Glenn Hadikin
@glennhadikin.bsky.social
Linguist who recently arrived from Twitter. Faculty Director of Postgraduate research.
Trope doing rounds in Reform circles that Hannah Spencer is a "fake plumber" because those people can't imagine that a Green politician might be anything other than the sum of their horrid prejudices. If it were a lie she'd have been playing the longest of long games... because here she is in 2013.
Just come across the apparent Badenoch quote "monster of mass harvesting of Muslim votes" At what point do the Muslim MPs on the Tory benches think "yeah... she really doesn't think we're people"
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe real threat to democracy doesn't come from 'family voting'. It comes from the losing side refusing go accept they've lost
The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science theconversation.com/the-cost-of-...
The cost of casting animals as heroes and villains in conservation science
New research shows how these storytelling choices can distort science – and how to move beyond them.
theconversation.com
Spoiling a lot of takes but begging a large number of other questions... "Worsening graduate fortunes, it turns out, are a particularly British problem" www.ft.com/content/649d...
𝗚𝗟𝗢𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗟𝗔𝗖 – 𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗼𝗻𝗴: 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗩𝘂𝗹𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲 The Bunong language in Cambodia is vulnerable due to Khmer Rouge-era displacement. Ethnographers and activists strive to safeguard its use and cultural heritage. #glocallac #linguistics 📘 More details : glocal.soas.ac.uk/saving-bunong/
How can we decolonise Corpus Linguistics? Please share any good papers or tasks for an MA class.
I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.
Jack Jenkins@jackjenkins.me · 8mo agoHave a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
In these times of trouble, something a bit niche but also a bit soothing - a post where I dug out some old roots of #metaphor theory that we have largely forgotten makingsciencepublic.com/2026/01/23/f... #histling
From metaphors on market day to metaphors we live by
I was talking the other day with some people about AI metaphors. During that discussion the thorny question came up ‘what are metaphors anyway?’, followed by ‘is there anything in language that’s n…
makingsciencepublic.com
There should be grave national concern about one of Britain’s leading economic sectors and chief export earners shedding tens of thousands of often skilled relatively well paid jobs. Universities are also key to local and regional economies across the country.
Pay-off spend up by two-thirds as universities shed 13,000 jobs
Analysis of UK sector accounts shows number of job losses well above predictions, with experts warning cuts are not over yet
timeshighereducation.com
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
![Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters
For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22]
He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreihmgl3sxrmb5t6edpjnixyanj2rvcf43zdv46mbifhl7hdtmz5u6y)
theconversation.com/english-less...
English lessons shouldn’t be an immigration test – why the UK’s new policy risks deepening exclusion
The UK government says tougher English rules will aid integration. Esol experts warn they risk turning language learning into a tool of exclusion.
theconversation.com
Today’s activities: an all-day meeting to decide how specifically to make our surviving degree courses worse, the general outlines already having been imposed (fewer modules, fewer hours per module, fewer assessments, fewer subject modules, fewer academics).
The 2025 Word of the Year is "slop," both as a noun for low-quality AI-generated content and as a combining form for anything of little value. Read the full press release. #WOTY2025 #ADS2026 #LSA2026 americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
2025 Word of the Year Is “Slop”
New Orleans Marriott–Jan. 9—The American Dialect Society, in its 36th annual words-of-the-year vote, selected slop as the Word of the Year for 2025. More than three hundred attendees took part in the…
americandialect.org
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
The glottal stop is probably one of the simplest, yet interesting, sounds in language. https://aboutlinguistics.com/explore/what-is-a-glottal-stop/ #linguistics #language #phonetics #glottalstop
What is a Glottal Stop?
The glottal stop plays a significant role in a variety of languages and accents, and it can influence grammar and meaning.
aboutlinguistics.com
Some words affect us more than others. It boils down to how they sound #Science #Language #Linguistics #Psycholinguistics #Communication #Science #Cognition #Memory #Words #Speech #Education #InformationTheory #The14 #The14Media the-14.com/some-words-a...
Some words affect us more than others. It boils down to how they sound | The-14
Why some words hit harder than others research shows surprising sound patterns make vivid words stand out, deepen processing, improve memory, communication
the-14.com
I've been part of a team contributing to this project about understanding young people's experiences of high-follower TikTok influencer accounts posting about mental health. Excited to be chairing the Mental Elf webinar in the new year: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wtf-this-i... #qualitative #linguistics
"WTF, this is so dangerous!" Social media influencers & youth mental health
Join our event and hear youth-led insights on what good and bad mental health communication looks like online.
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This is my cyclical reminder that there's really only one consistently reliable source of info in the public record that isn't owned by right wing billionaires, who really want to put an end to it. Please give at least the $2.75 minimum they request if you can. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org
Reflecting on Brexit during all these Erasmus reports it's sad to consider how many people must have decided 'let's leave just in case' rather than 'let's stay just in case' when they were clearly confused and didn't know half of what the EU does.
How are GPs using #AI, what worries them the most about it, and what should happen next if #GeneralPractice is to harness the benefits from AI? Read the latest blog from our Director of Research and Policy, @becksfisher.bsky.social 👇
AI: how can general practice make the best use of it?
Alongside our new report, Becks Fisher looks at how GPs are using AI, what worries them the most about it, and what should happen next if general practice is to harness the benefits from AI. This…
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Twice in two weeks, first in Germany then in England last week, I have spoken with friends who work at pro-refugee NGOs who have experienced multiple recent attacks on their offices.
Best for Britain@bestforbritain.org · 9mo agoThis is horrifying and cannot be allowed to become normal. "A surge in death and rape threats and harassment has created a 'culture of fear' at charities serving women and refugees, and at mosques, churches and synagogues." https://bit.ly/44irJTE
