Dr Keighley Perkins
@perkinskeighley.bsky.social
Research Associate in the School of Journalism, Media & Culture at Cardiff University / Researcher for DRAGON at Swansea University.
Research interests: #radicalright, #politicaldiscourse & #onlineharms.
https://allmylinks.com/keighleyperkins
Research interests: #radicalright, #politicaldiscourse & #onlineharms.
https://allmylinks.com/keighleyperkins
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Performing Politics from the Margins: How Radical Right Groups Construct Political Identity Online - VOX - Pol
How the EDL, Generation Identity, and Siege Culture use familiar political roles to normalise exclusion and influence debate.
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ICYMI: I've had the pleasure of sharing my research on the @vox-pol.bsky.social blog.
The post offers a snapshot of the book I’m writing with Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, which explores how radical right groups use language to construct political identities.
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🔗 tinyurl.com/4b46ve98
#langsky #polsky
The post offers a snapshot of the book I’m writing with Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, which explores how radical right groups use language to construct political identities.
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🔗 tinyurl.com/4b46ve98
#langsky #polsky
I’ve just attended a fascinating talk exploring how the online reactionary right mobilises, constructs identity, & frames its relationship to knowledge in the digital landscape.
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Thanks to @maxwellmodell.bsky.social for organising it!
#radicalright #reactionaryright #politicaldiscourse #Brexit
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Thanks to @maxwellmodell.bsky.social for organising it!
#radicalright #reactionaryright #politicaldiscourse #Brexit
November 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I’ve just attended a fascinating talk exploring how the online reactionary right mobilises, constructs identity, & frames its relationship to knowledge in the digital landscape.
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Thanks to @maxwellmodell.bsky.social for organising it!
#radicalright #reactionaryright #politicaldiscourse #Brexit
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Thanks to @maxwellmodell.bsky.social for organising it!
#radicalright #reactionaryright #politicaldiscourse #Brexit
Reposted by Dr Keighley Perkins
Out now: we used a data-driven framework to examine how definitions of hate crime and hate speech align and diverge in capturing the hate element.
The article is open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The article is open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 26, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Out now: we used a data-driven framework to examine how definitions of hate crime and hate speech align and diverge in capturing the hate element.
The article is open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The article is open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A new piece for @theconversation.com explores Rachel Reeves’s recent comments about being “mansplained” to & uses it to examine a much wider issue: the authority gap women face in public life.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2ftme8yv
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#langsky #linguistics #politics #politicalcommunication #languageandgender
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#langsky #linguistics #politics #politicalcommunication #languageandgender
‘Mansplaining’ is different from other criticism – and Rachel Reeves is right to call it out
Women in public life often experience gendered behaviour but are punished for pointing it out.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
A new piece for @theconversation.com explores Rachel Reeves’s recent comments about being “mansplained” to & uses it to examine a much wider issue: the authority gap women face in public life.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2ftme8yv
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#langsky #linguistics #politics #politicalcommunication #languageandgender
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#langsky #linguistics #politics #politicalcommunication #languageandgender
Reposted by Dr Keighley Perkins
Keir Starmer got a telling off yesterday for getting involved in a 6-7 rampage. news.sky.com/video/sir-ke...
Sir Keir Starmer apologises to head teacher for joining in on '6-7' dance
The Prime Minister led pupils in a version of the viral '6-7' dance meme whilst visiting Welland Academy in Peterborough. He was visiting the school to promote the expansion of the free school meals p...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Keir Starmer got a telling off yesterday for getting involved in a 6-7 rampage. news.sky.com/video/sir-ke...
