Betsy Sneller
Asst prof linguistics @ Michigan state. I like cats, fiber arts, people. I’ll finish the rest of this later.
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerShame on @nature.com for publishing this ableist trash, and shame on the authors for writing it: Short 🧵>>
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerWe put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerOne thing that gets lost in the "technically it's ehebophilia" crap is that these fuckers aren't attracted to youth at all. They're attracted to vulnerability. They're delighted to hit on an adult woman as long as she's a student or an employee: someone they can easily hurt & control
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerJust told my house rep’s voicemail that I cannot believe they would think for a second about giving more money to the people who are tear-gassing and kidnapping children Like what the fuck is wrong with you guys
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- Reposted by Betsy Sneller“just give poor people cash” works. Again.
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerThis is unconscionable. Evil. But it happened in May 2023, when Biden was president. So no, we don’t “reform immigration detention,” we destroy ICE, CBP, and DHS. We can’t reform this soul sickness.
- Reposted by Betsy Snellerthere is no earthly reason to believe that these goons will comply with any new regulations! it’s like if I put a sign on my door ordering the pines not to drop their needles! they’re pines and those needles will drop! zero funding, “reform” my ass, this guy must be stopped
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerReminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days. His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerYeah, I'm surprised this isn't a more central point. Abolish ICE and let everyone go!
- Reposted by Betsy Snellerthis is completely insane and more people need to say that doing this is completely insane
- The @usdot.bsky.social, which oversees the safety of airplanes, cars and pipelines, plans to use Google Gemini to draft new regulations. “We don’t need the perfect rule,” said DOT’s top lawyer. “We want good enough.”
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- Spouse described Winnie the Pooh to M (3;3) yesterday. This morning: “Can we talk more about the golden bear who poops mama?”
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerWATCH NOW: Jack Smith testifies before the House Judiciary Committee
- lol please enjoy the entirety of my chat history with microsoft copilot
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerThe cognitive dissonance of constantly reading that I need to spend some time mastering generative AI while not knowing a single person in my industry who uses it to do good work 🤙
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerPromo for my latest book!
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerAnthropic: Best for coding applications Gemini: Best for summarizing meetings and taking notes Grok: Best for harassing women and sexualizing children ChatGPT: Best for assisted suicide
- Reposted by Betsy Sneller🥳🥳🥳 A wild @betsysneller.bsky.social appears in the Inquirer!!! 🥳🥳🥳 www.inquirer.com/life/philly-...
- Woohoo! What a thrill to talk about Philly English (my fave), AND to get to hype up another Betsy! (if you haven't checked out Philly Ms Rachel ... just ... go do it).
- 🥳🥳🥳 A wild @betsysneller.bsky.social appears in the Inquirer!!! 🥳🥳🥳 www.inquirer.com/life/philly-...
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerDowntown Lansing is getting her orchi today, good for her
- Aside from her poetry, which is beautiful, Jane Zwart taught me my favorite classroom trick, which is Rumpelstiltskin-ing. One day when no one was contributing she said: "You guys. Don't worry. My whole job is to be Rumpelstiltskin, and turn anything you say into gold."
- Let me tell you: some of our countries aren’t where we left them. Jane Zwart, from her luminous collection ODDEST & OLDEST & SADDEST & BEST #smallpoemsunday
- Let me tell you: some of our countries aren’t where we left them. Jane Zwart, from her luminous collection ODDEST & OLDEST & SADDEST & BEST #smallpoemsunday
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerCharging officers has not helped, in large part because it sends the message that it's one bad apple and oh look we'll get them. I want to see state attorney generals charge the entire fucking system that leads up to these shootings.
- Reposted by Betsy Sneller“I feel like we’ve lost the plot a little bit and that’s one of the reasons that we’re seeing apple consumption ... go down,” said a seventh-generation apple grower in PA. “The whole experience has been so consolidated and so driven by capitalism, and in some ways it’s very shortsighted.”
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerI hate to tell you fashionistas, but this cardigan will bobble within three minutes of wearing it. Why? The "yarn" is actually roving - i.e. fibres with no twist to them - and you don't want to wear roving.
- Actually wait, #ADS2026 friends, does anyone know if there's going to be a live stream for WOTY? It's time to hype this up! Also time for me to send an email to my socio students to let them know, if in fact they can access a live stream
- #ADS2026: are we singing WOTY like WOTY WOTY WOTY WOTY rockin everywhere (Bubba Sparx) or WOTY OTY OTY OTY (Megan Thee Stallion) #linguistics 🐦
- Reposted by Betsy Snelleri have to sew in the lining but uh. WHIM FOLLOWED
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerThis and the discussion about how academics can now just read AI summaries of things really drives home how much these guys always confuse the product for the goal. You don't do a coloring sheet because you want to have a colored sheet at the end!!! The coloring is the point!!!
