This monastic, almost paranoid approach is not only because AI is a risky and unreliable research tool. It is a voice, a tone, a frequency...

A glorious listen with Jeanette Winterson @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk open.spotify.com/episode/4at8... "the glory of stories is that they change"

What if one needed a new reasonably performative laptop, but wanted it to be as free from integrated AI tech as possible? Hit me with options, please

30 Years of Keyness – in honour of Mike Scott - June 22 from 10 (GMT), free event online and in person. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about keyness from the best experts and to celebrate the wonderful Mike Scott www.ticketsource.com/school-of-th...

@proftaylor.bsky.social @anastasiakhan.bsky.social following up on our latest discussion at #nostalgia reading group, here is @zadiesmith.bsky.social www.instagram.com/reel/DYVOIrE...

I know it's very last minute but our May #nostalgia reading group is on. We are reading "Nostalgic Design: Making Memories in the Rhetoric Classroom" (DM for copy). See you tomorrow at 3 (CET), 🔗 soon

Oddly (for me) I have been reading a lot about gardening. It all started with Derek Jarman and with the prospect of soon having a terrace to take care of (kind of my own Prospect cottage); it turned out to be about so much more than gardening... Here's a great listen open.spotify.com/episode/7prs...

The 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 organised by @corpussocialsci.bsky.social #𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: how words tend to co-occur in patterned ways and how we can quantify these associations using statistical measures. On Wednesdays 12:00 UK time - schedule: Wed. 22/04/2026 Wed. 06/05/2026 Wed. 20/05/2026 Wed. 03/06/2026

A superb and necessary conversation!

“All students eventually arrive at this cliff where they realize what they've been dreaming to make doesn't exist in the models placed before them. And that's when true innovation happens.” My talk with Ocean Vuong. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZqO...

Holy self-citations, Batman!

@chanda.blacksky.app's 'The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey Into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred' is the best gift that could come from serendipitous link-hopping in a relentlessly fraught week. What a wonderous book! Can't put it down and can't wait to start on its new sibling

The #nostalgia reading group meets today at 3 pm (GMT+01:00). We will discuss Mark Fisher's hauntology and lost futures (see thread) Join us: teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

Truly excellent and should be mandatory listening for anyone in higher education

for the love of slow and the pale blue dot perspective... This was such a soothing listen, utterly beautiful open.spotify.com/episode/4idy...

There's good news too: like Orban's landslide defeat in Hungary! Now, since I'd rather not see Orban's face, I'll post a totally random but properly cheerful picture of cat + Mamdani instead #postgoodnews (especially on a Monday)

I found this conversation deeply disturbing and I don't need to be disturbed any further, but gosh so many people DO, so listen, please open.spotify.com/episode/5NBx...

"All in all, the use of ChatGPT for scientific purposes, in my honest opinion, clashes with core scientific integrity principles such as honesty, scrupulousness, transparency, responsibility, and independence. Therefore, I need to decline this invitation to review."

It was such a pleasure to speak with @aaronjbastani.bsky.social for @novaramedia.com about my book Empire of AI. Really thoughtful and thorough questions that explored the many human stories I highlight in my book. Order the book here: empireofai.com. www.youtube.com/watch?v=8enX...

Our new CUP Element on trust, discourse, and the Enron scandal is out and free to download! Download the book: www.cambridge.org/core/element... Watch the video abstract: vimeo.com/1125812463 Download the Enron Trader Tapes, annotated data and R code: osf.io/ngdhx

Our #Nostalgia reading group will meet on April 14th at 3 pm (GMT+1). The reading selected this month is an interview with Mark Fisher discussing Hauntology and "nostalgia of the future" my-blackout.com/2019/04/26/m..., proposed by @znnlnz.bsky.social

If Melania Trump championing AI does not give you the creeps, I don't know what will

In honour of “AI Literacy Day” join a star studded lineup in unpacking “AI” “Literacy” – Sunday, March 29th! Register here! Notaidoc.com/literacy

Another highly recommended episode of @lingthusiasm.com (or link Susy I am): @gretchenmcculloch.com and @superlinguo.bsky.social talking "raindrops" ♥️ with @emilymbender.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/2bhZ...