Ofcom has released powerful new guidance aimed at tackling some of the most pervasive online harms facing women & girls — including misogynistic abuse, coercive control & the non-consensual sharing of intimate images.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mtser2rx
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #vawg #Ofcom
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #vawg #Ofcom
Ofcom urges social media platforms to combat abuse and limit online ‘pile-ons’
New guidance from UK regulator aims to combat misogynist abuse and ‘revenge porn’
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November 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Ofcom has released powerful new guidance aimed at tackling some of the most pervasive online harms facing women & girls — including misogynistic abuse, coercive control & the non-consensual sharing of intimate images.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mtser2rx
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #vawg #Ofcom
🔗 tinyurl.com/mtser2rx
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlinesafetyact #vawg #Ofcom
Happy World Linguistics Day! Celebratory days take off when groups of people decide to make them happen so... let's see how many different locations we can get world linguistics day wishes from this year!
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I'm a little late on this one but Episode 76 of @englangblog.bsky.social's Lexis podcast takes a deep dive into gender & exclamation marks in digital communication with Assistant Professor Yidan Yin & Dr Cheryl Wakslak.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2pr7n3dt
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#langsky #linguistics #language #podcast
🔗 tinyurl.com/2pr7n3dt
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#langsky #linguistics #language #podcast
Spotify – Web Player
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I'm a little late on this one but Episode 76 of @englangblog.bsky.social's Lexis podcast takes a deep dive into gender & exclamation marks in digital communication with Assistant Professor Yidan Yin & Dr Cheryl Wakslak.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2pr7n3dt
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#langsky #linguistics #language #podcast
🔗 tinyurl.com/2pr7n3dt
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#langsky #linguistics #language #podcast
Yesterday’s Culture, Media & Sport Committee session offered a public examination of the BBC’s recent governance challenges & the broader questions being raised about impartiality, accountability & editorial standards.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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#impartiality #impartialityproject #BBC
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#impartiality #impartialityproject #BBC
5 key moments after MPs quiz top BBC figures
BBC chairman Samir Shah, alongside board members and former advisers, appears before MPs after the resignation of Tim Davie.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Yesterday’s Culture, Media & Sport Committee session offered a public examination of the BBC’s recent governance challenges & the broader questions being raised about impartiality, accountability & editorial standards.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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#impartiality #impartialityproject #BBC
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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#impartiality #impartialityproject #BBC
A new report from the EMPOWER project shines a light on something many educators already know — young people care deeply about their sex & relationships education, & they want a real say in how it’s taught.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mv89sjyu
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#DRAGON #sexandrelationshipseducation #SRE
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#DRAGON #sexandrelationshipseducation #SRE
Giving young people a voice in their sex and relationships education | NSPCC Learning
Learnings from EMPOWER, a framework for young people to evaluate the content and delivery of SRE in their secondary schools. Developed as part of the Together for Childhood programme in Plymouth.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
A new report from the EMPOWER project shines a light on something many educators already know — young people care deeply about their sex & relationships education, & they want a real say in how it’s taught.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mv89sjyu
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#DRAGON #sexandrelationshipseducation #SRE
🔗 tinyurl.com/mv89sjyu
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#DRAGON #sexandrelationshipseducation #SRE
This article dives into algospeak — the growing ecosystem of alternative vocabulary users deploy to avoid imaginary penalties from social media algorithms.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2zmu3dp2
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#langsky #linguistics #algospeak
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#langsky #linguistics #algospeak
The words you can't say on the internet
There's a secret list of words you can't say on social media – at least, that's what everyone seems to think.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
This article dives into algospeak — the growing ecosystem of alternative vocabulary users deploy to avoid imaginary penalties from social media algorithms.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2zmu3dp2
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#langsky #linguistics #algospeak
🔗 tinyurl.com/2zmu3dp2
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#langsky #linguistics #algospeak
Reposted by Dr Keighley Perkins
November is nearly over so it's time for our next #BæFoLa session! 🍩 This Friday, Nov 28 (12:30-13:30 CET), Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza will talk on Zoom about "VeggieWords: Lexical Innovation in Vegan and Vegetarian Product Naming". All welcome! #LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics #VeggieWords 🥕🥬🥦
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 AM
November is nearly over so it's time for our next #BæFoLa session! 🍩 This Friday, Nov 28 (12:30-13:30 CET), Isabel Espinosa-Zaragoza will talk on Zoom about "VeggieWords: Lexical Innovation in Vegan and Vegetarian Product Naming". All welcome! #LanguageAndFood #CulinaryLinguistics #VeggieWords 🥕🥬🥦
Reposted by Dr Keighley Perkins
✍️ 1 week to go! Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic to win...
