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Betsy Miller
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Linguist/PhD Candidate at UGA, dog/dawg whisperer, fun auntie, send me all your memes
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Oh, we will.
May 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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This headline goes hard.
March 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The schools under scrutiny include dozens of state schools and two Ivy Leagues. A number of private schools are also being targeted, including Georgetown, Rice, Vanderbilt, and New York University.
Over 50 universities are under investigation as part of Trump's anti-DEI crackdown
The schools under scrutiny include dozens of state schools and two Ivy Leagues. A number of private schools are also being targeted, including Georgetown, Rice, Vanderbilt, and New York University.
www.npr.org
March 14, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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A second person who took part in pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University has been arrested by U.S. immigration agents after overstaying a student visa, federal officials said on Friday.
U.S. Arrests 2nd Person Tied to Pro-Palestinian Protests at Columbia
The action came less than a week after Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia graduate and a prominent figure in campus demonstrations, was arrested.
www.nytimes.com
March 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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reshare for alt text and because this is amazing, one of the few pleasures left is judges reading his garbage lawyers for filth
February 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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take it or leave it (please take it, it's dangerous) 🦀🔪
February 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Hundreds of artists signed a letter sent to the National Endowment for the Arts asking it to reverse policy changes made as a result of recent executive orders issued by President Trump.
Artists protest new NEA restrictions
Hundreds of artists signed a letter sent to the National Endowment for the Arts asking it to reverse policy changes made as a result of recent executive orders issued by President Trump.
www.npr.org
February 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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every single day is a story out of another gov department, “we accidentally fired [crucial experts] from [critical team] and are trying to rehire them”
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them

In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...
USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them
In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."
www.nbcnews.com
February 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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No more business as usual. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are imposing pain on millions of people.

Tonight, we’re taking this fight to the Senate floor.

Russ Vought - author of Project 2025 - is up for a vote, and Democrats are using every second to throw a wrench in their plan.
February 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
ICYMI: a way to buy books online & support local bookstores at the same time

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January 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
ATTENTION: PANDA CAM IS BACK!!!
The National Zoo relaunched the Panda Cam, which will stream the lives of Bao Li and Qing Bao in their new D.C. home.

Here's what you need to know.
The National Zoo’s popular Panda Cam is back. Here’s what to know.
The National Zoo relaunched the Panda Cam, which will stream the lives of Bao Li and Qing Bao in their new D.C. home.
wapo.st
January 24, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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Democrats: How can we go viral?

(a pastor goes mega-viral for calling Trump a bigot to his face)

Democrats: What if Tim Kaine made a BLT on Instagram Live
January 24, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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dont know the song theyre tooting :(
November 13, 2023 at 4:55 PM
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I would like linguists and other researchers who work on “cochlear implanted” children to take a stance to support the learning and using of a natural sign language.
This is how you deprive a deaf child of a language.

Source: twitter.com/Lifeway52783...
November 11, 2023 at 7:45 PM
So my students were sick at the beginning of the semester from covid, then a virus went around that had them all yakking (flu??) and now the seasons are changing in GA & they’re going down again. We really need a 2-day fall break at mid-semester 😔
November 3, 2023 at 12:51 PM
Rumpus is coming
October 23, 2023 at 12:29 PM
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"cannot harm the coyote except by going 'beep-beep'".

My next dissertation:
"Performative speech acts in the desert: the perlocutionary effects of 'beep-beep'"
‘The 9 Rules For All Roadrunner And Wile E. Coyote Interactions’ - a fascinating & fantastic guide by animation director and creator Chuck Jones for all the animators working on the Cartoon.
October 20, 2023 at 10:16 PM
Here to say I clearly need to reread Poe, I really miss double dutch, and grading is the worst. Hi Bluesky
October 20, 2023 at 1:03 AM