Erin McKean
@emckean.bsky.social
Wording at Wordnik until the words stop.
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18 million per week. That’s what we are collectively paying to hunt and kill people in Minnesota.
I never wanna hear that we can’t afford to take care of our fellow Americans ever again. Healthcare. Education. Infrastructure. We can afford it all.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
I never wanna hear that we can’t afford to take care of our fellow Americans ever again. Healthcare. Education. Infrastructure. We can afford it all.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
Study shows Operation Metro Surge costs taxpayers $18 million a week
North Star Policy Action, a progressive research institute, released the study Thursday.
www.kare11.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:09 PM
18 million per week. That’s what we are collectively paying to hunt and kill people in Minnesota.
I never wanna hear that we can’t afford to take care of our fellow Americans ever again. Healthcare. Education. Infrastructure. We can afford it all.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
I never wanna hear that we can’t afford to take care of our fellow Americans ever again. Healthcare. Education. Infrastructure. We can afford it all.
www.kare11.com/article/news...
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If Graham can hold up this bill for venal and treasonous reasons, then @amyklobuchar.com & @smith.senate.gov can block the whole spending package until Dems get the GOP to agree to clawback ICE detention funds.
NO SENATE VOTE TONIGHT
Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.
Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.
January 30, 2026 at 5:54 AM
If Graham can hold up this bill for venal and treasonous reasons, then @amyklobuchar.com & @smith.senate.gov can block the whole spending package until Dems get the GOP to agree to clawback ICE detention funds.
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Working on a project bringing linguistics to broader audiences?
The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 USD grants to help you with your project!
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#linguistics #langsky #lingcomm
The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 USD grants to help you with your project!
Please apply and/or share with any up and coming lingcommers you know!
Details:
lingcomm.org/grants
#linguistics #langsky #lingcomm
January 23, 2026 at 2:35 AM
Working on a project bringing linguistics to broader audiences?
The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 USD grants to help you with your project!
Please apply and/or share with any up and coming lingcommers you know!
Details:
lingcomm.org/grants
#linguistics #langsky #lingcomm
The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 USD grants to help you with your project!
Please apply and/or share with any up and coming lingcommers you know!
Details:
lingcomm.org/grants
#linguistics #langsky #lingcomm
and now you can subscribe for vol 2! paperairplane.pub#subscribe
Goal exceeded! Paper Airplane Vol. 1 raised $10,806.45 in support of refugees and immigrants.
Phase 2 coming very soon.
Phase 2 coming very soon.
January 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
and now you can subscribe for vol 2! paperairplane.pub#subscribe
It’s the 11th of the month, time for a new edition of Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things! This month: hemerology, ubuesque, and the fattura della morte buttondown.com/thingslearne...
January 11, 2026 at 9:42 PM
It’s the 11th of the month, time for a new edition of Things I Learned While Looking Up Other Things! This month: hemerology, ubuesque, and the fattura della morte buttondown.com/thingslearne...
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This implies that when given notice, these facilities will change their behavior and conditions for the better. So... Democrats should be requesting NON-STOP rolling daily visits to these facilities. Whatever the "tour" mode is should become permanent.
NEWS: A day after the Minneapolis shooting, Secretary Noem quietly signed a new policy barring congressional visits to ICE facilities without a week's advance notice. That policy change led to three MN Dems being blocked from accessing an ICE facility today. www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 11, 2026 at 4:26 AM
This implies that when given notice, these facilities will change their behavior and conditions for the better. So... Democrats should be requesting NON-STOP rolling daily visits to these facilities. Whatever the "tour" mode is should become permanent.
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The 2025 Word of the Year is "slop," both as a noun for low-quality AI-generated content and as a combining form for anything of little value. Read the full press release. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
2025 Word of the Year Is “Slop”
New Orleans Marriott–Jan. 9—The American Dialect Society, in its 36th annual words-of-the-year vote, selected slop as the Word of the Year for 2025. More than three hundred attendees took part in the…
americandialect.org
January 10, 2026 at 8:18 AM
The 2025 Word of the Year is "slop," both as a noun for low-quality AI-generated content and as a combining form for anything of little value. Read the full press release. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
So sad to learn of John Langdon's death. His words-as-art were always a delight.
On January 1, we lost a master of the ambigram (words expertly drawn so they read the same when turned upside down). In 2022, John Langdon donated his primary archive to us.
#JohnLangdon #Ambigrams #Lettering
#JohnLangdon #Ambigrams #Lettering
January 8, 2026 at 9:10 PM
So sad to learn of John Langdon's death. His words-as-art were always a delight.
