Aaron Broadwell
@abroadwell.bsky.social
Linguistics, language documentation, Native American languages and their histories. Univ of Florida Anthropology and Linguistics. Unitarian Universalist.
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UUCGT proudly affirms and celebrates LGBTQ+ people. For over 40 years, we’ve been committed to inclusion, justice, and love—without exception. 🏳️🌈 #UUCGT #LGBTQInclusion #UnitarianUniversalism #LoveIsLove #belovedcommunity
May 13, 2025 at 1:38 PM
UUCGT proudly affirms and celebrates LGBTQ+ people. For over 40 years, we’ve been committed to inclusion, justice, and love—without exception. 🏳️🌈 #UUCGT #LGBTQInclusion #UnitarianUniversalism #LoveIsLove #belovedcommunity
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When I was a young gay man I sat with my elders who recalled the early days of the Gay Liberation Front, the Gay News blasphemy trial and cruising on the Heath.
These bold men and women refused to remain in the closet, despite widespread hostility against LGBTQ people.
#LGBTHistoryMonth
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These bold men and women refused to remain in the closet, despite widespread hostility against LGBTQ people.
#LGBTHistoryMonth
🧵 1/8
February 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
When I was a young gay man I sat with my elders who recalled the early days of the Gay Liberation Front, the Gay News blasphemy trial and cruising on the Heath.
These bold men and women refused to remain in the closet, despite widespread hostility against LGBTQ people.
#LGBTHistoryMonth
🧵 1/8
These bold men and women refused to remain in the closet, despite widespread hostility against LGBTQ people.
#LGBTHistoryMonth
🧵 1/8
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Portrait of Gimiwan, or Rain, an Ojibwe man, as painted at a treaty he was signing at Duluth in 1827.
February 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Portrait of Gimiwan, or Rain, an Ojibwe man, as painted at a treaty he was signing at Duluth in 1827.
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Show me what democracy looks like!
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Show me what democracy looks like!
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The beautiful order of the Gəʕəz syllabary, with 7 orders (ä, u, i, a, e, ə/∅, o)
January 31, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The beautiful order of the Gəʕəz syllabary, with 7 orders (ä, u, i, a, e, ə/∅, o)
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I was going to post about this earlier — in the 1950s, “integration” was the same scapegoat for *everything* that DEI has become today. The same scapegoating was deployed even earlier for abolition, and then later for multiculturalism. Different codewords, same racism.
I was persuaded by this. “Segregationists.”
Apropros of nothing, I’m reupping my @theemancipator.org article arguing that the so-called “anti-DEI movement” is a segregationist movement, and journalists should state this clearly.
There is no need to help evil by adopting their language.
theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...
There is no need to help evil by adopting their language.
theemancipator.org/2025/01/28/t...
January 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I was going to post about this earlier — in the 1950s, “integration” was the same scapegoat for *everything* that DEI has become today. The same scapegoating was deployed even earlier for abolition, and then later for multiculturalism. Different codewords, same racism.
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Wild poppies, the first blooms after wildfires, inspired Leah Mata Fragua's installation for Fire Kinship - a planned exhibit at UCLA’s Fowler Museum. Using natural dyes and soundscapes, it reflects fire's cycles and ties to Indigenous knowledge. Read more: sarweb.org/blog-wild-po...
January 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Wild poppies, the first blooms after wildfires, inspired Leah Mata Fragua's installation for Fire Kinship - a planned exhibit at UCLA’s Fowler Museum. Using natural dyes and soundscapes, it reflects fire's cycles and ties to Indigenous knowledge. Read more: sarweb.org/blog-wild-po...
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This particular root is reconstructible at least to Georgian-Zan *ğu(d)-, as it is found in Megrelian and Laz:
Megrelian ღუდა ğuda warm, heated
Laz ღუმი ğumi dust, sand
Laz ღუმიარი ğumiari smoke
As with many expressive roots, the specific semantics of each word varies greatly.
Megrelian ღუდა ğuda warm, heated
Laz ღუმი ğumi dust, sand
Laz ღუმიარი ğumiari smoke
As with many expressive roots, the specific semantics of each word varies greatly.
