Overlooked this when it broke last Wednesday but what a marvellous and inspiring tale it is. Shout out to #digitalhumanities and #historicallinguistics #lingcomm

Timeline cleanse. Musicians and kangaroos. Photo from my daughter's wedding rehearsal seven years ago

Dunno about the rest of you, but in an average week I’m now regularly receiving between 10-15 AI-generated, fake requests to speak at book clubs, podcasts, radio, social media campaigns etc Not only is it so depressing, it’s also getting harder to tell the genuine emails from the deluge

Pi(e) day pi(e) facts: The guy introduced the Greek letter for pi was the father of the guy who discovered proto-Indo-European (PIE)

A tale of two national broadcasters.

I go through this nightly 👇

Worth reading the full thread. Government buy-in for this marketing garbage is very worrying

We're a Youppi and an Ace away from having an awesome board of peace of our own.

Much simple enjoyment to be had in this thread. Oh, the humanity

To (presumably mostly American) skeeters wondering what 'figgy pudding' is...this is the most perfect answer

Highly recommend reading this pithy text on pop culture from @brittlestar.com. No time for sitting with video but the audio version of the podcast will be accompanying my walk this morning!

Ugh. Deleting Firefox now. Browser options narrowing 😕 (Don't forget adding -ai to your search string in Google will rule out AI slop in results. Tedious, but we must resist)

No, we're not. Medieval universities were focused on the liberal arts; they taught ancient Greek and Latin languages and literature, philosophy, music, astronomy, and theology—all subjects that are slated for elimination at modern universities, along with history and medieval studies. 1/

Worth tuning in wherever you get your podcasts

Music doesn't need to change your life to matter. Sometimes a song just needs to make your Tuesday commute better. That's valuable too. Joy doesn't have to be profound.

Good ideas spread slower than bad ideas because bad ideas are simpler. "It's complicated" loses to "they're evil" every single time.

🇨🇦❤️ Why does Canada exist? These answers tug at my hearstrings. These virtues are all relative of course. There are dark shadows in Canada's history too. But the net direction is progress. In the general direction of good.

A statement from me, on behalf of the Australian Cartoonists Association:

New review of Peter Prince and my edited collection, ‘Subjects and Aliens’, feat. @sophiecouchman.bsky.social , Margaret Allen, Emma Bellino and Margaret Allen

Pls. repost and share: #OA #OER free scholar-produced resource for teachinge and readinge *The Canterbury Tales* at the Universitye level: THE OPEN ACCESS COMPANION TO THE CANTERBURY TALES opencanterburytales.lsusites.org

Have read it! Life and opinions. Thereof.

This is a huge moment in linear broadcast TV. When I began my TV career in 2005, even history documentaries were expected to get 2 million viewers

Very much worth reading. Every. Word. Hold fast

Being right on the internet follows a Gartner hype cycle: - Make claim - Everyone disagrees - Provide evidence - "Well ACTUALLY it's more complicated" - Trough of nuance - Five years later someone gets credited for your idea - You're still mad about it

Timeline cleanse

There are certain words that scream Canadian. You may be thinking "touque" or "Timbit." In her latest post for "Anatomy of a Entry," Emma Ferrett makes the case for quill pig (or quilly pig) as a true Canadianism. What makes a Canadianism? Find out here: www.queensu.ca/strathy/quil...

Just realised we are coming into 'your time or my time?' season. Thoughts and prayers Australia

Vale Dr Jane Goodall. I feel like I've lost a childhood friend. The kind you love and respect and desperately want to be like for their pure virtues. Unlimited intellect, curiosity, kindness, gentleness, discipline, tenacity, hope. And sense of humour. Imagine if we were all like Jane

Jane Goodall understood better than most the impact humans have had on the planet. Having witnessed so much environmental deterioration during her lifetime, she was as much an activist as a scientist. Read our piece from 2024 on the legendary primatologist. 💚

In #barcelona now. The weather is extreme. TV news is reporting dramatic and catastrophic storm conditions. Absolutely *nothing* to be found in online "news" sources. Have we reached a turning point in media coverage?

Guess What? Canadian! - Standard Time

Thanks to the wonderful team at the Hachette warehouse for making this morning’s mammoth book-signing a lot of fun. Words for Life is out next week. I hope you like it. linktr.ee/WordsforLife

Well played.

Wonderful, affirming article. And I'm pleased to see that one of the public statements in support of Mitch Brown is from Fremantle Dockers captain Alex Pearce.

Congratulations Caleb and Jordan 💜 #FremantleDockers #AFL

Too easy! My @smh @theage cartoon.

It's been a big week at the office. And quite a journey #linguistics #lingcomm #historicallinguistics

Or quackers

It's all in the prosody

With Tom Lehrer's passing, I suppose this is a moment to share the story of the prank he played on the National Security Agency, and how it went undiscovered for nearly 60 years.

Top of the morning. One of those golden moment-savouring dawns #foreverfreo #aflpiesdockers

@ozworders.bsky.social @susiedent.com I cannot believe this was ever even a suggestion, let alone an action. Howls of protest are needed: Email ANU Vice-chancellor, [email protected] and Dean of Arts, [email protected]. And Education Min [email protected] RESIST THIS #lingcomm #lexicography

Photo-bombing pigeons...made my day 😆

I was reminded of this anecdote by another anecdote today, and it made me laugh #colinhay

Deeply warming moments on a cold wet night (with a red hot finish though 💜) Thank you @sharonh.bsky.social for sharing this. I thought I was capturing it live on my iphone but it tuns out I didn't press the record button #foreverfreo #SonSon

This #historicalsociolinguist has a new LME rabbit-hole to fall down 😍 #linguistics #lingcomm

Repeat anecdote: Long ago when writing speeches for a gov't minister I used em-dashes carefully to lay out rhetorical and prosodic patterning. Found out after 5 years that the admin assistant who handled the transfer of docs had been systematically removing them