Betsy Miller
@betsylx.bsky.social
Linguist/PhD Candidate at UGA, dog/dawg whisperer, fun auntie, send me all your memes
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This headline goes hard.
March 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
This headline goes hard.
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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
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.
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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
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.
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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
![REYES: [The order] calls an entire category of people dishonest, dishonorable, undisciplined,
immodest, who lack integrity, people who have taken an 0ath to defend this country, people who
have been under fire, people who have received medals for taking fre for this country. I want to
know from the government whether that language expresses 'animus.' Does that express
animus?
DOJ ATTORNEY: Not in any constitutional
REYES: in a commonsense way. This is policy- from the President of the United States
affecting thousands of people ... to cal an entire group of people, lying dishonest people who
re undisciplined, immodest and have no integrity. How is that anything other than showing
animus?
DOJ AT TORNEY: I don't have an answer for you.
REYES: You do have an answer, you just don't want to give it...People can make solid
arguments as to why some or even most transgender people shouldn't be in the mililary .
We're dealing with unadulterated animus. We are dealing with the president of the United States
dealing with a group of people serving their country ... calling them liars
(Reyes then said she changed her courtroom orders to bar people who graduated from UVA law
school from appearing before her because "they're alliars and lack integrity and are
undisciplined and can't possibly meet the high rigors of benign a lawyer for the government"
She made the DOJ lawyer sit down on that basis, then after he did, she called him back up and
asked whether that was a display of animus.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cxi7yxacplmautg7qmjal6ea/bafkreif473unfb2vdjregfybfyc6ml3j4gbdf5t3p5xxg3sfb5qhyaj5eq@jpeg)
February 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
reshare for alt text and because this is amazing, one of the few pleasures left is judges reading his garbage lawyers for filth
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take it or leave it (please take it, it's dangerous) 🦀🔪
February 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
take it or leave it (please take it, it's dangerous) 🦀🔪
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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
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.
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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...
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
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”
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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.
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
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.
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.
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
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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.
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
ATTENTION: PANDA CAM IS BACK!!!
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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
(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
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
(a pastor goes mega-viral for calling Trump a bigot to his face)
Democrats: What if Tim Kaine made a BLT on Instagram Live
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dont know the song theyre tooting :(
November 13, 2023 at 4:55 PM
dont know the song theyre tooting :(
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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.
November 11, 2023 at 7:45 PM
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.
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
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 😔
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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'"
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
"cannot harm the coyote except by going 'beep-beep'".
My next dissertation:
"Performative speech acts in the desert: the perlocutionary effects of 'beep-beep'"
My next dissertation:
"Performative speech acts in the desert: the perlocutionary effects of 'beep-beep'"
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
Here to say I clearly need to reread Poe, I really miss double dutch, and grading is the worst. Hi Bluesky