Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Isabel Picornell

@picornell.bsky.social

4.3K followers 890 following 13K posts

Forensic linguist researching deception in authorship and faked (con)texts. Ex-archaeologist. Humanist. 🇪🇺 "For each age is a dream that is dying or one that is coming to birth."

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 5h

Pesky British immigrants.

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 6h

Just confirming a fact. 😁

1 6

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 6h

Thank you, Tony! 👏

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 6h

¡Enhorabuena, Mark! So delighted you and your family have made it to Spain. Abrazos a todos y buen suerte. 🖖

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 6h

Please vote. I have.

@raystonian @stonia2.bsky.social · 8h

This was the young journalist pulled by the BBC Israel lobby. His colleague was killed. He wants us to join and vote

Climate News @climatenews.bsky.social · 1d

Truly inspirational journalism from these iconic Palest!nian journalists.

Watch, share and vote! And let’s slowly work to restore our humanity.

1 2 4

Reposted by Isabel Picornell

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 10h

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance

Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines

www.theguardian.com

58 180

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 7h

I stand corrected, Rima. Thank you for that.

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 8h

Why is Israel releasing this now? To fan the flames of violence while enabling plausible deniability?

1 1

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 8h

So very sad. May the earth be light upon him.🕯️

1 1

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 8h

My nasturtiums got munched to death last year and haven't returned.

1 1

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 8h

😂

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 9h

You're supposed to be a journalist. Act like one, please, and stop spreading fake news.

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 9h

No surprises there. Israel looking for a way to scupper the ceasefire.

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 9h

Next step is to freeze Israeli assets for the rebuilding of Gaza.

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 9h

I do the same with my Manchego. The stuff I eat I leave out of the fridge. I like my manchego strong and oily.

1 4

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 9h

Yes, I agree. But I find social engagement tiring. So I have to find other ways to make my life meaningful.

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 9h

Gorgeous!

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 9h

I think I understand what you mean. I agree - there is so much we do not know or understand. That is the paradox of knowledge.

2 1

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 9h

It's a fact.

1 3

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 9h

There is a penguin in that picture. 😂

2 5

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 9h

There are certain absolute principles. We can refer to them as "truths". I'm ok with that.

1 1

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, absolutely correct.

1 1

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 11h

That's a good way of explaining it. I'm coming at truth and facts from a linguistic viewpoint. In fact, we should be replacing 'truth' with 'truthful(ness)' from a communicative intention perspective.

1 2

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 11h

I don't deal with people. I haven't got the skill. Or tact. I look at linguistic strategies of obfuscation and persuasion. I enjoy the philosophy of language.

Isabel Picornell @picornell.bsky.social · 11h

called universal truths, that should hold for all time, all places, and all people. But as we see in the world, not everyone subscribes to it.