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Mary Parks

@maryparks.bsky.social
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Voice and multimodal experience designer and linguist, also into physical theater linkedin.com/in/maryconstanceparks

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Linguistic Society of America @lingsocam.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Connect face-to-face with hundreds of linguists at #LSA2027! Exhibit in San Francisco and meet researchers, students, and potential hires at poster sessions, coffee breaks, and evening receptions. Reserve your spot early to lock in the best rates and prime locations. www.lsadc.org/exhibits-spo...
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Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · 19/09/2026
Language science sometimes means examining our beliefs a bit critically. But that's part of the fun! Karen Stollznow @karenstollznow.bsky.social explains on this episode. Karen is the author of Beyond Words, available from @universitypress.cambridge.org . becauselanguage.com/146-beyond-w...
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Darin Flynn @phono-logical.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“Seglets over segments” by Chris Golston and Wolfgang Kehrein (Sep. ’26) academic.oup.com/book/63273/c...
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Briefly popping my head back in to unveil the cover of my upcoming book, LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale. It’ll be out on April 6 in the U.S. and April 29 in the U.K. and you can pre-order it right now! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/757705... 1/
A book cover featuring a beautiful closely cropped portrait of an Anna's hummingbird. The cover says LIFE BEYOND MEASURE: Nature's Hidden Wonders at Every Scale, by Ed Yong. The image also says US: 4/06/27 and UK: 4/29/27
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American Dialect Society @americandialect.org · 11/09/2026
The schedule for the first American Dialect Society Research Incubator (ADSRI1) is now live on our website (americandialect.org/first-americ...). The incubator is next Friday and Saturday (9/18-9/19) online on Zoom. Attendance is free and open to all. Find the registration link at the link above.
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Sylvia Sierra 🪾🏔️ @sociolinguista.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I’m sorry but that new dialect quiz is wack
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Linguistic Society of America @lingsocam.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Meet hundreds of linguists face-to-face at #LSA2027! Exhibit in San Francisco and connect with researchers, students, and future hires during poster sessions, coffee breaks, and evening receptions. Book early for the best rates and locations. www.lsadc.org/exhibits-spo... #Exhibits #Sponsorships
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
the heart of my intro comics class and the theme across the entire comics studies program - study & play aren't so different! Now to get to making my newest syllabus in earnest, it's not going to draw itself! (all my syllabi, resources, activities here spinweaveandcut.com/education-ho...)
text from a drawn syllabus that reads: 
WE WILL STUDY
AND WE WILL PLAY
& WE WILL SEE THAT THOSE ACTIVITIES
AREN'T SO DIFFERENT.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
If you share images of what to do during a weather-related emergency, share that advice with blind and low-vision users, too. Add alt text. The alt text should include the text in the image, rather than just a vague description, so people aren't missing out on vital information.
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Yecid Ortega (he/his/el) @yecidortega.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
This week marks a milestone in my life. As a Neurodivergent Scholar, I am proud to share that our Handbook on Neurodiversity and Applied Linguistics is available for pre-order. Thanks to Maria Rosa Brea, Suresh Canagarajah and Nick Walker for their support and all authors. tinyurl.com/ndalbook
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The Routledge Handbook of Neurodiversity and Applied Linguistics
This handbook is an innovative and comprehensive survey of the emerging body of thought at the intersection of neurodiversity studies and applied linguistics. The book brings together thinkers and res...
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
A really lovely & insightful thread on Unflattening from @lepuszeppelin.itch.io. Grateful to see how the work reached another…
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Linguistic Society of America @lingsocam.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Have a paper or emerging idea you’d like to share with a wider audience? Join the JBLAC Webinar: What and How to Submit to JBLAC on June 26, from 6–7:30 P ET. Learn how to turn your ideas into publishable scholarship and see your voice as a contribution to the field. www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
If you share images of what to do during a weather-related emergency, share that advice with blind and low-vision users, too. Add alt text. The alt text should include the text in the image, rather than just a vague description, so people aren't missing out on vital information.
