Lauren Hall-Lew

Where did that h/t come from? And what exactly does it mean?

Hat Tip = Props = Credit goes to

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h/t Jaspal Naveel Singh 🙏🇵🇸

h/t Jaspal Naveel Singh 🙏🇵🇸

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

#linguistics

ICE agents arrest Alderperson Jessie L. Fuentes (26th Ward of Chicago city council) after she questions them on whether they have a signed judicial warrant to arrest a person at Humboldt Park Hospital.

“He has Constitutional rights.”

“No.”

ICE’s exact mindset: no one is allowed any rights now.

Save the date for our next big event!

"Language and AI", University of Edinburgh
Friday 28th November, 3-5pm, followed by a networking reception

More info to follow soon ...

We’re looking for a postdoc to join our Max Planck group in Germany some time in 2026. If you have computational and/or neuroimaging expertise, and are interested in questions intersecting perception and cognition, please reach out! I’ll also be happy to chat at the #Bernsteinconference this week.

Perpetually enraging that there is a bipartisan belief, widely shared among Democrats and Republicans, that the role of Democrats in DC is to protect Republican politicians and voters from the consequences of their own actions and policy positions

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

America is now the country where people who just quote Charlie Kirk face more consequences than pedophiles in the Epstein files.

The only thing Charlie Kirk had in common with Jesus is that Christians get mad when you quote him to them.

Academics: Please read and consider signing this open letter.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Needed now more than ever 💪

The Ritual of Civic Apology More than a century after driving out their Chinese residents, cities across the West are saying sorry, with parks, plaques, and proclamations. But it’s seldom clear who they’re talking to—or what the...

Excited to share this essay on racial violence, civic apology, and the elusive dream of racial reconciliation.

www.newyorker.com/news/the-wee...

1. Cory Zukatis - found around 10:30am hanging in Vicksburg MS. He was homeless.

2. Trey Reed - found hanging around 7:05am at Delta State University.

Black folks are calling it for what it is: a lynching. Because no Black man takes his own life by hanging himself from a tree.

Rest in peace

Trey Reed’s Family Calls for an Independent Autopsy After Tree Hanging Death Demartravion “Trey” Reed’s family is seeking an independent autopsy after the Delta State University student was found hanging in a tree.

NEW: The family of Delta State University student Trey Reed is calling for an independent autopsy after his body was found hanging in a tree on campus.

U.S. House Rep. Bennie Thompson is calling for a federal investigation, citing "Mississippi’s painful history of lynching and racial violence."

UN Commission of Inquiry verifies the existence of birth PREVENTION in Gaza 👇

"Attacks on healthcare have affected 545,000 woman (…) Clinic was shelled in December 2023, reportedly destroying around 4,000 embryos"

UN also reported Israel shot and exploded nitrogen tanks which can harm pregnancy

🚨BREAKING -- The UN Commission of Inquiry has concluded that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.

Will the UK government continue to engage in genocide denial, @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social?

Fear will try to convince us to isolate, to hoard resources, to avoid community, to build the least threatening campaigns making little impact.

A grounded risk assessment will move us closer to each other, it’ll remind us of that we are millions, it’ll make our work more bold and more brave.

September issue of @jslx.bsky.social is out with some very touching contributions @lhlew.bsky.social @betsysneller.bsky.social #linguistics

Did the right wing idiots who are screaming for us to mourn Charlie Kirk mourn her, her husband or even her dog? The hypocrisy is appalling.

#USDemocracy

Students rate identical lectures differently based on professor's gender, researchers find When philosophy students were asked to evaluate identical lectures assigned to men or women professors, their responses varied by gender. The study suggests gender bias plays a role in how teaching is...

Cancel student evaluations now.

www.psypost.org/students-rat...

It's fascinating how, because the left is coded as feminine, criticism is "scolding," while all the shaming and blaming on the right is masculine and therefore not "scolding."

What's alienated young men is information bubbles in which they convince each other that women are inferior beings and they should have total power.

Please consider donating to Clean Shelter www.cleanshelter.org, an organisation formed by two women, an Israeli and a Palestinian, that works to provide clean water and shelter.

#Palestine #donate #support 🇵🇸