Reposted by Ben LangKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 10/01/2026If you are a veteran, this kind of visible presence at anti-ICE protests is really valuable. These clowns all want to play dress-up soldier, so actual soldiers mocking them to their faces is devastating. 4051771310
Reposted by Ben LangNamnezia 🥑 @namnezia.bsky.social · 16/11/2025Hear SfN members talking about the impact of federal funding cuts on brain research. #neuroskyence #sfn2025 www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...npr.orgYoung brain researchers ponder other careers amid federal funding cutsCuts and disruptions to federal research funding are causing many young brain scientists to reconsider their career choice. 11818
Reposted by Ben LangDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/08/2025History shows us the opposite: Undermining and censoring scientists and experts is a central feature of authoritarianism. 691322344
Reposted by Ben LangWonder of Science @wonderofscience.bsky.social · 24/08/2025A microscopic tardigrade going for a stroll through some algae. Credit: Sinclair Stammers 1414598724
Reposted by Ben LangDante The K9 @dantethek9.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Well, I'll be damned. It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up. newatlas.com/infectious-d...newatlas.comThe first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going globalAn epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark... 111127435890
Reposted by Ben LangBonnicula | Vampire Vtuber ⚧ @bonnicula.bsky.social · 28/07/2025If you push for this censorship nonsense again as the Trump administration declares the very existence of queer people to be inherently pornographic I don't give a shit what party you're in so help me god I will work night and day to get you wretches out of office @schumer.senate.gov 3214109
Reposted by Ben LangMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Yes, we’re literally about to zero out funding for every Title VI area studies center at every university in the country, along with FLAS fellowship funding. A generation of human capital that feeds into our diplomatic & intelligence corps that will simply not exist. National security madness. 19534202
Reposted by Ben Lang50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 02/07/2025These are the weak points. You know what to do. First thing tomorrow, use 5calls.org and raise hell. 13438473220
Reposted by Ben LangLaura @tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Another list of orgs that materially support trans people: www.autostraddle.com/this-trans-d...autostraddle.comThis Trans Day of Remembrance, Show Up With Material Support (And Every Other Day, Too)In the face of dehumanizing rhetoric and violence that turns our community members into statistics, it is our responsibility to care for one another and change the conditions that impact trans people’... 29347
Reposted by Ben LangZohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 12/06/2025All gas, no breaks. Only you can make this poll a reality: zohranfornyc.com/events 17696871521
Reposted by Ben LangNihil Dev 🇩🇰🇬🇱🇺🇦🇨🇦🇵🇸 @nihildev.bsky.social · 21/04/2025Ever wonder how many lives have been saved by NIH-funded research - including your own? Enter any medical condition and instantly see how your tax dollars transformed science into survival. www.ourhealthroi.comourhealthroi.comOur Health ROIExplore how your tax dollars fund life‑saving medical research. 28420325
Reposted by Ben LangJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 22/04/2025I feel like we need to keep saying this because it’s so insane: This is a legal U.S. resident who has been detained for over a month now for his political opinions. 236233508272
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 13/03/2025This is how my whole cohort feels being near to defending. 🫠 1110
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Incandescent with rage doesn’t even cut it for these feelings. 171
Reposted by Ben LangAnnika Barber @annikabarber.bsky.social · 24/02/2025Wondering if your study section cancelled? I update this sheet daily. As of today, 56/124 study sections that should have met since Jan 2, 2025 have "not met as scheduled." docs.google.com/spreadsheets...docs.google.com2025 Study section tracking 44365287
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 22/02/2025I second this! Every little bit is helping. We’ve got this—together. 030
Reposted by Ben LangDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 19/02/2025More from Judge Reyes 30939252
Reposted by Ben LangAngie Voyles Askham @avaskham.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Hey neuroscientists: were you, your lab or any of your ongoing projects caught up in any of the latest NIH firings? You can find me on Signal at avaskham.54 if you want to chat. 🧪 #neuroskyence 14636
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 10/02/2025If you're communicating with your reps on a daily basis right now (as we all should be!), you can directly tell them that this is the language they should use when communicating this in their emails and anywhere in media. Give them the framing they need so everyone understands the consequences. 030
Reposted by Ben LangYgrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 08/02/2025nice jam you’ve got there, be a real shame if someone pumped it up 715512886
Reposted by Ben LangDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 08/02/2025The NIH announced it will slash billions of dollars of support to universities and research centers. This is one of the biggest attacks on science we have ever seen. It could dismantle the biomedical research system, shut down clinical trials, and halt development of treatments. 10128261151
Reposted by Ben LangProf. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 04/02/2025If anyone wants to talk to a linguist about why this list of words banned from federal grants is absurd, please get at me. The point is to make sure that no one can do social science (or really any science) at all. www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8Yjf5FH/tiktok.comThe administration wants to make sure no one can do research at all with its list of banned words. Linguists know that the business of banning words is always repressive and anti-science. Stay aware! ...TikTok video by Nicole Holliday 412536
Reposted by Ben LangWolfy D. Lucca 🌗🐺 @spookalucca.tv · 28/01/2025Erin out here doing the lord's work. Please support and listen to trans journalists on trans issues. 16917
