our recent #PNAS article "The intensification of the strongest nor'easters" www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

You’ve probably heard this claim: Climate’s always changing! It's true, Earth’s climate has changed before. But not this fast, and not for this reason. Introducing Cold Facts, Hot Takes: my new series of evidence-based replies to common troll takes 🔥 Want the whole episode? Links below ⬇️

The Monterey Peninsula is turning out at Del Monte beach! Largest mass mobilization in its history. Y E S on 50

Idiom Shortage Leaves Nation All Sewed Up In Horse Pies theonion.com/idiom-s...

UT Austin Linguistics is hiring in computational linguistics! Asst or Assoc. We have a thriving group sites.utexas.edu/compling/ and a long proud history in the space. (For instance, fun fact, Jeff Elman was a UT Austin Linguistics Ph.D.) faculty.utexas.edu/career/170793 🤘

Two of the most common climate misconceptions I see, even among knowledgeable folks, are that (1) most people aren't worried about climate change, and (2) if they were, they'd act. Not true! Data show (1) most people are worried, but (2) they won’t act if they don’t know what to do-and most don’t.

China remains way ahead in clean energy growth, adding more solar and wind capacity than the rest of the world combined. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Data analysis by @sentientmedia.org, a CCNow partner, finds that less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as a source of carbon emissions despite the fact that “food and agriculture contribute 1/3 of global greenhouse gas emissions, second only to the burning of fossil fuels.”

G’mar Chatima Tovah to all of my global mishpocha who are observing Yom Kippur.

Anyway here's the real article, please share this one and not that one heated.world/p/charlie-ki...

Nice illustration of the Pseudoconditional construction (Kay & Michaelis 2012) in quote from Rob Reiner: "'If I’m Jimmy Kimmel, I’m suing the Trump administration,” Reiner said. “I’m suing them for abandoning my First Amendment rights.'" www.thedailybeast.com/rob-reiner-t...

Yes, but who allowed “4 bridges in the Bay Area”? They’ve got GG, Bay, San Mateo and Dunbarton (pronounced wrong). But what about Richmond-San Rafael? Benicia? Carquinez?

Abstract deadline changed to *December 1, 2025*

there's no room for political violence in america like there's no room for newspapers in a hoarder's house

Quote from NZ Police Commissioner Jill Rogers in CNN story on NZ fugitive dad proving Oceania doesn't use the present perfect like AmE speakers do! "The quad bike has run over the spikes. The two occupants have been on that bike, and it has come to a rest on this rural road. ..." Rogers said.

It’s that time of year again. Back to school for the kids. This ad should run during every NFL kickoff, every college football opener, every “Friday Night Lights.” Because school shootings are as American as football now.

@ejfranci2.bsky.social is this the craziest relative clause extraposition ever?

Shouldn't the EPA protect the environment?

Beautifully stated

Sigh, *taps the sign again*

Now that school is starting for lots of folks, it's time for a new release of Speech and Language Processing! Jim and I added all sorts of material for the August 2025 release! With slides to match! Check it out here: web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/sl...

Here Comes the Sun: A Win on Climate Is Still Possible, and Every Generation Must Pitch In, McKibben Says www.theenergymix.com/here-comes-t...

Started in Berkeley at dawn of millennium, ICCG14 will be 1st in US since 2008 & only 3rd US site. As US stumbles, the courageous Ivy steps in as host. “In the service of the Nation & Humanity”. Meanwhile 💕 to these world cities for keeping the ICCG dream alive 🌏😘

Can’t wait!

Princeton Psychology & Neuroscience are looking to hire a joint assistant professor doing computational, clinical, and/or neuroimaging research, w/ PhD in Psych, Neuro, CS or related. 👇

Similative (intrans) denominal verb from John Oliver (S12E20) “It…says a lot about the chaos of this administration that the president just fully Snoopied on national TV.” Images of Trump on WH roof vs Snoopy on his doghouse. Is that a full Snoopy though? Snoopy lay on his back!

Excellent intonational contrast in that final disjunction. What’s it gonna be?

