Reposted by Gavin LambGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/01/2026If you know a high school student interested in language and/or puzzles, tell 'em about the linguistics olympiads, there are lots of national versions in many countries plus an international competition! 36036
Reposted by Gavin LambMongabay @mongabay.com · 27/12/20252025 was a difficult year for conservation, but scientists, activists, and communities continue the struggle — and their stories hint at a brighter future. Here’s a sample of notable environmental books published this year. Views in books are the authors’, not necessarily Mongabay’s.news.mongabay.com10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2025The year 2025 might be seen as one of backsliding when it comes to tackling the environmental crises that face our planet. Political leadership in places like the U.S. and elsewhere chose to throw… 02812
Reposted by Gavin LambDr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 23/12/2025Happy to have published two out of this year's top ten most read posts on Language on the Move. Listening to all the podcast episodes has also been a highlight of my year. Check them out! 082
Reposted by Gavin LambDana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 18/12/2025So happy that my paper with Philip Leifeld, “Up and Down With… Polarisation? Intrinsic and Instrumental Polarisation Dynamics in US Climate Policy Debates,” is included in this issue. The topic is particularly relevant now www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...cogitatiopress.comUp and Down With… Polarisation? Intrinsic and Instrumental Polarisation Dynamics in US Climate Policy Debates | Article | Politics and GovernancePhilip Leifeld, Dana R. Fisher 061
Reposted by Gavin LambKatharina J. Peters @kjpeters.bsky.social · 17/12/2025🐬 Can friendship slow ageing? In wild bottlenose dolphins, strong social relationships aren’t just important for social life — they may actually influence biological ageing. @liviagerber.bsky.social #ScienceCommunication #MarineMammals #Ageing #MAVELab www.nature.com/articles/s42...nature.comSocial bonds decrease epigenetic age in male bottlenose dolphins - Communications BiologyAcross 40 years of behavioural and epigenetic data, male dolphins with stronger social relationships show lower epigenetic ages and therefore appear to age slower compared to those with weaker social ... 1208
Reposted by Gavin LambProf Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Good starter packs circulating here on science and environment 052
Reposted by Gavin LambMushtaq Bilal, PhD @mushtaqbilalphd.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Open PhD position in Political Science with specialization in political economy and political behavior at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Details below: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/10...web103.reachmee.comDoctoral student in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behaviorDoctoral position in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior The Department of Political Science 011
Reposted by Gavin LambMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Hard to overstate how concerning this is. There are over 46,000 people, a school, and a hospital in the flash flood warning area. Washington communities have been bracing for levee failures as another round of atmospheric rivers arrives to full rivers and saturated soils. 310555
Reposted by Gavin Lambanimal prattle @animal-prattle.bsky.social · 15/12/2025what's in a meow?? 🐈 New from @berlinbatlab.bsky.social! 1. "we examined meows and purrs to establish how individual identity is encoded" 2. stronger individual signature in purrs than in meows 3. domestic cat meows more variable than those of wild felids #bioacoustics #prattle 💬 #neuroskyence 14711
Reposted by Gavin LambLaura Filardo-Llamas @laurafilardollamas.bsky.social · 03/12/2025Working on #CriticalDiscourseStudies? ⌛The deadline for abstract submission to #CADAAD2026 is fast approaching! 🔽 www.cadaad2026.com/138021/detai... @cadaad.bsky.social @cadaad-journal.bsky.socialcadaad2026.comCADAAD 2026Welcome to CADAAD 2026 We are delighted to announce that the 2026 edition of the Critical Approaches to Discourse Analysis Across Disciplines (CADAAD) conference will be hosted by the University of Va... 0137
Reposted by Gavin LambSharon Robinson @antarcticmoss.bsky.social · 02/12/2025New from us theconversation.com/temperatures...theconversation.comTemperatures in a patch of Antarctic moss can vary as much as an entire mountain rangeThe moss beds in Antarctica are like miniature forests – they create their own climate. 2156
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 02/12/2025in case you weren't aware of r/petswithbuttons!🐈 "My cat has started to use 'vacuum' as a curse word": "For example, he will ask for "snackie” when we JUST got done with snackie and I will say “snackie all done” and then he will go spam the vacuum button." languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=72193...languagelog.ldc.upenn.eduLanguage Log » Pets with buttons 131
Reposted by Gavin LambAdrienne Brown @adierose.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Oh, seeing now that Kai Erikson passed away last month. “Everything in its Path” was really formative to me early on in grad school, and when I decided to study Paradise after the Camp Fire. It’s probably become more relevant than even he could have imagined…an important legacy to leave behind.nytimes.comKai Erikson, Sociologist Who Probed Invisible Scars of Disasters, Dies at 94 021
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 02/12/2025New report from Eurocities "While most cities rely on municipal revenue (87%) and EU funding (83%) for climate adaptation, only around 50% have or are developing a dedicated financing strategy. Alarmingly, 28% said national or local regulations prevent them from accessing certain types of funding."eurocities.euEuropean cities warn: without more support, urban climate resilience plans risk collapse - EurocitiesA new Eurocities Pulse survey of 54 cities from 17 European countries reveals that cities face growing climate threats, but limited funding, staffing shortages, and fragmented governance are holding b... 010
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 02/12/2025Interesting new free course in ecolinguistics & environmental communication from UN SDG:Learn!🌿: The Search for New Stories to Live By: Econarrative and Ethical Leadership www.unsdglearn.org/courses/the-...unsdglearn.orgThe Search for New Stories to Live By: Econarrative and Ethical LeadershipThis course is for anyone who is aware of the trajectory of society towards collapse under ever-growing inequality and environmental destruction, and who wants change at the only level that can make a... 010
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 01/12/2025"Deborah Cameron, former professor of language and communication at Oxford university, said using terms for staff that are “so out of step with what most people think your business is” risked attracting “incomprehension or ridicule”. www.ft.com/content/6689...ft.comAccenture dubs its 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ as it adapts to AIMove follows in footsteps of Disney’s ‘imagineers’ and Amazon’s ‘ninja coders’ 010
Reposted by Gavin LambJohn MacNeill Miller @snarlsdickens.bsky.social · 24/11/2025My advisee Milo Watson just had his essay published by ISLE as an advance article! It’s a great piece on field guides: how they traditionally worked as a genre and how the genre is changing to address ongoing ecological catastrophe. Currently open access—check it out! #envhumacademic.oup.comIs the Field Guide Sustainable? Rethinking Genre in the Face of Ecological CatastropheIn 1934, Roger Tory Peterson’s Field Guide to Birds became an unexpectedly hot commodity. Booksellers blazed through Houghton Mifflin’s cautious initial re 051
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 24/11/2025"During the next year AI LEARN will be hiring approximately 25 PhD, Postdoc, and Researcher positions in a variety of fields at locations: NTNU (Trondheim, Norway), University of Bergen (Bergen, Norway), University of Oslo (Oslo, Norway), and the University of Murcia (Murcia Spain)."ailearn.noAI LEARNAI LEARN Landing Page 000
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 21/11/2025Scientists explore underwater calls of Hawaiian monk seals: “We found that wild Hawaiian monk seals are producing lots of vocalizations all of the time,” said Kirby Parnell, a PhD candidate with the Marine Mammal Research Program."hawaiinewsnow.comScientists explore underwater calls of Hawaiian monk sealsWhen Hawaiian monk seals vocalize underwater, they’re not just making random noise. 0143
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 21/11/2025Reading today!📚 "In River Life and the Upspring of Nature Naveeda Khan examines the relationship between nature and culture through the study of the everyday existence of chauras, the people who live on the chars (sandbars) within the Jamuna River in Bangladesh." #ethnographydukeupress.eduRiver Life and the Upspring of Nature 010
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 21/11/2025"when subsequently forming advice on the topic based on their search, those who learn from LLM syntheses (vs. traditional web links) feel less invested in forming their advice, and, more importantly, create advice that is sparser, less original and ultimately less likely to be adopted by recipients"academic.oup.comExperimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learningAbstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when 000
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 20/11/2025"Can AI translate Native languages in times of disaster? In the wake of Typhoon Halong, an AI language company wants to hire Native translators, raising questions about data sovereignty."hcn.orgCan AI translate Native languages in times of disaster? - High Country NewsIn the wake of Typhoon Halong, an AI language company wants to hire Native translators, raising questions about data sovereignty. 010
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 20/11/2025"Experts have attributed the rise in attacks partly to climate change, with storms wreaking havoc on vegetation like beech trees, which produce the nuts that bears depend on. Bears have grown increasingly brazen in their quest for calories, venturing into urban centers in search of scraps."nytimes.comThe Hunt Is On for Bears in Japan After Deadly Attacks 100
Reposted by Gavin LambFinn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 11/11/2025My colleague Marie-Theres Fojuth has advertised a fully funded 3-year PhD Fellowship in Museum Education @unistavanger.bsky.social with the «Into the Fjords: Blue Museums as Arenas of Learning about Vulnerable Ecosystems (FJORDS)» project. Perfect for Scandinavian-speaking #envhum #envhist people!jobbnorge.noPhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983) | University of StavangerJob title: PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026 02931
Reposted by Gavin LambKsenia Shagal @ksushagal.bsky.social · 04/11/2025LMU Munich offers a funded PhD position for three years at the Graduate School of Language & Literature. The deadline for applications is 7 December 2025: www.en.lipp.uni-muenchen.de/application/...en.lipp.uni-muenchen.deApplication - Class of Language - LMU Munich 053
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 08/11/2025Job!📣 "The Script Encoding Initiative (SEI) in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral scholar position. The postdoc will contribute to an NSF-funded project on the politics of digitizing newly-invented writing systems"aprecruit.berkeley.eduPostdoctoral Scholar - Script Encoding Initiative - Linguistics DepartmentUniversity of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now! 000
Reposted by Gavin LambDr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 01/11/2025I've finally got around to curating a selection of films about the #climate crisis 🎥 There's lot of mediocre climate films out there, but for me these stand out head & shoulders above the rest 🎞️ They make excellent resources for classrooms, lecture halls, or community cinema's 🎬 Thread:🧵Plz RT 21601409
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 30/10/2025Job!📣 "The Department of Anthropology...University of Miami, invites applications for a faculty position in anthropological linguistics to begin August 15, 2026. The rank of the appointment is tenure-track assistant professor to tenure-eligible associate professor, as appropriate."umiami.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comCAS-Anthropology: Linguistics (Computational/Data) at the rank of Assistant Professor – Associate ProfessorCurrent Employees: If you are a current Staff, Faculty or Temporary employee at the University of Miami, please click here to log in to Workday to use the internal application process. To learn how to... 001
Reposted by Gavin LambDepartment of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics @nhhecon.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Job Market Alert: We're hiring and invite applications for 2 post doc positions in Labour Economics @nhhecon.bsky.social, @nhhnor.bsky.social & @fair-cele.bsky.social. Application deadline: 30 November 2025 midnight UTC. #econjobmarket econjobmarket.org/positions/12...econjobmarket.orgEJM - Econ Job Market 033
Reposted by Gavin LambDana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 28/10/2025As the climate crisis worsens, activists have employed a wide range of tactics to draw attention to the issue. Our new paper explores how perspectives on a diversity of social movement tactics vary between members of the general public and climate activists. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1... 23817
Reposted by Gavin LambMeade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 28/10/2025It pains me to see adaptation used to undermine mitigation, but also to see it painted as a "false solution." Adaptation is harm reduction for climate impacts that can no longer be avoided. Climate justice demands it. AND it has limits, becoming less effective and more costly as warming proceeds. 615140
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 28/10/2025Interesting Sociolinguistics PhD Winter School in Copenhagen coming up 9 - 13 March 2026! phdcourses.dk/Course/136039phdcourses.dkCopenhagen Winter School in Sociolinguistics - PhD courses in DenmarkPhdcourses.dk is a national database for PhD-courses offered from the universities in Denmark. 000
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 28/10/2025📣Conference: "44th International Sea Turtle Society (ISTS) Symposium will be held in Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi 28 Feb - 6 March 2026" (Abstracts due tomorrow, 29 October!) www.ists-symposium44.orgists-symposium44.orgISTS Symposium44 010
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 27/10/2025Job! Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Davidson College, NC. "We are particularly interested in candidates whose teaching experience encompasses public speaking, intercultural and/or international communication, communication theory, research methods..."fa-exci-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.comAssistant Professor of Communication StudiesThe Communication Studies department at Davidson College invites applications for an Open-Rank position in Communication Studies, with a focus on Intercultural/International Communication starting Jul... 010
Reposted by Gavin LambSinisa Malesevic @sinisamalesevic.bsky.social · 26/10/20251 Assistant Professor in Sociology, LSE: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...jobs.lse.ac.ukAssistant Professor in SociologyAssistant Professor in Sociology, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: cent... 035
Reposted by Gavin LambDolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 26/10/2025There are now 183 videos of our Greenhouse #envhum book talks available to view via our Vimeo showcase. This includes our most recent talks. You can also listen to the audio-only podcast, which is slightly behind with 154 episodes available: newnatures.org/greenhouse/f...vimeo.comGreenhouse Environmental Humanities Book TalksBook talks with authors of recent books in environmental humanities, with the authors in discussion with Dolly Jørgensen and Finn Arne Jørgensen, University of Stavanger, Norway. The book talks are he... 13015
Reposted by Gavin LambPhaedra C. Pezzullo @phaedra.bsky.social · 26/10/2025Longest thread I've read in awhile, but worthwhile if you're advocating your university transform to align with climate action. Please, share if you have more resources on climate justice in higher education to share 182
Reposted by Gavin LambVenus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Well thank fuck for some good news. Keep it coming. 2262
Reposted by Gavin LambNorthwest Climate Adaptation Science Center @nwcasc.bsky.social · 22/10/2025✨ Join us for an upcoming webinar with @allisonagsten.bsky.social to learn how to effectively share your stories with the public as an engaged scientist! 🎤 Sharing Your Science with the Media to Highlight its Value to the Public 🗓️ Wed 11/5 @ 2 pm PT 🔗 Register bit.ly/4oro4KM 0189
Reposted by Gavin LambDr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 20/10/2025I am leading graduate students through a discussion on effective writing practices. How do you push through writer’s block when it hits you? Please share your tips! 13136
Reposted by Gavin LambBathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Last week, western Alaska was hit by the powerful remnants of a typhoon. Recovery is just beginning for communities an airplane away building materials & other support. PBS has a good overview of this social-climate disaster. Ways to support linked below. m.youtube.com/watch?v=t5kz...m.youtube.comRescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful stormYouTube video by PBS NewsHour 16731
Reposted by Gavin LambMelissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Job! Postdoc in Digital Cultural Heritage: Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems, on new EU funded grant. 3.5 years, @designinf.bsky.social, Edinburgh. Design ethical processes, & evaluate open source tools for Digital Cultural Heritage Objects, with me! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comPostdoctoral Research Associate (Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems)We are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Digital Cultural Heritage Data Ethics & Software Ecosystems to join the Institute for Design Informatics, Edinburgh College of Art. 03736
Reposted by Gavin LambSabine Clarke @sabineclarke.bsky.social · 09/10/2025It was a real pleasure to write this afterword for a fantastic special issue on the history of invasive species by Christos Lynteris @visualplague.bsky.social and Jules Skotnes-Brown @julesskotnesbrown.bsky.socialtrack.smtpsendmail.comInvasive Species, Health, and Global History Afterword: The Disavowal of Human AgencyAbstract. The papers in this special issue explore the metaphorical realms that inform discourses on disruptive plants and animals. They explore how specie 2196
Reposted by Gavin LambKerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Congratulations to @ievajusionyte.bsky.social and her incredible work on borders and how they affect cultures on both “sides” of a boundary line ❤️❤️💪 www.macfound.org/videos/2025-...macfound.orgIeva Jusionyte - 2025 MacArthur Fellow 0156
Reposted by Gavin LambLawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Delighted to be included in this new book, Natural Disasters in the United States: Making Sense of Risks and Vulnerability. It began as a conference at the Center for American Studies at the University of Heidelberg, and I'm happy it’s now in print. (1/3) link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comNatural Disasters in the United StatesThis volume covers a wide array of historical failures in the USA that hindered improvements in resilience against natural hazards. 121
Reposted by Gavin LambXavier Mouy @xaviermouy.bsky.social · 03/10/2025Excited to share our new open‑access paper in PLOS ONE! We present a Monte Carlo framework to estimate how far resident killer whale pulsed calls can be detected in the Salish Sea by combining in‑situ ambient noise, tagging data and propagation modeling. 🧪🔊🐋 journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...journals.plos.orgModeling the detection range of pulsed calls from resident killer whale in nearshore waters of British Columbia, CanadaPassive acoustic monitoring (PAM) using underwater listening stations is widely employed to assess the presence and movements of marine mammals. Accurate interpretation of PAM data requires knowledge ... 0194
Reposted by Gavin LambDr Sarah Hopkyns @drsarahhopkyns.bsky.social · 05/10/2025Delighted to see my latest article published last week. Thank you to SI editors Maria Kuteeva and Amy Wanyu Ou, and journal editor Jean-Marc Dewaele. I'm looking forward to reading the full issue soon! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comThe complexities of ‘sticky objects’ and ‘happy objects’ in multilingual universities: emotional (un)belonging from a posthumanist perspectiveAs educational experiences in internationalised academic landscapes expand beyond classroom-based knowledge concerns, it is important to recognise that university spaces also embody affective, soci... 162
Reposted by Gavin LambRaul Pacheco-Vega @raulpachecovega.bsky.social · 04/10/2025"Ethnographies of Waiting: Doubt, Hope and Uncertainty" #Free2DownloadAndRead www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edi...taylorfrancis.comEthnographies of Waiting | Doubt, Hope and Uncertainty | Manpreet K. JWe all wait – in traffic jams, passport offices, school meal queues, for better weather, an end to fighting, peace. Time spent waiting produces hope, boredom, 082
Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 04/10/2025"....authors addressing reviewers using second-person pronouns receive fewer questions, shorter responses, and more positive feedback. Further analyses suggest that this shift in the review process occurs because “you” (vs. non-“you”) usage creates a more personal and engaging conversation."nature.comBehavioral consequences of second-person pronouns in written communications between authors and reviewers of scientific papers - Nature CommunicationsSecond-person pronouns, such as “you” and “yours”, are common in human communication. Here, the authors show that in peer review, authors who address reviewers with second person pronouns receive fewer questions, shorter responses, and more positive feedback. 010