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throughout the years of learning more and more about phonology and also visiting more parts of english speaking north america than i had in the past hearing people claim they don't have any regional accent "just standard american" is even more of a pet peeve

like obviously its not nearly as bad and loaded and untrue as saying you "don't have an accent" at all and sure with migration patterns and mass media there are certain regional features getting more homogenized and sure there is still utility in amorphous terms like mainstream american english because its sociologically salient as a prestige dialect in contrast with more stigmatized dialects

but also like. i think (understandably) a lot of people's phonological awareness ends at specific features that have been specifically stigmatized as regional so they see themselves not doing that one particular sound that way and then assume that means everyone speaking MAE everywhere is doing the same thing. thinking about the play i'm working in rn and how there are two whole dialect coaches working on this tiny play and yet instead of taking advantage of the resources multiple people with massachusetts influenced MAE accents are saying stuff like 'i won't need a dialect coach because my character is just from chicago/indiana/california/etc. and speaks standard american'

like i think its important to realize that what exactly is "Standard" is regional even within the country even if people aren't always good at articulating what exactly those differences are when encountering them. when i moved to ohio from rhode island as a middle schooler me and my peers were both convinced we spoke general american english and yet both found parts of the others pronunciation really unusual. as a little kid i thought only a few people i knew had rhode island accents, but now whenever i visit i realize even people i thought spoke totally "standard" have some really noticeable regional features. some of them even actually have some of the more overtly regional features like vocalic "r"/"r" insertion but my standard for what was noticeable for that was way higher when i was around it all the time. whenever i go to oklahoma its even more dramatic than my time living in ohio and chicago i just feel so so incredibly regional in how i speak and sometimes find myself unconsciously subtly accommodating to shift my vowels a little bit.

idk the point of this post i cant fault people for not having an ear for phonology but idk. even so i feel like its important

#cpost #ling blogging

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about to say something mean but i feel like every "male-specific" issue is something that also happens to women its just that a lot of you dont seem to see women as people

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the student encampments being cleared on the grounds of anti homeless laws it’s all so blatant and brazen and interconnected

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i'm like the carmy berzatto of student worker cooperatives

#this is not really true and if it was true i wouldnt like that but. i do get him and also this has been stuck in my head for 2 weeks #cpost

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also a lot of women in both the sub and dub their voices are just so much higher and also with more "feminine" intonation than i imagined them. which is on its own a neutral thing but with there being a lot of instances of that plus the characters being thinner combines into me feeling more alienated from it than with the manga

#cpost #dm blogging #tbf only watched the first few episodes yet so maybe theres other women that would balance this out for me more

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I like the anime but trigger DOES make characters’ bodies look different in ways I don’t appreciate, like making Falin (who is on the thin end of “average” weight) look like she’s had a rib removed, and giving Namari and Senshi more defined muscles when both of them have the kind of build that’s both muscular AND fat and thus shouldn’t look super defined unless they’re really flexing.

#god yeah #the body type stuff is most important to me but also just in general the character designs all feel slightly less interesting?? #but i cant pinpoint all the other aspects of it quite #dungeon meshi

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hired a galapagos finch at my burger joint and after 2 generations it evolved to take peoples orders

#birds #concepts

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Hey guys, I have a priority fundraiser rotation for you:

Fadi & Shahed: 2,044 USD out of 62.5k

Sana'a & Sujood: 12,016 £ out of 50k

Mahmoud Qassas: 9,994$ out of 200k

Ezzideen Shehab: 10,296€ out of 32.5k.

Hussam Aburamadan: 16,374€ out of 148k.

Hamdi Hijazi: 1,511$ out of 25k.

Suheir Hojok: 16,897 AUD out of 70k.

Madleen Abu Jayyab: 29,005$ out of 70k.

I have personally verified every one of these campaigns listed here.

As Mona's campaign nears completion I'm preparing for you this list so we can show these families the same amazing and unbelievable support we showed Mona and her family. The invasion of Rafah grows nearer everyday. Please understand the urgency of this campaign.

Version date: April 25th 2024.

#donations

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i think what’s on a person’s nightstand is very telling so reblog this and put in the tags the things you have on your nightstand

#cpap machine. square glass jar vase thing that used to hold flowers from a wedding #but now is used to throw out cpap wipes #no cpap wipes rn bc they keep being out of stock... #a seashell themed glass coaster also obtained from a wedding #until recently had a lot more on my nightstand but now i have a dresser in my room so put my alarm clock and phone there #so i have to walk across the room to wake up and stuff #my bed is on really tall bedrisers i made myself though so my night stand is actually a like almost 4 foot tall dresser thing #so theres so much i regularly use at night among the 5 drawers

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When I made this post just ten days ago, it was about mass graves discovered at Al Shifa hospital and now we have learned that the same had happened at Nasser hospital in Gaza. The same genocidal pattern: a hospital is put under siege, patients and medical staff are abducted, tortured and buried in mass graves.

But to build on the last point I wanted to bring attention to in the previous post, it is very crucial to also keep in mind is that the Palestinian Civil Defence have reported that Israel had deliberately concealed the identities of those it killed and buried in these mass graves. Close to 400 bodies have been buried in these mass graves, 58% of the recovered bodies have not been identified.

In a press conference, a spokesperson of the civil defence in Gaza said that Israel had intentionally disfigured the bodies postmortem in order to remove any identifying markers such as birthmarks. He also mentioned that they suspect that the bodies have been placed in body bags that expedited the decomposition process, destroying any possibility of them being identified.

