Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

solidarity with all colleagues and students at Nottingham who are having their jobs and degrees destroyed by management. the relentless annihilation of language provision in UKHE is something that *every* academic should be calling out and pushing back against.

Academic authors, I have 2 slots for editing/translation (Spanish to English) – last 2 weeks of November – first 2 weeks of December Areas: linguistics & language; cognitive psych & cog sci; pedagogy/education; anthropology; applied engineering Get in touch/more detail: www.linguaverse.net/edit

As an experienced structured #WritingRetreat facilitator-participant, I can (and often do!) give you a long list of writerly benefits. But it can be just as useful—and sometimes more impactful—to hear what my writer-participants say about the experience. linguaverse.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...

I love myNoise—it's my top site for focus (I'm easily distracted). It has a variety of stunning soundscapes and the listening experience can be customized in loads of ways. Stéphane is a master of sound; his site is a labor of love—no enshittifying is afoot here. I'm a happy patron. 😊 mynoise.net

Oh wow, as someone who dwells on the opposite side of the peninsula (and clearly doesn't travel much to points south), I had no idea these mergers where happening in various parts of Andalusia. More reason to head south and visit friends in Málaga ASAP. #LanguageChangeIsCool

Now it's @superlinguo.bsky.social's turn to be featured at the awesome language and linguistics library (@habeliburutegia.bsky.social) here in Donostia-San Sebastián. 😍 For now in English, but one day perhaps in Spanish or Basque? 🙏🤞

Saddened to hear the news of David Bellos’ passing. He was one of our keynotes last year at #METM24. Glad I had the opportunity to meet him.

Fall is my favorite time of year. I’m trying to walk around Donostia as much as I can before it’s too wet, windy or dark. Caught this lovely bit of afternoon light while walking through a park on my way home yesterday.

In social writing environments like facilitated writing retreats, it's easier to resurface "forgotten" lessons about the tensions inherent in writing. I wrote about two recent lessons: 🎯 don’t lose sight of your desired impact 🎯 trust, even when you doubt linguaverse.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/l...

Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.

New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: Thoughts on traveling far to encounter yet more AI hype buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...

Just back from #METM25, held in Barcelona. Another fabulous conference with quality content and time with colleagues and friends old and new. I'll have more to say soon, but for now I want to put #METM26 on your event radar: 15-17 October 2025, Perugia, Italy. www.metmeetings.org/en/presentat...

✍️ There's still time to join this week's online writing retreat starting Thursday (4-6pm, CEST) and running all day Friday. ⌛ Registration closes Wednesday at 11pm, so don't delay. www.linguaverse.net/23-24-oct #StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #CommunitiesOfPractice #WriterWellbeing #AcWri

✍ Writers! I'm running three, 1.5-day online writing retreats this autumn: 🗓️ October 23-24 🗓️ November 13-14 🗓️ December 4-5 Timings are most suitable for writers in the UK/Europe. www.linguaverse.net/writing-retr... #StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #WritingRetreats #AcWri

when do we start using a term other than “social” media?

This looks to be an interesting read for the many multilinguals whose attrition occurs in non-pathological contexts.

Acabo de ver que Reedsy ha añadido la opción de no trabajar con textos que se hayan generado con IA como motivo para rechazar un encargo y me parece fenomenal. [Más info sobre Reedsy aquí: enlalunadebabel.com/2024/04/05/r...

Ireland’s first ever monolingual Irish dictionary will launch this October. No word for “avocado”? Now there is: abhacád. www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025... #FITEurope #Irishlanguage #lexicography #languagedevelopment #interpreting #1nt #translation #t9n #xl8

why AI should not replace human translators #38265073 "A striking example from Prof Federici's research showed the risks of unchecked machine translation of cancer information, with "Don't stay at home if you develop a fever" being translated as "Do stay at home" www.ciol.org.uk/ai-translati...

If only there'd been some way to predict this... Sigh. On a slightly less sarcastic note, this is why many editors ask if AI has been used in writing – because a lot of editing is taking LONGER if it's AI text rather than human text. Not always, obviously – but often.

Both these books are gorgeous, unforgettable 🔥. Grab 'em if you can! I'll be looking to see which others I can get from Spain.

Kill it with fire. 🔥🔥🔥

Why am I such a fan of writing retreats? At every retreat I: 🎯 make more headway on my writing project than I would have otherwise 🛠 gain insight into my writing craft, process, strengths and weaknesses 🙌 learn something from other writers 🚀 come away with motivation and momentum to keep writing

Any York based folks in the mood for some comedy this evening, why not join us for Right Here Right Now? Tickets @ www.ridinglights.org/rhrn, feat myself and @nghodder.bsky.social 😯🔥

Immigrants aren’t taking away your health care. Billionaires are. Public school teachers aren’t cutting your food stamps. Billionaires are. Trans kids aren’t cheating the system to make themselves richer. Billionaires are.

