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Stephen Lucek

@stephenlucek.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Head of Linguistics at UCD. Main research interests include: Sociolinguistics, Language Regard, Irish English, Mediatised Representations, Multilingualism and many more! Brewer of "drinkable" beers.

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Very excited for Emmet Kirwan's new play, What If We Get To Be Happy, coming to Dublin next February. You can book tickets now (which you probably should, as it will sell out.)
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What If We Get To Be Happy by Emmet Kirwan - Project Arts Centre
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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gavin Bazunu 💚⚪️🧡🇵🇸👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 The time has come for the rest of the players to stand alongside him and refuse to face Israel.
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Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is what we’ve been saying.
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Gavan Reilly @gavreilly.com · 26/09/2026
Moves afoot in Debrecen…
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Multilingual Matters @multi-ling-mat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Our second video for #InternationalDayofSignLanguages is from Gearóidín McEvoy, who recently published her book "Access to Justice for Minority Language Communities: Experiences of Irish Speakers and Irish Sign Language Users" with us. Find out more and order your copy now on our website ⬇️ #IDSL
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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
😎👌 How do you do, fellow kids? We’re librarymaxxing and feeling rather degreepilled. No cap. 67, mogging and unc: New figures have revealed Ireland’s most-searched-for slang terms of 2026 so far. @stephenlucek.bsky.social @ucdslcl.bsky.social www.independent.ie/irish-news/f...
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From rizz to unc and 67, study reveals Ireland’s top 10 slang words of 2026 so far
A study has revealed the top 10 most searched slang words in Ireland so far in 2026.
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Opinion Editor @ Bluesky @dly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I hope this Ishmael finds you whale
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Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 @ciaraioch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Even without the ethical and environmental issues, cannot wrap my head around the uncritical use of genAI and the likes of ChatGPT - why would you want to outsource your cognitive ability, your own capacity for thought and reason and creativity? Why are people so unconcerned about losing that?
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Carl Kinsella @carlkinsella.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
unless you're waking up early to get the bus, Luas or DART, in which case you'll soon be paying 30% more per journey
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Budget to support those 'who get up early every morning'
Tánaiste and Minister for Finance Simon Harris has said this year's Budget will support people "who get up early every morning and go to work".
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Anne H. Charity Hudley @acharityhudley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Stanford Linguistics is hiring in sociolinguistics! Open Rank! Please spread the word! facultypositions.stanford.edu/jobs/socioli...
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Sociolinguistics, Open Rank - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Linguistics at Stanford University seeks applicants for a junior or senior appointment at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor, tenured Associate Professor, or Full Professor...
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Robert Hawkins @rdhawkins.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Stanford Linguistics is hiring an open-rank sociolinguist (Assistant, Associate, or Full). Materials due October 16 for full consideration; start date September 2027. Please share widely!
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Sociolinguistics, Open Rank - Stanford University, California, United States
The Department of Linguistics at Stanford University seeks applicants for a junior or senior appointment at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor, tenured Associate Professor, or Full Professor...
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University College Dublin @ucddublin.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🧑‍🎓📺 Warmest congratulations to UCD graduate Cara McHugh, who has been announced as the newest presenter of RTÉ’s news2day, bringing Irish and international news to young audiences across the country. @rte.ie @artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social
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Andres Guadamuz @technollama.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
An elegant weapon for a more civilized age
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James Grama @dalaigrama.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
JOB ALERT! Come work with me and Isabelle Buchstaller in Essen, Germany on lifespan change! Whoever's interested can contact Isa (see ad) or, if you prefer, me! linguistlist.org/issues/37/27...
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LINGUIST List 37.2723 Jobs: Sociolinguistics: Postdoctoral Fellow With Expertise in Variationist Sociolinguistics, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Sociolinguistics Lab
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
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Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Super FurryAnimals Oasis Travis Bruce Blur
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Joel @itsjoels.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
This is the letter kids got at the end of Dolly’s Imagination Library. I defy you to read this and not cry.
Sorry, I can’t type that.
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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
So many things to choose to do with your one wild and precious life. Living so you’re remembered for your kindness is the only goal worth anything.
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Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Come work near me in UCD!! 3-year appointment in Philosophy to teach on a redesigned MSc in Cognitive Science. my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...
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Shonna White @shonnathewhite.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I know I’m breaking hearts here but … … a phone game isn’t going to tell you what your IQ is
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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
This is the part that breaks my heart. "Generative AI has broken the sacred contract between professors & students: that the professors are there to teach and the students are there to learn. The understanding has been broken...That’s a very deep part of the grief” www.chronicle.com/article/thes...
chronicle.com
These Professors Are Retiring Early. AI Was the Last Straw.
What is the point of teaching, they ask, if students are just pretending to learn?
