SamuelJBeer
@samueljbeer.bsky.social
Assistant professor of linguistics, Metropolitan State University of Denver. Where does language data come from and where does it go?
For what it’s worth I was out on a jog a week or so ago and a propos of nothing in particular, the thought that popped into my mind was: “You know who is a really skilled communicator? Kirby Conrod.” And I meant to tell you but I forgot!
All of which is to say I think you’re still doing awesome.
All of which is to say I think you’re still doing awesome.
November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
For what it’s worth I was out on a jog a week or so ago and a propos of nothing in particular, the thought that popped into my mind was: “You know who is a really skilled communicator? Kirby Conrod.” And I meant to tell you but I forgot!
All of which is to say I think you’re still doing awesome.
All of which is to say I think you’re still doing awesome.
I’m 37 for another few weeks thank you very much
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
I’m 37 for another few weeks thank you very much
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Africana studies equips people how to connect and build solidarity and diffuse the politics of divide and rule, and this why the WSJ oped disdains it.
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Africana studies equips people how to connect and build solidarity and diffuse the politics of divide and rule, and this why the WSJ oped disdains it.
Reposted by SamuelJBeer
so many classroom interactions boil down to
Q: Which knowledge is uncontested?
A: None of it.
Q: Which knowledge is uncontested?
A: None of it.
November 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
so many classroom interactions boil down to
Q: Which knowledge is uncontested?
A: None of it.
Q: Which knowledge is uncontested?
A: None of it.
I have been flitting around linguistics’s interfaces with other disciplines long enough that I bet other people who are going to see this will have more current/reliable things to say about more core subdisciplines than me!
October 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I have been flitting around linguistics’s interfaces with other disciplines long enough that I bet other people who are going to see this will have more current/reliable things to say about more core subdisciplines than me!
And are these critics in the by-line with us now?
October 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
And are these critics in the by-line with us now?
I guess “internet is nonstandard-proliferation machine, but its non-standard proliferation flattens regional differences (into the same suites of nonstandard usage)” feels paradoxical to me—but it is counter to your OP paradox (which I was also vaguely familiar with) without addressing it.
October 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I guess “internet is nonstandard-proliferation machine, but its non-standard proliferation flattens regional differences (into the same suites of nonstandard usage)” feels paradoxical to me—but it is counter to your OP paradox (which I was also vaguely familiar with) without addressing it.
I feel like there’s something relating to your OP in the combined claims from the text that nonstandard (tbf not *necessarily* regional) language is more broadly used than ever and that regional dialects are “dying out”.
October 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I feel like there’s something relating to your OP in the combined claims from the text that nonstandard (tbf not *necessarily* regional) language is more broadly used than ever and that regional dialects are “dying out”.
Yeah, I agree. Some feel more paradoxical than others, but it sort of feels like the basic idea is just “the benefits of the internet aren’t evenly distributed even though it is Very Big [and so maybe you would expect its benefits to be equally distributed?]” Maybe paradoxical to some, but not me 🤷♂️
October 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yeah, I agree. Some feel more paradoxical than others, but it sort of feels like the basic idea is just “the benefits of the internet aren’t evenly distributed even though it is Very Big [and so maybe you would expect its benefits to be equally distributed?]” Maybe paradoxical to some, but not me 🤷♂️
My impressions were the same as yours. Also, maybe this is missing from the previous context, but I can’t make out how what is presented in that paragraph constitutes any sort of paradox?
October 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
My impressions were the same as yours. Also, maybe this is missing from the previous context, but I can’t make out how what is presented in that paragraph constitutes any sort of paradox?
Caitlin, Scott Bessent here… by the way, anything I [or anyone else from my fine establishment] ever sent you is off the record. You’re not a journalist so it’s weird saying that but just letting you know.
October 21, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Caitlin, Scott Bessent here… by the way, anything I [or anyone else from my fine establishment] ever sent you is off the record. You’re not a journalist so it’s weird saying that but just letting you know.
It’s somehow been years that I’ve been waiting for this moment.
October 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
It’s somehow been years that I’ve been waiting for this moment.
I feel invested in Peter having a good zinger already.
October 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I feel invested in Peter having a good zinger already.