Nicole Holliday
@mixedlinguist.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof of Linguistics at Berkeley. Language, identity & prosody, esp. in politics & human-computer interaction. Trivia person, marathoner, coach. LA & the Bay! No one is illegal on stolen land. Views are my own.
https://nicolerholliday.wordpress.com
https://nicolerholliday.wordpress.com
This is disgusting, and dehumanizing, and unfortunately coming to damn near every platform you can think of. Multilingualism isn’t an inconvenience to be “solved” by technology. We have to push back.
Discovered today that Instagram had turned on (without my opt-in) automatic AUDIO translation of any reel that shows up in my feed not in English USING AI TO MIMIC THE SPEAKER’S VOICE and WOW it was creepy and upsetting.
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
You can turn it off in “Language & Translations” in Settings. 🙅🏻♀️
February 17, 2026 at 3:36 AM
This is disgusting, and dehumanizing, and unfortunately coming to damn near every platform you can think of. Multilingualism isn’t an inconvenience to be “solved” by technology. We have to push back.
Call your senators and fight like hell, but also, if you don’t have already have a passport, try to get one ASAP.
I read the Trump-backed voter suppression bill, the so-called “Save America Act,” so you don’t have to. Here’s my summary. Please tell your Senators to vote NO on this abomination: 202-224-3121. TY. 1/
February 14, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Call your senators and fight like hell, but also, if you don’t have already have a passport, try to get one ASAP.
In the SkyClub, 2 people next to me asked the Salvadoran bartender about how much better his country is since Bukele “cleaned everything up”. I had a quick interaction with them about the concept of “safer for whom”, & one said “oh like MN”. Heartened that some normies are making the connection!
February 11, 2026 at 10:32 PM
In the SkyClub, 2 people next to me asked the Salvadoran bartender about how much better his country is since Bukele “cleaned everything up”. I had a quick interaction with them about the concept of “safer for whom”, & one said “oh like MN”. Heartened that some normies are making the connection!
Y’all really shocked that a Bay Area girl whose dad fled political persecution in China, a queer girl from Texas, and a Philly Italian-American girl aren’t here for this bs? They represent the best of us!
I am extremely proud of America's Olympians for speaking out against this regime. And for these ladies doing their own thing shamelessly.
Trump publicly called one Olympian a loser for speaking out. None of them spoke against the nation; Just shameless abusive leaders
www.ms.now/opinion/olym...
Trump publicly called one Olympian a loser for speaking out. None of them spoke against the nation; Just shameless abusive leaders
www.ms.now/opinion/olym...
Opinion | The powerful, personal politics of America's Olympic 'Blade Angels'
Hannah Holland: In a sport still largely defined by traditional, narrow ideas of femininity and grace, Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn are not stereotypical figure skaters.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Y’all really shocked that a Bay Area girl whose dad fled political persecution in China, a queer girl from Texas, and a Philly Italian-American girl aren’t here for this bs? They represent the best of us!
The Daily has a guy falling over himself to say that ICE is right & people need to stay out of their way. But his underlying issue is he’s a mason whose wages have been lowered by exploitative practices. If we could get guys like to blame corporate greed instead of individuals, we’d be halfway there
February 9, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The Daily has a guy falling over himself to say that ICE is right & people need to stay out of their way. But his underlying issue is he’s a mason whose wages have been lowered by exploitative practices. If we could get guys like to blame corporate greed instead of individuals, we’d be halfway there
In Santa Clara. Outside of San Francisco. In the state of California. Who the hell do they think gave these names to these places?
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 AM
In Santa Clara. Outside of San Francisco. In the state of California. Who the hell do they think gave these names to these places?
Now dare NBC caption Jay-Z at the Super Bowl and not Beyoncé!?!? She was right there!
Even worse because Hailey Bieber got her own caption next to Justin immediately after!
Even worse because Hailey Bieber got her own caption next to Justin immediately after!
February 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Now dare NBC caption Jay-Z at the Super Bowl and not Beyoncé!?!? She was right there!
Even worse because Hailey Bieber got her own caption next to Justin immediately after!
Even worse because Hailey Bieber got her own caption next to Justin immediately after!
There’s a conversation to be had about how if we truly respect people’s rights to do what they want with their bodies, that also means they can knowingly engage in sports that carry risk without everyone being paternalistic about it, but I don’t think y’all are ready for that.
February 8, 2026 at 11:49 PM
There’s a conversation to be had about how if we truly respect people’s rights to do what they want with their bodies, that also means they can knowingly engage in sports that carry risk without everyone being paternalistic about it, but I don’t think y’all are ready for that.
This and the results of the fact that we barely even started Reconstruction.
so much of our present misery is just a giant, prolonged backlash to integration
February 8, 2026 at 10:06 PM
This and the results of the fact that we barely even started Reconstruction.
Team USA looks like Ralph Lauren went to Norway for inspiration and then created a Christmas collection, but it's not that bad! I'm here for Erin Jackson and Chloe Kim and all the kids who grew up here being told by people like Trump that they didn't belong. They're what makes America great!
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Team USA looks like Ralph Lauren went to Norway for inspiration and then created a Christmas collection, but it's not that bad! I'm here for Erin Jackson and Chloe Kim and all the kids who grew up here being told by people like Trump that they didn't belong. They're what makes America great!
Imagine telling someone in 1993 that the film Cool Runnings would cause us to witness Snoop Dogg interviewing the Jamaican bobsled team in Italy in 2026! What is this timeline!?!?
February 6, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Imagine telling someone in 1993 that the film Cool Runnings would cause us to witness Snoop Dogg interviewing the Jamaican bobsled team in Italy in 2026! What is this timeline!?!?