'In an open letter signed by more than 350 people, academics say they fear that the company “does not align” with the university’s artificial intelligence and procurement principles.' 2/2 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

All you ever wanted to know about colour and colour language and more. @lingthusiasm.com this was such a joyous hour. Absolutely loved it - I am going to buy @korystamper.bsky.social 's book first thing as I get off the train open.spotify.com/episode/3QG1...

innovation as taking the dumbing down to a whole new level

saved for next train ride

Last commute of the week, have a lovely weekend and let there be dragons -- Ursula K. Le Guin on imagination, story, participation and reading as room to be active share.google/fuiDsrZthW6u...

My brilliant, multitalented students Anastasiya and Margherita graduated with honours today. It was a delight to supervise their work and I will treasure the experience and the gifts

'As Antonio Gramsci pointed out, "common sense" is a "chaotic aggregate" of opinion, which is strongly affected by mainstream narratives. It feeds back into those narratives, reinforcing the status quo. He also observed that "The dominant ideas in any society are the ideas of the ruling class".'

@mixedlinguist.bsky.social on (among other things) emotion detection/sentiment analysis and context -> what counts and what truly doesn't and what I'd call "histogrammable and instagrammable" (Marchi & Taylor 2023 youtu.be/dcHUftGaSQU?...) little boxes vs complexity open.spotify.com/episode/56bR...

Last night watched "2073" @asifkapadia.bsky.social's docudrama on the near future and what could likely happen lest we do something. The real-footage makes you want to curl up in a ball and cry, but as Jeff Bezos says in a clip in the movie thanking Amazon customers: "you guys paid for all of this"

Don't miss @proftaylor.bsky.social talk on "The metaphor of voice & migration discourses" next week. Webinar in the 2026 series of Issues in Applied Linguistics, organized by Mary Immaculate College, Limerick. 14.00 GMT Mon. 23rd March teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi...

What she says

this looks interesting (4 pm CEST April 13th)

one for next commute

I read the book several times, listened multiple times to all of the podcasts and I never ever tire of hearing Arundhati Roy: magnificent "hooligan" - here beautifully interviewed by @naomiaklein.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3QoS...

Arundhati Roy empties the clip!

ChatGPT boss Sam Altman on AI "We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter"

Great new piece on disinformation just out on @jcads.bsky.social looking at the differences between fabricated and verified reporting

Here is the link for today's NOSTALGIA reading group meeting teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-joi... See you at 3 p.m. Italian time

William Kentridge, Blue Rubrics (Starve the Algorithm), 2019

The international boycott of ChatGPT has absolutely exploded. 2.5M people have already joined, and this is just the beginning. Go to quitgpt.org. Cancel your subscription, delete your account. And tell at least one person why. My op-ed: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

"return to form"? why is NYT talking about trump's war in iran like he's tiger woods back from a DUI?

Trump Attacks Iran. How Operation Epic Fury unfolded… The new Private Eye is out now.

Check out this blog post, co-authored with Monika Bednarek @corpusling.bsky.social in which we reflect on our collaboration, between @corpussocialsci.bsky.social and the Sydney Corpus Lab, addressing obesity discourse in the UK and Australia >> sydneycorpuslab.com/representati...

more or less the topic of my first class of the semester today

Our comeback choice for the #nostalgia reading group is a perhaps unusual and long (but I promise rewarding) listening: an interview (by @veganfuturist.bsky.social) with historian @adapalmer.bsky.social on her book "Inventing the Renaissance" open.spotify.com/episode/58Ku... Tue 10/03 (link soon)

I read that Kemi's Desert Island Discs was a bit of a train crash and I thought: that's a bit harsh, it can't be that bad... Well, having listened to about 1k episodes, I got to say it is (in both absolute and relative teams). So listen to Micheal Foot's instead www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...