Danielle Ronkos, PhD
@danielleronkos.bsky.social
PhD in Linguistics working in industry | neurodivergent | she/her | Beacon/NYC
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Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88.
One of a select band of writers from any discipline to earn his own adjective – “Stoppardian” – in the Oxford English Dictionary, he delighted in the most improbable juxtapositions: philosophy and gymnastics in Jumpers (1972); early 19th-century landscape gardening and chaos theory in Arcadia (1993); rock music, dissident Czech academics and the love poetry of Sappho in Rock ’n’ Roll (2006). Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
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ICE is staging in a garage on Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan ahead of what neighbors believe is a planned large-scale raid of Canal
Street this afternoon.
Estimated 20-25 agents inside, with more steadily joining, some taken by surprise and caught with their masks down.
Street this afternoon.
Estimated 20-25 agents inside, with more steadily joining, some taken by surprise and caught with their masks down.
November 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
ICE is staging in a garage on Centre St & Howard in lower Manhattan ahead of what neighbors believe is a planned large-scale raid of Canal
Street this afternoon.
Estimated 20-25 agents inside, with more steadily joining, some taken by surprise and caught with their masks down.
Street this afternoon.
Estimated 20-25 agents inside, with more steadily joining, some taken by surprise and caught with their masks down.
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hey #linguistics peeps! have you ever taken (or taught) a syntax class? we want to hear your opinions (good or bad) about it! We're doing focus group interviews (on zoom, or in person at select conferences) - if you're at all interested, you can fill out our interest form: forms.gle/nhBtz78hQXNA...
SynTeach Focus Group Interest Form
SynTeach is a project researching peoples' experiences teaching and learning syntax in higher education. We have conducted surveys of the field including syntax instructors and students, and we are pl...
forms.gle
November 24, 2025 at 5:05 PM
hey #linguistics peeps! have you ever taken (or taught) a syntax class? we want to hear your opinions (good or bad) about it! We're doing focus group interviews (on zoom, or in person at select conferences) - if you're at all interested, you can fill out our interest form: forms.gle/nhBtz78hQXNA...
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Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Patient came in with sore throat. While waiting for rapid Strep test result we glanced back at the Covid-19 RAT result: positive. Reminder that masking in health care makes sense, if you don’t want everyone in your waiting room to go home sick, your staff to get sick, and physicians to get sick.
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Brazilian singer Eva Rodrigues Praia Walkey, 40, has died after nearly 5 years battling severe Long COVID. She faced repeated hospitalisations, grueling treatment, and never regained her health. Her family confirmed she passed away on 18 November in Manaus, Brazil.
Source: archive.md/nxK4K
Source: archive.md/nxK4K
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Brazilian singer Eva Rodrigues Praia Walkey, 40, has died after nearly 5 years battling severe Long COVID. She faced repeated hospitalisations, grueling treatment, and never regained her health. Her family confirmed she passed away on 18 November in Manaus, Brazil.
Source: archive.md/nxK4K
Source: archive.md/nxK4K
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Santa Fe is now the first city to tie the minimum wage to the cost of rent.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
With new ordinance, Santa Fe becomes first city to tie minimum wage to rental costs
SANTA FE — The Santa Fe City Council voted on Wednesday to raise its minimum wage from $15 an hour to $17.50 in 2027, eliciting praise from workers’ rights advocates
www.abqjournal.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Santa Fe is now the first city to tie the minimum wage to the cost of rent.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
The Santa Fe City Council voted to raise its minimum wage from $15/hr to $17.50 by 2027 — but they also added another provision.
Future increases will factor in inflation, and the price of housing.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
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The part of being a woman in academia where you have to constantly gut-check whether your mentor really thinks your work is good or if he’s just waiting to try something* is EXHAUSTING.
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
Look, I know this weaponization of male academic interest is the oldest story in the book, but it’s just so, so pernicious. It’s awful to the women directly involved, but it’s also awful to *all* women in the academy, who have to live in its shadow all the time.
I mean
November 17, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The part of being a woman in academia where you have to constantly gut-check whether your mentor really thinks your work is good or if he’s just waiting to try something* is EXHAUSTING.
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
* sometimes it’s both and that’s worse
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People put their careers on the line to try to get enough people out there that their combined voices would maybe, eventually weigh as much as the voice of one man who had been ruining careers for decades.
November 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
People put their careers on the line to try to get enough people out there that their combined voices would maybe, eventually weigh as much as the voice of one man who had been ruining careers for decades.
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Also I just wanna say that the idea that me too was a walk in the park and it could happen to anyone at random...
Literally go fuck yourself.
Literally go fuck yourself.
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Also I just wanna say that the idea that me too was a walk in the park and it could happen to anyone at random...
Literally go fuck yourself.
Literally go fuck yourself.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
November 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
From a reddit post discussing ICE moving into Charlotte
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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Devastating. Rest in power, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnqk/
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
146 likes, 27 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Devastating. Rest in power, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnqk/
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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Citizen uprising over data center plans for a mothballed coal plant on the shoreline of Cayuga Lake, just north of Ithaca.
Calling all Finger Lakes residents—plus the entire Cornell and Ithaca College alumni diaspora—to lend your voice to the growing uproar:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0811202...
Calling all Finger Lakes residents—plus the entire Cornell and Ithaca College alumni diaspora—to lend your voice to the growing uproar:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0811202...
A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out - Inside Climate News
The town board in Lansing is considering a temporary ban on large-scale development that could delay construction.
insideclimatenews.org
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Citizen uprising over data center plans for a mothballed coal plant on the shoreline of Cayuga Lake, just north of Ithaca.
Calling all Finger Lakes residents—plus the entire Cornell and Ithaca College alumni diaspora—to lend your voice to the growing uproar:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0811202...
Calling all Finger Lakes residents—plus the entire Cornell and Ithaca College alumni diaspora—to lend your voice to the growing uproar:
insideclimatenews.org/news/0811202...
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My family (4) is going up to $3,200/mo. It’s insane.
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My family (4) is going up to $3,200/mo. It’s insane.
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Ours is going from $401 to $1951. I have no fucking idea what we are going to do.
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Ours is going from $401 to $1951. I have no fucking idea what we are going to do.
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Mine is going from $307 to $1052. I understand your frustration.
November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Mine is going from $307 to $1052. I understand your frustration.
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My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
November 11, 2025 at 12:21 AM
My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.
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gasp no this can’t be true how could we not see this coming no way republicans voting against the ACA??? No! I can’t believe it!
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 AM
gasp no this can’t be true how could we not see this coming no way republicans voting against the ACA??? No! I can’t believe it!
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roasting chile candle would sell like crazy i bet
if you could turn one food item that is not already a traditional food-scented candle into a candle, which would it be?
I think mashed potatoes and gravy candles would slap
I think mashed potatoes and gravy candles would slap
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
roasting chile candle would sell like crazy i bet
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.