Bronwyn
@bron.bsky.social
Linguist, reader, knitter, video gamer, Canadian (in no particular order). Thinks a lot about auxiliaries and pronouns, Stardew Valley, and books with magic and/or spaceships and/or kissing in them. Experimenting with context collapse. (she/her)
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This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 16, 2026 at 9:29 AM
This could be the unified Dem position. It is wildly popular. Puts the regime on defense on two fronts at the same time. Good policy, good politics.
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This is awesome! I have been curating a list of #linguistics journals, with information on their publishing model (and also on whether they admit submissions created by LaTeX, a high-quality, professional Open Source way to produce scientific documents).
uni-duesseldorf.sciebo.de/s/BvRY0u3rDY...
uni-duesseldorf.sciebo.de/s/BvRY0u3rDY...
January 16, 2026 at 9:05 AM
This is awesome! I have been curating a list of #linguistics journals, with information on their publishing model (and also on whether they admit submissions created by LaTeX, a high-quality, professional Open Source way to produce scientific documents).
uni-duesseldorf.sciebo.de/s/BvRY0u3rDY...
uni-duesseldorf.sciebo.de/s/BvRY0u3rDY...
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since a lot of people are following me for the politics, I guess I should point out that our accidentally incredibly relevant trilogy from @torbooks.bsky.social combines my favorite things: angry bisexuals, 3D printing, hating tech bros, freeze drying, and people with superpowers banging
It is increasingly hysterical laugh/cry to me that we wrote a trilogy about three ladies with a grudge against biotech corporations who just want to do community organizing and open a library but evil rich men keep making them do heists and murders and then they have to reinvent democracy. 🤣
January 15, 2026 at 4:59 AM
since a lot of people are following me for the politics, I guess I should point out that our accidentally incredibly relevant trilogy from @torbooks.bsky.social combines my favorite things: angry bisexuals, 3D printing, hating tech bros, freeze drying, and people with superpowers banging
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Calling all Feminist SFF fans! Panel suggestions are OPEN! If you've ever thought, "I wish there was a panel about," this is your moment. Submit your feminist SFF ideas and help us have the BEST WisCon, EVER!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention
January 15, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Calling all Feminist SFF fans! Panel suggestions are OPEN! If you've ever thought, "I wish there was a panel about," this is your moment. Submit your feminist SFF ideas and help us have the BEST WisCon, EVER!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#WisCon #WomeninSFF #feministconvention
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From the same designer & publisher who did that Māori game a couple years back, never talked to any Māori, and disregarded any complaints about representation & appropriation on Kickstarter while other white dudes leapt to his defense, all while deflecting with dubious claims of historical accuracy
It's getting some push back on its Kickstarter comments by actual Irish people - not all of whom I agree with, but the general sentiment of "could you have checked in with an Irish historian first" rings incredibly true.
Sadly, there are also weirdo kneejerk defenders with their heads deep in sand
Sadly, there are also weirdo kneejerk defenders with their heads deep in sand
January 13, 2026 at 9:35 AM
From the same designer & publisher who did that Māori game a couple years back, never talked to any Māori, and disregarded any complaints about representation & appropriation on Kickstarter while other white dudes leapt to his defense, all while deflecting with dubious claims of historical accuracy
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You can't even buy the self-heating instant ramen here! Boo!
January 12, 2026 at 6:37 PM
You can't even buy the self-heating instant ramen here! Boo!
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If you are a worker at a place where ice is staying or patronizing, think of creative ways you can gum up the works:
Take forever to wait on them or bring them their check. Waste every second of their time you can! Make them repeat themselves again because you “didn’t catch that”
Take forever to wait on them or bring them their check. Waste every second of their time you can! Make them repeat themselves again because you “didn’t catch that”
January 12, 2026 at 3:17 PM
If you are a worker at a place where ice is staying or patronizing, think of creative ways you can gum up the works:
Take forever to wait on them or bring them their check. Waste every second of their time you can! Make them repeat themselves again because you “didn’t catch that”
Take forever to wait on them or bring them their check. Waste every second of their time you can! Make them repeat themselves again because you “didn’t catch that”
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Action item for Canadians:
look up your municipal/provincial/federal rep
Does their official website have an X button on it?
