Vampires, werewolves, witches, ghosts, zombies, imposters, and frankenstein have something in common: they're all possessed by the spirit of linguistics! In this episode we get enthusiastic about various kinds of linguistic monsters 🧟‍♀️🧛🏻‍♀️👻🐺🦇

121: Vampires, ghosts, imposters and more linguistic monsters

Vampires, werewolves, witches, ghosts, zombies, imposters, and frankenstein have something in common: they're all possessed by the spirit of linguistics! In this silly spooky episode, your hosts Lau

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Do you want to know the way to St Martin’s Land? No, believe me, you do not. Visit Willerby. Read the wondrous stories but always follow the rules.

Willerby@welcometowillerby.bsky.social · 20h ago

The Fields. Part Three. A Willerby Shorcuts Story. What happened to Elsie? willerby.substack.com/p/the-fields...

And so they'll go on wrongly assuming that Rommel was a 'noble warrior' and that sure, the SS was bad, but the Wehrmacht were mostly just 'serving their country' That matters for how they understand both the WWII period but also how they understand their role and its moral implications *today.*

The people pushing this garbage are just untalented and lazy losers who assume the rest of us must be untalented and lazy losers too.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 22h ago

“Make accessible” a thing humans have been doing for as long as there have been humans.

"When lamps are lighted in the town" (1968) Artist: A Buchanan

I don't care if it produced an endless supply of hot delicious churros straight out of the glovebox, I will never buy a fucking Tesla

For my entire life I wondered how virulent racist and antisemite Henry Ford would have been talked about at the time and now I get to watch the press cover sig-heiling white supremacist Elon Musk without even mentioning that he's a nazi.

This may be the favourite slide I have designed for our first year core module this year.

Well I for one am shocked - shocked, I tell you.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3d ago

Employers worldwide are pulling back on AI as they navigate a flood of errors and low-quality work that sap employee time, raise privacy and security risks, and drive up costs

Fascists have no sacred cows. None. They always pay lip-service to the military, which they know they need to enact their policies of control & terror. But in the end, they see "the troops" just like they see everyone else: disposable ordinance to be used up & then cast away.

Nick Miroff@nickmiroff.bsky.social · 2d ago

NEW: ICE is trying to deport a mother of 4 while her husband is at Fort Benning in Army basic training. When she went to pick up the family's military IDs, Navy personnel turned her over to ICE. She's been in the US since age six. With @nancyayoussef.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

I’m seeking a specialist beta reader for my SF book. Someone who has knowledge of microbiology, specifically phage science, ideally in the context of pathogens / vaccinations / medicine / lab environments. I can offer some pay (self funded, not asking Tor to cover it) and would ofc give credit.

New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia: “They have said I only took questions from conservative outlets. However, The Daily Mail is not known to be a conservative outlet or friendly to conservatives.” Brits everywhere: *hysterical laughter*

To be frank, this is approaching Charles I's attempt to arrest the Five Members in 1642 and we ought to treat it with the same gravity. And perhaps remind those involved how things turned out for Charles I after 'all his birds had flown.' How about we not restage this particular episode?

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 4d ago

The federal investigation into Rep. Ilhan Omar aims to build a case to strip her of her U.S. citizenship and ultimately deport her, according to U.S. officials and others familiar with the probe on.wsj.com/4zBOcZ9

No, you’ve got something in your eye. #NiceThings

Basildon man's dying wish fulfilled as he meets Highland cow

A nurse says she was in tears bringing her cow Margaret to Christopher Cooksey's bedside.

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The best-selling Irish author Sally Rooney risks criminal offense in the United Kingdom for her continued support of banned organization Palestine Action.

Sally Rooney’s Publisher to End Sale of Her Books in U.K. Amid Palestine Support

The best-selling Irish author Sally Rooney risks criminal offense in the United Kingdom for her continued support of banned organization Palestine Action.

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Don’t like this trend for TV detectives where the detective has an underlying mystery - a murdered partner or a missing sibling or something - and everything keeps coming back to that. I just want a weekly mystery, that’s all.

But at least we’re now protected from Sally Rooney’s dangerous books

Scornflake Ghhhoul@scornflakegrrrl.bsky.social · 4d ago

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The big secret of the publishing industry: it doesn't matter if people love a book, *if it's not getting into shops in big numbers* it's fucked. And the books that get into shops in big numbers have money behind them. This does not. And that explains why I'm doing this...

Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 4d ago

FUCK IT. Let's give away 2 more signed paperbacks of my latest novel. Repost/reply to enter! You might like it if you like: Folkloric creatures Old records Intricate psychedelic stories The idea of circular time All shares much-appreciated. PS YOU GET A FREE LINOCUT OWL BOOKMARK TOO IF YOU WIN!

Don't forget that there's a livestreamed telling of M R James's (often overlooked?) ghost story "The Rose Garden" ay 8pm(UK) on Saturday night (17th Oct). You need to register here in advance rosegarden26.eventbrite.co.uk but if you can't catch it live you can watch anytime after.

Email yesterday from Microsoft that in coming 365 updates “You'll get access to Copilot in your productivity apps and advanced AI features”. Not “do you want” mark you, but “you’ll get”.

At the end of the day, don’t we all just want a cottage in the Scottish Highlands, an Agatha Christie novel, an alluring rainstorm, a crackling fire, a kettle on the stove, and a basket of freshly-baked emotional support scones?

Murray went on to found Endell Street Military Hospital in London, staffed entirely by women. One of the most successful military hospitals of the war. Its motto was: "Deeds, not Words." When the war ended, she ordered the suffragette flag raised, to the sound of cheers from the male patients.

Simon Jones@simonjones.bsky.social · 4d ago

A surgical team of the Women's Hospital Corps in the Hotel Claridge, Paris, #OTD 14 October 1914. Surgeon-in-Charge Dr Flora Murray (back to camera) administers chloroform, with Dr Marjorie Blandy (right). Source: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Can't wait, the best podcast ever! 😍 @dannybate.com

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Remembering Gwyneth Bebb today. She passed Oxford law finals with first class marks in 1913, but was refused a degree. The CA rejected her claim to become a solicitor, saying only men were "persons" within the legislation. In 1920 she finally became a Bar student. But died in childbirth in 1921.

A memorial bench for those who died during the Covid pandemic will be unveiled on Sunday morning at St Andrew's, Headington, the parish church for the John Radcliffe Hospital. It is inscribed with a line from Psalm 34, 'The Lord is close to the brokenhearted'. www.standrewsheadington.co.uk

They say the average person needs to see a product seven times before they decide to buy it. So, here are seven pictures of my novel JITTERBUG for you to enjoy! Available from @titanbooks.bsky.social and all good booksellers!

There is no ethical use of Gen AI, because it only exists and functions today by having violated copyright in stealing the work of a vast number of creatives, including authors.

Some pre-order news next week...

'A neighbouring pygmy hippo who wishes to remain anonymous says Altai was quiet and kept to himself, but unsubstantiated rumours abound in the penguin enclosure about alleged Freemasonic connections.'

Red Sky At Night / Joanne Sheppard@redskyatnight.bsky.social · 7d ago

Lads, he’s not someone from a council estate who’s won Britain’s Got Talent

Movie posters that could only be put up in British railway stations, one of a series of probably one.