January 31, 2025 at 9:15 AM
This particular root is reconstructible at least to Georgian-Zan *ğu(d)-, as it is found in Megrelian and Laz:
Megrelian ღუდა ğuda warm, heated
Laz ღუმი ğumi dust, sand
Laz ღუმიარი ğumiari smoke
As with many expressive roots, the specific semantics of each word varies greatly.
Megrelian ღუდა ğuda warm, heated
Laz ღუმი ğumi dust, sand
Laz ღუმიარი ğumiari smoke
As with many expressive roots, the specific semantics of each word varies greatly.
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#OTD 103 years ago, Ilse Lehiste (1922-2010) was born 🎂 She was an expert on acoustic phonetics, phonology, and prosody who focused in particular on Estonian. As the third woman in history, she served as the president of the LSA in 1980.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
January 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
#OTD 103 years ago, Ilse Lehiste (1922-2010) was born 🎂 She was an expert on acoustic phonetics, phonology, and prosody who focused in particular on Estonian. As the third woman in history, she served as the president of the LSA in 1980.
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx #WomenInLinguistics
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#OTD 164 years ago, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861-1936) was born 🤩 Historical-comparative linguist, member of the Neogrammarian school, and an expert on the history of Romance languages. He was the nephew of the Swiss novelist Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825-1898).
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#OTD 164 years ago, Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861-1936) was born 🤩 Historical-comparative linguist, member of the Neogrammarian school, and an expert on the history of Romance languages. He was the nephew of the Swiss novelist Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (1825-1898).
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx
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This week my employer of 17 years English Heritage announced 200 jobs lost, and my Alma mater Cardiff Uni announced 400 jobs lost. The planning system that protects our heritage and provides thousands of archaeology jobs is at risk, and Higher Education is in free fall more generally #ThisIsFine
January 30, 2025 at 8:27 AM
This week my employer of 17 years English Heritage announced 200 jobs lost, and my Alma mater Cardiff Uni announced 400 jobs lost. The planning system that protects our heritage and provides thousands of archaeology jobs is at risk, and Higher Education is in free fall more generally #ThisIsFine
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For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
January 30, 2025 at 10:13 AM
For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.
dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”
munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”
mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”
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Adolph Diesterweg (1790-1866), educator and father of publisher Moritz Diesterweg, in 1830 wrote *Praktischer Lehrgang* for German teachers. AFAIK it contains the first clause-internal graphical analysis. The use of braces is actually well thought-out. #linguistics
cysouw.github.io/graphicalgra...
cysouw.github.io/graphicalgra...
January 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Adolph Diesterweg (1790-1866), educator and father of publisher Moritz Diesterweg, in 1830 wrote *Praktischer Lehrgang* for German teachers. AFAIK it contains the first clause-internal graphical analysis. The use of braces is actually well thought-out. #linguistics
cysouw.github.io/graphicalgra...
cysouw.github.io/graphicalgra...
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Ghosts in ancient Mesopotamia causes all kinds of medical issues. Vertigo, depression, and more.
This therapy to treat someone seized by a ghost prescribed fumigation with pig, wolf, dog, fox, and gazelle poop, and other stuff that smelled awful. Seems a good way to get rid of a ghost was to stink
This therapy to treat someone seized by a ghost prescribed fumigation with pig, wolf, dog, fox, and gazelle poop, and other stuff that smelled awful. Seems a good way to get rid of a ghost was to stink
January 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Ghosts in ancient Mesopotamia causes all kinds of medical issues. Vertigo, depression, and more.
This therapy to treat someone seized by a ghost prescribed fumigation with pig, wolf, dog, fox, and gazelle poop, and other stuff that smelled awful. Seems a good way to get rid of a ghost was to stink
This therapy to treat someone seized by a ghost prescribed fumigation with pig, wolf, dog, fox, and gazelle poop, and other stuff that smelled awful. Seems a good way to get rid of a ghost was to stink
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January 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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Another site showed me this from 4 years ago, a most memorable (and for me impactful) day at the University of California. I later gave away the K, but I like the picture, showing me and the elided K overshadowed by a very much non-elided H (for Hearst).
January 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Another site showed me this from 4 years ago, a most memorable (and for me impactful) day at the University of California. I later gave away the K, but I like the picture, showing me and the elided K overshadowed by a very much non-elided H (for Hearst).
