savithry
@savithry.bsky.social
conference live-poster moonlighting as linguist (she/her/ആ ബഹളി)
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I get to spend tomorrow on the phone for hours arguing with my old endocrinologist on Long Island and new insurance provider that I really do need to refill the cortef prescription I will literally die without. the one ive been on for a decade. #USHealthcare
November 10, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I get to spend tomorrow on the phone for hours arguing with my old endocrinologist on Long Island and new insurance provider that I really do need to refill the cortef prescription I will literally die without. the one ive been on for a decade. #USHealthcare
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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Washington Spirit fans again with the “Free DC!” chant at the 51st minute.
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO
November 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Washington Spirit fans again with the “Free DC!” chant at the 51st minute.
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO
#NWSL #thatsthespirit #WOSO
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Not interested in arguing about the toxicology of caffeine so here are the ChatGPT numbers:
Over 1 million people talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, new OpenAI data reveals
An estimated 1.2 million users reportedly talk to ChatGPT about suicide weekly, according to a newly released report from the A.I. giant. This latest revelation comes as the company races to strength...
abc7news.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Not interested in arguing about the toxicology of caffeine so here are the ChatGPT numbers:
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
this organization does great work in DC, and the demand is higher than it has ever been
givebutter.com/FoodJusticeDMV
givebutter.com/FoodJusticeDMV
Food Justice DMV
100% of your support goes directly to families in need! You can choose whether or not to pay credit card fees or tips. Not required!
givebutter.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
this organization does great work in DC, and the demand is higher than it has ever been
givebutter.com/FoodJusticeDMV
givebutter.com/FoodJusticeDMV
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In her #NWAV53 plenary, King discusses an example of a juror being dismissed from the pool due to forestressing in the word police (so PO-lice), because the prosecutor claimed that the pronunciation showed animus towards law enforcement. And this is exactly why I study prosody!
November 6, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In her #NWAV53 plenary, King discusses an example of a juror being dismissed from the pool due to forestressing in the word police (so PO-lice), because the prosecutor claimed that the pronunciation showed animus towards law enforcement. And this is exactly why I study prosody!
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“Texas Students for DEI would need about $150,000 to cover the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition for all students who applied,”
How to donate:
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
How to donate:
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
November 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
“Texas Students for DEI would need about $150,000 to cover the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition for all students who applied,”
How to donate:
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
How to donate:
www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...
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This is actually why I stopped saying what was wrong with AI art, text, music, and videos. He's right in that every time we point it out they focus on fixing it
This person is one hundred percent correct and it’s scary af. We will never “media literacy” our way out of this as a society. We are about to reap the whirlwind when it comes to misinformation, disinformation, and informational warfare.
November 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This is actually why I stopped saying what was wrong with AI art, text, music, and videos. He's right in that every time we point it out they focus on fixing it
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There is only one real and sustainable solution to all of this, and that is an organized faculty. I mean that in labor sense: faculty across the UC must unionize. It has been demonstrated that Faculty Association members, not administrators, have had the courage to due the Feds, and our own bosses.
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
There is only one real and sustainable solution to all of this, and that is an organized faculty. I mean that in labor sense: faculty across the UC must unionize. It has been demonstrated that Faculty Association members, not administrators, have had the courage to due the Feds, and our own bosses.
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To my mind, not only is this a direct attack by a UC central admin content to capitulate and emulate the federal position that arrived via extortion letter, it is part of a much larger plan, congruent with UC central admin, of weakening and eliminating faculty governance and power.
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
To my mind, not only is this a direct attack by a UC central admin content to capitulate and emulate the federal position that arrived via extortion letter, it is part of a much larger plan, congruent with UC central admin, of weakening and eliminating faculty governance and power.
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Very important thread on what’s going on in the U of California system.
The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Very important thread on what’s going on in the U of California system.
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Interactive map with all food banks, food pantries, discount groceries, baby formula, etc
You can search by your need or by eligibility information
Share with anyone who needs it!
my.arlingtonva.us/foodresources
You can search by your need or by eligibility information
Share with anyone who needs it!
my.arlingtonva.us/foodresources
October 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Interactive map with all food banks, food pantries, discount groceries, baby formula, etc
You can search by your need or by eligibility information
Share with anyone who needs it!
my.arlingtonva.us/foodresources
You can search by your need or by eligibility information
Share with anyone who needs it!
my.arlingtonva.us/foodresources
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This is an excellent article about how post-Dobbs abortion bans negatively impact the ability of women to obtain medical care during pregnancy and I recommend it:
www.theargumentmag.com/p/an-abortio...
www.theargumentmag.com/p/an-abortio...
An abortion ban pushed me toward abortion
Is this what the pro-life movement intended?
www.theargumentmag.com
October 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is an excellent article about how post-Dobbs abortion bans negatively impact the ability of women to obtain medical care during pregnancy and I recommend it:
www.theargumentmag.com/p/an-abortio...
www.theargumentmag.com/p/an-abortio...
