Application for a PhD position at our department is now open! We are looking for applicants that are interested in areas of sign language linguistics, general sign language studies, or deaf bilingualism/multilingualism. Deadline is 15th Oct. Please share away! su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

I am really touched by all of the articles in the special issue of @jdsde.bsky.social in honour of Jon Henner. ❤️https://academic.oup.com/jdsde/issue

The Dr Deaf Winter 2025 Workshops are open! #drDeaf 👉 Phd Deaf for those in or considering a Phd. Join a cohort and make connections that will support you in your doctoral journey! 👉Writing Retreat. Write that academic paper in a deaf-centered space! Register at forms.office.com/e/HLfrV76SXU

How do hearing children of Deaf migrant parents experience their multilingual repertoires? @empacheco.bsky.social explains in the latest Language-on-the-Move post www.languageonthemove.com/children-of-...

No one needs to be told this, but in policing research there’s this thing called “cop culture” [see Robert Reiner] and part of it is a “thirst for action”. Police inherently want there to be riots and a chase because police work, for the most part, is extremely boring.

Written my first book review and what a book it was! "Life in a new language" by Ingrid Piller (@languageonthemove.bsky.social) & 5 other authors captured adult migrants' experiences moving to Australia. revistes.eapc.gencat.cat/index.php/rl...

Cannot believe it has already been a year since I successfully defended my PhD! A wonderful day full of memories I'll cherish for the rest of my life.

This whole evening summed up #eurovision

My Roman Empire is that Koko the gorilla never learned to sign and a conversation with one singular Deaf person would have saved a lot of time and a lot a shoddy research

I like telling authoritarians where to shove it in multiple languages

Our #CHI2025 paper „Speculating Deaf Tech: Reimagining Technologies Centering Deaf People“ with @katta.bsky.social and @mdemeulder.bsky.social is finally out! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 🚀 See you on the Eyeth?!

Thanks so much to @theguardian.com for having me, and especially @estelletang.bsky.social for her fastidious edits. www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...

I'll be presenting at the conference. Hoping to see some familiar faces there!

It's a time of morbid symptoms... Trump has exploited the war in Ukraine to plunder its resources for his own gain. Bending the knee to this man offers no real security—on a whim, he will sacrifice his so-called allies for profit. Irish politicians should boycott the White House.

Do you speak other languages at home? This will not hold your child back at school

So what about ASL, Spanish, indigenous languages, etc? Our languages are not “official”? What are the implications of this executive order?

On Nov. 7th, I told my sociolinguistics students this was going to happen. They did an activity on language policy and one of the lessons was that repressive regimes always try to criminalize languages that are not ideologically associated with nationalism. I’m sorry I was right.

Surreal to watch Trump and Vance so thoroughly humiliate themselves and give the rest of the world the final motivation they need to unite against the Putin surrogacy. It’s so shocking!

Donald Trump is not fit to be President of the United States of America. His presence in the Oval Office is a stain on the legacy of this country.

This made for a shocking watch... I'm speechless. Insults after insults, stroking his own ego, "Obama gave you sheets, I gave you javelins", "You did not once say thank you", "You're losing". youtu.be/MEv9WLPoa3I?...

It is not Zelensky and Ukraine that should be thanking the West. It is the West that should be thanking Zelensky and Ukraine.

Black British Sign Language project PhD studentship at the University of Birmingham (BSL translation of the ad will soon be provided): contact me if you're interested! 😀https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/scholarships-and-funding/postgraduate-scholarships/125-linguistics-communication

We are at 200 respondents! Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain and Austria are leading the top 5. Deaf/deafblind, using ChatGPT and living in Europe? You can still participate in our survey 🙏🏻

Happy Black History Month! Join us as we celebrate the contributions of Black Deaf and Coda authors. Explore books in African American Studies on our website: gupress.gallaudet.edu/Browse-by-Su...

