Humanity did that. Science did that. Publicly-funded research did that. Excellent universities did that. Diversity did that. International cooperation did that.
Artemis II is a perfect example of what we can do at our best.
Welcome home, Integrity crew!
BREAKING: In response to huge cuts in Trump's budget request, NSF is shuttering its SBE directorate. Staff will be transferred to other parts of the agency and "grants that align with Administration priorities" will be maintained.
That & more w/ @maxkozlov.bsky.social & @edwrdchen.bsky.social
Can you read English cursive? Ever wanted to volunteer from the comfort of home for a useful cause? Have I got an offer for you...
The Newberry Library in Chicago is always in need of transcribers to help decipher historical handwritten documents. If this is you, learn more about it below:
Absolutely wild.
The Mapping Black Language project is working to document how Black Americans speak, and how their language shifts and varies—and they’re looking for people to interview
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
L’ACL encourage le gouvernement du Québec à reconsidérer son décret visant à interdire l’usage de certaines formes d’ #écritureinclusive. // The CLA calls on the Govt. of Québec to reconsider its decree banning forms of #inclusivewriting.
#linguistique #linguistics
cla-acl.ca/pdfs/Ecritur...
It’s funny how often grifter pseudoscience results in “answers” that blame, punish, and control women, isn’t it?
Please boost! #linguistics student here at Swarthmore is running a survey for English speakers (who don't know Mandarin / any other tone languages) about how we learn tones. Take a few minutes to help out with this student research!
swarthmore.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
There's a new Collaborative Research Center focusing on the common ground at the University of Tübingen (where I did my MA), with a variety of really cool looking PhD and postdoc opportunities in linguistics starting in October: uni-tuebingen.de/en/283575
must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away
Please join SOBLAC – The new @lingsocam.bsky.social SIG of Black Language and Culture! www.lsadc.org/AF_MemberCom...
Help us spread the word!
Responding to the mass cancellation of NSF grants, Fazio (@lkfazio.bsky.social), a researcher who studies misinformation: “What can US researchers do in this situation? One thing is clear: do not surrender to political pressure or abandon crucial research questions.”
Devastating blow to longitudinal research. “Our ability to understand what’s going on with those women will be severely curtailed,” Anderson says. “They’ve been dedicated to this process for 30 years and provide their data generously...” Thirty years!!
Bone chilling.
A court ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia to stay in the United States.
The Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that he was illegally removed. Trump is pretending he won the ruling 9-0.
1/ You may not think this case means anything to you. But let me tell you why it does.
The fear among academics and lawyers now talking on the record on just about any topic that involves the federal government or the White House is really extraordinary and worrisome, and getting worse, it seems to me, every week. Dissent by an establishment figures becoming verboten in the US
"When pressed, several senior officials conceded that they had spent only a few days considering how the economic earthquake might have second-order effects."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...
Poster titled "Branding your research" by Suzanne Evans Wagner, Betsy Sneller, Jack Rechsteiner. Main text: "Branding makes research easier: It streamlines decisions. Anyone can do it, on any budget. Ask us how!" Secondary text: "Our research: MI Diaries. A longitudinal linguistics and oral history project collecting people's self-recordings via a custom mobile app. There is an image of the MI Diaries microphone logo surrounded by brand characteristics such as "authentic", "trustworthy" and "funny". There is a QR code, a hyperlink to https://mi-diaries.org and logos for Michigan State University and the US National Science Foundation.
Fwiw, here is our 'conversation starter' poster, including links to our LingVan paper: bit.ly/3R3YdKp and MI Diaries project: mi-diaries.org. #LingComm25
If you're headed to my poster with @betsysneller.bsky.social and @jackrechsteiner.bsky.social at #LingComm25, sorry I'm not there yet! Having some tech issues (on my side, not the conference's).
“ Medical miracles don't happen overnight. They take years. You won't notice it tomorrow or next week, but someday soon, you or a family member will be diagnosed with cancer, dementia, or some other terrifying disease, but this time there will be no miracle cure because there is no funding.”
I thought the goal was to not waste taxpayer money?
New new strategy: Call me after lunch!
DOGE's crackdown on agency spending means that federal researchers can't do vital experiments, order liquid nitrogen tanks to preserve samples, or refill basic but necessary lab equipment. My story with @zoeschiffer.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/doge-e...
Also Gandhi, accused of being improperly dressed while wearing a loincloth at a meeting with King George V, who later said, "The king was wearing enough for the both of us."
If Trump can make millions of people believe he won in 2020, making them believe Ukraine started the war will be easy.
This.
As indicated by my profile banner, I’m a BIG fan of tulips, so this was a sad blow. Daffodils were still great though! And I like to be surprised?
This would be hilarious if it wasn’t part of something so chilling.
