That Deaf Immigrant, Ph.D
@annalim.bsky.social
Postcolonial FilChi deaf queer femme immigrant linguist. Proponent of deaf liminality. Writing a memoir titled “liminal liminal liminal." Investigates cognitive linguistics in heritage Tagalog learning. Likes books, vlogs, oracle cards, animism, & music.
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Warm oceans seem to be turning even 'weak' cyclones into deadly rainmakers
Even when storms are not especially strong in wind terms, the amount of rain they carry is increasing
For every degree of global warming, atmosphere holds about 7% more moisture.
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Even when storms are not especially strong in wind terms, the amount of rain they carry is increasing
For every degree of global warming, atmosphere holds about 7% more moisture.
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Warm oceans seem to be turning even 'weak' cyclones into deadly rainmakers
The final week of November was devastating for several South Asian countries. Communities in Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Thailand were inundated as Cyclones Ditwah and Senyar unleashed days of relentless...
phys.org
December 9, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Warm oceans seem to be turning even 'weak' cyclones into deadly rainmakers
Even when storms are not especially strong in wind terms, the amount of rain they carry is increasing
For every degree of global warming, atmosphere holds about 7% more moisture.
phys.org/news/2025-12...
Even when storms are not especially strong in wind terms, the amount of rain they carry is increasing
For every degree of global warming, atmosphere holds about 7% more moisture.
phys.org/news/2025-12...
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Israel is still throttling the aid supply to Gaza. And Britain is still supplying Israel with arms and maintaining normal diplomatic relations. The genocide continues, as does British complicity. 26 months and counting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
More than 9,000 children in Gaza hospitalised for acute malnutrition in October, UN says
Aid agencies say Israel is still restricting their aid shipments despite ceasefire announced two months ago
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Israel is still throttling the aid supply to Gaza. And Britain is still supplying Israel with arms and maintaining normal diplomatic relations. The genocide continues, as does British complicity. 26 months and counting.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools - Nature Communications
The relative importance of close-proximity interactions, shared space and air quality to the transmission of respiratory viruses is not well understood. Here, the authors investigate this question by ...
www.nature.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
We're half a decade into studies finding that improving airflow in classrooms will reduce disease transmission enormously, and that bleaching surfaces etc. does very little. And yet nothing changes. Waves of flu and colds wash over schools, and the schools pretend it's an act of God.
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Telling disabled people they're being rude for stating facts about the political situation is ableism disguised as respectability politics.
Ive heard it said to me so many times this year that i have to tell you to take a moment to think about why youre being an asshole
Ive heard it said to me so many times this year that i have to tell you to take a moment to think about why youre being an asshole
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Telling disabled people they're being rude for stating facts about the political situation is ableism disguised as respectability politics.
Ive heard it said to me so many times this year that i have to tell you to take a moment to think about why youre being an asshole
Ive heard it said to me so many times this year that i have to tell you to take a moment to think about why youre being an asshole
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Israel still won’t let international journalists into Gaza.
November 26, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Israel still won’t let international journalists into Gaza.
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Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month.
The fragile, US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October, after two years of war. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
National Day of Mourning 2025 at Plymouth Rock.
November 27, 2025 at 9:08 PM
National Day of Mourning 2025 at Plymouth Rock.
Needing to teach one of our senior cats how to walk down the stairs is not on our moving homes bingo card.
November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Needing to teach one of our senior cats how to walk down the stairs is not on our moving homes bingo card.
Moving day tomorrow. Wish us luck!
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Moving day tomorrow. Wish us luck!
If we invest in education the way we (involuntarily) do in “defence,” imagine what an amazing populace we’d have!
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If we invest in education the way we (involuntarily) do in “defence,” imagine what an amazing populace we’d have!
Soon making good my promise to delete my Instagram account and be rid of Meta for good. If you’re following me there and don’t see me anymore after this week, that’s what’s up.
November 10, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Soon making good my promise to delete my Instagram account and be rid of Meta for good. If you’re following me there and don’t see me anymore after this week, that’s what’s up.
We’re moving in 5 days to a duplex with easy access to the outside as opposed to our current apartment on the 3rd floor. Hoping I haven’t made the wrong decision and made it easier for 1CE to get me in the new place…
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We’re moving in 5 days to a duplex with easy access to the outside as opposed to our current apartment on the 3rd floor. Hoping I haven’t made the wrong decision and made it easier for 1CE to get me in the new place…
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I will not be watching or reading any "analyses" about the Democratic party in D.C. I know all about them & their complicity. I'm not interested and I choose to reclaim my time and attention.
