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Marianne Hundt
@hundtmariann.bsky.social
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Linguist (University of Zurich). Lady (in the Old English sense of the word).

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Communication & Media Studies 47%
Psychology 21%
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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 23h
Anti-anxiety baking… but we’re only two in the household…

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

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Dr. Holly Walters @manigarm.bsky.social · 4d
I have some bad news. One, if you need to use ChatGPT for your graduate application letter, you are not ready for graduate school.

Two, no, not "everyone is doing it" and those who don't do it aren't "losing out." ChatGPT is not an advantage.
planetdr.bsky.social Sarah Hörst @planetdr.bsky.social · 4d
An impressive number of graduate applications this year used the phrase “curiosity-driven approach” 🤔

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Adam Smyth @adamwithbooks.bsky.social · 4d
'Beyond the book: recycling print in early modern England' is out in splendid & lovely English Literary Renaissance.

50 free downloads, warm & ready to go, at www.journals.uchicago.edu/eprint/Q2MMD...

(pcis: Bodleian coffret lined w. Horace & Virgil; damasked pages in Worcester College deed box)

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Florent Moncomble @fmoncomble.tract-linguistes.org · 4d
One more in digital corpus building news: all the web apps on corpustools.prendrelangue.fr can now output XML files ready for import into @sketchengine.eu.

#linguistics
Florent Moncomble’s corpus tools
A collection of tools for collecting and analysing corpora of online media discourse
corpustools.prendrelangue.fr

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 4d
Interesting detail…

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Theresa Heyd @theresaheyd.bsky.social · 4d
Man muss mal sagen, dass die englische Sprache mit "fall" und "spring" zwei perfekte Bezeichnungen für die Jahreszeiten erschaffen hat, ich schlage zur Ergänzung "sweat" und "depress" vor

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 5d
Cardamom knots cheered me up today:
#breadsky

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 5d
It seems here’s the answer!
readsludge.com/2026/01/16/t...
The Companies Behind ICE
Sludge built an interactive map of every ICE contractor working with the Trump administration.
readsludge.com

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 5d
Rather chilling episode on detention and mass incarceration in the US. ‘Detention economy’ prompts the question: who’s currently benefitting?
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History Extra podcast
History Podcast · Updated daily · The History Extra podcast brings you gripping stories from the past and fascinating historical conversations with the world's leading historical experts. History E...
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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 7d
Happy with how my 100% rye sourdough turned out today.

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 17d
Brioche.

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 17d
#OTD 213 years ago, Louis Lucien Bonaparte (1813–1891) was born 🎂 He was Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew and was briefly also a French politician. Later he became an expert on Cornish and other Celtic languages, and particularly on the dialect cartography of Basque.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Dahlem Center for Linguistics @dclberlin.bsky.social · 17d
#OTD 241 years ago, Jacob Grimm (1785–1863) was born 🥳 He was one of the pioneering scholars of German philology and Indo-European linguistics, author of the German Grammar. Based on the sound changes of Germanic consonants, he formulated the so-called Grimm’s Law.

#LinguisticBirthdays #Histlx

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Past Present Future Podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social · 17d
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!

An extra episode to accompany our Films of Ideas series: David explores The Designated Mourner by Wallace Shawn, the writer and co-star of My Dinner with Andre. How did a play first performed in 1996 turn into a prophetic text for our times?

Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 18d
Trump’s war on drugs? Yeah…
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What was Honduras ex-president convicted of and why has Trump pardoned him?
Juan Orlando Hernández, once called the key figure in a drug trafficking scheme that flooded America with cocaine, walked free after the pardon.
www.bbc.com

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 18d
"if you are pronouncing a new law that wherever Communism reigns against the will of the people, even though it's happened internally, there the United States shall enter, then we are going to have really terrible wars in the world".

Margaret Thatcher, 1983.
www.margaretthatcher.org/document%2F1...

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 18d
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.

Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.

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Natascha Strobl @nataschastrobl.bsky.social · 18d
Die USA haben den Präsidenten eines anderen Landes entführt.
Breaking News: President Trump said that the U.S. captured Nicolás Maduro, the Venezuelan leader, and that he is being flown out of the country. Follow live updates.

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 18d
Some smart people were blaring alarm sirens in 2001 that allowing the President to do anything he wants as long as he designates it as an anti-terrorist operation will come back someday, well, it just did.

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 20d
Happy Birthday!!! Love your new podcast!

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 21d
Made the Xmas brioche in a Pullman tin ;-)

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 21d
Having lye bread w the 🫕 (moitié-moitié) tonight :-)
#BreadSky

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 21d
The sentence in one of the many reviews of 2025 that stayed w me (about a bad situation from an artist in a resistance movement): “This will not last!” Here’s to the power of resilience and hope!!!!!!!!!

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 23d
Triple choc rolls. They were best with goat cheese!
Recipe Lutz Geißler.
#breadsky

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why not? @heikewhynot.bsky.social · 24d
Bitte Rehpost 🦌 💌 !
Armutsbetroffene im Visier des Rechtsextremismus:
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#armut #rechtsextremismus
Foto: Nacht, viele Deutschlandfahnen. Anscheinend eine Kundgebung der Rechten. Text; Armutsbetroffene im Fokus von Rechtsextremismus! Onlinevortrag für Armutsbetroffene von Natascha Strobl 19.01.26, 19:00 h Anmeldung: https://forms.office.com/e/Ddu42mERdg Rechtsextremismus verachtet sogenannte Sozialschmarotzer. Menschen werden nicht als Individuen betrachtet, sondern nur nach ihrem Nutzen für die "Volksgemeinschaft". Der Sozialstaat soll massiv abgebaut und Sozialleistungen stark gekürzt werden, dafür soll mehr gearbeitet werden, bis hin zum Arbeitszwang. Wer nicht arbeiten kann, wird verachtet und ausgeschlossen aus der Gemeinschaft. Das Feindbild, das der Rechtsextremismus propagiert, betrifft auch arme Menschen. Was können wir dem entgegensetzen? Die Veranstaltung ist kostenfrei! AG Treffen von Menschen mit Armutserfahrung NRW, teilnahme@posteo.de

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · Dec 20
Wheat-rye-buckwheat, yoghurt&milk mix, honey, sunflower seed oil, a smidgeon of yeast, short proof at room temperature followed by over-night cold proof. Shaped and baked first thing in the morning for on-the-road lunch.

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marybeard @wmarybeard.bsky.social · Dec 20
Classical Athenian theatre isn’t all you wd think! Go behind the scenes here on Instant Classics podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
A Day at the Theatre in Ancient Athens
Podcast Episode · Instant Classics · 18/12/2025 · 51m
podcasts.apple.com

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Dec 19
The most powerful force in American politics today is anti-establishment fury at a rigged economic system.

To counter Trump’s fake populism and his culture wars, progressives should mount a real battle against economic elites who have shafted America’s middle and working classes.

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Karina Bénazech Wendling @karinabwendling.com · Dec 19
The date is set!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181190/
30% off through @manchesterup.bsky.social 's website.
Manchester University Press - Converting Ireland
Converting Ireland - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Converting Ireland by Karina Bénazech Wendling
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