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Megan Figueroa

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Chicana. Child language development expert. 🧪 Forever a Scientist👩🏽‍🔬First Gen. Linguist. Writer. Podcaster. she/her. The Vocal Fries 🍟 co-host. Tucson, AZ

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · Feb 1

¡New publication! Language development, linguistic input, and linguistic racism doi.org/10.1002/wcs....
I discuss how the way we approach linguistic input in the study of language development is an example of linguistic racism. #linguistics #language #devpsych

http://doi.org/10.1002/wcs.1673

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 18h

$10 was the go to for us

Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 1d

At the end of August, I was informed that LouAnn was posthumously honored with the title Emeritus Professor for her vast contributions to the field of language development.

Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 3d

I am back after a 5-month hiatus.

In May, my PhD advisor, mentor, and dear friend Dr. LouAnn Gerken died after a multi-year battle against breast cancer. I miss her deeply.

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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 2d

Environmental racism includes poisoning Latine neighborhoods with chemical weapons

Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 2d

The deployment of tear gas throughout the Chicago area is a growing health concern. ICE is deploying tear gas in residential neighborhoods, near children, playgrounds, stores, etc. What are the health implications on our communities?

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 2d

"Arizona, which spent $28 per person on public health funding in 2023, less than half the national average... If federal funding were to disappear — county health departments are funded largely by Medicaid — the state’s public health system would functionally collapse." grist.org/health/valle...

In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies

What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t wait to read this!

Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 2d

Meanwhile, a majority Latine district in Arizona remains without representation.

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2d

Gov. Pritzker on Adelita Grijalva: "Mike Johnson won't swear her in. Why is that? … She'll be the 218th signature forcing a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files."

"Trump and Mike Johnson are working awfully damn hard to keep a sexual predator's files from being released. Makes you wonder why."

Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 2d

I would read this!

Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 2d

Constantly astonished and frustrated by the fact that so many cognitive scientists claim that LLMs can teach us about how babies learn language. If anything, we should be talking about how the way babies learn language can tell us about how AI will never be “sentient.”

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dan sinker @dansinker.com · 2d

New levels of hell: just got an email from our local AYSO cancelling today’s youth soccer games because ICE is at the Home Depot across from the soccer fields at James Park in Evanston.

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John Pavlovitz @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social · 3d

Good people need to start outing their ICE family members, neighbors, and community members.

They need to be made into pariahs in the places decent Americans gather.

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 3d

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! 🧡 I’ve missed interacting with you!

Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 3d

I am back after a 5-month hiatus.

In May, my PhD advisor, mentor, and dear friend Dr. LouAnn Gerken died after a multi-year battle against breast cancer. I miss her deeply.

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Ali Nahdee @alinahdee.bsky.social · 4d

I am so happy I never grew up in a home that had a white man in a position of power. I have no fucking idea how anybody survives that. Are you guys okay?

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · 5d

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...

STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.

alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org

Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · May 22

Congrats!

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · May 21

They wanted to pass this evil budget to take away healthcare from millions earlier today. It’s still stuck in the rules committee cause House Dems introduced over 500 amendments and we are lined up to debate on them. Delaying is important. Keep up the pressure on these Congressional Republicans.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · May 20

This is violence. This is horrific. I don’t know how I’m supposed to survive in a world that is actively out to kill me.

Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · May 20

BREAKING: FDA says covid boosters now only for those over 65 or with preconditions. www.statnews.com/2025/05/20/f...

FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say

The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of serious illness

www.statnews.com

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camerontalley.bsky.social @camerontalley.bsky.social · May 18

I think about this comic all the time.

A panel from a Calvin and Hobbes comic. Calvin's mom, eating dinner, says "Life could be worse, Calvin." Calvin, clearly upset, his mouth huge says "Life could be a lot BETTER too!"

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Jamie Boo!!stein @uajamie.bsky.social · May 18

I cannot emphasize this enough: Please do not use AI tools as therapy. Not only is it not a good replacement for actual therapy, but your chat logs could be shared with the government, and I don't think you need a reminder that especially right now in the US, that could put you in danger.

AI therapy is a surveillance machine in a police state

Big Tech wants you to share your private thoughts with chatbots — while backing a government with contempt for privacy.

www.theverge.com

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Megan Figueroa @meganfigueroa.bsky.social · May 17

Thank you, Mignon 🧡

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · May 16

Explosive original reporting about Trump's plans to drastically restructure domestic law enforcement to target immigrants en masse and crack down on opponents.