Linguischick
@cocchino.bsky.social
Linguist who posts about languages 🙌 science 🧬 doggos 🐕 plants 🌱 the enviroment ♻️ music 🎶 disability justice ♿️ and politics 🆘️
We need more electrons, Scotty! #TechBroLingo #LawsOfPhysics
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
We need more electrons, Scotty! #TechBroLingo #LawsOfPhysics
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A federal court in El Paso ruled that the redistricting backed by Trump and Republicans to reshape the map for the 2026 midterms illegally weakened the voting power of minorities. n.pr/44b30At
Texas appeals ruling that Trump-urged voting map is racial gerrymandering
A federal court in El Paso ruled that the redistricting backed by Trump and Republicans to reshape the map for the 2026 midterms illegally weakened the voting power of minorities.
n.pr
November 19, 2025 at 1:23 AM
A federal court in El Paso ruled that the redistricting backed by Trump and Republicans to reshape the map for the 2026 midterms illegally weakened the voting power of minorities. n.pr/44b30At
Rosemary and salt bagel and a spiced hot apple cider y'all
November 17, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Rosemary and salt bagel and a spiced hot apple cider y'all
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Elementary, my dear Watson
#TidyTuesday
While the full phrase is never there (see also "Luke, I am your father" & "Play it again, Sam"), you can find "My dear Watson" multiple times across the Sherlock Holmes novels – but which lines? 🔎📖
Code: github.com/borstell/tid...
#r4ds #DataViz #ggplot2
#TidyTuesday
While the full phrase is never there (see also "Luke, I am your father" & "Play it again, Sam"), you can find "My dear Watson" multiple times across the Sherlock Holmes novels – but which lines? 🔎📖
Code: github.com/borstell/tid...
#r4ds #DataViz #ggplot2
November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Elementary, my dear Watson
#TidyTuesday
While the full phrase is never there (see also "Luke, I am your father" & "Play it again, Sam"), you can find "My dear Watson" multiple times across the Sherlock Holmes novels – but which lines? 🔎📖
Code: github.com/borstell/tid...
#r4ds #DataViz #ggplot2
#TidyTuesday
While the full phrase is never there (see also "Luke, I am your father" & "Play it again, Sam"), you can find "My dear Watson" multiple times across the Sherlock Holmes novels – but which lines? 🔎📖
Code: github.com/borstell/tid...
#r4ds #DataViz #ggplot2
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I'd guess that 85-90% of American scientists would be ineligible for future funding under this law, maybe close to 100% in the R1 universities. So much for funding proposals based on scientific merit.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I'd guess that 85-90% of American scientists would be ineligible for future funding under this law, maybe close to 100% in the R1 universities. So much for funding proposals based on scientific merit.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
Apart from being sinophobes, the people pushing this have no clue how science or higher ed works.
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NIH grant applicants:
October and November grant application submission *deadlines* will be rescheduled (🤯). Specific dates TBD.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
October and November grant application submission *deadlines* will be rescheduled (🤯). Specific dates TBD.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-26-005: Interim Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Interim Guidance on Reopening of NIH Extramural Activities NOT-OD-26-005. NIH
grants.nih.gov
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NIH grant applicants:
October and November grant application submission *deadlines* will be rescheduled (🤯). Specific dates TBD.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
October and November grant application submission *deadlines* will be rescheduled (🤯). Specific dates TBD.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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"In an interview, Ms. Adams said that she worried her job might be in jeopardy. But she said she was speaking publicly nonetheless because 'I feel this is an important issue to talk about — censorship, stifling of academic freedom and this real overreach through this legislation.'”
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"In an interview, Ms. Adams said that she worried her job might be in jeopardy. But she said she was speaking publicly nonetheless because 'I feel this is an important issue to talk about — censorship, stifling of academic freedom and this real overreach through this legislation.'”
“Curriculum is created and approved based on the accepted body of knowledge needed for our students to be successful in their chosen profession,” Mr. Torn said. “It is unacceptable for other material to be taught instead.”
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
“The policy defines race ideology as, among other things, ‘a concept that attempts to shame a particular race or ethnicity.’”
These GOP-led efforts will ruin their states’ public universities. Sad!
Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
“Curriculum is created and approved based on the accepted body of knowledge needed for our students to be successful in their chosen profession,” Mr. Torn said. “It is unacceptable for other material to be taught instead.”
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KRUGMAN: “Republicans don’t care about deficits & debt, they care about trying to prevent Democrats from spending money on helping people.” 🎯
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
KRUGMAN: “Republicans don’t care about deficits & debt, they care about trying to prevent Democrats from spending money on helping people.” 🎯
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The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.
Five Ways the Department of Education Is Upending Public Schools
The Trump administration has made a rapid succession of hires and decisions at the Department of Education that could spur profound changes in how schools operate and children learn. Here’s what to kn...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has launched investigations against school districts for teaching lessons on systemic racism and hosting empowerment gatherings for students of color.
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This has been their plan for a very long time.
"Where did this idea come from that everybody deserves free education, free medical care, free whatever? It comes from Moscow, from Russia. It comes straight out of the pit of hell."
-- Houston GOP representative Debbie Riddle, March 2003
"Where did this idea come from that everybody deserves free education, free medical care, free whatever? It comes from Moscow, from Russia. It comes straight out of the pit of hell."
-- Houston GOP representative Debbie Riddle, March 2003
Gov. Greg Abbott is promising to destroy public schools by making it almost impossible for districts to raise taxes. He also said voters should have the power to reduce or eliminate school funding entirely. #txlege www.houstonchronicle.com/business/col...
Tomlinson: Abbott promises to starve public schools of tax revenues
Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to cut property taxes will starve public schools while he sends state money to private schools.
www.houstonchronicle.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This has been their plan for a very long time.