📖 Publication in Babel!
📚 A year's Babel subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
📖 Publication in Babel!
📚 A year's Babel subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
✍️ 1 week to go! Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic to win...
📖 Publication in Babel!
📚 A year's Babel subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
📖 Publication in Babel!
📚 A year's Babel subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
A new international study, led by @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, & supported by partners including @iwf.org.uk, offers a strong message: parents across the world are deeply worried, aligned in their concerns, & ready for meaningful action.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yvpb5mtc
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety
Why We Need One Voice on Children’s Online Safety
Tom Dyson of the Internet Watch Foundation explains why global parent research shows the need for unified messaging to drive action on online child safety.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:06 AM
A new international study, led by @moreincommonuk.bsky.social, & supported by partners including @iwf.org.uk, offers a strong message: parents across the world are deeply worried, aligned in their concerns, & ready for meaningful action.
🔗 tinyurl.com/yvpb5mtc
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety
🔗 tinyurl.com/yvpb5mtc
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety
The University of Nottingham is set to make a pivotal decision next week.
Its council will vote on whether to close 48 degree programmes, including modern foreign languages such as Spanish, French, German & Chinese.
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#langsky #modernlanguages #languagelearning
Its council will vote on whether to close 48 degree programmes, including modern foreign languages such as Spanish, French, German & Chinese.
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#langsky #modernlanguages #languagelearning
University of Nottingham considers axing language and music degrees
Total of 48 degrees could disappear from Russell Group institution, with falling revenues and rising costs blamed
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November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
The University of Nottingham is set to make a pivotal decision next week.
Its council will vote on whether to close 48 degree programmes, including modern foreign languages such as Spanish, French, German & Chinese.
🔗 tinyurl.com/y5xwwd92
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#langsky #modernlanguages #languagelearning
Its council will vote on whether to close 48 degree programmes, including modern foreign languages such as Spanish, French, German & Chinese.
🔗 tinyurl.com/y5xwwd92
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#langsky #modernlanguages #languagelearning
Australia is about to introduce one of the world’s most ambitious child-online-safety policies.
From 10 December, social media companies will be required to take “reasonable steps” to ensure that under-16s cannot create accounts.
🔗 tinyurl.com/43b3vxfh
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#DRAGON #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms
From 10 December, social media companies will be required to take “reasonable steps” to ensure that under-16s cannot create accounts.
🔗 tinyurl.com/43b3vxfh
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#DRAGON #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms
Australia's social media ban for kids under 16 - how will it work?
The world-first law aims to reduce the
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Australia is about to introduce one of the world’s most ambitious child-online-safety policies.
From 10 December, social media companies will be required to take “reasonable steps” to ensure that under-16s cannot create accounts.
🔗 tinyurl.com/43b3vxfh
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#DRAGON #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms
From 10 December, social media companies will be required to take “reasonable steps” to ensure that under-16s cannot create accounts.
🔗 tinyurl.com/43b3vxfh
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#DRAGON #onlinesafetyact #onlineharms
Reposted by Dr Keighley Perkins
More than half of ethnic minority Brits say the England flag has now become a racist symbol, with Brits of all colours now tending to say the raising of the flag is mostly about expressing anti-migrant, or anti ethnic-minority sentiment
November 21, 2025 at 9:54 AM
More than half of ethnic minority Brits say the England flag has now become a racist symbol, with Brits of all colours now tending to say the raising of the flag is mostly about expressing anti-migrant, or anti ethnic-minority sentiment
Last talk of the 2025 season on December 17 (maybe add it to your calendar?)
