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she/they. cuban american born on the bayou. linguist, artist, general delight. speech perception: social expectation, exemplar models. postdoc working in data science ed. https://sites.google.com/view/ear-scicomm/
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![Completed coloring sheet. Block letters read "Every body has an accent," with one word on each line. A forearm palm up shows three tattoos in an homage to American traditional style: A rose; a horseshoe with '[ɡʊd lʌk' written on it, and a heart tattoo with a banner reading "[mɑm mam mʌm mɒm]]". In the space around the arm, a pair of hands meant to represent the ASL sign for "sign" and a mouth. The negative space is filled with stars.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:liba4kwcbq2y7o5aq6ar7yse/bafkreia2a26v2kunxmblpcwcavskdp6wjy3kc453a66bufukwxwdwqd2ym@jpeg)
Hey if you or your language and #linguistics students are looking for some end-of-term de-stressing, I put a couple more pages from my coloring book project up here: tinyurl.com/coloring-gre...
Being kind to myself and not leaving comments correcting relatively harmless misinformation on TikTok about how language works to protect my peace
January 21, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Being kind to myself and not leaving comments correcting relatively harmless misinformation on TikTok about how language works to protect my peace
Thinking about how i got dinner near the venue before an of montreal concert and i was profiling diners as to whether they were also going to the of montreal concert and i was like "THAT person's definitely going" and then i got a closer look at that person and it was kevin barnes (of of montreal)
January 21, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Thinking about how i got dinner near the venue before an of montreal concert and i was profiling diners as to whether they were also going to the of montreal concert and i was like "THAT person's definitely going" and then i got a closer look at that person and it was kevin barnes (of of montreal)
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January 18, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Are y’all playing metazooa.com
People keep asking me what they should watch on tv and I say “Detroiters!” And then they ask me again but they haven’t watched Detroiters yet so I say “Detroiters!” And then later they ask me again but they still haven’t watched Detroiters yet
January 18, 2026 at 5:02 PM
People keep asking me what they should watch on tv and I say “Detroiters!” And then they ask me again but they haven’t watched Detroiters yet so I say “Detroiters!” And then later they ask me again but they still haven’t watched Detroiters yet
The Cartesian plane has “think” on one axis and “am” on the other
January 17, 2026 at 8:32 PM
The Cartesian plane has “think” on one axis and “am” on the other
Anytime I have to start something over in real life I call it a rogue-like
January 16, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Anytime I have to start something over in real life I call it a rogue-like
I know this doesn’t make sense but every time I picture someone getting a sleep study I picture a two way mirror and multiple people in scrubs like literally actively watching you sleep in real time
January 15, 2026 at 7:28 PM
I know this doesn’t make sense but every time I picture someone getting a sleep study I picture a two way mirror and multiple people in scrubs like literally actively watching you sleep in real time
I miss all the people from the height of my personal twitter experience and also twitter circles
January 15, 2026 at 6:00 PM
I miss all the people from the height of my personal twitter experience and also twitter circles
69 love songs is a work of absolute genius bc it's a mix of absolute nonsense and the most beautiful songs you've ever heard and they're all 90 seconds long
January 12, 2026 at 4:29 PM
69 love songs is a work of absolute genius bc it's a mix of absolute nonsense and the most beautiful songs you've ever heard and they're all 90 seconds long
I never watched family guy but I saw “how David lynch stole Christmas” in an edit of David lynch references in other media and now I can’t stop saying “don’t look away, let the fear wash over you”
January 9, 2026 at 6:46 PM
I never watched family guy but I saw “how David lynch stole Christmas” in an edit of David lynch references in other media and now I can’t stop saying “don’t look away, let the fear wash over you”
I love how much my dog loves sitting on me
January 8, 2026 at 4:17 PM
I love how much my dog loves sitting on me
In the Bay Area you cannot dress based on the temperature, you have to project your day and determine how often you will be standing in the sun. Sun is hot, and shade is cold, don’t you look stupid in your sweater
January 7, 2026 at 7:08 PM
In the Bay Area you cannot dress based on the temperature, you have to project your day and determine how often you will be standing in the sun. Sun is hot, and shade is cold, don’t you look stupid in your sweater
As a K-PhD working in higher ed, the start of the fall semester has always felt like the “new year” more than January 1
January 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
As a K-PhD working in higher ed, the start of the fall semester has always felt like the “new year” more than January 1
I wish I didn’t have to go back to work and also that I hadn’t finished the roottrees are dead so I can just sit on the couch and play the roottrees are dead
January 5, 2026 at 4:21 PM
I wish I didn’t have to go back to work and also that I hadn’t finished the roottrees are dead so I can just sit on the couch and play the roottrees are dead
I read Monstrilio in one day this week and enjoyed it quite a lot but the whole time I reading it I was thinking dang I hope someone told Guillermo del toro about this book, do you think he already knows?
December 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I read Monstrilio in one day this week and enjoyed it quite a lot but the whole time I reading it I was thinking dang I hope someone told Guillermo del toro about this book, do you think he already knows?
Some a y’all should talk to more sociolinguists
December 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Some a y’all should talk to more sociolinguists
A huge theme of my field methods class was metadata and I'm only just now realizing how much I internalized both like the habit of having specific templates for document titles and the specific preferences of my professor
December 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A huge theme of my field methods class was metadata and I'm only just now realizing how much I internalized both like the habit of having specific templates for document titles and the specific preferences of my professor
Some kind of computer gizmo that automatically deletes student work I downloaded off my computer once it’s been graded and returned
December 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Some kind of computer gizmo that automatically deletes student work I downloaded off my computer once it’s been graded and returned
When being the one to notice a problem turns it into your problem 🙃
December 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
When being the one to notice a problem turns it into your problem 🙃
too much work to afford to take a sick day and yet i fear the sick day may be taking me whether i like it or not
December 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
too much work to afford to take a sick day and yet i fear the sick day may be taking me whether i like it or not
Yesterday someone told me something was $12 and I was like hey that’s lunch on reflex, but then I realized that’s really only like 1/2 or maybe 2/3 of lunch now
December 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Yesterday someone told me something was $12 and I was like hey that’s lunch on reflex, but then I realized that’s really only like 1/2 or maybe 2/3 of lunch now
Petition to Stop Closing Restaurants I Like
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Petition to Stop Closing Restaurants I Like
Sometimes I see someone on the internet cutting paper with what look like fabric scissors and I literally have a physical reaction
December 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Sometimes I see someone on the internet cutting paper with what look like fabric scissors and I literally have a physical reaction
Why do people act like they don’t love Diet Coke
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Why do people act like they don’t love Diet Coke
Crazy how much more time I had to work on this project before I had a full time job but the old #linguistics coloring pages are still up! From personal experience they make a great last day of ling/lang class activity 😇
Hey if you or your language and #linguistics students are looking for some end-of-term de-stressing, I put a couple more pages from my coloring book project up here: tinyurl.com/coloring-gre...
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Crazy how much more time I had to work on this project before I had a full time job but the old #linguistics coloring pages are still up! From personal experience they make a great last day of ling/lang class activity 😇