What in the exoticization is that? (Wine was bad, too)
September 3, 2025 at 3:25 PM
What in the exoticization is that? (Wine was bad, too)
August 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Was sich da gestern im Regierungsviertel ereignet hat, dürfte ein denkwürdiger TV-Moment sein: Zur besten Sendezeit wird dem politischen Arm des Rechtsextremismus das Mikro gereicht, und weder Alice Weidel noch ihr Interviewer verstehen auch nur ein einziges Wort. Trotzdem machen beide unbeirrt…
July 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Was sich da gestern im Regierungsviertel ereignet hat, dürfte ein denkwürdiger TV-Moment sein: Zur besten Sendezeit wird dem politischen Arm des Rechtsextremismus das Mikro gereicht, und weder Alice Weidel noch ihr Interviewer verstehen auch nur ein einziges Wort. Trotzdem machen beide unbeirrt…
I was bored out of my mind this past month, reading paper on paper polished with GenAI, devoid of personal stances, individual voices and idiosyncracies... I will definitely ask for oral presentations next time!
The return to pen and paper has been a common response to A.I. among professors, with sales of blue books rising significantly at certain universities. Some instructors are even considering oral exams. “Maybe we go all the way back to 450 B.C.,” one said.
What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.
www.newyorker.com
July 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I was bored out of my mind this past month, reading paper on paper polished with GenAI, devoid of personal stances, individual voices and idiosyncracies... I will definitely ask for oral presentations next time!
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The return to pen and paper has been a common response to A.I. among professors, with sales of blue books rising significantly at certain universities. Some instructors are even considering oral exams. “Maybe we go all the way back to 450 B.C.,” one said.
What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.
www.newyorker.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The return to pen and paper has been a common response to A.I. among professors, with sales of blue books rising significantly at certain universities. Some instructors are even considering oral exams. “Maybe we go all the way back to 450 B.C.,” one said.
...one more reason to shift away from whatsapp and anything meta-related
Use Signal. We promise, no AI clutter, and no surveillance ads, whatever the rest of the industry does. <3
June 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
...one more reason to shift away from whatsapp and anything meta-related
You are all invited to the Open Launch of our edited volume "Critical Sociolinguistics: Dialogues, Dissonances, Developments" – in the presence of Monica Heller.
Wed. 18 June 2025 // 8.00–9.30 Toronto (UTC-4) / 14.00–15.30 Zurich (UTC+2).
For info & registration: zhaw.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Wed. 18 June 2025 // 8.00–9.30 Toronto (UTC-4) / 14.00–15.30 Zurich (UTC+2).
For info & registration: zhaw.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
June 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
You are all invited to the Open Launch of our edited volume "Critical Sociolinguistics: Dialogues, Dissonances, Developments" – in the presence of Monica Heller.
Wed. 18 June 2025 // 8.00–9.30 Toronto (UTC-4) / 14.00–15.30 Zurich (UTC+2).
For info & registration: zhaw.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Wed. 18 June 2025 // 8.00–9.30 Toronto (UTC-4) / 14.00–15.30 Zurich (UTC+2).
For info & registration: zhaw.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Maledetti mostri, siate maledetti
Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show—titled “The American”—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report.
Noem Plots Reality Show Where Migrants Fight for Citizenship
A Homeland Security official told the Daily Beast that the show is in the early stages of vetting, though approval has not been given—or denied.
www.thedailybeast.com
May 16, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Maledetti mostri, siate maledetti
such an important contribution. the language of AI erases all kinds of inequalities and discrimination connected to linguisitic varieties in its illusion of 'neutrality'
AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks
theconversation.com/ai-systems-a...
theconversation.com/ai-systems-a...
AI systems are built on English – but not the kind most of the world speaks
AI models too often produce a monolithic version of English that erases variation.
theconversation.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
such an important contribution. the language of AI erases all kinds of inequalities and discrimination connected to linguisitic varieties in its illusion of 'neutrality'
Das Netzwerk SprachenRechte bezieht Stellung zum neuen österreichischen Regierungsprogramm: www.sprachenrechte.at/stellungnahm...
Diese kritische Stimme ist so wichtig – mehr denn je. Chapeau für das unermüdliches Engagement!
Diese kritische Stimme ist so wichtig – mehr denn je. Chapeau für das unermüdliches Engagement!
Stellungnahme des Netzwerks SprachenRechte und des ÖDaF zum Regierungsprogramm 2025 – 2029 | Netzwerk SprachenRechte
www.sprachenrechte.at
April 30, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Das Netzwerk SprachenRechte bezieht Stellung zum neuen österreichischen Regierungsprogramm: www.sprachenrechte.at/stellungnahm...
Diese kritische Stimme ist so wichtig – mehr denn je. Chapeau für das unermüdliches Engagement!
Diese kritische Stimme ist so wichtig – mehr denn je. Chapeau für das unermüdliches Engagement!
Seen -and appreciated - in Berne: "as long as you build on the patriarchy i will be feminist"
By SOLANGE
www.solange-theproject.com/netze/n31-mu...
By SOLANGE
www.solange-theproject.com/netze/n31-mu...
April 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Seen -and appreciated - in Berne: "as long as you build on the patriarchy i will be feminist"
By SOLANGE
www.solange-theproject.com/netze/n31-mu...
By SOLANGE
www.solange-theproject.com/netze/n31-mu...
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Had a lovely chat about hard men, hard times, and the funny little manosphere guys who’ve taken over the US govt — with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social and Alexander Reid Ross from @franetwork.bsky.social — check it out below!
