Dave Sayers
@davesayers.bsky.social
Cheese consumer, sociolinguist, immigrant 🇬🇧 👉 🇫🇮
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-7132
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-7132
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A reminder that gas-powered leafblowers are nightmare devices that are bad for you, bad for your lawn, and very bad for the environment. They fume and scream and kill the world all so you can messily and ineffectively move leaves around, leaves which are generally supposed to stay where they fell.
November 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
A reminder that gas-powered leafblowers are nightmare devices that are bad for you, bad for your lawn, and very bad for the environment. They fume and scream and kill the world all so you can messily and ineffectively move leaves around, leaves which are generally supposed to stay where they fell.
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Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Every day I work at Big Tech I understand this guy more and more
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka@jpeg)
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It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
Next up in the @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social English seminar series!
Yating Yu (University of Macau), 'Media representations of the ‘little fresh meat’ phenomenon in China: a feminist critical discourse analysis of the masculine nonconformity discourse'
Abstract/register!👇
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
Yating Yu (University of Macau), 'Media representations of the ‘little fresh meat’ phenomenon in China: a feminist critical discourse analysis of the masculine nonconformity discourse'
Abstract/register!👇
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
JYU English seminars - 2025-26
2025-26
r.jyu.fi
November 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Next up in the @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social English seminar series!
Yating Yu (University of Macau), 'Media representations of the ‘little fresh meat’ phenomenon in China: a feminist critical discourse analysis of the masculine nonconformity discourse'
Abstract/register!👇
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
Yating Yu (University of Macau), 'Media representations of the ‘little fresh meat’ phenomenon in China: a feminist critical discourse analysis of the masculine nonconformity discourse'
Abstract/register!👇
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
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Scientist James Watson has died. As per his final requests, he will be buried in such a position that he can still look over the shoulder of the grave of Dr. Franklin, just in case zombie Rosalind discovers something else worth swiping.
November 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Scientist James Watson has died. As per his final requests, he will be buried in such a position that he can still look over the shoulder of the grave of Dr. Franklin, just in case zombie Rosalind discovers something else worth swiping.
In case you're organising a conference, please feel free to adapt our code of conduct (shared under @creativecommons.bsky.social). It was inspired by reports of harassment at conferences during MeToo.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
In case you're organising a conference, please feel free to adapt our code of conduct (shared under @creativecommons.bsky.social). It was inspired by reports of harassment at conferences during MeToo.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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since all of this is fresh on my mind i'm also trying ecosia as my default search but realistically will still use google for many things, so i've made this no-ai version my homepage udm14.com
&udm=14 | the disenshittification Konami code
A quick way to get an AI-free search without any extra work.
udm14.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
since all of this is fresh on my mind i'm also trying ecosia as my default search but realistically will still use google for many things, so i've made this no-ai version my homepage udm14.com
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Not now, carnivorous death ball
November 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Not now, carnivorous death ball
Shout out to people coming up with clever acronyms for conferences, projects, research centres... 🙃
I needed a nonsense word/name for a work thing that all my coworkers would be able to see. I randomly typed in "skwap". For whatever reason, my gut told me to check urban dictionary before hitting enter.
Thank you gut.
Thank you gut.
November 6, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Shout out to people coming up with clever acronyms for conferences, projects, research centres... 🙃
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol
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I think this constant push for immigrants to feel & act ‘grateful’ is so insidious. Let’s change the narrative. Migration is a normal part of human behaviour, not a charity case. If you’re doing your best to do your best, you don’t need to do even more to be accepted. It’s your right to be accepted.
November 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I think this constant push for immigrants to feel & act ‘grateful’ is so insidious. Let’s change the narrative. Migration is a normal part of human behaviour, not a charity case. If you’re doing your best to do your best, you don’t need to do even more to be accepted. It’s your right to be accepted.
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“The PhD student is someone who forgoes current income in order to forgo future income” - Peter Greenberg #academicsky #academictalk #highered
October 24, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“The PhD student is someone who forgoes current income in order to forgo future income” - Peter Greenberg #academicsky #academictalk #highered
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
"Wait, Andrew might get stripped of the chance to attend the annual Order of the Garter lunch? OH NO NOT A DELUNCHING?!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
"Wait, Andrew might get stripped of the chance to attend the annual Order of the Garter lunch? OH NO NOT A DELUNCHING?!"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There go all my excuses.🙃
interestingengineering.com/culture/math...
interestingengineering.com/culture/math...
Mathematics disproves Matrix theory, says reality isn’t simulation
UBC researchers claim the universe can’t be a simulation, citing math that proves reality goes beyond computation and algorithmic logic.
interestingengineering.com
October 31, 2025 at 5:28 AM
There go all my excuses.🙃
interestingengineering.com/culture/math...
interestingengineering.com/culture/math...
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this is such a good idea and looks really well executed (AND OPEN SOURCE 😁)
Timeful (formerly Schej) - Find a time to meet
Timeful helps you find the best time for a group to meet. It is a free availability poll that is easy to use and integrates with your calendar.
timeful.app
October 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
this is such a good idea and looks really well executed (AND OPEN SOURCE 😁)
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The Louvre jewel heist is a crime I can get behind. Old fashioned fun, sexy, audacious, victimless caper we can enjoy guilt-free. I hope they get caught after a long international chase, but instead of jail they get a parade. "Thank you for this fun crime! I hope nobody else tries it again (wink)"
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The Louvre jewel heist is a crime I can get behind. Old fashioned fun, sexy, audacious, victimless caper we can enjoy guilt-free. I hope they get caught after a long international chase, but instead of jail they get a parade. "Thank you for this fun crime! I hope nobody else tries it again (wink)"
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🤖 New Early View!
In “Technofuturist Registers for AI and the Future of Work”, Alfonso Del Percio examines technofuturist registers, showing how AI is made desirable & shapes social imaginations of the future, reconfiguring visions of labor, personhood, and modernity.
🔗 Read here: buff.ly/3Bmxbgv
In “Technofuturist Registers for AI and the Future of Work”, Alfonso Del Percio examines technofuturist registers, showing how AI is made desirable & shapes social imaginations of the future, reconfiguring visions of labor, personhood, and modernity.
🔗 Read here: buff.ly/3Bmxbgv
buff.ly
September 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🤖 New Early View!
In “Technofuturist Registers for AI and the Future of Work”, Alfonso Del Percio examines technofuturist registers, showing how AI is made desirable & shapes social imaginations of the future, reconfiguring visions of labor, personhood, and modernity.
🔗 Read here: buff.ly/3Bmxbgv
In “Technofuturist Registers for AI and the Future of Work”, Alfonso Del Percio examines technofuturist registers, showing how AI is made desirable & shapes social imaginations of the future, reconfiguring visions of labor, personhood, and modernity.
🔗 Read here: buff.ly/3Bmxbgv
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Oh yeah I hadn’t thought of that
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Oh yeah I hadn’t thought of that