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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PLEASE, retail workers
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 5:21 AM
PLEASE, retail workers
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
from a religious minority living under Christian hegemony year-round
(factcheck: true)
the public space stuff this time of year is a lot
(though I'd 100% take public Christmas but w/national abortion access if playing forced choice, ofc)
PLEASE DO THIS
it is a kindness
Okay, if you come from a homemade fruitcake tradition, how much alcohol would you say each cake gets soaked in, on average?
November 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Okay, if you come from a homemade fruitcake tradition, how much alcohol would you say each cake gets soaked in, on average?
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Hey linguists, check it out! @lingsocam.bsky.social has virtual registration options for the #LSA2026 meeting:
web.cvent.com/event/d45318...
🐦🐦
web.cvent.com/event/d45318...
🐦🐦
Registration Info - LSA 2026 Annual Meeting
web.cvent.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Hey linguists, check it out! @lingsocam.bsky.social has virtual registration options for the #LSA2026 meeting:
web.cvent.com/event/d45318...
🐦🐦
web.cvent.com/event/d45318...
🐦🐦
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Life is short. Use the stickers.
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Life is short. Use the stickers.
I have been getting really weird pressure-induced hives recently. Not sure what's got my immune system all up in arms, but it is *annoying*.
November 19, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I have been getting really weird pressure-induced hives recently. Not sure what's got my immune system all up in arms, but it is *annoying*.
It somehow took me until today, after literal weeks of Political Budget Drama, to realize that our current finance minister's last name is literally Champagne. 🍾
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
It somehow took me until today, after literal weeks of Political Budget Drama, to realize that our current finance minister's last name is literally Champagne. 🍾
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Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
November 18, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
Today is the day that online product recommendations got bad enough that I finally subscribed to Consumer Reports. Apparently they're a nonprofit?
November 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Today is the day that online product recommendations got bad enough that I finally subscribed to Consumer Reports. Apparently they're a nonprofit?
This year the LSA has a real hybrid option! And as Jessi says downthread, if we want this to remain an option in the future it's important to actually register to attend virtually.
🧵Register for virtual attendance at the #LSA2026 conference! You can filter the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting Program for the Track "Hybrid" and see the 45 sessions that virtual registrants will be able to attend. www.linguisticsociety.org.
And some real talk below:
And some real talk below:
LSA
www.linguisticsociety.org
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This year the LSA has a real hybrid option! And as Jessi says downthread, if we want this to remain an option in the future it's important to actually register to attend virtually.
Friends, I am thrilled to announce that my yarn stash is now totally organized! And miraculously it all fits into 2 large bins, as opposed to 3 haphazardly full bins + mystery yarn languishing in drawers in project bags!
Now we're onto the languishing I-hate-weaving-in-ends semi-finished projects.
Now we're onto the languishing I-hate-weaving-in-ends semi-finished projects.
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Friends, I am thrilled to announce that my yarn stash is now totally organized! And miraculously it all fits into 2 large bins, as opposed to 3 haphazardly full bins + mystery yarn languishing in drawers in project bags!
Now we're onto the languishing I-hate-weaving-in-ends semi-finished projects.
Now we're onto the languishing I-hate-weaving-in-ends semi-finished projects.
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I think this is *the* licensing issue of our time.
Whether it's prohibiting fascist uses or stopping AI training, liberal open licenses are falling down.
I still like CC BY-SA, forcing to share derivatives, but am not sure a license change is the technical solution to this social problem.
Whether it's prohibiting fascist uses or stopping AI training, liberal open licenses are falling down.
I still like CC BY-SA, forcing to share derivatives, but am not sure a license change is the technical solution to this social problem.
"That's a problem for me. You see, I wanna make my software freely available to everyone in the world except those guys specifically. That very particular bunch of autocratic corpo-states are actively destroying the world I'm trying to pro-socially enrich as a commoner."
Open Source Power
We have to talk about open source licensing.
blog.muni.town
November 16, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I think this is *the* licensing issue of our time.
Whether it's prohibiting fascist uses or stopping AI training, liberal open licenses are falling down.
I still like CC BY-SA, forcing to share derivatives, but am not sure a license change is the technical solution to this social problem.
Whether it's prohibiting fascist uses or stopping AI training, liberal open licenses are falling down.
I still like CC BY-SA, forcing to share derivatives, but am not sure a license change is the technical solution to this social problem.
For the first time in years I'm going through all my yarn and trying to categorize it and store it sensibly, so I have some chance of knowing what I have. Pictured here, maybe 1/3 of the total?
