Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Have a spare 15 mins? Another one of my fab students Amy Cope is looking for listeners to explore how people perceive deepfakes versus real human voices 🤖 💬 slic.shef.ac.uk/77ed8da9-063... 001
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Really excited to be leading this project on deepfake voice perception with a fantastic team at York - not everyday that I get to say my research has been supported by Sir Michael Caine www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...york.ac.ukSir Michael Caine lends his voice to AI deepfake researchSir Michael Caine has lent his voice to a research project exploring how technology can help combat harmful deepfakes. 021
Reposted by Ben Gibb-ReidHadley Wickham @hadley.nz · 06/08/2026This what pivot_wider() was born for 520427
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026If you see this, quote the energy you bring to Blueskygiphy.comTired Wallace And Gromit GIF by Aardman Animations - Find & Share on GIPHYGIPHY image by Aardman Animations 000
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Request for participants! One of my lovely students, Creta is looking for people to respond to her survey about accents in gaming - if you like accent research and can spare 30 mins then please take part 🎮 📜 #accents #sociolinguistics york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...york.qualtrics.comAccents in GamingThis is a Study on Accents in Gaming. 68 Pages, roughly, of questions for a Master's Dissertation. 001
Reposted by Ben Gibb-ReidJanna Sophia 🏔️ @jannaphia.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Please help me finish my thesis so I can finally be free of academia 🫶✨ aidetectionsurvey.carrd.co 100474883770
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Stop the presses, Praat has a third author! (the logo remains the same) praat.org/manual/What_... #phoneticspraat.orgWhat's new? 050
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 04/06/2026www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Very much thistheguardian.comHenry Nowak was failed in the last moments of his life – and then again by Britain’s disgraceful political class | Jason OkundayeThere are vital lessons to be learned from Nowak’s death. Instead, it has been used to refuel a pervasive lie about ethnic minorities and ‘two-tier’ policing, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor Ja... 010
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Are you an English Language A-level teacher? Or do you know someone who is? Please see below for details of an amazing FREE CPD workshop featuring some top linguists presenting on their work 💬 👩🏫 spaces still available #linguistics #sociolinguistics #EnglishLanguage 010
Reposted by Ben Gibb-ReidLed By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 17/05/2026Immigration make Britain brilliant 510139194209
Reposted by Ben Gibb-ReidHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 16/05/2026Michael Caine hates this one #eurovision 2772
Reposted by Ben Gibb-ReidThe York English Language Toolkit @yorktoolkit.bsky.social · 10/03/2026📣 Save the date: Friday 10th July 2026! This year's FREE and fully hybrid York English Language Toolkit CPD workshop for teachers of English Language A level is on Friday 10th July 2026 10.30am-4.30pm, with talks on Multicultural London English and more. Registration from April. Pass the word! 033
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Absolutely delighted to get cranking with this - 30th birthday present of youthful joy @play.date 050
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Here at #baap2026 - you can see my poster via this link if you want to read about Forensic phonetic methods in authentic and synthetic sample comparison📈drive.google.comGibb-Reid_Hughes_Wormald_BAAP_2026_V2.pdf 060
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Happy to see my article on the phonetic variation of "just"📄has just (heh) been published in English Language and Linguistics - it's open access so feel free to have a read #phoneticscambridge.orgJust a way of saying something: phonetic variation in the word just | English Language & Linguistics | Cambridge CoreJust a way of saying something: phonetic variation in the word just 041
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Always thankful for the excellent vowel plotting resources and other tools by @joeystanley.com when I teach Data Science, plotting on the shoulders of giants joeystanley.com/blog/#catego... 🎧 #Rstatsjoeystanley.comBlog – Joey Stanley 240
Reposted by Ben Gibb-ReidHanafuda Report @hanafuda.report · 27/02/2026🎁 Win Pokémon Pokopia for Nintendo Switch 2! I'm giving away a digital copy to one lucky winner. ➡️ Enter free: hanafuda.report/competition/ Bonus entries for: - Hanafuda Club members - YouTube subscribers - Reposting this post Closes 4 March at 2PM GMT. Open worldwide. 🎉 Good luck! 14057
Reposted by Ben Gibb-Reid𝕵𝖔𝖗𝖉𝖆𝖓 𝕬𝖈𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖆 @jordanacosta.co · 25/02/2026Resharing my free-to-use picture resource list👇world.hey.comFree-to-use Picture Resources for WritersYou have options other than Generative AI to illustrate your work The other day, I posted the following Substack Note: My opinion was challenged with two now-familiar rebuttals: 1. The vast majority o... 611078
Reposted by Ben Gibb-ReidNina Markl 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 12/02/2026good morning, #linguistics 🐦🐦 pals the University of Essex wants to cut 50% of our Language & Linguistics department, close our foundation programme & our Southend campus, + cut 400 jobs academic departments and professional services jobs across all depts join us in the fight against these cuts! 18041
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026I am concerned that my data science students are gonna be too young for this reference... #Rstats #Rcoding 040
Reposted by Ben Gibb-ReidAdrian Leemann @adrianleemann.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Come work with us! 🌟 3 Postdoc & 5 PhD positions – deadline for applications: 20 February. www.curlew.info/jobs 02416
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 18/12/2025"Joe’s approach to food terminology is chaos" - I feel you Joe... linguistic variation can be a real BUN-mer www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comYou be the judge: should my husband stop calling all sweet things ‘buns’?Parveen doesn’t know if she’s getting a sponge cake or a burger bap, but Joe thinks she needs to embrace his northern-isms. You decide who is sweet and who is sour 020
