Lizzie Coppock
@lizzieloo.bsky.social
Semanticist, linguist, Associate Professor at Boston University, nothing more, not obsessed with lindy hop or anything fun like that
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As another round of extreme low temperatures sweeps parts of the U.S., people in dilapidated jails and prisons face an increased risk of illness and even death.
When Temps Plunge, Dilapidated Jails and Prisons Put Lives at Risk
Aging infrastructure is a major challenge when it comes to extreme weather in prisons, jails and detention facilities in the U.S.
www.themarshallproject.org
February 2, 2026 at 2:24 PM
As another round of extreme low temperatures sweeps parts of the U.S., people in dilapidated jails and prisons face an increased risk of illness and even death.
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
That’s strange! Hmm maybe it’s not an immigration agency
“ICE will accompany the U.S. delegation to the Winter Olympics in Italy next month, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday,” the NYT reports. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/w...
Outcry in Italy as U.S. Says ICE Agents Will Join Olympics Delegation
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:40 PM
That’s strange! Hmm maybe it’s not an immigration agency
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Links to fundraisers follow in the thread below. Please help the families who are, for a variety of reasons including race and immigration status, receiving less attention.
Current status of the fundraisers for those killed by ICE:
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
Renee Good: $1,499,580
Alex Pretti: $1,289,249
Keith Porter, Jr. $302,423
Parady La: $45,848
Heber Sanchez Dominguez: $47,991
Luis Beltrán Yanez Cruz: $18,640
Victor Manuel Diaz: $2,538
Geraldo Lunas: $2,260
Luis Gustavo Núñez: $1,935
January 27, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Links to fundraisers follow in the thread below. Please help the families who are, for a variety of reasons including race and immigration status, receiving less attention.
So it’s “we’re going to continue executing innocent people until we get those voter rolls” now
"They’re trying now to use the power of the federal government to scare Minnesota officials into handing over voter rolls and backing down on their protective policies.
Trump wants that state voter data so that he has the ability to interfere with the upcoming midterm elections.”
Trump wants that state voter data so that he has the ability to interfere with the upcoming midterm elections.”
DOJ’s “ransom” letter to Minnesota reveals how Trump plans to rig the midterms
After a Border Patrol agent killed Alex Pretti, Attorney General Pam Bondi tells Minnesota to hand over its voter roll to “bring an end to the chaos.”
www.motherjones.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:13 PM
So it’s “we’re going to continue executing innocent people until we get those voter rolls” now
I'm proud to announce that I have reached Veggie Zero: the state of having eaten all of the vegetables that I bought
January 23, 2026 at 7:42 PM
I'm proud to announce that I have reached Veggie Zero: the state of having eaten all of the vegetables that I bought
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ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
January 23, 2026 at 4:45 PM
ICE detain yet another minor child—chase him down his own street and tackle him to pavement.
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
"I am legal! I am legal!" he cries over and over in Spanish.
Agent pins the boy down in snow—he desperately tries to keep his exposed hands from freezing at -25°F wind chill temperature.
Minneapolis, MN
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Kavanaugh home invasions
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
January 22, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Kavanaugh home invasions
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
Kavanaugh kiddie detentions
Kavanaugh pepper spray torture
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January 19, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Vice signaling!
"...the more one relies on vice signaling as a style of action and communication, the less relevant and powerful the in-group’s moral compass is as a practical constraint on anyone’s behavior."
latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...
latest for @bostonreview.bsky.social
www.bostonreview.net/articles/emp...
Empire of Vice
In a perverse twist on virtue signaling, the Trump administration is training Americans in the politics of raw domination.
www.bostonreview.net
January 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Vice signaling!
It literally takes 30 minutes to get from “Airport” station to the airport in Boston.
January 7, 2026 at 2:32 PM
It literally takes 30 minutes to get from “Airport” station to the airport in Boston.
Neil Myler and Romi Hill and I just finished our poster for the LSA in New Orleans. It's called "Voice-mismatch reciprocals in Indonesian as binary predicate conjunction." Come for the fun reduplication-looking-like thingies, stay for the binary conjunction analysis! #LSA2026
eecoppock.info
January 5, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Neil Myler and Romi Hill and I just finished our poster for the LSA in New Orleans. It's called "Voice-mismatch reciprocals in Indonesian as binary predicate conjunction." Come for the fun reduplication-looking-like thingies, stay for the binary conjunction analysis! #LSA2026
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I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
December 23, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
This is an Onion article right?
Trump ‘Gold Card’ Program Opens Applications For Million-Dollar Visas
Trump Gold Card Program Opens Up For Applications
Applicants will receive a fast-tracked pathway to permanent legal status in the U.S. for a seven-figure fee.
www.forbes.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This is an Onion article right?
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
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ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
December 12, 2025 at 3:15 AM
ProPublica spoke to about 150 people who had lived in homeless encampments when cities cleared them out in “sweeps.”
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
We distributed notecards so people could tell us about the toll in their own words.
➡️ This is what they wrote: https://propub.li/3MTlm33
Welcome to the US! Just fill out these forms and show up at this place and this time and we’ll have a decision for you shortly thereafter. [Person shows up as told.] PSYCH! You’re going to torture prison right now!
5,000 Arrests? ICE Descends on Louisiana to Carry Out Raids in World’s “Incarceration Capital”
A major immigration crackdown is underway in New Orleans and the surrounding areas of Louisiana, dubbed “Operation Catahoula Crunch” by the Trump administration. According to planning documents, 250 f...
www.democracynow.org
December 7, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Welcome to the US! Just fill out these forms and show up at this place and this time and we’ll have a decision for you shortly thereafter. [Person shows up as told.] PSYCH! You’re going to torture prison right now!
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...