November 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
For the first time in years I'm going through all my yarn and trying to categorize it and store it sensibly, so I have some chance of knowing what I have. Pictured here, maybe 1/3 of the total?
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Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Jim Ryan letter
www.documentcloud.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Jim Ryan wrote a letter to UVA detailing his "resignation" and I'm gonna get some fresh tea before I read it because I feel pretty certain I'm gonna be filled with righteous anger by the end
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
I'll do a thread but here's the full letter provided by the chronicle
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
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Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Printers and computers treat each other like they broke up the night before and you’re they’re mutual friend
Tfw you forget that σ as shorthand for "syllable" isn't transparent, and also your handwritten sigma bears no relation to how it's usually written. Thank goodness for the student who actually stopped me to ask what that meant on the board.
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Tfw you forget that σ as shorthand for "syllable" isn't transparent, and also your handwritten sigma bears no relation to how it's usually written. Thank goodness for the student who actually stopped me to ask what that meant on the board.
Just discovered that IKEA calls their configuration tools (eg design your wardrobe / closet / kitchen) "configurators" which is oddly amusing.
November 13, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Just discovered that IKEA calls their configuration tools (eg design your wardrobe / closet / kitchen) "configurators" which is oddly amusing.
A few weeks ago I cancelled a planned overnight camping trip because the lows were under 5C.
But now I still really want to go camping this calendar year, and I'm telling myself that next weekend has great weather for it because at least the lows aren't below freezing.
But now I still really want to go camping this calendar year, and I'm telling myself that next weekend has great weather for it because at least the lows aren't below freezing.
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
A few weeks ago I cancelled a planned overnight camping trip because the lows were under 5C.
But now I still really want to go camping this calendar year, and I'm telling myself that next weekend has great weather for it because at least the lows aren't below freezing.
But now I still really want to go camping this calendar year, and I'm telling myself that next weekend has great weather for it because at least the lows aren't below freezing.
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Heads up: If you haven't read A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by @tkingfisher.com (and frankly that's criminal in the first place) and you're on Audible, it's part of the 2 for 1 sale right now. You won't regret it.
It has a possibly sentient, probably murderous sourdough starter in it.
It has a possibly sentient, probably murderous sourdough starter in it.
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Heads up: If you haven't read A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking by @tkingfisher.com (and frankly that's criminal in the first place) and you're on Audible, it's part of the 2 for 1 sale right now. You won't regret it.
It has a possibly sentient, probably murderous sourdough starter in it.
It has a possibly sentient, probably murderous sourdough starter in it.
Let us all take this day as one where we reflect on the imperative to strive for peace and reject the glorification of war. And where we remember how much is possible when all of society works for a common goal, and ask why that only seems to happen in wartime.
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Let us all take this day as one where we reflect on the imperative to strive for peace and reject the glorification of war. And where we remember how much is possible when all of society works for a common goal, and ask why that only seems to happen in wartime.
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Like, yeah, yeah, you have your Groundwork of the Metaphysics for Morals and What Do We Owe Each Other and Man's Search for Meaning but in the end there's still no greater philosophical analysis of the plight of humanity than this.
November 8, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Like, yeah, yeah, you have your Groundwork of the Metaphysics for Morals and What Do We Owe Each Other and Man's Search for Meaning but in the end there's still no greater philosophical analysis of the plight of humanity than this.
I need someone to figure out a formal syntactic analysis of pronouns used to talk about inanimate persons in science fiction settings.
November 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I need someone to figure out a formal syntactic analysis of pronouns used to talk about inanimate persons in science fiction settings.
Just had an email interaction where my name displayed with the wrong middle initial, and I am surprised by the force of my negative reaction.
November 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just had an email interaction where my name displayed with the wrong middle initial, and I am surprised by the force of my negative reaction.
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If I had the money, I’d buy up a bunch of rural radio stations, play alt-country, bluegrass, and old time, and hire progressive pastors as the hosts. They could preach actual Christian values like tolerance, equity, etc. Labor organizers as invited guests. A counter to religious right talk radio
November 3, 2025 at 7:31 AM
If I had the money, I’d buy up a bunch of rural radio stations, play alt-country, bluegrass, and old time, and hire progressive pastors as the hosts. They could preach actual Christian values like tolerance, equity, etc. Labor organizers as invited guests. A counter to religious right talk radio
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I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.
November 3, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I keep seeing journalism described as an "ecosystem" and I guess that tracks because it's undergoing an extinction crisis caused by billionaires, too.