Just sent this to my department. Thank you, Uri!

Save English Language & Linguistics at University of Hertfordshire To sign the open letter to the University of Hertfordshire to save our English Language & Linguistics Programme from potential closure, please complete this form. You can read the full letter here: Sa...

Save English Language & Linguistics at University of Hertfordshire.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The target audience seems like it’d be people in Waymos on their phones, but it’s much more visible from the bus lane than it is from the lane for other traffic. I dunno

This ad, and thousands of others just like it, is a giant “fuck you” to every human with a real job, and every other human who wants one. Who does ‘Artisan’ think is actually riding the bus?

- at Van Ness & Eddy, San Francisco, 4/20/26 #AI #slop #sanfrancisco #streetphoto #ad #photo

Absolutely abhorrent like everything that flies under this perverted banner of “justice”

a photo of cherry blossoms blooming on a tree branch against a cloudy background

흐린 날의 벚꽃은 더욱 아름답다

Cherry blossoms are even more beautiful on cloudy days

——
#벚꽃 #사진 #봄 #photo #blossoms

“Nuremberg established the principle that words directed at the destruction of a people carry criminal weight […] It was built on the recognition that the language of civilizational destruction is not merely the symptom of atrocity but one of its instruments." (2/2)

It is precisely because no legal body is able to prosecute Trump that he must be removed from office by the people themselves for threatening genocide.

In a fantastic essay on the corrosive effects of Trump’s “A whole civilization will die tonight” post from 3 days ago, Matthias Risse writes (1/2)

A photo of a man in sunglasses and a hat holding a “Remove Trump” sign in front of the San Jose City Hall, Tuesday, April 7, 2026

San Jose City Hall this afternoon. Wave hi if you’re in the neighborhood and 🖕🏻🍊🤡

What can we do in the face of such absolute madness?

My first thoughts: 1. Call reps again, demand they intervene. 2. Carry a sign for the 25th everywhere I go in public today. 3. Reach out to Iranian American colleagues and ask if I can support or be with them if they want.

Suggestions welcome.

A screen shot of an AP News article “Robot umpires are coming to MLB. Here’s how they work”

A photo of the muppets’ Statler and Waldorf, two old men guffawing at the sorry state of the world from their theater balcony seats

With news of the Adios Baseball, See-ya! (ABS) robot ball/strike system, I am officially crossing the line from middle-aged “skeptical pragmatism on all things AI” view to grumpy old man “AI is killing joy, ending culture, and ruining humanity” years.

Statler & Waldorf were right: this shit sucks!

It’s just missing the square faux bandages for the drones to wear on their right ears as they engage in collective hallucination and idolatry

A photo of a banner hanging on a chain link fence in Lahaina, Maui. The banner reads, “Mahalo Nui Loa (Thank you very much) to all First Responders For All You Do”. Photo April 1, 2026

My heart aches for the communities who have suffered through this natural disaster. Can you imagine the tragedies *of choice* in Gaza, Iran, Lebanon?

5/5

The remnants of burnt-out historical buildings on Lahaina’s Front Street stand behind protective fences, April 1, 2026

The remnants of burnt-out historical buildings on Lahaina’s Front Street stand behind protective fences, April 1, 2026

Reconstruction will take years, and the town will never be the same.

4/5

A photo of a vacant lot with an empty sign frame where a business used to stand in Lahaina, Maui

A photo of a vacant lot where a Foodland market used to stand in Lahaina, Maui

A photo of an empty and closed gas station in Lahaina, Maui

A photo of a vacant lot with a burnt-out tree carcass in Lahaina, Maui

Vacant lots can be seen for miles.

3/5

A sign on the fence at the entrance to the Lahaina Memorial reads, “Lahaina Memorial is a place of honor, hope, respect, reverence. Divisiveness and politics have no place here. This is a place to walk humbly, to grieve, to seek peace, to love, and to reflect on all that we have LOST”

Rocks laid out on the ground in this photo of the Lahaina Memorial spell out, “LAHAINA”. A row of crosses and flags of the memorial can be seen in the distance, alongside the Lahaina Bypass

Crosses, photos, and flags from several of the 102+ victims of the August 2023 Lahaina wildfire appear in this photo of the Lahaina Memorial

Crosses, photos, and flags from several of the 102+ victims of the August 2023 Lahaina wildfire appear in this photo of the Lahaina Memorial

A memorial on the side of the Lahaina Bypass is a standing reminder of over 100 souls lost.

