collaborator WAIFU & MOM & NEON // associate editor S&P // prof ICREA/UAB // linguistics:semantics/pragmatics/philosophyoflanguage/etc // trans // she/her // easycat // 異界愛者 // 移民 newest book: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031945854https://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3mtlmjhivl22gI find it genuinely shocking that people don't universally recognize the phrase "biological men" both as a dogwhistle and as a way of framing a conversation that assumes a highly specific conclusion. Don't forget: "A is a biological X" implies that A is an X! Not ok! [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Aug 2026 11:05 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlmjhivl22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3msuw2ypy2c2bam I misremembering or did people in all historical eras were scared of eclipses and *avoided* the path of totality?12 Aug 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msuw2ypy2c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3msqiidcy3k2awhat is up with enes kanter freedom? (also, why freedom?) i had a good impression of his activist work at some point but .. well. what happened?10 Aug 2026 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqiidcy3k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3mspmsqpdu22v"dobby's grave" fiasco: most toxic fanbase ever? guess it is in keeping with all the rest of it!10 Aug 2026 07:56 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mspmsqpdu22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3msn3ogoiqc26the pure satisfaction of watching fifa and infantino self-destruct in real time09 Aug 2026 07:44 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msn3ogoiqc26https://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3msgx4ji56c2kis this a bit? seriously [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgx4ji56c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3mseboczixc2yhonestly a little surprised that aipac would just come out and say they would rather have a republican govt in the us, with all the horrors that brings, than someone who supports rights for palestinians05 Aug 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseboczixc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3msdkvjj3hk2jis there a term for this kind of half-covert linguistic act in linguistics or philosophy yet? [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdkvjj3hk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3msdksovgfk2jFREE PALESTINE [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdksovgfk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3msdkouut522jwrote and erased my first 100 responses because just too angry at this horrible person (kathleen) [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdkouut522jhttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3msdfhfqr222jit's so easy to destroy things, but also building things is not nearly as hard as the status quo makes it out to be .. let us all raise our expectations of those people we allow to have power over us [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Aug 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3msdfhfqr222jhttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3ms37hyw2vs2sanother example of how the right weaponizes seemingly useful and innocuous tropes .. why they so good at this and the left so bad [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Aug 2026 05:04 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms37hyw2vs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3mrferm7kr22fhate to break it to you baby but we are all engaging in forced labor [capitalism]24 Jul 2026 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrferm7kr22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3mr3s36th722cwhy do I just automatically read alex byrne as talking in bad faith? cannot help but feel this is a kind of moral failing of mine, though one grounded in experience (sorry I should not be sarcastic)20 Jul 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3s36th722chttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3mr36hfb6ik2qthese things are usually boring but this one, rarely, is NOT [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr36hfb6ik2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3mr2yxjszjc2tthough it's nice to see the spanish team holding palestinian flag etc it makes me sad to realize I no longer really believe the evidence of my eyes when it comes to photo & video in this sloppy age20 Jul 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2yxjszjc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3mqyqzcfq7s2bperhaps its time to stop publishing with hachette too [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jul 2026 12:15 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqyqzcfq7s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3mqr3fks3nc27this is so far from ok and there is no standing by and observing any longer for those who have any presence or power to do anything at all in these situations, there is no more time [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqr3fks3nc27https://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3mqqt3snqc22sREAL TALK [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Jul 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqt3snqc22shttps://bsky.app/profile/elinm.bsky.social/post/3mqqsyk2gz22sworld cup 2026 feels like some (bread and) circuses shit even more than usual tbh16 Jul 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:w5h3yneall3c4xvx5cka3mxv/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqqsyk2gz22s