🍔🍔🍔 Our very own PhD student Elliot bush has published a piece for In Conversation titled: 'Is a Veggie Burger Still a Burger? A linguist Explains' Read it here: theconversation.com/is-a-veggie-...

The likelihood of a trans athlete making the Olympics is already a small fraction of that of their cis counterparts because while cis people are training, trans people are trying to get healthcare. But let's make sure trans people can't even dream of competing.

iirc 1 trans woman has qualified for the Olympics in over 20 years and she came last

Brianna Ghey was not murdered in cold blood by a phone. Or a social media app. She was murdered in cold blood with knives plunged into her 28 times by two 15-year-olds fed a constant stream of hate and dehumanization by UK corporate media and the UK government.

Words & Actions podcast alert: @linguadigitalis.bsky.social, Matt Drury and I have recorded the first episode in a six-part series "The language of...". First up: language of emotion. To follow: the language of food, waste, nature, music and water. wordsandactionspodcast.wordpress.com

women, are they bitches?

I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social

hey y'all! my questionnaire on player experience in historical videogames is now LIVE! if you play videogames about the past, we want to hear from you! edu.nl/7w3yn

Reminder about our workshop! If you're interested in contributing, please send me an email so we can discuss it further.

On autism and loneliness: "Many autistic people want to build connections with people, but this can so easily become overstimulating and exhausting. This creates a vicious cycle. Autistic processing may intensify this cycle." From @craeioe.bsky.social: crae.ioe.ac.uk/trapped-in-a... #neurodiversity

A postdoctoral researcher position (languages and conversation analysis) open in Oulu! #EMCA oulunyliopisto.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

Many studies attribute the success of right-wing parties to sexism. What is sexism? How is it measured? How does it influence elections? My systematic review of studies on sexism as a predictor of political behavior and attitudes is about to appear in @poqjournal.bsky.social! 1/7

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

Whoever came up with this whole clocks changing business clearly did not have a pet cat

Phan, J. M.,et al. (2025). Bridging neurodiversity and open scholarship: How shared values can guide best practices for research integrity, social justice, & principled education Journal of Social Issues, 81(4) doi.org/10.1111/josi... Thanks @stimpunks.org for fab pg! stimpunks.org/philosophy/t...

We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology. 📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025. ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Reminder about our workshop! If you're interested in contributing, please send me an email so we can discuss it further.

TruthScraper and a number of other corpus collection tools are available on my homepage corpustools.prendrelangue.fr Do pay a visit, and please provide feedback! #linguistics #corpus #discourseanalysis

First draft of new paper done. Now for the impossible task of coming up with a catchy title 😭

Incredibly minor point in the grand scheme of the horror of this policy, but this would mean that many women with ILR would be unable to go on maternity leave unless they had a very high salary or an amazing employer package.

Yep, “autistic people often experience better rapport in all-autistic groups, and may be more sensitive to mixed [autistic/non-autistic] group environments than non-autistic people.” Research underscores autistic wisdom yet again! www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/... #autism #autistic #neurodiversity

We're surveying researchers about name changes in academic publishing. If you've changed your name and dealt with updating publications, we want to hear your experience. Any reason counts: transition, marriage, cultural reasons, etc. forms.cloud.microsoft/e/E0XXBmZdEP

The universe (and by the universe, I mean the Eurostar) is conspiring against me seeing NewDad tonight 😔

This morning I decided to restart one of my side projects, which I had to put on hold for a couple of months while the postdoc work got more intense. Then with horror, realised it not not just been a couple of months it's actually been a year and a half 🤦‍♀️

I am presenting at The Gestalt Language Processors Conference 2025 with Cathy Shilling from The Speech Den this week. We will be exploring all things GLP and Monotropism related. This is one of our summary slides. Find out more: registration.glpconference.co.uk/glp25

same guys who are "concerned!!!! about women's sports" when it means excluding and isolating trans girls from sport lol. misogyny all the way down. for so many men, women's sports is something inherently lesser and another stage for objectification and comedy with female athletes as the punchline

Wonderful paper reframing autistic neologisms (inventing new words) as linguatype (an autistic way of speaking) rather than a deficit onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... (with thanks to the ever-excellent @pkwalkersharpe.bsky.social for flagging it up!)

