Lizzie Coppock
@lizzieloo.bsky.social
Semanticist, linguist, Associate Professor at Boston University, nothing more, not obsessed with lindy hop or anything fun like that
In case anyone missed the memo on this
Attacking people’s accents is a low blow that we don’t need, and it’s often a cover for some really xenophobic arguments. She’s a terrible person but she’s very intelligible in English, and it’s much better to talk about the (lack of) content in her speech than her style.
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
In case anyone missed the memo on this
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"[K]ids inside the car wash watched as their mother was taken away."
"Workers were not allowed to go inside to retrieve their work permits or identification, and [ICE] made no effort to enter the facility to identify anyone they were arresting."
#Massachusetts #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"Workers were not allowed to go inside to retrieve their work permits or identification, and [ICE] made no effort to enter the facility to identify anyone they were arresting."
#Massachusetts #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
ICE Agents Kidnap Nine People Working at Car Wash in Boston
ICE carried out its biggest workplace raid in Massachusetts so far, kidnapping nine workers at a car wash in the neighborhood of Allston-Brighton.
www.leftvoice.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"[K]ids inside the car wash watched as their mother was taken away."
"Workers were not allowed to go inside to retrieve their work permits or identification, and [ICE] made no effort to enter the facility to identify anyone they were arresting."
#Massachusetts #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"Workers were not allowed to go inside to retrieve their work permits or identification, and [ICE] made no effort to enter the facility to identify anyone they were arresting."
#Massachusetts #USA #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
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My god
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:56 AM
My god
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Listen to the whole speech. This is history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ys...
LIVE: Zohran Mamdani delivers victory speech in New York City
YouTube video by ABC News
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Listen to the whole speech. This is history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7ys...
Mid-semester release of "Invitation to Formal Semantics"! Fixes exercises in Chapter 4 (thx Adam Przepiórkowski) plus:
- a how-to on type-checking in Chapter 5 by Lucas
- a formally correct partial type theory in Chapter 9 (thx David Beaver, Edgar Onea, Ede Zimmermann) !!
- fewer typos
- a how-to on type-checking in Chapter 5 by Lucas
- a formally correct partial type theory in Chapter 9 (thx David Beaver, Edgar Onea, Ede Zimmermann) !!
- fewer typos
eecoppock.info
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Mid-semester release of "Invitation to Formal Semantics"! Fixes exercises in Chapter 4 (thx Adam Przepiórkowski) plus:
- a how-to on type-checking in Chapter 5 by Lucas
- a formally correct partial type theory in Chapter 9 (thx David Beaver, Edgar Onea, Ede Zimmermann) !!
- fewer typos
- a how-to on type-checking in Chapter 5 by Lucas
- a formally correct partial type theory in Chapter 9 (thx David Beaver, Edgar Onea, Ede Zimmermann) !!
- fewer typos
I went to Nepal to do linguistic fieldwork and accidentally found myself in the middle of a revolution! Here's my little blog about it.
sites.bu.edu/lislab/nepal...
sites.bu.edu/lislab/nepal...
Nepal trip | Linguistic Semantics Lab (LiSLab)
sites.bu.edu
October 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I went to Nepal to do linguistic fieldwork and accidentally found myself in the middle of a revolution! Here's my little blog about it.
sites.bu.edu/lislab/nepal...
sites.bu.edu/lislab/nepal...
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This man left Costa Rica in Dec 2024 to look for work.
He was in perfect health.
Snatched by ICE on Dec 27, held for 8 months in Texas, and now dead.
Picked up in perfect health, then deported back on an ambulance flight, and died shortly after his return.
Something monstrous is going on.
He was in perfect health.
Snatched by ICE on Dec 27, held for 8 months in Texas, and now dead.
Picked up in perfect health, then deported back on an ambulance flight, and died shortly after his return.
Something monstrous is going on.
🧵This horrific story is being reported all over Latin America, but not the US.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
Randall Gamboa, a Costa Rican, was deported from the US in such a critical health condition it required an ambulance flight.
He then died upon his return to Costa Rica after being detained for 8 months by DHS.
October 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This man left Costa Rica in Dec 2024 to look for work.
He was in perfect health.
Snatched by ICE on Dec 27, held for 8 months in Texas, and now dead.
Picked up in perfect health, then deported back on an ambulance flight, and died shortly after his return.
Something monstrous is going on.
He was in perfect health.
Snatched by ICE on Dec 27, held for 8 months in Texas, and now dead.
Picked up in perfect health, then deported back on an ambulance flight, and died shortly after his return.
Something monstrous is going on.
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📝 Sign below to support Professor Tom Alter of Texas State who was fired for speech he made in his capacity as a private citizen! ⬇️
the Texas State University System Board of Regents is reviewing Tom Alter’s case on November 10. The link below will take you to a letter you can sign and send in his behalf.
if there's no free extramural speech there's no freedom at all
actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
if there's no free extramural speech there's no freedom at all
actionnetwork.org/letters/supp...
