Even *if* machines could do these jobs better than humans, why would we want them to? If we outsource intellectual curiosity and critical thinking to machines, what is left of the human?
As one of my students frequently tells me, “unbridled convenience rots the soul”
This is an *excellent* opportunity for students interested in refugee/migration issues in political philosophy
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Pleased to see the ebook publication of 'Discourse Approaches to Gendered Violence' with Brill. My chapter (no. 10) explores how users of the manosphere discursively downplay and justify violence against women and girls.
www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Delighted that our article analysing the forms and functions of Trump’s shrug gestures has been nominated for the ICA Visual Communication Studies Division’s “Outstanding Journal Article of the Year” award. The article is published in Visual Communication: journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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We've got a new episode coming very soon and it's a really special one that has been kicked off and then carried out by two A level Eng Lang students. It's all about the language of & about neurodiversity, especially autism, and it features an interview with @jessaiston.bsky.social
Coming soon!
I get that, totally. One tip is to not get rid of the research that you do on your great ideas; they could turn into terrific journal articles down that road after your PhD. 💡
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I will also fight against the extremes in politics on the right and the left, parties who want to tear our country apart.
This is why polarisation is such an unhelpful term as it encourages this kind of horseshoe theorising
Starmer's vision may sound grownup but it's one where politics should be in between democracy and authoritarianism, racism and anti-racism, transphobia and trans rights and fascism and anti-fascism
Enjoy your weekend as well. 💚
27.02.2026 18:03 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Oooo. Thank you, Michael!
27.02.2026 18:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0That is the exact story of how my PhD progressed. It changed course repeatedly. I had so many interests and they were all so exciting! :) Yours will fall into place. 😁
27.02.2026 17:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Regulations (11)
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We want the humans to grind
We want the engines to sing
We want machines to be human
We want humans to be machines
Can anyone help me? #postdoc #gradschool #gradlife
25.02.2026 21:42 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0In this chapter we draw on 410 personal experience narratives to pin down the structural and discursive characteristics of the 'positive migrant storytelling canon' that dominates UK migrant advocacy. The book is free to download!
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📢New chapter: Emotion talk in UK parliamentary debates on migration
I look at the rhetorical use of explicit references to pride & gratitude, shame & regret, fear & tolerance
Free to download: www.peterlang.com/document/147...
Hello, Immigration scholars:
Do you have references to academic papers/ books that are not about legal status itself but about the *process* of trying to access a more permanent status from a position of legal liminality?
I'm writing on this & found very little. Could that actually be the case?
John Oliver and team do a great job here of explaining how Twitter/X is a cesspool and why you shouldn’t go anywhere near it. Only thing it misses is new research showing that its right-biased algorithm “works” in that it shifts users’ views rightward. www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...
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I have a question for anyone who can help and has personal experience: has anyone on here done a distance postdoc? I know they are rare, but I'd like to hear any insights. I really appreciate any information!
Sharing this article for anyone interested:
www.nature.com/nature-index...
"Fascism is not born overnight. It is relentless and creeps through society, systems, laws, and more over time. Black anti-fascists have played the long game, trying to check the creep of fascism at every turn, knowing that if left unchecked, humanity will enter some truly dark days"
23.02.2026 07:28 — 👍 35 🔁 9 💬 2 📌 0I’m thrilled to see this forum published! Many thanks to @migrantherstory.bsky.social for her leadership on this project. My contribution focuses on the impact of Wong Kim Ark and family formation. More details about the other fantastic essays in this thread 👇🏽
20.02.2026 18:42 — 👍 4 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1steamrolling (12)
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In 1975-1977, the Swedish Government carried out an official investigation into the future of electronic music. Where is this kind of leadership today I ask
19.02.2026 18:31 — 👍 62 🔁 16 💬 0 📌 1DEI for all, DEI forever
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Journalists Jailed by ICE Are Revealing the Horrors of Incarceration truthout.org/articles/jou...
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The print versions of Lexical Priming: Evolution, Evaluation and Applications to English and Japanese are here 🎉
30.01.2026 15:16 — 👍 12 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0That is hard. 😟 I am so sorry.
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How does cinema shape how we think about migration?
In my new article I analyse 410 films, documentaries & TV series from 1940–2024 to explain how migration is represented on screen.
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academic.oup.com/migration/ar...
I leaned a good word to describe this today: cryptogyny
bsky.app/profile/oliv...
I have another one for Valentine’s Day:
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Stop buying products from billionaires, especially from the ones who purposely use that money to harm minorities.
Except hardly anyone cared to know about what 'populism' meant in the 2010s, not even academics (see article below)
Its careless use has been key to the mainstreaming of far-right politics and, as expected, there is zero reflection about it
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
