10 out of 10, no notes. 🏳️⚧️
NatachaPSA on the Victoria Line tube in London. Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.
Senior Lecturer in English Language (@ University of Liverpool). Corpus/culinary/queer linguist. Runner, feminist, food enthusiast, coffee lover. Views are my own. she/her
10 out of 10, no notes. 🏳️⚧️
NatachaPSA on the Victoria Line tube in London. Phillipson and every other GC weirdo needs to take note.
"The vocal gen Z backlash against AI should be a reminder to everyone that alternatives to an AI-saturated future are still possible." 👏 theconversation.com/gen-z-is-pus...
Excellent (if slightly dystopian/terrifying) thread on Realbotix/classroom 'education' robots.
Julie Carpenter, PhDAs a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from humanoid sex robots to classroom "education" robots. Buckle up. nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/n... 🧵
I had such a great time at #CADS2026 😊 Shoutout to the whole conference team, especially @gavinbrookes.bsky.social! Can't wait for Vienna 2028 🙂
Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026And 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 ❤️🩶
Thanks so much for taking a picture @runli.bsky.social, and everyone in the audience for turning up in this heat/all the questions 😊 Give me a shout if you'd like a copy of the slides! #CADS2026
Run LiA fascinating presentation by @instantlinguist.bsky.social looking at how Chinese food was represented by the UK press in the post-COVID period. #CADS2026
Time flies! Will be making my way to Lancaster tonight for #CADS2026 🙂
Dr Ursula KaniaYay - going to Lancaster for #CADS2026 as well, with 2 (co-authored) papers: 1. 'Representations of Chinese foodways in the UK press ‘post-COVID'' and 2. 'Multilingual parenting discussions on Reddit'. Looking forward to seeing lots of my brilliant colleagues and friends there!
Why not come to Liverpool/our department (English) for a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship? Please share widely - and let me know if you have any questions/are looking for a potential mentor 🙂 www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...
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