Write them a letter that says: "Hey, I'm your constituent, your website [url] has a link that goes to a site with porn on it"
Use more words than that if you got spoons.
look up your municipal/provincial/federal rep
Does their official website have an X button on it?
Write them a letter that says: "Hey, I'm your constituent, your website [url] has a link that goes to a site with porn on it"
Use more words than that if you got spoons.
January 12, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Action item for Canadians:
look up your municipal/provincial/federal rep
Does their official website have an X button on it?
Write them a letter that says: "Hey, I'm your constituent, your website [url] has a link that goes to a site with porn on it"
Use more words than that if you got spoons.
look up your municipal/provincial/federal rep
Does their official website have an X button on it?
Write them a letter that says: "Hey, I'm your constituent, your website [url] has a link that goes to a site with porn on it"
Use more words than that if you got spoons.
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Basically Jack Reacher has sex with The Law Enforcement Officer Du Livre as a break for the author exhausted by choreographing constant violence. Whereas a Regency duke has a full bare-knuckle boxing scene as a break for the author who really cannot think of one more synonym for penis.
January 12, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Basically Jack Reacher has sex with The Law Enforcement Officer Du Livre as a break for the author exhausted by choreographing constant violence. Whereas a Regency duke has a full bare-knuckle boxing scene as a break for the author who really cannot think of one more synonym for penis.
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If you're writing a SFF / thriller you can have all the gratuitous sex scenes you want but the murder and violence has to advance plot and character.
If you're writing romance, the *sex scenes* need to advance the plot, and the *murder and violence* are where you go to town.
simple.
If you're writing romance, the *sex scenes* need to advance the plot, and the *murder and violence* are where you go to town.
simple.
*lights cigarette* Kids complaining about "sex scenes that don't advance the plot" wouldn't have lasted three books on the SFF shelves of an average bookstore in 1993
January 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
If you're writing a SFF / thriller you can have all the gratuitous sex scenes you want but the murder and violence has to advance plot and character.
If you're writing romance, the *sex scenes* need to advance the plot, and the *murder and violence* are where you go to town.
simple.
If you're writing romance, the *sex scenes* need to advance the plot, and the *murder and violence* are where you go to town.
simple.
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Years ago, 957 people from Twitter contributed to my research on 'because X' and I promised I'd share the results with them. I can't, because twitter, but please share it with people here anyway: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Non-paywalled pre-print: kar.kent.ac.uk/105654/
#linguistics
Non-paywalled pre-print: kar.kent.ac.uk/105654/
#linguistics
8 A snapshot of the emerging because-X construction
8 A snapshot of the emerging because-X construction was published in English Sociosyntax on page 227.
www.degruyterbrill.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Years ago, 957 people from Twitter contributed to my research on 'because X' and I promised I'd share the results with them. I can't, because twitter, but please share it with people here anyway: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Non-paywalled pre-print: kar.kent.ac.uk/105654/
#linguistics
Non-paywalled pre-print: kar.kent.ac.uk/105654/
#linguistics
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"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!
January 11, 2026 at 10:33 PM
"I'm not in Minnesota -- what can I do to help?"
A list of ideas!
A list of ideas!
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It all sounded very woo-woo to me. But the science backs it up: if you think you won't succeed, you never even try. Your brain is building a hallucination of your world all the time. If you REALLY want to focus on something you can control, the stories you tell about the world and experiences are it
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
It all sounded very woo-woo to me. But the science backs it up: if you think you won't succeed, you never even try. Your brain is building a hallucination of your world all the time. If you REALLY want to focus on something you can control, the stories you tell about the world and experiences are it
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Repeating a "we're fucked" narrative is the fastest way to learned helplessness. I know this intimately, having sat in the cage myself for two years. But while we don't have control over our stressors, we have control over our *reactions* to the stressors. Our thoughts, emotions, THAT,we can control
January 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Repeating a "we're fucked" narrative is the fastest way to learned helplessness. I know this intimately, having sat in the cage myself for two years. But while we don't have control over our stressors, we have control over our *reactions* to the stressors. Our thoughts, emotions, THAT,we can control
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Just remember: when NPR stopped posting on Twitter they only saw traffic to their site drop by a single percentage point.