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Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Hi there, an educator here. We don’t need training on AI. We know what it is. We’re holding on for dear life until private equity decides to move on to the next shiny thing. I just hope there are enough of us still around to pick up the pieces.
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Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Fake movie poster for The Rural Juror, starring Jenna Maroney
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Ola Majekodunmi @olamajekodunmi.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
If you're around Belfast tomorrow afternoon, why not join myself, @stephenbaker.bsky.social and Phil Ramsey in discussing what the media landscape may look like in a 'New Ireland'!
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gavsteed @gavsteed.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Blogs, I have a spare ticket for Arsenal v Betis in Dublin this Wednesday. Block 306 so basically half way line. Cost €105 but open to offers. DMs open!
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Dawn Whiteside Rubin @dd-rubin.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
That’s just science.
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Ola Majekodunmi @olamajekodunmi.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Ceuta is in north Africa. Should we really be using terms like "third-country nationals"?
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Needs to be pointed out, because ya know: fash idiots imploding. 1️⃣ Txt via 'Occupy London'; "Ceuta is not in Europe. Ceuta is not Europe. So-called “autonomous” Ceuta is literally a spanish colony in North Africa. None of the people arriving in Ceuta have made it to Spain. Latest reports
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Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
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Anna Belew @nabelew.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The arguments against language reclamation haven't changed much in the nearly 20 years I've been working in this field: "It costs too much." "People are choosing to abandon their languages, so let them." "They have no practical use." "It's just sentimental nostalgia." Fuck All That, a thread:
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Sometimes It’s O.K. to Let a Language Die
When cultural preservation comes at the expense of speakers’ decisions, sometimes it's O.K. to let a language die.
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Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
openletter.earth/refusal-of-v... Please consider signing this letter, asking for a reconsideration of refusing student visas for students on scholarships from Gaza.
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Refusal of Visas to Students from Gaza
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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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Cllr Eva Dowling @evadowling.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Palestinian students are having their study visas refused. Ministers Lawless and O’Callaghan must intervene. The Irish Universities Association (IUA) should speak publicly on behalf of the students and its member universities
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Social Democrats @social-democrats.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Increasing numbers of Gazan students hoping to start college in Ireland in September are being refused study visas this year. Govt likes to insist it is standing in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Yet its actions say otherwise. @patriciastephenson.bsky.social @jencummins.bsky.social
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Government departments must work together to remove visa barriers facing Gazan students - Social Democrats
The Social Democrats have urged the Department of Further and Higher Education and the Department of Justice to work together to remove barriers facing more than 20 Gazan students who have been refuse...
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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...
New Yorker article title "Sometimes It's Okay to Let a Language Die" with "Sometimes It's" crossed out in red ink and "IT'S NOT" written above it. To the right is text "A Response to The New Yorker" and the ELP logo.
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Ross Sayers @rosssayers.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
All worth it to hear Ian Wright say 'good to see Animal again' as if he's an old teammate of his
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Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
You can go nowhere… #DonegalGAA
Argentina supporters cheering on their team. In the centre-right of the screen a man is wearing a Donegal GAA shirt.
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Michael Bench-Capon @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
"I like a lot of them artists but I thought it was crap" -Wayne Rooney
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
How I feel right now:
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Yours in negritude, Ryan K. Smith @mewefree.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Two people tried to enter a screening of The Odyssey without buying tickets after hiding inside a miniature model of the Trojan Horse. 😂😂😂
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Seán Moncrieff @seanmoncrieff.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
On the show today: Gail Flanagan on ‘diaphanous’; Ahmet Arac on left/right handed; Sina Najafi on making books seem read; John Wilson on the box of wine; Zara Hedderman reviews ‘The Odyssey’ & ‘Heartstopper Forever’; Shannon Keenan with showbiz news; Michelle Lawlor won’t choose Argentinian wine
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Jay Reding @jayreding.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Happy Bastille Day to everyone, especially all my fellow guillotine enthusiasts!
A guillotine drawn in the style of 1980s neon vapor wave art with a sun and digital-style mountains in the background.
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Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Also really nice for commercial #LinguisticLandscapes research.
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Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
How did My Secret Identity only run for three years?? Just look at that face!
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
It's conference season, so I wanted to share the AI refusal statement I put at the end of my presentations and book talks. Feel free to use it!
AI Refusal Statement
I did not use generative AI at any point in the production of this book or presentation, including the literature review, writing, editing, translation, organization, or any other task (e.g. brainstorming). To the extent that it is possible to know, I did not cite any studies that used generative AI.
Justification: GenAI technology is based on stolen labor, anti-solidarity between workers, class exploitation, structural racism, misogyny, environmental injustice, and climate destabilization.
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Atlas Shvitzed @therafischwartz.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with
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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com · 06/07/2026
Oh, I didn’t even have to wait years…except in how long it has felt
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Dimitra Rizou @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Solutions to all the world's problems #cartoon
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