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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · 17d

“I just want people to know that AI is being sold as this tech magic – that’s why there’s a little sparkle symbol next to an AI response,” said Sawyer. “But it’s not. It’s built on the backs of overworked, underpaid human beings.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

How thousands of ‘overworked, underpaid’ humans train Google’s AI to seem smart

Contracted AI raters describe grueling deadlines, poor pay and opacity around work to make chatbots intelligent

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · Sep 2

Good news about the cutting-edge AI tools from the $3-trillion-dollar company.

Google AI search result for “was 2010 fifteen years ago?” returning: “No, 2010 was 14 years ago, not 15 years ago. The current year is 2025, and to find the number of years ago 2010 was, you subtract 2010 from 2025, which equals 14.
Current Year: 2025
Past Year: 2010
Years Ago: 2025 - 2010 = 14 years”

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh no, sorry about that, let me pass that on to my team.

Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Sep 3

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Sexual predation and English language teaching

In this episode Hanna Torsh talks to Vaughan Rapatahana about sexual predation in the English language teaching industry. Dr Vaughan Rapatahana (Te Ātiawa) is an author, poet and editor who lives i…

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Aug 29

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Aug 22

I was explaining a treatment plan to a patient, and their partner told me to talk slowly because they were typing what I was saying into chatgpt to "verify" there wasn't a better alternative. In case you are wondering the stage of mess we are in with LLMs.
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Man who asked ChatGPT about cutting out salt from his diet was hospitalized with hallucinations

A case study in a medical journal reported that the 60-year-old man replaced sodium chloride with sodium bromide after consulting the AI bot.

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Aug 25

Great to see the ABC exploring this issue! @louisawilloughby.bsky.social

Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · Aug 24

"The problem with English tests" a good explainer from the ABC on visa related language requirements

The problem with Australia's English test requirements for work and study visas | ABC NEWS

YouTube video by ABC News (Australia)

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Aug 25

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Sender Dovchin @sdovchin.bsky.social · May 4

It’s a real pleasure to witness that the Australian applied linguistics community is expanding & leading the world in diversity, equity, and "kindness". www.routledge.com/Multilingual...

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Aug 18

Participants needed for research on innovative grammar in Australian English.
It will involve an anonymous online questionnaire that will take approximately 5-15 minutes to complete.

Acceptability and use of grammatical innovation in Australian English

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Aug 12

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2025/08/12/a...

AI slop and the destruction of knowledge

This week I was looking for info on what cognitive scientists mean when they speak of ‘domain-general’ cognition. I was curious, because the nuances are relevant for something I am researching at t…

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Aug 7

I just listened to this remarkable episode of the podcast on machine translation and an ethics of care, from my colleague @tazinabdullah.bsky.social with the inspirational Dr Esther Monzó-Nebot. A broad-ranging and poetic discussion with a rousing call to reminagine the research in this space.

Tazin Abdullah @tazinabdullah.bsky.social · Aug 3

Are there social impacts of relying on AI for translations? Are AI translations neutral and inclusive? I discuss these and more in this very insightful new @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
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The Social Impact of Automating Translation

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Tazin Abdullah speaks with Dr. Esther Monzó-Nebot, Associate Professor in Translation and Interpreting Studies at Universitat Jaume I in Catalun…

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Naomi Fillmore @naomifillmore.bsky.social · May 27

@htorsh.bsky.social and I are working on a project examining exactly these raciolinguistic, monoglossic ideologies in Australian media coverage. Every day we find new examples! Read the comment section if you dare 😅 www.facebook.com/share/19Amis... 3/3

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Apr 30

How are parents using digital technologies to pass on languages? And does this change who does the work?
Read my latest article on this topics here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The digital shift in parental strategies for heritage language maintenance

Research shows that language maintenance of migrant heritage languages correlates with positive social outcomes [Han, W.-J., and C.-C. Huang. 2010. “The Forgotten Treasure: Bilingualism and Asian C...

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Feb 25

In this episode of the Language-on-the-Move podcast, Dr Hanna Torsh speaks with Dr Prashneel Ravisan Goundar, an academic based in the Graduate Research School at the University of New England, Armidale. www.languageonthemove.com/educational-... @languageonthemove.bsky.social

Educational inequality in Fijian higher education

In this episode of the Language-on-the-Move podcast, Dr Hanna Torsh speaks with Dr Prashneel Ravisan Goundar, an academic based in the Graduate Research School at the University of New England, Arm…

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · Feb 12

Our second article then goes on to explore how this foundation connects with suspicion at the border, and encourages bordering and suspicion in everyday life
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Trust at the border: identifying risk and assessing credibility on reality television

Every day, officers working at international airports investigate potential risks to state safety and security. But how do they decide who they can trust, and also ensure that the broader public trus...

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · Feb 12

Seems timely to reshare this..

Securing the borders of English and Whiteness - Ingrid Piller, Hanna Torsh, Laura Smith-Khan, 2023

This article examines how racial and linguistic identities are constructed on the Australian reality TV show Border Security. Based on an analysis of 108 episod...

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Feb 12

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More than meets the eye

Whenever I write an email to a professor, there is one question lingering in my mind: Should I say “Dr + Last Name” or just “First Name”? It might look like a simple question, but it exemplifies a …

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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · Jan 31

Our 2024 chapter "The monolingual habitus of the multilingual school as a barrier to educational equity" builds on it, with @htorsh.bsky.social & @agib.bsky.social
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The monolingual habitus of the multilingual school as a barrier to edu

This chapter engages with questions of linguistic equity in education and provides an overview of linguistic barriers to inclusive education. Specifically, it

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Feb 8

School funds delayed are funds denied www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au

School funds delayed are funds denied

“School funding has become such a politically poisonous area that public schools have to be pathetically grateful for anything they get.” This is how Professor Helen Proctor, Sydney School of Educatio...

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Dec 29

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He said: “Right now weapons are more needed, but in the long term it is the language that is crucial for Ukraine.”

‘Why should I study Russian?’ Ukraine lobbies UK to introduce Ukrainian GCSE

About 34,000 Ukrainian children have fled to UK since Russian invasion – yet are unable to study their mother tongue

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · Nov 26

“Ideally, AI would be helpful. But what’s happening is that companies are using it to justify adding more tasks.”

Rest of World @restofworld.org · Nov 26

Call center workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting with customers, and scoring their performance. “AI is supposed to make our lives easier, but I just see it as my boss”
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AI is making Philippine call center work more efficient, for better and worse

BPO workers say AI tools are monitoring their calls, assisting them with customers, and scoring their performance.

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Brynn Quick @brynnquick.bsky.social · Nov 26

I loved recording this @languageonthemove.bsky.social episode with Dr. Jinhyun Cho about English ideologies in Korea. We discuss how ways of speaking English in Korea index different class positions and how English has become part of female beauty standards! www.languageonthemove.com/english-ideo...

English ideologies in Korea

Did you know that the US is referred to as “Beautiful Country” in Korean? Or that different ways of speaking English index different class positions? Or that English has become part of …

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Nov 26

Even more evidence that Labor has never been the party of refugees and asylum seekers. www.canberratimes.com.au/story/883083...

Labor pushes three controversial migration bills

The government wants to pass laws giving it power to deport, confiscate mobiles in immigration detention and ban...

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Hanna Torsh @htorsh.bsky.social · Nov 26

Insightful piece on Ai in education from my colleague Sue Ollerhead at Macquarie Univerisity. aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Teachers truly know students and how they learn. Does AI?

Teachers and AI: Can AI truly address all of the considerations essential to the inherently human and relational nature of teaching?

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