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@emrem.bsky.social
she/they. cuban american born on the bayou. linguist, artist, general delight. speech perception: social expectation, exemplar models. postdoc working in data science ed. https://sites.google.com/view/ear-scicomm/
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![Completed coloring sheet. Block letters read "Every body has an accent," with one word on each line. A forearm palm up shows three tattoos in an homage to American traditional style: A rose; a horseshoe with '[ɡʊd lʌk' written on it, and a heart tattoo with a banner reading "[mɑm mam mʌm mɒm]]". In the space around the arm, a pair of hands meant to represent the ASL sign for "sign" and a mouth. The negative space is filled with stars.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:liba4kwcbq2y7o5aq6ar7yse/bafkreia2a26v2kunxmblpcwcavskdp6wjy3kc453a66bufukwxwdwqd2ym@jpeg)
Hey if you or your language and #linguistics students are looking for some end-of-term de-stressing, I put a couple more pages from my coloring book project up here: tinyurl.com/coloring-gre...
when i interned at linguist list one summer in college someone had taken a bunch of one-side-clean paper and cut them in half or quarters or something and stapled them together into little scratch notepads and they were just all over the office and honestly it was kind of great
November 19, 2025 at 6:44 PM
when i interned at linguist list one summer in college someone had taken a bunch of one-side-clean paper and cut them in half or quarters or something and stapled them together into little scratch notepads and they were just all over the office and honestly it was kind of great
Me: It was really gloomy this morning so I was listening to Leonard Cohen
My postdoc advisor: Hang on a sec isn’t Leonard Cohen pretty gloomy??
Me: Yes, and that’s why I became morose
My postdoc advisor: Hang on a sec isn’t Leonard Cohen pretty gloomy??
Me: Yes, and that’s why I became morose
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Me: It was really gloomy this morning so I was listening to Leonard Cohen
My postdoc advisor: Hang on a sec isn’t Leonard Cohen pretty gloomy??
Me: Yes, and that’s why I became morose
My postdoc advisor: Hang on a sec isn’t Leonard Cohen pretty gloomy??
Me: Yes, and that’s why I became morose
My tinted lip balm never feels very tinted until I accidentally color outside the lines
November 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
My tinted lip balm never feels very tinted until I accidentally color outside the lines
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Integrating LLMs into search engines is a dereliction of duty.
November 13, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Integrating LLMs into search engines is a dereliction of duty.
It’s nice how they put such long aisles in Berkeley bowl to accommodate the lines but it’s weird how they decorated them with groceries
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
It’s nice how they put such long aisles in Berkeley bowl to accommodate the lines but it’s weird how they decorated them with groceries
I have to pee soooo much at work bc I drink and refill my water bottle for fun
November 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I have to pee soooo much at work bc I drink and refill my water bottle for fun
thank GOD I just spent 80 years doing something poorly with matplotlib only to find seaborn has a way better totally friendly version 🤡
November 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
thank GOD I just spent 80 years doing something poorly with matplotlib only to find seaborn has a way better totally friendly version 🤡
You can forget a lot about R
November 5, 2025 at 8:00 PM
You can forget a lot about R
Google Forms should let you save a custom theme. Or if they already do that they should tell me how you do it
October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Google Forms should let you save a custom theme. Or if they already do that they should tell me how you do it
My first year GSIing I had costume contests in my sections (determined by secret vote) and I actually stand by it, it was fun.
October 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
My first year GSIing I had costume contests in my sections (determined by secret vote) and I actually stand by it, it was fun.
I am so lucky to have had so many mentor-mentee relationships that encapsulate my loftiest, most idealized notions of academia
October 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I am so lucky to have had so many mentor-mentee relationships that encapsulate my loftiest, most idealized notions of academia
Not to be all kids these days about it but I feel like expectations around attending class have really changed and I feel like it’s not great for the culture
October 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Not to be all kids these days about it but I feel like expectations around attending class have really changed and I feel like it’s not great for the culture
My new bit is telling my dog she looks great in spots
October 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
My new bit is telling my dog she looks great in spots
My first year of grad school we were obsessed with ordering half pours at bars
October 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
My first year of grad school we were obsessed with ordering half pours at bars
Hate it when I've already eaten all my snacks
October 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Hate it when I've already eaten all my snacks
Why does it feel like you have to commit to tucking your shirt when you get dressed at the beginning of the day when you could simply untuck at any point
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Why does it feel like you have to commit to tucking your shirt when you get dressed at the beginning of the day when you could simply untuck at any point
when i send an email part of me hopes they'll just never email me back
October 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
when i send an email part of me hopes they'll just never email me back
Trying to smile at the person in the kn95 but they can’t tell behind my n95
October 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Trying to smile at the person in the kn95 but they can’t tell behind my n95
The chair company is so funny
October 20, 2025 at 3:13 AM
The chair company is so funny
I got that feeling like you’re about to get in trouble, just waiting for that personal email from like the mayor or chancellor or something to tell me in trouble
October 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I got that feeling like you’re about to get in trouble, just waiting for that personal email from like the mayor or chancellor or something to tell me in trouble
The way Kyle MacLachlan talks about David Lynch is kind of how I feel about my PhD advisors
October 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
The way Kyle MacLachlan talks about David Lynch is kind of how I feel about my PhD advisors
I've been thinking a lot about differing (changing?) ideas of what the purpose of higher education is, and I think this is a useful thought experiment: If some sci-fi brain scan showed you already know everything on a syllabus, would you be entitled to an A in that class without having to take it?
October 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I've been thinking a lot about differing (changing?) ideas of what the purpose of higher education is, and I think this is a useful thought experiment: If some sci-fi brain scan showed you already know everything on a syllabus, would you be entitled to an A in that class without having to take it?
guess what everybody last night i finally beat balatro for the first time, it will probably never happen again
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
guess what everybody last night i finally beat balatro for the first time, it will probably never happen again
I love working from home bc the bus costs $5 and I love saving $5
October 14, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I love working from home bc the bus costs $5 and I love saving $5
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Personally, I'm proud of this gray scale drawing of the larynx
October 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Personally, I'm proud of this gray scale drawing of the larynx