Today's post goes back to the issue of #polysemy or multiple meanings in #AI discourse and calls for more critical polysemy awareness as part of AI #literacy makingsciencepublic.com/2026/05/29/a...

If 2,700 signatories, including six physics Nobel laureates, are not enough to convince them, then I don't know what they need... Hopefully this will end well 🤞 If not, many UK academics should fear for the stability of their careers these days... 🧪🔭

For weekend readers some reflections on technical #metaphors in #AI research in the context of the debate about Claude Mythos and what that might mean for #scicomm makingsciencepublic.com/2026/04/17/s...

Nature's way of saying: "Never give up"

The language in this X post is horrendous. Other than the obvious cruel nature of such rhetoric, student visa ‘crackdown’ is an act of self-destruction. The UK higher education sector is suffering because of this mindless mimicking of Reform.

"In the name of the University's final AI principle - responsiveness to the stakeholders involved (i.e. all of us ...) - we ask that the University of Edinburgh not renew its contract with OpenAI and stop using OpenAI as a supplier." docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

A really thought provoking talk by @eleanorinjapan.bsky.social on native speakerism, COIL, CLIL & Global Englishes. Your visit has been so enriching for the TESOL team! @uofgeducation.bsky.social @uofgtesol.bsky.social

Have you seen our venue for the seminar? It offers on-site accommodation and meals. Check out all the details on our website! 🔗 ¿Has visto ya dónde celebraremos el seminario? La sede ofrece alojamiento in situ y opciones de comidas. ¡Descubre más detalles en nuestra web! 🔗

I am truly honoured to contribute this chapter on figurative language acquisition to the Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (3rd ed.)

Super blog about multilingualism. This message from Denise Amankwah should underpin all the work we do as educators. 'we cannot assume we already know what meaningful inclusion looks like from a young person’s perspective. We need to ask them.'

It's always good to collaborate, learn and exchange ideas with colleagues and students from Universidad de Extremadura, Spain! #COIL,#Tesol, @uofgeducation.bsky.social

Analogy and metaphor galore! I was interviewed by the @nightsciencepod.bsky.social podcast about metaphor and analogy in science: open.spotify.com/episode/1hqU... Pairs well with @sflusberg.bsky.social's interview on metaphor on the @manymindspod.bsky.social podcast disi.org/the-aura-of-...

Why AI writing is so generic, boring, and dangerous: Semantic ablation

✨We are delighted to announce Reyes Llopis García as a plenary Speaker! Check the full abstract on the website. ✨¡Estamos encantados de anunciar a Reyes Llopis García como ponente plenaria! Tienes el abstract completo en la web. @rllopisg.bsky.social

It’s an honor to have Fiona Macarthur as a plenary speaker! Read the full abstract on the website 📚 ¡Es un honor contar con Fiona Macarthur como ponente plenaria! Lee el abstract completo de su intervención en la web 📚

Hi fellow #linguists & #educators! Interested in #multilingualism in #teaching & #learning? I'm giving a free, online talk Wed 18 Feb, 4-5pm UTC Lessons from a multilingual #library of picturebooks: Implications for teaching and learning Link here: tiny.cc/fu0z001 @multilinglibrary.bsky.social

📚Snapshots of LLYML course🤓 What is LLYML? 🥸 It is short for ‘Language Learning for Young Multilingual Learners’, one of our TESOL option course. On Monday, we had a COIL session with Spanish students online. It was a lovely chance for exchanging ideas and thoughts!🤩 #uofgtesol #uofglasgow

Greetings from Kyiv. Today, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I want to send a hug to everyone whose families suffered. Let’s do what we can to ensure such horrors never happen again. Let’s think of others, and care for them. 🫂

For those who want to try AI models without paying Silicon Valley fascists, mistral.ai is French and works really well.

A rather wonderful Burns-Broons crossover mural by Toots Spilled Ink on the Clyde Street legal graffiti walls in Glasgow. Cont./ #glasgow #streetart #mural #robertburns #burnsnight

📑 We are really excited to read your abstracts! Remember that the call for abstracts is open until February 27. More the info on our website. 📑 ¡Estamos deseando leer vuestros resúmenes! Recordad que está abierto el plazo de envío de propuestas hasta el 27 de febrero. Más info en nuestra web.

