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Joel Tillman

@jtillman.bsky.social
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he/him 🏳️‍🌈 IBS 💊 New York City 🗽 linguist, editor, educator 🤓 ESL Adjunct Instructor 🚌 EdM — Teachers College, Columbia University 🚕 MA — University of Hong Kong 🇭🇰 Conversation Analysis + Referentiality 🗣️ karaoke and piano bars 🎤 video games with friends 🎮

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 3h
Possibly the silliest bonus episode we've ever done, in which we mine the highlights from several years of keeping an inbox folder titled "Worst Pitches" ...and challenge ourselves to still find a linguistics tie-in! (actual product names redacted to keep it in the spirit of fun)
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 9h
they named a car after this good pup
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Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social · 5h
I spoke to @vulture.com about the nerdy pastime of "gridspotting," tracking down the provenance of crosswords in movies and TV shows.
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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author @inventingreality.bsky.social · 4h
#AmEditing #amquerying #amwriting #writingcommunity inventingrealityediting.com/2...
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8 Tips to Make Your Writing More Vivid
• Don’t leave reader in fog with vague descriptions• Use concrete details• Examples of “concrete details”• Use sensory details rather than internalized ones• Appeal to sense of so…
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 5h
I’m bringing a neck pillow to sleep on the bus.
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Ben Miller @benwritesthings.bsky.social · 03/10/2024
NYU opened a study abroad site in TULSA 😭😭😭
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Rachel Lapidow @editrix-rachel.bsky.social · 7h
So, if it were up to me, I would probably lean more toward "Ferrokeen" because then all of the races/communities have a singular that is different from the plural form.
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Musicology Duck @musicologyduck.bsky.social · 6h
I truly think in retrospect, Trump traveling and giving daily speeches for 32 days is going to turn out to be somehow more disastrous than we can comprehend rn
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Bryson The Gaytive @brysonthegaytive.bsky.social · 6h
The sunrise the other morning in St Johns.
I look down the hill of a street the street lights are on. It’s early morning. The sun is just starting to rise. The horizon is full of pinks, orange, yellows, and reds that gradually fade to blues and dark colors.
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 7h
Mood. Again. youtu.be/nFZP8zQ5kzk?...
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Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar
YouTube video by LRG Clothing
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 8h
I’ve figured it out! After my Hudson class, I can do lunch and editing work in a cafe before going to Queens
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 8h
Poster acquired! Very productive day ✨
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 11h
My older brother does have good taste in music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNXo...
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Kyle Gordon - If You Break Up With Me (feat. 10 Year Plan) [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by kylegordonisgreat
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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
made a sandwich with this bread before i realized its smug ass was covered in mold. fuck you, bread
a slice of wheat bread with a mold pattern that looks infuriatingly like a smiley face. this bread is a piece of shit
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Proton Jon / Claire @protonjon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I forgot to grab a blanket to nap on the couch, so Bagel improvised.
Someone who wants a nap but doesn't see a blanket.Someone who has made the best of a blanketless situation.
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 11h
My older brother does have good taste in music. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNXo...
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Kyle Gordon - If You Break Up With Me (feat. 10 Year Plan) [Official Music Video]
YouTube video by kylegordonisgreat
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Sen the donkey @sengrisane.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Sorted my thoughts about censorship, so I can stop thinking about it.
Infograph about censorship. It compares it to magnets.
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 12h
Ordered my poster for evening pick up. Cleaned a bit. Threw out some trash. Doing some laundry. Found my nail clippers and shaving cream. Good executive functioning day!
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 14h
I definitely once wrote a musical of Jack and the Beanstalk in Latin. Wish I remembered all the words and the score.
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 14h
running out of oat milk, while a grim offense, is not nearly so bad as running out of coffee grinds.
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Eating Dan Levy
ALT: Eating Dan Levy
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
TBT you ask me about AI 🤦🏻‍♂️
Excerpt from the 21 page lit review “Comparison of AI and Human Writing: Coherence, Perception, and Pedagogical
Implications”
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putawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 25/09/2024
Abolish the death penalty
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TBT you ask me about AI 🤦🏻‍♂️
Excerpt from the 21 page lit review “Comparison of AI and Human Writing: Coherence, Perception, and Pedagogical
Implications”
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I can’t remember the last time I’ve seen the stars.
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Afghani food
Afghan Kevin HouseYummy appetizersMain course
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Sara Wilcox @sawilcox28.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Saying “jeezum” or “jeezum crow” when I’m trying to mind my profanity. Oh, and calling a sub/hero sandwich a grinder.
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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 30/09/2026
I believe that the traditional phrasing is "no fats, no femmes."
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Brawlcats @brawlcats.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Waiting for the bus and there are so many of those dang invasive spotted lanternflies! Tomorrow off and then Storrs early Friday morning.
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Who still plays Wordle?
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🖤Marnie💜 @marnielovesyou.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Pins and needles
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Did a survey for student feedback and it was universally positive so that gives me a little spring in my step.
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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The chef who debones the fish on the customer's plate: a form of art. Original post
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I’m really not a morning person.
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Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program @columbiaaltesol.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
⏰ Reminder! Our Virtual Open House for the Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program @TeachersCollege, Columbia University starts in 1 hour (9am ET). Come meet faculty, students & alumni! Our panelists today include Emily Kutz, Moria Holland, and Virginia Langammer! 🔗#WhyColumbiaALTESOL
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Sweater season in full swing
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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
a lot of very annoying men have been going on about “restoring trust” in universities, by which they mean increasing “viewpoint diversity,” by which they mean privileging evidence-free conservative beliefs. but it seems like a bigger deal that students and faculty can’t trust their school this way:
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Josh Jepson @jepson.tv · 30/09/2026
BACKPACK!!!! BACKPACK WON FAT BEAR WEEK YESSSSSSS! MY BOY
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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The death penalty is plainly unconstitutional, in addition to being a human rights violation. It should never happen, anywhere, to anyone. Shame on every single person that failed the child that Christa Pike was. She was still someone’s child, and no state should be in the business of murder.
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
There’s truly no shortage of assholes, if you were wondering.
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Pops @pops131.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
how much is that doggy in the window. 🐶😂
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Ted Talk: Writing a Personal Statement is Like Writing Memoir.
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godlessbitch.bsky.social @godlessbitch.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Grow up
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Emma 🦉 @alltheblueroses.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
spellbound
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New Hannukah prayer dropped
Transliteration, translation, and pronunciation notes
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thought about AI slop and spam. Stay in your lane. Write what you know.
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New part-time job? The pay is higher than my standard rate and I put down I can do ten hours/week.
Technical Writer/Editor job descriptionCertificate for passing the interview screening process.
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Joel Tillman @jtillman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Thought about AI slop and spam. Stay in your lane. Write what you know.
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