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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 16h

No you celebrated submitting a paper by turning around and working on a draft of a paper in an entirely different field

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emer mchugh’s the devils @emer.bsky.social · 22h

launching IRISH SHAKESPEARES alongside my very cool colleague and friend taarini mookherjee’s new book on indian shakespeares: you should join us in november! www.qub.ac.uk/events/whats...

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11.11.26 - Launch of New Books in Indian and Irish Shakespeares | What's On | Queen's University Belfast

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

New from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and me: "It is high time for us to regulate usage of systems sold as “AI”, not because they are magical machines, but because they are error-prone products that shouldn’t be used in high stakes scenarios." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender

The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I bought myself and @thecraftycailleach.bsky.social tickets to a ballet when she comes to visit in December, which might lead you to assume that we are going to see the Nutcracker, when in fact, we are going to the German premier of Krzysztof Pastor's Dracula

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European Centre for Minority Issues @ecmiflensburg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

What are the online breathing spaces and why are they important for minorities? In Q&A#11, Viktoria Aygül, researcher at the ECMI, interviews Dr. Maggie Glass. www.ecmi.de/default-titl...

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of my more ridiculous decisions as a coeliac Jew was marrying into a Pfälzer family. Like, hello yes, so glad to be here, I don't eat two of the biggest staples in your diet

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For some reason, folk songs about miner's rights are really promenant in my Tidal algorithm right now

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"I have spent more time liking your posts than I have on the thing I promised I'd do for you" and other stories

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I love the bits of academia when you discover that the answer to most of your current issues is in research your wonderful colleagues have already done

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Spent the morning discussing discourses about the Pentagon deciding that the LDS church isn't Christian, while drinking hot black tea The irony is not lost to me

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 23/09/2026

if only there was a way to transfer all that energy dedicated to hating Jewish people just for being Jewish to hating Elon Musk just for being Elon Musk, which he actually deserves

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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

language variation is cool

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

CFP: Breathing Spaces Revisited! After seven years of feedback and discussion, I am thrilled to annouce that @guillembelmar.bsky.social and I are officially back to it! Do YOU have a virtual space for your minoritised langauge community? Practitioners welcome! Deadline 15 Oct: tinyurl.com/4wvn6vdk

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LINGUIST List 37.2988 FYI: Call for Book Chapters: Revisiting Virtual Breathing Spaces for Speakers of Minoritized Languages

The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Nothing sums up the academic experience like sitting down to revise a paper for the fourth time

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Nothing says Immigrant Experience more than spending the morning of your 10th anniversary renewing your work permit I am so proud of how far we have come, as individuals and together. My life would be so much lesser without him

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I feel Wrong even complaining, all things considered, but I do wish that my local Ausländerbehörde would give me more than 24 hours notice before an appointment

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Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We have reopened funding schemes, supporting scholars and students in their research, training, travel, and conference organisation - with an emphasis on PGRs and ECRs! Research Grant Deadline: 1 December 2026! All Other Grants Deadline: 2 November 2026! For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/

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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Hello Wednesday: A little marginalia.

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Edinburgh Archaeology @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

🚨 We’re HIRING! ☠️ Lecturer in Human Osteoarchaeology* (full-time, 2-year post starting January 2027). 📅 Application deadline: 14 September 2026🔗 tinyurl.com/yrbxrwbh #AcademicJobs #Archaeology #Osteology #Teaching #Edinburgh #EdinArch #HEjobs @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Hello it is Friday and I have: Fixed the Windows key on my keyboard Finished grading all of the theses for this summer, and have none officially registered (for all of a week, but STILL) And yesterday I baked vegan banana bread just with things I had on hand at home Masquerading as a Real Adult!

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I had a deep abiding fear in undergrad of getting stuck in the stacks in the library, and now I feel like I should worry about getting crushed under the stacks of books on my desk

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Freie Universität Berlin @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Wie klingt Populismus? Welche Rolle spielt Sound in der Aufmerksamkeitsökonomie? Das erforschen Dr. Lenka Filipova/ #FUBerlin und Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Tralle/ Universität #Osnabrück) im Projekt „Soundscapes of Populism“ - gefördert von @volkswagenstiftung.de mit 333.000 Euro. 🔗 tinyurl.com/4bw96tev

Die Illustration zeigt den Schriftzug Soundscapes of Populism.
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John Walsh @nuachainteoir.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Thanks to the Irish History Podcast for inviting me to be interviewed about Irish language policy since the Revival period. Agallamh liom faoi athbheochan na Gaeilge ó dheireadh an 19ú hAois go dtí an lá atá inniu ann. shows.acast.com/irishhistory...