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There’s a lot going on, but this is not only very petty, it’s also extremely racist. The indigenous people of Alaska wanted to have Denali recognized by its real name. And a Day One priority for this administration is to make sure they know they’re not considered stakeholders, rather subjects.
The EO renaming Denali (Athabascan for "Great One") to McKinley isn't getting much attention, but maybe it should be: it's an overt claim of white supremacy & Manifest Destiny.
McKinley was a pro-tariff president w/ no connection to AK except that an uneducated, racist white prospector loved him.
McKinley was a pro-tariff president w/ no connection to AK except that an uneducated, racist white prospector loved him.
January 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
There’s a lot going on, but this is not only very petty, it’s also extremely racist. The indigenous people of Alaska wanted to have Denali recognized by its real name. And a Day One priority for this administration is to make sure they know they’re not considered stakeholders, rather subjects.
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Tetracerus quadricornis, the four horned antelope, also called the chausingha, has four names, all of which mean "four-horns" on a different language.
All four of those names are built from words that trace back to the Proto-Indo-European words for "four" and "horn".
#etymology #linguistics
All four of those names are built from words that trace back to the Proto-Indo-European words for "four" and "horn".
#etymology #linguistics
January 21, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Tetracerus quadricornis, the four horned antelope, also called the chausingha, has four names, all of which mean "four-horns" on a different language.
All four of those names are built from words that trace back to the Proto-Indo-European words for "four" and "horn".
#etymology #linguistics
All four of those names are built from words that trace back to the Proto-Indo-European words for "four" and "horn".
#etymology #linguistics
Latest update for my Timucua dictionary, now available at
www.webonary.org/timucua/
www.webonary.org/timucua/
Timucua Dictionary -
www.webonary.org
January 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Latest update for my Timucua dictionary, now available at
www.webonary.org/timucua/
www.webonary.org/timucua/
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Skull
Digital art
My village is Gingolix “place of skulls” I absolutely love skulls.
This and a few variations of this skull are for an upcoming drum commission for one of my favourite West coast singers/performers!
Digital art
My village is Gingolix “place of skulls” I absolutely love skulls.
This and a few variations of this skull are for an upcoming drum commission for one of my favourite West coast singers/performers!
January 18, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Skull
Digital art
My village is Gingolix “place of skulls” I absolutely love skulls.
This and a few variations of this skull are for an upcoming drum commission for one of my favourite West coast singers/performers!
Digital art
My village is Gingolix “place of skulls” I absolutely love skulls.
This and a few variations of this skull are for an upcoming drum commission for one of my favourite West coast singers/performers!
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መልካም ገና! For all those celebrating Orthodox Christmas. I'm rather taken by this Ge'ez "Vector" typeface by Abel Daniel (BelaFonts/BelaGraph).
January 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
መልካም ገና! For all those celebrating Orthodox Christmas. I'm rather taken by this Ge'ez "Vector" typeface by Abel Daniel (BelaFonts/BelaGraph).
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Fieldwork tip: if, in the course of a long elicitation session, your consultant translates "black pepper" as "may it get into your eyes", it may be time for a break.
(from Barth's 1850 vocabulary of Emghedesie.
My reconstruction:
nda a-hur ni-n moo-yo
if 3SG-enter 2SG-GEN eye-PL)
(from Barth's 1850 vocabulary of Emghedesie.
My reconstruction:
nda a-hur ni-n moo-yo
if 3SG-enter 2SG-GEN eye-PL)
January 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Fieldwork tip: if, in the course of a long elicitation session, your consultant translates "black pepper" as "may it get into your eyes", it may be time for a break.
(from Barth's 1850 vocabulary of Emghedesie.
My reconstruction:
nda a-hur ni-n moo-yo
if 3SG-enter 2SG-GEN eye-PL)
(from Barth's 1850 vocabulary of Emghedesie.
My reconstruction:
nda a-hur ni-n moo-yo
if 3SG-enter 2SG-GEN eye-PL)
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loving 'the Ghost of Intentionality'! one thing your admirable definition glosses over is the role of RLHF, the human judgment-derived output sculpter that makes ChatGPT's stream of regurgitated text appear so friendly, helpful and docile
January 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
loving 'the Ghost of Intentionality'! one thing your admirable definition glosses over is the role of RLHF, the human judgment-derived output sculpter that makes ChatGPT's stream of regurgitated text appear so friendly, helpful and docile