#Website #cookies pop-ups are now asking me to opt in to opting out of selling my data. While this sort of #negation construction is #linguistically interesting for the problems it causes with #comprehension, it's also an exceptionally annoying display of assholery.

#linguistics #syntax #privacy #ethics

#California #banned #bilingual #education for almost 20 years. It still hasn’t #recovered

The nation’s most #linguistically #diverse #state has a #tortured #history with bilingual education in #publicschools. The #EducationDepartment can’t — and the #Legislature won’t — do what it takes to #repair the #damage.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #California #Education #Shame #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Xenophobia

https://calmatters.org/education/k-12-education/2024/12/bilingual-education/

A #linguistically interesting name in the #Phillies roster is Jake Cave. Commentators often sound like they're saying "J-K" [dʒeɪ keɪ] because of either a #gemination between the adjacent [k]s or maybe even a full deletion.

#sports #baseball #linguistics #phonology #phonetics