sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 5hme losing my mind as I put the finishing touches on my third @icphs2027.bsky.social submission 000
Reposted by sighAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I think people should listen to what the administration trying to bring back spectacle lynchings, race riots, and middle passage-esque deportation voyages are trying to tell you about themselves. bsky.app/profile/bren... 8449001779
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 08/10/2026this included all new funding for the #linguistics program, for those not in the know about these things. 0123
Reposted by sighJenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Trump admin (specifically Russell Vought) violated the Impoundment Control Act when it decimated AHRQ last year, leaving $78M in Congressionally appropriated funds on the table. Vought did it again last month. As we look toward new leadership in 2027, we need accountability. impeachvought.comimpeachvought.comImpeach VoughtWe are current and former federal workers from across the government. We have witnessed first-hand the harm Russell Vought has inflicted on American communities. We are urging Congress to act now to p... 417256
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hereby nominating the bl- morpheme for its appropriate category at WOTY 041
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I've been waiting for proofs on two articles for months now, so naturally they both arrive in my inbox five days before the ICPhS deadline. 010
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026how about "diverting" the people involved in this decision to jailnytimes.comNational Science Foundation Diverted $1.4 Billion in Science Funds Mandated by Congress (Gift Article)The move, affecting about one-fifth of the National Science Foundation’s primary research budget, is the latest sign of how the White House is asserting more control over grants. 030
Reposted by sighAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This 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...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs 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. 5030971089
Reposted by sighLina Who Lina How Lina… (侯詠絮) @linasigns.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Just want to mention that many of my male friends and colleagues don’t know who Brock Turner is. 0102
Reposted by sighJen Hay @jbhay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026NZILBB postdoc position! Please distribute to anyone who might be interested. jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...jobs.canterbury.ac.nz Postdoctoral Fellow - University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha 039
Reposted by sighsamuel mehr @mehr.nz · 28/08/2026I am currently recruiting for a 2-year postdoc/research fellow role at the University of Auckland here in New Zealand, focusing on auditory perception, hearing, and music in older adults, including people with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias ~NZ$100k/yr, flexible start date, please apply!forms.glePostdoc in The Music Lab // Expression of interestNote. The below text is a general overview of the sorts of postdocs we often recruit. We are currently recruiting candidates for a 2-year position focusing on auditory perception in aging populations,... 27577
Reposted by sighMark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m not yet convinced Anthropic trained on Dr Mestre’s prompts. Same with OpenAI and Navier-Stokes. That’s the story that everyone wants to push. I think the bigger story is AI companies stomping all over scientific norms and practices like clumsy toddlers. 4475
Reposted by sighMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The messengers generally look down on most scientific inquiry unless it’s a very specific form of applied science. We can’t let these folks divide us; in the end, much of STEM has more in common with the humanities and social sciences than with, e.g., business. 321227
Reposted by sighMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Learning to analyze, to question, to pursue knowledge, to build arguments based on evidence, and to discard sophistry: these are values that the sciences, social sciences, and humanities share. And we share the battle to protect this style of inquiry from barbarians who would destroy it. 621438
Reposted by sighManyLanguages @manylanguagesc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026📢[ML01 -- ManyTones] Call for Deputy Leadership Roles. Please email manytones@many-languages.com for more information if you are interested. 012
Reposted by sighManyLanguages @manylanguagesc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026📢 [ML02 -- CLAPS] Call for Collaborators. If you are interested, please contact Ece Erten (ece.erten@pm.me) for more details. 012
Reposted by sighDr. Zed Sehyr @zedsehyr.bsky.social · 25/09/2026🧠🤟 How is meaning organized in ASL? "It's a small world of signs: Semantic network structure in American Sign Language based on free associations" We asked deaf ASL signers to give three meaning-related signs for each sign in ASL-LEX that immediately came to mind.osf.ioOSF 1114
Reposted by sighanil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Confirming the White House’s planned EO to exert more political control on NIH seems to be “dead” www.statnews.com/2026/09/23/n...statnews.comWhite House plan to increase control of NIH grants appears 'dead'A planned EO that would have greatly enhanced White House influence over grants at the NIH is “looking dead,” a source said. 713360
Reposted by sighChristian DiCanio @cdicanio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ICPhS extended the deadline to 10/9! What a relief! We have a little time to make sure we all can get things submitted in time. I'm elated since I had such a busy September and we're still processing data for our paper. icphs2027.ca/call-for-pap...icphs2027.caCall for Papers – ICPHS 2027The organizing committee is pleased to announce the call for papers for the 21st International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, which will take place on August 9–13, 2027, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, has launched. 023
Reposted by sighAnjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Trump starts out his UNGA speech with a reference to the US's 250th anniversary, and says he can report with pride that the US is stronger than it ever was before. There is no applause. 16114
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026nice to know that parking problems are universal at universities, I guess 110
Reposted by sighLauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · 21/09/2026From PARADISEC: 150 cassette tapes caked in dirt were painstakingly cleaned, digitised and salvaged. A real emotional rollercoaster featuring a very patient human and a robot hero: www.paradisec.org.au/blog/2026/08...paradisec.org.auSG2: Adventures with tapeWhen the SG2 collection arrived at PARADISEC, it consisted of approximately 150 cassette tapes carried from Papua New Guinea to Australia in two duffel bags. They had been gathered through a commun… 3229
Reposted by sighBerna Devezer @devezer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026you think metascience units sound good on paper but are skeptical that they will be misused by this government. i think they sound horrifying on paper and am skeptical that they could do any good in anyone's hands. we are not the same.aip.orgResearchers Skeptical of NSF Metascience PlanThe agency issued a memo last week laying out several grantmaking changes, including a new office for metascience. 23613
