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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 5h

Craig Finn of The Hold Steady

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 8h

Janet, no

Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 10h

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

Magnus Pharao @magnuspharao.bsky.social · 14h

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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 · 14h

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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 · 14h

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

Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 1d

Maddening. And then they will hire consultants so easily!

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Kea Wilson @keawilson.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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Christopher Brown @christopherbrown.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 2d

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 2d

The title of my book is "Bye Bye I Love You"!

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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · Sep 6

Julie Sedivy reviews "Bye Bye I Love You" by linguist Michael Erard: "In a society that prizes verbal skill, we’re conditioned to see the beginnings of language as the child’s entry into communal society." https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-thing-youve-been-saying-your-whole-life/

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 2d

Hi @publicdomainrev.bsky.social!

Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 2d

If FB and Xitter never existed, or Friendster before them, I would probably still be in Austin

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 2d

I realized that my migration pattern was underwritten in part by social media. When we moved to New England from Texas, FB was hopping and the geography of the social network altered. Suddenly you could be anywhere physically and be connected. Or "feel" connected. Until you weren't.

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 2d

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America needs to talk about how Trump’s deportation plan is really dictatorship | Will Bunch

Team Trump isn't kidding about deporting millions if the ex-POTUS returns in 2025. It would destroy America, morally and economically.

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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 2d

there's been a couple things I've seen about profs developing tactile materials for IPA and syntax trees for blind/low vision students (bc neither translate well to Braille). i have lots of sense memories of chalk from my early syntax foray, keep thinking about doing 3d models w/ gumdrops/toothpicks

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 2d

Yes. It was described to us as a way to keep the kids at the table, which was your first point. We'll see if it works that way...

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