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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse

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I help academics write (writing retreat facilitator & AcWri trainer) & publish their work (authors' editor, academic translator). 🎓(Psycho-)linguistics 🏠Donostia-San Sebastián 🌴 https://linktr.ee/linguaverse. Co-founder of WRAP: @wrap-net.bsky.social.

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · May 16

Facing one or more of these #AcWri -related challenges?

—an upcoming deadline
—a text that requires thinking w/o interruptions
—lack of motivation or progress
—uncertainty as you deal with reader feedback

My upcoming online retreat (May 22-23) can help.

Join us! www.linguaverse.net/22-23-may

Wendy Baldwin | 22-23 May online writing retreat

Looking to inject some new life into your writing project? Join my 1.5-day online structured writing retreat (22-23 May, 2025), where the writer is as important as the writing. Space is limited.

www.linguaverse.net

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · 1d

You come away with
–measurable progress on your writing project
–insight into your (and others') writing process
–sustained engagement w/writerly purpose, authority, autonomy
–satisfaction w/the task of writing
–techniques to mind your wellbeing while writing
–a plan for your next steps post-retreat

Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · 1d

As facilitator, I help you engage with your text as well as yourself as a writer and the community of writers w/ care & curiosity.

Because my retreats follow Rowena Murray's process-oriented approach, writers from any genre/discipline/sector or writing in any language are welcome and will benefit.

Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · 1d

✍ Writers! I'm running three, 1.5-day online writing retreats this autumn:

🗓️ October 23-24
🗓️ November 13-14
🗓️ December 4-5

Timings are most suitable for writers in the UK/Europe.
www.linguaverse.net/writing-retr...

#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #WritingRetreats #AcWri

Wendy Baldwin | Writing retreats

Writing retreats allow you to make substantial progress on your writing project within a tried and tested structure that prioritizes and supports both writing and writer.

www.linguaverse.net

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · 1d

Lived there for 7 years, studying at UB.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 7d

when do we start using a term other than “social” media?

Josh Nicholas @joshnicholas.com · 7d

This is kinda sad

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · 14d

A reasonably priced volume, but it’s also worth asking your local uni/teaching/linguistics library to purchase it. www.routledge.com/An-Introduct...

An Introduction to Language Attrition: Linguistic, Social, and Cognitive Perspectives

This introductory text brings together diverse perspectives and research streams on language attrition – forgetting or loss of language proficiency that can take place in one’s first or additional lan...

www.routledge.com

Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · 14d

This looks to be an interesting read for the many multilinguals whose attrition occurs in non-pathological contexts.

Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 14d

New book examines language loss among multilingual speakers
phys.org/news/2025-09...
via phys.org
#langsky

New book examines language loss among multilingual speakers

Penn State Professor of German and Linguistics Michael Putnam has spent a good part of his career thinking about language attrition, or "language loss," among bi- and multilingual speakers. Now, it's ...

phys.org

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Scheherezade Surià @scheherezade.bsky.social · 22d

Acabo de ver que Reedsy ha añadido la opción de no trabajar con textos que se hayan generado con IA como motivo para rechazar un encargo y me parece fenomenal.

[Más info sobre Reedsy aquí: enlalunadebabel.com/2024/04/05/r...

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FIT Europe @fiteurope.bsky.social · 22d

Ireland’s first ever monolingual Irish dictionary will launch this October. No word for “avocado”? Now there is: abhacád.

www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

#FITEurope #Irishlanguage #lexicography #languagedevelopment #interpreting #1nt #translation #t9n #xl8

The challenges of creating the new Irish dictionary: ‘There was no word for avocado’

Patrick Freyne speaks to the chief editor of the new monolingual Irish dictionary, due to launch in October

www.irishtimes.com

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · 23d

Fab news! 👏🤩 Did they say when the roll out will happen?

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · Aug 27

Qué asco. 🤮

Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · Jul 27

Zorionak!

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · Jul 23

🤩 Can't wait to hear more about Green Bear!

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Susan Pickford @libripotens.bsky.social · Jul 14

why AI should not replace human translators #38265073

"A striking example from Prof Federici's research showed the risks of unchecked machine translation of cancer information, with "Don't stay at home if you develop a fever" being translated as "Do stay at home"

www.ciol.org.uk/ai-translati...

