Thomas H Bak
@thbaketal.bsky.social
Professor of Cognitive Science of Language & Multilingualism at the University of Edinburgh, passionate polyglot with incurable curiosity, Scottish Tourist Guide Association tourist guide for Scotland (English, Deutsch, Español, Polski, Português).
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Happy European Day of Languages! I'll be sharing posts throughout the day to celebrate, starting with the amazing collaboration with Twinkl for #Sheffield City of #Languages. Free resources for teachers and schools, celebrating multilingualism! www.twinkl.co.uk/l/iij38 @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Sheffield City of Languages Partnerships - - Twinkl
A collection of resources for teachers and schools to celebrate the Sheffield: City of Languages initiative.
www.twinkl.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Happy European Day of Languages! I'll be sharing posts throughout the day to celebrate, starting with the amazing collaboration with Twinkl for #Sheffield City of #Languages. Free resources for teachers and schools, celebrating multilingualism! www.twinkl.co.uk/l/iij38 @sheffielduni.bsky.social
Starting in 15 minutes
What do these images have to do with language learning? Find out in my on-line talk, TODAY, THURSDAY, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 10pm Beijing, celebrating tomorrow's European Day of Languages. All welcome, free registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Starting in 15 minutes
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What do these images have to do with language learning? Find out in my on-line talk, TODAY, THURSDAY, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 10pm Beijing, celebrating tomorrow's European Day of Languages. All welcome, free registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What do these images have to do with language learning? Find out in my on-line talk, TODAY, THURSDAY, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 10pm Beijing, celebrating tomorrow's European Day of Languages. All welcome, free registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
What do these images have to do with language learning? Find out in my on-line talk, TODAY, THURSDAY, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 10pm Beijing, celebrating tomorrow's European Day of Languages. All welcome, free registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
September 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
What do these images have to do with language learning? Find out in my on-line talk, TODAY, THURSDAY, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 10pm Beijing, celebrating tomorrow's European Day of Languages. All welcome, free registration: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Over 350 people have already registered for my on-line talk, TOMORROW, THURSDAY, 25 September 2025 (9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 10pm Beijing), celebrating the European Day of Languages. Free registration:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: #coeEDL Webinar: Why Our Brains and Our World Need Languages to Cross Borders with Prof. Thomas Bak. After registering, you will receive a confirmation emai...
About the Webinar:
This webinar is a joint event of the Language Council of Saarland (Germany) and ICC, held in celebration of the European Day of Languages (26 September) and Multilingualism Day (27 ...
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September 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Over 350 people have already registered for my on-line talk, TOMORROW, THURSDAY, 25 September 2025 (9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 10pm Beijing), celebrating the European Day of Languages. Free registration:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
healthylinguisticdiet.com/european-day...
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Over 350 people have already registered for my on-line talk, TOMORROW, THURSDAY, 25 September 2025 (9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 10pm Beijing), celebrating the European Day of Languages. Free registration:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
healthylinguisticdiet.com/european-day...
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
healthylinguisticdiet.com/european-day...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: #coeEDL Webinar: Why Our Brains and Our World Need Languages to Cross Borders with Prof. Thomas Bak. After registering, you will receive a confirmation emai...
About the Webinar:
This webinar is a joint event of the Language Council of Saarland (Germany) and ICC, held in celebration of the European Day of Languages (26 September) and Multilingualism Day (27 ...
us02web.zoom.us
September 24, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Over 350 people have already registered for my on-line talk, TOMORROW, THURSDAY, 25 September 2025 (9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 10pm Beijing), celebrating the European Day of Languages. Free registration:
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
healthylinguisticdiet.com/european-day...
us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
healthylinguisticdiet.com/european-day...
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Should be 10pm Beijing, of course.
This Thursday, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 19pm Beijing. A free online seminar to celebrate European Day of Languages. All welcome!
September 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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This Thursday, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 19pm Beijing. A free online seminar to celebrate European Day of Languages. All welcome!
September 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This Thursday, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 19pm Beijing. A free online seminar to celebrate European Day of Languages. All welcome!
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Should be 10pm Beijing, of course.