This time, we are giving the floor to the DD&I co-chair
@ylvabiri.bsky.social: "Expertise and Engagement in YouTube informational videos: the finance advice genre"
Everyone is welcome! Feel free to share 🐦🐦🐦
This time, we are giving the floor to the DD&I co-chair
@ylvabiri.bsky.social: "Expertise and Engagement in YouTube informational videos: the finance advice genre"
Everyone is welcome! Feel free to share 🐦🐦🐦
November 21, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The term “neurodiversity” is still relatively new — & even experts can’t quite agree on what it should include.
Does it refer only to conditions like autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, or should it also include mental health differences?
🔗 tinyurl.com/ykyfsury
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#langsky #linguistics
Does it refer only to conditions like autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, or should it also include mental health differences?
🔗 tinyurl.com/ykyfsury
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#langsky #linguistics
What autistic people – and those with ADHD and dyslexia – really think about the word ‘neurodiversity’
A new UK survey of more than 900 neurodivergent adults has revealed strong feelings about the language of neurodiversity.
theconversation.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The term “neurodiversity” is still relatively new — & even experts can’t quite agree on what it should include.
Does it refer only to conditions like autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, or should it also include mental health differences?
🔗 tinyurl.com/ykyfsury
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#langsky #linguistics
Does it refer only to conditions like autism, ADHD, and dyslexia, or should it also include mental health differences?
🔗 tinyurl.com/ykyfsury
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#langsky #linguistics
The Caerphilly by-election highlighted a significant moment in Welsh politics.
The result prompted wider discussion about party support ahead of the 2026 Senedd election & how political developments in Wales are interpreted across the UK.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3zbpujtn
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#impartiality #byelection
The result prompted wider discussion about party support ahead of the 2026 Senedd election & how political developments in Wales are interpreted across the UK.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3zbpujtn
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#impartiality #byelection
Caerphilly by-election: Why Wales fell out of love with Labour
Now Labour faces its toughest task yet in Wales - convincing voters to keep believing, ahead of the 2026 Senedd election
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November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
The Caerphilly by-election highlighted a significant moment in Welsh politics.
The result prompted wider discussion about party support ahead of the 2026 Senedd election & how political developments in Wales are interpreted across the UK.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3zbpujtn
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#impartiality #byelection
The result prompted wider discussion about party support ahead of the 2026 Senedd election & how political developments in Wales are interpreted across the UK.
🔗 tinyurl.com/3zbpujtn
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#impartiality #byelection
Roblox, one of the world’s biggest gaming platforms with 80+ million daily users has announced a significant shift in how young people can communicate on the platform.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr2r3ver
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #childsafeguarding #digitalsafeguarding #childprotection
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr2r3ver
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #childsafeguarding #digitalsafeguarding #childprotection
Roblox blocks children from chatting to adult strangers
One of the world's most popular gaming platforms has faced criticism for its child safety record.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Roblox, one of the world’s biggest gaming platforms with 80+ million daily users has announced a significant shift in how young people can communicate on the platform.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr2r3ver
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #childsafeguarding #digitalsafeguarding #childprotection
🔗 tinyurl.com/mr2r3ver
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#DRAGON #onlinesafety #onlineharms #Roblox #childsafeguarding #digitalsafeguarding #childprotection
As a linguist, I find this so-called “research” deeply troubling — and I’m astonished it was broadcast at all.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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#langsky #linguistics #language #GBNews #race #ethnicity #racism
🔗 www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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#langsky #linguistics #language #GBNews #race #ethnicity #racism
Ofcom receives complaints over GB News item on defendants’ ‘foreign-sounding names’
Lib Dem MP says way figures were compiled on ‘non-British-sounding’ surnames in court was ‘frankly racist’
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:10 PM
As a linguist, I find this so-called “research” deeply troubling — and I’m astonished it was broadcast at all.
🔗 www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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#langsky #linguistics #language #GBNews #race #ethnicity #racism
🔗 www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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#langsky #linguistics #language #GBNews #race #ethnicity #racism
This is an interesting - & deeply unsettling - account of accent bias from BBC Radio London.
