Dillon D. W. J. Hartwig

Stealing the word "beclown," too good not to use

Free excellent linguistics example: the eggplant emoji is a fantastic, highly memorable example of the arbitrariness of the sign.

Translated into Tamazight:

Tifsa

"tfsy tižži n uldžžig, han ddunit trwas tanast n lbxur
ar-k ttalɣn a Ṛbbi ysignaw, d waman, d uqmmur
ima nkkʷni nẓẓiẓy udm n wakal ismigiln ad ig agḍṛuṛ"

(PS: السواري "clouds (night clouds that bring rain)"

Glum George Lucas talks about how important trade disputes are.

Environmental storytelling: wasp in my classroom this morning crawling around on a card that said "Exterminators Took Care of All Wasp Nests 3/2/26"

80s singer Thomas Dolby on raising queer kids: "the eldest is trans, the middle is a lesbian, and the youngest is a drummer"

The 3 genders

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

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

The Singularity is upon us: Apple's AI summarized a text message that read "I'm still down to clown if you are" to.... "clown event still possible."

So apparently grammarly stole my fuckin identity

Five colored squares, from left to right: Hex F4FF00, 9BFF00, 00B62F, 009E9E, 003A9E

Might as well do a little community thing:

How would y'all describe these 5 colors in your #conlang?

In Soc'ul' the left two are "miúx", the right two are "cur", and the middle varies but more often "cur" (see comment for more detail)

in yiddish a cranberry is a zhurekhline (זשורעכלינע) and a raisin is a rozhinke (ראָזשינקע) and i feel like we could make a really great word for “craisin” here

‘Age Verification’ could force trans people to out themselves to use the internet Automated online ID checking systems add new potential dangers to having a mismatching ID.

Must read from @janus.bsky.social about how “age verification” laws are paving the way for the online version of what just happened to trans people in Kansas (gift link!) www.theverge.com/policy/89207...

Hey y'all, as you know, I am now unemployed. A few people have reached out to offer me some money to ease my financial anxiety, but the thing is, I still have a decent amount of runway. My friend below however does not and needs $750 by end of month. So I wanted to redirect ppl to her.

Photo of a yellow cocker spaniel curled up in the couch.

Early morning Freya cinnamon roll

If you’re in California — this is worth 2 min of your time.

Great explainer of the 2026 California Jungle Primary

The last day to register to vote for the June 2nd Primary Election is May 18, 2026.

We can not, I repeat, CAN NOT let a Republican become governor of our state.

Tweet from Rep. Andy Ogles: "Muslims don't belong in American society. Pluralism is a lie."

Obviously the extreme bigotry against Muslims is more than enough reason to oppose this, but it's worth noting that this is also an attack on the very basic principle of religious pluralism that has made the US a comparatively safe place for Diaspora Jews.

A new Conlangery Podcast is out! I talk to Gideon Henner about his conlang built to illustrate some common features of autistic communication. #conlang #language #linguistics youtu.be/vPBSLFkABV0

"Don't be so careful in time of death" is the motto I live by right now.

A broccoli failing to escape a predator

Latest attacks in Lebanon leave nearly 400 dead as two Israeli soldiers killed

Maybe the most impressive headline distortionism I've ever seen

Country Joe Mcdonald - Feel Like i'm Fixing to Die Rag - Woodstock '69 YouTube video by Lidia

"C'mon all you big strong men, Uncle Sam needs your help again. Got himself in a bit of a jam - way over yonder in far Iran."

RIP, Joe.
#CountryJoe #FishCheer

www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRl6...

This is the same depraved shit they did during slavery, I say for the 8 millionth time.

Thank God for Catholics (not Catholic I just like the Lent all-you-can-eats and community fish-fries)

Text in Knrawi / Soc'ul' / Kilīmos-sāîl, see link for romanization and details

A #conlang / #neography text I'm especially proud of, feat. @fyorr.bsky.social (creator of Kilīmos-sāîl & associated script)

A trilingual (Knrawi / Soc'ul' / Kilīmos-sāîl) sign

The text is too long to reasonably put here, so for more details go to: www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/c...

Attempted suicides, fights, pain: 911 calls reveal misery at ICE’s largest detention facility The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas.

“Never again” is meaningless if it doesn’t include this. There’s no reason to mince words other than cowardice: these are concentration camps and never again is now.

Harper to the judge: "Your driver's license doesn't list your height and weight at birth. It doesn't list where you used to live. It identifies who you are now."

Crazy that there’s a song whose sole purpose is the doxx the muffin man

الشَّيءُ يَبْدُؤُهُ في الأَصْلِ أَصْغَرُهُ ... وَلَيسَ يَصْلَى بِكُلِّ الحَرْبِ جَانِيهَا والحربُ يلحق فيها الكارهُونَ كما ... تدنو الصِّحَاحُ إلى الْجَرْبَى فَتُعْدِيهَا

—On War—
🐪

Things begin small —
and the one who starts a war is not
the one who burns in it.

War draws in even those who oppose it
like a mangy camel
makes the others sick.

— anonymous, from the Ḥamāsah of Abū Tammām (d. 845 CE)

I'm probably the only person that's ever had a practical reason to learn both Icelandic and Hmong

They didn't just remove him - Senator Sheehy (R-Montana) literally broke his arm.