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Randy Allen Harris

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 10d

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 49: Fritz Newmeyer

In this interview, Fritz Newmeyer discusses linguistics, history of linguistics, and politics.

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HiPhiLangSci @hiphilangsci.bsky.social · 25d

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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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.

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · 26d

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.

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Adele Goldberg @adelegoldberg.bsky.social · Aug 15

📌 👉 The 14th International Construction Grammar conference will be held at Princeton, June 4-7, 2026

Usage-based analyses and Empirical methods

Stay tuned for updates!

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

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Zeteo @zeteo.com · Jul 20

“We may have to rename this show because you’re a little bit more than a far-right Republican.”

@mehdirhasan.bsky.social called out a self-proclaimed ‘fascist’ on the show ‘Surrounded’ where he debated 20 far-right Republicans.

Watch the full episode on Jubilee’s YouTube:
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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Jul 2

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...

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...

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Apr 24

How better to roll back the clock?

Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Apr 23

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...

NIH guts its first and largest study centered on women

The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings

www.science.org

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · Apr 10

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.

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Michael Truscello🏴 @mtruscello.bsky.social · Apr 8

#Trump #AgeofStupid

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Apr 2

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

Games Institute Podcast · Episode

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Mar 21

... 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.

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Mar 21

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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POROI | Issue: Issue: 1(19) POROI’s First 25 Years: Mapping the Past, Charting the Future (2025)

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Mar 18

er, propaganda?

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · Feb 14

Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"

This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Feb 11

Brilliant

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Mark Dingemanse @dingemansemark.bsky.social · Feb 3

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

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]

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Feb 2

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.

Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · Feb 2

do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you

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Jeff Tiedrich @jefftiedrich.bsky.social · Feb 2

do you have any idea just how badly you have to fuck up to get Canada mad at you

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Feb 1

@ontarioliberal.bsky.social

Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Jan 21

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

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · Jan 21

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

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

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

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jan 20

With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier

Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier

The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.

www.huffpost.com

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Jan 20

JFC. Musk, Bezos and Zuckerberg are in the front row at the #inauguration.

They are sat IN FRONT of Trump’s Cabinet.

The era of oligarchy.

(📸: Julia Demaree Nikhinson, AFP)

A picture of Zuckerberg, Bezos, his girlfriend, and Musk standing in the Rotunda

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Jan 18

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

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

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Jan 16

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

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RhetCanada @rhetcan.bsky.social · Jan 16

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

The 2025 RhetCanada Conference

Fourwaves - The 2025 RhetCanada Conference

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Lynne Murphy @lynneguist.bsky.social · Jan 15

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

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

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 …

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Randy Allen Harris @randyallenharris.bsky.social · Jan 14

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CIPSH: World Logic Day

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