Just stop instrumentalizing the queer community to justify your Anti-Arab racism and Islamophobia

Being queer means being the target of violence. Every queer person knows this. It's deeply engraved in who we are. We live with it every day of our lives. Not because of terrorism but because it is structurally enshrined in our "free" societies. Violence against queer people is not an exception ...

'Sign your card to Andy Burnham' to urge the govt to create safe routes to asylum claims and reject the divisive rhetoric around migration&asylum seeking

Refugee Action@refugeeaction.bsky.social · 2w ago

"As people who have rebuilt our lives here after fleeing conflict and persecution, we ask you to show the compassionate leadership we know you are capable of. " - Please sign our housewarming card to the new Prime Minister! @rasvoice.bsky.social act.refugee-action.org.uk/page/195459/...

10 out of 10, no notes. 🏳️‍⚧️

Natacha@natacha.bsky.social · 2w ago

PSA on the Victoria Line tube in London. Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.

⏳ Still time to apply - the deadline for applications is this Friday, 24 July

Prof Michaela Mahlberg@michamahlberg.bsky.social · last mo.

📣 Job opportunity: We are looking for up to 5 outstanding postdoctoral or doctoral researchers in #DigitalHumanities to join us at the @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social Please share widely 🙏 ⏰ Deadline: 24 July 2026 For more info: www.fau-jobs.de/jobposting/6...

Finally we have made the long-requested episode that you can share with your overly credulous friend who thinks the button dogs on instagram are actually cracking jokes rather than being highly edited (plus lots of whale facts!!)

Lingthusiasm@lingthusiasm.com · 3w ago

Can we teach dogs to express their needs better by pressing buttons? How about bonobos? What have we learned from the first-ever recording of a sperm whale birth? In this episode we get enthusiastic about how people use technology to enhance our communication with these three animals!

"The vocal gen Z backlash against AI should be a reminder to everyone that alternatives to an AI-saturated future are still possible." 👏 theconversation.com/gen-z-is-pus...

Gen Z is pushing back against AI – a reminder to all of us that the future isn’t written

Many baby boomers see AI as a revolutionary tool, while young people see it as taking away their agency.

theconversation.com

On the 5th August, the EHRC's Code of Practice becomes statutory guidance. It will make life even harder for many trans & non-binary people. It's unworkable & harmful. The Good Law Project is challenging & wants to hear from people affected by these exclusions. goodlawproject.org/discriminato...

‘Discriminatory’ and ‘unworkable’ trans guidance to come into force | Good Law Project

The equalities minister has ordered the government’s harmful code of practice will apply from 5 August – we’re pushing back

goodlawproject.org

Excellent (if slightly dystopian/terrifying) thread on Realbotix/classroom 'education' robots.

Julie Carpenter, PhD@jgcarpenter.com · 3w ago

As a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from humanoid sex robots to classroom "education" robots. Buckle up. nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/n... 🧵

Loved #cadaad2026? Publish your next paper in the CADAAD Journal: Open Access, no processing fees. Now accepting submissions: ugp.rug.nl/cadaad/about...

Final #BæFoLa talk of Season 10 coming up this Friday, July 17, 12:30-13:30 CEST 🍩🤩🍩 Join us to hear Revathi Suresh's talk on "Chattichoru as Spectacle: Constructing Malayali Identity and Food Narratives in Online Spaces". #LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics

We've launched our new Reddit community! 🏳️‍⚧️ Join us for UK trans advocacy, news, legal updates, complaint support, campaigns, and community discussion. Whether you're trans or an ally, we'd love to have you. www.reddit.com/r/tacc/

Trans Advocacy and Complaints Collective

TACC is an intersectional organisation started in 2024, dedicated to advocating for trans rights, addressing transphobia, and unofficial EHRC watchdog. This a space to share advocacy work, complaints...

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What a brilliant keynote by @nounfraze.bsky.social #cadaad2026 👏🏳️‍⚧️ #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights

we knew as CADAAD fans, you'd enjoy the CADAAD fans (ba dum tss) #CADAAD2026

Christopher Hart@chrishartlinguist.bsky.social · 4w ago

Outstanding and totally necessary merch at #cadaad2026

Already my favorite #CADAAD2026 freebie 😊

It was a two loaves kind of morning (thought I'd try one in a loaf tin this time, for more convenient slices - seems to have worked fine, using another loaf tin as a lid) #foodsky #breadsky

📣 Job opportunity: We are looking for up to 5 outstanding postdoctoral or doctoral researchers in #DigitalHumanities to join us at the @textandlanguagelab.bsky.social Please share widely 🙏 ⏰ Deadline: 24 July 2026 For more info: www.fau-jobs.de/jobposting/6...