This isn't deregulation. This is a war on humanity. This is pro-extinction policy in the name of grasping a few dollars from the dinosaur industry made of dinosaur juice. Appalling. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...

In syntactic amalgams the front end of a clause needn’t know what the back end is doing.The degree word in the exclamatory complement is HOW; the clause could’ve ended at ‘his base was’. But instead it continued as tho the degree word had been SO, with the result clause ‘that he juiced…’

Cringe and disturbing… A nice exclamatory nominal extraposition example

“I’m going to sue his ass off and that of his third rate newspaper”. Had never considered ‘V x’s ass off’ to be a decomposable idiom before! What other flexibilities are possible? Whose ass did you sue off?

Covering all of California's water canals with solar panels could generate 13 gigawatts of renewable power and save 63 billion gallons of water per year: buff.ly/3Gx1wUq We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #energy #renewables

Today's NYT: 'Even so, “common sense tells you — your mom would tell you — that a superheated chemical inhaling right into your lungs isn’t going to be good,” said Dr. James H. Stein, a professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine'. Middle form of INHALE?

Looking forward to this talk. Can you be a lexicalist and still be a construction grammarian? I say yes. Here's how!

What were Fillmore's goals for a theory of idiomaticity? Big hint: he was a lexical semanticist. He looked to the lexicon. Can you be a lexicalist and still be a constructionist? I say yes!

Enjoying the best Linguistic Institute ever in Eugene @lsa2025uo.bsky.social Giving the Forum Lecture as Fillmore Professor in honor of dear Chuck, Weds July 16, 6-7pm, Straub 156. Introduced by my friend (and Chuck's) the wonderful @adelegoldberg.bsky.social

Sobering piece in @nytimes.com compares China's advances in clean energy to the U.S.'s retrenchment in fossil fuels. Hard to read at a moment when the U.S. is giving up on a more affordable, healthier, and more sustainable future. www.nytimes.com/interactive/... 🧪🔌💡☀️💨🔋

For those keeping score, the Senate Bill adds $18 billion in new handouts for Big Oil. We are a joke nation, and it's a bad joke www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

A single gas leak in Pennsylvania vented more than 1.4B cubic ft of methane into the atmosphere. That’s as much climate pollution as 261 coal plants! There’s nothing “clean” about “#naturalgas" We have so many solutions. Implement them. #ActOnClimate #climate #renewables

In the long run, this is actually going to be the important news of the day--co2 in the atmosphere passes another grim milestone

My 14 yo daughter & friend witnessed today's attack against the Run for their Lives demonstrators on the Pearl St mall in Boulder. Here is a map based on her narrative. Our Jewish community events are generally secure, but this perpetrator had time to linger and curse his victims

Yep.

That’s my congressman at work! Joe is the first Eritrean-American in Congress and our best ally in the beneficial electrification biz in Boulder County!

Katherine Clark: "At the end of the day, it is denial of healthcare for women in this country. And at the same time, we have a White House lamenting, 'Why aren't women having children? Maybe we'll give them $5k' ... the American family is put last."

Today’s WaPo story about @acyn illustrates conventional implicature: “[When he first started clipping, Torabi had no background in journalism…] He’d grown up in California but didn’t see himself as all that political […].” What is the contrast implicated by ‘but’?

Another piece of science showing that grass-fed or "regenerative" beef is not a climate solution. In fact, grass-fed beef emit *more* carbon than feedlot beef. The best solution? Less beef. A lot less. www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/03/rese...

Register now for the LSA Linguistic Institute in Eugene, OR: over 80 courses over two 2.5-week terms (July 7-22::July 24-August 8). I'm teaching Constructions & the Grammar of Context with E Francis in session 1! center.uoregon.edu/LSA/2025/

If you're in Boulder or environs, please join us on March 12 for the (in person only) CU Boulder panel session "Can Geo-engineering Save us?" with distinguished panelists from the Environmental Defense Fund to NCAR. www.colorado.edu/pwr/sustaina...