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Even posting this makes me a wee bit nervous

And the fucking cowardice I feel, blech. And I didn’t speak up for the trade unionists, because I wasn’t a trade unionist.

That’s the point, that’s the purpose of it. Beyond the silencing of voices - withdrawal from a social platform where I’m almost entirely passive is no great loss to the cause- it’s the weakening of an already fractured resistance, the erosion of critical thought, the elimination of dissent.

a cartoon of homer simpson standing in a field Alt: a cartoon of an adjunct hiding from the watchlist

What is absolutely wild is that after three reposts of topical commentary, and a handful of new follows, I get a burst of 30ish new followers and immediately freak out- block them all, remove my name and reference to my position. It’s ridiculous: I’m a nobody, and yet I’m chilled into submission.

Si los nazis se disparan entre ellos, son sus costumbres y hay que respetarlas aunque no nos gusten.

Replying to @indyjones1131 Right on Right Crime, Tyler Robinson, Charlie Kirk,& Brain Rot Meme Culture TikTok video by roterote

The killing of Charlie Kirk once again showed that the legacy media is deliberately ignorant of the political realities it operates in.

While they reflexivily went after trans people/the left as the perp, it's left up to tiktokkers to tell the truth

Por favor compartir hasta la saciedad, es una epidemia.

Indiana Jones will be played by a rotating cast of three adjuncts who answer to two different associate deans

Since the budget we receive from the government directly depends on the average number of credits our students obtain each year, who is keeping us from lowering standards in the exams so we get to keep our jobs and secure our salaries?
Asking for a friend in 21st century neoliberal academia.

Colonialism only loosens its hold when the knife is at its throat.

—Frantz Fanon

I read this essay, "Against Cop Shit," in 2020, and it's one of the pieces of writing that has had the largest influence on my thinking about how I teach out of almost anything. It's very short - if you haven't read it, please do.
jeffreymoro.com/blog/2020-02...

Cartoon: my favorite SHIP dynamic: Degrammaticalization. Two figures, one big, with broad shoulders, smiling and reaching out to the other figure. The second figure is smaller and turning away. The first figure is described as follows: Noun: independent, strong, always there to provide a safe haven for suffix The second figure is described as follows: Ship: used to depend a Lot on Noun, now starting to do their own thing

I made a #linguistics meme about degrammaticalization

We also have Te extraño - I am estranged from you (you’re a stranger to me?) and Te echo de menos - I feel your absence (pretty fun etymology on that one from Galaicoportugués)

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With the reference!

Moving beyond ontological (worldview) supremacy: Indigenous
insights and a recovery guide for settler-colonial scientists

Coen Hird, Dominique M.David-Chavez, Shanny Spang Gion and Vincent van Uitregt

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Bilingualism Makes the Brain More Efficient Neuroplasticity is the brain’s ability to build connections within itself, adapting to the surrounding environment. The brain is most plastic in childhood, forming new pathways in reaction to stimuli such as language. Past research has shown that learning a second language may positively affect attention, healthy aging, and even recovery after brain injury. A new study from the Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of McGill University, the University of Ottawa, and the University of Zaragoza in Spain elaborates on bilingualism’s role in cognition, showing increased efficiency of communication between brain regions. Scientists recruited 151 participants who either spoke French, English, or

Bilingualism Makes the Brain More Efficient www.languagemagazine...

Hace unos días escribí un hilo en inglés sobre un estudio reciente con @lorenaph.bsky.social sobre metáfora, framing, y métodos educativos (bsky.app/profile/paul...) pero si lo tuyo es el amor por la lengua de Cervantes, te lo cuento aquí mismo, con todo lujo de detalles y de gifs:

Much@s no saben, pero las publicaciones académicas no, o rara vez, nos pagan regalías a los autores. Así es. Una publicación académica que puede costar +100 dólares NO GENERA REGALÍAS PARA LOS AUTORES.
Y sí, algunos dirán que es parte del trabajo, pero la cosa es que muchos académicos vivimos...

Jonathan Rosa and I had the amazing opportunity to work with an undergraduate student and a high school student to "translate" our "Undoing Appropriateness" article for high school students. The final product is available for free here:
demystifyinglanguage.fordham.edu/articles/lan...

Countering linguistic borders through translanguaging practices in a multilingual US secondary school While translanguaging pedagogy has been largely studied in bilingual classrooms, there is a paucity of research examining practices in multilingual secondary contexts. To fill this lacuna, this stu...

Congratulations to @gengqixiao.bsky.social for this new article that was inspired in part by the “Language Diversity and Education” course he took with me a few years ago. You should all check it out!

www.tandfonline.com/eprint/TD76J...

Being a linguist is inherently political. We know that all language is equal and that being treated differently because of your languaging has to do with the body you inhabit and not the language itself.

#linguistics #language