Academic Letter of Support for Dr. Tom Alter to be Reinstated at TXST, San Marcos
Dear Academic Supporter of Dr. Tom Alter, Tom Alter is undertaking a formal appeal of his firing from Texas State University, San Marcos. On November 10, a subcommittee of the Texas State University...
actionnetwork.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:58 PM
📝 Sign below to support Professor Tom Alter of Texas State who was fired for speech he made in his capacity as a private citizen! ⬇️
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Even corrections officers have described how the Cuyahoga County Jail’s conditions impact their physical and mental health.
“Over the years, many officers said they have developed breathing problems from the air quality,” says Adam Chaloupka of the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
“Over the years, many officers said they have developed breathing problems from the air quality,” says Adam Chaloupka of the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
Months Without Sunshine: The Unbearable Darkness of Jail
Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies require it.
www.themarshallproject.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Even corrections officers have described how the Cuyahoga County Jail’s conditions impact their physical and mental health.
“Over the years, many officers said they have developed breathing problems from the air quality,” says Adam Chaloupka of the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
“Over the years, many officers said they have developed breathing problems from the air quality,” says Adam Chaloupka of the Ohio Patrolmen's Benevolent Association.
Because water for the population is just a Democrat issue. We have to do it Nepal-style, it’s the people vs the regime!
Trump targets federal employees working on conservation and environmental protection.
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#Nature #Environment #Conservation #Climate
grist.org/labor/trump-...
#Nature #Environment #Conservation #Climate
Trump targets federal employees working on conservation and environmental protection
A new round of furlough notices were issued to EPA employees last week, while the Interior Department disclosed plans to cut positions affecting national parks, endangered species, and toxic contamina...
grist.org
October 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Because water for the population is just a Democrat issue. We have to do it Nepal-style, it’s the people vs the regime!
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Here is the US Navy, comprised entirely of people who swore an oath to the US Constitution, building concentration camps to help Trump's fascist dictatorship ignore due process and the rule of law. The Navy is demolishing the Constitution instead of defending it against its enemies. Fuck you, Navy.
The Department of Homeland Security is funneling $10 billion through the Navy to help facilitate the construction of a sprawling network of migrant detention centers across the US in an arrangement aimed at getting the centers built faster. https://cnn.it/4oDFP9W
October 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Here is the US Navy, comprised entirely of people who swore an oath to the US Constitution, building concentration camps to help Trump's fascist dictatorship ignore due process and the rule of law. The Navy is demolishing the Constitution instead of defending it against its enemies. Fuck you, Navy.
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Omg. Same. DC food dispensaries are already low. My client discussion today was "they are taking our food stamps so we will steal and end up in jail. Same story different era".
October 22, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Omg. Same. DC food dispensaries are already low. My client discussion today was "they are taking our food stamps so we will steal and end up in jail. Same story different era".
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Nuts to see the widespread media backpatting of Albanese after he ensures Aus critical minerals will be
- Shipped to a country that'll use them for weapons and AI slop data centres instead of for the energy transition
- Extracted in an env toxic way thanks to the deregulation promised in the deal
- Shipped to a country that'll use them for weapons and AI slop data centres instead of for the energy transition
- Extracted in an env toxic way thanks to the deregulation promised in the deal
Albanese at the White House: Trump endorses Aukus, signs $8.5bn rare earths deal and calls PM ‘great leader’
President says US has no better friend than Australia but tells ambassador Kevin Rudd “I don’t like you’
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Nuts to see the widespread media backpatting of Albanese after he ensures Aus critical minerals will be
- Shipped to a country that'll use them for weapons and AI slop data centres instead of for the energy transition
- Extracted in an env toxic way thanks to the deregulation promised in the deal
- Shipped to a country that'll use them for weapons and AI slop data centres instead of for the energy transition
- Extracted in an env toxic way thanks to the deregulation promised in the deal
Family protest time in Evanston IL #nokingsday
October 19, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Family protest time in Evanston IL #nokingsday
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ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
October 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Hi from Nepal! I'm fine! It has been amazing to see, smell, hear and feel the revolution all around me. While sheltering, made this interactive map of the languages in Nepal. (Sorry it loads slowly.) A beautifully multi-lingual nation! #nepal lislab.shinyapps.io/LanguagesInN...
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September 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Hi from Nepal! I'm fine! It has been amazing to see, smell, hear and feel the revolution all around me. While sheltering, made this interactive map of the languages in Nepal. (Sorry it loads slowly.) A beautifully multi-lingual nation! #nepal lislab.shinyapps.io/LanguagesInN...
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BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
‘I escaped a Russian prison — only to end up in an American jail’
Dozens of Russian dissidents have been expelled from the US and forcibly returned to Russia with the co-operation of immigration authorities
www.thetimes.com
September 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
BREAKING: ICE is sending Russian dissidents back to Russia. When the dissidents arrived in Russia, the Russian authorities were given documents relating to their asylum applications in the US which under US law are confidential. This seems to be part of a secret agreement between Trump and Putin.
