Ten years to the day since I published my first monograph with @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social about Authenticity and English as a Global Language.

Yesterday, I was made a full Professor. I went for a walk under the cherry trees in the rain to celebrate. I didn't say anything yesterday as I thought people might (understandably) assume it was an April Fool's joke.🎓

"I tried to string a load of oxymorons together but they looked stupid." - Stephen Prime

A year since the publication of my first Novel, The Bad Boys in The Attic today! To celebrate, Hungry Wolf Press will be promoting the book and having special discounts until the end of the year! The book looks the same but I have lost some of my hair! #novel #publishing #author #writing

Absurdity.

If #Cthulhu were to massage your brain it would not be done with tentacles, but with psalms of wet geometry, whispered through lattices of non-Euclidean cartilage—each syllable a surgical caress unravelling the cortex like overripe fruit beneath an alien sun. That's what I think anyway, just imo.

Just fact-checking this - it is a fairly accurate paraphrase, though not direct quote, here is what Einstein actually said: From an essay titled "Why Socialism?" in Monthly Review. (1949) (monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/w...)

Monthly Review | Why Socialism?

Is it advisable for one who is not an expert on economic and social issues to express views on the subject of socialism? I believe for a number of reasons that it is.… Clarity about the aims and…

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Jean Ibosh@fedup90611.bsky.social · last yr.

Good night 💤 Support independent journalist. “There will come a time when the rich own all the media, and it will be impossible for the public to make an informed opinion. Albert Einstein

There is irony, but this some gilded level psycho irony going on right here. I genuinely think he believes his own bullshit too... so what is that? Bullshitrony?

Patsy “Resistance Kitty” Evans Ph.D.@drharmony.net · last yr.

😂🤣

Been watching too much news. I was trying to remember whose theory was the Zone of Proximal Development and all I could come up with was Zelensky. (it was of course Vygotsky).

Rediscover ‘Moloch’: A Poetic Dialogue Between Man and Machine A collection of Flarf poems before Translation software was good... some hilarious results.

Earlier this week we had our first official meeting for the @leverhulme.ac.uk funded project headed by @emaushioda.bsky.social "Navigating the ethical complexities of using generative AI for academic writing", with @salconsoli.bsky.social and ‪‪‪@marianna-patrick.bsky.social‬

It's true - reading does increase your empathic powers. I should know, I love everybody all the time

☀️🌱SunCome🚫👑@llfarm.bsky.social · last yr.

📚 ¿y tù? 📖

will do!

Gabino Iglesias@gabino.bsky.social · last yr.

I see you there, putting in the work. Keep at it. Write that thing. Paint it. Sculpt it. Compose it. Photograph it. Play it. Record it. Choreograph it. Draw it. Cook it. Knit it. Whatever. Keep making art.

When Trump denounces actual news as Fake News, he is deliberately attacking the free press and their right to tell the truth, even when he doesn't like it.

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Across the world, we’ve seen democracy in retreat,” writes A.G. Sulzberger, the publisher of The New York Times. “This anti-press playbook is now being used here in this country — and it could not come at a more difficult time for the American press.”

I just taught a great lesson on English language and cultural capital. One student said it was the best lesson they had so far this year! I get back to my office happy, until I notice my flies were down the whole time!

Get ready, Shakespeare geeks! 🎭 We're dropping a brand new project, #BARD409, on April 23rd for the Bard's birthday! 🎉 Can you decipher this quote from emojis back to the original? ➡️ ⚠️➡️👑➡️😠➡️👁️🟢👾➡️🎭➡️🥩➡️😋#Shakespeare #NewRelease #LiteraryProject #HungryWolfPress #StayTuned 🐺📖

Can you translate this Shakespeare quote from emojis back to the original? ➡️ 🗓️➡️🗓️➡️🗓️➡️🐌➡️🚶‍♀️➡️➡️🗓️➡️🔚➡️⏰️📜➡️⬅️🗓️➡️💡➡️🤡 #BARD409

Shakespeare Resource Center@shakespearerc.bsky.social · last yr.

