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Nele Põldvere

@nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy
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English linguist | Posting in English and Estonian about deceptive language and spoken language (my two passions!) | European, of course :) 🌉 bridged from ⁂ fediscience.org/@nelepoldvere, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
💎 Hidden Gems, Uncut #1 From the daily feed of one of my "favourite" fact-checkers: 📰 "The September That Never Was: How The Telegraph's Investigation Confirmed the Political Motivation Behind the 'Leipzig Drone' Case" ⚠️ On the surface: the conclusion is attributed to The Telegraph's […]
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
"Back in New York, I took full advantage of my status as a native speaker." - David Sedaris in 'Me Talk Pretty One Day' Truly one of the most satisfying parts of going back home. #Estonia tomorrow 🎉 #LivingAbroad
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
Also, "They can take out a city" followed by "Let them …" doesn't bode well for the 'ability' reading of CAN. The 'permission' reading is the more salient one. The BBC article, again: www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6r7yn8pk… #Linguistics #StrategicCommunication
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
It's fine! Trump's just applying the Let Them Theory and letting go of the toxic in his life: "It's a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can take out a city. Let them take out Los Angeles, let them take out San Diego." […]
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
@ElenLeFoll Relatedly: www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/23493…
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No woman in the EU is safe from 'forever chemicals,' blood sample study suggests
“I have two sons. They are young and already exposed to high levels of chemicals simply by breathing and eating. And I am unable to protect them, because the government has failed to protect us.”
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
What is hidden in language will eventually come to light. #Linguistics #ImplicitDeception #StrategicCommunication #FIMI
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Kilu von Prince @kilinguistics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Do you like having high-quality, peer-reviewed, Open Access Books on linguistics? Yes? Is your institution among those that have pledged support for the new funding period of Language Science Press (see thread)? No? Then talk to your librarian! We need you! langsci-press.org/knowledgeunl...
Meme: Bernie Sanders "I am once again asking". 
Text: I am once again asking for your support for Language Science Press
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026
From #PassaPorta book store in #Brussels 📖 😻
Holding two books on the street: The Interpretation of Cats and Their Owners, with a colorful cat painting on it, and Algospeak, covered in little emoji faces.
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
By far the best purchase so far in Brussels has been the Museum Pass 👉 unlimited access to 275 Belgian museums for only 65 euros a year. We've been to see musical instruments, sewers, an underground palace, and more. And obviously got our money's worth. www.museumpassmusees.be/fr […]
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026
That's exactly how I feel after months of feasting on Belgian fries, waffles and chocolates. #JardinDesSculptures #Brussels
A bronze statue of a woman in a bikini with her hands on her hips, standing in a leafy little garden in Brussels.
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026
#GymnasticsAsPropaganda Recent news about Alisher Usmanov's removal from the EU sanctions list (see www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6dj4k981…) reminded me of the dark and twisted world of rhythmic gymnastics (RG) in Russia, which I observed from a distance from a very young age. What do […]
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026
I've been MIA for a while because ... life changes! Not only do I live in a new country/city (hello, #Brussels), but I also need to figure out what the hell to do next. Husband's at his new job, et moi, open to staying in academia but more curious about what […] [Original post on fediscience.org]
Several green parakeets in a treeSunset over the roofs of buildings
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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/02/2026
RE: fediscience.org/@tschfflr/116124799… Hi #dhd2026 crowd, I have a #DH job (leading to a PhD) open in my group right now! Tell your students 🤗
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/02/2026
🔗 Huvitav väljavõte Propastopi hiljutisest artiklist: "Venemaa mõjutustegevus on liikunud üksikute valeväidete levitamiselt süstemaatilise hirmu ja ebakindluse tekitamise suunas. Fookuses ei ole enam ühe konkreetse narratiivi kehtestamine, vaid pideva pingeseisundi hoidmine, olgu selleks […]
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026
@aoanla Indeed! Added a couple of lines to my CV but surely no search committee will ever care!
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 10/02/2026
If I ever have the ovaries to leave #academia, this will be the main reason (all post-PhD): 2020: SWE Research Council - rejected! 2021: SWE Research Council - rejected! 2023: NOR Research Council - rejected! 2024: NOR Research Council - rejected! 2025: SWE Research Council + Bank of SWE + MSCA […]
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Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 02/02/2026
It's the misleading content league table! (from a study which fact-checked posts across content seen in four EU countries): (Most) - TikTok - Facebook - X/Twitter - Youtube - Instagram - LinkedIn (Least) REPORT: Measuring the State of Online Disinformation in Europe on Very Large Online […]
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Bruce Lawson ✅ ♫ ♿ ✌️♂️✊ @brucelawson.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy · 20/01/2026
European Union companies' annual purchases of cloud software services that benefit the US economy amount to €264 billion … If the EU were able to produce 15% of the cloud software services it currently purchases from the United States in 2035, this would result in 463,000 additional jobs in the […]
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Tatjana Scheffler @tschfflr.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/01/2026
International postdocs: Come to Bochum for a two-week stay to plan a research project and learn how to apply for funding for it in Germany. I'm available as a host for any topic related to my research interests: digital forensic linguistics, experimental semantics/pragmatics, emojis […]
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/12/2025
Reading recommendation! 📖 Earlier this year, Vassiliki Geka published an excellent book on Imperative-Based Dialogic Constructions and Discourse Units: www.jbe-platform.com/content/books/… Later this year, Journal of Pragmatics published my review of the book, which you can […]
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Tom Stafford @tomstafford.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 14/11/2025
What did Elon change? A comprehensive analysis of Grokipedia arxiv.org/abs/2511.09685 Newsletter summary: "Grokipedia cites a Nazi forum and fringe conspiracy websites. A site-wide comparison with Wikipedia sheds light on what Elon Musk is trying to do" […]
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2025
@ergative Great! 🙏 Will definitely order that and hope he's addressed it in one way or another.
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2025
Dear readers of #mastodon! Is anyone familiar with academic literature on communicative efficiency in short-form videos like #tiktok? I'm thinking of ways in which #influencers may adjust their speech to fit into bite-sized clips? Is there any? If not specifically on language, then maybe […]
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2025
Ever heard of the Global Fact-Checking Network? Nope, not the International Fact-Checking Network (www.poynter.org/ifcn) - the other, "alternative" one. Anyway, just reading their posts for research purposes. Was positively surprised by their awareness of the role of language, lexical […]
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Nele Põldvere @nelepoldvere.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2025
Hello everyone! 👋 After having run a project account for a while, I thought it's high time to put a face to my research. So here I am: an English linguist with an interest in the language of fake news and spoken language (not always together, actually I prefer to take a break from fake news […]
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