in my lang tech class we read some excerpts from Blood in the Machine and talk about Luddites and our times, so glad people are coming back around to the term

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reposting for myself but also for y'all 👀

I really do love celebrating all wins in my research lab! my students are so smart and talented and good people, I love seeing them succeed

i have been coming back to this again and again.

Another important point to make is that while vaccines reduce your risk of infection, they don’t stop it 100% and therefore it’s helpful to wear a mask any time even after you are vaccinated, as it provides you with an extra layer of protection.

haven't been asked to review a paper in a while so if you're an editor looking for a psycholinguist who works on discourse...👀

actually I managed to read one more nonfiction book (which was great!!!) but I think the window has now formally closed for me

fake mad that there are so many bikes on campus today that my usual bike rack is taken!! I love seeing people bike actually please always take my bike spot!!!

Sad to be missing AMLaP, home with some surprise COVID, but very thankful to my co-author Laura Pissani for going solo on our Saturday talk on diffusion models for the Maze task! For anyone else stuck at home, let me tell you here about what we've learned by modeling Maze RTs as decision-making.

just did happy hour "shots" aka a group of us faculty went and got vaccinated 🥰

pleased to share my new paper (it's open access!)! in this paper we look at how people evaluate speakers across authority levels when they use negotiation words on four dimensions - professionalism, politeness, friendliness, and knowledgeableness

A colleague at UB is conducting a 6-9 minute survey on the experiences of transgender people in academia: sunybuffalo.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

age verification across the entire Internet is bad!!!

you don't have to read any of the weird nyt articles or anything you know

I miss surfing

first day back and I spilled coffee on myself right before the welcome back meeting, how's your day going?

here's a text based version of my chat about doomscrolling on WGLT today!

got to talk to WGLT (local public radio) today about doomscrolling & how platforms keep us engaged

sad that on Monday I will lose my ability to read nonfiction for fun until next summer

you all have very nice CVs btw

if I know you in any capacity there's a good chance I've googled (your name) + CV in order to figure out how I want my CV to look like

that lizard meme but it's me clicking build pdf approve PDF on the paper submission site after reuploading files 20 times

cars are the problem actually

listen I am somehow a PhD level expert and I will yap at you for free stop paying open ai and ask me instead

We are discussing age verification to access the internet. If you don't want your child to access specific content on the internet, the solution is to parent your child, not to have the state forcibly remove the security, civil liberties, anonymity, and privacy of every adult using the internet.

also I did not need to know we lose 1 hr and 12 minutes of daylight this month

🫩 why would you post a [redacted for everyone else's sanity] days until the semester post

you, finding a similar paper to one you're writing: scooped, career over me, finding a similar paper to one i'm writing: strengthens my introduction, builds on literature, stronger argument

I don't think grifting / influencing is a desirable profession but I do wish academics made that kind of money or got sponsorship deals

oh my god get your hands off gradability in defense of tesla (but also man this is a great example for my paper)

genuinely a California burrito* would fix me *the style of burrito with french fries in it

would I work better if I had a little treat? probably not but I should experiment

every single academic should be allowed one " no <3" when responding to reviews

I have so many lol

why is my office below 70° when it's nearly 90° outside

if you're mad at a trans person for saying they won't vote for Gavin Newsom too damn bad! this is our lives! it's not a purity test when it's our lives. of course we're a one issue voter, it's our lives you could just not nominate Newsom! but everyone knows the risk of that now, you have no excuse

I took a Real Vacation for the first time in literally forever (since grad school maybe?) and it was so good, i should take real vacations more!!

please take my study, I promise it's interesting!

I'm looking to recruit participants aged 18+ who are based in the United States and speak English at home. You'll need headphones for this study (it's listening to audio clips), it will last ~30 minutes, and you can receive $5 for participating! illinoisstate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

everyone try some new pronouns. honestly. if it makes you trans then thats cool but it might not. but it might! for all the "pronouns dont effect material" whatever, i do recommend seriously testing that out. would new pronouns meaningfully change your gender? find out! it's science

I'm also complaining just because this has happened twice in the last week where complete strangers asked me??? but look if we're friends (loose acquaintances even!) or it's come up you will know because I am very annoying about being vietnamese american!!!

don't know how to nicely say this but asking someone their cultural background when you meet them is very rude unless it's immediately relevant, btw

I mean largely the problem with copyright law in the US is that it's a hot mess and reactionary to new tech and will continue to be a hot mess forever but also we're so cooked 😶

I have no idea how anyone pronounces ORCID out loud (orchid?) but a small part of me always is like "ah yes, my orc id, my orcsona"

cycling every day recenters me and makes me so aware of the world and how it changes! the joy of a sudden summer shower, or the silence of winter, all of it on a bike 😍

Vincent Chin was murdered on this day by two white men in 1982 while celebrating his upcoming wedding. he was murdered because he was Asian, and he never received justice. rest in power Vincent. we remember you.

me trying to explain why we shouldn't adopt these things in our classrooms as "a search replacement"

unfortunately having once been a grad student if the main character of a book is a grad student with endless energy, time, and resources I'm immediately like "that's literally not how this works"

Melissa Hortman, who was assassinated last night, was the Speaker of the Minnesota House in the 2023-2024 session, when Democrats ran the state government. That means she had a leading role in shepherding the many landmark reforms that Dems adopted in that period—an important legacy. Brief 🧵.