Watch: Zohran Mamdani sworn in as Mayor of New York City

Just after midnight on January 1st, Zohran Kwame Mamdani was officially sworn in as the 112th Mayor of the City of New York, by New York State Attorney General Letitia James. Watch a replay.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/microblog/2025/12/watch-zohran-mamdani-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-new-york-city/

#Swearing-Ins

Have some Christmas-themed Strong Language! From the blog archives: https://stronglang.wordpress.com/tag/christmas/

#Christmas #swearing #profanity #Xmas

Does swearing make you stronger? Science says yes.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/does-swearing-make-you-stronger-science-says-yes/

Fucking knew it :)

#cursing #swearing #science

According to study author Dr Richard Stephens, “Swearing is an easily available way to help yourself feel focused, confident and less distracted, and ‘go for it’ a little more” when exercising.

It is so odd that some humans stigmatise some sounds. As someone who engineers sound, I know all sounds are equal, just frequencies, though some are more comfortable than others.

To an extent it is understandable, but hard to pin down as comfort is subjective. Both the unconsciously repressed, and the abusive narcissist/sociopath/psychopathy evades reality by conditioning fear of healthy sounds, attitudes or emotions in others.

Next to that is understandable avoidance of chaos caused by lack of internal emotional regulation, but the emotionally numbed person will stigmatise healthy expression. That becomes abuse fast. That makes me recall therapy clients who had been shamed and blamed by religious parents for representing or *being* realities the religion sought to deny. This is playing out in the current policies of the US, for instance, with many buying into hate largely processed unconsciously, rather than the slower and more rewarding socially enriching process of learning about the person or thing which is 'different'.

Sound is powerful, able to bypass conscious perception as it occurs so fast, and go straight to the accurate or inaccurate preferences of the unconscious mind. Like so many things, it can be labelled good or bad, but is really neutral. It is the limitation of our own processing that some say otherwise.

As they say in NLP, the communication is not what is said. It is what is heard.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/swearing-benefits-stronger-study-science-b2887663.html

#study #swearing #bigotry #prejudice #USPolitics #religion

Could’nt resist sharing this gem

**“Don’t Hold Back”: Swearing Improves Strength Through State Disinhibition**

"_These findings suggest that swearing promotes psychological states conducive to maximizing effort and overcoming internal constraints._"

Stephens, R., Dowber, H., Richardson, C., & Washmuth, N. B. (2025). “Don't hold back”: Swearing improves strength through state disinhibition.American Psychologist. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001650.

#Psychology #Swearing #Academia #Research

According to a new study reported in @sciencefocus, swearing can be good for us, allowing us to score better in tests of strength and endurance. "The way I express it is to say that swearing is a cheap, readily available, drug-free means of self-help," Dr. Richard Stephens told the magazine. We want to know: Are you a swearer?

https://flip.it/FU9Fhn

#Language #Linguistics #Swearing #Science

I've 🤬 waited for this for 🤬 years!

Does Swearing Make You Stronger? Science Says Yes…

https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/12/does-swearing-make-you-stronger-science-says-yes/

#swearing #article #science #news #research #reading