@dmalinowski.bsky.social
π: Applied linguistics, language education & linguistic landscape π: photography, bicycling, coffee, LEGO, trains π: opposing authoritarianism and technoligarchy
A photo of a βthroneβ free public bathroom at the Sunnyvale Caltrain station in downtown Sunnyvale, California
The American Golden Age has finally arrived at the Sunnyvale Caltrain station, too. Take a seat, you kings and queens.
But #srsly π«ππΊπΈ #nokings #please #free #bathroom #photo
Thinking about the next #mla? @modernlanguage.bsky.social
Send us your abstract! #mla27 #mla2027
We welcome innovative, critical, and interdisciplinary perspectives on language, society, & pedagogy.
LSL β Language and Society is now accepting abstracts for MLA 2026 (guaranteed sessions)
A photo of Randy Fine in the Florida House of Representatives casting votes inappropriately for himself and for his absent colleagues one day in 2024
Randy Fine voted illegally more times on this day in 2024 than noncitizens have in decades
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A photo of tree branches at dusk, being lit up red by a nearby stoplight
stop and grow
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#photo #streetphoto #treephoto in #red and #blue #SanJose
Cover of the book "Digital Literacy in Public Libraries" by Jenna Kammer and Lauren Hays. Nearby are digital icons like a light bulb, envelope, and a graduation cap alongside a laptop.
The first guidebook of its kind, this all-in-one resource explores the many services and resources provided by public libraries to close the digital divide and create more digitally inclusive communities. Read an excerpt: https://bit.ly/4trQGa9
13.02.2026 15:15 β π 34 π 12 π¬ 0 π 1We exist in the context of all in which we live and those in Minnesota that came before us π₯₯π΄π
#Minneapolis #StPaul #TwinCities #Minnesota
βTrickle-down economics is not a theory. It is theft.β
β @jamestalarico.bsky.social
I heard there are thousands of twerks in the Epstein files. And most of them have jobs in this administration
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"Migration in the Americas: Crossing Linguistic and Cultural Borders"
- in-person grad conference on February 26-27, held by the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Miami, Coral Gables.
#AcademicSky
A photo collage showing US Attorney General Pam Bondi on the left and Denise Gough playing Dedra Meero from Andor on the right
One of these people is a cunning and heartless Imperial Officer hellbent on imposing the Empire's evil agenda on the galaxy.
The other is Andor's Dedra Meero, played by the incredibly talented and humane Denise Gough
An image with two news headlines put side by side: The Forbes article "What Did Bad Bunny Say At The Super Bowl Halftime Show? Every Word He Spoke In English And Spanish" on the left, and the Atlantic article "The Risk of Speaking Spanish in Public" on the right
These two stories are the same one story.
10.02.2026 14:44 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0βInner livesβ ππ€£
08.02.2026 19:43 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This year I'm joining the race virtually, walking up San Jose's Guadalupe River Trail right by Levi's Stadium, where the tailgating has already started π
More about IRIS' challenges this year: yaledailynews.com/articles/run...
And my race page in case you'd like to support π€π: bit.ly/4bJBHC8
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A photo of the post author on the right, standing with Senator Richard Blumenthal, at the 2018 IRIS Run for Refugees race in New Haven, Connecticut
When I lived in New Haven I loved being part of the Run for Refugees on Super Bowl day. Fundraising for the race gives critical support to Connecticut's Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services as they support new arrivals through life's challenges. Pic here from 2018 w/ @blumenthal.senate.gov βπ»
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Let's go! = Β‘Vamos!
First down = primero y diez
Run! = Β‘Corre!
Throw it now! = Β‘LΓ‘nzalo ahora!
Catch it! = Β‘AtrΓ‘palo!
Block him! = Β‘BloquΓ©alo!
Touchdown! = Β‘Touchdown!
He's so handsome = Es tan guapo
This is like a dream = Esto es como un sueΓ±o
and also = y tambiΓ©n
ICE Out! = Β‘Fuera ICE!
