Raoul Schubert

Ben Affleck smoking and looking completely done

Here you go, read this pretty much first thing in the morning

bsky.app/profile/akou...

Screenshot of a document saying "2.4.1 What ? 2.4.2 What Are Head Acts?"

Was working on editing a paper and stayed up extremely late yesterday. I totally forgot where I stopped and chuckled when I was greeted with this half-written heading upon opening the file just now:

New working paper I’ve got out (w/ Tom Griffiths @cocoscilab.bsky.social )

Still a work in progress, but we’re excited about the idea and are currently working to extend it. Thanks, Gary, for sharing it!

Mom: stop being mean to mango he’s not stupid

Mango :

An image with a blue gradient in the center and California poppy in faded yellow. It features the Berkeley Sociology logo, and the following text: From: 'David James Harding' via socgrads@lists.berkeley.edu <socgrads@lists.berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, Mar 2, 2026 at 8:01 AM Subject: 2026 Sociology Commencement Speaker: Dr. Alex Hanna Dear Sociology Community, I'm very pleased to announce that our speaker for the 2026 Sociology Commencement will be Dr. Alex Hanna, a writer and a sociologist of technology, labor, inequality, and social movements whose academic and public-facing work can be found in our discipline's top journals, blogs, op-eds, policy briefs, and in your neighborhood book store.

17 years ago, I didn't get into the UC Berkeley Sociology program.

In May, I'll have the distinct honor of giving the keynote speech at this year's commencement. I'm still processing this, but I'm ecstatic for the opportunity to pay forward a little voice of hope and solidarity.

Does anyone know a copy editor who specializes in editing phonetics and phonology paper? I need their service. I don't want to pay any company #linguistics #language #phonology

mine is langauge

I've been staring at that one post stating "AI can already do social science research better than most professors with PhDs" for a few minutes now and I'm struggling with keeping it semi-professional here 😆

That was my first thought, but the more I thought about it, the more possibilities arose in my mind

I'm lucky (or unlucky?), since my combination of first + last names seems pretty unique!

It's like my parents have kept search engine optimization in mind when they were naming me... 😆

What did that speaker actually mean by that? 😂

Obligatory linguist joke

Does anyone know any criticism of "open-ended questions" or discussions of their limitations (esp. in the context of police interviews)? #linguistics

Picture of Marjane Satrapi alongside a quote from her. The quote reads: The world is not divided into countries. The world is not divided between East and West. You are American, I am Iranian, we don't know each other, but we talk together and we understand each other perfectly. The difference between you and your government is much bigger than the difference between you and me. And the difference between me and my government is much bigger than the difference between me and you. And our governments are very much the same... - Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French graphic novelist

Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

A grey hoodie with text which reads: “Buy a man eat fish, He day, teach fish man To a lifetime.”

Wise words

This is the most important thing on the internet rn 🤣😭

Probably not based on a true story

Who’s your favorite Pokemon?
Wrong answers only

FYI: New Research Square for Computational Psycholinguistics Computational Psycholinguistics discord server is an experimental research square for people working on the cross-section of NLP and Psychology to connect, discuss ideas, learn from each other, and pick up collaborators. You can join by following the link below https://discord.gg/2DUHmcnY6Z

FYI: New Research Square for Computational Psycholinguistics

What counts as long-form content nowadays? Just watched a 14min long interview and a comment underneath called it "long-form".

When I say "long-form" I usually mean videos that are longer than 30/40min 😆

📣📣📣Job alert Multimodal Language Department Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics MAX PLANCK RESEARCH GROUP LEADER POSITION (W2 BBESG) lnkd.in/eaq5MW9a

Physicists 🤝 linguists
studying particles

IMMIGRATION IS GOOD, and even if it weren't, the atrocities we perpetuate by restricting it are unconscionable.

Sociolinguistics in Practice: Interview With Penelope Eckert In this interview, Penelope Eckert discusses her life experiences and career as a linguist. Eckert describes a lifelong fascination with language, from her earliest observations of stylistic variatio...

Lovely interview of Penny Eckert by Annette D'Onofrio - several quotes feel deeply healing to me, but this one in particular really resonated with me: (1/3)

doi.org/10.1111/josl...

I think it's probably *because* the world is on fire, but recently I've become aware of various initiatives and groups that make me think "public appreciation and value of art is back baybeeeee" and regardless of cause, that's kinda nice.

Let's say, hypothetically, I would manage to wean myself off Apple products in the next five years. Windows is not an option, obviously, Linux yes.
Where would I start looking for a laptop computer in terms of sustainability, haptics in hardware, speed, compatibility with screens, printers...?

Working on a project bringing linguistics to broader audiences? Apply for a 2026 LingComm Grant! Due: April 30, 2026. Details at link in bio.

Working on a project bringing linguistics to broader audiences?

The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 USD grants to help you with your project!

Please apply and/or share with any up and coming lingcommers you know!

Details:
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#linguistics #langsky #lingcomm

researcher colleagues! have you just published a cool paper on language related stuff?
get in touch with me, I'm on a podcast and maybe we'll feature your study!
I do the show with the brilliant Daniel and Ben
@becauselanguage.com
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