#lightning talks

[enlightining]

rewatching the og Star Wars trilogy for the first time in ten years and forgot how hot Harrison Ford is

[kotlcmemesforsomelaughs]

i love the sudden spike in notes as @ham-cheese-toastie, @thishumanformislimiting, and @imobsessed123 all reblog the same post like 50 times

maybe today we'll get to 700 notes?

Edit: Pippa you literally reblogged this 100 times

What is wrong with you? (affectionate? I think? Slightly concerned?)

[crossingscon]

Where can we get more information about lightning talks and how to sign up?

Lightning talks are informal events where attendees can talk about any topic of their choosing. You'll sign up in person at CrossingsCon.

CrossingsCon will take place Aug 15-17, 2025 in Philadelphia, USA. Badges and hotel rooms are available now at crossingscon.org

[cherrys-self-ship]

"One of the scariest moments in my life was when Cherry threw my own words back at me. We were underfire in cocoon by Guardian corps. Cherry willingly put themselves between me and bullet. Luckily it missed anything vital but in the moment I had no idea. I asked why they did something so wreckless why couldn't they have stayed put. Their response was "it wasn't a matter of can or can't. somethings...you just do" I thought I lost them then but I also realized then how much I mean to them."

[allthingslinguistic]

The Five-Minute Linguist talks from the LSA are now online! These short, accessible lightning talks were a new feature of the annual meeting of 2017 and attracted a great crowd of people. 

The eight speakers and topics (not in order) were: 

Carina Bauman (New York University): Back GOAT in Asian American English

Rachel Steindel Burdin (University of New Hampshire): This you call a rise fall?

Rabia Ergin (Tufts University): Emergence of verb classes in a young village sign language

Jeff Good (University at Buffalo): Local dynamics to high level Patterns in Bantu

Heidi Harley (University of Arizona): Node sprouting and root suppletion in Korean

Kirk Hazen (West Virginia University): Southern vowels and shifting Appalachian identities

Carmel O'Shannessy (University of Michigan): What do children do in contact induced language change?

Gregory Scontras (Stanford University): Subjectivity predicts adjective ordering preferences

The emcee was John McWhorter, and the judges were myself, Ben Zimmer, Michael Erard, W.A. Brenner, and an audience poll. I’m not going to post the winner here, so you can watch and judge your favourite for yourself!

[kotlcmemesforsomelaughs]

Hello I can post again. Prepare for an onslaught of notifications

ok

[kotlcmemesforsomelaughs]

It’s not letting me rebuking anymore so no you’re inbox shall be attacked

Thank you for the warning.