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Broken Promises: Why Irish Independence Failed the Irish Language | Irish History Podcast

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My husband (37): I feel like Forza Horizon 6 teaches new drivers the wrong lesson about trees...

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Tove Larsson @tovelarsson.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Just out: Statistical Modeling for (Actual) Hypothesis Testing: Building Cumulative Knowledge in Corpus Linguistics (Larsson & Hancock, 2026) Download for free until August 11: doi.org/10.1017/9781... On methods for evaluating empirically informed hypotheses. @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org

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Statistical Modeling for (Actual) Hypothesis Testing

Cambridge Core - Research Methods in Linguistics - Statistical Modeling for (Actual) Hypothesis Testing

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Paul Fagan @pauleamonnfagan.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

🚨OUT NOW: Article #9 in "Celibacy in Irish Women's Writing"! "The Marriage Bar in Irish Life" by Deirdre Foley Combining oral history, manuscript sources and personal history, this article considers the impact of the Irish Marriage Bar across generations. Read it here: www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/15...

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Tom Smith 🏳️‍🌈 @tomsmithgerman.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

If anyone on my TL isn't already following the very sound voices on Germany on this issue, here is Fatma Aydemir in the Guardian for your algorithm: Germany's leaders say the Berlin Pride attack targeted 'all of us'. What utter hypocrisy | Fatma Aydemir www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Germany's leaders say the Berlin Pride attack targeted 'all of us'. What utter hypocrisy | Fatma Aydemir

The queer community has lost resources and protection due to decisions made by the people now mouthing solidarity in public, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

If you’ve seen this article, you may be sitting with anger, pain, or just exhaustion at dealing with another helping of colonial nonsense. We feel a responsibility to speak back when these colonizing narratives show up, yet again, in such a prominent venue. endangeredlanguages.com/story/respon...

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

While I never anticipated that my research would lead me to studying American culture, watching European colleagues have a collective meltdown about my discussion of chicken and waffles never fails to bring me joy

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Kilu von Prince @kilinguistics.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

To do research is, among other things, to give value to ideas. To review is to critically assess the value of ideas. If you think this process can be done by a Chatbot, you probably shouldn’t be anywhere near it.

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I watched this constantly as a child, it shaped me in so many ways. I rewatched it a few years ago, and it is still incredibly quotable, and the performances are superb.

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Josephine beckbook.com Riesman @josie.zone · 14/07/2026

Diaspora Jewish heads of government stay winning

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I love my job for many reasons, and reading delightful theses about some of my favourite pieces of media is definitely one of them

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Dean Leetal @deanleetal.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Yay, a new paper of mine was just published by Journal of Fandom Studies. It suggests that fan fiction favourite relationships are often canonically queer(platonic), an often erased queer type of relationship. intellectdiscover.com/content/jour...

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Queerplatonic relationships, canon and queerbaiting: Your ship is canonically queer | Intellect

The following article suggests that many relationships (ships) that are popular in fandom are canonically queer in ways other than sexuality. Fan communities often have heated discussions regarding wh...

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I am actually more than a little miffed to be asked to pay over €300 for early bird registration for an event that 1) is scheduled to be Thursday-Saturday, and 2) doesn't have a kosher option, when the field in question was very much developed by Jews. Glad we care about inclusivity, nu?

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Laura Bailey @linguistlaura.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Hey if you need something to do over this long weekend, have a go at my PhD student Anna-Merete’s survey. It’s sentences to rate, you just need to have any English variety as your first language, and it’ll take you 10–15 minutes. #linguistics docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Can You Say That?

The aim of this project is to investigate the (im)possibilities of sentence structure in English and Danish, and the differences between the two languages. By contributing, you help further our unders...

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Your regular reminder that dehumanizing the people who are dehumanizing others isn’t how we’re gonna get to liberation. We have to live into the world we want to create.

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Matthew Broberg-Moffitt (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Another reminder: I don’t reskeet images without alt text. Accessibility matters.

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Ten years ago this weekend, I went to what has been the most important conference of my life. It was my first exposure to linguistic landscapes, sure, but even more so, that was the conference where I started chatting to a very cute tech support guy, and kind of never stopped Reader, I married him

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Nothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Cat and Lamp — George Copeland Ault, 1928 Oil on canvas

Painting of a gray cat sitting on a little table next to a red lamp

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Quite pleased with my own creativity last night in putting out Miriam's water in a whiskey dram She is associated with the water of life, after all

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Dr Maggie Glass @mglass.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Up at 8:15 on a work day, frantically putting together a KfP cake for my second Seder tonight, as one does Chag Pesach Samech!

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

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Wikipedia Bans AI-Generated Content

“In recent months, more and more administrative reports centered on LLM-related issues, and editors were being overwhelmed.”

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