Last week I checked in on a friend, someone who I thought would be one of the very last immigrants (who have any other options) to leave Germany, only to find that they and their family are already in the process of leaving. Their explicit reason: the rise of fascism. Very, very disturbing times.

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

The next Henry Sweet Society (@henrysweetsoc.bsky.social) Colloquium will be held on 2-4 September 2026 at the University of Nottingham (@uniofnottingham.bsky.social). Thematic focus: (Non-)Native Speakers in the History of Linguistic Ideas CfP: hiphilangsci.net/2025/11/08/c... #Histlx

Opening for PhD position (3.5 years) on Language Evolution | Computational Modeling | Primate Communication Joint project with @marlenfroehlich.bsky.social & @elmanubohn.bsky.social at @unituebingen.bsky.social in CRC "Common Ground". Share, apply, or reach out for details! tinyurl.com/y2av9hhd

has anyone written about the process of conversational repair in analog games? specifically thinking about stuff like: - "i move my meeple 5 spaces" "i think it's 6 spaces" - "oh, last turn i should've given you an extra 3 tokens. do you want them now?" - "it's too late now, but for next time..."

🚨 Open PhD position in sign language #linguistics 🚨 The focus should be on the structure of signed languages, or connect to other research profiles at the department (e.g. computational linguistics, acquisition, typology, multilingualism) su.varbi.com/en/what:job/... Deadline: 15 October 2025

I wrote about the decision myself and other authors took to withdraw from the longlist of the Polari Book Prizes for LGBTQ+ writers www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I am one of the 14 authors who chose to leave the Polari Prize, and I find myself frustrated and saddened at the way this entire story has been represented. 1/

corporations on july 1st:

Our large-scale interdisciplinary research initiative @unituebingen.bsky.social on "Common Ground" now has a website: uni-tuebingen.de/en/research/... We are also hiring! Check out recent postings here and the continually added job ads here: uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit... #linguistics + friends

There's a new Collaborative Research Center focusing on the common ground at the University of Tübingen (where I did my MA), with a variety of really cool looking PhD and postdoc opportunities in linguistics starting in October: uni-tuebingen.de/en/283575

'BRITISH PLATFORM' 'PUBLIC HOUSE COFFEE' 'Travelcard' and more here on this cold coffee brand which links Britain, subways, travel, and coffee in ways I find a bit surprising. All part of the coffee #LinguisticLandscape of Korea!

Wolfram: “the best studies are those that combine quantitative study and case studies, because we don’t want to lose the people who tell us what’s going on in their lives” ❤️ #NWAV52 #linguistics

In a move surprising Probably No One, I have written about syntax pedagogy! This time for COZIL's blog: here's my five quick tips on how to make your syntax #linguistics classroom more LGBTQ+ friendly! lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/m...

Trying to explain to my partner why I find the sentence "In my opinion, can you really mess up sushi?" (uttered in a podcast by Saoirse-Monica Jackson) so interesting, and realising I'm making zero sense to him 😅

Pius Akumbu, in the roundtable on decolonization in linguistics at #SLE2024: "If funding agencies are funding an outsider PhD student to do work on a minoritized language, they could also be funding -- and linguists could be pushing for this -- training for a community member in linguistics."

I did some math last night and if @skypeascientist.bsky.social sells 5000 advent calendars, between our other fundraisers and patreon, we would fully fund our program for 2025. It’s a lot…but I’m going to attempt to do it. Get one here, tell your friends 👇🏻 Squidfacts.bigcartel.com

New on Language on the Move: the communication challenges faced by autistic people and why they result in lower life expectancy, by @geraldroche.bsky.social And why are applied linguists generally not interested in autism? #AutismAcceptanceMonth www.languageonthemove.com/im-dying-to-...

Hey, I'm finally recruiting for a paid study! This is for anyone over 18 and fluent in English who uses neopronouns (like "xe," "fae," "thon," etc) as their personal pronouns. If you're interested, you can sign up to receive more information at the link below! Please share far and wide!!

No spoilers, but really fascinated by the density of logophoric reflexives that come up at the Round Table in The Traitors UK. Just in the last few minutes it's been: -I'm voting for yourself -I've had suspicions about yourself -You've been spreading rumours about myself

Hey Science feed! 🧪 I'm doing a #linguistics study that requires a *lot* of people, especially from places I don't normally have access to. It's volunteer (unpaid) only at this stage, but if you've got 10-30(ish) minutes, I'd really appreciate if you took the survey and told me about people's names!

Sitting in Spanish class, idly wondering what the agreement with the syntactic subject of the particple in passive constructions (but not active) tells us about the syntax of agreement, and what people have already written about it

The missile knows where it is macaulaylibrary.org/asset/202662...

I think the best response I've seen to AI anything has been, "Why should I bother reading something that nobody could be bothered to write"

Spread the word about this new program from University of Toronto Linguistics! (Open to students applying to any ling dept, not just U of T) forms.gle/wUvE4J9RAt4U... 🐦🐦

Leonora Carrington's Cactus Cow, 1974 Lithograph on Arches paper.

"Ok, but this one's definitely to be relevant, for sure"