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Eleanor Ridge

@eleanorridge.bsky.social

Linguist researching Vatlongos language of Southeast Ambrym, Vanuatu

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Thalia@thaliathalia.bsky.social · 7d ago

Pocket friends: Red Cross Wellington is ready for sewing machines for former refugees, and we need to get six machines from Palmerston North to Wellington. Might anyone be driving PN-Welli in the next couple of weeks, and be willing to transport things? Thanks!

Trung Le Nguyen@trungles.com · 2w ago

So Emma Woodhouse is a pretty girl who is pretty smart, pretty rich, and pretty much has no problems whatsoever. We’re off to a roaring start.

scilion.bsky.social@scilion.bsky.social · 2w ago

Your partner getting employment doesn't stop you being disabled suddenly - it might even increase the costs if they are unable to offer as much free help. But your access to financial aid for that disability is entirely dependent on that partners income.

Dr. Ethan Kutlu@ethankutlu.bsky.social · 2w ago

Do you work with production data? We have some updates for you. My students and I developed a tool that was accepted for publication in Behavior Research Methods. The tool is called: TAPA (Toolkit for Acoustic-Phonetic Analysis). Yes, the name is influenced by the tapas tradition. #speechscience

Illustration of a tapas table set with small plates of food, one labeled /tapa/. The image is created by Adriana Ojeda. Text reads: TAPA, Toolkit for Acoustic Phonetic Analysis. Runs on your local machine. Open source, free.
Prof. Nicole Holliday@mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 4w ago

In a keynote at Sociolinguistics and AI Conference, Prof. Rodney Jones analyzes discourses about “consciousness” and the “great awakening of AI” and explains ideologies of prompts as incantations. This is technoanimism, and it’s more evidence that people are orienting towards “AI” as religion.

“Waking up AI is about waking you up” TikTok clips
Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 4w ago

Preparing for a workshop on teaching critical thinking in STEM in light of current, let's say pressures, and decided I should start my talk with a slides that lays out the values that form my premises:

Slide header: Premises/values: Cards on the table Bullet points: * I care more about students’ learning than about the “accuracy” of grades or the prestige associated with a specific degree * I want to work collaboratively with my students, rather than policing them * I don’t want to spend any time reading, much less providing feedback on, something nobody wrote * Science is a human, communal process; there is no knowing without knowers; and our work cannot be autocompleted * Deep thinking and human connection are always more important than polish, speed, or “productivity” * Research agendas should not be set by & for industry
Ian Cushing@iancushing.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Lecturer in Critical Applied Linguistics at MMU (p/t; fixed term). Deadline August 16. The role would suit people with interests and expertise in issues concerning critical language pedagogies, language and social justice, and educational linguistics. manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

Lecturer (Critical Applied Linguistics) - (9121) | Manchester Metropolitan University Careers

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Dave Vetter@davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I join you from the Blaenavon wildfire in Southeast Wales, brought to you by BP, Shell and Equinor. Though it does not look dramatic, the fire has been out of control for days - for a very particular reason. 🧵

A photograph of multiple fire service vehicles parked on moorland. In the background, white smoke from multiple fires is rising.
Kilu von Prince@kilinguistics.bsky.social · 2mo ago

To do research is, among other things, to give value to ideas. To review is to critically assess the value of ideas. If you think this process can be done by a Chatbot, you probably shouldn’t be anywhere near it.

Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I did not submit anything to #EMNLP2026, which is probably part of why I missed this when it was first posted in May, but I want to say now that I am utterly appalled that @aclmeeting.bsky.social & @emnlpmeeting.bsky.social are engaging in this nonsense. 2026.emnlp.org/ai-reviewing... A thread 🧵>>

samuel mehr@mehr.nz · 2mo ago

calling all researchers who collect data from humans 🧠🧪 we are running a very brief survey (<1 min) about jsPsych, the software ecosystem for browser-based data collection. if you use jsPsych, or if you collect data with any other software, please fill it out at tinyurl.com/jspsych-census!

I am writing on behalf of the leadership of jsPsych, the software ecosystem for browser-based data collection used in experiments and surveys from many labs worldwide. It has been difficult for us to figure out how widespread jsPsych usage is, because the software is freely available online and we do not collect any information about downloads, users, experiments posted online, etc. While the software has been cited in thousands of articles, jsPsych usage is likely more widespread than those citations imply, because not every project using jsPsych leads to a citation, and because there are also often substantial delays between actual jsPsych usage and a publication. As such, we are conducting a very brief census of jsPsych users. If you collect data from humans using jsPsych or any other type of software, we would appreciate your filling out a very brief survey (<1 min) at tinyurl.com/jspsych-census. This will help us to understand how many people, labs, and institutions are current or former users of jsPsych, information that will help support the long-term sustainability of the jsPsych ecosystem. We would also appreciate it if you could circulate this message to your lab, your department listserv, and your collaborators, to help ensure that it reaches as many members of the research community as possible. The survey is being distributed by Josh de Leeuw, Melissa Kline Struhl, and myself. Please contact me (sam@auckland.ac.nz) off-list if you have any questions about it.
Ian Cushing@iancushing.bsky.social · 2mo ago

our linguistic justice oracy framework intervenes prior to the publication of the ‘official’ DfE framework. it offers a vision for an anti-racist and anti-ableist oracy which sustains the linguistic dexterity that all children bring to school with them. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

An oracy framework for England’s schools: linguistic justice edition

It is September 2028. All schools in England have just started teaching the new national curriculum. As part of this, they are adhering to guidance contained within a new oracy framework, named as ...

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Ian Cushing@iancushing.bsky.social · 2mo ago

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... An oracy framework for England’s schools: linguistic justice edition Open access and out now in Educational Review