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I will not be watching or reading any "analyses" about the Democratic party in D.C. I know all about them & their complicity. I'm not interested and I choose to reclaim my time and attention.
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
There're other kinds of politics to engage & most importantly to do (including in our local communities).
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My two year old has more courage when he dared to follow through with his threat to leave the house naked today if he can’t bring frozen waffles on the car.
November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
My two year old has more courage when he dared to follow through with his threat to leave the house naked today if he can’t bring frozen waffles on the car.
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Also, being blamed is temporary if they can deliver something they will be loved for. These fucking cowards apparently have no stomach for uncertainty or their own capacity to get anything done.
Loser behavior through and through.
Loser behavior through and through.
MSNBC reported Schumer's office felt that the longer that shutdown went on, the more likely it was that people would start to blame the Dems.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
My kingdom for Democrats that don't govern out of fear. I've said it before and I'll say it again: The American people are far braver than their reps.
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Also, being blamed is temporary if they can deliver something they will be loved for. These fucking cowards apparently have no stomach for uncertainty or their own capacity to get anything done.
Loser behavior through and through.
Loser behavior through and through.
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Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Senators on the brink of retirement who lived full, wealthy lives and never feared the loss of their own healthcare voting for their constituents to die from their inability to afford the same is treasonous
The fear, anxiety, and stress from the Philippines topping the World Risk Index again in 2025as the most disaster-prone country on Earth. Large swathes of the islands now underwater.
November 9, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The fear, anxiety, and stress from the Philippines topping the World Risk Index again in 2025as the most disaster-prone country on Earth. Large swathes of the islands now underwater.
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I was today years old when I found out this was a real sentence in a real book: "I felt the need to explain the lightness of my skin tone, as it often acts as a barrier to people understanding that, despite my appearance, I am indigenous to the Land of Israel"
November 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
I was today years old when I found out this was a real sentence in a real book: "I felt the need to explain the lightness of my skin tone, as it often acts as a barrier to people understanding that, despite my appearance, I am indigenous to the Land of Israel"
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"Immigrant women have always been the quiet architects of change in NYC. Jewish and Italian garment workers led strikes... Chinese immigrant women organized tenant associations ... Puerto Rican and Dominican mothers built tenant unions ...Caribbean women transformed the city's care economy"
Meet the Aunties Behind Zohran Mamdani's Historic Campaign
The mayoral candidate's meteoric rise was fueled by older immigrant women—long-time, experienced organizers who are often overlooked
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"Immigrant women have always been the quiet architects of change in NYC. Jewish and Italian garment workers led strikes... Chinese immigrant women organized tenant associations ... Puerto Rican and Dominican mothers built tenant unions ...Caribbean women transformed the city's care economy"
Rather productive morning writing maybe a third of my chapter for the autoethnographic Asian women scholar book. I can definitely finish this before the new year if I pace it a page a day before then…
November 3, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Rather productive morning writing maybe a third of my chapter for the autoethnographic Asian women scholar book. I can definitely finish this before the new year if I pace it a page a day before then…
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I would not be me without libraries. An inspiring and devastating read—with helpful action ideas.
I wrote about public libraries as spaces of civic solidarity, common knowledge, and public infrastructure — all endangered by commercial and federal saboteurs
Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need
Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.
placesjournal.org
November 2, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I would not be me without libraries. An inspiring and devastating read—with helpful action ideas.
My friend, a deaf interpreter, and I have been having conversations about what effective interpretations between US-born and “international deaf” look like and we conclude that this means the interpreters, especially DIs, must be fluent in both the source and target language/language varieties.
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
My friend, a deaf interpreter, and I have been having conversations about what effective interpretations between US-born and “international deaf” look like and we conclude that this means the interpreters, especially DIs, must be fluent in both the source and target language/language varieties.
Unconsciously reaching for texts on postcolonial interpreting studies during my free time makes me realize where one of my passions truly lies. This, similarly to my piano/organ playing, is not something I’d ever capitalize on. Let’s detach from the modern compulsion to monetize hobbies.
November 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Unconsciously reaching for texts on postcolonial interpreting studies during my free time makes me realize where one of my passions truly lies. This, similarly to my piano/organ playing, is not something I’d ever capitalize on. Let’s detach from the modern compulsion to monetize hobbies.
