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Postdoc and lecturer in corpus linguistics and project leader in the CRC 1252 "Prominence in Language" at the University of Cologne (Germany) Personal account […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ fediscience.org/@ElenLeFoll, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
@nelepoldvere That is a shocking report. Thank you for sharing.
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
@guardian UPDATE: I just wrote up this toot as a letter to the Guardian. I'll keep you posted if they reply...
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Recommended listening on this topic (in French): www.mediapart.fr/journal/france/011… by @mediapart. Further reading on the EU's current Omnibus proposal: - […]
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
I take serious issue with the @guardian's reporting on data showing increased cancer rates among young people "prompting warnings about lifestyle choices". It is completely inappropriate to suggest that cancer patients and survivors might have avoided their […] [Original post on fediscience.org]
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Headline: Cancer rates rising more quickly among younger people, international research finds

Subtitle: Experts looking at UK, US and Dutch data found ‘significant increases’ in early onset cases of seven cancers, prompting warnings about lifestyle choices

Anna Bawden Health and social affairs correspondent
Tue 6 Oct 2026 06.01 CEST
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v_i_o_l_a @v-i-o-l-a.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
"Normal tools for normal tasks." www.normaltools.com "Open a tool, do the thing, leave. No account, no download, and nothing between you and the answer." #tools #online [via newsletter von "designer in action"]
normaltools.com
Normal Tools — Useful online tools, no nonsense
Small, useful online tools that work directly in your browser.
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Lambert Heller @lambo.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026
Gehring in der Diskussion mit dem Publikum: nach den letzten Jahren habe sie ihre Meinung nochmal geändert, sie sei inzwischen der Meinung, dass man auf die Krise(n) nur noch bottom-up angemessen reagieren könne. Sie benennt explizit auch diejenigen, die die Infrastrukturen betreiben, als […]
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
#SilentSunday
Deserted beacv with a single palm tree and lots of closed parasols and a very dark and stormy looking sky
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everton137 @everton137.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
I’ve just brought back an old project I created in memory of Aaron Swartz: his Open Access Manifesto, available in 25 languages thanks to contributions from people around the world. openaccess.eza.link Feel free to send corrections or contribute missing languages. I wish Aaron were […]
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wakest ⁂ @fedi.wake.st · 28/09/2026
Anyone have some spare parts for Google Pixel 8 Pro or 6s? I have one of each that both have unusable smashed screens and would like to get them back working. Would be happy with a totally cracked screen if it is still functioning (even partially) otherwise. Maybe you bricked one installing […]
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026
#SilentSunday
Montains partly covered in a thin green layer. Bright blue sky.
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026
Stunning concert of Italian music from the 13th century for the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis with the ensemble Micrologus. You can preorder the CD recording if you like. #EarlyMusic
Painted roof of basilicaGroup of musicians playing early instruments in basilica Form to preorder CD
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
Not a bad spot for an evening picnic before a concert of medieval music in the Basilica San Francesco, right? #EarlyMusic #Assisi
Church at sun set
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Alexander Wuttke @kunkakom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science. Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20. Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7
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WissPod-Podcast @wisspod.podcasts.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026
Das GanzOhr2026 rückt immer näher! 🎙️ Am 26. und 27. September wird wieder gemeinsam über Wissenschaft, Kommunikation und Podcasts gesprochen, diskutiert und gelauscht. 🔊 Du kannst nicht direkt dabei sein? Dann wirf einen Blick in unsere Mastowall! Dort sammeln wir Beiträge, Gedanken und […]
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
What time is it when both sundials are in the shade?
Façade of a medieval church with two sundials
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
After an intense week of teaching at the University of Pescara, yesterday afternoon I took a short train ride to Ortona and rented a bicycle to try out the Via Verde Cicabile along the Costa dei Trabocchi. The trabocchi are ancient fishing structures typical […] [Original post on fediscience.org]
Wide tarmac cycling path right along the coast
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026
This coach also doesn’t have any power sockets (but a kind passenger has lent me their powerbank) and I would never have known where to wait without the help of the kind driver of his break. Hardly any shade to wait in either. I don’t care if I have to change trains, no more coach travel for me […]
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Maria Candea ✅🍓 @marcandea.piaille.fr.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Expériance collective #Frangraf 18 sept -18 octobre 2026, on se lance ? On est plusieur à vouloir tanté une expérianse grafiqe qolective an fransè La règle : on publi an ortograf rasionèle an prenan qome poin de dépar le sistème Frangraf (www.frangraf.org) qui propose 15 règle ( […]
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digiSberlin @digisberlin.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
27.11. digiS-Jahreskonferenz: „Die Zukunft erinnert sich – Kulturerbe digital weiterdenken. Nachhaltig bewahren, offen teilen“ (Berlin und online) Wir wollen mit unseren Gästen diskutieren, welche digitalen Infrastrukturen es braucht, um Kulturdaten krisenfest zu machen und handlungsfähig zu […]
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
As my teaching mobility to Pescara is sponsored by the EU programme Erasmus+, this evening I walked a bit further to see Pescara’s Erasmus Beach for myself. The negative review is unwarranted: it’s actually very nice!
