Well, here we are. But this wouldn't fit in a Bluesky post, which is sort of where I'm doing my microblogging (Or fake-tweetomg, or whatever you want to call it) these days.
I'm trying to do less social media of late, which is too bad because without social media I don't really have any kind of social life.
Anyway, most of my social media time is consuming YouTube, and fortunately the Algorithm is serving up things I'm actually interested in. So here are my current recommendations for linguisticky things you may want to pay attention to:
Etymology Nerd
Adam Aleksic, author of Algospeak (2025, Knopf) is a linguist (with a BA from Harvard) and content creator who studies the interaction of social media on language and language change.
Human1011
Roy Bualuan does an interesting mix of linguistics content, from phonology, morphology, syntax, pragmatics, language change, etymology and so on. A polyglot with a BSc in physics (from Notre Dame) he also posts content about his Draconic conlang and how he dates antique maps.
Griffin / W0rdsatw0rk
Griffin Basset posts and eclectic mix of linguistic content, mostly in the form of shorts with cool facts about language. One of my favorite videos is of him finding his way around a strange city with directions only in Toki Pona, a conlang with fewer than something like 140 'native' words and nonce borrowings mostly for proper names.
RobWords
I know nothing about Rob Watt, but his YouTube channel is primarily about word and phrase origins in English, and occasionally other languages, with sporadic forays into punctuation, spelling, and so on.
Grahamamscheper
The latest addition to this list, Graham Scheper has twin BAs (UMaryland) in Old English and English history. He is conversant enough in Old English to interview another scholar in it, and recently posted a video in which he translates the Bayeux Tapestry.
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