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerI'm an "A.i." abolitionist. Here's why. gregpak.net/2025/12/19/i...
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerI keep wanting to say something, and I keep not knowing what to say. The trans community does not harm cis people by existing. They are just trying to live their lives, same as anyone else. That life doesn't look exactly like mine; my life doesn't match anyone else's. That's okay.
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerThis is Attorney General Pam Bondi’s ethics pledge. She was a lobbyist for Ballard — the same firm hired to lobby for both Paramount AND Netflix. But Trump’s Justice Department said Bondi will oversee the Warner Bros. merger. It reeks of corruption. Bondi must recuse herself.
- Slowly coming to the truly awful realization that no, my back isn't sore because I slept weird.... I just need to strengthen my core.
- Extremely disappointed in my senator @slotkin.senate.gov .
- The WOTYoty
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerWe have been fundamentally betrayed. I know an individual man or woman made this invention or that discovery, but all of it occurs on the mountain of progress we collectively made. HUMANITY made the steam engine; HUMANITY went to the moon. WE did it, together. We've always been a collective.
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerI guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerWhat's especially crazy about this is that it's an unbelievably cheap intervention. It costs approximately zero dollars and saves lives. There is essentially no material elements to compete over. There's nothing left but animus.
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerJust discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerIsrael hunted a 70 year old lady down with a gun drone and then hoovered above to make sure she bled out next to her dying son. They both join almost 1,000 Palestinians Israel has massacred or maimed in its genocide during the "ceasefire". www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerMeanwhile some of the most interesting organic radical action on the ground is coming from rural communities protesting data centers. Somehow that doesn’t excite a lot of people who preach about radial action.
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerSupport independent journalism on Giving Tuesday. Broad Street Review has been covering the Philly region since 2005. We rely on reader support. Learn a bit about our values here: www.broadstreetreview.com/editorials/a... and become a sustaining Friend of BSR for $5. www.broadstreetreview.com/donate
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerLook I don’t want to dogpile this guy’s mentions, but if you, as a constitutional law expert, ever find yourself arguing that the first amendment makes bad grades illegal you should probably do some self-reflection. And if that isn’t what you meant, then reconsider the utility of good writing.
- Reposted by Betsy Snellerevery trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerThat's because we want it to do our housework, not write our novels, ya planks
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerHeadline: "AI can replace 11.7% of workforce" Actual study: Anthropic paid MIT to use a "labor simulation tool" that said 11.7% of TASKS could be done by AI
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerHappy World Linguistics Day 🎉 Not Saussure how to celebrate? Episodes 12 and 13 of our podcast will give your plans some structure... 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/02/01/p... 🎙️ hiphilangsci.net/2021/03/01/p... #LinguisticBirthdays #LinguisticQuotes #Histlx #WorldLinguisticsDay
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerAs a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
- My toddler likes to make up little songs as she goes about her day. Today’s banger goes like this: 🎵“I love you, are you feeling well?” 🎶
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerTrump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble. A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments. We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
- Does anyone have like... a list of discourse markers? (asking for a student looking at UM + discourse, and is wanting to know what all counts: e.g. um but, um and, um yeah) @joshuaraclaw.com ?
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerHey, since Patton Oswalt was reinstated, maybe Bluesky moderation can reinstate someone who was banned for doing the exact same thing.
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerIf I’ve never shared this with you: Yes. (I would write it more sternly now I think. This was 2014!) Chris Christie And Pulling The Red Handle
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerToday there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say. "When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerI love him so much
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerSeems like a good time (again) to share the guide I developed with @freedomfromtorture.bsky.social, which tells you how to talk about refugees and asylum in a way that actually convinces the undecided - based on testing 🧵 www.freedomfromtorture.org/changing-the...
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerWait uh if you watch through to the end of the clip THEY TRIED TO BUY TACOS FROM A SHOP WHERE THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY KIDNAPPED A WORKER, WHO IS STILL DETAINED
- I’m done playing up here anymore! T, 3;7 #LinguistBabyPhotos (Is my nephew innovating positive anymore!?)
- Hold on “fairy liquid” is out there as an option and none of you fine people told me!? 🧼
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerI say it over and over again: when you have that much money, you want to live where you want to live and you are simply not going to relocate because of marginal tax rates Alan Dershowitz will never leave Martha’s Vineyard and they won’t even sell him a pierogi
- NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected. And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.* Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
- Reposted by Betsy SnellerKRUGMAN: “Republicans don’t care about deficits & debt, they care about trying to prevent Democrats from spending money on helping people.” 🎯
