Professor in the academy working with communities within and beyond it in the fight for a more equitable world Check out and subscribe to my blog: https://substack.com/@educationallinguist?r=5hc96n&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile&shareImageVariant=lighthttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3mlaaukjzes2nAm I wrong though?07 May 2026 03:16 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaaukjzes2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3ml75sufay22wMany of us raised alarms that this was exactly how so-called institutional neutrality policies were going to be weaponized by universities when FIRE (the “experts” cited here) was advocating for them. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml75sufay22whttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3ml75ilaeak2wEducational linguists: Students of color must master academic language to be successful Dem establishment: Stop talking as if you are in a college seminar to be successful Me: Language ideologies are never just about language [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 16:43 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml75ilaeak2whttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3ml6lmgxbms2mGotta love Trump’s focus on kitchen table issues affecting American youth today such as *checks notes* the lack of flavored vapes [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 11:23 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6lmgxbms2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3mks4uoyifs2cOdd that Yale seems to think that the first step at rebuilding societal trust is to remove any desire to contribute to the public good from its mission statement https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2026/05/01/yale-university-narrows-its-mission-statement/01 May 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks4uoyifs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3mkplhdlabs2jTerm limits seem like such a no-brainer [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkplhdlabs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3mklx2jud2c2lThe Dem establishment hates its base so much that they literally attack it with their last dying breaths https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/28/barney-frank-hospice-democrats-0089711229 Apr 2026 01:27 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklx2jud2c2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3mkjbhoa3x22kNow that The Devil Wears Prada 2 is out I have to once again read insufferable takes that suggest the “real” villains of the original were Andy’s friends because apparently being worried that somebody you love is being treated like garbage by their boss is a problem if their boss is Meryl Streep. https://media.tenor.com/EqiMbz76aO8AAAAC/that-is-all-the-devil-wears-prada.gif?hh=200&ww=24427 Apr 2026 23:56 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkjbhoa3x22khttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3mkizeudftk2jIn the 1990s, campus debates focused on whether to limit hate speech. Today, Texas Tech is banning discussions of gender and sexuality. Different politics, same assumption: that language has fixed meanings that can be regulated. Why that matters—and what to do https://open.substack.com/pub/educationallinguist/p/what-do-university-efforts-to-limit?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web27 Apr 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkizeudftk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3mkak5ebvk22t“Demand letters to universities, a compact which is nothing more than a loyalty oath, ideologically driven state houses that are ending tenure and collective-bargaining rights, ending academic freedom — and you’re going to tell me I should be neutral?” Dr. Wolfson said. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Apr 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkak5ebvk22thttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3mjsgrxmq3k2jThe media is so unserious [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsgrxmq3k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3mjp2dyoecc2hAnd anybody who thinks that any academic field lacks “viewpoint diversity” has clearly never attended any academic conference where scholars are constantly disagreeing with one another on a range of different debates in our respective fields [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp2dyoecc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nelsonlflores.bsky.social/post/3mjngy3k42c2kTbh I am not sure if he is condemning Trump or the Catholic Church here 🤔 [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:ip5fegznberoo37gkuzoub6b/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjngy3k42c2k