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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 01/01/2026

If 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!

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 27/12/2025

2025 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.

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10 notable books on conservation and the environment published in 2025

The 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…

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org · 23/12/2025

Happy 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!

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

So 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...

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Up and Down With… Polarisation? Intrinsic and Instrumental Polarisation Dynamics in US Climate Policy Debates | Article | Politics and Governance

Philip Leifeld, Dana R. Fisher

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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Good starter packs circulating here on science and environment

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Mushtaq Bilal, PhD @mushtaqbilalphd.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Open 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...

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Doctoral student in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior

Doctoral position in Political Science, specialization in political economy and political behavior The Department of Political Science

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Hard 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.

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animal prattle @animal-prattle.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

what'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

Fig. 1. Spectrograms and oscillograms of (A) two meows and (B) two purrs. Oscillograms depict sound
pressure over time, and spectrograms depict frequency over time. All spectrograms were created with a
1024-point FFT, 16-bit depth, and a Hamming Window with 87.5% overlap (sampling rate: 96 kHz, frequency resolution: 94 Hz, time resolution: 1.33 ms). The two pictures on the right depict Koda, a 15-year-old male
Ragdoll cat, meowing and purring (credit: Marisa Idolo).

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Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 13/12/2025

part 2 of this book has several chapters worth checking out on histories of environmental movements in Hawai‘i. www.dukeupress.edu/a-nation-ris...

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A Nation Rising: Hawaiian Movements for Life, Land, and Sovereignty

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Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 02/12/2025

in 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...

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Language Log » Pets with buttons

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Adrienne Brown @adierose.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Oh, 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.

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Kai Erikson, Sociologist Who Probed Invisible Scars of Disasters, Dies at 94

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Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 02/12/2025

New 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."

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European cities warn: without more support, urban climate resilience plans risk collapse - Eurocities

A 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...

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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...

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Accenture dubs its 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ as it adapts to AI

Move follows in footsteps of Disney’s ‘imagineers’ and Amazon’s ‘ninja coders’

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John MacNeill Miller @snarlsdickens.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

My 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! #envhum

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Is the Field Guide Sustainable? Rethinking Genre in the Face of Ecological Catastrophe

In 1934, Roger Tory Peterson’s Field Guide to Birds became an unexpectedly hot commodity. Booksellers blazed through Houghton Mifflin’s cautious initial re

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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)."

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AI LEARN

AI LEARN Landing Page

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Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 21/11/2025

Scientists 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."

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Scientists explore underwater calls of Hawaiian monk seals

When Hawaiian monk seals vocalize underwater, they’re not just making random noise.

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Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 21/11/2025

Reading 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." #ethnography

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River Life and the Upspring of Nature

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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"

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Experimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learning

Abstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when

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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."

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Can AI translate Native languages in times of disaster? - High Country News

In the wake of Typhoon Halong, an AI language company wants to hire Native translators, raising questions about data sovereignty.

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Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 20/11/2025

reminded me of this story from a few years ago: "Understandably, not everyone is excited about an Italian version of a grizzly bear showing up in their backyard, and a team of carefully selected “bear ambassadors” works hard to convince locals of the value of their polarizing neighbor."

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Why Italians Are Growing Apples for Wild Bears

For some conservationists, preserving the wilderness no longer means just setting land aside and leaving animals alone.

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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."

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The Hunt Is On for Bears in Japan After Deadly Attacks

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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 11/11/2025

My 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!

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PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983) | University of Stavanger

Job title: PhD Fellowship in Museum Education (288983), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Sunday, January 4, 2026

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Ksenia Shagal @ksushagal.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

LMU 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/...

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Application - Class of Language - LMU Munich

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Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 08/11/2025

Job!📣 "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"

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Postdoctoral Scholar - Script Encoding Initiative - Linguistics Department

University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I'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

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Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 30/10/2025

Job!📣 "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."

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CAS-Anthropology: Linguistics (Computational/Data) at the rank of Assistant Professor – Associate Professor

Current 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...

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Department of Economics, NHH Norwegian School of Economics @nhhecon.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Job 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...

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EJM - Econ Job Market

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

As 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...

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It 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.

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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.org

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ISTS Symposium44

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Gavin Lamb @gavinlamb.org · 27/10/2025

Job! 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..."

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Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

The 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...

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

There 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...

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Greenhouse Environmental Humanities Book Talks

Book 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...

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Phaedra C. Pezzullo @phaedra.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Longest 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

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Venus Bivar @vbivar.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Well thank fuck for some good news. Keep it coming.

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Northwest 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

A University of Washington researcher kneels in the mud with research equipment and explains something to a group. They are studying eelgrass in Padilla Bay, Washington.

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Dr. Merritt Rae Turetsky @queenofpeat.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I 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!

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Bathsheba Demuth @brdemuth.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Last 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...

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Rescue crews airlift hundreds out of rural Alaskan villages after powerful storm

YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

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Melissa Terras @melissaterras.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Job! 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...

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Postdoctoral 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.

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Kerri Arsenault @kerriarsenault.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Congratulations 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-...

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Ieva Jusionyte - 2025 MacArthur Fellow

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Lawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Delighted 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...

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Natural Disasters in the United States

This volume covers a wide array of historical failures in the USA that hindered improvements in resilience against natural hazards.

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