First snowfall in the garden

you know we used to have to do at least a little work to prove the connection between racism and transphobia

I want the yes-and energy of my 3yo. I (1;1) throws a tiny book at M (3;2) M: Oh! You wanna play Book Catch? Mama, me and I are playing Book Catch!

This. Also “less lethal” rounds. If our government wants to disperse protesters, let them (1) fix the underlying policy that is being protested about and/or (2) arrest us one at a time. You run out of space to hold us or ppl to arrest us? Then I guess you have to pay attention and come back to (1)

the fact that Sandwich Guy is facing this 'wich trial at all is evidence of subpar justice. he is a hero being put through the judicial grinder. i hope the jury wraps up a not guilty verdict without delay or loafing around

Not to brag but I had a dazzling shower and musical mirror this morning - best day of #NWAV53??

That's murder.

No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong, it is right. No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness, it is a strength. No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited, it is unlimited.

Stefánsdóttir, Mechler & Ingason on individual lifespan change - stylistic fronting in a single Icelandic MP (Ragnheiður Ríkharðsdóttir) - tracking her changes in political speeches over DECADES! #NWAV53

evolving thread on the history (and uncertain future??) of "dude," my favorite vocative!

Gousset now on interspeaker vs intraspeaker covariation patterns in Tyneside Asking: does dialect leveling affect different social groups uniformly? Answer: No! Intragroup coherence still explains a great deal of the data #NWAV53

Kiesling on the history of “dude” as a vocative (being replaced by “bro/bruh” aka the “brocatives”??) #NWAV53

Dodsworth et al. on changes in syllable vs stress times speech in Raleigh NC #NWAV53

Let’s go #NWAV53! The acquisition session was 🔥, but I didn’t have my phone out so couldn’t share the highlights (sorry!)

lol Gen Z (“No!”)

Are you KIDDING ME Teen Vogue has been doing legitimately some of the best political journalism of our time.

Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.

every day in south philly during autumn is a delight

If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.

I present, the lenition hypercube

The wealthiest 10% of Americans now account for nearly half of all spending—the highest level since 1989. Meanwhile, lower-income Americans face stagnant wages and the rising cost of essentials. So naturally Republicans gave billionaires and corporations trillions in tax breaks.

I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.

if you see this post, your actions are: - if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this - if you don't have a spare buck, just repost your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive

Fantastic essay. Maybe my favorite part, and a great rallying cry:

Shireen Abu Akleh was an American citizen and journalist who was assassinated by Israel in broad daylight while wearing a blue PRESS vest.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

I'm working on my NWAV talk, and I just want to meditate on the beauty and the chaos of the hand-drafted vowel plots from Labov, Yaeger, Steiner (1972)

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I don't think it makes him a "secret nazi." I think it speaks to a judgement and values dissonance between us. I think it makes me worry that he's another Fetterman, who'll say the right things for progressives to vote for him and then wind up being a massive piece of shit in office.

You can't logic your way out of being burnt out. Unless you're me. Who should be able to do it and it's a personal failing that I can't

Massive peaceful protests are *important* against a violent regime for a large number of reasons: striking fear in their hearts, establishing a habit of courage amongst our citizens, and opening lines of communication.

We believe in a city budget that fully funds our public libraries and parks!! YES.

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

YES! This is such excellent news. Utrecht University now supports Knowledge Commons. PLEASE ask YOUR library today if they will consider supporting us. We are free to all to use, but we NEED university support to make that possible. about.hcommons.org/2025/10/13/u...

I’m not trying to give @pbs.org ideas for raising money—but I am. I would buy women’s fit T-shirts of all my favorite childhood shows. Reading rainbow, 321 contact, square one, zoobiliee zoo. I feel like two generations will run to donate even more money for shirts with Levar Burton on them…

ICE drag girl out of car & body slam her to ground—then pin her face down & kneel on her neck. "I'm 15!" she cries out. "I'm not resisting!" Agents have now asked multiple area housing associations to unlock main doors—so they can go door to door. Hoffman Estates, Illinois

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous. This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

okay fine round of applause for this headline

Cool

For context, several thousand US military personnel have rotated through Israel during this genocide. Whether THAAD battery personnel or working on the JLOTS (the "pier") or helping build out Israeli Air Force bases, our boys have been involved in the day to day operation of the genocide machine

David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)

why would anyone think this is a good idea

crimes. you mean he's doing crimes. bucking tradition is wearing a white suit after labor day.

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE Truth: No cars rammed ICE Claim: She boxed ICE in Truth: ICE boxed her in Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE Truth: She did not have a rifle Claim: ICE returned fire Truth: Only ICE fired Claim: She drove herself to the hospital Truth: Paramedics found her

When we were putting out our Halloween decorations this year, a woman told us that her dog really likes to walk by our Christmas decorations each year, and that amuses me to no end.

Please know that if put up Halloween decorations there’s a 3 year old in your neighborhood somewhere who is obsessed with them.

This has always been a extremely tiny screeching minority demanding that their bigotry dictate that no one else's children can learn of the existence of LGBTQ people.

Hey wtf?

The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.