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Chenchen Zhang 🤦🏻‍♀️ @chenchenzhang.net · 6d

Some thoughts on Zhongyuan Mandarin - from someone growing up internalizing the stigma associated with our native dialect chenchenzhang.net/2025/10/05/s...

Some thoughts on Zhongyuan Mandarin

On why re-examining our “dialects” is about resisting hierarchies, opposing discrimination, and pursuing linguistic justice, rather than cultural “orthodoxy”.

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Mun-Keat Looi @munkeatlooi.bsky.social · 7h

Chris Stoker-Walker's grandfather suffered from delirium at the end of his life, but the journey to that diagnosis was difficult. It was a real privilege to speak to Chris for the latest episode of our podcast, about about the impact delirium had on his family. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBy...

The difficulty of delirium diagnosis, the lack of agency in the 10 year plan, and Gaza wounds

In this episode of the podcast; In July this year, the Government published their 10 year health plan for England - A new analysis just published on BMJ.com takes an in depth look at the chances…

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 1d

what are the classic essays (in English, but could be Dutch or French too) defending the liberal arts that would be appropriate for a high school audience?

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 1d

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 1d

what are the classic essays (in English, but could be Dutch or French too) defending the liberal arts that would be appropriate for a high school audience?

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 1d

Russian drones shot down in Dnipro carried messages like "hang yourselves" and "For Belgorod," local media reported.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 1d

“Women-led papers were more likely to be featured in local outlets than in national, international, or science-specialty media. They appeared more often in liberal-leaning outlets than conservative ones. And coverage of their work carried a more negative tone”

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When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 2d

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 2d

Craig Finn of The Hold Steady

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 4d

I have been trying to get this published as an op-ed, but I am going to post it here since I think it is timely in light of the "consent" extortion events.

Deafening Quiet from the Scientific Establishment

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 3d

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 3d

Magnus Pharao, who appears in Bye Bye I Love You!

Magnus Pharao @magnuspharao.bsky.social · 3d

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Researchers on the verge of solving Mexican mystery

Christophe Helmke and Magnus Pharao Hansen have taken the first steps toward solving a major archaeological mystery surrounding the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan. Until now, the language of Teot...

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Magnus Pharao @magnuspharao.bsky.social · 3d

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Researchers on the verge of solving Mexican mystery

Christophe Helmke and Magnus Pharao Hansen have taken the first steps toward solving a major archaeological mystery surrounding the ancient Mexican city of Teotihuacan. Until now, the language of Teot...

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 3d

draw this with wire under the light of a full moon to summon the loas of cyberspace

Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 4d

Maddening. And then they will hire consultants so easily!

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 4d

I feel this. And I work at a university! Just without a research appointment.

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 4d

Thrilled that someone finally made a documentary about the rail trail movement that treats that history for what it is: a fascinating and shockingly controversial story about the right to public space, which is every bit as epic as the battle against the highway movement (which sometimes overlaps).

The Shocking Untold History of America's Rails-to-Trails Movement — Streetsblog USA

Some of the fiercest battles for the future of public space in America have happened on abandoned railway corridors — and the battles aren't over yet.

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 4d

Here’s a sigil

A silhouette map of the US (sans Alaska and Hawaii) showing the links of ARPAnet in March 1972. The lines stretch between clusters of nodes on each coast

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 4d

two weird language developments in the US -- the takedown of the government's plain language guidance website, and NSFs proscription against first person pronouns in grant proposal reviews. linked? probably not directly...

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 4d

in the sidebar is a piece I wrote in 2009. also solid language journalism

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Christopher Brown @christopherbrown.bsky.social · 4d

The paperback edition of A Natural History of Empty Lots is out today from Timber Press @hachetteus.bsky.social! Thanks to all the readers who have picked up the hardcover and ebook over the past year (or listened to the audiobook) and spread the word 🙏📖💚

Paperback editions of A Natural History of Empty Lots in a box

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 4d

Cc @kirbyconrod.bsky.social also on the topic of linguistic materialities

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 4d

solid language journalism here www.science.org/content/arti...

China bolsters controversial claim to Pacific languages with new museum

Nationalist narrative holds that Austronesian language and culture originated in China, not Taiwan

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Teresa Völker @tevoelker.bsky.social · 4d

New paper out with @dasalgon.bsky.social: “Far-Right Agenda Setting: How the Far Right influences the Political Mainstream” doi.org/10.1017/S1475676525100066 #openaccess in @ejprjournal.bsky.social🧵

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Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 5d

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