following cologne cathedral on bluesky is very soothing

'Voilà' is French for 'there it is.' 'Wallah' is Arabic for 'by God.' It's 'originating from a non-Western language', not 'wrong.'

We wrote a thing -- showing you don't need LLMs to model language production dynamics like the tendency for speakers to reduce predictable words. All you have to do is better model how speech rate varies depending on where a word is and how long the utterance is. arxiv.org/abs/2512.23659

And on a separate note, I will say I am quite tired of "predictive power" analyses that rely on model comparison that do not report coefficients or effect sizes. These probabilistic effects on language production are TINY. This is probably why there's so much variability in whether people find it

LAAJAMITTAINEN SUSIJAHTI haittaa lajin suojelutason suotuisuutta ja rikkoo 🇪🇺 luontodirektiiviä. Ilman muutoksenhakuoikeutta tapahtuessaan se rikkoo myös 🇫🇮 perustuslakia. @luonnonsuojelu.bsky.social tulee kantelemaan Euroopan komissiolle. www.sll.fi/ajankohtaist...

Lueskelin Hesarin mielipidepalstaa, ja siellä oli @tuukkatomperi.bsky.social mielipidekirjoitus Ja sehän olikin loistava Mitä ilmeisimmin valtiolle on nyt hleppo keino säästää, nimittäin Adlercreutzin tahtoma selvitys uskonnonopetuksesta on jo tehty! Vuonna 2022 OKMstä löytyy, yli 200 sivua asiaa

Brigitte Bardot did and said a lot of stupid shit, but I don’t understand the hate for this tbf. If you force women to give birth by the law, you’re gonna have to tolerate women who are deeply disturbed by motherhood, too. It’s a package deal.

Would be a good publishing opportunity for those looking at Korean students learning Nordic languages in South Korea or Korean students or teachers involved in language learning or teaching in the Nordic region.

Do you still support President Zelenskyy and the people of Ukraine? 💙💛 🖐️ Raise your hand 🔁 Repost if you stand with Ukraine

Nordic Journal of Linguistics is inviting contributions on L3/Ln acquisition in the Nordic context and/or involving Nordic languages. The journal welcomes studies of different linguistic domains, learning contexts, target languages, and more. Learn more:📚 https://cup.org/3K6Quvi

Something funny: I made a screenshot of an instagram recipe and for some reason the ipad partially translated it from French to German. In this process, French „cac“ (cuillère à café, teaspoon), got translated as German „Kack“ (poop), so now the recipe asks for two poops of mustard.

In May, we talked with Dr. Hanna-Máret Outakoski about the Sámi language and multilingual reading!

I did it in my university course this past semester. Both on the midterm and the final, I gave students passages from articles that they had read, discussed w the TAs in conference sections, and I covered in lecture and I asked them to explain what the passage says. It was a challenge for many.

Suomen sana ”körtti” kuuluu tähän samaan sanueeseen! Kaakkoismurteissa sekä osissa savolaismurteita ”körtti” on voinut tarkoittaa hametta tai mekkoa. Eri puolilla maata ”körtti” on tarkoittanut myös halkileikattua tai laskostettua lievettä, sekä takkia tai puseroa, jossa on tuollainen lieve. 1/2

I asked my nephew about a recent article I read that suggested being chronically online was becoming cringe to see if it was capturing a generational shift and his response was that it was now cringe to call things cringe

I want to believe

Morning run. Le Haut Jura is grave spectaculaire this morning

Kuten moni on todennut, tämä on hyvä juttu. Tässä vain sivutaan tunteita ja niiden vaikutusta, mikä on minusta avain ilmiön laajempaan ymmärtämiseen. Olisi hyvä saada jatkojuttu kollektiivisesta narsismista ja siitä, miten voimakasta vastustus "uhkaavaa" tietoa kohtaan on siinä kontekstissa.

Were it not so tragic it'd be hilarious that people are fretting about the supposed unmanliness of *literally saving the world*. This is (part of) the insane price we pay for dividing virtues into boy-virtues and girl-virtues and discouraging everyone from pursuing their full moral development.

"Academics literally cannot make genAI go away" we also can't make underage drinking go away and we're not advocating for installing bar carts in every classroom.

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.

Kukapa olisi uskonut persujen hallitusvastuun johtavan tällaiseen? (Vähintäänkin kaikki me, jotka olimme kuunnelleet persujen juttuja ja seuranneet heidän politiikkaa ennen vaaleja ja yritimme varoittaa tästä, ml. Sanna Marin.)

The most unforgettable compliment on your appearance? My top-3: 1️⃣ Beautiful like a Lithuanian! 2️⃣ Oh, I thought you’re a dentist, you’re so stylish. 3️⃣ You look like an old bitch. (A compliment to a 17yrs old, going to a bar as a minor)

”[Y]liopistot ilmoittivat, että yhteishaussa saksan, ranskan ja venäjän tutkinto-ohjelmiin voi hakea ilman aiempaa kielitaitoa. ”Enemmän pitää silti tehdä, erityisesti yliopistoa alemmilla tasoilla. Kaventunut kielten osaaminen on ongelma, jota mikään teknologinen kehitys ei ratkaise puolestamme.”

Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com

I spent Christmas with my parents, siblings and my kids and thought that this is the only holiday where we have traditions from long ago. We have the fir tree, as did our grandparents, we sing the same songs and eat the same food. The way we spend Christmas, connects different times and generations.

Christmas in Järvenpää - Träsknda, Southern Finland

The word "decision" is a key word in cognitive neuroscience. But what does it mean exactly? People's intuitions seem to differ on what "decision" means. For example: do animals (say, cats) make decisions? Most people would say yes, but I think some would disagree. Do plants make decisions?

Beautiful 💫

This beautiful song is about the etymology of joulu, jul or yule. It’s in Finnish worth to listen even without understanding the lyrics. Joulu (sana germaanin) Joulu (the word of German) The music group is called Kärhämä.

Don't fall for it. The reality is the EU is at its most popular since 2007 (right before the 2008 financial crisis).

Language ka what separates us from other animals (to some extent). Being a mammal, having a biological body, operating in a social network with other humans, living a life on Earth, and having language connected to all that, is what makes humans special, not mere language.

In a statement received by his parents, Kit McGodden, four, says that he is going to need a little more evidence before he signs up for this “be good for Santa” agreement.

Save the date: Finnish Cognitive Linguistics Association FiCLA and Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) organize a joint seminar on cognitive approaches to language learning 24th April 2026 in Helsinki. The language of the event is Finnish, although English may also be used if desired.

Vielä paria päivää ennen joulua kannattaa merkata kalenteriin tällainen tapahtuma kielenoppimisen kognitiivisista näkökulmista! Kutsupuhujana Helsingin yliopiston kognitiotieteen professori Riikka Möttönen, joka on erikoistunut kielenoppimiseen. Mielenkiintoista ja mielettömän kiintoisaa!

Ancient mysticism, electrofolk bangers, and a "Carol of the Bells" by a duo whose Metallica cover hit 500K views in a week. Fresh sounds guaranteed — euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/22/a-ukrainian-christmas-music-playlist/ euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/22/a...

Why do some advanced L2 learners process grammar in real time—and others don’t? 🤔 New paper w López-Beltrán, Dussias & @mh-christiansen.bsky.social We find that chunking ability -not working memory- predicts online sensitivity to L2 morphosyntax. 📄 doi.org/10.1177/0267... (Open Access)

Putin’s words are not worth much

Here we go again

Generative AI is as useful as a calculator that sometimes gives a wrong answer. You just never know when, so you have to check everything by yourself.

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you? -- Whoa, I'm gonna be saved so gooood!

Mielenkiintoinen juttu ja vastaa hyvin arkikokemusta, joka yliopistonlehtorina on tullut viime vuosina. Opetan sekä kielten että kasvatusalojen opiskelijoita, eikä heidän välillä ole mielestäni eroa, mutta yleinen lähtötason heikkeneminen on ilmeistä, mikä vaikuttaa väistämättä lopputulokseenkin.

The 1# movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go. Oh gosh, daring aerial scenes, a steamy love story, and a homoerotic volleyball game. 😳

Meanwhile in Finland: ”That’s so childish.”

This is soooo embarrassing for the academic culture. So apparently it is quite common (?) not to read and check the validity of the sources you refer to? And some of us try to do some serious research here… 😣

KäTu-symposiumin 2. kiertokirje on julkaistu! 📣 Teema: Konflikti ja harmonia 🚄 Missä: Itä-Suomen yliopisto, Joensuu 📆 Milloin: 17.–18.4.2026 🎤 Plenaristit: Stefan Baumgarten (Graz) ja Tuija Saresma (UEF) 🎯 Abstraktien dl: ma 12.1.2026 📌 Lisätietoja katu-symposiumi.com/toinen-kiert...

Very happy to announce that my alma mater Bielefeld University (Germany) now offers an international linguistics master's program, 100% taught in English! Here's a link with more information: linguistlist.org/issues/36/38...

Ilta-Sanomat alkaa löytää kriittisen narratiivinsa. Samaa ei voi sanoa esim. @hs.fi sta.

New working paper 🚨🚨🚨 What was the origin of modern economic growth? Joel Mokyr had a Nobel winning answer - growth took off when science and technology began to reinforce each other But can we test this quantitatively? This paper does so – read more ⬇️ 🧵

Exciting times ahead! After 22 wonderful years in York, I’ll be heading to Oxford in January to take up a Professorship in Applied Linguistics. To say it’s a privilege would be an understatement. Joy and exhilaration mixed with awe and that familiar “what-have-I-just-done?” feeling.