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Viola Wiegand @violawiegand.bsky.social · 1m

According to @getglasgowmoving.org, single bus ticket prices in Glasgow are much higher than those in Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Manchester… The campaign has organised a petition to take public control of the buses again: www.megaphone.org.uk/petitions/ta...

Take Strathclyde’s Buses back into Public Control

Bus services across Strathclyde are in crisis, but we have a chance to turn things around. Join me in supporting the Better Buses campaign to bring Strathclyde's buses back into public control.

www.megaphone.org.uk

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Julia @dieoderso.bsky.social · 19h

Monatliche Leseempfehlung, auch und gerade für Jugendliche.
Gibts kostenfrei als Dauerabo bei der Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. https://www.bpb.de/

Foto der Zeitschrift Fluter. In gelber Schrift "Schönheit" über dem Titelbild ,welches ein Langhaarmeerschweinchen mit bunten Haaren auf einem blauen Podest zeigt.

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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · 20h

Calls: Bilingualism Matters Symposium 2026

2nd Call for Papers: This is to inform you that the submission deadline for the upcoming Bilingualism Matters Symposium (BMS 2026) has been extended. The new deadline for submissions is 26 October 2025. BMS2026 will be hosted by the University of Milano-Bicocca from 28 to 30 April 2026! will feature a special in-person session on Bimodal Bilingualism. Interpretation will be provided in English–International Sign (IS) and Italian Sign Language (LIS). BMS26 welcomes contributions on bili

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MancHSTM @manchstm.bsky.social · 23h

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MancHSTM @manchstm.bsky.social · 8d

If you're interested in history or social studies of mental health and illness, psychology or psychiatry, and are in Manchester on 16 October, please join us for our first Mind, History & Society Seminar, a conversation on the future of the #autism concept.

blogs.manchester.ac.uk/chstm/2025/0...

Mind, History and Society Seminar, 16 October 2025

The Future of the Autism Concept Discussants: Dr Bonnie Evans and Professor Jonathan Green

blogs.manchester.ac.uk

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Cycling Scotland @cyclingscotland.bsky.social · 20h

@highland.gov.uk is looking for instructors to help deliver #BikeabilityScotland cycle training to schoolchildren across the local authority area - particularly encouraging Gaelic speakers and those who may not necessarily yet have instructor qualifications to apply. Find out more 🚴👇

Road Safety Officer 1 (Casual Bikeability Instructor), Various locations - HGH19599 | Highland Council | myjobscotland

View details and apply for this roads (roads / transport) role in Various Locations within The Highland Council with Highland Council on myjobscotland

myjobscotland.gov.uk

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Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 1d

Theme: Queer (dis)belonging
CfP: 5 January 2026
Website: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk (to be updated as more info becomes available)

PLEASE SHARE WIDELYYYYY 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎉

LavLang32 - Lavender Languages 32

2-4 September 2026: Queer (dis)belonging

lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

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We Need Diverse Books @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social · 10d

It’s still #DeafAwarenessMonth, a time for celebrating the d/Deaf community and shining a light on how the world can be more d/Deaf-inclusive!

Here are nearly 40 titles with d/Deaf representation for you to check out this September — or any time of year 📚💞

Light orange graphic with a border made up of orange, blue, green, and gold blocks. The graphic is titled “35+ Books with d/Deaf Representation”. Beneath the title text is a green bubble containing the words “for d/Deaf Awareness Month”. At the bottom of the graphic is a row of three illustrated books: an orange book, a blue book, and a green book.

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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 10d

DIVERSITY IN THE TEACHING PROFESSION

1/The annual data report tracking #MinorityEthnic teacher nos 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 has been published for 2025. Numbers remain stubbornly low with <2% of all teachers being #BAME. Still <1% are in any form of management position. Key points in the 🧵👇🏽

www.gov.scot/publications...

Diversity in the teaching profession: annual data report 2025

Fifth edition of an annual publication which aims to gather and share data relating to the diversity of the teaching profession in order to inform and evaluate future work.

www.gov.scot

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Educators for Peace @educatorsforpeace.bsky.social · 18d

Sign up here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/responding...?

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craftyprimrose.bsky.social @craftyprimrose.bsky.social · 15d

Please sign this. In my previous job I helped a client access this service. The staff at the referring clinic told me that there's a strong association with access to more timely abortion being blocked by violent and abusive (ex)partners. These are women we should support, not penalise.

Gemma Clark 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 16d

Every week some very vulnerable people in Scotland, mostly young girls, have to travel to England due to lack of later abortion provision. Some have been in danger or suicidal. Committee discuss this tomorrow. Please sign petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE...

Petition: Ensure abortion services are available up to 24 weeks across all parts of Scotland

Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to ensure abortion services are available up to the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy across all NHS health boards in Scotland.

petitions.parliament.scot

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Gavin Brookes @gavinbrookes.bsky.social · 15d

Honoured to give a keynote at the Data, Gender and Society summer school at @dhssfau.bsky.social this morning. Thanks so much for the invitation, and great audience engagement! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 16d

The latest example of Trump’s relentless assault on free speech.