Reposted by Ben LangKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/01/2025The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...kcur.orgEgg prices are soaring again. Here’s why and what to expectBird flu has killed millions of hens in recent weeks, shrinking the supply of eggs and hiking up prices at grocery stores. 24105243617456
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 15/01/2025I have had 10 undergraduate RAs working with me on Praat segmentation for the last 4 quarters in a row and they are all learning so much and doing such a great job and I am excited for this next generation of phoneticians. 1200
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 28/12/2024Best pie: lemon merengue Best ice cream: honeycomb (from Van Leeuwen) Best donut: specifically the vanilla-frosted sprinkles cake donut at VG’s Bakery in Cardiff, CA Best bar: lemon bars Best cake: coconut cake from Gramercy Tavern, NYC Best other: milk butterchew from See’s Candies 150
Reposted by Ben LangPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 14/12/2024Sometimes you don’t need to do your own research. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... 12554411928
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Me: “Wow, production studies are a lot of work. I should do a perception study next.” Me: “Wow, perception studies are a lot of work. I should do a production study next.” Reader, I believe there is no end in sight to this cycle. 1212
Reposted by Ben LangPrasad Jallepalli, MD, PhD @prasad.bsky.social · 01/12/2024“NIH produces an astounding return on investment to the American taxpayer. In Fiscal Year 2022, NIH research funding supported 568,585 jobs and generated $96.84 billion in economic activity — that’s $2.64 of economic activity for every $1 of research funding.” www.researchamerica.org/2023-oped-us... 281107498
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Feel like there’s a lot of new people here so here’s a reintroduction: I’m a phonetician and cognitive scientist interested in how your brain produces, perceives, and learns the sounds of the world’s spoken languages. 7451
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Hey #linguistics, I've created a starter pack for phoneticians, speech people, and phriends. If you feel like I've left someone out or you have suggestions, just lmk! I want more spectrograms on my feed so let's make that happen. go.bsky.app/LPrwcbq 269826
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 20/11/2024I followed a lot of really cool people here, but now the linguists in my feed have disappeared into a sea of people. Oops. 3180
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Anyone have a favorite Arabic speech corpus in *MSA* and not a specific dialect? I’ve checked through LDC, but want to know if there are others I should be aware of. 000
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Great! I’ll take it!media.tenor.coma close up of a cartoon character with green eyes and brown hairAlt: a close up of Ben 10 with green eyes and brown hair 021
Reposted by Ben LangRegina Lapate @lapate.bsky.social · 11/11/2024📢 New job alert: The Dept. of Psychological & Brain Sciences at UCSB is hiring a new Director for our Brain Imaging Center! Join us in sunny Santa Barbara and please help spread the word! (Full Professor position—due by Dec 2) 🧠 🌊 recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02858recruit.ap.ucsb.eduBrain Imaging Center Director, Psychological & Brain SciencesUniversity of California Santa Barbara is hiring. Apply now! 16650
Reposted by Ben Langkwisatz haderade (#FreeSkylar) @booksandbows.bsky.social · 08/11/2024no but unironically if you are young and don't know much about the AIDS crisis and how the queer community mobilized in response to it, now is a fucking awesome time to learn. 113639
Reposted by Ben LangRo Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 08/11/2024Over the next few months, we're gonna see some queer/trans folks go back into the closet/detransition for their own safety, especially in rural areas. This is not the same as assimilation or compliance, and these folks are not "traitors." This is camouflage. This is strategy. 222207563
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 07/11/2024So what’s the over under on deleting accounts on that other website vs. deleting posts and going inactive? I don’t wanna give any traffic, but I also want control of my data and likeness if needed. 120
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 26/09/2024The best part about being on fellowship this year is that I get to just delete Canvas entirely from my brain for 12 months. 030
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 13/08/2024I have dealt with Qualtrics data output before, and I have ways to make it look good, but they sure did not choose the best format for anyone when it comes to .csv exports. 020
Reposted by Ben LangGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 10/08/2024Today in linguists are NOT KIDDING when we say that your knowledge of language includes the ability to understand sentences that have never before been said. arstechnica.com/science/2024...arstechnica.comPass the mayo: Condiment could help improve fusion energy yieldsControlling a problematic instability could lead to cheaper internal fusion. 517441
Reposted by Ben LangProf. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 06/08/2024My work on Kamala Harris' speech style is featured in today's Berkeley News! news.berkeley.edu/2024/08/06/a...news.berkeley.eduA UC Berkeley linguist explores what Kamala Harris's voice and speech reveal about her identity - Berkeley News"When we talk about Kamala Harris as a modern candidate, she is in some ways embodying all of the ways the country has moved on from the idea that you can only be one thing at once." 39632
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 12/07/2024Taking an actual break from PhD things really does allow your brain to come up with better ideas for the PhD lol 081
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 21/06/2024Real weird how the emails all just simultaneously end once the quarter is over (for me, a graduate student). 010
Reposted by Ben LangDavid Marshall @illdave.bsky.social · 18/06/2024I can't remember a tech campaign this relentless. 15174212425
Ben Lang @benebular.bsky.social · 17/05/2024I think in my future syllabi, I am going to say that students can get in touch with me via email OR Canvas, not email AND Canvas. 110