Assistant Professor in CIS/Anth @UBC. Language & Place. Gardener, Mom, Daughter, Sister, Friend. I work with communities to support language reclamation.
I have transgendered
the aliens
that were in
the prison
and which
also were probably
executing
the babies
forgive me
I have the best rallies
so large
and so not bored
ALT Book cover titled “The Languages and Linguistics of Indigenous North America” edited by Carmen Dagostino, Marianne Mithun and Keren Rice. The background of the cover shows a lake lined by trees and a mountain behind it. The cover is shown against a rust brown background with pastel green geometric shapes. To the right of the book cover, there is vertical text that reads “Celebrate Indigenous Languages”.
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👋I’m back. And I wrote about the current wave of attempts to downplay long COVID—less outright denial & more "it’s real but no big deal".
Except: it very much is. It’s a substantial and ongoing crisis that still demands our attention. 1/
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In BC we say NO to physician assistants. I know they live here and desperately want to help but by god we are gonna stand firm with our NO. Heck we don’t really even no why we say no but we will make sure we have the longest waiting lists in the country. Go team! We are winners.
Probably the best thing you'll see today.
In 2017, a group of developers hilariously competed for who could create worst volume control interface in the world.
The results 🧵
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Lots of people are talking about Eliezer Yudkowsky of the Machine Intelligence Research Institute right now. So I thought I'd put together a thread about Yudkowsky for the general public and journalists (such as those at @TIME). I hope this is useful. 🧵
CEDaR is hiring for the summer!
If you are a UBC student who is interested in digital media, communications and/or software development, we are looking for four new WorkLearn students to join our team!
I’m currently working for Parks Canada as an Indigenous Fire Specialist, and I’m hiring an Indigenous youth (18-30) in a term position to work with me for at least 4 months. Remote work, you’ll need a good internet connection #goodfire#fireback (1/x)
"Eight patients reported substantial benefits, including improved memory, organizational skills, and ability to multi-task. For some, the brain fog completely resolved." Potential New Treatment for “Brain Fog” in Long COVID Patients Yale School of Medicine medicine.yale.edu/news-artic…
Hi everyone! 👋🏻 I'm looking hire quite a few contractors to work on different language technology projects! Are you a #linguist, #webdev, #archivist, or #Indigenous#language -adjacent person looking for a job? Look no further! Read the thread 🧵for more info about opportunities.
FPCC is hiring, and we would love for you to be our newest team member! Please check out our employment page to see the full list of current positions.
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My 80 year old asthmatic aunt was denied Paxlovid.Called on day 2 was told to by staff to take Advil.I showed her BC CDC guidance on it so she made appt on day 3 for a doc phone call on day 4. Doc talked to her & said it had to be taken by day 3.