Kirby Conrod
assistant prof in linguistics at swarthmore; phd in linguistics from u washington; sociosyntax; they/them or ey/em.
- god i love taking a train
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- man. sensory processing disorder
- Reposted by Kirby ConrodYou asked for it, you got it. Biology is Bigger than Binaries is now on a shirt! Designed by @franzanth.bsky.social, printed here in Philly on 100% cotton Next Level Tees. We've got... ironically 2 colors to choose from lmao. Pre-order open until May 31! squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/bina...
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- Reposted by Kirby ConrodEarlier today, I was leaked a copy of the Executive Secretariat Style Guide for the US State Department. The new guide included a new section requiring that all trans State employees must be misgendered in all official communications. www.patreon.com/posts/new-st...
- Reposted by Kirby Conrod🚨 Your Opinion Needed 🚨 We've had a number of people asking for a Bigger than Binaries shirt, so @franzanth.bsky.social & I discussed... ... and we will DO IT! But we need your opinion! Which color should we print?! We can only do one. Vote here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/5ZYWPHS
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- uni woke forgy up from a nap to groom him a bunch and usually this results in a bit of a tussle but hes letting her and said a bunch of really cute mrrps about it ;_;
- the national anthem and pledge of allegiance are both gross lol. also the flag and the military
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- icymi, the 3rd Annual International Gender-Inclusive Language Instruction Conference has posted recordings of keynote talks! here's mine, i had a great time :) #linguistics 🧪
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- btw this includes the various travel awards that can provide funding for students to attend the lsa annual meeting - please do nominate your students or yourself!!
- Reposted by Kirby ConrodGreat article from the Philly Inquirer about intersex people are facing down attacks on accurate statements about gender and sex. share.inquirer.com/qs83l9
- admire my birthday boy (he turned 8 this week!)
- is there any evidence that sensory stimuli tolerance can like, atrophy? (e.g. if i wore noise cancelling headphones too much) (autism/sensory processing disorder)
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- if i started speaking english as erg-abs where gen=erg i think it would take a shockingly long time for anyone to notice
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- Reposted by Kirby ConrodJust published a new paper on how we pragmatically use "I don't know" (and variants) across settings (mediated / face to face), relationship (friend/stranger) and conversation type (task/chat)! #PsychSciSky #linguistics
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- anyways give me advice about the safest way to dye my eyebrows
- sorry im so grouchy lately but i am in sensory overload season until september i guess. doing anything other than hammock naps or working on my book in a cool dark cave feels like SUCH an imposition on my time
- one thing thats annoying about the fandom is theres so many words id have to mute. gotta let me mute regular expressions to capture everything about pope, papacy, pontif*, etc. i dont care!!!!!!!!!! i dont care about the fucking pope you guys
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- theres been this like very slow whalefall process as various types of crews in different types of trucks methodically pick clean the carcasses of the UArts buildings. saw them take a dumpster full of just sinks out the other day
- it currently feels like signing resolutions and open letters are not having any effect. it also feels like encampments and occupation-style protests are not moving the needle. im not really in a state to like try to suggest alternatives, just observing my internal feelings out loud here.
