Joe McVeigh

theonion.comExecutive Order Designates Shaking Empty Beer Can At Wife As Official Language Of U.S.WASHINGTON—In a new attempt to promote efficiency and unity in the way the Americans communicate, President Donald Trump issued an executive order Wednesday that designated shaking an empty beer can a...

Linguistics in the (fake) news theonion.com/executive-or...

laifproject.orgLanguage Fair | LAIF

I'm at Finland's Language Fair and the program looks great. And there's a live stream! www.laifproject.org/languagefair

The past couple of weeks, I've been getting spammy AI comments on my blog. The comments are clearly written by AI, but the commenter's name also links to some scammy AI website. It's a minor annoyance, but it sure doesn't make me want to launch AI into the sun any less.

cinemaorion.fiGHOST IN THE MACHINE - Cinema OrionNäytökset: To 22.10. klo 17:15 GHOST IN THE MACHINE - Valerie Veatchin uusi essee-elokuva hylkää tekoälyn väistämättömyyden tai objektiivisuuden ja jäljittää, kuinka edistyksen ja tehokkuuden myytit o...

If you're in Helsinki this Thursday (Oct. 22), I highly recommend you catch the screening of "Ghost in the Machine" at Cinema Orion. It is an excellent documentary and it shows what's really going on behind AI. cinemaorion.fi/elokuvat/gho...

Uh oh @puzzmo.com. You better hope the Scumdogs of the Universe don't find out about this one.

@petersokolowski.bsky.social

Top 10 songs about "defenestration": 1. "Out the window" by the Violent Femmes 2. ... Uh, that's all I got. I'll have to get back to you on this.

Joe McVeigh reposted

Peter Sokolowski

Peter Sokolowski@petersokolowski.bsky.social

Boston area word nerds: tomorrow in Newton! newtonfreelibrary.libcal.com/event/16512418

newtonfreelibrary.libcal.comCreating an Icon: The Making of the New Collegiate DictionaryWith its deep red cover, bull’s-eye logo and signature thumb notches, Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary is an American icon. It’s the bestselling hardcover book after the...

Friends, I have just come across this insane chart in a book on research methods for students. The authors are calling Feminism a "fad".

View full thread

The year is 1985. It is the Dawn of Feminism.

The authors also hate post-modernism if that makes you feel any better. Because of Marxists. And Nazi ideas.

Friends, I have just come across this insane chart in a book on research methods for students. The authors are calling Feminism a "fad".

I know you probably think this is satire, but I can assure you it is not. Just the ramblings of an economist and two stats bros. All men (duh).

@emilymbender.bsky.social

I have like a million questions. I mean, besides the nonsense in that text box, WHY DOES THIS CHART START AT 1985?!! Can I set this chart on fire? Are these articles about feminism, or ones that use feminist methods, or ones that discuss feminist theory?? The authors don't say.

Joe McVeigh reposted

Emily M. Bender

22 Sept

From @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me on what we should take from the 2026 summer of AI hype: www.technologyreview.com/2026/09/22/1...

technologyreview.comDon’t be fooled by this summer of AI hypeBreathless claims about AGI and new capabilities fall apart pretty quickly under scrutiny.

21 Sept

Here's a flat adverb appearing in the @avcx.bsky.social crossword. What a great clue.

Joe McVeigh reposted

Jesse Sheidlower

@jessesword.com

nytimes.comSorry, Webster. Most People Don’t Want Internet Slang in the Dictionary.Static definitions of “rizz,” “goblin mode” and “beige flag” don’t easily explain the words’ meanings. But we could use reference formats that do.

The NYT tells you why people shouldn't use a #dictionary to find out what words mean. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/m...

I can't remember where I found this image (LinkedIn probably), but it's some AI slop about linguistics and it is hot garbage. Check out where German words come from (Turkey lol). Check out the Old Norse coming from... Ireland.

Commence discussion about Proto-Indo-European's origin. And strange language families. Wrong answers only.

comicsxf.comAn imperfect hero’s imperfect hero: On Gloria Steinem and Wonder WomanDr. Anna Peppard pays tribute to the late Gloria Steinem with a look at how the feminist icon viewed another feminist icon: Wonder Woman.

Check out Little Italy

Joe McVeigh reposted

ComicsXF

@comicsxf.com

14 Sept

Dr. Anna Peppard pays tribute to the late Gloria Steinem with a look at how the feminist icon viewed another feminist icon: Wonder Woman.

14 Sept

I'm teaching paragraph structure to my students this week and I can't wait to show them this mess. Topic sentence? Fuck you.

Jack Bailey@jack-bailey.co.uk

As a result, it's hard to know what "hyperpolitics" really means. You have to chase it down. Of course, that makes it hard to argue against because the author can just say "you haven't understood it". E.g. here's the thesis statement, which does not define hyperpolitics at all.

14 Sept

[Santa's little helper wheels by with a collar blocker] Grandpa Simpson: Hey, the lamp's running away! This made me laugh so hard that I understood comedy.

Gail Simone@gailsimone.bsky.social

Question of the day! What is the funniest single line in Simpsons history?

Joe McVeigh reposted

Jonathan Kasstan

@jrkasstan.bsky.social

1 Sept

Rosen does historical #linguistics this week!

Michael Rosen@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social

Find out about the Anglo-Norman roots of English with:

29 Aug

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com

Opinion | Postdocs Aren’t Burger Flippers: Why Unionization Is a Bad Idea Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science. By Evan D. Morris: https://bit.ly/3Sus7fa #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

28 Aug

Fair enough, @puzzmo.com. The word I was looking for was "meeces"

Joe McVeigh reposted

Janne M. Korhonen

@jmkorhonen.fi

18 Aug

What the most right wing government in Finnish history promised: 100 000 new jobs, reduced government debt What the most right wing government in Finnish history delivered: 100 000 new poor, greatly increased government debt

Antti Haataja@anttihaataja.bsky.social

Ei tullut 100 000 työpaikkaa. Tuli 100 000 köyhää.

I saw that new Spider-Man movie and he had a Mets poster on his wall, which is how they show the audience that he's an antihero. Maybe a villain.

docs.google.comAI policy and guidelines - Joe McVeigh.docxYou are strictly prohibited from using Generative AI (AI) or Large Language Models (LLMs) for research or writing assignments, including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, Grammarly and Grok. Any submi...

7 Aug

Just in time for this semester, I have updated my AI policy. The main idea remains the same (no AI in my classes). But now there are more sources (many more unfortunately). Feel free to reuse, adapt and share! docs.google.com/document/d/1...