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Lieven Vandelanotte

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English lang & ling academic @UNamur & @KU Leuven. THE LANGUAGE OF MEMES out now https://www.cambridge.org/languageofmemes. He/him. https://www.unamur.be/en/profil/lvdlanot

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 7d

Call for papers: "𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚" (deadline: 31 January 2026)

Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be

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Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 6h

The rikishi are taking-in the town and doing what we all do when in London.
Seeing the sights, admiring the parks, shopping on High Street, taking tea at Fortnum's, using the olde phonebox, eating Chinese, and having a terrific time.

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 18h

Sound check 🔊

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Barnabas Calder @barnabascalder.bsky.social · 4h

I offered a dissenting voice in this article about "beauty" in #architecture, though little of it got in. Essentially, I can't see why style wars should wang on self-promotingly through a climate emergency.
www.ft.com/content/fd8a...
I put the case here too:
www.dezeen.com/2023/01/12/a...

Who should decide what makes a building beautiful?

Everyone agrees that we need more homes, and fast — and that we want them to look good. But who should be the judge: architects, governments or the general public?

www.ft.com

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Babel: The Language Magazine @babelzine.bsky.social · 4h

📖 Happy World Novel Week 2025!

👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Babel article: Charley Dickens and university slang

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 16h

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 18h

Sound check 🔊

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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 20h

This is how I imagine JK Rowling when she posts.

JK Rowling says "ha ha.. h-heh. I won! I won!" She sits alone in the dark, bathed in the late of her computer screen. We pull back to see her in a large dark empty room. She continues "I won." Seeing the full scope of her cavernous workplace, she appears small and alone. She says, once again, "I won..."

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Will Dunn @willdunn.bsky.social · 19h

A trip to the optician in pre-Norman England

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Good morning 🤢

Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 1d

Nick Robinson’s coverage of Trump this morning is almost erotic

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Park Abbey under the autumn sun

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Fernanda Ferreira @fernandaedi.bsky.social · 1d

Decision on your manuscript

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 2d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

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hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 2d

"The chancellor approved it"

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De Tijd @tijd.be · 1d

Elke reiziger op luchthaven van Deurne kost belastingbetaler 65 euro

De financiële situatie van de luchthaven van Deurne is ondanks de overheidssteun zo slecht dat elke schuldeiser de ontbinding van de vennootschap kan vragen aan de rechter. Dat leert onderzoek van De Standaard en VRT NWS.

www.tijd.be

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

That parenthetical! You wouldn't have wanted to be on the receiving end of Muriel Spark's ire 😅 (from Colin Burrow's @lrb.co.uk piece)

Your farewell letter leaves me dry-eyed and the sickly dishonesty of your accusations - so far as I can decipher your impolite handwriting with a magnifying glass - affects me only as do all sickly things.

Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 1d

1) I once again take this opportunity to remind you: to keep its basic functioning, society has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

2) is...is it happening?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Emily Myers @emilymyers.bsky.social · 1d

Bill Nighy has a new podcast where he answers advice questions, suggests a playlist (this week was classic R&B tunes on the theme of adultery), and reads you an excerpt from a favorite book. All delivered in Mr Nighy's velvety tones.

I mean, honestly.

www.ill-advisedbybillnighy.com

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www.ill-advisedbybillnighy.com

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Park Abbey under the autumn sun

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Are you sticking around in BE at all?
Haven't seen the current temporary exhibition yet. But the way the permanent collection is presented is pretty ace I think :)

Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

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Babel: The Language Magazine @babelzine.bsky.social · 1d

✍️ Write a book review for Babel!

Review opportunities:
📗 Danny Bate - Why Q Needs U
📕 Rupert Gavin - Amorous or Loving?

📧 Get in touch at [email protected]

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Christy Ward @wardchristy3.bsky.social · 2d

Look at this absolute unit that stopped at the feeder today. #chonk #thicc #birdsky

Close up of a northern red cardinal from a bird feeder camera

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John Lyons @jlyons1991.bsky.social · 2d

“Night glow”: A crow sits on a lamp post.

#BlueSkyArtShow #Photography #Glow #Crow #StreetLamp #AlmostMonochrome

An old fashioned lamp post hangs left with iron scrolls and a solid horizontal bar from which hangs a lit street light. A crow perches on the bar and looks left. The sky is grey and the post forms a near silhouette.

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 2d

Botanique. Concert venue and exhibition space now

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Heidi Temple-Stephens @heidistephens.bsky.social · 2d

At the end of the summer season Cheltenham Lido drains down the pool and re-fills for winter cold water swimming. But before that, they open it to dogs for the weekend. It's Mabel's favourite day of the year.

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Wouter Wagemakers @wouterwagemakers.bsky.social · 2d

Always make sure to read the Letters to the Editor in @lrb.co.uk

Dirty Books:
Barbara Newman, writing about Boccaccio, notes that ‘in modern Italian, the adjective boccaccesco mean “lascivious”’ (LRB, 14 August). She might have added that in the UK, ‘Chaucerian’ means about the same, though with a scatological edge. Meanwhile here in Japan the Decameron has a special following because slang for ‘big’ is deca and for ‘penis’ is Mara, while ron means ‘a treatise’.

Timon Screech, Kyoto

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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 3d

Unsolicited diptych

Photo of Diptych of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza (c. 1473 – 1475) by Piero della Francesca

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