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Schuyler Laparle

@schuylerlaparle.bsky.social
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Lecturer in Communication and Cognition | Researching metaphor and gesture | Caring about prefigurative politics and emancipatory education | Wanting secretly to be a woodworker

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Mark Dingemanse @markdingemanse.net · 14/05/2026
Destined to be a classic
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
The Metaphor Society is BACK! This post is all about the metaphors that shape our workplace. We question whether things like "balance" and "boundaries" help or hinder transformative change. ✊ Always free, always human-made, always turning toward justice. #metaphor #labor #solidarity
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Balance, boundaries, and burnout: workplace metaphors in the time of alienation
The current threats to jobs and livelihoods posed by AI, whether real or imagined (my bet is on real), expose deeper issues with our relationship to work and the role it plays in our lives. When posit...
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Translation of this technocratic brainwash: since we've already killed public education, we're going to use the scraps that are left to make your kids real tasty for the lions. Anyone going to public school at this point has basically no hope for a meaningful future anyway. So 🤷 🍽️
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librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Every day I watch the tech industry build The Boot On the Neck Of Humanity Machine and watch universities say “we are going to sustainably and ethically prepare our students to become innovators in The Boot On The Neck Of Humanity Machine space”
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Anthony Burke @anthonyburke.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Fascinating new initiative. Anyone can participate! globalconstitution.org
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Global Constitution
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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Finally read this 😳 A co founded 3 yrs ago by three 19-year-olds, now billionaires, entraps once gainfully employed professionals to atomize, instrumentalize, rubric-ize + obviate their expertise — "explain humor using clear, logical language, incldg refs to... slang, trends + social norms" 😫
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Added to "AI Haters". I feel seen and honored. #StopAI
Bluesky direct message reading "antiantiai.bsky.social has added you to the 'AI Haters'moderation list" today at 8:26 AM
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 12/03/2026
every quantitative measure is actually a stack of qualitative assumptions in a trenchcoat
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Feeling hopeless? This is worth a listen. (And if you're *not* feeling hopeless, where have you even been?) Worker-ownership is the future (if we humans are going to have a future at all). So proud and excited for this movement to be gaining momentum in #Cascadia rss.com/podcasts/new...
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Building Wealth for Working People | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Join Roger and Tom as they explore the benefits of Worker-Owned Businesses and how this concept fits into the New Story Spokane Pattern Map to strengthen Local Economies through the promotion of Local...
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I just read the phrase "progressive billionaire" in @theguardian.com and laughed out loud. "Liberal" I'd accept with a smirk. But hoarding money and assets while the rest of the world burns is just not compatible with progressive values. Like, at all. Smdh
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Katja Politt @lingucat.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Need some food for thought today? youtu.be/eKlEeKC8qLk?... Martin Hilpert has you covered. 👇 #BLinguistik #linguistics
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Is Academia broken?
YouTube video by Martin Hilpert
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Starting from next year, my current department will have a mandatory "Writing with AI" course for first year students. And in a way, I'd like to thank them. Because if I still had any whispers of regret about leaving academia, this silenced them for good. Byeeeee
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
I've never been so amused and horrified simultaneously. Recommend reading with a cat on one's lap for emotional resilience. #CliFi
Hand holding up a brightly colored paperback book entitled "Venomous Lumpsucker" by Ned Beauman. A black cat lays quietly below the book on the lap of the reader.
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
A kind quiet stranger on the train gave me this tiny duck. Shortly after, I snagged the last ticket on the last Eurostar to the Netherlands that wasn't cancelled for the day. Free upgrade to first class no less. So, I believe I've finally met my fairy godmother. And this duck is my glass slipper.
A small yellow duck figurine held on the palm of a hand.
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 11/02/2026
The meaning of words is to be decided not by their use, usefulness, or history, but by their commercial benefit to the most powerful lobby groups. I have a recipe for almond milk in a cookbook from 1226. It has been used as a term in English for hundreds of years. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Oatly banned from using word ‘milk’ to market plant-based products in UK
Supreme court makes ruling after Swedish firm’s long-running battle with trade association Dairy UK
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
If you think about a PhD not as a step in a career, but as your last real chance to get paid (a teensy tiny bit) to think and be creative and do something that actually interests you, getting a PhD still makes sense. Admittedly, in a very very sad way.
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
How are we still doing the "no first person" thing in academic (humanities/social science) writing? The researcher exists. Their interpretation is a part of the research, and their experience as an individual contributes to that. Own up, be honest. Grumble positivist delusions grumble grumble
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Sidra Collaborative @sidracollaborative.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Should you use AI for that? Our new post is about how and when to use AI in arts and culture work (and why the answer is almost always no). It comes complete with an AI decision tree for cultural workers to help you make hard choices! sidracollaborative.com/2026/01/29/i...