London nurse, Raquel, explains how people react when they hear her Filipino accent & how she adapts her language to accommodate.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
#langsky #linguistics #accentbias
London nurse, Raquel, explains how people react when they hear her Filipino accent & how she adapts her language to accommodate.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
#langsky #linguistics #accentbias
'Some people hear my accent and don't want me to touch them'
London nurse Raquel Duncombe's journey in healthcare hasn’t always been easy.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is an interesting - & deeply unsettling - account of accent bias from BBC Radio London.
London nurse, Raquel, explains how people react when they hear her Filipino accent & how she adapts her language to accommodate.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
#langsky #linguistics #accentbias
London nurse, Raquel, explains how people react when they hear her Filipino accent & how she adapts her language to accommodate.
🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
#langsky #linguistics #accentbias
This article by @awni-etaywe24.bsky.social is a fascinating & important read.
It echoes the patterns I’ve observed in my own research with Prof. Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, particularly around how violent extremists construct in-group identities.
🔗 tinyurl.com/27s8794j
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#langsky #forensiclinguistics
It echoes the patterns I’ve observed in my own research with Prof. Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, particularly around how violent extremists construct in-group identities.
🔗 tinyurl.com/27s8794j
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#langsky #forensiclinguistics
Violent extremists wield words as weapons. New study reveals 6 tactics they use
The language and rhetoric of extremists helps fuel brutal, often deadly, violence. Spotting the strategies can help protect people from radicalisation.
tinyurl.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This article by @awni-etaywe24.bsky.social is a fascinating & important read.
It echoes the patterns I’ve observed in my own research with Prof. Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, particularly around how violent extremists construct in-group identities.
🔗 tinyurl.com/27s8794j
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#langsky #forensiclinguistics
It echoes the patterns I’ve observed in my own research with Prof. Nuria Lorenzo-Dus, particularly around how violent extremists construct in-group identities.
🔗 tinyurl.com/27s8794j
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#langsky #forensiclinguistics
A new study has investigated what teenagers really want adults to know about their digital lives.
It offers some striking answers & challenges a lot of assumptions.
🔗 tinyurl.com/52kvx9k7
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#DRAGON #C2CHAT #digitallives #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #cocreation
It offers some striking answers & challenges a lot of assumptions.
🔗 tinyurl.com/52kvx9k7
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#DRAGON #C2CHAT #digitallives #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #cocreation
What teenagers want adults to know about their digital lives
Young people repeatedly mentioned that adults are not sufficiently involved or do not understand what children and teenagers do online.
tinyurl.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A new study has investigated what teenagers really want adults to know about their digital lives.
It offers some striking answers & challenges a lot of assumptions.
🔗 tinyurl.com/52kvx9k7
🧵👇
#DRAGON #C2CHAT #digitallives #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #cocreation
It offers some striking answers & challenges a lot of assumptions.
🔗 tinyurl.com/52kvx9k7
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#DRAGON #C2CHAT #digitallives #onlinesafety #onlineharms #childprotection #childsafeguarding #cocreation
Today marks the European Day for the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation & Sexual Abuse.
This year’s theme — strengthening child protection through evidence-based policymaking — could not be more urgent.
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#DRAGON #EuropeanDay2025 #ChildProtection #OnlineSafety #Safeguarding
This year’s theme — strengthening child protection through evidence-based policymaking — could not be more urgent.
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#DRAGON #EuropeanDay2025 #ChildProtection #OnlineSafety #Safeguarding
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today marks the European Day for the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation & Sexual Abuse.
This year’s theme — strengthening child protection through evidence-based policymaking — could not be more urgent.
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#DRAGON #EuropeanDay2025 #ChildProtection #OnlineSafety #Safeguarding
This year’s theme — strengthening child protection through evidence-based policymaking — could not be more urgent.
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#DRAGON #EuropeanDay2025 #ChildProtection #OnlineSafety #Safeguarding