It is the honor of my lifetime to share that @universitypress.cambridge.org will publish the @lingsocam.bsky.social's new Journal of Black Language & Culture. www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...

JBLAC fosters a transdisciplinary conversation on Black language & culture through a global, diasporic lens.

I have long been a critic of BICS and CALP but is probably the worst depiction of it I have seen. The biggest problem is the assumption that art is less cognitively demanding than science. But even if you buy that “calling someone on the phone” could be to talk to them about a science experiment.

Not only is this coming for you, it is here and we are collectively behind in preparing.

Man who recently had a severe medical incident at Alligator Alcatraz and was transferred to another detention facility has been unable to contact his lawyers in any meaningful way despite his health continuing to decline 👇

It’s fun getting a notification that someone has cited my work. It’s infuriating to read their paper and realize it is inaccurate gibberish apparently written by generative AI. The sentence in question bears no relationship to my work and the paper includes numerous other irrelevant citations. 🤦🏻‍♂️

That Dominique Baker can be a real downer sometimes (the entire piece is very good and a useful overview if you want to get caught up)

“You Feel Like Your Life Is Over”
www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

1/ This sure sounds like the international human rights law definition of a disappearance:

"Assistant U.S. Attorney Jimmy Rodriguez said he has 'no reason to doubt' the claim that Agelviz Sanguino was in El Salvador, but that he did not have information as to his whereabouts."

Inclusion benefits everybody. Teaching students about marginalized groups in optional (opt-out, not opt-in) high school social studies courses leads to better attendance, higher grades in other subjects (particularly math and science), and higher graduation rates.

Diversity benefits everybody, including your kids.