In these times of trouble, something a bit niche but also a bit soothing - a post where I dug out some old roots of #metaphor theory that we have largely forgotten makingsciencepublic.com/2026/01/23/f... #histling

Meanwhile, at Edinburgh Zoo

Given recent news, a reminder how Starmer is selling out the UK’s national security to the Trump regime and its cronies in Big Tech.

I know it's not the Hunger Games but BOY are Greenland winning the social media war.. youtu.be/hS0wFiWpU4U?...

Are you interested in: ➡️Metaphor in L1 ➡️ Metaphor in L2, L3, Lx ➡️ Vocabulary Then, you cannot miss our specialised seminar in Badajoz. ‼️Submission deadline: 27 February Dates: 2⃣ -3⃣ July 2026 🌍 Special venue and atmosphere Further details here ⬇️ eventos.unex.es/139535/secti...

Dorothy Rowntree BSc. 1st woman in UK to qualify in naval architecture & 1st woman to graduate in engineering from @glasgow.ac.uk Worked @ Fairfield Shipbuilding Yard #Govan. Later moved to #Lebanon & worked @ American University of Beirut' b. #OTD 16 Jan 1903 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...

This is going to be good!

The wolf supermoon over Argyle Street in the west of Glasgow. #glasgow #supermoon #wolfmoon #argylestreet #glasgowtoday

Good morning, Glasgow, and happy Winter Solstice to those of you who mark it. This was the Solstice sunrise at the Sighthill Stone Circle in the north of the city. Cont./ #glasgow #sighthill #wintersolstice #sunrise #stonecircle

Delighted to take part in today's session and meet some very inspiring language educators & material designers. I learnt a lot. Thank you @anapiquerpiriz-uex.bsky.social Rafael Alejo González for organising & the warm hospitality! 🥰

Congratulations! 🎉 @uofgeducation.bsky.social

Thought provoking panel discussion on moving towards more holistic, diverse assessment practices in our multilingual schools #NALDIC33

It was our first school visit to Thornwood primary today where our TESOL students taught some colour words at the Lunchtime Language club! #multilingualism

This bronze head of a goddess with her spooky, hypnotic inlaid silver eyes, will be roaming the shadows tonight on All Hallows Eve! Still looking for her body, 2,000 years later … 😱 🏺 1/ Hellenistic, 150-100 BCE, Mersin, Turkey. #BritishMuseum 📸 me

Meet one of our exhibitors! Library 4 Multilinguals recognises that literacy is what allows children to not only learn more and get indulged into captivating stories, but it is the tool that helps them truly connects with their heritage. #naldic #EAL #literacy www.library4multilinguals.com

Meet our second sponsor! Global Community Schools look for the top ingredients for transformative multilingual schooling. They’re selling their inspiration for free in an ideas exchange, and are looking for achievable, impactful, sustainable actions. #EAL #inclusion www.globalcommunityschools.co.uk

Some key takeaways from this year's BAAL annual conference on language/linguistics in Education @baal2025.bsky.social baallkale.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/s...

Meet Across Cultures, one of our Gold #conference Sponsors! Across Cultures offers a world-renowned service that partners with teachers to share the knowledge, skills and resources needed to support their #EAL learners within the demands of an evolving world. www.axcultures.com #SEND #assessment

Welcome to our wonderful 25-26 MSc TESOL students! @uofgeducation.bsky.social @uofgnews.bsky.social

A sign of a good conference is when you come away afresh, with new ideas & feeling more hopeful about the world. And after #BAAL2025 I do!!

Meet Jordin a student from our 24-25 cohort talking about his experience as a TESOL student here at University of Glasgow! www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qeR...

Chengyu was from our 24-25 MSc TESOL cohort - meet him here talking about his experiences on the course, both academic and intercultural. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg0U...

"I haven't slept for days," she says. "Every day, I wonder which will come first - a message from the UK government, or a missile.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Letter of the day (in the Times)

Barely an hour ago, Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif warned us all: “If this madness doesn’t end, Gaza will be reduced to ruins, its people’s voices silenced, their faces erased — and history will remember you as silent witnesses to a genocide you chose not to stop.” Israel just killed him.

We're going to need journalists to stop talking about synthetic text extruding machines as if they have *thoughts* or *stances* that they are *trying* to *communicate*. ChatGPT can't *admit* anything, nor *self-report*. Gah. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/chat...

We do language That's what documents how we once lived this life #GazaStarving #GazaGenocide #KeeptellingofGaza