Remembering Desmond Morris (and, the only time anyone has a good story about obtaining copyright permission for reusing an image in a publication) www.superlinguo.com/post/8219721...

please remember to adopt a medium posture today in the middle of the day and go uhhh for World Schwa Day from our episode about real and silly linguistics holidays www.patreon.com/posts/142860...

A small balm in the face of the fragmenting and decaying internet of the early millennium. @michaelerard.bsky.social has pulled together decades of his writing about language into one volume.

I've been having so much fun testing zines on people irl and figuring out what we should tweak before we launch them publicly for anyone to print off and share the linguistics joy! If you want to give comments on the drafts, there's still a little while left to see them before anyone else!

The Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights is being updated and relaunched, and any institution, entity, group, or community anywhere in the world that works for the defense, promotion, and equality of languages ​​can register to participate in the process: www.dudling.org/en/participa...

Very grateful to Gerald for leading the linguistics team at La Trobe on this submission to the inquiry into racism, hate and violence directed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It's important for linguists to use what we know about language to advocate against linguistic racism.

Where to publish research on #lingcomm: www.superlinguo.com/post/8207037... An annotated and non-definitive list of some suggestions. If you have other suggestions I'd love to add them!

We're getting close to a satisfyingly round number of free members on Patreon, and this month is an especially good time to join! A bonus episode specially unlocked for all members, paid and free! Plus, see ZINE DRAFTS before they're public 👀 Can you help us get a step closer?

We've unlocked this episode so I can make all the academics who are trying to write a pop book listen to it

Sometimes a phrase just leaps off the page and lodges in your mind. Other times your eyes wander away from the words In this episode we get enthusiastic about what makes for beautiful writing from a psycholinguistic perspective, with @juliesedivy.bsky.social author of Memory Speaks and Linguaphile

Love to convert my non-academic parasocial friendships (podcasts) into academic parasocial friendships (citations)

Was creeping the AI Con website and found out it's going to be available in paperback in October - so excited that @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social can find even more readers. www.penguin.com.au/books/the-ai...

We've made this bonus episode free for anyone who follows us on Patreon, so whether you're a longtime fan of @allusionistshow.bsky.social or are more on our side of the crossover, this is a fun place to start!

We have been having so much fun with this new project that occasionally I have to remind @gretchenmcculloch.com that @lingthusiasm.com is actually still a podcast and we probably need to record something:

(chanting softly) zines zines zines zines

In this long-awaited crossover bonus episode, we get enthusiastic about linguistics podcasting, career changes, and the importance of "failed" experiments with @helenzaltzman.bsky.social, host of @allusionistshow.bsky.social Listen to this episode for free on Patreon!

Oh hi I heard we're posting linguistics shirts! Did you know you can cut the sleeves off and go PR your deadlift in them?

More people have read the tweet about this shirt than I have www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/Mo...

Universities: no/almost no funding for conference travel Travel: increasingly wildly expensive, unsafe for many Conferences: oh no, there's no remote option the disjuncture is not great

The call for papers is out for the 2026 Annual Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society! We'll be at UWA in Perth this year. als.asn.au/Conference/2... ( @auslingsoc.bsky.social ) #ALS2026

In which we discuss that genre of sf containing fantastical creatures but where the real mystery is other human cultures! Featuring Hellspark by Janet Kagan, What We Are Seeking by @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social and To Shape A Dragon's Breath by Moniquill Blackgoose

Today was a good day at work.

Live from Lingthusiasm HQ, audio editing is undergoing an important quality control audit from the big boss (please say hi to Gremlin the cat!)

Peer Observation of Teaching - a structured worksheet template www.superlinguo.com/post/8156302...

Legible arrangements and kindred spirits for everyone! @gretchenmcculloch.com gets enthusiastic about surprise!collabing with @erikamoen.bsky.social on Quips, one of @patreon.com's new discovery features Our collab happened organically and this video was made possible with Patreon #paidbypatreon

If you love teaching books, come work with us at La Trobe (0.6FTE until 2029). We are great and love teaching books too. careers.pageuppeople.com/mob/533/caw/...

I'm sure I wasn't the only kid with weird reading habits who found Desmond Morris's work in secondhand bookstores. As an adult, his collaborative 1979 book on Gesture in Western & Southern Europe has been something I've returned to frequently in my research. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Today's colleagues on campus

always a good day when I remember this post exists.

Yesterday's co-working session

The AI Con online live event starting now! Mar Hicks (@histoftech.bsky.social) in conversation with @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social: virginia.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

My wonderful colleague @superlinguo.bsky.social on one of my favourite podcasts @thisguysucked.com 🎉🎉

just finished listening to this episode about Daisy Bates and wow what a story! I appreciate the conversation about ethics in linguistics & the legacy of colonialism in Australia. thank you @superlinguo.bsky.social! pca.st/ceorydmb

It's ok to try lots of different things and figure out what works for you, personally. Just because something often works for most people, you aren't always most people. It's also ok if something you've tried before doesn't work the next time. It's a living process of exploration.

I really enjoyed this thoughtful discussion between @superlinguo.bsky.social and @ceaubin.com

What do you do when the only records that remain of a language were made by someone who had absolutely horrendous views of the people who spoke it? In our latest episode we get enthusiastic about a crossover episode with Claire Aubin of @thisguysucked.com!

This person has been living rent free in my head for a decade and now you can learn about why a tiny Irish Mary Poppins lady has taught me more about how NOT to do community-based linguistics than anything else I've ever read.

Reminder that the LingComm Grants close at the end of this month!

The dedication at the beginning of TRUE COLOR is "For Margaret". We assumed that was someone important to the author herself, but... Our latest bonus episode is the second half of our interview with @korystamper.bsky.social, where we get enthusiastic about the twist in her new book TRUE COLOR!

Happy book birthday to the best non-fiction plot twist I've read in a long time:

I want to give a big shout out to researchers at @latrobe.edu.au who are working hard on #longcovid. But they still need a few more people for this study!! Please, please, get in touch using the details on this flyer.

I don't talk about this much, but I've never seen much of the money that @lingthusiasm.com makes, and for the last few years the amount has been zero. The fun thing about running your own projects is you can do whatever the heck you want. But also, this isn't charity, it's strategy.

Another highly recommended episode of @lingthusiasm.com (or link Susy I am): @gretchenmcculloch.com and @superlinguo.bsky.social talking "raindrops" ♥️ with @emilymbender.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2bhZ...

lingthusiasm is always fun, but this episode is *extremely* fun

Nominations are currently open for the Linguapax Award, which recognizes work contributing to language revitalization, language maintenance, language rights, and linguistic justice. Applications close May 21st - please see below for more. linguapax.org/en/candidanc...

It would be great to have some #linguistics representation in these survey results! Attn @lingcomm.org

First semester of uni, agreeing to join my friend for a class she picked. I think I was obsessed by about week 3 and the discipline has been stuck with me ever since.

Working on a project bringing linguistics to broader audiences? The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 USD grants to help you with your project! Please apply and/or share with any up and coming lingcommers you know! Details: lingcomm.org/grants #linguistics #langsky #lingcomm

Now it's March I can say "applications close next month!" Still lots of time to finesse your idea for a cool linguistics communication project!

Sometimes we hear from teachers and professors that they're using Lingthusiasm in the classroom, which is awesome! If that's you, we've set up this short form so you can tell us about how you use it: