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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Today we decided to try taking mum to her favourite place #Glasgow She is so happy and we are so glad we came! (Mum has bad dementia so trips can be challenging but incredibly worthwhile!).

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Alan Ferrier @alanferrier.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

A proposal to require property developers to include at least one “swift brick” in every new home to save swifts, house martins, sparrows, and starlings - all of which are in rapid decline - at a mere cost of £35 per building has been rejected by UK Labour. naturalworldfund.com/labour-block...

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Labour blocks proposal for ‘swift bricks’ in all new homes - Natural World Fund

Labour Rejects Swift Brick Proposal for New Homes in England A proposal to require the inclusion of at least one “swift brick” in every new home built in England has been rejected by Labour at the com...

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I would rather live next door to someone who speaks another language than live next door to someone who doesn’t want to live near people who speak other languages. I know nothing about Person A but I know person B is a shitbird.

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

#RareTongues "essential reading for linguists, anthropologists, and activists alike. It earns its place in academic discourse by challenging disciplinary boundaries and advocating for a more inclusive, compassionate linguistics” Thank you so much Language in Society #languageinsociety

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Last weekend had an amazing time speaking about Rare Tongues @ilkleylitfest.bsky.social Wonderful theatre! Sold out! And only one book left at the end. Relaxed afterwards with Hockney and cello music before the long, reluctant drive home. What a brilliant part of our country!

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

We are house browsing in the South East..Tonight I found this. It even has a garage that's 'big enough for a car'!!! Wow!

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Tiggy is peeved and puzzled that I'm working rather than paying her attention.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

FFS utterly abysmal reporting

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · 26/09/2025

If you don't want Prime Minister Farage to be able to have greater control over whether you or your less privileged neighbour can work, get benefits or access healthcare then you don't want a mandatory ID scheme.

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

May he brighten your day just a little too!

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Having an amazing time at #wigtownbookfestival Lovely, interesting people, comfortable hotel, and a packed event for #RareTongues Great party and fireworks last night too!!

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Howard Eissenstat @heissenstat.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Some wise advice on your academia.edu account. It's probably time to delete it.

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James Oswald @sirbenfro.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

My brother and sister-in-law have been raising funds to help Layla Mohammed and her family escape the hell in Gaza. I know times are tight for everyone, but if you can spare anything, even a repost, it is much appreciated. www.gofundme.com/f/layla-moha...

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Donate to Help Layla Mohammed and her family leave Gaza, organized by Peter and Alice Oswald

Hi our names are Peter Oswald and Alice Oswald, from Britain. … Peter and Alice Oswald needs your support for Help Layla Mohammed and her family leave Gaza

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 28/08/2025

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Our pear tree is proving to be popular!

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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Juan de Flandes, a Flemish painter in Spain. Here, Annunciation, c. 1500. Mary seems to be reading a comic book. Good for her!

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Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

His Name Is Jesus. He’s a Carpenter. ICE Arrested Him. open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

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His Name Is Jesus. He’s a Carpenter. ICE Arrested Him.

Seriously.

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Yes, this IS absolute madness.

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Lovely academic article by the wonderful Professor Ares from Malaga Uni about my last novel. So grateful to her for this astute and generous reading which so beautifully understands what I hoped to do. riuma.uma.es/xmlui/bitstr...

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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I spoke to women sexually harassed by staff, I spoke to a woman trapped in her room because she was visually impaired and no one would assist her. scabies break outs, staff bullying, kids held in rooms with no windows. Janice doesn’t mention them in her article www.thetimes.com/article/a50f...

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We ask a lot from small towns that take migrants

Norfolk market town of Diss has quietly accommodated families since 2023 but the mood changed this week

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

And also to make other people understand why you think it's so amazing!

