Randy Allen Harris

Podcast episode 49: Fritz Newmeyer In this interview, Fritz Newmeyer discusses linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.

Episode 49 of our podcast is out 🤩

James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) interviews Fritz Newmeyer (University of Washington) about linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.

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Podcast episode 48: A History of Modern Linguistics In this interview, Randy Harris interviews James McElvenny about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.

A new podcast episode 🤩

Randy Harris (@randyallenharris.bsky.social) speaks with James McElvenny (@jamesmcelvenny.bsky.social) about his recent book A History of Modern Linguistics.

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For one thing, don’t report every individual piece of shit or the most colourful & flaming piece of shit. Report the themes, with examples, & always report the context, especially what is being flooded out by the shit. Never let the audience lose sight of what the shit is meant to distract it from.

UPDATE: Abstract deadline: Nov 1, 25! Invited speakers: Corrine Occhino, Dagmar Divjak, Idan Blank, Randy Allen Harris, Gary Lupyan, Laura Michaelis, Kanishka Misra !
@dagmardivjak.bsky.social @randyallenharris.bsky.social @congramqueen.bsky.social @glupyan.bsky.social @kanishka.bsky.social

Calling all linguists, esp. corpus folks, and digital researchers, One of my students wants to research a grammatical cx on Twitter/X, but the Musk regime restricts searches. Would anyone who has Enterprise or Research access be willing to help? #linguistics #corpuslinguistics #academicbluesky

Once again: the GOP is a #fascist party. The CPC contains these elements. There is a tsunami of #reactionary politics on the horizon, because the weaponization of young men in particular goes largely unnoticed (because it's online). Crush them now, or we are in for generations of authoritarianism.

Trump suggests teaching migrants how to run away from alligators Donald Trump has suggested teaching migrants how to run away from alligators as he toured a new migrant detention center in Florida known as “Alligator Alcaratz”. The US president visited the facility...

When a president promotes sadism and abuse you know that the abuses will quickly get worse.
In a few short months the US has moved from kidnapping people off the streets to building concentration camps.
There will be much darker days ahead.

www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/trum...

How better to roll back the clock?

NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

I try to avoid commenting on US politics except unless it directly affects Canada (tariffs, 51st state horseshit), but this! Jesus! If this doesn't prove unequivocally that the Trump administration hates women then I don't know what proof is. www.science.org/content/arti...

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.

We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.

Trump launches golden age of stupid

#Trump #AgeofStupid

Look how hard Western media is trying to avoid saying Israel LIED and MURDERED MEDICS.

057: Discovering Rhetorical Figures with Citizen Science with Adeshola Ogunsanya, Drake Dong, Nathan D’Silva, and Dr. Randy Harris Games Institute Podcast · Episode

A podcast episode featuring some of the Rhetoricon Team (there was supposed to be a follow up, but--thanks Doug Ford!--the funding was cut & this turned out to be the very last episode of the Games Institute Podcast 🥲). But you get Sid & Emma & my wonderful team).
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... Nathan R. Johnson, David Depew, John Angus Campbell, André Brock, Blake Scott, Judy Z. Segal, Lisa Keränen, Jeanne Fahnestock, and the late Herbert W Simons. Honourable company indeed.

Special 25th anniversary issue of POROI, reprinting a dozenish of its most influential articles. Very pleased to be between its covers with the likes of @leahcecc.bsky.social, @creekthinker.bsky.social, @rhetorologist.bsky.social, and @zoltanmajdik.bsky.social
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er, propaganda?

"coffee is only good when it is served in jim crow conditions"

Brilliant

Rubio declares himself head of USAid as workers locked out of office. Subheading: secretary of state says he has assumed control of agency to 'align' it with Trump's priorities

The Nazi term Gleichschaltung (German pronunciation: [ˈɡlaɪçʃaltʊŋ] ⓘ), meaning "synchronization" or "bringing into line", was the process of Nazification by which Adolf Hitler—leader of the Nazi Party in Germany—established a system of totalitarian control and coordination over all aspects of German society "from the economy and trade associations to the media, culture and education".[1]

Gleichschaltung is the word you're looking for, @theguardian.com

Trump is probably not capable of learning, per se, but it will be inescapable even to him that we are polite and congenial until we’re cornered. Then we’re badgers. The Mexicans are pretty tough as well. Vive le Canada! ¡Viva México! Wishing sanity and kindness returns to our US neighbours.

@ontarioliberal.bsky.social

Biden's pardons attempt to inoculate people against political persecution. Trump's pardons reward people for violence, treason, and celebrating his cult of lies.

“All of this is aided by a veil of irony. “ Anglin instructs his readers to seem like they are joking

Am always thinking of the daily stormer style guide which @ashleyfeinberg.bsky.social published, esp this section on lulz.

www.huffpost.com/entry/daily-...

Hell yes.

This should haunt these folks for this rest of their lives.

I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers | Rebecca Shaw Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl

Hard not to love this takedown. Extra props for mentioning Canada’s biggest embarrassment, Jordan what’s his name. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The 2025 RhetCanada Conference Fourwaves - The 2025 RhetCanada Conference

Reminder (and date correction): The proposal deadline for RhetCanada's 2025 annual conference (online May 31 and at George Brown College in Toronto June 4-6) is Saturday, Feb. 1. We look forward to receiving your proposals! CFP: event.fourwaves.com/cssr2025/pages

Too bad Trump didn’t get the chance to use that excuse

Rose's Turn of Phrase: A Linguistic Exploration of 'Coming Up Roses,' from Gypsy, with Three Linguists In 1958, the up-and-coming composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim was in need of a phrase. He was working on the lyrics for the musical Gypsy, specifically …

Three linguists (I'm one of 'em!) 'coming up roses' in Broadway Buzz:

www.broadway.com/buzz/205089/...