Nina Markl 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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perennial killjoy, academic & aspiring poster | language, computers & power and bikes & cats | she/they | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | based in the uk |views (and errors) mine, for more of those see: https://languagemechanics.neocities.org/
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Defining language and managing its use: Language technology as language management
Language technologies such as voice user interfaces, large language models and machine translation tools are embedded in an ever-growing range of digi…
www.sciencedirect.com
🔔new paper alert🔔
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
oh i see, the problem with the marketisation of UKHE is that we haven’t marketised well enough, huh?
New guidance 'says that whenever a trader gives information about a product and its price, that is usually an “invitation to purchase” – and at that point the consumer must be given a realistic, meaningful and attainable total price'. Applies across UK HEIs; in England, regulator will be OfS.
Universities now need to be much clearer about the total cost of a course
As maximum fees increase for English undergraduates, Jim Dickinson explores how new price transparency rules under consumer law change the rules on what universities must tell students about the cost ...
wonkhe.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
oh i see, the problem with the marketisation of UKHE is that we haven’t marketised well enough, huh?
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10 years later, soulless people wander the wasteland that was this country thinking
“hmm i wonder why there are no great nonfiction books these days or plays or art or happiness or tenderness or regret.
oh well fuck it time to log onto torment nexus for my afternoon torment!”
“hmm i wonder why there are no great nonfiction books these days or plays or art or happiness or tenderness or regret.
oh well fuck it time to log onto torment nexus for my afternoon torment!”
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
10 years later, soulless people wander the wasteland that was this country thinking
“hmm i wonder why there are no great nonfiction books these days or plays or art or happiness or tenderness or regret.
oh well fuck it time to log onto torment nexus for my afternoon torment!”
“hmm i wonder why there are no great nonfiction books these days or plays or art or happiness or tenderness or regret.
oh well fuck it time to log onto torment nexus for my afternoon torment!”
a really important thing to remember while we’re all forced to think about the cost of running universities and doing research and teaching and public engagement and maintaining campuses and so on and so forth is that we could just tax the rich: taxjustice.uk/blog/how-to-...
How to raise £60 billion for public services: our ten tax reforms
The UK’s super-rich have accumulated record levels of wealth in recent years, while our public services have been decimated and inequality has soared.
taxjustice.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
a really important thing to remember while we’re all forced to think about the cost of running universities and doing research and teaching and public engagement and maintaining campuses and so on and so forth is that we could just tax the rich: taxjustice.uk/blog/how-to-...
growth is creating a zotero sub collection called ‘hiatus’ for all the unfinished projects
November 26, 2025 at 8:19 AM
growth is creating a zotero sub collection called ‘hiatus’ for all the unfinished projects
what’s fun about this post is that the first time i saw it i was like ‘oh it’s about the internet’ and the second time ‘oh it’s about academia’ and the next time i will think of a third industry
It’s so cool to have hitched your wagon 20 years ago to an industry that was booming beyond anyone’s expectations and have it turn out to be stripmined and utterly hollowed out by Shareholder Value, and every other industry you could slot into has been, surprise, hollowed out by Shareholder Value
November 25, 2025 at 8:46 PM
what’s fun about this post is that the first time i saw it i was like ‘oh it’s about the internet’ and the second time ‘oh it’s about academia’ and the next time i will think of a third industry
in better news, the brownies i made yesterday are amazing, as per www.marthastewart.com/1047290/dark...
Dark-Chocolate Spelt Brownies
The brownies can be stored at room temperature for up to two days. Martha made this recipe on Martha Bakes episode 303.
www.marthastewart.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
in better news, the brownies i made yesterday are amazing, as per www.marthastewart.com/1047290/dark...
researching these types of guys would be the one thing that would get me on LinkedIn
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
researching these types of guys would be the one thing that would get me on LinkedIn
was watching football on the Austrian public broadcaster the other week and was struck by how unambiguous the ads for two news magazine shows (a la Panorama) on the risks of tech monopolies and Trump’s corruption were — probably says more about the BBC than ORF to be fair
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
was watching football on the Austrian public broadcaster the other week and was struck by how unambiguous the ads for two news magazine shows (a la Panorama) on the risks of tech monopolies and Trump’s corruption were — probably says more about the BBC than ORF to be fair
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What a rotten state of affairs that a teenage girl had thrust upon her the responsibility of being the only adult in the room because actual grown adults refused to recognise her either as a child or, more importantly, as a human being. A sad indictment of a pitiful society.
