One would think if you were retiring you'd have nothing to lose and go out "guns-a-blazin" using every moral fiber of your being to resist the authoritarian takeover of the government. One would think.

I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.

New episode!! 🎙️🎉 A conversation w/ @erinhecht.bsky.social about the diversity and evolution of canine brains. We've lived and worked with dogs for 15,000+ years, sculpting their brains and bodies along the way. What can we learn from their singular story? Listen: disi.org/of-breeds-an...

sociolinguistics / raciolinguistic ideologies / linguistic racism

Theresa Gillespie Isom flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat while running on Medicaid expansion and helping rural hospitals.

It's been an eventful month for a battle over the fate of a controversial plan to save spotted owls by killing hundreds of thousands of other owls. This week the Senate voted to OPPOSE a GOP resolution that would have overturned the plan. www.latimes.com/environment/...

Make your 2025 words-of-the-year nominations for the only vote that matters! bit.ly/2025WOTYNOMS

I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social

Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people. Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.

NEW: A federal judge said the decision by Trump WH to end sign language interpretation at briefings by Trump and Leavitt likely violated the Rehabilitation Act and harmed deaf people who communicate in ASL. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.

This is amazing news. So happy for VA!

Texans are Googling how to "leave America" at higher rates than Midwesterners or New Englanders, with many looking for better healthcare and better quality of life. Top countries searched for: France, UK, Germany. www.mysanantonio.com/realestate/a...

The first film made in Idaho was headed back to the big screen. Then DOGE intervened www.hcn.org/articles/the...

dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani? great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com

The Roosevelt Institute was honored to present @teenvogue.com with the 2025 Freedom of Speech Medal because their team understood that freedom is about both speaking truth to power and the capacity to build power. Read our full statement: rooseveltinstitute.org/press-releas...

This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers

Coming Up: Can’t-Miss LSA Events LSA has an exciting lineup ahead — from writing sessions & webinars to meetings. Whether you’re in linguistics, language studies, or a related field, these events offer great opportunities to connect, learn, and engage. 🔗 Register: www.lsadc.org/calendar_lis...

We've got you 👍

Functional hypothalamic amenorrhea is an understudied condition. Please help me get two important studies filled by spreading the word! open.substack.com/pub/vajenda/...

Why should you 🫵🏿 care about SNAP? SNAP recipients saw: - Improved life expectancy - Lower chance of incarceration - Lowers chance of poverty - Lived in better neighborhoods - Higher human capital SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!

‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...

That's the importance of having a Chicagoan as Pope. He's got a guy, and he'll call in a favor.

Journalist @davidsirota.com says that while the U.S. is "immersed in corruption" in a way that feels inevitable, it is the result of a decadeslong "master plan" by the wealthy to deregulate campaign finance and weaken anti-bribery laws. https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/28/david_sirota

Last chance to turn it off. On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default. To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.

If you just banked that coffee money every week and denied yourself every other instance of life’s gastronomic pleasures, however small and ordinary, you could save enough to make the down payment on that starter house in [checks notes] five hundred and seventy three years

NEW: Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well beyond the borders of his state. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social

As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Perfect timing! I'm excited to assign @novicsara.bsky.social 's article about deaf people in film for my Signing Communities class!

Ten years ago, this blog post by @bjking.bsky.social put Grandmother Fish on the map. It went viral, and my small run of self-published books sold out. Wish I'd printed a lot more copies! This question is just as timely today as it was 10 years ago. #evolution www.npr.org/sections/13....

OK folks, here's the deal. Spotify is running ICE recruitment ads and has ignored asks to stop. It's time to tell them we won't stream fascism - by cancelling our subscriptions. Here's how to get started: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify

BREAKING: We’re fighting against the Trump Administration’s decision not to use available federal funding to help ensure millions of Americans—including nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites—continue have access to food necessities during the government shutdown. content.govdelivery.com/accounts/WIG...

I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b... @apache.be you rule 🖤

Great tips! Some of this also work well for other types of neurodivergent burnout!

So good to see #LavLang32 being shared so widely! Join us for the annual Queer Linguistics conference, which in 2026 travels to Scotland for the first time thanks to @christianilbury.bsky.social and University of Edinburgh lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

Check out UT Linguistics very own Austin German's new article on interaction and variation in Z Sign in @glossa-linguistics.bsky.social

SynTeach is a project looking at how syntax is taught in higher ed. Our next stage is FOCUS GROUPS—whether you loved or hated syntax, we'd love to talk to you! Sign up to be contacted as we're recruiting now: forms.gle/PiBYpVPr1yg2... #linguistics

One thing that's occurred to me: SNAP is often not referred to as SNAP in states - in Wisconsin, we call it FoodShare. So some people might not even realize that their money for food is on the cusp of lapsing next month.

Tonight! Jon Stewart sits down with Zoehan Mendairy ❌ Zoeran Ma'amdanny ❌ Zohran Mamdani ✅

I was going to go to my uni help desk because it was taking drive folders so long to open. This fixed it Log in to google drive, at the top right of screen click the gear icon, select settings, on the left side of screen select manage apps, untoggle gemini #StopEnshitification #GetYourAIOutOfMyApps

Anyone wanna come and hang out with us at NZILBB? We're advertising a fun postdoc position on a project looking at the representation of part of speech in te reo Māori. Do get in touch if you have questions. jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...

Maybe Don't Publish In predatory journals

Imagine if we did this but instead of paying people to racially profile and terrorize communities and grab mostly innocent people we did it for teachers

Imagine waking up to this derpy face on a lazy rainy Saturday morning. Definitely makes you smile. She is so cuddly and loves to snuggle. #MomentOfGratitude #skydogs

I will be recruiting PhD students via Georgetown Linguistics this application cycle! Come join us in the PICoL (pronounced “pickle”) lab. We focus on psycholinguistics and cognitive modeling using LLMs. See the linked flyer for more details: bit.ly/3L3vcyA

In a dark time when American politicians are failing the American people and undermining our democracy, Zohran Mamdani leads with love and demonstrates how compassion and care for our fellow citizens can be the way forward. Mad respect for his focus on humanity and togetherness

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

Syracuse University says no to Trump’s “compact.” share.google/vLwXXDhhfPwx...