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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

There now follows a party election broadcast by the Count Binface Party, And if I do say so myself, it's a banger. #VoteBinface #Clacton

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Médéric Gasquet-Cyrus @medericgc.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Nous avons donc vécu la journée la plus chaude jamais enregistrée en France. D’autres encore plus chaudes (et plus meurtrières) arrivent. Dès demain. La seule urgence politique est écologique. Tous ceux qui veulent relativiser, diviser, accuser sont des menteurs, des irresponsables, des assassins.

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Rick @rick-sco.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Lets stop pretending the hydration breaks are anything other than an add break for companies to insert more garbage into a sporting event. The actual fluids and cool down part, where required, could be handled much more efficiently and have less impact on how the game is played.

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David Willis @david1willis.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

A reminder that the deadline for this 4-year Research Associate in Language Variation and Change in English at Oxford is approaching on Friday 26 June. my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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David Britain @davidbritain.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Two in one day! New publication: David Britain, Hannah Hedegard and Andrea Sudbury (2026). The English of the Falkland Islands. In R. Hickey (ed.), The New Cambridge History of the English Language, Volume 6, Part 1: Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 604-635.

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David Britain @davidbritain.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

New publication: David Britain and Kazuko Matsumoto (2026). English in Micronesia. In R. Hickey (ed.), The New Cambridge History of the English Language, Volume 6, Part 2: Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Pacific. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 474-499.

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Thomas einfach Mensch 🍉 @thomaseinfach.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Banskys neue Statue mit dem Namen: "Blinder Patriotismus"

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 29/04/2026

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment has added a new question to test for early signs of mental impairment.

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22/04/2026

I thought this felt relatable

Doctor to patient: "Try to reduce your stress level, and if you somehow succeed please let me know how in God's name you did it."

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

If you are a journalist and you don't know how to talk about the divide in access to education in the UK, start here:

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Isaac (proud small hat wearer) Gantwerk Mayer @isaacgantwerkmayer.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

as a left-wing American, I feel the need to warn the British something they already know: if you have a choice between milquetoast centrist fucks everyone hates and literal Nazis, please don’t make the same mistake that we did

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Adrian Leemann @adrianleemann.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Come work with us! 🌟 3 Postdoc & 5 PhD positions – deadline for applications: 20 February. www.curlew.info/jobs

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Adrian Leemann @adrianleemann.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

New paper out w @davidbritain.bsky.social & T. Blaxter: Using data from 50K speakers, we show that many once-distinctive English regional terms have sharply declined. Even the northern backend for ‘autumn’ now survives only at low rates, mostly among older, less mobile speakers. tinyurl.com/39uy4x5e

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Et voila! Case proven. #solar

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Counterpoint: new Public First research shows every UK resident working adult (on a full time equivalent basis) is £466 a year better off on average as a result of international students. So let’s just publicise that instead of levying them www.publicfirst.co.uk/calculating-...

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Calculating the positive impact of international students on domestic living standards in the UK - Public First

Public First is today publishing the second of two pieces commissioned by the University of York around the impact of international students – this time [...]

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Christine Harold @christinescreen.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Harvard launches FREE, self-paced courses focused on democratic principles, understanding the constitution, and crafting your civic voice. “We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy” #AcademicSky #MomSky

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Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy while crafting your own civic voice and identity.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 09/05/2025

Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.

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Simon Kirby @simonkirby.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

What is happening to US democracy is obviously very worrying and heartbreaking, but I’m concerned that the complacent attitude in the UK is that it wouldn’t happen here, when it very easily could. In some ways, from the “hostile environment” to limits on protest, it already has.

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Europe must treat MAGA ideological imperialism as seriously as Soviet attempts to spread communism to the West. They are funding and promoting extremist European parties & trying to destabilise democratically elected govts. We cannot permit a malign foreign power to usurp our democracies & values.

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David Britain @davidbritain.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I'm ignorant about the US constitution, but does nothing have to be approved by your parliamentary system, or can he make edicts about absolutely everything? Sounds, well, like a dictatorship....

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tristan @svejky.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

If any other major sector of the UK economy was making mass redundancies on the scale that universities are, would the media and government be so silent?

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Who has really sacrificed most to help Ukraine.

Chart showing which nations contributed the largest proportion of wealth to helping Ukraine with Estonia at the top and America midway down

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West Coast Toast 🇨🇦 @westcoasttoast.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

US products are now no longer safe to procure for anyone. From the other place but VERY IMPORTANT FACT:

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David Britain @davidbritain.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

I've just been invited to review an article entitled "Early Detection of Failing Lead-Acid Automotive Batteries using Detrended Cross-Correlation Analysis Coefficient". Apparently I'm an expert.

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