Fun fact about Santa: although he lives in Finnish Lapland all the way up north, he's actually from further south, just near Jyväskylä. 👇🎅📍 maps.app.goo.gl/9o2pUXwf26ng...

Vale William Labov. Inspired by a colleague on X, I think my favourite Bill Labov quote is: “I have resisted the term *sociolinguistics* for many years, since it implies that there can be a successful linguistic theory or practice which is not social.” Thank you for everything, Bill.

A wonderful group of likeminded people. Shows the importance of having a deaf space in the academic world. Thanks @drjosephmurray.bsky.social and @mdemeulder.bsky.social for having me as a teacher! <Dr/

An absolute honour working with such a great team! <Dr/

New article is out! What's the right to learn sign language and a right to education in sign language worth, if you don't have the right to access or interact with other people who speak the same language? (with Johan Hjulstad, Ingjerd L. Ødemark and Patrick Kermit) doi.org/10.18061/dsq...

Being a linguist is inherently political. We know that all language is equal and that being treated differently because of your languaging has to do with the body you inhabit and not the language itself. #linguistics #language

Academics publishing an article before the internet: "Done. Time to smoke a cigarette." Academics publishing today: "My article marketing strategy includes some AI slop, a Bluesky thread, an X thread, a LinkedIn delight post, a to-camera Youtube video, a blog post, and a TikTok dance version."

Such a good read! The ending is *chef's kiss* 🤌🏻

I talked to reporters from Deaf Journalism Europe about the economic and societal costs and benefits of sign language avatars vs. human sign language interpreters, and the slippery slope of access rights. www.deafjournalism.eu/sign-languag...

South Korean citizens helped lawmakers scale the National Assembly walls so they could bypass military barricades and vote against martial law.

I know very little of South Korea's politics but what's happening over there right now with the martial law is crazy af 🤯

#DrDeaf teaching team met virtually to prepare for our #Phd Deaf and #WritingRetreat next week. Our team of @mdemeulder.bsky.social @noraduggan.bsky.social Kate Rogers + Peter Hauser cover humanities, social sciences, health, and STEM, so participants will be getting a broad range of expertise!

You mean it wasn't all for the greater good???

These next few years could very well be a turning point in Irish politics. A strong opposition from SF, SD, LAB, etc could pave the way for a realistic government without FFG. In 2016 SF, SD and LAB had a combined total of 33 seats. Today they’ll have 59. Change takes time, but it’s coming.

Of the 95 TDs elected so far, nearly 70 are white, middle-aged men—not exactly a diverse group. #GE24 #IrishElection2024

Ok folks, let’s get organised & use BSky’s best feature for #Election24 Some lovely soul has created a *CUSTOM FEED* for the election count - a tab on your homepage that will have all the #GE24 content - you need to *click here & then “pin feed”* bsky.app/profile/did:...

Glad to see Marie Sherlock get the fourth seat. But it was close, and hope the temptation isn't simply to ignore Hutch's voters and just assume it'll be grand next time. #ge24

Delighted to see my old lecturer elected. Loved attending his classes on Geographies of the Crisis in Maynooth. Right person in the right place! #GE24

Sherlock caught The Monk. It's elementary, Watson. #ge24

Tomorrow's headline: 'Sherlock Stops Bank Robber' #GE24

Sherlock saves the day! 👋🏻 to the possibility of having a mafia leader in the Dail 😮‍💨 that was too close of a call... #GE24

A nation watches Dublin Central with bated breath. #GE24

A reminder that more than 100 countries allow their emigrants to vote - Ireland is not one of them.

Ah well. Maybe after the next half decade.

Voting for an extremely conservative candidate then giving a second preference to a left-wing candidate seems to be a pattern among these far-right voters. The reason why I love the PR voting system is that you get more of an insight into people's rationale for voting (well, not always...) #GE24

Surely, the real headline is the outright rejection by the Irish people of Fasist, racist ideology. The media have hyped up the immigration issue all along, and when it really counts, they walk away. Ffs... #ge24 #speirgorm