Peter Jenks

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Hello BlueSky friends! Please consider donating to support the Tira and Moro communities we work with in Cairo.

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Stand up for Science protest going strong at Upper Sproul, at least 500 strong! Jennifer Doudna pictured talking about science saving lives. ✊🏼 🔬💪@standupforscience.bsky.social

07.03.2025 20:46 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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17.02.2025 04:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Is appropriation just totally ok now? This White Lotus ad putting white characters in classical Southeast Asian artistic motifs is jarring.

17.02.2025 01:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

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Berkeley syntax students are absolutely crushing it this fall #linguistics

19.12.2024 17:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bill Labov died this morning. I'm not coherent enough to talk about how important and influential and brilliant he was. I am very sad.

I was so lucky to know him, and I am grateful every day that he (and Gillian, and Walt, etc) built an academic field where kindness is expected.

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It could be worse: IHRCs are often just ambiguous.

13.12.2024 02:30 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

My 9-year-old son just read a website to me which he started of pronouncing [hət.təp]. I say we all go with it! Eliminates two whole syllables.

13.12.2024 02:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Dear colleague walking slowly across campus while reading a book: please stop reinforcing negative stereotypes.

04.12.2024 08:14 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

syntax students i actually recommend against doing this. derive it from scratch every time

30.11.2024 22:04 — 👍 36    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

Not sure if this is the same thing, but I know people who use plural -s as a diminutive, eg Mike would be Mikes, etc. I could imagine adding it to any noun in a similar way, especially as a way of signaling cuteness or intimacy by the speaker!

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Very cool - congratulations!

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