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Nick Sousanis @nsousanis.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
I was delighted to join @scottmccloud.bsky.social @neilcohn.bsky.social & @reimenayee.com yesterday for an absolutely invigorating conversation on comics & education! Appreciate the good folks @cartoonist.coop for hosting & making the recording available! Listen here! www.youtube.com/live/gymwh40...
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The Study of Comics in Academia (Understanding Comics)
YouTube video by Cartoonists United
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Mary Parks @maryparks.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
So true! That was fun!!
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Andboo Haunton 😷🎃 @andrewhinton.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I’ve encountered quite a few situations over the years where companies digitized an analog process based on process models only to find they overlooked most of what makes the process functional. Contextual inquiry is still such a rare art but it is the cure for this particular malady.
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Cyd Harrell @cydharrell.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
just the messenger on this (the link says how to ask questions) but San Francisco is working on a pre-qualified pool of AI & emerging tech companies to make it faster for City depts to procure those tools - if someone you know should know this, please pass on! sfcitypartner.sfgov.org/pages/Events...
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SF City Partner
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On Humans Podcast @ilarimakela.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
"The continued attraction of the ‘human revolution’ perhaps comes from the fact that for a generation of researchers the notion of a revolution separating ‘modern’ humans from ‘archaic’ hominins was axiomatic." www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... >>@huwgroucutt.bsky.social
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Mary Parks @maryparks.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
A “genre-defying triumph” Join us this afternoon May 3 at 3pm for our final performance of “Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days” at Z Space www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
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Review: inkBoat’s ‘Clouds from a Crumbling Giant’ is a genre-defying triumph
At the San Francisco International Arts Festival, inkBoat’s “Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: Our Wild Shining Days” delivers a multidisciplinary performance rooted in Daoist philosophy.
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Mary Parks @maryparks.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The review is in! “‘Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days’ is a moving, thrilling, and thought-provoking premiere….” 3 more performances at Z Space! May 1 & 2 at 8pm May 3 at 3pm theatreeddys.com/2026/05/clou... Link to tickets in comments!
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Clouds from an Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days // Theatre Eddys
Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days Shinichi Iova-Koga inkBoat “There is being. There is nonbeing. There is a not yet beginning to be nonbeing. There is a not yet beginning to be a no...
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Mary Parks @maryparks.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Join us tonight, this May Day Eve, at 8pm at Z Space for a time of music, dance, remembering, and celebration! "Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days" Also: May 1 & 2 at 8pm May 3 at 3pm Tickets in comments! Photo credit Robbie Sweeny
Two women on a stage sit on a bench and perform a dance, their hair flying. Behind them are other performers and a moon.A group of performers evoke the feeling of Karaoke. They are on a stage, sitting around tables while others stand and sing or dance
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Mary Parks @maryparks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I’m excited to be performing in the premiere of inkBoat's "Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days” A soulful & dynamic piece, with outstanding music & dance This week only at Z Space in San Francisco! Th 4/30, F 5/1, S 5/2 at 8pm Su 5/3 at 3pm #SFIAF Link in comments
A photo of performers in “Clouds from a Crumbling Giant.” Before a black backdrop, two women are throwing clothes in the air. In the foreground are two men, one facing forward, the other with his back to the camera
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Mary Parks @maryparks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
I’m excited to be performing in the premiere of inkBoat's "Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days” A soulful & dynamic piece, with outstanding music & dance This week only at Z Space in San Francisco! Th 4/30, F 5/1, S 5/2 at 8pm Su 5/3 at 3pm #SFIAF Link in comments
A photo of performers in “Clouds from a Crumbling Giant.” Before a black backdrop, two women are throwing clothes in the air. In the foreground are two men, one facing forward, the other with his back to the camera
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Sami Niemelä @saminiemela.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Is the design process dead as some claim? Far from it. To me, the design process has always been mostly symbolic. Design's actual job — coherence and differentiation — is the part no tool can automate, only amplify or expose.