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 17/12/2025One last student project from this years' UG phonetics class - this ones just needs monolingual English speakers and will take 10 mins york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...york.qualtrics.comQualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience ManagementThe most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today. 010
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Participants needed! One of my Phonetics students is looking for participants in her study - just requires listening to some voices in a short survey york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... 🧪💬🎧york.qualtrics.comQualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience ManagementThe most powerful, simple and trusted way to gather experience data. Start your journey to experience management and try a free account today. 018
Reposted by Ben Gibb-ReidStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 17/10/2025www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.com‘Teach kids internet bollocks, not my old rubbish,’ says Shakespeare: the Stephen Collins cartoonShakespeare’s ghost comes to the rescue of divided Britain 15611
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Hello Internet people! One of my MSc students is looking for respondents to a short survey on the ability of deepfake audio to replicate speech. If you have 2 minutes, please fill it out: forms.gle/f3ufxis3wiZG...forms.glePerception of AI voices 010
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 11/07/2025It’s an absolute pleasure to be involved in organising this event 030
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Calling all Praat users! 👄👂 I've created a Praat scripting workshop with my good colleague Lauren Harrington. Feel free to see it at my website below! bit.ly/4eAHRnk #Praat #phonetics #codingbit.lyBen Gibb-Reid - Tools & TutorialsPraat scripting tutorial Created by Lauren Harrington and myself for the York Early Careers Workshop (8 July 2025). All the scripts and handouts can be found in this folder. Also see below for the sl... 040
Reposted by Ben Gibb-ReidJoe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Devastated that the Centre for Lifelong Learning @york.ac.uk is being closed after 40 years. What a loss to education in the region. Feel for students and staff. Being a tutor has been joy, doing what universities should be doing by sharing knowledge widely with our communities. 1618761
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Day 2 is underway. Here’s a highlight from last night’s entertainment from the York Taiko Drummers 🥁 #UKIS2025 they were bangin’ 010
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025And we’re off! #UKIS2025 buzzing for the next few days 030
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Excited to welcome everyone from 12:00! #UKIS2025 #UoY 🦆 020
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Last chance to come to UKIS 2025 - resgistration has been EXTENDED to this Friday (6 June)! Come join us in sunneh York 🦆 sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/u...sites.google.comUKIS2025 - Registration & Venue InfoKey Dates Registration opens registration is now open - see below Registration deadline extended to Friday 6 June 010
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 29/04/2025This is so good (bad)! Referencing it in my Linguistics as Data Science class under our 'really bad plots' discussion board #DataViz 021
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 16/04/2025📄 UKIS 2025 Call for Abstracts deadline has been extended to 29 April 📄 See our website for more details below and get submitting 📣 #UKIS2025 #UKIS #speech #UoYsites.google.comUKIS2025 - Call for AbstractsCall for Abstracts 021
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 14/04/2025We also have lots accessibility information around the conference venues - please let us know if you have any questions via ukis2025@york.ac.uk. Registration will open later this month 📅💪 2/2sites.google.comUKIS2025 - AccessibilityWe will do our best to be proactively inclusive and ensure that all attendees are able to participate on an equal footing. You can indicate your accessibility needs via the registration form. Essen... 000
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 14/04/2025A reminder that the 2025 UKIS Workshop Call for Papers is open until 22nd April 2025. 📄📣💬 We are also delighted to announce our three keynote speakers – Mark Huckvale, Verena Riser, and Nadine Lavan. 1/2sites.google.comUKIS2025 - Call for AbstractsCall for Abstracts 121
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Yes yes yes! I almost went down a HUGE rabbit hole in my thesis’s discussion chapter using Grammarly as an example of why words like “just” are negatively perceived when they’re used to hedge 030
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Spotted my favourite disciple in Santuari de Sant Salvador… Simon pEATer 000
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Told my students that today's stats lecture would provide a good pun... hope I did not disappoint 040
Reposted by Ben Gibb-ReidUniversity of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · 07/03/2025This week we ran our #LibInspo competition. Five students, from across all three faculties, pitching ideas to improve the student experience in the library. We work with the winner to try and make their idea a reality, and they get £500 for themselves. And it was BRILLIANT. Read on: 🧵 1327
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025For balance... (is this how the world sees me? 🍪) 010
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025I've been checking how ChatGPT copes with R coding queries and thought I'd try something... what have I unleashed?! 😬 120
Ben Gibb-Reid @bgr-phon.bsky.social · 06/02/2025A team of us at York are hosting the UKIS 2025 Workshop 16-17 June. We've just launched the Call for Abstracts - check out the website for details 📒💬🖥️📅🦆sites.google.comUKIS2025The UK and Ireland Speech (UKIS) workshop will take place at the University of York from 16th to 17th June 2025. We look forward to seeing you there! 031