Simply let go of the need to not feel like an idiot if it comes at the price of constant dooming

Bolo de cenoura, a carrot cake often found in Portuguese and Brazilian bakeries, is thrilling in its simplicity. It doesn't require any grating. nyti.ms/493y3Si

This year marks the 25th anniversary of International Mother Language Day.

A new report from UNESCO highlights the need to include multilingualism in education to ensure children can access education in a language they understand.

Read more: tinyurl.com/mw9vnwsh

#langsky #linguistics

Do you love the Brontës?

Do you daily ask yourself WHAT WOULD CHARLOTTE BRONTE DO? (WWCBD?)

Can you get to Haworth on March 20th to join me @karenpowellwrites.bsky.social and Graham Watson celebrating the life of my queen Charlotte Brontë?

Then come!

www.waveofnostalgia.co.uk/event-ticket...

BAD news on children's reading

4th grade reading hurt by COVID & is NOT recovering

In fact, worsening

There are drops throughout the score distribution; largest at the bottom

Gap btw 90th & 10th percentiles:

'19: 92 pts
'24: 107 pts

www.nationsreportcard.gov/reports/read...

Whatever happens, never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So always make time to share books with kids, and help them find books to love. Make reading central to everything you do. It will change their lives forever!
#literacy

Dia lindo hoje, sensação térmica de -2ºC. Queria mesmo era ficar em casa lendo um livro. Mas cá estou, turistando

Word of the Day, should you need it, is ‘crapulence’ (18th century): sickness or indisposition resulting from excessive drinking or eating.

I am thrilled to announce that I will be joining Department of Government at Harvard University, first as a postdoctoral fellow (2025) and then as an assistant professor (2026). I am grateful and really excited for this new opportunity.

Good morning.

Word of the Day is as beautiful as it is underused. ‘Confelicity’ is finding joy in the happiness and success of others.

It's graduate application season! See below for two resources that people have found useful:

- Blog post on writing a Ph.D. statement of purpose
- List of many North American linguistics departments with computational/NLP research

#NLProc #CompLing #phdchat