"Where did this idea come from that everybody deserves free education, free medical care, free whatever? It comes from Moscow, from Russia. It comes straight out of the pit of hell."
-- Houston GOP representative Debbie Riddle, March 2003
"Where did this idea come from that everybody deserves free education, free medical care, free whatever? It comes from Moscow, from Russia. It comes straight out of the pit of hell."
-- Houston GOP representative Debbie Riddle, March 2003
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Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
Here's the planned BLS data release schedule for Nov 2025.
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
On Tues, it couldn't release Sept job openings, hires, layoffs and firings data.
This morning, it couldn't release 2025Q3 business Productivity and Costs data.
Tomorrow, it can't release Oct 2025 #JobsReport
www.bls.gov/schedule/202...
November 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Every month for the last 77 years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics has estimated Americans' unemployment rate
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
This streak dies tomorrow
Govt staff could not survey Americans about whether they're working or looking for work in Oct, the 1st time in 934 months
This blind spot will remain forever
"Hiring professors with PhDs is meaningless if administrators are the ones deciding what gets taught,” he said. “Faculty will start asking not, ‘Is this accurate?’ but ‘Will this get me in trouble?’ That’s not education, it’s risk management.”
#HigherEd
#HigherEd
Leonard Bright, president of the Texas A&M Chapter of the AAUP said faculty were not consulted on the proposed changes, which he called “a direct violation” of their expertise + freedom to teach. “If that’s the case, there’s just going to be a further black eye on higher education here in Texas.”
Texas A&M to vote on banning “race and gender ideology”
The proposal appears to mark the first time a Texas university system offers definitions of what kind of instruction related to race and gender should not be permitted.
www.texastribune.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:57 AM
"Hiring professors with PhDs is meaningless if administrators are the ones deciding what gets taught,” he said. “Faculty will start asking not, ‘Is this accurate?’ but ‘Will this get me in trouble?’ That’s not education, it’s risk management.”
#HigherEd
#HigherEd
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The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
November 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The 8 Dems who surrendered: @SenAngusKing @timkaine @SenCortezMasto @JohnFetterman @SenatorDurbin @SenatorHassan @SenatorShaheen @SenJackyRosen
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One would think if you were retiring you'd have nothing to lose and go out "guns-a-blazin" using every moral fiber of your being to resist the authoritarian takeover of the government. One would think.
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
One would think if you were retiring you'd have nothing to lose and go out "guns-a-blazin" using every moral fiber of your being to resist the authoritarian takeover of the government. One would think.
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I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
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New episode!! 🎙️🎉
A conversation w/ @erinhecht.bsky.social about the diversity and evolution of canine brains.
We've lived and worked with dogs for 15,000+ years, sculpting their brains and bodies along the way. What can we learn from their singular story?
Listen: disi.org/of-breeds-an...
A conversation w/ @erinhecht.bsky.social about the diversity and evolution of canine brains.
We've lived and worked with dogs for 15,000+ years, sculpting their brains and bodies along the way. What can we learn from their singular story?
Listen: disi.org/of-breeds-an...
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New episode!! 🎙️🎉
A conversation w/ @erinhecht.bsky.social about the diversity and evolution of canine brains.
We've lived and worked with dogs for 15,000+ years, sculpting their brains and bodies along the way. What can we learn from their singular story?
Listen: disi.org/of-breeds-an...
A conversation w/ @erinhecht.bsky.social about the diversity and evolution of canine brains.
We've lived and worked with dogs for 15,000+ years, sculpting their brains and bodies along the way. What can we learn from their singular story?
Listen: disi.org/of-breeds-an...
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sociolinguistics / raciolinguistic ideologies / linguistic racism
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
sociolinguistics / raciolinguistic ideologies / linguistic racism
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Theresa Gillespie Isom flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat while running on Medicaid expansion and helping rural hospitals.
Democrat Theresa Gillespie Isom Flips GOP-Held Mississippi Senate Seat in North Mississippi
Theresa Gillespie Isom, a North Mississippi Democrat, has won a special election for Mississippi Senate District 2, flipping a GOP-held seat.
buff.ly
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Theresa Gillespie Isom flipped a Republican-held Mississippi Senate seat while running on Medicaid expansion and helping rural hospitals.
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It's been an eventful month for a battle over the fate of a controversial plan to save spotted owls by killing hundreds of thousands of other owls.
This week the Senate voted to OPPOSE a GOP resolution that would have overturned the plan. www.latimes.com/environment/...
This week the Senate voted to OPPOSE a GOP resolution that would have overturned the plan. www.latimes.com/environment/...
Plan to kill 450,000 owls pushes past major obstacle with Republicans both for and against
A plan to kill hundreds of thousands of barred owls to save spotted owls overcame a major threat when senators this week failed to pass a Republican-led effort to keep it from happening.
www.latimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
It's been an eventful month for a battle over the fate of a controversial plan to save spotted owls by killing hundreds of thousands of other owls.
This week the Senate voted to OPPOSE a GOP resolution that would have overturned the plan. www.latimes.com/environment/...
This week the Senate voted to OPPOSE a GOP resolution that would have overturned the plan. www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Make your 2025 words-of-the-year nominations for the only vote that matters! bit.ly/2025WOTYNOMS
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Make your 2025 words-of-the-year nominations for the only vote that matters! bit.ly/2025WOTYNOMS
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I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
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Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Supreme Connections: Search Supreme Court Disclosures — ProPublica
Search Supreme Court financial disclosures for organizations and people that have paid justices, reimbursed them for travel, given them gifts and more.
projects.propublica.org
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Did you know? Every year, the Supreme Court’s nine justices fill out a form that discloses their financial connections to companies and people.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.
Our database allows you to search for organizations and people that have paid them, reimbursed them for travel and given them gifts.