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Dr Laura Smith-Khan

@lauraskh.bsky.social

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Australian Senior Lecturer, language, law & society. #LLIRN. lawandlanguage.org External CESSMIR UGent. @languageonthemove.bsky.social member. Asylum, migration, disability, human rights, legal ed/prac, access to justice ENG, FR, ES, IT, اردو, پښتو

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · Nov 13

Hello 👋, below is a bit about me. If you're new, please include some information about yourself in your bio/ name, so I can understand who you are!

Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · Aug 2

I'm new, so thought I should introduce myself (for those who don't know me from the other place). I'm an interdisciplinary scholar, working mainly across linguistics and law. I co-run the Law& Linguistics Interdisciplinary Researchers Network. https://www.languageonthemove.com/linguistics-meets-law/

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 1d

4/ I'm grateful for this type of outlet, as it's made me a better academic communicator & researcher as well. I've lost patience with opaque & jargony writing. Thinking through how to explain the "bottom line" of any research really focuses attention & helps me see connections across areas.

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Jenn Dowd @drjenndowd.bsky.social · 1d

2/ but I think social media is a good place to practice clear & concise communication of work you think is important (your own & others). And of course it has the chance to amplify the reach & understanding of that science much more than the readership of academic journals.

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 1d

I asked something similar over a year ago in the lead up to a seminar on that topic. It'd be interesting to see if the discussion remains the same - bluesky has evolved a bit since then
bsky.app/profile/laur...

Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · Aug 27

In all seriousness, though, I'd love to know: why do you use social media? If for communicating research, what are your hot tips for reading the audiences you want to reach? What have been some benefits that have come from your #scicomm on social media?

Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · Aug 26

What's your current social media strategy?
(If nothing else, this trend will give me some fun slides for this workshop!)
www.ew.uni-hamburg.de/en/forschung...

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 1d

Gossiping is both an art and an annoying practice. In #earlymodern Europe, a gossipmonger would often be depicted as a person with three mouths. Like these three fellas that made it on a title page of a pamphlet in 1605, a Turk, a Hungarian, and a German. #skystorians #gossip

A detail from a German pamphlet showing three male human heads: a Turk, A Hungarian, and a German. All heads have three mouths and you can see the tongues. The pamphlet was printed in 1605 and will be highlighted in more detail in my upcoming book about early modern news.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 3d

If you like yelling about misuse of the passive voice, THIS IS IT.

CNN @cnn.com · 4d

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken. https://cnn.it/4pPCXIt

37 people arrested and American kids separated from parents after ICE raid at Chicago apartments | CNN

Adults and children alike were pulled from their Chicago apartments, crying and screaming, during a large overnight raid that has left tenants and neighbors shaken.

www.cnn.com

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 6d

I submitted a claim for several books. Will be interesting to see if they go through, as they were/are open access.

Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 6d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup

Submit a Claim

secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 6d

So good!

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 6d

And, as an aside, for a government which bangs on about "smashing gangs", cutting one of the only routes available to people to seek asylum in the UK is a pretty surefire way to ensure that even more people, especially women and children, are forced into making channel crossings. 5/

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 6d

Ooh this looks like it's the same one I bought for myself 😆

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Evangelia Adamou 🦋 @evangelia.bsky.social · 7d

“Indigenous teenager teaches Paakantyi language to teachers at Menindee school” 👏🏼

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

Teenage student becomes Indigenous language teacher at outback NSW school

Jaz Fusi has been passionate about learning Paakantyi language for most of her life. Now, she teaches it to her local school's teachers and is eager to see other kids do the same.

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 7d

Thanks for sharing - how cool 🤗

Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 7d

Would love to! 😄

Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 7d

Skiing sounds like a good start tbh 😊

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 7d

Ife Thompson is researching Black British English in the courtroom and is running a survey for UK lawyers 👇🏽

www.linkedin.com/posts/ife-th...

Black British English in the Courtroom | Ife Thompson

🌟 Calling all UK lawyers! 🌟 I’m researching Black British English (also known as UK slang) in UK courtrooms for my upcoming book. 🏛️ If you could spare a few minutes to complete this survey, it woul...

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Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 8d

New on Language-on-the-Move: everyone talks about using AI in education "critically" - that should mean NOT using it, argues Ana Bruzon

www.languageonthemove.com/why-critical...

Why “critical” use of AI in education might mean refusal

UNESCO’s ‘Digital Learning Week’, which focused on AI and the future of education, was held earlier this month, and debates about the role of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in the classro…

www.languageonthemove.com

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 8d

Two journalists are set to be tried in Kentucky this week.

Their crime? Covering a protest of the immigration detainment of Ayman Soliman, who himself fled persecution for his journalism in Egypt. Soliman’s lawyer called it a “cruel irony.”

On trial for journalism in Kentucky.

Two months after their arrests while covering a protest, a pair of local reporters face criminal charges.

www.cjr.org

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 8d

"Visit Java: only 36 hours from Singapore" 😅

World Travel Posters @worldtravelposters.bsky.social · 14d

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Scheherezade Surià @scheherezade.bsky.social · 8d

A los literarios.
A los audiovisuales.
A los técnicos.
A los médicos.
A los jurados.
A los intérpretes.

A los que hacemos lo que podemos con la situación que tenemos (tarifas, plazos, conciliación y la IA de las narices).

A todos: ¡Felicidades! ❤️

#DíadelaTraducción

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

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 14d

So cool to find out that this @languageonthemove.bsky.social blog post, sharing my work on migration practitioner education, is now being used as a learning resource for current students 🤗

Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · May 31

Adding to this list, I did a blog report of this research too. Enjoyed writing this one a lot!
www.languageonthemove.com/learning-to-...

Learning to speak like a lawyer

In her 2007 ethnographic study of eight US law schools, Elizabeth Mertz traces the process through which law students learn to “think like a lawyer” in order to become one. She shows how this proce…

www.languageonthemove.com

Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 14d

Having control over discourse means not necessarily to have control over what people think, but at least to influence what they think *about* (paraphrasing van Dijk)

Antoine Vernet @antoinevernet.bsky.social · 14d

I know nothing matters anymore, but I feel that the answer should really be in the title. You know, because people will not read the article but remember the question and think that if it was a ridiculous question we would not ask it in the first place...

A Guardian article titled: "Is paracetamol safe during pregnancy and does it have links to autism?"

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 16d

Great, enjoy! All my travel is now made so much better by podcasts 🥰

Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 16d

And here's some background on the book, which is " a migrant story told as a series of wordless images. A man leaves his wife and child in an impoverished town, seeking better prospects in an unknown country on the other side of a vast ocean.."

Arrival book — shaun tan

www.shauntan.net

Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 16d

This was a fantastic interview- really recommend a listen.

Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 21d

@brynnquick.bsky.social has interviewed Shaun Tan for @languageonthemove.bsky.social

Migration is about every human challenge

In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Brynn Quick speaks with writer, illustrator, filmmaker and Academy Award winner Shaun Tan. Shaun is best known for illustrated books that deal w…

www.languageonthemove.com

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