lexie
lexiecalised.bsky.social
lexie
@lexiecalised.bsky.social
dyke linguist, londoner by birth, berlinerin by choice
@lynneguist.bsky.social norwegian language council picks "tekoligark" (tech oligarch) as woty
Se også: Språkrådet har kåret «tekoligark» til årets ord 2025.

www.nrk.no/vestland/are...
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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I cannot stress how important it is that we make “bitch, do something yourself” a language-embedded meme on the level of “kim there’s people that are dying”
there’s a scene in the new documentary where Elizabeth Taylor is talking about the stigma of AIDS and how she got involved in the movement and it’s fucking everything
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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The Impact of AIDS on the Artistic Community, by Fran Lebowitz. For World AIDS Day. 1 of 2:
December 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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How the cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core and will mean millions more infections ahead
How the cuts have shaken HIV/Aids care to its core and will mean millions more infections ahead
Reports highlight devastating impact of slashed funding, especially in parts of Africa, that could lead to 3.3m new HIV infections by 2030
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:41 AM
November 3, 2025 at 9:01 PM
spannender rbb-artikel und vor allem spannende spracheinstellungen im kommentarfeld
Wie "English only" als Alltagssprache Berlin verändert
In Teilen Berlins wird Englisch zur Alltagssprache, besonders in Cafés, Restaurants und Geschäften. Das finden einige Menschen super - andere stellt es vor Herausforderungen. Von Christina Rubarth und...
www.rbb24.de
October 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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apropos junge Frauen in Städten
October 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”

What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Wogegen die HU klagt:
Eine Verpflichtung zu stabilen Beschäftigungsbedingungen.

Wogegen die HU nicht klagt:
Eine Verpflichtung zu Stellenkürzungen und schlechteren Bedingungen für verbleibende Beschäftigte.

Traumhafter Arbeitgeber, so lockt man Spitzentalente an.
September 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
1/ i was spending a couple of months abroad and my then gf set me up with someone she knew (yay polyamory !) who had moved to the same city. i arrive at the pub where we were meeting and realise we have already been on a date a year before in my home city.
The Fence is FOR LOVERS, so for next issue's Fencepost, we want your most memorable, mundane, mortifying and miserable dating experiences.

So please reply, or issue a discrete DM, with your maddest, baddest, and raddest adventures in the dating game.
August 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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I'm looking to chat with nonbinary and/or trans speakers of several languages, especially including Irish, Hindi, Arabic, Hebrew, Italian, Russian, Polish, Icelandic - but also any other languages (aside from English / Spanish / French). DM or email me!
May 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Why does 25% AfD among young men spark a thousand "what is going on with young men?" posts yet Die Linke 34% among young women generates...nothing at all?

Yes, young men voting for the radical right is an important phenomenon. But so is young women going rad left *at even higher rates*.
February 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
anne lister @badgayspod.bsky.social ep lets fuckign gooo
February 11, 2025 at 6:54 AM
realising again and again that writing is hard because thinking is hard
January 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
wow zoteros had a real glowup
January 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿
December 31, 2024 at 3:22 AM
fun multilingualism situation: speaking norwegian to the (probably british) barista in the thirdwave coffee shop in stockholm and being replied to in english. at first i thought bc she took me for a tourist (which i am tbf), then realised it was bc she didnt speak scandinavian
December 31, 2024 at 1:46 PM
already hyped for radio 4s special shipping forecast-themed programming on nyd !!
December 26, 2024 at 11:19 PM
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oh my god overleaf I DO NOT WANT AI WRITING INTEGRATION
December 10, 2024 at 9:11 PM
~structural ambiguity~
Ah here, could she not just put up a tree like the rest of us.
December 8, 2024 at 10:55 AM
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Hey, I just met you
And this is freaky
But which one is bouba
And which is kiki?
Hey I just met you
I'm off to hunt whale
but here's my novel
so call me Ishmael
November 2, 2023 at 11:42 PM
does anyone know a good reference for the dominance of english in linguistics/psycholinguistics/psychology ? it needs to refer specifically to english, rather than WEIRD in general. thanks !

#linguistics
December 2, 2024 at 9:59 AM