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>> And notice that that "do" allows a nominative pronoun again! (I'm not sure why "or" is bad with an elided clause here—the closest I can get is "nor did he", which sounds fancy/old fashioned)

>> you might expect to get nominative in "or he/him either" just from parallelism, but there's various evidence that the pronoun isn't the subject of an elided clause here—if it was, I'd expect something like "and he didn't either", with "do" standing in for the dropped finite verb.

>> this is how you get always-accusative pronouns in coordination: "my friends and me saw a movie" <- the pronoun is "hidden" inside the conjunction, so it ends up accusative.

My strong guess is that this is happening because English is a default accusative language, and increasingly that means that unless you have a plain subject pronoun, in a totally canonical subject position, pronouns show up as accusative. >>

I wonder how the Harper's Letter signatories are doing.

WisCon folks, check out this auction for MN aid. Many writing consults and critiques are available for bidding, original art, books, etc.!

*dons linguist hat* It is in fact specific to Western Canada! It is therefore near and dear to my heart, as there aren't a lot of regionalisms that you get out West but not so much in Ontario.

I don't even live in Manitoba and I'm grateful for Wab Kinew as a politician. (Also, this is a very funny line, sounds about right.)

Best gas masks “How did these people go out and get gas masks?” AG Bondi asked.

me, emotionally writing an essay on the use of force by federal agents: ok but what if i packaged this in the most insane way possible www.theverge.com/policy/86857...

Autorayant! I too am delighted.

“We are a Minneapolis 2nd grade Brownie Troop of 12 including trans and neurodiverse youth and 75% BIPOC kids. We want to go to summer camp and try horseback riding! During the current ICE occupation we need your support more than ever...”

And that’s how I ordered 4 boxes of thin mints.

If you enjoy laughing at bad maps, I highly recommend this thread

This thread 👇🏼

“Are the arts important?” Humanity practiced them long before they had use for science and will practice them long after math is gone. Is the dawn important? Is dusk?

"The DFLer in 47A is unopposed, can't I skip?"/ "64A is a super blue district, do I really need to worry about this one?"

GO VOTE OUT OF SPITE.

GO VOTE TO SHOW THAT OUR STATE VOTES NO MATTER WHAT.

YouTube video by Liber Chorum All The Little Angels

This piece from Sir Terry Pratchett's "Night Watch" book. I didn't know a composer had set it to music.

The book is a gut punch. This piece is a gut punch. And right now? Yeah.

@rhi.bsky.social I'm sure you've heard this?
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When you're next furious that MN kids are going hungry, well, there's a fund for that; & when you're livid that brave observers may struggle with rent, there's one for that; & when you're heartbroken about pets being left behind when their owners are kidnapped, well, there's a fund for that, too.

The University of Kentucky has banned funding (including conference or journal fees) to ~1200 orgs it has accused of racism because of “DEI policies”, including things like the American Bar Association & the American Heart Association. This is how you dismantle science pres.uky.edu/sites/defaul...

Here, to make things a bit better, 10 US Kindle copies of Terry Pratchett's Monstrous Regiment. This is because of @tkingfisher.com talking about pterry. This book is pterry's take on the Disney Mulan, and is fun.

#KindleBookGiveaway #GNUTerryPratchett

This is good to know! I have not found contacting Canadian MPs even as a voter particularly useful, but the calculus for US politicians seems different.

Good to know! I have a daily to-do item then. (And indeed, I'm in NJ-12)

Action for Canadians today:

Contact your MP regarding this report regarding ICE wanting to use Hanover warehouse for immigrant processing (Hanover = Jim Pattison Group, aka Save On Foods)

www.vpm.org/news/2026-01...

Today I learned that salt does something practical other than make the noodles slightly salty, thank you!

Having just moved to NJ, I am trying to figure out if there is any point in contacting him or other reps. I believe no, as I'm not a citizen, but happy to be told if I'm wrong about that.

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You could actually structure your moral code around the idea that law enforcement doesn't exist to execute people. You don't have to create perfect victim narratives, you can just refuse to accept that the state gets to kill people.

Really comprehensive but digestible. Consider sharing it with your students. I will.

Hey, it's a Canadian production in the romance genre. You know going in it's wish fulfilment.

Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.

That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.

This! I invite anyone criticizing HR for inaccurate sex to read almost literally any het romance, it sets a useful baseline. (Disclaimer: I watched only one episode of HR before checking out, not my genre of romance.)