Mary Parks

The University Within the Limits of Automated Knowledge - Journal #161 Yuk Hui on how the university should, and should not, respond to the emergence of AI.

A short essay for the latest issue of e-flux journal
www.e-flux.com/journal/161/...

I have either heard it said that way or have said it that way myself. Though it doesn’t appear to be in any dictionary pronunciations. But I’ve reached a point where I view all ways of talking as “allowable.” Language is as diverse as humanity is and changeable at micro and macro levels

One of my sci-fi favs!

Yep. A few years later I heard someone during an interview on the radio pronounce it the way I had. I realized it was
not unique to me—and yes that made me feel better

“awry” was one of those for me. I’ll never forget the look on my colleague’s face when I “mispronounced” it and they were trying to figure out what I meant. Good times!

Happy International Women’s Day

“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.”
-Audre Lorde

Today we celebrate the strength, courage, and voices of women everywhere.

#InternationalWomensDay #IWD

Thanks so much to everyone who came to my Georgetown University Linguistics GURT talk today! I really appreciate that you took the time to stay til Sunday afternoon. The talk was recorded, so I'll post the video as soon as I get it!

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The Semiotic Engineering of Human-Computer Interaction A theory of HCI that uses concepts from semiotics and computer science to focus on the communication between designers and users during interaction.In The

Makes me think of the semiotics of HCI: direct.mit.edu/books/monogr...

Anybody got a good citation on the increase in the use of “of” in prepositional phrases? “Large of a”, “off of a” etc.? AFIAF.

same. raised and living in central california and bay area most of my life

White Nationalism’s Deep American Roots A long-overdue excavation of the book that Hitler called his “bible,” and the man who wrote it

www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

The word that often comes to my mind wrt LLM outputs is “vacuous,” but I really like your notion here of greasy

At least, your post made me think it could be a similar phenomenon. If not a devaluing of communication sources, a change in how we value certain language patterns found in text

I think of this phenomenon as the devaluation of communication based on “source.” Like if you receive a hand-written ❤️note from your loved one, vs a type-written note, vs an email, vs a text message, vs some predictive text output, how much do you value each? Same question for the writer of the note

Also be aware that way more legal services are equipped for Spanish than other languages. I constantly worry that other minorities are being missed, and are stuck in detention with no representation.

Fact check: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common Sometimes it just gets cold

Is climate change responsible for increasingly frequent or severe cold events?

The evidence suggests it is not.

Instead, the impact of climate change is warmer winters and less severe cold events.

@hausfath.bsky.social has a great post on The Climate Brink talking about this.

City Lights LIVE! Event Tonight

🔦 Tuesday 2/3, 7pm PT/10pm ET
@ralphremington.bsky.social with Ted Russell
PENETRATING WHITENESS: How White Supremacy Built America
[Books That Save Lives]

If you can't make it to the bookstore, register for the livestream here!
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?

Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?

NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...

In case you missed it yesterday, the livestream recording on the record-low western U.S. snowpack and developing El Nino event in the tropical Pacific is available via the same link below!

JBLAC @jblacjournal.bsky.social submissions are now open! If you submit in the next few months, your article will still appear among the first in JBLAC. We have an open office hour today from 2-3 pm PST. A link to the office hours is below!

www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...

Love this power of discourse analysis so much. I know of no other technique that can reliably reveal so many unexpected and important insights from conversational data

hey, did y'all know that the Linguistic Society of America offers FREE registration to K12 teachers, K12 students, and Indigenous scholars of the Americas for the #LSA2026 Annual Meeting? And it's not too late to register for the hybrid/online portion of the conference!

"Generative AI is designed to create things that look real; predictive AI identifies what is real.

A misunderstanding that generative systems are retrieving things when they are actually creating them has led to grave consequences"

Great news for SF: “The new venue will be a live performing arts and cafe space with music, live theater, sketch comedy, open mic, dance classes and a little bit of circus.” Opening in 2027 ❤️

Mission Buzz: New Theater and performing arts space coming to the Mission Teatro Tin Tan at 21st and Mission is will open early 2027. The owner said he wants a space that support artists and is open to the community.

A new theater offering live music, dance classes, circus and plays is coming to the Mission.

missionlocal.org/2025/12/new-...

Your languages are your superpower! In this episode of Language on the Move Podcast, Dr Agnes Bodis talks to Cindy Valdez, an English as an Additional Language or Dialect (EAL/D) specialist, and Founder & CEO of Teach To Learn, a…

“Multilingual learners do not need us to fix their English…but they need us to design learning where their full linguistic repertoires are seen as an asset.”
Insightful new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast -@agib.bsky.social speaks with Cindy Valdez!
www.languageonthemove.com/your-languag...

Hey linguists, check it out! @lingsocam.bsky.social has virtual registration options for the #LSA2026 meeting:

web.cvent.com/event/d45318...

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In this podcast Cindy Alvarez talks about how to center and celebrate each person’s language (and identity) in learning contexts, but applicable in so many other contexts. As she says “You are your language” and “you all have to celebrate what you bring in”