Join us for the webinar: What languages can do for you: Opportunities across the globe. Dr Peter Haysom-Rodríguez will discuss how the study of #languahes and global cultures can help you stand out in the job market! Booking required: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/talk-... #employability

Alliance Française Leeds are offering free online French lessons as part of Leeds City of Languages. If you would like to find out more about them and how to sign up check our website: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/onlin... #leedscityoflanguages #french #languages

We are delighted to support @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social - a two-week celebration of languages, cultures and global connections! Take a look at the varied programme of over 80 events taking place in and around Leeds and online, and the dedicated resources page for schools! #LeedsCityOfLanguages

Have you heard of the UK Linguistics Olympiad? Join us for this webinar Monday 10th of November! And find out more! It is a national language-analysis competition for students in KS2-KS5. Free to enter! More on👇https://leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/events/introducing-the-uk-linguistics-olympiad/

Do you want to boost your language students at A-level? Sign up to this webinar with Michael Slavinsky, founder of Languages For All, a charity which aims to increase the number of students at A-level & degree level from state schools. More info 👇: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/programme/we...

A crucial concept today, but until the 1980s rarely encountered in non-technical usage: *empathy*. Its etymology, definition(s) and implications unpacked here... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empathy

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Underway in Teesside! 🫡 🔴⚪ #WxmAFC

Discarded working titles for Peaky Blinders.

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Spending time outdoors this weekend? Be on the lookout for thunderstorms! Keep up with the latest NWS forecast before you head out. Know how to receive a thunderstorm warning if one is issued. Identify where the nearest shelter is located. If the skies turn threatening, seek shelter immediately.

I’ll be on BBC Radio Solent at 09.20 this morning talking again about the viral US youth slang ‘six seven’, now irritating teachers in UK schools too.

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🎙️ Running an Editorial Agency—a live panel with four agency owners sharing their different models. Thinking about starting an agency? Or just curious how they work? This one's for you. Tues., Oct. 28 | 1:45 pm ET Register: zurl.co/MJlCO #AmEditing #FreelanceEditing #SmallBusiness

How well do you know your pasta? 🍝 Tiny, giant, stuffed, or wheel-shaped, names can change from town to town. One person’s paccheri might be another’s rigatoni. Find your favorite pasta  ➡️ w.wiki/3po6

One of the challenges to red wolf recovery is misinformation, especially the belief that people don’t want them back. But new research tells a different story: people living where red wolves once roamed support their return and recognize their ecological and societal value. Read more: bit.ly/3JoPlyF

Vax To The Future! ============ Read my full comic for FREE at the link: coloradosun.com/2025/10/24/w... Our award-winning comic is out every Friday! Support @coloradosun.com if you can. www.ralanwrites.com

How do you build digital spaces that actually strengthen communities? In this webinar with Healthy Places by Design, New_ Public Co-Director @deeptidoshi.bsky.social explains the Civic Signals, a framework for flourishing digital public spaces.

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The dark truth behind FormatMyPaper.com

A Sandhill Crane couple walking along a small pond's edge. Many of the Sandhill Cranes at the park now have all gray feathers or have only a few rusty feathers, like this couple. Sandhill Cranes get their rusty coloring from painting iron-rich mud onto their feathers in the Spring. 1/2

Bristol! 1 Week To Go!

Niche Political Journalism Request: I'm looking for political recipe books. I have the Conservative Party's "Corridors of Flour", but surely there are Labour and Lib Dem versions? Or even ones from further afield...

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We are looking for people from all walks of life to join our Readers’ Advisory Panel. Apply by 4 November. www.ipso.co.uk/news-analysi... #PressStandards #Journalism #IPSO #ReadersPanel #UK

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Public media organizations are facing an existential threat — how can they not only survive this moment but emerge stronger? If you’re at Attention: Govern or be Governed, Friend of New_ Public Catherine Tait will be tackling this with @camposmello.bsky.social & @emilybell.bsky.social tomorrow.

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thereviewshub.com/michael-rosen-getting-through-it-the-old-vic-london/ Best review I've ever had!

Voters should pick their representatives, not the other way around. Glad to get the chance to talk to some of the volunteers and organizers doing the hard work to make sure Prop 50 passes. This vote will have critical implications, not just for California, but for our entire country.

About a decade ago, Słubice, Poland, showed Wikipedia some love. On 22 October 2014, the town unveiled a statue dedicated to the volunteers building Wikipedia. Four figures hold a jigsaw‑piece globe, echoing the project's logo. Learn more about the Wikipedia Monument ➡️ w.wiki/FLha

At @engmediacentre.bsky.social we've been doing a survey of teachers' views on the current state of English teaching. We've had a great response but we'd love more, incl more from out of London. If you're an English teacher please do it. It doesn't take long! www.surveymonkey.com/r/EngTeach2025

In his book ‘Why Q Needs U: A history of our letters and how we use them’, Danny Bate not only tells the history of the Latin alphabet but also that of the English language. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, so I decided to write a review. You can find it here: taalaandewandel.com/2025/10/22/w...

🚨 New LSE job in political science 🚨 We're looking for a *Full or Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy* to join the LSE School of Public Policy Please share! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

In the age of AI, @arctictony.com argues that journalists and media organizations must tap into “The Archipelago of Trust”: the group chats, newsletters, and private networks that are grounded in connection and trust. At the core of that archipelago? People.

The Trump administration’s shutdown has turned its back on working people, cutting off food aid for families already doing everything they can to get by. That’s why we’re deploying the California National Guard to help distribute food and investing $80M to keep food banks stocked.

Interested in #LatinAmerica and based in #Scotland? We are an interdisciplinary research network co-led by @uofgsocsci.bsky.social and the School of Modern Languages and Cultures. Follow us!

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Is anyone here aware of *diachronic* studies of contrastive focus reduplication in West Germanic (English, Dutch, German...), e.g. "salad-salad", "Freund-Freund", etc.? Has someone claimed it's parallel development or calquing?

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Deadline tonight! RSVP to join my office's hackathon and learn more about this year's Congressional App Challenge ⬇️🚨 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...