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A screen capture of Bad Bunny wearing sunglasses and talking to the crowd in the opening monologue of a Saturday Night Live episode in late 2025 when he challenged people to learn Spanish before the Super Bowl, so they could understand his halftime perfomance
EstΓ‘s listo/a? Has aprendido espaΓ±ol, como nos pidiΓ³ Bad Bunny?
Are you ready? Have you learned Spanish, like Bad Bunny asked us to?
Here are some basic expressions that should at least get you to the halftime show... (1/2)
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#Spanish #4MonthChallenge #SuperBowl #SB60 #SBLX #SuperBowlLX
A photo of a single childrenβs size croc (shoe) sitting on the tanbark of a playground in San Jose, California
A photo of the large artwork of hands raised on the metal exoskin surface of a multi-story parking lot at the San Jose international airport (SJC)
A photo of a large piece of poster paper with memorial messages written to a deceased local resident, attached to a post supporting the Taylor Avenue overpass over Guadalupe Parkway
In this American ice age, every abandoned shoe, every outstretched hand, every βcleared encampmentβ carries whispers of voices absenced, disappeared, and silenced.
We must do better by them, for them, with them
#SanJose #missing #neighbors #photo #streetphoto
the people and networks that receive them. Videos, like those of RenΓ©e Good, can't just speak for themselves. We, the Mass, have to protect them and advocate for them, so that they can keep Illuminating β¨
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Today's great coinage from Jon Stewart: the phone as WMI = Weapon of Mass Illumination πΈπ±πΉ
In the hands of Alex Pretti and those around him, the cellphone was infinitely more powerful than the gun. But whether its recordings are used to illuminate or to obscure has just as much to do with
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Thank you, Sarah, JVL, and Tim, for speaking with moral clarity and conviction. Your reasoned analyses and arguments are compelling on their own, but your sharing of your humanity and joy and pain is a gift in and of itself
25.01.2026 22:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What are the chances that >75% of those armed 'protesters' now work for DHS?
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everywhere, and would incur some cost on the business side. But this is absolutely necessary to sustain the health and values of the sport itself. I and countless others in the world would be grateful for Germany and the DFL's leadership at this crucial moment in our history.
Sincerely,
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thrive on participation and equality" (from your Defending Democracy article of 23 Jan 2026) -- I urge you to take up DFL VP Oke GΓΆttlich's suggestion that Germany boycott the 2026 World Cup.
Of course boycotting the World Cup would be a sad occasion for for football fans
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Dear DFL,
I am a resident of the United States who is outraged by this country's betrayal of democratic norms and basic human rights. In recognition of the DFL's commitment to sport as inseparable from politics -- where competition should be "based on democratic core values
Today's action:
Contact the Deutsche FuΓball Liga (German professional football league) to support DFL VP Oke GΓΆttlich's statement about Germany boycotting the 2026 World Cup. The link below is to their contact form; I've written a sample message in a comment to this post.
#WorldCup #WorldCup2026
A photo of a sunset reflected in the glass windows of an office building in San Jose, California. Photo taken January 19, 2026.
a Silicon Valley sunset, 1/19/2026
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#photo from the #GuadalupeRiver #bike #trail #SanJose
South Bay friends! What are you doing at 2pm tomorrow? Want to go for a walk together?
#MakeFreeAVerbAgain and #FreeAmerica
Is the DOJ then acknowledging that words have consequences?
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A photo of golden light filtering through a tangle of reeds above the shore of Takataki Lake in central Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Lakeside silhouettes of the reeds at Takatakiko β Chiba Prefecture, Japan
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#photo of the #light so I donβt forget about the #beauty of the #everyday
A view looking north from Okinawaβs Kakazu Takadai Park (εζ°ι«ε°ε ¬ε), a place where thousands of Japanese and American soldiers died in April 1945
As I looked past the tombstones to the north, with the still-active US Marines Corpsβ Futenma airfield in the distance, I thought about the 80 Venezuelans killed by the United States last week, and how easily our government rationalizes their deaths.
#venezuela #history is #now #okinawa
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