This graph shows escalating waves of violence on new frontiers of colonization in what became Australia. As time went on and the frontier shifted, massacres claimed more victims up until the late 1800s. c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassac…

I will probably use this in my intro to linguistic anthropology section on John Austin for the rest of my career

When Journal of Linguistic Anthropology told me to make a little “promo video” for new article, I don’t think they meant this… 😈

Something you’ve never seen before for a peer-reviewed article …a horror movie trailer😈👇🏽👇🏽

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If you work at an Australian university, and you're with UniSuper. please consider signing this petition:
megaphone.org.au/petitions/stop…

I would love to spend a year hanging around and thinking about apocalyptic biopolitics, but alas.
capas.uni-heidelberg.de/en/fellowships…

This graph shows escalating waves of violence on new frontiers of colonization in what became Australia. As time went on and the frontier shifted, massacres claimed more victims up until the late 1800s. c21ch.newcastle.edu.au/colonialmassac…

'The advert clearly says: 'Diseases like… autism… are all related to the gut.' Autism is a lifelong disability. Words like 'disease' suggest something is wrong with someone and it can be cured. That’s just not appropriate when talking about autistic people. (2/5)'

giving myself a little reward today by reading working papers by economists because that's a new thing i'm interested in

So, so. Another job rejection today. I'm starting to think it's the autism hey. I'm a good scholar, with a track record of funding, etc etc, but in addition to all that, they're always looking for someone who fits in, and I don't.

Indigenous activists in the Philippines are being declared terrorists under the country's 2020 Anti-Terrorism Law.
aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/24…

Just accepted for publication: 'Towards a Sociolinguistics of Deglobalization.' Coauthored with Jess Kruk, and forthcoming in Language in Society 🥳

Students University of Melbourne have established an encampment in solidarity w Palestine & in opposition to the Uni's ties w arms manufacturers (BAE Systems, Boeing, Lockheed Martin et. al.); it'll be interesting to see if management decides to smash it.

Bizarre hearing politicians and journalists who backed Israel to the hilt reciting ‘lest we forget’ as bodies with tied hands are excavated from mass graves near a hospital.

Just accepted for publication: 'Towards a Sociolinguistics of Deglobalization.' Coauthored with Jess Kruk, and forthcoming in Language in Society 🥳

Today I saw a photo of an infant who had to be pulled out of the corpse of her mum. Orphaned before her first breath - her family brutally murdered. What fucking world is this. What else is there to say. Free Palestine.

I still think about this gd racist cheese sometimes.

'Chapman pushes back against liberal approaches that tolerate and include economically productive neurodivergent people while further disabling and abandoning others'

Empire of Normality (sloth communism, Pluto Press 2023) reviewed by @geraldroche.bsky.social

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He's very good with children (serving suggestion)

excellent, thoughtful thread on the anti-imperialism of idiots, and the importance of genuine solidarity against all domination