"Severance" and the important, mysterious job of speaking the language of work
Creator Dan Erickson weighs in on how the very precise, intricate Lumon-speak conveys the weirdness of it all.
Abbas Kiarostami’s Humanist Legacy Lives on in Universal Language
Abbas Kiarostami wasn’t the first Iranian director to explore these binaries, often by using moviemaking itself as a ...
US targets diversity, equity, inclusion at United Nations
The United States has warned U.N. organizations UNICEF and UN Women against any focus on diversity, equity, inclusion and ...
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Plain Language Toolkit Creates Safer Workplaces
The Spell It Out toolkit provides guidance on avoiding unnecessary jargon, using plain language principles, and fostering an ...
In Trump’s Washington, Words Become Weaponized
The previous administration’s progressive lexicon has been swept away, replaced by a new official language of a bureaucracy ...
Landmark studies track source of Indo-European languages spoken by 40% of world
A pair of landmark studies, published Wednesday in the journal Nature, has finally identified the originators of the ...
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How misused mental health jargon reshapes conversations
Popular mental health terms like gaslighting and narcissism are often misused in daily conversations. Learn how this impacts ...
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Humpback Whale Song Shares a Key Pattern With Human Language That Might Make It Easier for the Animals to Learn
Despite humans and whales being separated by millions of years of evolution, our vocalizations follow the same principle ...
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SAG-AFTRA and Telemundo Reach Tentative Agreement to Cover Spanish-Language TV Performers Through 2028
“It’s an honor to serve my fellow Spanish-language television performers, and I’m proud to be able to secure these new terms on their behalf.” SAG-AFTRA’s national executive director and ...
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ND House committee recommends passing bill defining language of term limits
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) - Term limits for North Dakota lawmakers went into effect in 2023, leaving into question how this impacts those who were elected to serve from 2020 to 2024. The House ...
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Every Non-English-Language Song to Reach the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100
39 total non-English hits have reached the top 10, including 13 by Bad Bunny. By Xander Zellner Non-English-language music has a long history on Billboard’s charts. While, naturally, the U.S ...