Reposted by Nicole Holliday
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
February 6, 2026 at 5:42 PM
1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
It's bad enough to have to see Vance on the Opening Ceremony...just fervently praying that no one has to look at Trump's mug in my beloved Los Angeles in 2028.
February 6, 2026 at 7:25 PM
It's bad enough to have to see Vance on the Opening Ceremony...just fervently praying that no one has to look at Trump's mug in my beloved Los Angeles in 2028.
I put this Opening Ceremony in my calendar as an event weeks ago because it’s my favorite event if the Olympics, and if these outfits aren’t fire I’m gonna be so mad.
February 6, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I put this Opening Ceremony in my calendar as an event weeks ago because it’s my favorite event if the Olympics, and if these outfits aren’t fire I’m gonna be so mad.
Didn’t we have that whole thing where we threw a bunch of tea in a harbor because we were sick of paying taxes to a king who only cared about enriching himself?
Every president from Nixon on released their tax returns, but Trump -- who insisted he would follow that custom -- repeatedly refused to do that. So finally they were leaked, showing he paid only $750 in 2016 and nothing in 2017.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
He's now demanding all of us, who *did* pay our full taxes, pay him.
Donald Trump’s frivolous $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over his leaked tax returns, if he were to win or get a settlement, would be paid entirely by U.S. taxpayers. trib.al/eiYvT8m
February 6, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Didn’t we have that whole thing where we threw a bunch of tea in a harbor because we were sick of paying taxes to a king who only cared about enriching himself?
If you’ve ever been to a Dodger game, you’ve seen that this is an absolute fuck you to their hometown and fanbase. The Dodgers are happy to shake the hand of a man who delights in terrorizing all of LA. Just disgusting.
February 5, 2026 at 10:32 PM
If you’ve ever been to a Dodger game, you’ve seen that this is an absolute fuck you to their hometown and fanbase. The Dodgers are happy to shake the hand of a man who delights in terrorizing all of LA. Just disgusting.
THIS is how I found out that our campus has a celebrity flag football game!?!?
February 4, 2026 at 5:35 AM
THIS is how I found out that our campus has a celebrity flag football game!?!?
3 words. Fugitive slave patrols.
How are we not supposed to terrified of ICE when they’re indistinguishable from these guys?
How are we not supposed to terrified of ICE when they’re indistinguishable from these guys?
A white man in Dillard, Oregon was arrested for stopping people on the freeway to demand at gunpoint that they tell him if they were citizens. He shot and missed one + attempted to get another in his truck to bring to police. Before his spree, he called local PD to complain about "foreign" people.
Defendant contacted police before freeway shooting
Charles Glen Simmons, 53, of Dillard, is in the Douglas County Jail on $1 million bail after Thursday morning’s alleged crime spree. According to a press release from the Oregon
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February 3, 2026 at 1:45 PM
3 words. Fugitive slave patrols.
How are we not supposed to terrified of ICE when they’re indistinguishable from these guys?
How are we not supposed to terrified of ICE when they’re indistinguishable from these guys?
Anglophones all learned 4 more Spanish words today, “Debí tirar más fotos”. Everyone still has a week to learn the whole album for the national sing along, and it’s more than worth it ❤️
February 2, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Anglophones all learned 4 more Spanish words today, “Debí tirar más fotos”. Everyone still has a week to learn the whole album for the national sing along, and it’s more than worth it ❤️
I never ever want to hear one more word about how linguists who don’t worship this man are somehow inferior scholars. I always knew he was anti-black because of the way he talked about sociolinguistics; he’s consistently argued that considering what actual human beings do is a waste of time.
/6 No, when society tells you to shun someone, be SKEPTICAL. Like Noam Chomsky. Noam Chomsky KNEW that it’s the dark forces of American imperialism that don’t want him to listen to a famous child rapist teach him about black people being inferior.
February 2, 2026 at 4:20 AM
I never ever want to hear one more word about how linguists who don’t worship this man are somehow inferior scholars. I always knew he was anti-black because of the way he talked about sociolinguistics; he’s consistently argued that considering what actual human beings do is a waste of time.
This is who runs this account
February 2, 2026 at 3:35 AM
This is who runs this account
It was always going to be Benito, the beating heart and conscience of the industry at this point.
Bad Bunny received a standing ovation for his poignant speech taking aim at ICE as he accepted the Grammy award for best música urbana album.
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February 2, 2026 at 2:40 AM
It was always going to be Benito, the beating heart and conscience of the industry at this point.
Watching the Grammys is just half waiting to see who is most likely to say the most explicitly political thing. So far it’s been everyone vaguely alluding to the horrors, or just proudly proclaiming that their families are immigrants.
February 2, 2026 at 2:16 AM
Watching the Grammys is just half waiting to see who is most likely to say the most explicitly political thing. So far it’s been everyone vaguely alluding to the horrors, or just proudly proclaiming that their families are immigrants.
I LOVE watching the Winter Olympics, but obviously I can’t support the U.S. regime now. So I’m looking for the least problematic (currently) nation to cheer for. Norway is in the running but crotchgate has given me some pause 😆
January 31, 2026 at 11:48 PM
I LOVE watching the Winter Olympics, but obviously I can’t support the U.S. regime now. So I’m looking for the least problematic (currently) nation to cheer for. Norway is in the running but crotchgate has given me some pause 😆
Reposted by Nicole Holliday
It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
It hasn’t gone unnoticed that all four people arrested today, including two journalists, were Black.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.
And now we find out the charge is “conspiracy to violate civil rights,” a statute rooted in the Ku Klux Klan Act.
Sit with that.