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Sara Rosenau
@sararosenauling.bsky.social
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she/her - Sociolinguist studying the internet at Pitt! Also into kpop/kdrama, musicals, the Phillies, cross stiching and crocheting, and singing in general
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I do very serious work
An image of a powerpoint slide titled "Panopticon". There is an image of a panopticon where the guard tower has the TikTok logo on it and is labeled with "algorithmic listening subject". Several of the cells are labeled "user"
March 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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the best part of teaching pragmatics is writing ridiculous situations
4. Which Gricean maxim does the following conversation violate? x: Dude, you really shouldn’t pull all-nighters. y: Yes, my liege. Henceforth I will retire at a reasonable time.
March 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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A scene from the musical Les Miserables showing revolutionaries at a barricade
February 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Locked tf in
Picture of the stage at the American Dialect Society 2024 Word of the Year vote
January 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Here's another cat pic
Black and white cat laying on a sunny spot on a wood floor. She looks very relaxed
November 20, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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Every time someone makes a post like this, my power grows
A post in the r/mildlyinfuriating subreddit titled "Can we please stop the unalive BS?"
November 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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Now that bluesky is booming, I'm going to repost my study on TikTok language!

If you are over 18 and use TikTok, please take my survey on language use on TikTok! Link here: pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#linguistics #langsky #tiktok #internetstudies #anthropology
Flyer saying: Take a survey about TikTok. Volunteers needed for research study about language use on TikTok. Study eligibility: Must be over 18. Must speak or read English. Must use TikTok. Primary Investigator Contact: Sara Rosenau sara.rosenau@pitt.edu
November 11, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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Getting in on the ground floor or something
A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #157,545, Sara Rosenau ‪@sararosenauling.bsky.social‬, joined on Jun 25, 2023"
September 28, 2024 at 12:19 AM
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If you are over 18 and use TikTok, please take my survey on language use on TikTok! Link here: pitt.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

#linguistics #tiktok #anthropology
Flyer saying: Take a survey about TikTok. Volunteers needed for research study about language use on TikTok. Study elligibility: Must be over 18. Must speak or read English. Must use TikTok. Primary Investigator Contact: Sara Rosenau sara.rosenau@pitt.edu
September 27, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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I realize that I have yet to announce that I have received an honorable mention from the Gumperz Prize panel! Come see me present my MA thesis at #2023AAACASCA!
Screenshot of the conference app showing my paper "Mock Koreaboo: Appropriating Appropriation" Screenshot from the conference app showing the panel "SLA Gumperz Graduate Student Essay Prize Panel" The time for the presentation is Friday, November 17 at 2pm to 3:45pm
November 12, 2023 at 4:44 PM
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Grad workers union auth cards dropped!
Signed grad works union authorization card
October 2, 2023 at 5:58 PM
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We are reaching levels of semiosis not yet seen before
#linguistics
a screenshot of a text in which "hyper-meta-semiosis" is bolded
September 15, 2023 at 3:30 PM
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how did i get on a furry blocklist?
screenshot showing that I was place on the blocklist "furries, et al" by jpegmanav.com
August 8, 2023 at 4:19 PM
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Checks out
Barbie character test. Results are tied between Physicist Barbie and Writer Barbie at 80%.
July 27, 2023 at 2:41 PM
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The dril candle tweet
July 25, 2023 at 11:27 PM
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My partner and I at his sister's wedding 2 years ago!
A man and a woman in formal clothes sit on a couch with the gorgeous Catskill Mountains in the background
July 16, 2023 at 4:56 PM
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Anna likes my laptop charger
A black and white cat sleeps on a laptop charger. She looks happy.
July 15, 2023 at 6:52 PM
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Show me a picture on your phone that has your energy. Not a selfie.
Emoji face with bulging eyes
July 12, 2023 at 2:01 AM
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Anna cat
Black and white cat sitting on a desk in front of a computer
July 8, 2023 at 7:21 PM