He's rewriting visa rules to make it harder for foreign reporters to cover his presidency - so he can just kick them out if they write stories he doesn't like.

World news organisations urge US not to slash journalist visas

Planned change would hurt its image abroad, they tell the US. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 17d

I recommend this article, which provides an excellent introduction to the history both of the term autism and the ways in which the label has been applied to a changing set of human characteristics, in line with changing scientific and diagnostic approaches.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

How autism became autism - Bonnie Evans, 2013

This article argues that the meaning of the word ‘autism’ experienced a radical shift in the early 1960s in Britain which was contemporaneous with a growth in e...

journals.sagepub.com

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Carsten Timmermann @ctimmermann.bsky.social · 17d

Autism is back on the front pages. Why not read the book that my excellent @manchester.ac.uk @manchstm.bsky.social colleague Dr Bonnie Evans has published on the history of autism? It's open access and you can read it online for free.

www.manchesterhive.com/display/9781...

Cover of Dr Bonnie Evans' book The Metamorphosis of Autism: A History of Child Development in Britain (Manchester University Press, 2017)

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Mike here, hello @mikecornes.bsky.social · 17d

The moral abomination needs to be the focus of opposition to this. Call them out on the hideousness of the proposal.
The legal “impossibility” can be sidestepped by horrific methods (camps, extraction to third countries, etc).

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18d

Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18d

Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.

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TESOL Programmes at the University of Stirling @stirtesol.bsky.social · 17d

New semester starting this week - it’s very exciting to meet our new on-campus and online MSc cohorts as well as some new PhD TESOL (Research) students!
#TeamStirling

Viola Wiegand @violawiegand.bsky.social · 17d

The autumn semester has started for our MSc TESOL programme and I did the first session!
How are we suddenly in autumn 😁🍁
#TeamStirling @stirtesol.bsky.social

Photo showing the entrance to the university of Stirling with people going in and an autumnal tree

Slide stating „welcome to Stirling“, showing the loch and the university building

Slide for Viola‘s module TESP001 week 1: „Introduction to principles of (second) language learning and teaching

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Viola Wiegand @violawiegand.bsky.social · 17d

The autumn semester has started for our MSc TESOL programme and I did the first session!
How are we suddenly in autumn 😁🍁
#TeamStirling @stirtesol.bsky.social

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Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social · 24d

Week 1 on #CorpusMOOC: key techniques of data analysis #concordance #frequency

👉 Join us today for free!

edx.org/learn/social...

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Vaclav Brezina @vaclavbrezina.bsky.social · 24d

#CorpusMOOC starts today! Learn about #corpuslinguistics, #AI and emerging technologies applied to a range of social issues.

Free for anybody to attend. Just click on the 'Audit' button.
@corpussocialsci.bsky.social

www.edx.org/learn/social...

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ALT: a countdown with the number three in a circle .

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Sketch Engine @sketchengine.eu · 23d

Our Concordance feature now has a colorful upgrade to make patterns and structures easier to see. Highlights show up automatically when using filters, opening results from Word Sketch, or applying CQL labels. (ske.li/cql_label).
#corpuslinguistics #textanalysis

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Lucy Jones @lucyjones.bsky.social · Apr 11

Very exciting to see that my book is now up on the @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social website! 'Language and LGBTQ+ Youth: Analysing Marginalised Identities through an Intersectional Lens' will be out in November 🥳 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...

Language and LGBTQ+ Youth

This book takes a queer linguistic and intersectional approach to the analysis of young LGBTQ+ people's identity constructions, showing how their language use r…

www.bloomsbury.com

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Viola Wiegand @violawiegand.bsky.social · 19d

*to attendees 🫠

Viola Wiegand @violawiegand.bsky.social · 19d

May be of interest of attendees at the #RC21symposium by
@rc21project.bsky.social, where Susan gave a wonderful talk on a very related topic back in spring ☺️

Viola Wiegand @violawiegand.bsky.social · 19d

Just discovered that Susan Hunston's new book "Pattern, Construction, System: A Unified Approach to Grammar and Lexis" is out in OPEN ACCESS! 🤩
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...

#corpuslinguistics #appliedlinguistics #linguistics #patterngrammar

Pattern, Construction, System

Cambridge Core - Grammar and Syntax - Pattern, Construction, System

www.cambridge.org

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Viola Wiegand @violawiegand.bsky.social · 19d

Just discovered that Susan Hunston's new book "Pattern, Construction, System: A Unified Approach to Grammar and Lexis" is out in OPEN ACCESS! 🤩
www.cambridge.org/core/books/p...

#corpuslinguistics #appliedlinguistics #linguistics #patterngrammar

Pattern, Construction, System

Cambridge Core - Grammar and Syntax - Pattern, Construction, System

www.cambridge.org

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