Google Map review of Erasmus Beach by matteo bianco who only gave one star a month ago: Even though I've been on this beach for more than 4 months and have taken all my exams, my university hasn't recognized my period... more Translated by Google • See original (Italian)Beach
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Whenever I walk past a traditional pasticceria I feel it would be rude not to stop by. Especially as, in non-touristic cities in Italy, these short breaks hardly break the bank (here 3,20€).
A pot of tea, cup and saucer, slice of fresh lemon and a small choux bun filled with pistachio cream
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026
Today I survived four hours of teaching… in Spanish… in Italy (yes, the course organisers are really trying to mess with my brain!!) and so did all the students! 😊 To be fair, I did suffer from quite a few interferences from Italian, but my bilingual […] [Original post on fediscience.org]
A tote bag from the university on a beach wuth evening light An empty beach albeit folded parasols and deck chairs
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
It's a well-know fact that English native speakers have an unfair advantage in academia and I am well aware that I have very much benefited from this. This week I'm getting a taste of what it's like to work in an L2 (actually more like L3 for me) as I'm […] [Original post on fediscience.org]
First slide of a presentation that reads (in Spanish): De los corpus a ChatGPT: Una introducción a los modelos extensos de lenguaje (LLMs); BIP: Corpus lingüísticos para la adquisición, enseñanza y análisis del discurso en español; Pescara, septiembre 2026. Dr. Elen Le Foll. University of Cologne.
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
The train from Bologna to Pescara is mostly along the coast and I chose my seat wisely 😎
Sandy beach with a couple of small boats, blue sky
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
Auf Bahnhofstafeln.de ist Verlass: The night train was at the announced platform and departed on time! I am sharing a very modern two-bed cabin with a lovely Erasmus student and we both had a lot of fun choosing our six breakfast items for tomorrow morning! Good night, everyone 🌙
Upper berth in modern sleep compartment of train
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
Thank God for bahnhofstafeln.de (or rather a huge thank you to the wonderful human beings who created it!). The DB navigator app has decided my train no longer exists, but it’s still on the departure board so I’m assuming all is well… 🤞 #TrainTravel
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Thomas Kahle @tomkalei.mathe.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
RE: mathe.social/@tomkalei/117179907328… Das ist 16:00 im Theatersaal und im stream. #fediday [ ich habe meine Folien tatsächlich schon fertig. 😅 ]
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
Turns out that the DB Lounge in Munich is only open until 20:00 on Saturdays... 😢 Where can I wait 3-4 hours until 21:30 near München Hbf.? I don't mind buying dinner and a couple of drinks, but would also like to be able to work... Any tips from locals?
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
In my Introduction to Data Analysis in R for Linguists (elenlefoll.github.io/RstatsTextbook), I spend a lot of time on project management, file naming conventions, file formats, and reproducible workflows using Quarto. Some might consider it a waste of time because it means I have less […]
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2026
RE: tldr.nettime.org/@tante/11723547611… The most surprising realization I had in the last years was how important it is to be public about your refusal to participate in harmful acts therefore giving others "permission" to do so as well. It really matters.
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/09/2026
I am really looking forward to a day full of Jewish music with an amazing choice of 50 mini-concerts in various locations in Cologne, all free! www.shalom-musik.koeln/festivalprog… #Koeln #Cologne #ShalomFestival
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026
Am I travelling to an Italian university or back in time?!
List of countries in a drop-down menu in Italian including:
GERMANIA OCCIDENTALE
GERMANIA ORIENTALE
GHANA
GIAMAICA
GIAPPONE
GIBILTERRA
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
🚨 The deadline for abstract submission for the Second Workshop on Replication in the Language Sciences (sites.google.com/view/worela2) taking place on 8–9 July 2027 in Cologne has been extended to 15 September 2026 (final extension). 🚨 We invite […] [Original post on fediscience.org]
WoRela 2 Website
8-9 July 2027
Photo of nightscape of Cologne with the cathedral
University of Cologne, Germany
Building cumulative knowledge in the language sciences through
reproducible, robust, and replicable research findings
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
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v_i_o_l_a @v-i-o-l-a.openbiblio.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026
in sachen #schattenbibliotheken haben @Lambo und einige weitere kolleg:innen letztes jahr ein #poster erstellt. ich durfte bei der weiterentwicklung zur aktuellen version mitwirken und sie heute freischalten. voilà: "Schattenbibliotheken – Was man wissen sollte" doi.org/PQHD […]
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Frederik Elwert @felwert.fedihum.org.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
Hivemind: I am looking for a side-by-side comparison between a traditional critical apparatus in a printed edition and the corresponding #TEI markup, but I cannot seem to find such a thing. I’m sure someone must have done something like that? Any pointers? #DigitalHumanities #DigitalScholarlyEditing
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
I’ve been helping a 91-year old who got on the train at the same time as me. She’s in a good mood despite it being very difficult for her to get around with a stroller given how full the train is. I just suggested that her smaller suitcase ought to fit under her seat and said I could help her […]
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
Any ideas how these plots were produced? The method does not state how the analyses were conducted. Does anyone recognise the plots' theme as a programme's default?
Grouped barchart with four coloursGrouped barchart with two colours
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
On my way home after a fantastic week at the Tenth Summer School on Statistical Methods for Linguistics and Psychology in Potsdam (vasishth.github.io/smlp2026) sandwiched between two days in Berlin. I spend time with dear friends from Potsdam and […] [Original post on fediscience.org]
My laptop with a textbook chapter about conditional probability on my lap on a sunny balcony next to a tea pot and large cupDale Barr giving his keynote and showing a slide with a large iceberg. It reads:

