Dustin A. Chacón
@lingdustin.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Linguistics, UC Santa Cruz. {Neuro/psycho}linguistics, syntax, and South Asian languages. He/him 🏳️🌈.
Sometimes: Horror movies, video games, cats.
www.lingdustin.net
Sometimes: Horror movies, video games, cats.
www.lingdustin.net
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Really just the absolute floor of demands that ICE must be abolished, dismantled, and everyone involved with its creation held accountable.
January 24, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Really just the absolute floor of demands that ICE must be abolished, dismantled, and everyone involved with its creation held accountable.
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Your reminder that cops in LA maje $20 to $30k more than starting tenure track faculty in the CSU system. In case you’re curious about priorities.
January 24, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Your reminder that cops in LA maje $20 to $30k more than starting tenure track faculty in the CSU system. In case you’re curious about priorities.
Oh hey paper acceptance! I didn't see it because I couldn't log into my old UGA e-mail lol 🫠
January 22, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Oh hey paper acceptance! I didn't see it because I couldn't log into my old UGA e-mail lol 🫠
Did you know there’s a horror movie coming out about a translation error?
January 22, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Did you know there’s a horror movie coming out about a translation error?
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yes, Dems are 100% ok with it. if they weren’t, they wouldn’t have voted for it dozens of times or tried to hit Republicans from the right for not being “serious about the border” during the 2024 election or be totally abdicate fighting against it now. but they did all that, they’re social fascists
January 22, 2026 at 1:42 PM
yes, Dems are 100% ok with it. if they weren’t, they wouldn’t have voted for it dozens of times or tried to hit Republicans from the right for not being “serious about the border” during the 2024 election or be totally abdicate fighting against it now. but they did all that, they’re social fascists
Democrats already warming up there 'ICE for all *who want it*' platform for 2028
January 22, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Democrats already warming up there 'ICE for all *who want it*' platform for 2028
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"Should we vote to give more money to the people shooting my constituents in the face?" is not a complicated political question. And yet, Democrats don't seem able to answer it.
January 22, 2026 at 1:05 AM
"Should we vote to give more money to the people shooting my constituents in the face?" is not a complicated political question. And yet, Democrats don't seem able to answer it.
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Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Another friend put it to me like this: "ICE has made the classic Nazi mistake. They've invaded a winter people in the winter."
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Whoever took my gym bag at Santa Cruz Athletic Club at ~11:30 AM this morning, then spent ~$2,000 at a hardware store on my credit cards and withdrew more from the ATM, can you please at least return my cards, my weightlifting equipment, and my hearing aids please?
January 12, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Whoever took my gym bag at Santa Cruz Athletic Club at ~11:30 AM this morning, then spent ~$2,000 at a hardware store on my credit cards and withdrew more from the ATM, can you please at least return my cards, my weightlifting equipment, and my hearing aids please?
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Raise your hand if you’re doing more in-class writing and activities on paper and the whiteboard.
"universities are being infiltrated by a commercial industry that exploits students+faculty as data mines
frenzy w/o consulting their faculty, collecting empirical data on whether gen AI is pedagogically useful, or pausing to inquire about the long-term impact"
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
frenzy w/o consulting their faculty, collecting empirical data on whether gen AI is pedagogically useful, or pausing to inquire about the long-term impact"
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
Raise your hand if you’re doing more in-class writing and activities on paper and the whiteboard.
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It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
January 7, 2026 at 4:28 PM
It is now confirmed from multiple sources that ICE shot a legal observer dead on Portland in Minneapolis between 34th and 33rd street. The victim is dead
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andy cohen's "am i excited about 2026? [pregnant pause] yeah. i... yeah. i mean, what's the alternative?" is the realest thing i've seen all night
January 1, 2026 at 4:49 AM
andy cohen's "am i excited about 2026? [pregnant pause] yeah. i... yeah. i mean, what's the alternative?" is the realest thing i've seen all night
Strict/sloppy ambiguity from Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper on CNN’s NYE event:
“Agree or disagree, if I went to the gym every I’d have an ass like the guys on Heated Rivalry”
Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper, and BJ Novak all hold up signs that say “disagree”
“Agree or disagree, if I went to the gym every I’d have an ass like the guys on Heated Rivalry”
Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper, and BJ Novak all hold up signs that say “disagree”
January 1, 2026 at 4:47 AM
Strict/sloppy ambiguity from Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper on CNN’s NYE event:
“Agree or disagree, if I went to the gym every I’d have an ass like the guys on Heated Rivalry”
Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper, and BJ Novak all hold up signs that say “disagree”
“Agree or disagree, if I went to the gym every I’d have an ass like the guys on Heated Rivalry”
Andy Cohen, Anderson Cooper, and BJ Novak all hold up signs that say “disagree”
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Multilingualism WithOut Words: A non-lexicalist model of bilingualism: https://osf.io/a5e3u
December 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Multilingualism WithOut Words: A non-lexicalist model of bilingualism: https://osf.io/a5e3u
why don't they make dental treats for humans
December 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
why don't they make dental treats for humans
What if instead of computers having mice they had RATS
December 29, 2025 at 10:20 PM
What if instead of computers having mice they had RATS
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Mass Effect style dialogue wheel except the only dialogue options ever offered are "No, yeah, for sure." and "Damn, that's crazy"
December 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Mass Effect style dialogue wheel except the only dialogue options ever offered are "No, yeah, for sure." and "Damn, that's crazy"
Gap-less filler in this description of Clair Obscur Expedition 33:
'Oh there's this giant lady that keeps painting the age that everybody dies'
youtube.com/shorts/qtYJN...
'Oh there's this giant lady that keeps painting the age that everybody dies'
youtube.com/shorts/qtYJN...
Just grieving and shopping. Congrats on the Game Awards #clairobscurexpedition33 #expedition33
YouTube video by Ron Funches
youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Gap-less filler in this description of Clair Obscur Expedition 33:
'Oh there's this giant lady that keeps painting the age that everybody dies'
youtube.com/shorts/qtYJN...
'Oh there's this giant lady that keeps painting the age that everybody dies'
youtube.com/shorts/qtYJN...
1. Air Force One
2. Conspiracy Theory
3. Spawn
4. George of the Jungle
5. Men in Black
Not looking good
2. Conspiracy Theory
3. Spawn
4. George of the Jungle
5. Men in Black
Not looking good
The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go.
December 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
1. Air Force One
2. Conspiracy Theory
3. Spawn
4. George of the Jungle
5. Men in Black
Not looking good
2. Conspiracy Theory
3. Spawn
4. George of the Jungle
5. Men in Black
Not looking good
I really hope that Marcus the Worm somehow produces the ADS' Word Of The Year next year
December 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I really hope that Marcus the Worm somehow produces the ADS' Word Of The Year next year
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What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
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I’ve seen two kids post that the Brown University shooting is the second school shooting they’ve survived.
This should enrage and radicalize everyone.
Kids shouldn’t have to survive one shooting, let alone two.
No more thoughts and prayers.
It’s time to address the guns.
This should enrage and radicalize everyone.
Kids shouldn’t have to survive one shooting, let alone two.
No more thoughts and prayers.
It’s time to address the guns.
December 14, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I’ve seen two kids post that the Brown University shooting is the second school shooting they’ve survived.
This should enrage and radicalize everyone.
Kids shouldn’t have to survive one shooting, let alone two.
No more thoughts and prayers.
It’s time to address the guns.
This should enrage and radicalize everyone.
Kids shouldn’t have to survive one shooting, let alone two.
No more thoughts and prayers.
It’s time to address the guns.