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UEA UCU says join a union @uea-ucu.bsky.social · Mar 26

A phenomenal turnout for the UEA UCU day of action. Staff and students are making their voice heard, striving for a future for Higher Ed that doesn't look as bleak as it does right now. #SaveUEA #UKHE #StopTheCuts @ucu.org.uk

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esist.bsky.social @esist.bsky.social · Mar 14

Congratulations to @stavroulasokoli.bsky.social, #ESIST vice president, who has been named one of MultiLingual Media Influencers in the Language Industry for 2025! We are so proud 💙
multilingual.com/magazine/feb...

Language Industry Influencers | MultiLingual

While their influence is sourced from different experiences, their common skills of effective communication and leadership make them industry luminaries.

multilingual.com

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Mar 7

“On or off skis – and I would prefer him to sod offski – the vice-president can be judged successful in his deliberately adopted mission to become mesmerisingly awful.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There are 1,000 grotesque memes of JD Vance – and they’re all more likable than the real thing | Marina Hyde

Angry, rude and addicted to web troll-ery, the vice-president has the Make America Awful Again portfolio. Seems a perfect fit, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

www.theguardian.com

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Feb 27

Does it ever work? 😫

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Feb 27

Tickets now available for a riotous evening of theatrical deception in Boris Vian’s comédie musicale: Le Chasseur français by Boris Vian.

Wed 26 March 3pm

Thur, Fri, Sat 27-29 March 7.30 pm

UEA Drama Studio. Tickets here store.uea.ac.uk

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SUBTLE - the Subtitlers' Association @subtleuk.bsky.social · Feb 25

SUBTLE has submitted a response to the UK government's consultation on copyright and AI, which closes today: ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com/ipo/consulta... (1/6)

Consultation on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence - Intellectual Property Office - Citizen Space

Find and participate in activities run by Intelluctual Property Office

ipoconsultations.citizenspace.com

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Susie Dent @susiedent.com · Feb 12

Word of the day is ‘arsle’ (19th century): to have a distinct sense of going backwards.

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Javier Pérez Alarcón, ¡traductor de profesión! @javipalarcon.bsky.social · Feb 8

Confirmamos: los subtítulos de los #Goya2025 no eran IA, era tener que apañárselas con unas circunstancias bien jodidas.
elpais.com/cultura/prem...

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Feb 5

"The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level." An excellent article on the threatened closure of #languages and #translation at Cardiff and on the importance and value of degree courses in languages for UK HE. www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/card...

Cardiff’s closure of modern languages will tongue-tie its humanities

The global examination of culture is not possible without languages at degree level, say Wendy Ayres-Bennett, Charles Burdett and Emma Cayley

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Jan 31

👇 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Five key impacts of Brexit five years on

The UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020.

www.bbc.co.uk

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John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social · Jan 28

This is a national scandal. When will the government wake up and realise they are presiding over the rapid implosion of the UK's world-renowned university sector?

Cardiff: University confirms plans to cut 400 jobs

Vice-chancellor Wendy Larner says

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Jan 29

I’m so sorry and appalled to hear this, Christie!

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Christie Margrave @christiesmbc.bsky.social · Jan 29

Please help us to save Modern Languages at Cardiff University:

chng.it/Hmtvvdtptg

Sign the Petition

Save MLANG at Cardiff University!

chng.it

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Jan 29

Cardiff University has announced it will axe its teaching of modern languages and merge four of its schools, cutting staff numbers by 50%.

Please sign and share this petition in support of the wonderful School of Modern Languages at Cardiff!

www.change.org/p/save-mlang...

Sign the Petition

Save MLANG at Cardiff University!

www.change.org

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Jan 28

Have you shared your views on #subtitles yet by filling out the The UK #Subtitling #Audiences Survey? If not, now’s your chance! uksubtitlingaudiences.wordpress.com/2024/11/21/l... Please also share widely with friends, family - anyone you think may be interested. Your views are valued!

Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Dec 5

🎞🎬 What’s your view on subtitles? We would love to hear from you! The UK #Subtitling #Audiences Survey is collecting information on viewing habits and #perceptions of subtitled media in the UK. Only 10 mins to complete: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/arts/uk-su...

Please share widely-thank you!

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Jonny Smallwood @themindwanders.bsky.social · Jan 24

Interested in understanding what brain activity during movies means from the perspective of the viewer? Then you absolutely need check out this amazing study by @ravenwallace.bsky.social from THinC Lab out now in @elife.bsky.social

A thread 🧵

elifesciences.org/articles/97731

Mapping patterns of thought onto brain activity during movie-watching

Decoding brain activity using a novel paradigm unveils distinct neural signatures of subjective experiences during movie-watching.

elifesciences.org

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Jan 28

Have you been accepted to present your work at Media for All 11? Why not apply for the ESIST conference grant👇 Please also share the news with anyone you think may be interested!#M4All11

esist.bsky.social @esist.bsky.social · Jan 28

We are joining forces again with #media4all11 to offer a conference grant to support one of our members in presenting their work at Media for All 11 in Hong Kong, 28-30 May: www.m4all11.org
Deadline to apply is by midnight on 28 February
esist.org/media-for-al...

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Tiina Tuominen @tiinaktuominen.bsky.social · Jan 19

SubComm, our community of professional subtitlers and academics, has moved to Bluesky. Please follow if you are interested in all the interesting and useful things researchers and practitioners could do together, or if you'd just like to chat with some very lovely people. Next chat, 24 January!

subcomm.bsky.social @subcomm.bsky.social · Jan 19

Hello, Bluesky! We have arrived, and we hope to keep building this community of subtitling professionals and academics here. Please join us!

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Jan 22

Brilliant satirical cover from Private Eye, mocking spineless media organisations and journalists who submit and cower in the face of power 👏

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Jan 10

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Jan 10

Congratulations to the shortlisted candidates! 👏👏 The winner of the ESIST Outstanding PhD Thesis Award 2025 will be announced in May at Media for All 11 in Hong Kong 🤩 esist.org/awards/esist... @stavroulasokoli.bsky.social @dorrego.bsky.social @serenellamassidda.bsky.social

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Jan 6

Opportunity alert! The project led by the wonderful Dr Sara Ramos Pinto with Dr Carol O'Sullivan 'From Lab to Screen: a response to AI’s threat to the media localisation industry' is seeking a research assistant for 6 months from March 2025:
jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
Deadline to apply: 30 Jan

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Assistant in Impact Translation Project

Are you a PhD student or an early career researcher looking for a challenge? Do you have a background in subtitling, audiovisual translation or translation studies? Do you want to further your career ...

jobs.leeds.ac.uk

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Dec 20

ESIST is now on Bluesky! 🤩

esist.bsky.social @esist.bsky.social · Dec 20

ESIST wishes all of our members and friends a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

We are now on Bluesky ✨ ✨ ✨

Thank you all for such a great year together. See you soon in 2025...

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monabaker11.bsky.social @monabaker11.bsky.social · Dec 10

www.monabaker.org/2024/12/10/s... @luisperezgonzalez.bsky.social @fruela.bsky.social @nvp-tdi.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social @sharonblack.bsky.social @neilsadler.bsky.social @transla-tian-ology.bsky.social @mattvaller.bsky.social @andreaciribuco.bsky.social @cmymtl.bsky.social @jossmo.bsky.social

Study Grants for Students from Gaza, Mona Baker

The university of Bologna is offering grants to students from Gaza to study in Bologna.

www.monabaker.org

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Sharon Black @sharonblack.bsky.social · Dec 5

You can tell it’s the end of term because today we threw an elf around the room as part of an interpreting vocab game 🎄

Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · Dec 5

You can tell it’s the end of term because I just said to a room of students wanting essay advice ‘you need to be like thirsty dogs’

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