#BæFoLa is back! We're ready for Season 9 featuring delicious talks on: 🍆 food porn (Jonatan Leer) 🥕 veggie words (Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza) 🧁 baking videos (Carolin Schneider-Ward) 🍳 cooking videos (Stefan Hauser) More info at tinyurl.com/baefola #LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics

Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says: "Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is a way to communicate without talking, like using a letter board or typing on an iPad. We want AAC available for anyone who needs it, and for autistic people to be supported to communicate in the way that works best for us.

"Shape Inclusion for Autistic Educators in UK Schools" Are you an Educator in UK? Find out more about Jessica Spiegler's research project from UCL and join a focus group to discuss inclusion measures for Autistic staff working in schools.

#nowreading Male Separatism by @jessaiston.bsky.social

**CALL FOR PAPERS** Upcoming workshop at QMUL in January, looking at autism, focused interests, and communication across diverse contexts. How can we centre autistic interests as a strength rather than a symptom? Contributions outside academia welcome. Please share widely!

She has also written an intro to CDA for @engmediacentre.bsky.social emagazine (April 2025) and there's a new piece coming about the manosphere and language in the next edition in December.

Jessica spoke earlier this year at our Macclesfield conference, introducing some of the critical discourse approaches she has used with her data and how students can apply similar approaches to their own data.

Have now listened and it's great! So much to look at for A Level English Language students around representation of gender, language change and technology.

"Nigel Farage has refused to rule out a link between paracetamol and autism" is the lead item on LBC News. Why? Why? He's not a doctor, he's not an expert, he's not a Minister, he's not the PM, he's not the opposition. Why is his bullshit the most important item on the news? Why?

**CALL FOR PAPERS** Upcoming workshop at QMUL in January, looking at autism, focused interests, and communication across diverse contexts. How can we centre autistic interests as a strength rather than a symptom? Contributions outside academia welcome. Please share widely!

Amazing postdoc job with absolutely lovely Jelle Van Dijk in Twente, Netherlands Closing date October 10th Please shared widely on academic jobs lists. www.linkedin.com/posts/jellev...

The cruelty is the point katemanne.substack.com/p/the-trump-...

When a typo in your Google search leads to new and exciting philosophical positions

Believe trans people when we tell you the 'science' behind the Cass Report is as solid as the 'science' behind paracetamol causing autism.

Cannot believe we have to entertain the ridiculous and wrong idea that taking paracetamol "causes autism." But even if it did: - Women should be allowed to take pain relief during pregnancy - More autistic people is not a bad thing Misogyny and ableism all around.

Autism isn’t caused by medicine. Claims that paracetamol in pregnancy causes autism are false. We do not need to prevent or cure autism. Autistic people are valuable. Great guidance here from @contactfamilies.bsky.social for anyone who is worried or concerned with the news today.

Paracetamol (Tylenol) does not cause autism, and it is a source of great dismay that autism researchers and Autistic advocates still have to spend so much time battling misinformation. Research on causes of autism systematically fails to control for the existence and behaviour of Autistic parents.

Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today. Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943. Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s. Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.

received a negative email from a listener of Word of Mouth, immediately I brace myself worrying if it's an antifeminist guy complaining about the subject material. Turns out it was someone complaining that I started every sentence with "so" and that's unprofessional 😂

Was very happy to be invited on BBC Word of Mouth to discuss my research on the manosphere and language. If you missed the live broadcast on Sunday, it's available wherever you get your podcasts. pca.st/episode/5ce9...

It was very exciting to hear Dr @jessaiston.bsky.social on the latest episode of the "Word of Mouth" podcast, discussing her work on the language of the manosphere. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... #langsky #forensiclinguistics