Brandon Edwards

bottom axis is difference in pronunciation from English, left axis is difference in grammar from English, ostensibly

Want to Have Better Sex This Year? Here’s How.

One of my favorite professors at UW recently got a spotlight article in NYT! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/p...

Tell Congress: Save Public Broadcasting The White House just released a budget proposal that would eliminate funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), which supports the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). We can’t let this ...

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cannot express how much i hate the word “linguist” being the first word in this post exclusively containing reactionary both sides bullshit. he is not acting in his capacity as a linguist here, nor as a professor. here he is fulfilling his duties as a staff member of a far-right political think tank

She spends at least 6 months on a single video and it shows

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The number of good points per minute in this video is extremely high, which is wild because it is 2 hours and 40 minutes long.

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Republicans passed and defended a law making it illegal to provide water to people waiting in line to vote.

She Inspired Laws to Hold the Fossil Fuel Industry Accountable. Now She’s a Target. A conservative group is suing for emails of a law professor who helped create legislation to force oil, gas and coal companies to pay for climate damage.

We are so excited to be publishing Ann Carlson, featured in this @nytimes.com article chronicling her experience of harassment because of her environmental work. Stay tuned for more on her book SUNSHINE, SMOG, AND THE SURPRISING STORY OF HOW LOS ANGELES CLEANED UP ITS AIR, coming Spring 2026.

Probably that. Many (most?) Latina/o ppl are mixed indigenous with European or African, and i guess this person is assuming that therefore all 3 of these actresses would consider themselves/be considered indigenous.

Paris residents to vote on making 500 more streets pedestrian Parisians vote in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether an extra 500 of the city's streets should be pedestrianised and greened, in a new push by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality.

"Parisians vote in a referendum on Sunday to decide whether an extra 500 of the city's streets should be pedestrianised and greened, in a new push by the French capital's left-leaning town hall to curb car usage and improve air quality."

Yup, got pirated by Meta.

So weird I posted this video and I ended it with "Will women even be allowed in space in 2024?" And people got so defensive like I was being crazy. Huh. Wild.

This video references the myth of Artemis but maybe I am Cassandra.

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Me and countless other authors today…😂

An Amtrak Cascades train dwells at King Street Station in Seattle

The Washington House of Representatives has passed legislation setting goals that could more than double service and significantly shrink travel times on Amtrak Cascades. The Washington State Senate still needs to sign off on the legislation.

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Thank you Google, that's incredibly insightful

This Seattle infill housing project will help prevent over 10 acres of suburban sprawl and tree canopy loss in Puget Sound.

Denver, Boulder restaurants could pay tipped workers less when their gratuities exceed minimum wage under proposed law Restaurant owners say that changing the tip credit will go further to ease inflationary costs and help them survive. About 21,000 tipped workers in Colorado could see a dip in base pay, but tips or th...

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A story in the Atlantic blamed the decline of socialization and moving house (happening since Reagan) on progressive policies

I don't really know any famous Brandons. I guess just the euphemism for Biden? Dark Brandon

I thought she was married to Ted Danson irl...

Siri is a real, not uncommon name in Sweden

Olympia. Still my favorite coffee I've ever had

Scroll with Japanese text on left and image of red deity sending down lightning at black robed aristocrats on the right.

Japanese narrative picture scroll depicting a government official who, after wrongly being fired from his job, returns to wreak havoc on those in the capital who wronged him. #medievalsky
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Trump funding freeze a blatant violation of Constitution, federal law: Legal experts The Constitution, federal law and court decisions make it clear: President Donald Trump's order to pause federal funding is against the law, legal experts tell ABC News.

It would be fantastic if major federal institutions would acknowledge that the executive branch cannot legally unilaterally cancel or redistribute congressionally appropriated funding on ideological grounds and thus they have no legal obligation to comply with such directives

Survey of North American English Pronunciation Survey of North American English Pronunciation

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Mandela effect moment. I could have sworn Washington was the 43rd state to join the union but apparently it's the 42nd

Academic Twitter has pretty much become Academic Bluesky, which is why I joined

Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal Costco's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a motion that would seek report on the risks of diversity, equity and inclusion in the company's hiring practices.

Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.

Idk dude they might be cringe to us but...

YouTube video by The Onion Elon Musk airlifted to the hospital with severe burns after attempting to impregnate a toaster

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