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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 26m

I'll be there 🥳

Laura Bailey @linguistlaura.bsky.social · 2h

We're hosting this event at @unikent.bsky.social at the end of the month! So excited to hear all the goss about transcribing the House of Lords bickering! It's free and there is wine, so I'm in #linguistics #language

Babel: The Language Magazine @babelzine.bsky.social · 6d

📣 The Babel Lecture 2025 - 4 weeks to go...
🧑‍🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @kent.ac.uk, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm

🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 5h

I feel this.

eastmad @eastmad.bsky.social · 5h

I present this meme as a responsibility, not as pleasure

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 39m

🐦🐦 lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

Christian Ilbury @christianilbury.bsky.social · 47m

HI. It's me.

WE'RE READY TO LAUNCH. 2-4 Sept 2026. LavLang23.

Keynote Speakers
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke University)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE, School of Business)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Universität Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Eddie Ungless (UoE, School of Informatics)

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 5h

I feel this.

eastmad @eastmad.bsky.social · 5h

I present this meme as a responsibility, not as pleasure

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 5h

Kemi Badenoch, a woman who excuse-makes for obvious racism and can't condemn it without doing mimsy false equivalences, talking about 'courage', is it?

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Jack Tindale @jacktindale.bsky.social · 8h

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 9h

Land of the free

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 17h

Whichever way history turns, I have a feeling that this will be a historic photo

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 21h

Jenrick being the loudest member of the Conservative party has already been a huge contributor to the poisoning of our politics. We really don't need any four-dimensional chess about him becoming leader. When it happens, it will be a terrible day for our country.

Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 1d

A Tory party under Jenrick might take a few of the racist votes from Reform, but they’d haemorrhage bucketloads to the Lib Dems.

So, on balance…

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Call for papers: "𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚" (deadline: 31 January 2026)

Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be

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Foo Yat Chong @fooyatchong.bsky.social · 1d

‘Bart De Wever geeft gaslightcollege aan UGent’

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Move over, Wittgenstein, time for a new tractatus.

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

*aankomt 🤭

Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

De herfst begint pas echt wanneer de jaarlijkse mail met mijn favoriete woord aankomst. Glasbewassing.

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Not right now 😅

Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Tough crowd

Namur bus station, on the roof of the train station

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

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Babel: The Language Magazine @babelzine.bsky.social · 1d

✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic and you could win publication in Babel!

📖 Get inspired by previous winner Isabella Mandis: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...

Babel article: Rethinking the biases of language and society

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Many happy returns 😊🎂

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Liminal enough for you?

View towards what seems to be a garage somewhere in Leuven

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David Allen 🍂 @davidallenkr.bsky.social · 1d

I grew up with this woman as one of my heroes. What an incredible person ❤️

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Jordan @jordanwelshy.bsky.social · 1d

"Mrs Dalloway-Lemington-Smyth said she would buy the flowers herself, and mount the dishy gardener..."

Laura Ashe @lauraashe.bsky.social · 1d

Epic; no notes

Headline from the Times: "Bestselling novelist Jilly Cooper dies in fall aged 88", illustrated with a rather famous black and white picture of Virginia Woolf

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Forgot to add 🐦🐦

Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Call for papers: "𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚" (deadline: 31 January 2026)

Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Call for papers: "𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚" (deadline: 31 January 2026)

Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 1d

Marvellous piece by my FT colleagues, tho the real star turn is from our photographer Charlie Bibby: www.ft.com/content/5a73...

‘Sparse’: Reality of election defeat hits home at Tory conference

The Manchester venue shows tell-tale signs of Conservative decline and the party’s urgent need to regain relevance

www.ft.com

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Lieven Vandelanotte @lieven.bsky.social · 1d

Many happy returns! 🥳

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

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