Update from Nepal: Social media is shut down, including Facebook, IG, WhatsApp, and YouTube (!). TikTok and Viber still work. Officially it’s because these apps haven’t registered with the government. Local people are saying it’s to prevent political organizing prior to the election.
September 6, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Update from Nepal: Social media is shut down, including Facebook, IG, WhatsApp, and YouTube (!). TikTok and Viber still work. Officially it’s because these apps haven’t registered with the government. Local people are saying it’s to prevent political organizing prior to the election.
Today I met Dipak Tuladhar, who started a pre-school for Newar children in Kathmandu in 2003. After meeting with success, he has developed schools in other towns, and has been working with local leaders across Nepal to expand the concept to allow more kids to learn in their mother tongue.
Dipak Tuladhar's quest to preserve local languages of Nepal
YouTube video by Elizabeth Coppock
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August 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today I met Dipak Tuladhar, who started a pre-school for Newar children in Kathmandu in 2003. After meeting with success, he has developed schools in other towns, and has been working with local leaders across Nepal to expand the concept to allow more kids to learn in their mother tongue.
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Things that have gone in garbage trucks in sweeps in San Diego:
- All bicycles regardless of condition.
- Painstakingly reacquired ID documents.
- Urns with human remains.
- Tents with people in them.
- All bicycles regardless of condition.
- Painstakingly reacquired ID documents.
- Urns with human remains.
- Tents with people in them.
Press needs to stop repeating govt euphemism of “clearing homeless camps.” I’ve witnessed it in other cities: massive destruction of personal property. Not just bedrolls & tents; family photos, Bibles, meds. Times I’ve seen it people weren’t even given option to move their things.
August 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Things that have gone in garbage trucks in sweeps in San Diego:
- All bicycles regardless of condition.
- Painstakingly reacquired ID documents.
- Urns with human remains.
- Tents with people in them.
- All bicycles regardless of condition.
- Painstakingly reacquired ID documents.
- Urns with human remains.
- Tents with people in them.
Semantics teachers! The Fall 2025 version of "Invitation to Formal Semantics" is now available. It has major changes to Chapters 1-5 driven by new exercises and visualization of cases. Solutions to exercises soon available upon request.
eecoppock.info/bootcamp/sem...
eecoppock.info/bootcamp/sem...
August 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Semantics teachers! The Fall 2025 version of "Invitation to Formal Semantics" is now available. It has major changes to Chapters 1-5 driven by new exercises and visualization of cases. Solutions to exercises soon available upon request.
eecoppock.info/bootcamp/sem...
eecoppock.info/bootcamp/sem...
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Go, a college student, has a dependent visa (her mother, an Episcopal minister, is here on a religious worker visa), which doesn't expire until Dec. But when she tried to renew it early, ICE nabbed her and sent her halfway across the US to a detention center.
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
Purdue student detained by ICE and taken to troubled Louisiana holding facility
Yeonsoo Go, 20, was detained after her immigration hearing in Manhattan and taken away by ICE agents.
www.wthr.com
August 4, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Go, a college student, has a dependent visa (her mother, an Episcopal minister, is here on a religious worker visa), which doesn't expire until Dec. But when she tried to renew it early, ICE nabbed her and sent her halfway across the US to a detention center.
www.wthr.com/article/news...
www.wthr.com/article/news...
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At least 159 Palestinians in Gaza have starved to death amid Israel's ongoing siege blocking most humanitarian aid from entering the territory. Meanwhile, Israeli forces continue to kill scores of Palestinians on a daily basis, including at food distribution sites widely described as "death traps."
“Designed as Death Traps”: U.S. Veteran Reveals Rampant War Crimes at GHF Sites in Gaza
As more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed seeking aid at militarized aid distribution sites run by the U.S.- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a former GHF security contractor tel...
www.democracynow.org
August 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
At least 159 Palestinians in Gaza have starved to death amid Israel's ongoing siege blocking most humanitarian aid from entering the territory. Meanwhile, Israeli forces continue to kill scores of Palestinians on a daily basis, including at food distribution sites widely described as "death traps."
New blog post: decoding the first line of a traditional Newari counting riddle. Punchline in the image.
sites.bu.edu/lislab/2025/...
Watch Nepal Bhasa language activist Sunita Junu and her daughter recite this beautiful call-and-response text:
www.tiktok.com/@sunita.junu...
sites.bu.edu/lislab/2025/...
Watch Nepal Bhasa language activist Sunita Junu and her daughter recite this beautiful call-and-response text:
www.tiktok.com/@sunita.junu...
July 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New blog post: decoding the first line of a traditional Newari counting riddle. Punchline in the image.
sites.bu.edu/lislab/2025/...
Watch Nepal Bhasa language activist Sunita Junu and her daughter recite this beautiful call-and-response text:
www.tiktok.com/@sunita.junu...
sites.bu.edu/lislab/2025/...
Watch Nepal Bhasa language activist Sunita Junu and her daughter recite this beautiful call-and-response text:
www.tiktok.com/@sunita.junu...