@aatfrench.bsky.social Merci!

C'est quoi le français standard? Ce questionnaire est anonyme. Merci d'avoir pris le temps d'y répondre. N'hésitez pas à élaborer vos réponses! Vous pouvez répondre en anglais ou français. Dr. Séverine Rebourcet affirme que "le fran...

Dear #langchat & French teachers, My student has created a survey for his research project. He's analyzing the concept of "le français standard." Your participation would greatly contribute to his research and help him complete his major in French. Merci! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Procès berlière fiévet 2024 Financement participatif organisé par Comité de Vigilance face aux Usages publics de l'HIstoire - Aidez le CVUH à survivre à cette procédure bâillon!

Le Comité de Vigilance face aux Usages Publics de l'Histoire mène depuis de longues années un travail remarquable.
Aujourd'hui il fait l'objet d'une assignation en justice par des falsificateurs de l'histoire. Cette cagnotte leur permettra de couvrir les frais:
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Always a pleasure to talk with @lailalalami.com Her marvelous, chilling, powerful new novel, The Dream Hotel, has so much to teach us. Link to our conversation on Speaking Out of Place in thread.

Many thanks to @adriandaub.bsky.social for explaining the significance of the recent elections in #Germany on Speaking Out of Place. Link in thread.

Soutien total à l'historien des médias, @alexislevrier.bsky.social, attaqué par l'extrême droite, ses complices et ses alliés objectifs. Le travail et les analyses d'Alexis Lévrier sont une boussole dans cette période d'extrême droitisation des esprits. Soutenons-le !

Sans aucune hésitation @democracynow.org

Do yourself a favor & listen to Speaking out of place hosted by @palumboliu.bsky.social. The episode with Azucena Castro and Malcom Ferdinand is brilliant!

Happy Birthday 🎊

The Best-Selling Novelist Kaveh Akbar Leans Into His Poetic Roots With the dawn of a ceasefire in Gaza, the writer reflects on collections by Palestinian poets that don’t lose sight of love and wonder in the face of exile and destruction.

Kaveh Akbar most recently published a novel, “Martyr!”, but he began his career as a poet. He recommends four collections by Palestinian writers, each of which grapples with the status of being Palestinian in the world.

Check out this episode of the Speaking Out of Place podcast. How #poetry and #art can help mend the double fracture of #colonial and #environmental violence. Link in thread.

A Noisy Part Challenging Sex Realist Feminism

Just some small reflections on challenging sex realist feminism. I hope to share some research findings on this movement soon. Title of this one is 'inspired' by a J K Rowling tweet. For all the noisy parts out there! Keep being noisy! feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/a-noisy-part

« We need to keep up the fight. And that means refusing the rewards that come with silence and compliance. We need that no. » @saranahmed.bsky.social 🔥🧿

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Very happy to share our 2024 transdisciplinary book Resisting the Dehumanization of Refugees, which brings together academics, practitioners and refugees. It's open access so you can download the pdf for free or purchase a hard copy here: www.aupress.ca/books/120327...

Photo prise par la Pref police à Notre Dame Paris, on voit 2 policiers de la BRI et deux chimères

Cette photo partagée par le ministre de l'Intérieur est vraiment problématique.

Manque de neutralité, fanatisme religieux, et l'utilisation de la BRI pour en faire de la propagande sécuritaire doivent nous inquiéter.

À qui ce message est-il adressé ?

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Yes, someone on here tried telling me that it was "unfair" to single out data centers when agriculture was consuming far more water than data centers, I still cannot comprehend the level of AI-brain it takes to offer that comparison as valid and useful bc afaik you can't eat the output from LLMs

This is precisely the ignorance and attitude that contributes to the systematic defunding of the humanities.
Not only do people trained in STEM not know what we do in the humanities, they automatically dismiss it without even bothering to learn what the humanities are about.

Not to mention that this turns kids instantly into unpaid laborers in a data mining enterprise and teaches them servility to tech at the get-go, giving up all rights to privacy for the sake of capitalist success.

@disabilitystor1.bsky.social I recently interviewed Lindsay Weinberg on her great book, “Smart University.” Highly recommended. The interview is forthcoming on the Speaking Out of Place podcast. Robert Ovetz joined us to talk about AI and educational workers.

This was always the goal: remove human teachers from classrooms in schools and universities, except for the very rich who will be able to afford human instruction.

This is why I have only contempt for teachers in higher ed who use AI in their courses--this is what you are actively escalating.

Yasss! The Feminist Killjoy Handbook is a must-read, especially for womenx of color from the Global South. I cried, screamed, laughed, paused, reflected, felt energized. I can’t wait to read this new gem from the best feminist killjoy, the one & only @saranahmed.bsky.social

Mon étudiant (futur ingénieur) a tellement était impressionné par les fantastiques @tract-linguistes.org qu’il a décidé de travailler sur le concept de “language gatekeeping” pour sa sous-spécialisation en études françaises. Beaucoup d’admiration pour nos linguistes préféré.es depuis le Texas!

May your aunt rest in peace. Sending you and your family serenity & patience.

🔉”Silence about violence is violence” 🔥 @saranahmed.bsky.social

je m’étais promise de ne fangirler personne sur cette plateforme mais j’ai envie de crier haut et fort mon admiration pour @devynckh.bsky.social. Les voix des femmes dans Impunité continueront de résonner en moi pour longtemps. Merci pour votre vulnérabilité et votre compassion 🩷

Je viens de finir Réinventer l’amour de @monachollet.bsky.social & cette citation m’a coupé le souffle.La sororité peut “être empêchée par la persistance de cette peur de se voir invisibilisée, supplantée,reléguée;par la terreur de se découvrir banale, sans rien qui nous distingue.”

Image of the tops of books in a herringbone pattern. They are in a rainbow gradient. The center of the image has a green textbox with the words "Resources for fighting book censorship, library challenges, and more."

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education.

This is updated regularly!

University of Southern California Center for Languages and Cultures in partnership with the University of Arizona Gender-Inclusive Language Instruction: Inclusivity in Action 3rd annual conference Free and Online April 4 2025 dornsife.usc.edu/clc

CFP 3rd conference on teaching gender-inclusive language (free & virtual) Presentation proposals due 10 January 2025. More info: dornsife.usc.edu/center-for-l... Proposal submission: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...