This is such an important point.

Absolutely terrible decision on upholding trans sports bans. If you want to hear more on why these sports bans should end. Check out this podcast episode where we talk about why sports bans are wrong and and how it does the opposite of "protecting women's sport". whatthetrans.com/ep155/

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last mo.

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF IDAHO, WEST VIRGINIA LAWS BANNING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES FROM PARTICIPATING ON FEMALE SPORTS TEAMS

11th Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr2026). 2-3 July 2026. Online. Registration (free) closes on 30 June: sites.edgehill.ac.uk/lxgr. Invited speakers: Stefan Th. Gries, Martin Hilpert, Serge Sharoff. Contact: lxgr@edgehill.ac.uk #corpuslinguistics #lexicogrammar #lexis #grammar

Symposium: Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr)

The Symposium on Corpus Approaches to Lexicogrammar (LxGr) explores the interaction of lexis and grammar via corpus techniques.

sites.edgehill.ac.uk

A Brucie Bonus (Scotty Supplement?) for those travelling home from @corporadiscourse.bsky.social Here's the full live stream of '30 Years of Keyness – in honour of Mike Scott' held at @livunienglish.bsky.social earlier this week ▶️ drive.google.com/file/d/1PivK... Please enjoy & share! #CADS2026

I had such a great time at #CADS2026 😊 Shoutout to the whole conference team, especially @gavinbrookes.bsky.social! Can't wait for Vienna 2028 🙂

Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026@corporadiscourse.bsky.social · last mo.

And so #CADS2026 comes to an end. We had 4 plenaries, 99 papers, 18 posters and 150 delegates. Thank you from all of us to everyone who came and made it so special ❤️🩶

On a vanishingly small chance you haven’t heard about it from me during CADS (sorry not sorry), we’re @sofiaruediger.bsky.social @domini.bsky.social doing a conf about persuasive language in Tampere this November and the CFP ends on July 1 and you should all come! events.tuni.fi/persuasion20...

We are happy to announce that the call for papers for #ICAME48 is now out! 📢📢📢The call for pre-conference workshops is already open, while the call for abstracts will open in October. More info on our website: www.helsinki.fi/en/conferenc...

Call for Papers | ICAME48 | University of Helsinki

The conference theme is The Times They Are A-Changin'. We invite all submissions on corpus-based approaches to English, and especially abstracts addressing the theme of the conference, such as submiss...

helsinki.fi

Thanks so much for taking a picture @runli.bsky.social, and everyone in the audience for turning up in this heat/all the questions 😊 Give me a shout if you'd like a copy of the slides! #CADS2026

Run Li@runli.bsky.social · last mo.

A fascinating presentation by @instantlinguist.bsky.social looking at how Chinese food was represented by the UK press in the post-COVID period. #CADS2026

and #CADS2028 is going to 🥁 Vienna July 5-7

Loved #CADS2026 Find all your fellow CADSers here! Get at me in replies/DMs if you're not in this starter pack and should be go.bsky.app/AT6KX6X

Yeyyyy that's us! And in open access, too! We show that gender-inclusive forms (think the point median in French or the gender star / asterisk in German) index speakers’ presumed age, gender identity, and political orientation.

Journal of Sociolinguistics@jslx.bsky.social · last mo.

Benjamin Storme @bstorme.bsky.social, Naomi Truan @berlinguistin.bsky.social, Jo Lychnara and Gráinne Deasy explore the association of gender-inclusive language with left-wing, progressive politics in French and German. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Thanks so much for all the questions/feedback on my talk - #CADS2026 people are the best! Bonus: inspiring talks by @amandapotts.bsky.social @eugeniedugoua.bsky.social and @tianxin.bsky.social in the same session (co-author shoutout: @sofialampro.bsky.social @annaritamagliacane.bsky.social)

#linguistics #jobs 14(!) Ph.D. positions are available in the international research and training network "MultiLAwa – Multilingual Language Awareness in the European Digital Society". More information on the open #PhD positions here: www.multilawa.eu/open-phd-pos...