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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Feb 28

Trump is expected to declare English the nation's official language. America is an Italian word. California, Colorado, Nevada, Montana, and Florida are Spanish, and a bunch of other states have Indigenous names.

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Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 5h

"Faculty members are uncertain whether discussing scientifically-accepted concepts in their disciplines, such as biological intersex conditions, historical gender systems in various cultures, or legal frameworks governing sex discrimination, could result in termination." #TXHigherEd #AcademicBluesky

AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 6h

aaup-texas.org/blog/f/aaup-...

AAUP-Texas Tech Pushes Back Against Campus Censorship

Below is a letter from the AAUP Chapter at Texas Tech University. The AAUP-TTU Chapter is part of the Texas Conference of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), which is affiliated...

aaup-texas.org

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

REI is closing unionized stores. So many companies that like to pretend to be progressive remain still virulently anti-union at their core. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/08/b...

REI Co-Op’s Boston location is set to close next year - The Boston Globe

REI said it will close three locations on the East Coast, including a store in Boston, as it launches a new strategic plan.

www.bostonglobe.com

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 1d

Texas AG Ken Paxton hired a former staffer to work on a recent case. As a state employee, her labor would have cost taxpayers $641.

As a private attorney, Paxton allowed her to bill $3,780 an hour, so that day of work cost taxpayers $24,570.

(Published July with @texastribune.org)

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Office’s Work to Costly Private Lawyers

Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers — many to whom he has personal or political ties — to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost...

www.propublica.org

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Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 1d

🙏 Had the best meeting today with a newly minted PhD, whose work I found through a mutual colleague. Their research is interesting and important and their hot takes were so refreshing. Gave me a mid-semester cynicism innoculation and reminded me why we do what we do #gratitude #acadmemicbluesky

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Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 1d

Those working in computational methods connecting linguistics to AI, and whose research intersects w/ our major focus areas: syntax, semantics, pragmatics, phonetics, phonology, psycholing, cogsci, documentation, historical linguistics, sign languages, or sociolinguistics are encouraged to apply 🤘

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Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 1d

We're hiring! UT Linguistics invites applications for a position in computational linguistics to begin next academic year 2026-27 (rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor with tenure). apply.interfolio.com/175156

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 1d

HI. It's me.

WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.

Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)

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Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 4d

behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 5d

Some good news:

www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/b...

Uber and Lyft drivers in California win the right to unionize | CNN Business

More than 800,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies in California will soon be able to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits under a measure signed Friday by Gov. Gavin ...

www.cnn.com

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Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 4d

One of the clearest explanations of what's at stake for the universities named in the "compact." It's a deal with the devil. Damned if you do, damned if you don't. These universities have already lost much of their independent governance, weakened by previous attacks on higher ed. Now we wait.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 4d

for any UVA folks that follow me you should circulate this among your networks balkin.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-...

Balkinization: The Art of Replacing the Law with the Deal

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

balkin.blogspot.com

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Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 4d

Sunday #MomentOfGratitude is appreciating this chaos gremlin for who she is. Very good at reminding her mom when it's time for a work break. #PetPhotography

Tri colored puppy looks wide eyes at the person behind the camera as they stand with front paws on a desk

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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 5d

Free inquiry and academic freedom are critical to the success and proper functioning of any university, and it would be tragic if UT-Austin were to sacrifice its long tradition of academic excellence by submitting to an unconstitutional and autocratic threat from the White House.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 5d

Weaponized gratitude is a key tool in the abuser's toolkit. The goal is to convince the victim that they owe the abuser so much, they should feel guilty for wanting to complain.

Tweet from the VP:
Joy Reid has had such a good life in this country. It's been
overwhelmingly kind and gracious to her. She is far wealthier than most.
Yet she oozes with contempt.
My honest, non-trolling advice to Joy Reid is that you'd be a much
happier person if you showed a little gratitude

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 7d

University of Texas leaping to the top of the rankings of higher ed institutions most eager to cozy up to the authoritarian, taking over the top spot from previous leader, Columbia University. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 6d

Of course it’s a trap.

“They would reward campuses that toe the party line and punish those that cherish their independence,” a statement from AAUP and AFT says. “In doing so, it would commit the very viewpoint discrimination it claims to redress.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Trump Offered Universities an Invitation for a Deal. Some See a Trap.

www.nytimes.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 10d

Becky Pepper-Jackson is the only transgender girl in school sports in the entire state of West Virginia.

Soon, she'll be at the Supreme Court defending the freedom of all trans kids to be themselves on and off the playing field.

What’s at Stake as the Supreme Court Takes Up Transgender Sports Bans | ACLU

How one West Virginia teenager could shape the future of Title IX and civil rights protections for transgender youth.

www.aclu.org

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Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 7d

Today I joined "The Lab" to support @radiolab.bsky.social's mission. As a linguist working at the intersection of language, culture, & disability, the episode "Voice" hit hard. The discussion of "dignity" and speech w/ @sfdirewolf.bsky.social was wonderful. Check it out share.google/uqGg3Tjp0QRc...

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Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 8d

Nooooo! Nothing is sacred.

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 9d

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment

The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

www.aaup.org

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sr_toliver @srtoliver.bsky.social · 9d

🔵 FACULTY POSITION 🔵

U of Illinois is hiring a Secondary Literacy professor (open rank, tenure-track)!

💰 $78K-$130K (rank dependent)
📅 Start 9/2026
⏰ Deadline: 10/20/25

For more info: illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/caree...

#AcademicJobs #LiteracyEducation #HigherEd #Literacies

Please boost! 🚀

College of Education: Professor (Open-Rank) – Secondary Literacy

Duties and Responsibilities

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Fernanda Ferreira @fernandaedi.bsky.social · 9d

Posting on behalf of Tamar Gollan, who is not on Bluesky:

A postdoc position is open and available immediately in Dr. Tamar Gollan’s Laboratory of Aging Bilingualism at the University of California, San Diego, funded by NIH & NSF. See link for details!

psychiatry.ucsd.edu/about/LAB_Go...

psychiatry.ucsd.edu

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About Linguistics @aboutlinguistics.bsky.social · 11d

Whispers are pitchless, but still carry timbre. Even without vocal fold vibration, whispered speech still uses formants and amplitude patterns to carry meaning.

Learn more: https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/what-is-acoustic-phonetics

#Phonetics #Linguistics #Languages

What is Acoustic Phonetics?

Acoustic phonetics is a subfield of phonetics that studies the sound waves produced when we speak, analysing how vocal vibrations travel through the air.

aboutlinguistics.com

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Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 10d

A grad student came to an undergrad class outside of his field specifically to agitate, a university committee found no wrongdoing, and no one has even heard the (possibly illegal) surreptitious recordings that constitute the “evidence”.

This is the stuff that keeps me up at night.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 10d

Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.

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Linguischick @cocchino.bsky.social · 11d

Wow, that's gorgeous

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