Over 60,000 people have already been forced to evac Spokane. SpokAnimal is taking in pets from evacuees if anyone would like to donate.

"WE THE FUCKING JUDGE SON" New York, I love you. I love you so fucking much. Via wali_talks on IG

is… is LinkedIn the best social network for academics now 😰

Chris Houston@chrishouston.ca · 6d ago

Everyone is sick of AI slop, and it seems LinkedIn got the message. You can now report posts for seeming like "AI slop". Let's hope this is the start of a bigger trend of social media companies rejecting the deluge of AI diarrhea that fouls our screens.

starting a collection of quotes like this

ah why did i miss the opportunity to use the gif

Starship Troopers: Carl Jenkins - It's Afraid

Alt: Starship Troopers: Carl Jenkins - It's Afraidn

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Stay Human@nabelew.bsky.social · last wk.

but in a way, I’m tempted to find some hope in the facts that a) the public seems incensed at the idea of excusing language oppression, which is not how it’s always been in my time, and b) the language oppression apologists seem to be on their back foot & taking refuge in pseudointellectualism 10/

lessons from the responses to this: 1) most people commenting were also revolted by the NYer article (eyyy nice, public sentiment is decent, at least among those represented in comments) 2) holy cow the bad-faith pedants are out in full force, and their approach is interesting in its own way: 1/

Endangered Languages Project@e-l-p.bsky.social · last wk.

If you’ve seen this article, you may be sitting with anger, pain, or just exhaustion at dealing with another helping of colonial nonsense. We feel a responsibility to speak back when these colonizing narratives show up, yet again, in such a prominent venue. endangeredlanguages.com/story/respon...

My brilliant colleagues at @e-l-p.bsky.social put so much knowledge, time, and care into responding to something no one should ever have to respond to. If you were deeply disgusted and troubled by @newyorker.com’s decision to publish this smug anti-Indigenous garbage, please read this.

Endangered Languages Project@e-l-p.bsky.social · last wk.

If you’ve seen this article, you may be sitting with anger, pain, or just exhaustion at dealing with another helping of colonial nonsense. We feel a responsibility to speak back when these colonizing narratives show up, yet again, in such a prominent venue. endangeredlanguages.com/story/respon...

It's July 25, the anniversary of the fall of fascism in Italy, so, in town squares everywhere, people are gathering to eat "anti-fascist pasta", a tradition started by a family who fed their village to celebrate on the day. It's a lovely communal affair with partisan songs. The food was delicious!

For anyone who’s ever seen one of my talks and heard me say “we’re currently in the worst time for language loss in all known human history”: I’m legitimately excited that there’s now research concretely indicating that is wrong, and I can take it out of my slides 😌

Claire@chirila.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have a new paper out in Science today with colleagues Damian Blasi, Marcus Hamilton, and Russell Gray. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

I have a new paper out in Science today with colleagues Damian Blasi, Marcus Hamilton, and Russell Gray. www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

The rise and fall of language diversity through the Holocene

Characterizing the factors that have shaped linguistic diversity is fundamental for understanding human history, culture, and cognition. In this study, we combined statistical and social computational...

science.org

Police murdered a Black man in the street in Madison WI today. Shot point blank in the head while on the ground, tased, and surrounded by four cops. It looks like an execution. Multiple videos circulating online. Things are about to get very bad here.

No one does it better than @nabelew.bsky.social. Excellent thread breaking down terrible arguments re: language reclamation. While this article is by no means 'journalism' I will once again beg publications to review our guide for writing about language 'endangerment': tinyurl.com/languagejour... 🗞️

Stay Human@nabelew.bsky.social · 2w ago

The arguments against language reclamation haven't changed much in the nearly 20 years I've been working in this field: "It costs too much." "People are choosing to abandon their languages, so let them." "They have no practical use." "It's just sentimental nostalgia." Fuck All That, a thread:

i see everyone is still being very normal over on X, the Everything App

merritt@merrittk.com · 2w ago

Jimothy Takes www.patreon.com/merrittk/pos...

dude annoyed me so much I forgot to note a recent study showing language & culture investments produce a net economic BENEFIT in British Columbia so even if you want to be a bloodless quant about it, funding language revitalization is good for GDP fpcc.ca/stories/fpcc...

FPCC Announces Economic Impact - First Peoples Cultural Council

FPCC announces the Conference Board of Canada's report on the significant economic impact its projects have on GDP and job creation.

fpcc.ca

Stay Human@nabelew.bsky.social · 2w ago

But this article NEEDS to return to shoring up its core dichotomies: Preservation vs. community agency Sentimentality vs. rationality Primitivism vs. modernity Frivolity (language) vs. pragmatism (money) The messy fluidity and nuance of power, knowledge, sovereignty, and history can't fit there.

they’re hunting tourists

Luca Migo@victinibcn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Juan Coronilla Duran had a tourist visa and ticket home, yet ICE chased him to death. He is the 3rd victim killed by ICE this month, with Johan Guerrero and Lorenzo Araujo. This state brutality must stop! We demand justice! newrepublic.com/post/213277/...

