance of Epstein. The disinterest in Biden’s long-term policy gains in favor of Trump’s performative outrage. The belief in aliens over climate change. 1/2

It’s Saturday in America, which means it’s a great day for a No Kings ride 🚫👑🇺🇸🚲 Fueling up at the local coffee shop #dtsj #SanJose #NoKings #NoKingsinAmerica #bikesky

The American Golden Age has finally arrived at the Sunnyvale Caltrain station, too. Take a seat, you kings and queens. But #srsly 🚫👑🇺🇸 #nokings #please #free #bathroom #photo

Thinking about the next #mla? @modernlanguage.bsky.social Send us your abstract! #mla27 #mla2027 We welcome innovative, critical, and interdisciplinary perspectives on language, society, & pedagogy. LSL – Language and Society is now accepting abstracts for MLA 2026 (guaranteed sessions)

stop and grow —— #photo #streetphoto #treephoto in #red and #blue #SanJose

The first guidebook of its kind, this all-in-one resource explores the many services and resources provided by public libraries to close the digital divide and create more digitally inclusive communities. Read an excerpt: https://bit.ly/4trQGa9

We exist in the context of all in which we live and those in Minnesota that came before us 🥥🌴💙 #Minneapolis #StPaul #TwinCities #Minnesota

“Trickle-down economics is not a theory. It is theft.” — @jamestalarico.bsky.social

"Migration in the Americas: Crossing Linguistic and Cultural Borders" - in-person grad conference on February 26-27, held by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami, Coral Gables. #AcademicSky

One of these people is a cunning and heartless Imperial Officer hellbent on imposing the Empire's evil agenda on the galaxy. The other is Andor's Dedra Meero, played by the incredibly talented and humane Denise Gough

These two stories are the same one story.

When I lived in New Haven I loved being part of the Run for Refugees on Super Bowl day. Fundraising for the race gives critical support to Connecticut's Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services as they support new arrivals through life's challenges. Pic here from 2018 w/ @blumenthal.senate.gov ✌🏻 1/2

Estás listo/a? Has aprendido español, como nos pidió Bad Bunny? Are you ready? Have you learned Spanish, like Bad Bunny asked us to? Here are some basic expressions that should at least get you to the halftime show... (1/2) ----- #Spanish #4MonthChallenge #SuperBowl #SB60 #SBLX #SuperBowlLX

In this American ice age, every abandoned shoe, every outstretched hand, every ‘cleared encampment’ carries whispers of voices absenced, disappeared, and silenced. We must do better by them, for them, with them #SanJose #missing #neighbors #photo #streetphoto

Today's great coinage from Jon Stewart: the phone as WMI = Weapon of Mass Illumination 📸📱📹 In the hands of Alex Pretti and those around him, the cellphone was infinitely more powerful than the gun. But whether its recordings are used to illuminate or to obscure has just as much to do with 1/2

Today's action: Contact the Deutsche Fußball Liga (German professional football league) to support DFL VP Oke Göttlich's statement about Germany boycotting the 2026 World Cup. The link below is to their contact form; I've written a sample message in a comment to this post. #WorldCup #WorldCup2026

a Silicon Valley sunset, 1/19/2026 --- #photo from the #GuadalupeRiver #bike #trail #SanJose

South Bay friends! What are you doing at 2pm tomorrow? Want to go for a walk together? #MakeFreeAVerbAgain and #FreeAmerica

Lakeside silhouettes of the reeds at Takatakiko — Chiba Prefecture, Japan — #photo of the #light so I don’t forget about the #beauty of the #everyday

Yesterday I visited Okinawa’s Kakazu Takadai Park (嘉数高台公園), a place where thousands of Japanese and American soldiers died in April 1945. There is still a “wall of bullet holes” (弾痕の塀), a reminder of the ferocity of the battles that killed 150,000 Okinawan civilians. #WWII #history is #alive 1/2

The “Donroe Doctrine” is not complicated, and it’s not new. Whatever passes for international relations under Trump is driven by the same impulse as immigration, criminal justice, trade, and pretty much everything else: Grab ‘em by the p*ssy 1/

The CfPs for LavLang32 at Edinburgh is now OPEN! A reminder of our stellar lineup: • Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke) • Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE) • Prof. Erez Levon (Bern) • Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece) • Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE) Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231

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