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Knowing that you are stable enough handle an emergency - the luxury that shouldn't be a luxury. I hope that, in 2026, that will become reality for many more people in the world.
There is few things as great as the RELIEF of knowing that you have the funds to buy/repair the important thing if said important thing break down. I wish for all my friends to feel that kind of security and calm. To be able to sleep calmly each night.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Lets make 2026 a great!
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Lets make 2026 a great!
January 1, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Knowing that you are stable enough handle an emergency - the luxury that shouldn't be a luxury. I hope that, in 2026, that will become reality for many more people in the world.
There's a very nice writeup of my talk at OSS Tokyo in LWN! lwn.net/SubscriberLi... (gift link) Thanks again to the wonderful @kissane.myatproto.social and @ddbeck.com who created the Docs Advisor and Docs Archetypes (github.com/google/opendocs)!
Tools for successful documentation projects
At Open Source Summit Japan 2025, Erin McKean talked about the challenges to producing good pro [...]
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December 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
There's a very nice writeup of my talk at OSS Tokyo in LWN! lwn.net/SubscriberLi... (gift link) Thanks again to the wonderful @kissane.myatproto.social and @ddbeck.com who created the Docs Advisor and Docs Archetypes (github.com/google/opendocs)!
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Now would be a great time for a 10 episode, 20 hour prestige series about the ten years between 1916 and 1926, covering the establishment of the 8-hr work day & 5-day work week, in the US. Each episode would be one year & the middle episode should be entirely devoted to the Battle of Blair Mountain.
December 21, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Now would be a great time for a 10 episode, 20 hour prestige series about the ten years between 1916 and 1926, covering the establishment of the 8-hr work day & 5-day work week, in the US. Each episode would be one year & the middle episode should be entirely devoted to the Battle of Blair Mountain.
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it’s today! planning to start my re-read at dusk for the full effect
December 20, 2024 at 3:30 PM
it’s today! planning to start my re-read at dusk for the full effect
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Merriam-Webster Accused Of Bias After ‘Dictionary’ Named Word Of The Year
Merriam-Webster Accused Of Bias After ‘Dictionary’ Named Word Of The Year
SPRINGFIELD, MA—Facing intense backlash and scrutiny from critics who say the reference book publisher had failed to take all words into consideration, Merriam-Webster was accused of bias Monday after...
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December 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Merriam-Webster Accused Of Bias After ‘Dictionary’ Named Word Of The Year
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It's the 11th of the month, and the last month of the year, so this is the "words I recorded in 2025" installment! buttondown.com/thingslearne...
December 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's the 11th of the month, and the last month of the year, so this is the "words I recorded in 2025" installment! buttondown.com/thingslearne...
Samuel Johnson: “I do not much wish well to discoveries, for I am always afraid they will end in conquest and robbery.”
December 7, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Samuel Johnson: “I do not much wish well to discoveries, for I am always afraid they will end in conquest and robbery.”
For your enjoyment: a zine combining letterpress blocks and measurement facts: zinebakery.com/assets/homem... via @dhnow.bsky.social
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December 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
For your enjoyment: a zine combining letterpress blocks and measurement facts: zinebakery.com/assets/homem... via @dhnow.bsky.social
happy International Pie for Breakfast Day to all who celebrate
November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
happy International Pie for Breakfast Day to all who celebrate
Me using the Cuisinart: hell yeah yes!!!
Me washing the Cuisinart: well this sucks wtf
Me washing the Cuisinart: well this sucks wtf
November 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Me using the Cuisinart: hell yeah yes!!!
Me washing the Cuisinart: well this sucks wtf
Me washing the Cuisinart: well this sucks wtf
Any major dude with half a heart, surely will tell you, my friend
Any minor world that breaks apart, falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning, it won't be there no more
Any major dude will tell you
Any minor world that breaks apart, falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning, it won't be there no more
Any major dude will tell you
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Any major dude with half a heart, surely will tell you, my friend
Any minor world that breaks apart, falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning, it won't be there no more
Any major dude will tell you
Any minor world that breaks apart, falls together again
When the demon is at your door
In the morning, it won't be there no more
Any major dude will tell you
there are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions.
November 19, 2025 at 3:14 AM
there are 4 types of guys online. no exceptions.
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
I put my dresses on one torso at a time just like every other person
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I put my dresses on one torso at a time just like every other person
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The collective noun for leaf blowers is a SCOURGE
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The collective noun for leaf blowers is a SCOURGE