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ACM SIGIR @acmsigir.bsky.social · 13d

Hello, World!

Paul Rayson @perayson.bsky.social · 22d

Thanks, the annotation part of the API allows 200K words. For larger texts, we'd have to allow persistent storage and support logins which we haven't done for the free version. All of the tools are open source so you can run them locally to process more text.

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 22d

A new league table of UK universities is out and we’re ranked 14th in the UK and top in north-west England! Find out more about our performance in The Guardian University Guide 2026

📰: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/lancaster-stays-in-the-top-15-universities-in-the-uk-in-guardian-league-table

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Paul Rayson @perayson.bsky.social · Sep 9

Lots of interest yesterday in our FreeTxt poster at #RANLP2025 You can use the system directly at freetxt.app and the full paper is at github.com/UCREL/FreeTx... with links to the open source code and demo video on YouTube

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Paul Rayson @perayson.bsky.social · Sep 8

Good morning, Varna! #RANLP2025

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Paul Rayson @perayson.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sneaky peak at our two demo paper posters for #RANLP2025 next week ... @dawnknightcl.bsky.social @igezeani.bsky.social @elhaj.bsky.social @johnvidler.co.uk

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Dan Jurafsky @jurafsky.bsky.social · Aug 24

Now that school is starting for lots of folks, it's time for a new release of Speech and Language Processing! Jim and I added all sorts of material for the August 2025 release! With slides to match! Check it out here: web.stanford.edu/~jurafsky/sl...

Speech and Language Processing

web.stanford.edu

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Davy Notebooks Project @davynotebooks.bsky.social · Jun 30

Hello Blueksy! We are the Davy Notebooks Project, a digital humanities project based at @lancasteruni.bsky.social, working on digitising the notebooks of Sir Humphry Davy. Check out the project through our Linktree!

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Tony McEnery @tonymcenery.bsky.social · Aug 11

Check it out - the corpus MOOC is back (15th September) on a new platform (edX) exploring new topics, including AI. One thing has not changed - it is still free to access 😁 Find out more here: www.edx.org/learn/social...

lancasteruniversity: Corpus linguistics and new technologies: data, language and society | edX

In an era of AI and big data, understanding language through data is essential. This hands-on course from Lancaster University—a global leader in corpus linguistics—teaches you to build, query, and an...

www.edx.org

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Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 @cl2025.co.uk · Aug 11

Missed out on #CL2025? Four of our wonderful plenary talks are now available to watch on demand!

YouTube links on conference website and in replies:

www.cl2025.co.uk/home

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Yufeng Liu (Kiki)劉雨鳳 @kikiliu.bsky.social · Aug 10

At #RaAM17 @raammetaphor.bsky.social, I was pleased to present, on behalf of our team, one study from the
4D Picture project, on “Metaphors, identities, and gender in online interactions about cancer”.
It was my first in-person RaAM, and I loved every bit of it.

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ACL @aclmeeting.bsky.social · Jul 23

🥳 🎉 ❤️ The ACL 2025 Proceedings are live on the ACL Anthology 🥰 !
We’re thrilled to pre-celebrate the incredible research 📚 ✨ that will be presented starting Monday next week in Vienna 🇦🇹 !
Go and start exploring 🚀
#NLProc #ACL2025NLP #ACLAnthology

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Paul Rayson @perayson.bsky.social · Jul 19

Interesting lecture of the day: Alan Turing Lecture 2025 by Sandi Toksvig youtu.be/AGGu8x7MzFg

Alan Turing Lecture 2025 by Sandi Toksvig

YouTube video by King's College, Cambridge

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Corpora & Discourse Conference 2026 @corporadiscourse.bsky.social · Jul 13

Preparations for the 2026 Corpora and Discourse International Conference at Lancaster University are under way! We will be sharing information on dates for your calendars, plenary speakers, and the upcoming call for papers very soon. Follow here for updates, and please share widely! #CADS2026

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Mícheál Johnny | MJM @momeachair.bsky.social · Jul 2

It was great to meet new faces and familiar faces on Tuesday while presenting our poster:
"DR-LIB: CLARIN knowledge centre for digital resources for the languages in Ireland and Britain" at #CL2025!

Presenting 2 papers Wednesday.
cc: @gaois.bsky.social ✌️

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Paul Rayson @perayson.bsky.social · Jul 4

Home now after a brilliant @cl2025.co.uk conference and reflecting on meeting up with old friends and lots of interesting research talks. Many many thanks to @robbielove.org and all the organisers! #CL2025

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Chris Cooper @coopersensei.bsky.social · Jul 3

My slides from #cl2025 The Creation and Validation of ConPlex (the Construction Complexity Calculator)

www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) The Creation and Validation of ConPlex (the Construction Complexity Calculator)

PDF | In recent years there has been a growing interest in the use of complexity measures, which represent theoretical perspectives of language... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on Re...

www.researchgate.net

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Paul Rayson @perayson.bsky.social · Jun 29

Good morning, Birmingham! #CL2025

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Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 @cl2025.co.uk · Jun 24

Less than a week to go until #CL2025!

The conference programme and book of abstracts are now available: www.cl2025.co.uk/programme

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Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 @cl2025.co.uk · Jun 16

Only two weeks to go!

We're working away to finalise the conference programme, featuring:
• 200+ paper presentations
• 50+ poster presentations
• 7 thematic panels
• 5 plenary talks
• 5 pre-conference workshops (29th June)

See you all soon! #CL2025

www.cl2025.co.uk/home

CL2025

Welcome to the thirteenth international Corpus Linguistics conference (CL2025), co-organised by Aston University, Birmingham City University and the University of Birmingham. CL2025 will take place fr...

www.cl2025.co.uk

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Paul Rayson @perayson.bsky.social · Jun 16

Good morning, Glasgow! #HEALTAC2025

Health text mining conference 2025 slide

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · Jun 15

So, Mrs Turtle and I have been hanging out in Camley Street Nature Reserve, 3 minutes from the Eurostar check-in, but a world away. Because that is sort of our challenge on #ContinentHop24 - to get a world away. Or at least, to get to another continent in 24 hours solely by surface public transport.

A crocheted turtle on a fence post amid greenery.

Two canal locks amid apartments, with a Eurostar crossing the bridge behind.

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PALA @palapoeticsling.bsky.social · Jun 4

PALA is thrilled to finally be on Blue Sky!! Feel free to follow and/or suggest followees! 🥳🎉

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · May 7

Lancaster University has been chosen by the National Police Chiefs' Council and @ukri.org as one of nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence in the UK!

The three-year award will go to a multidisciplinary team at Lancaster University, including @hshawberry.bsky.social and @drmcdaniel.bsky.social

Lancaster to become Policing Academic Centre of Excellence - Lancaster University

The National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) in partnership with UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has chosen Lancaster University as one of nine Policing Academic Centres of Excellence (P-ACEs) sharin...

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · Apr 29

We've officially opened one of the largest educational computer and cyber security facilities in the country! 🎉

The facilities will help train the next generation of computer science and cyber security students.

Lancaster University unveils cutting-edge computing and cyber security facilities - Lancaster University

Lancaster University has officially opened one of the largest educational facilities in the country to help train the next generation of computer science and cyber security students.

www.lancaster.ac.uk

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