So a great thing about contracts is that they usually have and end date and/or means of ending them. If your university or other organization bent the knee to OpenAI or any of the other chatbot providers, when a contract is up, there is an opportunity for pressure: forms.gle/ZGn5brEGU4t9...

CFP REMINDER: you like linguistics? you like queer stuff? then get your LavLang abstracts in (please)! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🪻💬🗣️ Submissions are due by 28 March, that's almost two weeks, you got this! See you in Edinburgh in September 💜 lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231

🚨Save Languages at the University of Essex 🚨 #langsky #linguistics UoE plans to cut German, Italian, Portuguese and Chinese + all evening classes and merge Language and Linguistics with a larger unit. Only 2 languages will remain next October. Please sign our letter: tinyurl.com/SaveLingLang...

🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 We’re hosting the Lavender Languages and Linguistics Conference in Edinburgh this year! If you work on queer linguistics topics, please submit an abstract, we’d love to see you there! Conference dates: 2nd-4th September Submission deadline: 28th March CfP: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231

'Queer and Trans Speech Science and Technology', an #Interspeech2026 Special Session offering a space to build community and provide a foundation for future trans- and queer-driven speech research sites.google.com/view/is-quee...

📢 Call for papers: Interspeech special session on Queer and Trans Speech Science and Technology! Submit a 4- or 8-page paper to Interspeech by 25th February. More info about the session: sites.google.com/view/is-quee... Info about submitting to Interspeech: interspeech2026.org/en-AU/pages/...

Do you work on language and sexuality, queerness, gender, or something related? If yes, please submit to LavLang! WIP and project launches are welcome along with completed work, and it's for all career stages, check out the CfP here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231

Queer and Trans Speech Science and Technology Website at: sites.google.com/view/is-quee... Brought to you by: @netzorg.bsky.social , @ninamarkl.bsky.social, @greatlikecheese.bsky.social , Juliana Francis, Francisca Pessanha.

An extraordinary response to the call for Special Sessions for #Interspeech2026! Consider submitting your paper to one of these accepted themed sessions 👉 interspeech2026.org/en-AU/pages/... (and stay tuned for more details!)

Such an inspiring, powerful event! Huge thanks: @naz-andalibi.bsky.social @haimson.bsky.social for their brilliant talks & sharing insights with me in the panel chat, @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social @kevinguyan.bsky.social @sj-bennett.bsky.social for putting it all together, & to everyone who attended!

🔔new paper alert🔔 I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Really looking forward to this upcoming @aies-edinburgh.bsky.social event, where the great @naz-andalibi.bsky.social and @haimson.bsky.social will be talking about emotion, gender, marginalisation and AI 🤩 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gender-and...

hear me talk about how AI is *really* ruining your job, not by taking it but by undermining your autonomy, enabling (nay, encouraging) your boss to monitor and assess you all the time, and removing everything that sparks joy in your working day Edinburgh (🥰), 28/11!

Our CfP information for LavLang32 is now live: 📅 6 January 2026 - Abstract submission open ⏱️28 March 2026 - Abstract submission deadline 📣 8 May 2026 - Notification of decisions lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

So good to see #LavLang32 being shared so widely! Join us for the annual Queer Linguistics conference, which in 2026 travels to Scotland for the first time thanks to @christianilbury.bsky.social and University of Edinburgh lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

🔔 My paper w/ @ninamarkl.bsky.social and @bjoernross.bsky.social is out: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... We surveyed TikTok users on motivations for using phrases like "le$bean". Primarily associated w/ topics that are moderated on SM, but also desire to express community + be playful.

In a move surprising Probably No One, I have written about syntax pedagogy! This time for COZIL's blog: here's my five quick tips on how to make your syntax #linguistics classroom more LGBTQ+ friendly! lgbtqlinguistics.wordpress.com/2024/10/18/m...

Catching my breath after two wonderful conferences last week! This @interspeech.bsky.social Special Session on Queer & Trans Speech Science & Technology was a real highlight, honoured to be part of it - huge thanks to @greatlikecheese.bsky.social, @ninamarkl.bsky.social and the other organisers! 💜

in honour of interspeech this week, i’d like to issue a reminder that everyone has an accent, and that’s beautiful, actually: www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_... www.isca-archive.org/interspeech_...

V proud to say I'll be presenting our work on trans men's vocal style-shifting and metalinguistic awareness next month at LavLang 31 @lavlang.bsky.social!🪻🌈💬 If you like LGBTQ things, linguistics, or Manchester, you should come too! lavlang2025.wordpress.com

I think this is the biggest screen my work's ever been shown on (...so far?!) #UKIS2025 at University of York last week. It was wonderful hearing about the varied and inspiring work everyone's been doing - especially on York's own YorVoice project 💬💜

Excited (and also nervous) to present our project on trans men's vocal style-shifting at UK and Ireland Speech next week 🥳 I'll be in Oral Session A, on Monday afternoon, please be nice if you're there 🙂‍↕️ sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/u...

... and to all the interviewees, who were a delight! The paper presents a mixed-methods study exploring phonetic features of trans men's speech in different contexts, along with qualitative interviews about their voices, experiences and metalinguistic awareness. I'm really proud of it!

Super excited about this paper!

Thanks Simon, I had the best time working on this!