Apr 20, 1611: Earliest recorded performance of Macbeth occurs at the Globe. #OTD #Shakespeare bit.ly/3aChNcq

Maybe we will! www.hungrywolf.net/fiction/bard... To mark the 409th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, and to celebrate his birthday, we are releasing a new series; BARD409. Two new novels. One immortal voice. Releasing on April 23rd. More details to come.

Casval ☄️🏳️‍⚧️@redcomets.net · last yr.

they should put more giant robots in Shakespeare.

💔➡️🍬➡️😭 What bittersweet Shakespearean moment is this? 🤔 Translate the emojis! 👇 #ShakespeareInEmojis #LanguageLovers #LiteraryTeaser #HungryWolfPress is cooking up something special for the Bard's birthday! #BARD409 🗓️ 4/23 @shakespeare.lol

Chomsky said "If you're teaching today what you were teaching five years ago, either the field is dead or you are." I have been using this quote for 10 years in my teacher training courses.

Needed to find Sir Ken Branagh on socials, tell him how he inspired my reading in my upcoming #Shakespeare #Audiobook. Couldn't find him on X because they are ALL fake accounts. What's the world coming to when you can't even make genuine contact with an extremely famous person you've never even met?

National Novel Writing Month cancelled forever. lithub.com/nanowrimo-is...

NaNoWriMo is shutting down.

Looks like that’s the end of the manuscript for NaNoWriMo. In an email, the nonprofit announced that they’re wrapping things up for good. NaNoWriMo—which stands, for the uninitiated, for Nati…

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Did the Tower of Babel Actually Exist?: A Look at the Archaeological Evidence www.openculture.com/2025/03/did-...

Did the Tower of Babel Actually Exist?: A Look at the Archaeological Evidence

For all the means of communication and exchange we've established between the cultures of the world, no matter how distant they may be from one another, we still have no truly universal single human l...

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Happy #WorldBookDay2025!! If you are in #Skipton, you can get signed hardback copies of my novel from the wonderful Oxfam Books on the High Street. Limited stocks so hurry on down! Oxfam Great Britain #WorldBookDay #books

Got my first "Violating an Executive Order" and "I'll make sure you lose federal funding" parent threat today for teaching "DEI" books in our upcoming "Liberty and Justice" themed unit. Even in "Blue" Massachusetts we're dealing with this. Anyway, don't obey in advance, and don't obey later.

I am re-sharing this because I came up with this and I think it's funny and deserves at least a few more likes. To be fair, when I posted it initially I had 0 followers.

R.S. Pinner@uniliterate.bsky.social · 2y ago

Let's all come together and try to agree on stuff, yeah?

We are very excited to be getting funding from @leverhulme.bsky.social to research the #ethics of #AI and #authorship! Let's hope many new papers and articles to follow on this fascinating topic!

@emaushioda.bsky.social · 2y ago

So happy to get a Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant for my study "Navigating the ethical complexities of using generative AI for academic writing", with co-Is Sal Consoli and Richard Pinner!! @leverhulme.bsky.social @salconsoli.bsky.social @uniliterate.bsky.social

Rickrolled my class of 100 students because this weeks' lesson is about Trolls. I have been waiting all semester for this moment. And, hey I am not trying to be cool here, I know rickrolling is like watching an episode of Friends. But it's classic gentle comedy! We delve into more serious stuff too

Thanks to all the new followers! Much nicer over here at bluesky. However, I've not got much to say, other than the fact that meditating on the busy Tokyo commute is a good way to ensure people give you some space. Eyes closed, deep breaths. Maybe they thought I was about to explode.

Setting up a micropublisher is really hard, actually. Especially when teaching a lot more than others in my department, being editor of an academic journal, having an additional part time job and having to work all weekend doing interviews. Thank fuck for red wine and ice-cream