My co-advisee Isaias Ceballos will be presenting his research on how previous experiences with discrimination (among other things) affect how people interpret name mispronunciations at several conferences, including @lingsocam.bsky.social’s 5 Minute Linguist, which will be publicly available in Jan!
October 31, 2025 at 4:37 PM
My co-advisee Isaias Ceballos will be presenting his research on how previous experiences with discrimination (among other things) affect how people interpret name mispronunciations at several conferences, including @lingsocam.bsky.social’s 5 Minute Linguist, which will be publicly available in Jan!
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Farhana Sultana is a tenured , full prof & a prominent critic of right wing supremacies. RW extremists are targeting her for exercising her 1A rights. Worse her institution has shamefully caved to political pressure and placed her on leave. An atrocious violation of academic freedom.
Please sign.
Please sign.
As an alumni of Syracuse University, it's appalling that they are capitulating against a right-wing campaign against Professor Farhana Sultana for exercising her first amendment rights. Do consider signing this letter calling on Syracuse University to reinstate her docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
docs.google.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Farhana Sultana is a tenured , full prof & a prominent critic of right wing supremacies. RW extremists are targeting her for exercising her 1A rights. Worse her institution has shamefully caved to political pressure and placed her on leave. An atrocious violation of academic freedom.
Please sign.
Please sign.
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My Race, Ethnicity, and Politics is almost filled because students didn‘t suddenly lose interest in the subject of race just because of some executive orders and cowardly decisions from some in higher ed.
October 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM
My Race, Ethnicity, and Politics is almost filled because students didn‘t suddenly lose interest in the subject of race just because of some executive orders and cowardly decisions from some in higher ed.
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It goes without saying he's a loathsome nazi worm, but I also have vast contempt for pathetic sanghi shitheads like his wife who're willing to grind their dignity, self-respect, & fellow brown people into the ground just to have the respect and/or 'love' of white supremacists.
am i sad that my wife is a godless hindoo who will burn for eternity in the fires of hell? of course i am, but marriage involves compromises
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 PM
It goes without saying he's a loathsome nazi worm, but I also have vast contempt for pathetic sanghi shitheads like his wife who're willing to grind their dignity, self-respect, & fellow brown people into the ground just to have the respect and/or 'love' of white supremacists.
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"Holliday...was running a marathon recently, some kids were holding a sign at 6.7-miles...she yelled “six, seven” to their delight. “For a brief moment” she says, “in our lonely, isolated, algorithm-driven world, I connected with those kids on something we shared" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Slang terms like ‘six-seven’ have no definition. But they’re loaded with meaning | Matthew Cantor
Older generations are demanding explanations of the viral phrase – but slang doesn’t have to make logical sense
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Holliday...was running a marathon recently, some kids were holding a sign at 6.7-miles...she yelled “six, seven” to their delight. “For a brief moment” she says, “in our lonely, isolated, algorithm-driven world, I connected with those kids on something we shared" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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like here's the thing: if you pay any attention to the New Right online, it's obvious that they don't view Indians (even Indian Christians) as part of the American fabric
probably a good time for a south asian critical race theorist to write on the sort of ladder pulling we see here
October 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
like here's the thing: if you pay any attention to the New Right online, it's obvious that they don't view Indians (even Indian Christians) as part of the American fabric
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👀 New entry to the Timeline of Hindu Nationalist Assaults on Academics in North America, part of the #Hindutva Harassment Field Manual.
The timeline covers 30 years of far-right attacks on individuals, institutions, and academic freedom.
www.hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org/timeline #HigherEd
The timeline covers 30 years of far-right attacks on individuals, institutions, and academic freedom.
www.hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org/timeline #HigherEd
October 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
👀 New entry to the Timeline of Hindu Nationalist Assaults on Academics in North America, part of the #Hindutva Harassment Field Manual.
The timeline covers 30 years of far-right attacks on individuals, institutions, and academic freedom.
www.hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org/timeline #HigherEd
The timeline covers 30 years of far-right attacks on individuals, institutions, and academic freedom.
www.hindutvaharassmentfieldmanual.org/timeline #HigherEd
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A witness in our case had ICE reject all her documents after using facial rec on her.
For her, tho, it seemed like nothing could make them accept that she has a right to be here.
Either way, a gov policy of not trusting gov-issued docs is going to violate lots of people's rights.
For her, tho, it seemed like nothing could make them accept that she has a right to be here.
Either way, a gov policy of not trusting gov-issued docs is going to violate lots of people's rights.
October 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A witness in our case had ICE reject all her documents after using facial rec on her.
For her, tho, it seemed like nothing could make them accept that she has a right to be here.
Either way, a gov policy of not trusting gov-issued docs is going to violate lots of people's rights.
For her, tho, it seemed like nothing could make them accept that she has a right to be here.
Either way, a gov policy of not trusting gov-issued docs is going to violate lots of people's rights.