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Joe Salmons
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linguistics mostly, politics, Wisconsin
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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 5d
This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.
Cultural Regions of the US
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Roland Schuhmann @theoldgermanicguy.bsky.social · 8d
Lese gerade, dass Peter Eisenberg verstorben ist ...
Nachruf auf Prof. Dr. Peter Eisenberg (1940-2025)
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · 23d
When you're serious about parking for bikes. Uppsala University campus ... basically very nice two-story garage for bikes. Pretty please?
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · 24d
If you haven't quit academia .edu yet, you're running late.
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Sep 11
Virtual launch party for Surviving Linguistics (cascadilla.com/surviving.html)!

Sep 26, 2025 12:00 PM *Pacific Time*

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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Surviving Linguistics Book Launch. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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AAUP @aaup.org · Sep 11
The AAUP calls on Texas A&M & Texas State to reverse the ideological firings of faculty members. We condemn the removal of the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences & the chair of the English department at Texas A&M for supporting the academic freedom of an instructor as a draconian abuse of power.
AAUP President Condemns Political Firings of Texas Faculty, Calls for Reinstatements
The sudden firings of faculty members this week at two Texas universities are serious violations of well-established standards and principles of academic freedom and tenure and set a dangerous new pre...
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Aug 30
Balance what you think is most important against what shows how you would shine in the job advertised. With your record, there's plenty to choose from!
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Aug 29
Utterly legit and sometimes necessary.
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Aug 29
Surviving Linguistics, third edition, with a little video on the page. cascadilla.com/surviving.html
Surviving Linguistics: A Guide for Graduate Students
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Aug 28
It's how I always submit.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 28
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About Linguistics @aboutlinguistics.bsky.social · Aug 23
This is a diamond mine 💎
Most cited | Phonology | Cambridge Core
Most cited Phonology - Professor Daniel Currie Hall, Professor Ellen M. Kaisse, Professor Yoonjung Kang, Emily Clare
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Aug 16
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Linguistics could make language learning more relevant – and attractive – for school pupils
A languages curriculum enriched with linguistics is appealing to students and teachers.
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Jessi Grieser @jessgrieser.com · Aug 15
UMich Ling is hiring for a cluster hire position in AI and Linguistics! Come work in a fabulous department with great grad students, supportive colleagues, and one overly school-spirited nut who will tell you where all the fun stuff is on campus.

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Senator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · Aug 13
Corporate America has been waging a war against the trade union movement for a simple reason:

They know that union workers earn higher wages and better benefits than non-union workers.
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Aug 12
Outside the Museum of Memory and Human Rights in Santiago. An absolutely terrifying but invaluable place for an American to visit now.
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Aug 10
Hardest thing about reading it! Only hard thing. What a book. I'm constantly recommending it to people.
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Cadernos de Linguística @cadlin.bsky.social · Aug 9
How did a sailors’ pidgin from the Mediterranean end up in the commands of Senegal’s colonial troops? This study follows the unexpected journey from sea jargon to Français Tirailleur.
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Aug 1
RIP Flaco Jiménez. One of the greats.
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Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social · Jul 31
🌟MOTHER IS CALLING! 🌟

Delighted to announce a new online research group, MATER: Medievalists Against The Extreme Right, under the @errnetwork.bsky.social umbrella! If you were at @themamoconf.bsky.social & enjoyed my workshop, you might find this new venture interesting. Do email me to sign up. 🗃️
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Jul 31
Are other states trying to use AI for court interpreting? Are any linguists engaging on this?

www.aclu-wi.org/en/legislati...
AB 292/SB 295: Artificial Intelligence Court Interpreters
This bill would allow courts to use artificial intelligence or other machine assisted translation in civil, criminal or other proceedings including trials.
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Jul 27
You know, I don't do chives. Hot peppers and a bunch of herbs ... basil, parsley, rosemary, oregano, etc. My sister has oregano that's spreading like mad.
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Jul 26
Cilantro is the only thing I can never get to work.
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Jul 23
Wow.
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The Layman's Linguist @laymanslinguist.bsky.social · Jul 23
Amazing things are happening on X: The Everything App
FischerKing @FischerKing64 Subscribe English will be the common be the international language for the foreseeable future. It has almost no grammar that is really important. It's just a group words cobbled ogether from around the world. It's easy to learn. Iits only problem is that it's hard to spell because of Il the historical interludes. It has 26 letters that most people know anyway. Chinese or anything like it has no chance. No one wants to learn 3,000 characters or hieroglyphs to read a newspaper. The Chinese won't even want to learn tt long run. You could think of English as a proto-Al - a first step toward artificial intelligence that made us able to communicate seamlessly, while also making us all stupid. 4:45 PM. 22Jul 25 . 356K Views
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Joe Salmons @joesalmons.bsky.social · Jul 15
It's non-stop stupid.
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Diane Lillo-Martin @dclm.bsky.social · Jul 15
This is so misguided. Multilingualism should be promoted and encouraged
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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · Jul 14
Pam Bondi calls support for languages other than English "virtue-signaling."

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