Canadian news outlets, politicians and government agencies are making an active choice to feed value into Musk’s CSAM fascist engine by continuing their presence.
Canadian news outlets, politicians and government agencies are making an active choice to feed value into Musk’s CSAM fascist engine by continuing their presence.
Six Months Ago NPR Left Twitter. The Effects Have Been Negligible - Nieman Reports
The numbers confirm what many of us have long suspected — that Twitter wasn’t worth the effort, at least in terms of traffic
niemanreports.org
January 11, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Just remember: when NPR stopped posting on Twitter they only saw traffic to their site drop by a single percentage point.
Canadian news outlets, politicians and government agencies are making an active choice to feed value into Musk’s CSAM fascist engine by continuing their presence.
Canadian news outlets, politicians and government agencies are making an active choice to feed value into Musk’s CSAM fascist engine by continuing their presence.
Minneapolis-based friends: if you wanted to send a care package to someone in town right now, are there any local businesses you'd suggest? Goal is something for kids (whose school is affected by closures) and some kind of treats/food for adults.
January 11, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Minneapolis-based friends: if you wanted to send a care package to someone in town right now, are there any local businesses you'd suggest? Goal is something for kids (whose school is affected by closures) and some kind of treats/food for adults.
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Here's a way to help in Minnesota right now.
Pentz Homes will be doing a rolling food drive to support our struggling local businesses and help the families who are afraid to leave their homes. You can help in two ways! Shop at local immigrant-owned stores and donate the goods, or send us your funds and we will do the shopping for you.
January 11, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Here's a way to help in Minnesota right now.
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When one of my pals suggested reaching out to Naomi to help with this, I immediately face-palmed for not thinking of her myself. Because Naomi is the author of one of my favorite stories/tiny novellas, the one I recommend to ANYONE who likes our books.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
January 11, 2026 at 3:36 PM
When one of my pals suggested reaching out to Naomi to help with this, I immediately face-palmed for not thinking of her myself. Because Naomi is the author of one of my favorite stories/tiny novellas, the one I recommend to ANYONE who likes our books.
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
This is a real week for examples of how headlines using the actual grammatical passive voice are often better at attributing agency than headlines in the active voice are.
January 11, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is a real week for examples of how headlines using the actual grammatical passive voice are often better at attributing agency than headlines in the active voice are.
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Can’t wait tau faurget saume auld acquaintances. THEY KNAUW WHY.
December 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Can’t wait tau faurget saume auld acquaintances. THEY KNAUW WHY.
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Really wishing I’d had time to take that street first aid class. Does anyone have a good graphic/visual card for pepper spray? Is there a recommended pocket-size first aid kit?
January 10, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Really wishing I’d had time to take that street first aid class. Does anyone have a good graphic/visual card for pepper spray? Is there a recommended pocket-size first aid kit?
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Big shout out to #LSA2026 for the hybrid attendance option: there's an astonishing number of panels available for virtual attendees, and the audio so far is excellent. (Visibility of slides isn't great, but it's good enough, and slides are tricky logistically in hybrid setups)
January 8, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Big shout out to #LSA2026 for the hybrid attendance option: there's an astonishing number of panels available for virtual attendees, and the audio so far is excellent. (Visibility of slides isn't great, but it's good enough, and slides are tricky logistically in hybrid setups)
Today I shamefacedly approached circulation at the library with a stack of literally-years-late books to return, and got just the kindest and least judgemental response from the librarian staffing the desk.
January 7, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Today I shamefacedly approached circulation at the library with a stack of literally-years-late books to return, and got just the kindest and least judgemental response from the librarian staffing the desk.
Have reached the stage of moving where the concept of possessions feels like a foolish mistake.
January 6, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Have reached the stage of moving where the concept of possessions feels like a foolish mistake.