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assistant prof in linguistics at swarthmore; phd in linguistics from u washington; sociosyntax; they/them or ey/em.

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(no pattern, just crochet a big mesh grid then weave chains thru it. the orange is fiber story sock yarn, the colorful is noro kureyon sock)

07.03.2026 21:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
colorful crochet project: orange black blue pink green! nails still holographic sparkly brown

colorful crochet project: orange black blue pink green! nails still holographic sparkly brown

crochet and nails update again 🧢

07.03.2026 21:11 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

god i love the train. love the cafe car

07.03.2026 19:38 πŸ‘ 22 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5

do you know about ABLE savings accounts?

07.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

she is beautiful!!!

06.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

do your friends all read your breaking bad related skeets or are you bringing them screenshots of yourself because you know you need to let them pass judgment

06.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

if your accessibility tool cannot parse anything but the "generic American accent" (whatever that is) you haven't made an accessibility tool at all I fear

05.03.2026 22:58 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

oh totally, i know from munch squad

05.03.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

meh feels like giving them free advertising

05.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

the stabilo and the le pen do so much good work for me and come in such pretty colors

05.03.2026 17:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
some pens: they're all pink and purple and teal

some pens: they're all pink and purple and teal

agreed, use pens you like!!

05.03.2026 15:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

i just started my first day studying icelandic. polish is on my list too, beautiful language

05.03.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

unsolicited advice:
1. post about your book
2. put the TITLE of the book in the post
3. put a LINK TO BUY THE BOOK in the post
4. consider a cute graphic or just put the cover of your book (with alt text!) in the post
5. post about it as if this is the first time someone's learning about it/you

19.12.2025 18:50 πŸ‘ 43 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
a print with skulls and a kitty cat watering plants that says please plant native plants or go to hell, with water spraying everywhere

a print with skulls and a kitty cat watering plants that says please plant native plants or go to hell, with water spraying everywhere

Plant Native Plants or GO TO HELLLL by the wonderful @the666cat.bsky.social

(now pictured in better lighting. Thanks, daytime).

Get 'em at SquidFacts.net

04.03.2026 18:43 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 24 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

obsessed w this color palette tbh

04.03.2026 22:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

teaching about morphology today which meant making my linguistics students scream the word PHILAFUCKINGDELPHIA at me in unison to show how we can predict where the FUCKING goes based on which syllable is stressed

04.03.2026 19:01 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
Far Side Cow Tools comic with Praat logo in the lower right corner

Far Side Cow Tools comic with Praat logo in the lower right corner

studying linguistics equips you with the tools necessary to succeed in the real world.

the tools

04.03.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 93 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 2

is there anything better for the ol self-esteem than a toddler thinking you're cool

04.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Students, staff, faculty turning to ChatGPT? That means they are being asked to do things they don't have the time, resources, support, etc to do.

09.12.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 396 πŸ” 74 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 9

In early 2024, I got to speak to Deans from up & down the West Coast of the US & Canada about "AI". I told them that the only value of ChatGPT for university administrators is as a contrast-dye test to show where resources are lacking.

09.12.2025 14:16 πŸ‘ 359 πŸ” 75 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 10
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Broad claims about gender and behavior fall apart when studies include ethnically diverse samples Behavioral economics relies heavily on studies of Western, educated people. A recent analysis provides evidence that ignoring racial diversity within the United States has led to flawed generalization...

"The research suggests that generalizations about human behavior are often flawed because they rely on samples composed largely of White individuals."

04.03.2026 07:37 πŸ‘ 1556 πŸ” 614 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 81
a print with skulls and a kitty cat watering plants that says please plant native plants or go to hell, with water spraying everywhere

a print with skulls and a kitty cat watering plants that says please plant native plants or go to hell, with water spraying everywhere

Sometimes you're done with asking nicely.

Our friend @the666cat.bsky.social put a decidedly Philadelphia spin on the appeal to plant native plants in our city.

Please plant native plants
or
Go to hell!

Get prints (11x14in) at SquidFacts.net

04.03.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 285 πŸ” 61 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 0

Super happy to see our paper (w/ @riannawalcott.bsky.social) in Journal of Sociolinguistics: "β€˜Gen Z Language? Y'all Mean AAVE’: The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as β€˜TikTok Language’ 🧡

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

04.03.2026 09:31 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 3

lsa webinar? lsa always desperate for webinars tbh

03.03.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

with all my spare executive function im founding and editing a journal now! (but omg post tenure maybe, truly good idea. i do think we need to pitch a special issue somewhere that's just Oops All Gender Squibs)

03.03.2026 23:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

omg yeah

03.03.2026 18:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

want to know how these people really feel about defending effeminate gay men? watch how they talk about trans men who are fem and/or gay (but i bet you can guess)

03.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 162 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

oh also if we're encoding executive dysfunction just take away cantrips and make a bunch of stuff only possible via spells. tying your fucking shoes now takes a spell slot also. think carefully about how you're allocating your shit all day!

03.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

oh yeah absolutely. some overlap here also

03.03.2026 18:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

what i like about this is you could use it to nerf an op character, or you could use it to literally kill a wizard. oh yeah thats Jerlimain the Effervescent, they died of sensory processing disorder one time

03.03.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0