Leaders of the movement say they will continue campaigning but will not stage another march through New Delhi.

India's ‘cockroach' protest movement halts marches after police violence

Leaders of the movement say they will continue campaigning but will not stage another march through New Delhi.

aljazeera.com

The arguments against language reclamation haven't changed much in the nearly 20 years I've been working in this field: "It costs too much." "People are choosing to abandon their languages, so let them." "They have no practical use." "It's just sentimental nostalgia." Fuck All That, a thread:

Sometimes It’s O.K. to Let a Language Die

When cultural preservation comes at the expense of speakers’ decisions, sometimes it's O.K. to let a language die.

newyorker.com

The arguments against language reclamation haven't changed much in the nearly 20 years I've been working in this field: "It costs too much." "People are choosing to abandon their languages, so let them." "They have no practical use." "It's just sentimental nostalgia." Fuck All That, a thread:

Sometimes It’s O.K. to Let a Language Die

When cultural preservation comes at the expense of speakers’ decisions, sometimes it's O.K. to let a language die.

newyorker.com

“suicidal empathy” as one of the ubiquitous buzzwords used by the rightwing bot net is one of the craziest DARVOs they’ve come up with killing everyone by brutally enforcing systems devoid of empathy and calling it suicide: an all-time crown jewel of self-exculpatory destroyer discourse

It’s so important to remind people that we can do good smart things that help and don’t hurt.

jentrification@jentrification.com · 3w ago

Two Minnesota solar farms seeded native wildflowers under their panels, and 5 years of counting revealed native bees had multiplied twentyfold, then crossed the fence to pollinate the neighbour's soybeans

It's unacceptable that the campaign to defund PCEF has spent the last few weeks brazenly lying to the public to collect signatures. It suggests backers know the public wouldn't otherwise support their effort to steal PCEF money for more cops. https://loom.ly/46IZ97c

"Are we creating a kind of being that matters morally? Are AI systems conscious, in some way? And, if they aren’t now, might they become so soon?" Are we creating an excuse to look away from things that actually matter morally? What should we call these systems to get governments to pay attention?

Today at 3pm Pacific! Tarryn is awesome, this will be a great talk. bit.ly/stories-from...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Stories from the Heart: Community Language Projects from Ready to Revitalize. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the mee...

Join us to hear real-life stories of language revitalization around the world! Each month from April 2026 through March 2027, different Ready to Revitalize alumni around the world will be sharing ab...

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Endangered Languages Project@e-l-p.bsky.social · last mo.

Join us on July 16 for the next Stories from the Heart, and learn from real-life experiences of language revitalization! We’ll hear from Tarryn Ryan from Kōrero ki Ōtautahi, a program to support learners and speakers of te reo Māori in Ōtautahi (Christchurch). Register at: bit.ly/stories-from...

If ICE can simply execute anyone at any time, none of us have any basic rights.

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 3w ago

Second time in just about a week when a man not targeted by ICE was killed by them

just an evil fuck

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 4w ago

The Trump administration finalized a repeal of decades-old regulation that said habitat destruction was a form of harm to endangered species. Overturning the law could allow for mining, ranching and other development to expand into previously protected areas.

There's every reason to think that extending personhood to AI will produce the same outcome as "rights for corporations," which is the *opposite* of the outcome of "Rights for Nature." Rights for nature come at the expense of corporations. 27/

The ICE murder of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo deserves the same fury as Renee Good and Alex Pretti

🎥 Call for videos! ELP is gathering video messages to share on August 9, the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples - we invite you all to share some greetings and good wishes for other Indigenous communities on this day. ⁠ ⁠ Want to share a video? Here's how to contribute:⁠ 🧵

there's (rightfully) been a lot of attention paid to la, chicago, minneapolis, and dc, but the the joint federal-local task force in memphis is uniquely horrifying in ways not seen in other cities. this is at least the fourth person shot during the task force's monthslong occupation.

Guardian US@us.theguardian.com · last mo.

Authorities claim Tyrin Johnson, 20, pulled gun on officers controversially deployed at instigation of Trump

most compulsively refreshable thread in a minute 🍿

Laura Jedeed@laurajedeed.bsky.social · last mo.

Here's the situation: The fairgoers have been expelled by force They have been told to shelter in nearby buildings, but all the buildings are locked because it is the Fourth of July People are clustering at the entrance points and blocking traffic for blocks The clouds are growing darker