This Thursday, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 19pm Beijing. A free online seminar to celebrate European Day of Languages. All welcome!
September 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Should be 10pm Beijing, of course.
Should be 10pm Beijing, of course.
This Thursday, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 19pm Beijing. A free online seminar to celebrate European Day of Languages. All welcome!
September 23, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Free online seminar to celebrate the European Day of Languages, this Thursday, 25 Sept 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm UK, 6pm CET, 10pm Beijing.
ICC webinar webpage:
icc-languages.eu/icc-webinars/
Zoom registration form: us02web.zoom.us/.../register...
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ICC webinar webpage:
icc-languages.eu/icc-webinars/
Zoom registration form: us02web.zoom.us/.../register...
healthylinguisticdiet.com/european-day...
ICC Webinars – ICC
icc-languages.eu
September 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Free online seminar to celebrate the European Day of Languages, this Thursday, 25 Sept 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm UK, 6pm CET, 10pm Beijing.
ICC webinar webpage:
icc-languages.eu/icc-webinars/
Zoom registration form: us02web.zoom.us/.../register...
healthylinguisticdiet.com/european-day...
ICC webinar webpage:
icc-languages.eu/icc-webinars/
Zoom registration form: us02web.zoom.us/.../register...
healthylinguisticdiet.com/european-day...
Should be 10pm Beijing, of course.
This Thursday, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 19pm Beijing. A free online seminar to celebrate European Day of Languages. All welcome!
September 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Should be 10pm Beijing, of course.
This Thursday, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 19pm Beijing. A free online seminar to celebrate European Day of Languages. All welcome!
September 23, 2025 at 8:33 PM
This Thursday, 25 September 2025, 9am LA, 12noon NY, 5pm London, 6pm Paris, 19pm Beijing. A free online seminar to celebrate European Day of Languages. All welcome!
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"Hoy en día, si Europa quiere ser independiente, en un triángulo geopolítico en el que nuestro mundo era China y Estados Unidos, necesitamos la soberanía digital como condición previa para cualquier otro tipo de soberanía, democracia, prosperidad, alimentación, energía, etc."
Patrizia Nanz, presidenta del Instituto Universitario Europeo: "La soberanía digital es la condición previa para una Europa independiente"
'Agenda Pública' se traslada a Florencia, sede del Instituto Universitario Europeo (IUE), para conversar con su presidenta, Patrizia Nanz. El IUE es un centro de investigación de referencia en el ámbi...
agendapublica.es
September 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
"Hoy en día, si Europa quiere ser independiente, en un triángulo geopolítico en el que nuestro mundo era China y Estados Unidos, necesitamos la soberanía digital como condición previa para cualquier otro tipo de soberanía, democracia, prosperidad, alimentación, energía, etc."
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Editorial | "Europa no puede resignarse a la irrelevancia ni aceptar el desprecio de Trump al multilateralismo. Debe, por tanto, trabajar por revertir en algún momento un acuerdo draconiano que apenas sirve como mal menor" social.elpais.com/qcfo45
Un mal acuerdo | Editorial
La capitulación de Bruselas ante la imposición arancelaria de Donald Trump demuestra la debilidad geopolítica de la Unión Europea
social.elpais.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Editorial | "Europa no puede resignarse a la irrelevancia ni aceptar el desprecio de Trump al multilateralismo. Debe, por tanto, trabajar por revertir en algún momento un acuerdo draconiano que apenas sirve como mal menor" social.elpais.com/qcfo45
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The new definition of insanity is training a chatbot on the whole of the Internet and expecting it not to repeat the Web's ugly biases.
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
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ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 21, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The new definition of insanity is training a chatbot on the whole of the Internet and expecting it not to repeat the Web's ugly biases.
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The Fool and the Scholar: which is which?
BL Harley MS 3487; Aristotle, Libri naturales; 13th century; England; f.22v
BL Harley MS 3487; Aristotle, Libri naturales; 13th century; England; f.22v
July 21, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Fool and the Scholar: which is which?
BL Harley MS 3487; Aristotle, Libri naturales; 13th century; England; f.22v
BL Harley MS 3487; Aristotle, Libri naturales; 13th century; England; f.22v