An AI decision tree that explains why you shouldn't use AI - because it doesn't make work faster, because it's bad for IP and privacy concerns, because it hurts the environment, and because the content is not reliably accurate.
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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Hard to find a more fitting metaphor for the state of the USA than the federal government murdering a VA ICU nurse on the street
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Harsha Walia @harshawalia.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
This is why organizing that reaches for relationality is central, not secondary - it breaks the capitalist idea of us as atomized, individual consumers and compels us to act in solidarity with others. And, perhaps more than anything, it's a politics more rooted in cultivating belonging than ideology
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Margaret Killjoy @margaret.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
As academic publishing seems more and more pointless, at least poetry still feels alive and meaningful (perhaps to the detriment of any chance I have left at an academic career. Ah well) Excited to contribute to this eco-poetry project 🌿🌳🌞 natureofourtimes.poetsforscience.org/the-live-oak...
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The Live Oak's Defiance - The Nature of Our Times
Language does two things  too well —   it categorizes and organizes.   I walk out and say, this is a tree.   That is the sky.  A rock, a dog, a child.   And in adhering this string of symbols to a thi...
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White Rose Resistance @whiteroseresistance.org · 08/01/2026
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The government is shooting unarmed civilians in the streets. We’re gonna hear from the NRA any minute now, right?
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
If you're in need of something nice, just something easy and good, a kind of spiritual hug, an existential cup of tea, I recommend Becky Chambers' Monk & Robot. Ideally read with a cat on your lap, in a comfy chair, with a real physical cup of tea within reach.
A person holding a green paper back book called "Monk and Robot" over a cat who is curled up on their lap
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Outside My Window @outsidemywindow.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
New year, new windows! outsidemywindow.org/everyone-eve... Today though, Lexy's window reimagining feels especially important. Undocumented immigrants are our neighbors, friends, lovers, and helpers. The domestic terrorists are the ones shooting us in the head in broad daylight on the street.
A collage within a window frame showing people arriving via boat and train into a garden. On the windowsill sit lemons and potted plants. Below is a handwritten title "Refugees welcome"
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Cadernos de Linguística @cadlin.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
How do classic stories teach us to read certain bodies in limited ways? Drawing on Paulo Freire, this new article examines how narrative traditions keep reinforcing narrow interpretive paths. Read it here: doi.org/10.25189/267...
A rectangular social-media card with a light beige background and minimalist design.
At the very top, a thin horizontal line spans the width of the card. Below it, in small uppercase text, it reads: “READ IN CADERNOS DE LINGUÍSTICA” in gray.
Centered on the upper half of the card is a small illustration. The illustration shows a stylized, cartoon-like dwarf standing inside a rustic wooden cabin. The dwarf has a large round nose, a white beard, and a blue hat with small dark dots. His arms are crossed, and he has a stern, displeased facial expression. The background includes warm amber lighting from a window, wooden barrels, shelves, and simple household objects, all drawn with bold lines and earthy tones.
Below the illustration is the title in bold uppercase letters:
MEANINGS THAT REDUCE BODIES
Under the title is a block of text in gray, aligned left, reading:
“Across adaptations of traditional narratives, dwarfism is often framed through exaggerated features: large ears, an oversized nose, a protruding belly. These elements operate as semantic cues for comic effect, shaping how audiences interpret these bodies and constraining the meanings they are allowed to carry.”
In the bottom-left corner of the card, there is a small minimalist decorative icon composed of short radiating lines, resembling a stylized fan or burst.
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Yesterday we sent physical copies to our wonderful zine contributors - artists, activists, and academics across 3 continents and 7 countries! It feels very special for this little mycelium network, grown from a random idea with a couple of friends into a small conference last year, to reach so far.
7 bundles of zines arranged on a wooden table. The zine title reads "Climate Hope: Growling Better Worlds". A small card, tied to each with twine, reads "May you find hope in action, art, and community in 2026!"
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Feels pretty incredible to have our #ClimateHope zine finally out existing in the world. Here's to hope, not as a passive state, but as a call to collective action! 🌳🌻✊❤️🌻🌳
Hand holding three zines up in front of a leafy plant. The zine covers read "Climate Hope: Growing Better Worlds"
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I was a mature and independent 15 yo. So when I started hanging out with men in their 30s, family and friends thought "weird, but that must be what she wants". I don't blame my family and friends. I blame people like Megyn Kelly who perpetuate discourses that excuse men groping their way to power.
