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My latest piece for @noemamag.com is about the connection between languages and nature. Where plant and animal species are disappearing, languages, dialects and unique expressions often follow a similar pattern of decline.

"The little boy had disappeared from the front garden." Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @jwebsterayuso.bsky.social! Subscribe to Damn History: buff.ly/3CqxZ0z www.thedial.world/articles/new...

Thrilled that my piece for @thedialmag.bsky.social "Can a Comma Solve a Crime?", on how linguists help crack cold cases, has been featured in the @longreads.com editors' picks!