THE ICEBERG OF IRREPRODUCIBILITY
what you see...
ANALYSIS_FINAL.spo
ANALYSISIFINAL.SaV
DATA_FINAL.XLSX
...and what you don't see
DATA_FINAL1.xIsx
all_subjects_trials_oct_18.xlsx
Subjects_trials_aug_1.xlsx
Subject_data.xIsx
survey_monkey_2018_05_13.csv
etc.Me on a bicycle on a bridgeBeautiful countryside around Potsdam, river, trees and shrubs
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
#SilentSunday
Lake surrounded by trees on sunny day
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Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
Ignore this guy, join a Union www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view…
Screenshot: "August 27, 2026
Postdocs Aren’t Burger Flippers: Why Unionization Is a Bad Idea

Unionization disrupts the bespoke mentor-mentee relationships that are central to the advancement of science.

By  Evan D. Morris
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
🚨 The deadline for abstract submission for the Second Workshop on Replication in the Language Sciences (sites.google.com/view/worela2) taking place on 8–9 July 2027 in Cologne has been extended to 15 September 2026 (final extension). 🚨 We invite […] [Original post on fediscience.org]
WoRela 2 Website
8-9 July 2027
Photo of nightscape of Cologne with the cathedral
University of Cologne, Germany
Building cumulative knowledge in the language sciences through
reproducible, robust, and replicable research findings
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
RE: scholar.social/@dingemansemark/1171… Really looking forward to reading this! Just yesterday evening, I was talking to fellow participants of the statistics summer school on the (mid-term) cognitive effects of #GenAI on learning and research processes and we agreed that […]
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
@ainmosni Thanks!
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
@CorvusVolvens Thanks for the tip. Sounds great for another time!
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
@ainmosni Thanks a lot! This looks really good!
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026
Can anyone recommend a good place with vegan options to brunch on a Sunday morning close to the stations Berlin Hbf., Bellevue, Tiergarten or Zoo? Thank you! #Berlin
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026
You‘ve heard of Bayesian statistics before, but are you familiar with Babelsbergian statistics? This new philosophy of statistics involves attending a statistics summer school in Potsdam and completing the assignments in Park Babelsberg overlooking the lake […] [Original post on fediscience.org]
Laptop with Rstudio open on lawn next to beach like edge of a lake
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
Photo captioning competition ⬇️
Two large slabs of concrete piled on the ground with a sign balanced on top that reads: HEIGHT RESTRICTION 76"/ 2.3м
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Katrina Katrinka :donor: @katrinakatrinka.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22/08/2026
Just finished "The Language of Liars" by #SLHuang @slhuang Amazing work. So much to say in so quick a read. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in the description. I don't want to spoil it, but it has a lot to say to us living today. I listened to the audiobook and highly recommend it […]
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Elen Le Foll 🇫🇷 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @elenlefoll.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
I just witnessed how a grown fellow train passenger with a hipster-style full beard selected "Baby Klassik" as his background music to work on the train, which I find very sweet. I've gone for the Secondo Libro De Madrigali a Cinque Voci by Il Terzo Suono myself. Happy musically-inspired work to […]
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