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Lesson from my marketing students (I don't teach marketing. They are my students nonetheless): apparently a TikTok influencer asking their viewer to subscribe is now called a "call to action"? First I was confused. Now I'm thinking it's one of the most cynical phrasal borrowings I've encountered.
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
If you earned 2 million dollars PER HOUR, working 40 hours a week, for 85 years, and didn't spend a single penny, you'd still not be as rich as El*n M*sk is right now. Not even close. And now he's calling his critics "terrorists" for saying that maybe he doesn't need more money.
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
The cognitive dissonance between believing that grading is a tool of oppression which should be thrown out with the bath water and absolutely refusing to consider re-grading an assignment because can't you just respect me dammit, I have other things I need to be doing.
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inthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 05/11/2025
the race to declare that this is not a game changing victory is in full force. the biggest trolls, shit stirrers, naysayers, and oppositionally defiant idiots will be out in force today trying to get you to temper your joy. fuck them. hold on to your hope
MAMDANI'S VICTORY IS LESS SIGNIFICANT THAN YOU THINK (new york times opinon, ross douhat podcast)
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Exactly zero of the fifty university students in my class today knew who Kurt Vonnegut was. That's wild right? ... Right?
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
It seems that I've been ghosted by the unicorn. 🦄👻 🥀
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
I take movies too seriously, is the first thing to know. Despite this, I don't remember anyone's name, that's the second. Then another 5: - Le Bête (2023) - Three Colors: Red (1994) - Mirror (1975) - Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - House (1977)
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
I take an abolitionist stance toward LLMs. And I do not use the word lightly. In academic circles, there is often an a priori rejection of "absolutist" arguments as illegitimate, "unscientific" or "counterproductive". Sometimes abolition *is* the correct stance. That shouldn't be controversial.
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Can someone please call linguists to the stand for this kind of thing? Language changes. "Burger" now means a roundish savory patty eaten between buns. It's called semantic widening. It literally happens all the time.
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‘Veggie burgers’ could be off EU menu as MEPs back renaming plant-based foods
Proponents say move would strengthen position of farmers in supply chain but critics dismiss it as ‘hotdog populism’
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Saying "not that!" is not enough. You also have to say, "so what about this instead?" That is prefiguration: moving past the condemnation and critique of current systems to imagine an alternative and *act as if* it is a reality. Sell enough tickets to your show, and it becomes our reality.
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Blue states should come together to declare an emergency. Here’s how | Thomas Geoghegan
States opposed to Trump can create a compact – a new prototype for American government – even if it’s perceived as political theater
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
I had a first round interview with a unicorn-level exceptional job today... Please pray to all your goddesses and gods for me 🙏
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
You should go see One Battle After Another.
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
As a scholar of communication and cognition, I will say that this is in fact a very very stupid thing to do, unless your goal is to shut down any chance of persuasion and re-education. And if that is your goal, what exactly is your end game? Irreconcilable hatred? That won't save us.
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
We need this kind of campaigning in the US. And that's only going to be possible if we finally give up on our two-party system. It's holding us hostage as entrenched powers drag our country rightward into hate.
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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 22/09/2025
I have this lovely poem pinned to the noticeboard on the corridor outside my office.
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Blue-tinted headlights don't just mess with night vision, they are down right dangerous for folks with photosensitivity (and, as a consequence, everyone else around them). I'm lucky that my epilepsy is very well-controlled with medicine. But even with that, these lights can trigger migraines.
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David Adger @davidadger.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Spot on: "Adopting nativist discourse and policies does not win back far-right voters. It leads to losses for centrist and leftwing parties. Moreover, it raises the salience of the topic and the expectations of the government, which will always fall short" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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After the far-right mass rally in London, Britain must learn lessons from abroad – and fast | Cas Mudde
This is no time for complacent exceptionalism. The UK is part of the fourth phase of the far right in the postwar era, and its politicians must respond, says political scientist Cas Mudde
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Schuyler Laparle @schuylerlaparle.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
So I recognize that, in the grand scheme of things, this is a deeply unimpressive thing. But... I finally learned how to use a sewing machine, and made this over-engineered drawstring bag as my first project. Making things is fun, especially when you get to do it in a super supportive makerspace 😌
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Life in Common @arthursmid.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
"I want a battle plan. Yet if Overshoot lacks such a plan, it nonetheless fully describes the theater of war. "... one of the most important books about climate change in the canon." In advance of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton’s forthcoming book, Genevieve Guenther revisits their first volume:
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The Point, However, Is to Change It | Los Angeles Review of Books
In advance of Andreas Malm and Wim Carton’s forthcoming book “The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late,” Genevieve Guenther revisits the authors’ 2024 title “Overshoot: How the World Surrend...
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