On Mar 12, 2025, at 8:31 PM, Artem Evdokimov
<[email protected]> wrote:
The first thing that happens as freedom of speech dies is
that diligent self censorship becomes the norm. People
acquire a Komissar inside their heads.
When I was a kid, my parents had to remind me daily not to
share with school kids the jokes told at home because 'mommy
does not want to go to Gulag'.
Word to the wise.
Artem
On Wed, Mar 12, 2025, 15:21 Katherine Sippel
<[email protected]> wrote:
I love this conversation. It is an important one right
now that addresses the intersection between the precise
language needed to communicate science and the greater
zeitgeist around politicization of vocabulary. It will
be interesting to see how the etymology of scientific
language migrates in response to this selective pressure.
However, if you will allow me to put on my tinfoil hat
for a moment, I feel compelled to remind the faculty
from publicly funded universities in the US that your
institutional emails may be subject to Freedom of
Information Act requests. I was at the University of
Florida when the Organic Consumers Association decided
to go after Kevin Folta via US Right to Know, and it was
nasty. I would not put it past the administration to
weaponize FOIA requests in the future to root out
dissent among US academics. Just something to consider
when engaging in these types of conversations.
Cheers,
Kat Sippel, PhD, ELS
On Wed, Mar 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM Harry Powell
<[email protected]> wrote:
"_golf_ of America” particularly apt with current POTUS…
Harry
> On 12 Mar 2025, at 17:49, Oganesyan, Vaheh
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> You never know what is on their minds (Musk&Don).
Would you guess anything related to Greenland before
hearing it, or golf of America?
>
> Vaheh
>
> From: CCP4 bulletin board <[email protected]>
On Behalf Of Harry Powell
> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2025 1:30 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Words to avoid
>
> I don’t thnk that’s why it’s been banned...
>
> > On 12 Mar 2025, at 17:09, Ian Tickle
<[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >
> > --------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Ian Tickle <[email protected]>
> > Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2025, 14:08
> > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Words to avoid
> > To: Herbert J. Bernstein <[email protected]>
> >
> > I spell it 'polarisation' anyway (from Late
Latin 'Stella Polaris' = 'Pole Star').
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > -- Ian
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 11 Mar 2025, 20:00 Herbert J. Bernstein,
<[email protected]> wrote:
> > Dear Colleagues,
> > When I got home today, Frances presented me with
an article from the
> > NY Times which contained the attached list of
words and the explanation,
> > "As President Trump seeks to purge the federal
government of "woke" initiatives, agencies have
flagged hundreds of words to limit or avoid,
> > according to a compilation of government documents."
> > For this audience in particular, please note
that "Mx", "polarization", "orientation", "status",
"systemic". "discrimination", "equality",
"expression", "barriers", and "bias" are among the
words to avoid. Care should be
> > taken in writing proposals and reports since AIs
may be used for screening
> > and they are' likely to miss explanatory context.
> > Regard,
> > Herbert
> >
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