no-one likes a prescriptivist etc. etc. but some of you could really do to learn the language you claim to be native speakers of #terriblytopical #linguistics 📚
"Last week, USyd Staff for Palestine [...] drew attention to a recent Australian Human Rights Commission finding of high rates of racism experienced by [...] First Nations, African, Asian, Jewish, Māori, Middle Eastern, Muslim, Palestinian and Pasifika backgrounds." #terriblytopical #racism 🧐

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:onrvoufileljcel7uejydmgi/post/3mj4ot7j4dc2a
"The seminar centred on Raj’s concept of “emotional grammar,” a theoretical tool he developed to better understand how emotions are embedded in lawmaking processes." #terriblytopical #linguistics 👀

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:2nsrap435xzcgzjh443bngcw/post/3mhznlrywxk2t
"women [harmed by pelvic mesh implants] were left in permanent pain, unable to walk, work or have sex, after the surgery to treat incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse [...] Two years ago, a major report called for urgent action but campaigners are still waiting" #terriblytopical #sexism + #medsky

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