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

This is so niche I can't believe I am asking, but does anyone know anyone who might be an expert in Protestantism in Italy during the Reformation? (Stranger things have happened). RTs welcome.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

The UK did have one standout product that was considered globally valuable- universities- and unilaterally decided to stop providing the product because it was more important to be xenophobic than successful

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Jupiter is not helping me to write today.. #catsonbluesky

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Marc Owen Jones @marcowenjones.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Just saw a journalist and friend post about not eating properly in days in Gaza - then watched him live on TV. There is nothing more emblematic of the shameful indifference from many Western nations than watching those who bear witness to genocide slowly becoming consumed by a genocide

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

riuma.uma.es

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

This is a lovely piece from one of the priests at my church. Worth a few minutes of reading!

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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

new @lselibrary.bsky.social oral histories Movement Ordination of women digital.library.lse.ac.uk/collections/... fascinating Clare Wilson. husband opposed as she earned good money teaching and could always occupy herself, but her heart was set @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social

woman holding placard next to dog . placard reads 12 years in the ministry but only the dog get the collar.

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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

I just left the Everglades Immigrant Interment Camp. No, I’m not using their ridiculous name. It was a very tough to witness humans in those cages. Every Floridian should be ashamed that our taxpayer money is being used for this.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Wow, nine hours of standoff. Deep bow to those standing up against ice.

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

This is my 'we've found some Camargue horses' happy, excited face.

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Kelvin Holdsworth @thurible.net · 09/06/2025

Just reached 1000 YouTube subscribers for @thecathedral.bsky.social

Graphic from YouTube confirming 1K subscribers

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Listen to the Ideas #Podcast with @drlornagibb.bsky.social Gibb and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social and enjoy this fascinating discussion about when languages vanish. hubs.ly/Q03s7tpC0

Ideas Podcast with Lorna Gibb, author of Rare Tongues, and New Books Network about when languages vanish.

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Charlotte Helen Bailey @charlottehelen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

I loved this book by @drlornagibb.bsky.social . I came late to languages, which I like to blame on poor teaching, but it was likely my own poor attitude. But now I’m learning Korean and German and how much a language holds. This book is a kaleidoscope of knowledge about language, culture and life.

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In Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

BREAKING NEWS: This video will likely improve your day.

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Eid Mubarak!!! For all my friends who celebrate xxx

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Dr. Han VanderHart @hanvanderhart.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Anyway (Have a Mary Oliver)

Don't Hesitate by Mary Oliver

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, don't hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty of lives and whole towns destroyed or about to be. We are not wise, and not very often kind. And much can never be redeemed.
Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this is its way of fighting back, that sometimes something happens better than all the riches or power in the world. It could be anything, but very likely you notice it in the instant when love begins. Anyway, that's often the case. Anyway, whatever it is, don't be afraid of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

The sunshine has gone and mum's in her unhappy dementia place today. Just praying for a little more 🌞 this summer for her up here, so she can get back to this...

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New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Check out last week's newsletter! Piece By Piece | Fast Five with Lorna Gibb | Marginalia with Margaret Echelbarger | Matt Fraser on The Light of Asia @drlornagibb.bsky.social @bskybymidge.bsky.social @columbiajournalism.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.substack.com/p/piece-by-p...

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Rare Tongues

Bringing hidden things to light

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 28/05/2025

V important study by a @languageonthemove.bsky.social team member If you are Australia-based and speak a language other than English, please consider taking part in this survey, which involves doing a short online search for resources in another language and then answering some survey Qs about it 👇

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Paul Bayes @paulbayes.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I agree with Kelvin. I voted for a tolerant, progressive nation. It will not be established by Labour's persistent aping of the populist right.

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Lorna Gibb @drlornagibb.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

This is fun. I did the Fast Five for the New Books Network and here it is. From Eliot to Ovid, I give you the books that I still can't stop reading.

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Rare Tongues

Bringing hidden things to light

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Emma Cameron @ecameron.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Nasty, racist decision by the Home Office. ‘The author of an award-winning memoir about his life as a refugee has been refused a UK visa to attend a premiere of its adaptation for the London stage by one of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights.’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Author denied UK visa unable to attend premiere of play based on his memoir

Exclusive: London theatre urges Home Office to reconsider as Ibrahima Balde unable to watch adaptation of award-winning book

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