One of the main and only ways families have been able to identify the bodies of their loved ones is through the clothes they remember them wearing the last time they saw them. I saw a video of a mother identifying her son by his striped jacket. You can see the grief mixed with relief that she will be able to give her son proper burial.

Remember when months ago I said that to be identified and buried in Gaza has become a luxury? This is very much still the case.

#genocide #gaza #palestine

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the powerhour is happening right now so even a dollar would go a long way!

doxing myself a little for this but. if you have anything to spare after donating to more urgent things, i would love if any of you donated to my student worker cooperative, greeno.

it has been such an important part of my life for so long, and it has gone through a lot of hard times over the past few years due to the pandemic.

there are a lot of things i could say about the inherent contradictions and tensions that go into a student worker collective existing both under capitalism and with the restricted autonomy that comes with university resources. but even so, i think that working within a collectively and cooperatively organized space is a very special thing, and i know many people who have gone on to use that practical experience to enrich their work as activists and organizers.

umass is one of the only universities in the us with such a history of student worker cooperatives (greeno is 51 years old!), umass administration brags about this for tours while often existing in an adversarial role to the coops. we took out a loan from the university for an emergency appliance replacement right before the pandemic, and because we've only just gotten fully back on our feet after the past few years since reopening, the threats of closing us for not fully paying it back are still looming.

i love worker cooperatives, i love greeno, and i want greeno to continue existing and evolving long after things like the university of massachusetts in anywhere near its current form, capitalism, and the united states cease to exist.

so if you can, please donate! it ends tomorrow april 25th at midnight EDT. even if you only can donate $1, if we get the most unique donors (regardless of amount of money) from 8-9pm EDT tomorrow, then we will get awarded more money.

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doxing myself a little for this but. if you have anything to spare after donating to more urgent things, i would love if any of you donated to my student worker cooperative, greeno.

it has been such an important part of my life for so long, and it has gone through a lot of hard times over the past few years due to the pandemic.

there are a lot of things i could say about the inherent contradictions and tensions that go into a student worker collective existing both under capitalism and with the restricted autonomy that comes with university resources. but even so, i think that working within a collectively and cooperatively organized space is a very special thing, and i know many people who have gone on to use that practical experience to enrich their work as activists and organizers.

umass is one of the only universities in the us with such a history of student worker cooperatives (greeno is 51 years old!), umass administration brags about this for tours while often existing in an adversarial role to the coops. we took out a loan from the university for an emergency appliance replacement right before the pandemic, and because we've only just gotten fully back on our feet after the past few years since reopening, the threats of closing us for not fully paying it back are still looming.

i love worker cooperatives, i love greeno, and i want greeno to continue existing and evolving long after things like the university of massachusetts in anywhere near its current form, capitalism, and the united states cease to exist.

so if you can, please donate! it ends tomorrow april 25th at midnight EDT. even if you only can donate $1, if we get the most unique donors (regardless of amount of money) from 8-9pm EDT tomorrow, then we will get awarded more money.

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Update: North Gaza Aid!

As part of his promise, Hussam sent 20% of your HelpGazaChildren donations ($4000) to Mahmoud AbuSalama for the 5th time now, including the earlier North Gaza Campaign (as location on our notion site) to buy food and necessary products for families still surviving the dire situation in North Gaza. The food package contains, as you see in the picture below: flour, lentils, canned food, formula, diapers, and women pads!

Please continue donating and spreading the word — every penny means so much! Feel free to share our campaign link to other platforms as well!

Donate to our GoFundMe which goes directly to Hussam, who manages camps in Rafah, with NO middleman in between!

HelpGazaChildren Notion Site || #helpgazachildren tag

GoFundMe Link

[Quick ID: The video is of Mahmoud speaking in front of bags of flour and a tumblr sign. There are captions to the video in english. The image below is of groups of packages of items in front of a tumblr sign.]

#donations

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just so you know how these campuses deal with actual antisemitism

#antisemitism #palestine

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#zero escape #vlr #999 #aitsf

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doxing myself a little for this but. if you have anything to spare after donating to more urgent things, i would love if any of you donated to my student worker cooperative, greeno.

it has been such an important part of my life for so long, and it has gone through a lot of hard times over the past few years due to the pandemic.

there are a lot of things i could say about the inherent contradictions and tensions that go into a student worker collective existing both under capitalism and with the restricted autonomy that comes with university resources. but even so, i think that working within a collectively and cooperatively organized space is a very special thing, and i know many people who have gone on to use that practical experience to enrich their work as activists and organizers.

umass is one of the only universities in the us with such a history of student worker cooperatives (greeno is 51 years old!), umass administration brags about this for tours while often existing in an adversarial role to the coops. we took out a loan from the university for an emergency appliance replacement right before the pandemic, and because we've only just gotten fully back on our feet after the past few years since reopening, the threats of closing us for not fully paying it back are still looming.

i love worker cooperatives, i love greeno, and i want greeno to continue existing and evolving long after things like the university of massachusetts in anywhere near its current form, capitalism, and the united states cease to exist.

so if you can, please donate! it ends tomorrow april 25th at midnight EDT. even if you only can donate $1, if we get the most unique donors (regardless of amount of money) from 8-9pm EDT tomorrow, then we will get awarded more money.

#cpost