Reposted by sighJeffrey Mervis @policyhound.bsky.social · 15/09/2026A deep dive into the memo that marks the end of how NSF has done business for 76 years www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgNSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchersNew document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas 10159119
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 15/09/2026but that's one reason it's so astonishing - there are reams of training data on the IPA, and an entire organization that should want to see it getting OCRed! 020
Reposted by sighanil oza @aniloza.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Breaking: Federal judge hits pause on Trump admin's plan to limit visa length for grad students & postdocs on the day before the policy was supposed to go into effect this quote, from the temporary ruling, is quite something (from a George W. Bush appointee, I will add) 18325
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I'm a bit astonished every time I realize there is no good way to OCR things that are written in IPA 131
Reposted by sighMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel. 21434715
Reposted by sighGary Lupyan @glupyan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Would it surprise you to learn that pangram shows it as mostly AI written? 0101
Reposted by sighCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 10/09/2026I started translating the announcement into plain English, but got too depressed to continue before I even reached the most pernicious parts in the "full letter" linked. 712759
Reposted by sighConsortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) @cossa.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Over the summer the National Science Foundation (NSF) took several actions that appear to further the Administration’s plans to shut down the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE). Read more and act now ➡️ cossa.org/nsf-skips-sb...cossa.orgNSF Skips SBE Funding Opportunity, Limits GRFP Eligibility | COSSAOver the summer the National Science Foundation (NSF) took several actions that appear to further the Administration’s plans to shut down the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate… 098
Reposted by sighDaniel S Helman, PhD @helmandaniel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026NSF is consolidating its geoscience research grants into a new program, GEOcore and reducing annual grants to $110 million total in 200-350 awards. Typical was about $300 million in 1,200 awards. Not including institutional grants ($1.3 billion/yr) and those may be gone. www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...nsf.govGeosciences Core Research: Atmospheric, Geospace, Earth and Ocean Sciences (GEO Core) 38665
Reposted by sighNBC4 Washington @nbcwashington.com · 09/09/2026Charlie Kirk’s nonprofit Turning Point USA’s Professor Watchlist, which claims it uncovers the most radical left wing professors from universities that are known to suppress the conservative voices and advance the progressive agenda," has been taken down.nbcwashington.comTurning Point USA's Professor Watchlist is down. Instructors describe its impactThis week marks one year since the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. While the nonprofit he created, Turning Point USA, is still working to engage young conservative voters ahead of the m... 31650168
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 08/09/2026fun false cognate in Bàsàa (Bantu A, Cameroon): bipodool [bípóɾó:l] ~ [bə́póɾó:l] 'words, discussion, argument' is not related to French 'parole' (bi- is a noun class prefix) turns out to be derived from a verb pɔt [pɔ́t ~ pɔ́ɾ], adding a -V:l extension which raises the stem vowel 031
Reposted by sighThe Sydney Morning Herald (unofficial) @smhaustralia.nzcow.com · 05/09/2026📢 The US was the only country to vote against the move to limit use of the famous 16th-century Mercator map for the Equal Earth projection, saying it promoted an “ideological agenda”.smh.com.auAustralia and Africa expand, North America and Europe shrink: UN adopts new world map 2226877
Reposted by sighKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 04/09/2026Update: the dialect map quiz thing going around is a cheap knockoff of the good one, which is here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comHow Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk (Published 2024)What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map. 1201256322
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I'm just going by what they say themselves on the extended quiz (see image). I can downgrade to "some questions" since 26 isn't as many as I'd thought. 110
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026and the weights of responses are set by the coding agent. several features that would pin me to the correct part of the country aren't asked about at all (I guess because the coding agent can't access the relevant literature). instead there's five duplicate questions about positive anymore 010
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 04/09/2026many of the questions were generated by a coding agent! questionnaire design is not code! 230
Reposted by sighNeedhi Bhalla 💅🏽 @needhibhalla.bsky.social · 03/09/2026absolute fuckers "Trump officials at NIH disclosed the existence of DoD’s efforts only after being pressed for information by House Appropriations Committee Democrats." democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-r...democrats-appropriations.house.govDefense Officials Attempt to Raid NIH Funds to Cover Department of Defense ActivitiesHouse Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) has learned that officials at the Department of Defense (DoD) are working to divert billions of dollars from the National Institute... 1018394
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026big mistake announcing this right before a bunch of start-of-year faculty meetings 000
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026over here, Brightspace will tank your score if you upload scanned PDFs, but will magically elevate them to 100% accessible if you provide a library record for the same PDFs (even if you got the inaccessible scanned PDFs *from the library*) 120
sigh @wulatum.bsky.social · 01/09/2026hats off to DeGruyter for somehow figuring out time travel - their proofing website is from roughly 2005 and functions about as well as you'd expect 020
Reposted by sighThe Trandalorian @charliejaneanders.com · 30/08/2026What's the German word for juice? SAFT! You're damn right. You see, Saft is a masculine noun and the plural is die Säfte, or den Säften in the dative case. You can refer to Fruchtsaft or Fruchtsaftgetränk... SHUT YOUR MOUTH! But I'm talking about Saft THEN WE CAN DRINK IT! 4713
Reposted by sighManyLanguages @manylanguagesc.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Fancy a weekend read? We've got a preprint for you! zenodo.org/records/2214...zenodo.orgBig Team Science for language science: opportunities and challengesAbstract: The present paper advocates for incorporating Big Team Science practices into the language sciences. Big Team Science is a promising mode of collaborative research in which top-down coordina... 145
