Jessi Grieser
@jessgrieser.com
Sociolinguist, novelist, photographer, quilter, saxophonist and Boglehead. Associate Professor of Linguistics at UMich.
107 Days, by Kamala Harris. Great and interesting pace. Some new insights, some things we already knew. In many places it’s too much apologia and too little self-analysis, but the point of this book is clearly the story and the saga not the politics. #booksof2025 #booksky #blackbooksky
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 AM
107 Days, by Kamala Harris. Great and interesting pace. Some new insights, some things we already knew. In many places it’s too much apologia and too little self-analysis, but the point of this book is clearly the story and the saga not the politics. #booksof2025 #booksky #blackbooksky
Your instincts are perfect, kiddo. We just accidentally messed up the whole orthography because we invented the printing press in the middle of a giant sound change.
November 23, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Your instincts are perfect, kiddo. We just accidentally messed up the whole orthography because we invented the printing press in the middle of a giant sound change.
November 20, 2025 at 2:16 AM
So much fun to have you! Going to have to come to Glasgow some day and hang out with you in my favorite country.
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 AM
So much fun to have you! Going to have to come to Glasgow some day and hang out with you in my favorite country.
you also get better at playing your instrument but you make faster progress at an instumwnt. 🤦♀️
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 AM
you also get better at playing your instrument but you make faster progress at an instumwnt. 🤦♀️
So if you want hybrid opportunities at conferences you have to register and do them when they are offered. We need a specific number of hybrid registrations at LSA to break even on the cost; we’re at 25% of that number. If this is something you’d like to see, please vote with your participation.
November 16, 2025 at 7:06 PM
So if you want hybrid opportunities at conferences you have to register and do them when they are offered. We need a specific number of hybrid registrations at LSA to break even on the cost; we’re at 25% of that number. If this is something you’d like to see, please vote with your participation.
And yet for all the folks who clamor for hybrid, no one actually takes you up on it. We had very few hybrid poster submissions to NWAV. Perhaps we didn’t do as good a job as we could have advertising the possibility. But in the end the effort would’ve been better spent elsewhere. /
November 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
And yet for all the folks who clamor for hybrid, no one actually takes you up on it. We had very few hybrid poster submissions to NWAV. Perhaps we didn’t do as good a job as we could have advertising the possibility. But in the end the effort would’ve been better spent elsewhere. /
Hybrid costs TONS OF MONEY. TONS. Firstborn child amounts of money. And you can spend a ton of money and still get people who don’t do it well (cf. SlideSpiel 2022 LSA).
It’s also incredibly hard to coordinate. The 4 hybrid posters presented at NWAV 53 accounted for around 15% of planning time. /
It’s also incredibly hard to coordinate. The 4 hybrid posters presented at NWAV 53 accounted for around 15% of planning time. /
November 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hybrid costs TONS OF MONEY. TONS. Firstborn child amounts of money. And you can spend a ton of money and still get people who don’t do it well (cf. SlideSpiel 2022 LSA).
It’s also incredibly hard to coordinate. The 4 hybrid posters presented at NWAV 53 accounted for around 15% of planning time. /
It’s also incredibly hard to coordinate. The 4 hybrid posters presented at NWAV 53 accounted for around 15% of planning time. /
Since the pandemic people have been clamoring for more hybridity. There are claims that it is ableist, or xenophobic, or simple exclusionary. I always see at least a few posts sniffing about how someone is excluded because it’s not hybrid. /
November 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Since the pandemic people have been clamoring for more hybridity. There are claims that it is ableist, or xenophobic, or simple exclusionary. I always see at least a few posts sniffing about how someone is excluded because it’s not hybrid. /
Indeed! I am totally using the part where he’s teaching the kids how to talk so that white people don’t get mad in my teaching and scholarship!
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Indeed! I am totally using the part where he’s teaching the kids how to talk so that white people don’t get mad in my teaching and scholarship!
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. A satisfying sequel with enough twists and turns to keep things interesting even if you’re very familiar with the world. Loved the character growth arc and background of Aunt Lydia especially, and Ann Dowd doing the reading makes it that much better. #booksof2025
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. A satisfying sequel with enough twists and turns to keep things interesting even if you’re very familiar with the world. Loved the character growth arc and background of Aunt Lydia especially, and Ann Dowd doing the reading makes it that much better. #booksof2025
James by Perceval Everett. Loved the use of language as a plot device in this, and find it an interesting retelling. I’d never read Huck Finn! Rich storyline, though act III felt like it came a little out of nowhere. The relationship btw Jim and Huck is well done. #booksof2025 #booksky #blackbooksky
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
James by Perceval Everett. Loved the use of language as a plot device in this, and find it an interesting retelling. I’d never read Huck Finn! Rich storyline, though act III felt like it came a little out of nowhere. The relationship btw Jim and Huck is well done. #booksof2025 #booksky #blackbooksky