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Processing Design
There’s been quite a bit of talk recently about how design process is dead because of AI. The argument goes something like this: we used to…
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Mary Parks @maryparks.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Bay Area friends, I’m in an upcoming performance April 30-May 3, 2026. It's the world premiere of Inkboat's "Clouds from a Crumbling Giant: our wild shining days." This work has been in development for a number of years, and it's been an honor to be a part of the process.
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Yuk Hui @digitalobjects.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A short essay for the latest issue of e-flux journal www.e-flux.com/journal/161/...
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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.
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KPFA Radio @kpfa.org · 08/03/2026
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
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Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
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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KPFA Radio @kpfa.org · 08/03/2026
Join us Sunday, March 8 at 6 AM for KPFA’s 24-hour International Women’s Day broadcast featuring voices, stories, music, and analysis from women and gender-expansive producers across the KPFA community. 6 AM Sunday – 6 AM Monday 94.1 FM or kpfa.org #KPFA #IWD #InternationalWomensDay
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Jessi Grieser @jessgrieser.com · 03/03/2026
Anybody got a good citation on the increase in the use of “of” in prepositional phrases? “Large of a”, “off of a” etc.? AFIAF.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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White Nationalism’s Deep American Roots
A long-overdue excavation of the book that Hitler called his “bible,” and the man who wrote it
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MdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
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.
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Andrew Dessler @andrewdessler.com · 02/02/2026
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.
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Fact check: Climate change is not making extreme cold more common
Sometimes it just gets cold
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City Lights Booksellers & Publishers @citylightsbooks.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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! citylights.com/events/ralph...
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
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
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 22/01/2026
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...
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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!
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Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
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_...
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JBLAC Office Hour
JBLAC Office Hour This is a chance to log into a Zoom room and ask questions about the Journal of Black Language and Culture. 
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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
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!
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Registration Info - LSA 2026 Annual Meeting
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/12/2025
"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"
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Mary Parks @maryparks.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
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 ❤️
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Mission Local @missionlocal.org · 05/12/2025
A new theater offering live music, dance classes, circus and plays is coming to the Mission. missionlocal.org/2025/12/new-...
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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.
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Tazin Abdullah @tazinabdullah.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
“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...
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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…
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
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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Registration Info - LSA 2026 Annual Meeting
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Mary Parks @maryparks.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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”
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Jessi Grieser @jessgrieser.com · 16/11/2025
🧵Register for virtual attendance at the #LSA2026 conference! You can filter the 2026 LSA Annual Meeting Program for the Track "Hybrid" and see the 45 sessions that virtual registrants will be able to attend. www.linguisticsociety.org. And some real talk below:
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Meghan “Hostile to Motor Vehicles” Arnold (she/hers) @meghancarnold.com · 08/11/2025
I am truly shocked to not find more thinkpieces on the incredible graphic design and typography of Zohran Mamdani’s campaign but maybe that’s because searching on the internet is garbage now. TL;DR lead designer was Aneesh Bhoopathy of Forge Co-Op Roundup of articles in thread 🧵
Zohran for New York City wordmark
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Daniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
I wanted to offer some thoughts on the Gates climate memo that has been circulating this week. While I can't directly speak for others, I can say that my own response is one of dismay & deep frustration (and that this view is shared by many climate/Earth scientists). [1/n]
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San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle.com · 18/10/2025
Protesters formed a human banner Saturday morning at S.F.'s Ocean Beach, spelling out “NO KINGS” and “YES ON 50,” encouraging the passage of a measure on the November ballot to redraw California’s congressional districts in response to Texas’ GOP-focused remapping. 📸: Laure Andrillon / AFP
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Linguistic Society of America @lingsocam.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Introduction to JBLAC Webinar Nov 7, 2025 | 6–7:30 PM ET Learn about the Journal of Black Language and Culture (JBLAC)—its mission, vision, & role in advancing Black language & culture scholarship. Hear from the team & discover how your work can engage with this new community. bit.ly/48Cjc0V
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