New podcast episode is out with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social and Scott Burnett
rightrising.fireside.fm/57
rightrising.fireside.fm/57
The New Hard Right: Linguistic Anthropology and Far-Right Gender Trouble with Cat Tebaldi and Scott Burnett
Drs Cat Tebaldi and Scott Burnett join the pod to discuss gender and the far right through the lens of linguistic anthropology. We discuss the "moral flavor" of hardness apropos their recent, in-depth...
rightrising.fireside.fm
April 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Had a lovely chat about hard men, hard times, and the funny little manosphere guys who’ve taken over the US govt — with @cat-tebaldi.bsky.social and Alexander Reid Ross from @franetwork.bsky.social — check it out below!
just don't
Everyone should read this, especially for the bits in the article that give us some insight into what these detention prisons used by ICE are like.
And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
And no one, no one, should be traveling to the US if they can avoid it. No one.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:39 AM
just don't
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I'm delighted to announce that my first edited volume (with Patrick Heinrich and Saana Santalahti) is available for pre-order on Multilingual Matters' website. There's a 50% discount with the code: ICJ50.
Our book explores new avenues to study ideologies of communication in Japan.
Our book explores new avenues to study ideologies of communication in Japan.
April 6, 2025 at 2:58 AM
I'm delighted to announce that my first edited volume (with Patrick Heinrich and Saana Santalahti) is available for pre-order on Multilingual Matters' website. There's a 50% discount with the code: ICJ50.
Our book explores new avenues to study ideologies of communication in Japan.
Our book explores new avenues to study ideologies of communication in Japan.
📢 Bloss das nicht! Am Beispiel der österreichischen 'Deutschförderklassen' sehen wir, wie Segregation entsteht und Kinder systemisch in ihrer Bildungsentwicklung zurückgehalten werden. Mit 'Integration' und 'Förderung' hat dies rein gar nichts zu tun!
www.nau.ch/news/stimmen...
www.nau.ch/news/stimmen...
Wer die Sprache nicht kann, soll separat beschult werden! | Nau.ch
«Schulen sollten Kinder mit geringen sprachlichen Kompetenzen separat beschulen», findet Inklusionsberaterin Clarita Kunz in ihrer Kolumne.
www.nau.ch
April 3, 2025 at 6:01 AM
📢 Bloss das nicht! Am Beispiel der österreichischen 'Deutschförderklassen' sehen wir, wie Segregation entsteht und Kinder systemisch in ihrer Bildungsentwicklung zurückgehalten werden. Mit 'Integration' und 'Förderung' hat dies rein gar nichts zu tun!
www.nau.ch/news/stimmen...
www.nau.ch/news/stimmen...
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...remember: the signifier is arbitrary
The controversy over Lamar’s performance highlights the hypocrisy around the DEI backlash; experts say the term has come to serve as a modern-day slur wielded against people of color, while at the same time, the people offended by it see themselves as being victims of a lack of diversity.
Super Bowl Halftime Show Complaints Focused on Lack of DEI for White People
The FCC received 125 complaints about Kendrick Lamar’s concert, according to public records obtained by WIRED, with many focusing on the lack of white performers.
www.wired.com
March 27, 2025 at 9:12 PM
...remember: the signifier is arbitrary
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Das weltweit größte Anti-Musk-Bild. 🙂
March 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Das weltweit größte Anti-Musk-Bild. 🙂
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Glad I got the opportunity to travel there in 2015...
They’re searching the phone messages of academics arriving to go to conferences in the US…
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found
France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
www.theguardian.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Glad I got the opportunity to travel there in 2015...
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so many troubling things here. it really fucks me up how these stories gloss over the very obvious labour issues around fatigue, burnout, time as causes for human shortcomings, but never think to solve those problems, reaching for problematic solutions like AI instead. how very very sad for us all.
People find AI more compassionate than mental health experts, study finds. What could this mean for future counseling?
People find AI more compassionate and understanding than human mental health experts, a new study shows. Even when participants knew that they were talking to a human or AI, the third-party assessors ...
www.livescience.com
March 15, 2025 at 8:16 PM
so many troubling things here. it really fucks me up how these stories gloss over the very obvious labour issues around fatigue, burnout, time as causes for human shortcomings, but never think to solve those problems, reaching for problematic solutions like AI instead. how very very sad for us all.
what an apt read on the brink of fascist revivals around the globe (holding my breath for the german elections today). Gary Younge is an astute observer and analyst (even if too optimistic about the real possibility of electoral facism), also when it comes to language...
February 23, 2025 at 8:35 AM
what an apt read on the brink of fascist revivals around the globe (holding my breath for the german elections today). Gary Younge is an astute observer and analyst (even if too optimistic about the real possibility of electoral facism), also when it comes to language...
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Can't spell neoliberal without AI
“Sonny is part human, part AI: a new kind of chatbot that school districts are adopting to provide support when there aren’t enough counselors to go around.”
When There’s No School Counselor, There’s a Bot
Is a human-AI texting service the future of mental-health care for students?
www.wsj.com
February 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Can't spell neoliberal without AI
😵💫
Time to evict AirBnB from your life, if you have't already.
Airbnb’s co-founder is joining Elon Musk’s DOGE
Gebbia, a close friend of Musk, has praised DOGE’s work and defended it against criticisms on social media
www.independent.co.uk
February 17, 2025 at 5:34 AM
😵💫
does anyone have tired any of the image-centred apps?
Amid Elon Musk’s gutting of government agencies, Trump’s propagandistic resuscitation of TikTok, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s elimination of third-party fact-checking, some netizens are abandoning ship for alternative platforms.
Appalled by X and Meta? Try These Social Media Alternatives
Pushing back against tech oligarchs, many netizens are exploring new options including decentralized platforms that give them more control over personal data.
hyperallergic.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
does anyone have tired any of the image-centred apps?