Poll question for anyone who's taught Intro Phonetics: Introduce vowels first or consonants first? Feel free to explain your answer. Or not. #linguistics #phonetics

"unusual deal" for "treasonous criminal action" for #woty2026 euphemism of the year? #linguistics @americandialect.org

@jtillman.bsky.social I was just listening to an old @vocalfriespod.bsky.social episode that I'm using in a class, and at the end they did a shout out to their new Patreon supporter Joel Tillman. Hi!

I might have to go check this out: trumpsonian.us/rr/

I keep reading "Fool's Passover" on my calendar for Wednesday and imagining what that would be. What do you all think? Wrong answers only. #FoolsPassover #LetsGetItTrending

The USPS IS NOT LOSING MONEY. THE USPS IS SPENDING TAX DOLLARS ALLOCATED TO IT BY THE BUDGET. THE USPS SHOULD NOT BE REQUIRED TO ZERO OUT ITS BALANCE SHEET IT IS NOT A BUSINESS IT DOES NOT HAVE SHAREHOLDERS. IF THE USPS IS OUTSPENDING ITS BUDGET IT SHOULD BE ALLOCATED MORE BUDGET.

When people use language, we are not engaged in the activity of simply "creating output" in the form of text. We are using it to communicate ideas, to other people. >>

So far in 2026, I’ve replied Stop/End to 37 random political texts asking me for money. It’s making me almost regret having contributed to past campaigns. There’s no way to stop these coming, right?

Just got an email notification that Google Cloud is adding (default opted-in, of course 🙄) an "OpenTelemetry (OTel) ingestion API" - and I think that the choice of the word "ingestion" is revolting and also extremely descriptively accurate. AI is literally consuming us.

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS NYC mass march” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Pretty sure that super bowl commercial just told me that I should want to kill myself because I'm fat. ... Paid for by MAHA. oh.

To turn off autoplay of videos: Settings > Content and Media > Autoplay Video and GIFs

There’s a video of another ICE murder, either make sure your media settings are right, get off for a while, or be ready.

What a great eggcorn! #linguistics

Murderer fleeing the scene of the crime: #Minnesota #ICEShooting #FuckIce

My doctor, the equipment supplier, and the manufacturer tell me to change my CPAP mask cushion every 2 weeks for safe and effective therapy. Insurance will give me *1* per 6 MONTHS. No one at any part of the process can do anything about it. Our health system is so broken and I feel so defeated.

@berniew.bsky.social as the emcee of NYC's mayoral inauguration is a perfect choice! 💟 🚋

Happy Mamdani's the Mayor Now to all who celebrate - here in NYC and around the world! youtu.be/ZEwi3xBzrwM?...

BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...

Urgent Opinions Needed: Which is more professional for a job interview on Google Meet: blurred background, or clear background that is need but includes a bit of a (well made) bed?

Several instances of correspondence w/ Chomsky & his wife in the Epstein files. Here's one where they discuss word meaning, obliquely alluding to Trump's rhetoric. There are also some where JE reminds them that they're "always welcome in the Caribbean." #linguistics jmail.world/thread/HOUSE...

My first reading of this post and sub-headline was that the judge put a limit on the lawful number of troops in the city at 2,000 - so that many is ok, but no more. #quantifiers #linguistics

Life is extremely kiki right now and I would really like it to be just a little more bouba

"[If] Justice Jackson suspected that at least 5 justices would grant temporary relief to the Trump admin if she didn’t, the way she structured the stay [enables her] to try to control the timing of the forthcoming review & create pressure for it to happen faster." www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf

i can’t believe a good thing happened we should do this more often

Thank you to Congressman Neguse of Colorado for acknowledging that it feels like we're in the Twilight Zone with how even "journalists" are constantly distorting reality. EVERYONE with any sort of platform needs to push back on the framing of questions like this.

California – this Election Day, vote yes on Prop 50. California’s Prop 50 says that if Republicans are going to abuse the system to try and hang onto power, we’re going to counteract that abuse and create a level playing field in the midterm elections. Make a plan to vote yes on Prop 50.

Cuomo can say Kościuszko but not Mamdani?

"Cuomo keeps mentioning his experience as if the problem is that we don't know about it. The problem is that we all *experienced* his experience." - Zohran Mamdani 🔥🔥🔥

The AWS outage exposes again that “the cloud” isn’t magic, it’s infrastructure. The issue isn’t a cyberattack, it’s architectural over-reliance on a handful of cloud giants. We centralized the internet and then made our entire lives dependent on it.

Does anyone know of good resources for conlanging? For a v. creative HS student that I'd like to help work through the process a little more methodically. I'm thinking smthg that introduces the ideas of phono inventory, typology of possible morph and syntax systems, etc. Thx! #linguistics #conlang

In this spirit- I live on the Lower East Side in a community with folks that have been here their whole lives, some of which were definitely here when Labov did his work in the 60s. I have access to this resource and would love to collect interviews, but would need some sort of funding. Ideas?

the most accurate take

Can anyone direct me to some resources with MRI videos of vowel productions? I know I've seen websites or youtube channels with a collection of them before, but I'm having trouble locating what I'm thinking of. #linguistics #phonetics

@jofrhwld.bsky.social Hi! Do you have a recc of a reading (academic or newsy interview) that mentions the short-a split in Philly? I have an intro phon student in a class with mostly west coasters who showed interest in a little more info on why her vowel intuitions aren't matching everyone else's.

Democratic elected officials, here's some unsolicited advice. People are looking for leadership. Right now. This moment. Someone, anyone, take the konch and forcefully respond to JD Vance and Stephen Miller's promise to declare war against America. Speak up now. Press conference today.

Apropos of *absolutely* nothing - without looking it up, how long ago do you think it was that Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were assassinated? . . . . . . . . . . . . . [ANSWER: less than 3 months ago.]

20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / Read by John Lithgow This is worth 10 1/2 minutes of your time and a share. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...

Well, I guess they're "cleaning up the city." If this is what they'll do in NYC, that's very nice of them. I'll bring them cold drinks.

bluesky says that "Trail Blazers" is trending, but if you click on it, it's just any skeet that mentions Portland and so far I've seen none about basketball.

Any textbook recommendations for a History of the English Language class? Especially one that would provide a good frame for the class, since I'd be taking it on last minute and don't have a syllabus ready to go. #linguistics #English #language

This is happening today! I'll let y'all know how it goes! 🗣️💬

Everyone should paste this list in white text at the bottom of their email signature. Flood them with too much material to sort through.

Anyone here going to Interspeech and wants to do a student a big favor? He was accepted & paid, but ultimately cannot leave the U.S. due to ongoing fascism (he’s on a visa). They will pull his paper if he can’t find anyone to present it for him. DM if you’re attending & may be able to help!

I got a tutoring request to just have a conversation with someone about Sapir-Whorf & ling relativity. I think I'm down for an attempt, but would appreciate any advice on how to gently steer convos w/ people who are REALLY attached to this idea, w/o ruining their enthusiasm for linguistics. 🗣💬

Decided to try out using an LLM to help organize my thoughts for a cover letter that I'm writing, and it started adding paragraphs about why itself, as an AI, would be perfect for the job. 🫥

What emojis are people using to express the sentiment of the "care" react on facebook? I can't find one that feels right and doesn't veer into "I love the bad thing that happened to you" territory. 🥰 #linguistics

Interested in moving your research to Ireland? Research Ireland have just launched a new call to recruit mid-career (5-15 year post PhD) and established researchers (>15 years post PhD).

btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.