2/5

A photo of the Old Lahaina Courthouse as it stands damaged by the wildfire of August 8, 2023. Photo from April 1, 2026

A photo of a photo poster of the Old Lahaina Courthouse as it was before the wildfire of August 2023, on display in front of the Old Lahaina Courthouse as it stands damaged by the wildfire in 2026

A photo of a fire-damaged sign that guides visitors to historic Front Street, severely damaged by the fire of August 8, 2023

A photo of an open lot with a backhoe where First Hawaiian Bank used to stand in Lahaina. Photo April 1, 2026

This week I was lucky enough to visit Lahaina on the island of Maui, where the damage from the massive wildfire of August 8, 2023 is everywhere.

1/5

A photo of the reddish sunset and clouds over the ocean, with 3 palm trees in the foreground, looking west from a hotel in western Maui

This was the sunset tonight near Lahaina, Maui. In case anyone needs a little timeline cleanse…

—
just another #ocean #sunset #photo

a photo of the beach in Ka’anapali, Maui, on a capricious day with both sun and rain falling in the same scene

feeling the rain fall
under the sun and blue sky
we know what hope feels like
and yet we must endure
no one knows how long
or which way the clouds will blow
so close your eyes for just a moment
breathe deep, then start to move again

——
#photo and #poem, #sun and #rain in an #ageofopposites

A photo of a church sign mounted on a chain link fence. The sign has a cross on the left and the words on the right: He Is Risen WE ARE CLOSED Happy Easter!

“He Is Risen, WE ARE CLOSED”

- America, 2026

—-
#photo of #church #sign in #kaanapali #maui but it #couldbeanywhere #linguisticlandscape in #trumpsamerica

Wow. Yeah. There’s a certain beauty to it, maybe pathos of some sort…

a photo of a tattered U.S. flag in the wind, with the strips all ripped apart and tangled in each other and around the flagpole. The flag is mounted to the corner of a grey shipping container

when a flag becomes its own metaphor

——
a #photo in #tatters

Dear #NoKings and #language friends:

Do you have photos of #multilingual protest signs (at least partially in a language other than English) from any U.S.-based No Kings rally yesterday? I’m doing a small project and would be grateful for any examples 🙏🏻

#AcademicSky #LinguisticLandscape

A cardboard protest sign being held by a person whose face is covered by the sign. The sign says “No a La Guerra” (“No War” in Spanish)

No a La Guerra - No War
No a La Migra - No ICE
No a Los Reyes - No Kings

Vocabulario esencial de este día de protesta
Essential vocabulary from this day of protest

——
#SanJosé, CA #NoKings in #English and en #español March 28 de marzo

A photo of a red Bike Friday folding bike parked on the bike/walking path on the Dumbarton Bridge on a sunny day. The bike is flying two black-background flags off its back side, with “No Kings in America” messages

A photo of two black-background flags with “No Kings in America” messages, flying in the wind with the San Francisco Bay in the background

A screenshot from Strava showing user Dave’s “South Bay Kings half century ride around the San Jose area on March 22

It’s not just next Saturday. The No Kings ride has been going on every day for 250 years. I was proud to add my half century to the millions earlier today.

Photo at Dumbarton Bridge between East Palo Alto and Newark 🚫👑🚲 #NoKings

a close-up photo of a water faucet/filling station at a cafe in San Jose, California. The angle is from the top so as to show a small label stuck to the top of the faucet, which reads in capital letters, “NOT A DRAIN”

Be a fountain for others, and not a drain.

#LifeAspirations at the local #CoffeeShop #closeup #photo

A square image of Vladimir Putin winking with a Russian flag pattern in the background and the words “Thank you for your payment” in Russian and English

put one of these right next to your Trump sticker ✌🏻

A photo of a building with reflective surface and blue sky

hard to tell what’s real anymore

—
#building #reflection #photo under a #bluesky in #sanjose

A photo of the sun and buildings reflected in the windows of a tall glass-window building in downtown San Jose

sunrise in San Jose

——
#dtsj #downtown #reflection #photo

A photo of an office building with reflective square windows reflecting the sky, with a row of trees blooming purple in springtime at its base. In the foreground there is a parking lot with about 15 parked cars visible in frame

How do you know you’ve been in the Silicon Valley for a while?

You look at this parking lot in front of a gleaming multistory office building and say, “Oh, look, the trees are blooming!”

——
#SanJose #building #sky #reflection #photo