Some big news to share! From September 1st, I will be joining the University of Birmingham as a 125th Anniversary Fellow and Associate Professor of Languages and Linguistics. www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/un...

⏳ 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...

“Indeed, scientific publishing is starting to experience some Taylorism with the insertion of AI. Rigorous human checking of AI-generated research papers is creating bottlenecks as publishers strive to maintain the integrity of the scientific record.” www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

AI in scientific publishing: Slower, worse, and more expensive

There’s a saying in the management world, popularized by NASA administrator Daniel Goldin in the 1990s, that the goal of technological improvements is to make products faster, better, and cheaper. Alt...

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I've just received a PhD supervision enquiry email which includes the phrase "I was particularly interested in your research on (personalised sentence) and believe it aligns closely with my proposed research." Do not do this.

"more outputs less understanding" HELL YEAH! A very insightful read. You may want to have a look at @lmesseri.bsky.social and @mjcrockett.bsky.social previous article as well: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Artificial intelligence and illusions of understanding in scientific research - Nature

The proliferation of artificial intelligence tools in scientific research risks creating illusions of understanding, where scientists believe they understand more about the world than they actual...

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M.J. Crockett@mjcrockett.bsky.social · last mo.

The uncritical adoption of AI in science is alarming — we urgently need guard rails. Two years ago, @lmesseri.bsky.social & I made some predictions about how AI would impact scientific research. Here we take stock of what we got right and what we missed. 2/4

📣 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...

Jobs x5: Doctoral Researchers and Postdoctoral Researchers at Text & Language Lab in the Department of Digital Humanities and Social Studies (DHSS) at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg www.fau-jobs.de/jobposting/6...

data visualization is my passion.

Excited to be in Malta for #IVACS2026 and honoured to have given a plenary this morning sharing reflections on the acts of Comparing and Contrasting in corpus linguistics! Huge thanks to Odette Vassallo and the team for the invitation and to Anne O'Keeffe for the very kind introduction!

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Daria Dayter@coocho.bsky.social · last mo.

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...

On Friday, there is our @lgas-baal.bsky.social summer event! And the AGM! Registration here: baalgensex.wordpress.com/events/forth...

New publication: My contribution in the International Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics on "Corpus Linguistics and Journalism" has just been published. It is not OA but feel free to DM me if you'd like to read it

The WHO announced today that the deadly heat wave now boiling across Europe—which has caused more than 1,000 deaths last week alone—is the predicted and horrifying result that climate scientists and human rights advocates have been warning about for decades.

I really enjoyed #CADS2026 last week! So many fascinating presentations on how we can analyse large datasets of discourse with corpus methods! I presented our analysis conducted for @proacteuresponse.bsky.social, which looked at the ways users discussed clinical trial studies during the pandemic.

On my way home after #cads2026. I have thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of it! the community is going stronger and stronger making it a place where we all blossom. Looking forward to the next one in Vienna!

thrilled to have my paper "Hypothesis-testing in corpus-assisted discourse studies A methodological exploration" published in @ijcl.bsky.social www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour... Thanks to colleagues, reviewers and editors for the precious feedback #corpuslingustics

Had a fab time at #CADS2026 presenting my work with the wonderful @niallrcurry.bsky.social about actors' self-narration on Desert Island Discs. Play here with the 12M words (8 decades) corpus - open access and richly annotated (Marchi & Ferraresi 2027): bellatrix.sslmit.unibo.it/noske/public...

BBC News weather presenter Ben Rich on the heatwave affecting the UK and Europe, "It would have been impossible, even just fifty years ago, without the effects of climate change"

Thank you for a brilliant and well-organised conference! Inspiring talks and great to meet so many cads people. Little bit hot tho 😆

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 ❤️🩶

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 know it's Saturday☺️& some of my corpus fellows have just returned home from a wonderful #CADS2026. Next week, I'll start a chapter on gender, sexuality & language + corpus. I'm familiar with a lot of studies, but feel free to share your work so that I can give a good overview of what's being done!

Sesame Street's Cookie Monster: 'So Share It Maybe'

ALT: Sesame Street's Cookie Monster: 'So Share It Maybe'

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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...

Very tired today but also very grateful to have our little #CADS community. Thanks to everyone who came and made #CADS2026 what it was! Now, over to you, Vienna... 🍰☕️ #CADS2028 @ursulalutzky.bsky.social @susannekopf.bsky.social @mathewgillings.bsky.social

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 ❤️🩶

Our final preparations are underway and we are very excited to welcome everyone to sunny Lancaster for the conference tomorrow! #CADS2026

Well, my talk on Starmer’s Labour, due to be delivered tomorrow, will already be outdated by then! 😂 The perils of working on politics in progress.

Started my journey towards Lancaster, while listening to @tonymcenery.bsky.social talk about Keywords. Perfect mood #cads2026

Headed up to Lancaster, my old stomping ground, for #CADS2026 where @markmcglashan.com is leading our @mantrap.bsky.social talk on the mainstreaming of the term misandry in the press! I can't wait to get stuck into the great programme and reunite with familiar faces (and meet some new ones!).

Sun and heat in Lancaster today! If you're hungry or need a coffee on arrival or departure, I can empirically prove Tuck on Meeting House Lane (close by the railway station) to be an excellent choice. They close at 16:00, though. #CADS2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social

Today is the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (UN)! Feel free to read more on this day and visit Dr Małgorzata Chałupnik's staff profile via the link in bio. #uon #cral #culturaldiversity #communication #un #research #researchcentre #appliedlinguistics

Here's a recent book publication involving CRAL! Alongside Dr. Jason Whitt's work, editors Dr. Gavin Brookes and Dr. Emma Putland received their PhDs at UoN. Feel free to check out the book and Jason Whitt's staff profile via the links in bio. #uoncral #appliedlinguistics #research #medicaldiscourse