If you accept how contemporary systems of oppression operate as a given, simply because you’ve never seen something different, you would have very likely done the same in any other era.

I’ve said this before but because today is Juneteenth it feels appropriate to say again: interview your older family members while they’re still alive. There’s so much history. My grandmother’s grandfather, who raised her, was born an enslaved person. I didn’t know until I asked.

Cab driver in Tokyo with extremely good English, which is not the market standard: “The way I see it there are only maybe 20,000 words in English, just like there are maybe 20,000 interesting places in Tokyo. So you just get through them gradually, you know.”

“Can’t let the number scare you. Start with the stations; everybody can learn stations. Then hotels. There’s more hotels but the big ones come up more often so you get lots of practice. Words are like that, too.”

“A hundred a week, you’re done in about four years. Worth the work. Been driving a cab for 20 years, got at least another 20. Helps pass the time between fares.”

The wonderful, terrible thing about having written the canonical article about salary negotiation is that every day people read it and apply its advice. That's a really, really annoying car to be racing against for impact. "What have you done *lately*?" kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/sal…

"Isn't this the place where they used to call us slaves?" "Yes sir." "Isn't this the place where they used to call us 3/5ths of a man?" "Yes sir." "Isn't this the place where they used to call us chattel?" "Yes sir."

fascinating maps that illustrate how the english pronunciation of the word "three" is changing businessinsider.com/maps-english-d…

A message to Europe, this morning on the White Cliffs of Dover. Sound on.

The way Elizabeth Warren speaks about almost every issue - whether it be the environment, healthcare, income inequality - & lifts up the experiences of Black ppl is so important. She doesn't wait for the "race" question bc she recognizes the way racism is entangled in everything.

When people bring up healthcare she speaks about Black home health aid workers, when people bring up the environment she speaks about Black communities on the front lines, when people bring up housing she speaks about the insidiousness of redlining. She does it on every issue.

There's an Icelandic word for weather that looks pretty, but is actually horrid: gluggavedur blog.inkyfool.com/2020/02/glugga…

This is a big deal.

A software act of love and compassion.

What is a microaggression? 14 things people think are fine to say — but are actually offensive bit.ly/2ZoIXMY #workplace #language

I swear I thought this was an Onion headline.

Linguists xkcd.com/2390/ m.xkcd.com/2390/

best video ever for learning Japanese hiragana ねyoutube.com/watch?v=BF6UA1…