Azhir Mahmood  🚀 🤖 🧬 🧠 🪐

If its any consolation, we actually get these sorts of emails every once in a while and its not how things work.

Definitely not any consolation, given the context.

The email included accusations of research misconduct. It was sent to official channels at UW. The response acknowledging receipt was forwarded to all of the linguistics faculty.

And believe me this isn't a one-off this has been going on for days. The idea that you can just ignore people like this is exactly what lets them continue to prey on other people.

Only this last string for days. This rotation of harassment between all of us for weeks and weeks on end, unpredictably, with no idea what will happen next, who will be targeted and how.

Yes, and that is awful.

Have the police been of any help? I’m pretty sure legislations for this exists. After the Richard Farley case the US introduced anti-stalking laws. They should be relevant here.

I called the police non-emergency number when I was most alarmed. They took my name and number, said they would call me back that day, and never did.