Still energized and in thinking mode after yesterday's annual planning class with @jovanevery.bsky.social, I've hiked up Donostia's Monte Urgull to do some dedicated thinking and writing about the joys and logistics of running #WritingRetreats and #SocialWriting projects in 2025-2026. #MiniRetreat

The two rules that I wish I could impose on authors (and people upstream from me, like acquisitions and developmental editors) are two sides of the same coin: 1. The author should finish writing before copyediting begins. 2. The author should stop writing and rewriting after copyediting starts.

Last year we interviewed @emilymbender.bsky.social‬ about how computers process language Her book, The AI Con, written with @alexhanna.bsky.social‬, is out now! lingthusiasm.com/post/7678035...

Grim. This is the second example of this. I'm also seeing increased interest in LLM "peer review." Doing these things is to give up on genuine scholarly production. LLMs can't think, reason, etc...Why would we outsource tasks that rely on those things to them? People have lost their minds.

This may be of interest to peeps in Barcelona who were at #METM24 in Carcassonne. Or for that matter, to anyone with an interest in sociolinguistics, language policy, or Romance language exposure/variation. 🤩

It’s an absolute honour to be teaming up with Helen Sword for this FREE WriteSPACE event about my book Writing Creatively for Work Or Study with a lively 1hr conversation plus a hands-on writing workshop. Join us to explore creative academic writing: www.helensword.com/register-wri...

Have you seen this article from @theguardian.com and found it 'interesting', 'thought-provoking, even? Well, sorry to disappoint… #linguistics

📣 The #METM25 programme is out! 🦋 This fantastic 20th anniversary #METM programme is the fruit of many rounds/layers of behind-scenes work done by conference organizers, content team, peer reviewers, copy editors, proofreaders and all who submitted abstracts. 🙏 www.metmeetings.org/en/programme...

Analysis of ~80,000 peer reviews in computer science showed (i) papers from Asia/China/TOEFL-required countries receive lower ratings, (ii) this bias slightly reduced post ChatGPT, (iii) reviewers now link ChatGPT "style" with scholar origin, then with the quality of science: doi.org/10.48550/arX...

The Spanish words 'año' (year) and 'España' (Spain) contain the letter ñ, called eñe. It comes from a double nn. One of the n's was abbreviated as a squiggle on top of the other: ñ. 'Año' comes from Latin 'annum' with nn, but 'España' comes from 'Hispāniam'. My graphic explains how it got its ñ:

Multitasking seems efficient and sometimes even necessary when you have many time-sensitive tasks on your plate at once. But for most people multitasking is inefficient. linguaverse.wordpress.com/2024/12/12/t... If writing is on your plate, a 1.5-day retreat can help. www.linguaverse.net/22-23-may

Facing one or more of these #AcWri -related challenges? —an upcoming deadline —a text that requires thinking w/o interruptions —lack of motivation or progress —uncertainty as you deal with reader feedback My upcoming online retreat (May 22-23) can help. Join us! www.linguaverse.net/22-23-may

Writers don’t always ask their editors what they think — @harmaathinking.bsky.social did. I hugely enjoyed exploring linguistic (in)directions with you! ridgewritingretreats.com/2025/05/07/l...

We know they're ghouls, but it's still a shock when they say the quiet part out loud. "The group, which is seeking unspecified damages, argued that the public backlash prevented the company from pursuing “the aggressive, anti-consumer tactics that it would need to achieve” its earnings goals."

✍️ My next structured writing retreat is coming up! 📆 22-23 May, Zoom. 🎯 Write without distraction in a supportive environment. 👥 Solidarity rate for those who need it. www.linguaverse.net/22-23-may #StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #WritingRetreats #AcWri

Busco participantes para un estudio piloto (1 entrevista de 1 h aprox) sobre prácticas docentes básicas en la enseñanza de la traducción. L@s participantes deben ser profesores de alguna asignatura centrada en la práctica de la traducción (pref. último curso), en grados en Traducción en España.

Dinkysnack Cumberland works, if I may scramble the eggs. Brings me back to @gretchenmcc.bsky.social writing about Blubberwhale Frumblesnatch for The Toast web.archive.org/web/20201112...

Tickets for this years International Creative Research Methods Conference are on sale now! Get your ticket here: creativeresearchmethods.com and join us for what is shaping up to be another outstanding event. #ICRMC #CRMethods

FYI: If you want to find this on BBC Sounds, look for the book/author, not for Book of the Week.

Sometimes, it doesn't mean anything. The writer just felt like putting it in.

@adelegoldberg.bsky.social i tried to summarise the core ideas of Construction Grammar and mentioned your work in this video i'm not a trained linguist so i'm sure there are inaccuracies, feedback is very welcome! youtu.be/u_qGcp3XpAs?...

Would love to see the survey Qs, method, raw data and n, cause this smacks of some hard spinning of a pile of BS.

Important, urgent thread on UT-Austin getting rid of any writing requirement beyond gen ed core to placate right wingers who fear students developing knowledge. (I'm not exaggerating.)

Nuestro recuerdo, reconocimiento y agradecimiento a Teresa del Valle, Premio Emakunde 2010 y referente imprescindible en la incorporación de la perspectiva de género en el ámbito académico. Goian bego.