November 25, 2025 at 12:37 PM
What a rotten state of affairs that a teenage girl had thrust upon her the responsibility of being the only adult in the room because actual grown adults refused to recognise her either as a child or, more importantly, as a human being. A sad indictment of a pitiful society.
my absolute favourite thing of universities buying office 365 licenses is when they do not allow you to share document access with people from other universities because, FAMOUSLY, we do not collaborate
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
my absolute favourite thing of universities buying office 365 licenses is when they do not allow you to share document access with people from other universities because, FAMOUSLY, we do not collaborate
this is your annual reminder that SAD lamps work
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
this is your annual reminder that SAD lamps work
okay, i stand corrected on my earlier "no one cares" statement, but this really just shows that most of the population has zero idea how universities function and if they did, i guarantee these numbers would be different
I'd like to see the response to this if the question added "if that that means universities have less money to spend on UK students".
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
okay, i stand corrected on my earlier "no one cares" statement, but this really just shows that most of the population has zero idea how universities function and if they did, i guarantee these numbers would be different
is ‘precaritisation’ a word?
November 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
is ‘precaritisation’ a word?
not to tell other disciplines how to discipline but "job market paper" seems like a bad idea as a concept
November 24, 2025 at 9:51 AM
not to tell other disciplines how to discipline but "job market paper" seems like a bad idea as a concept
hate to say it but i would read an entire academic book about this tweet
November 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
hate to say it but i would read an entire academic book about this tweet
sorry for the naive question, but what is the policy goal here? force everyone to cut staff/shrink with only a select few remaining?
These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
November 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
sorry for the naive question, but what is the policy goal here? force everyone to cut staff/shrink with only a select few remaining?
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this is how you lose the dish war
November 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
this is how you lose the dish war
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they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
November 21, 2025 at 10:39 PM
they're saying there's a spectre haunting europe and it's very nice, we're looking into it strongly, it's beautiful, we love it and we think it means well
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I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
November 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
only company worth keeping tbh
November 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
only company worth keeping tbh
you know, kids are only exposed to gambling watching sports and it’s not even tailored *to them*, think of the untapped market
me: oh god it can't get worse can it
roblox ceo: we are innovating ways to get kids addicted to gambling
roblox ceo: we are innovating ways to get kids addicted to gambling
November 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
you know, kids are only exposed to gambling watching sports and it’s not even tailored *to them*, think of the untapped market
okay one upside of the lack of high speed trains in the uk is that you don’t need a handrail to stand in your full train
November 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
okay one upside of the lack of high speed trains in the uk is that you don’t need a handrail to stand in your full train
i don’t think this is the worst book they’ve covered but it is the funniest episode
Episode 46: Sapiens
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
It's an ambitious goal to write the entire history of humanity in just 400 pages. It's even more ambitious to do it without reading any research.
Sapiens
Podcast Episode · If Books Could Kill · 11/20/2025 · 1h 38m
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
i don’t think this is the worst book they’ve covered but it is the funniest episode
me: hmm, why does it smell like celery here?
also me: is carrying a massive tote bag of fresh vegetables including the world’s largest celery
also me: is carrying a massive tote bag of fresh vegetables including the world’s largest celery
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
me: hmm, why does it smell like celery here?
also me: is carrying a massive tote bag of fresh vegetables including the world’s largest celery
also me: is carrying a massive tote bag of fresh vegetables including the world’s largest celery
good thing i got an undergraduate degree and phd fully funded by the uk government to work in higher education, a longstanding and stable sector which would never render me unemployed
Home Office: How dare people say we are acting like the far-right?
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
Also the Home Office: These far-right graphics look great, let's copy them.
November 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
good thing i got an undergraduate degree and phd fully funded by the uk government to work in higher education, a longstanding and stable sector which would never render me unemployed