Uses of AI Translation in UK Public Service Contexts | CIOL (Chartered Institute of Linguists)

AI Translation in UK Public Services: Navigating the 'Sea of Chaos'Key points from the expert panellists at the APPG Modern Languages Meeting held on 23 June 2025.Key Findings from Frontline ResearchD...

www.ciol.org.uk

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · Jul 9

Exactly. So many quality-related questions, and that's without bringing up the problem of the price and the labor issues that are certainly in play at that price point.

Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · Jul 9

Their results say nothing meaningful about the reader experience in the target language and I have questions about the “extensive blind testing”. Under what conditions did the human translators produce the test translations and what criteria were the presumably bilingual reviewers asked to apply?

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Suzanne Arnold editor @suzannearnold.com · Jul 8

If only there'd been some way to predict this... Sigh.

On a slightly less sarcastic note, this is why many editors ask if AI has been used in writing – because a lot of editing is taking LONGER if it's AI text rather than human text. Not always, obviously – but often.

Futurism @futurism.com · Jul 7

Oops.

Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes

Companies that rushed to replace human labor with AI are now shelling out to have IRL workers to fix the technology's screwups.

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · Jul 4

Both these books are gorgeous, unforgettable 🔥. Grab 'em if you can!

I'll be looking to see which others I can get from Spain.

Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · Jul 4

Ebook sale! For the next ten days, Solaris is selling (giving away, really) an excellent selection of modern SFF titles at 0.99p in the UK, including both of my novels, THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS and RAKESFALL. See geni.us/Solarissale! Some titles are available outside the UK, too.

Promotional graphic from Solaris in rainbow colours, with the covers of my two novels THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS and RAKESFALL with a price tag icon saying 0.99. The text says: #StillProud 0.99 ebook sale! Website exclusive. Ends 23;59 14th July '25. DRM free. Titles available wiill vary by country.

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · Jul 3

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Tseen Khoo @tseenster.bsky.social · Jun 30

Kill it with fire. 🔥🔥🔥

Dr. Paula R. Curtis @paularcurtis.bsky.social · Jun 26

If you're getting notifications from Academia(.)edu about AI versions of your papers now being podcasts, that's because the (predatory) platform has opted you into AI-enhanced outputs, which you can turn off in your Account Settings here.

A screencap of Academia.edu's Account Settings under the header "AI Settings" showing their AI-enhanced Outputs feature is automatically turned on with a green switch unless you turn it off and do your part to de-enshittify the internet.

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · Jun 24

I've been running and attending retreats since 2018. This kind of writing magic consistently happens because of the structured writing, the facilitation and the presence of other dedicated writers.

If you'd like some writing magic, join my next online retreat, July 3-4. www.linguaverse.net/3-4-july

Wendy Baldwin | July 3-4, online writing retreat

Looking to inject some new life into your writing project? Join my 1.5-day online structured writing retreat (July 3-4, 2025), where the writer is as important as the writing. Space is limited.

www.linguaverse.net

Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · Jun 24

Why am I such a fan of writing retreats?

At every retreat I:
🎯 make more headway on my writing project than I would have otherwise
🛠 gain insight into my writing craft, process, strengths and weaknesses
🙌 learn something from other writers
🚀 come away with motivation and momentum to keep writing

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Dr Lucy R. Hinnie @yclepit.bsky.social · Jun 6

Any York based folks in the mood for some comedy this evening, why not join us for Right Here Right Now? Tickets @ www.ridinglights.org/rhrn, feat myself and @nghodder.bsky.social 😯🔥

Right Here Right Now | Riding Lights

Right Here Right Now comedy improvisation show at Friargate Theatre in York.

www.ridinglights.org

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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · Jun 1

Immigrants aren’t taking away your health care. Billionaires are.

Public school teachers aren’t cutting your food stamps. Billionaires are.

Trans kids aren’t cheating the system to make themselves richer. Billionaires are.

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Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse @linguaverse.bsky.social · May 31

Still energized and in thinking mode after yesterday's annual planning class with @jovanevery.bsky.social, I've hiked up Donostia's Monte Urgull to do some dedicated thinking and writing about the joys and logistics of running #WritingRetreats and #SocialWriting projects in 2025-2026. #MiniRetreat

A view of Donostia-San Sebastián from Monte Urgull. Foreground shows green Spanish olives and water on a table. Beyond that is a view that includes a bit of old fort wall, trees, La Concha bay, La Concha beach, building dotting the hillsides behind the beach and in the far background cloud frosted mountains.