Joanne McCuaig

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#linguistic folks!

Come on Canada, take a stand, pick consistent units of measurement!

Have #publiclibrary card and new reading materials. Calm descends upon the household. Meet you in the kitchen when we’re all hungry.
(Satisfied sigh)

I was near Tsuut’ina Reserve today and it was great to see a stop 🛑 sign that also included the word in the local language

Ah, a brief moment of nothingness - yes, please

Congratulations!!

Canadian geese seem calmer on their home turf

Nature things we’re learning in Calgary: we’ve seen a lot more rabbits 🐇 than expected but fewer squirrels 🐿️
Magpies here have the attitude of Seoul pigeons but not the filth from dumpster diving or pollution

Passed the first “new to the building neighbor” test AKA their dog really likes me so I must be good people

At that stage of an international move where you start turning off all the old apps and begin searching for the equivalent new local ones. Can’t delete them though as you still want to do product and price comparisons.

If you know of any qualitative research roles in Calgary, Canada (or remote) I’d appreciate it!
I’m in the writing up process of my PhD so would love to get some contracts to start building my local network.
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After 18+ years in Seoul 🇰🇷 and 20+ years in Asia, it’s time to go ‘home’ 🏡 After living abroad for so long I feel more international than I do Canadian 🇨🇦. I’m looking forward to the next adventure. Learning about Calgary, Alberta again and using my international skills and experience.
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The mutagenic forces shaping the genomes of lung cancer in never smokers - Nature An analysis of data from the Sherlock-Lung study provides insight into the mutational processes that contribute to lung cancer in never smokers, and looks at the possible role of factors such as ...

New evidence just out shows definitive link between mechanisms driving cancer in smoking with those caused by pollution. Common mechanisms included mutations in the TP53 and EGFR genes 🧪

The demographic time bomb is about to detonate Attention must be paid: there are now more old people than young.

This bomb is going to blow over the next decade and will hit Calgary particularly badly due to so many single-family-zoned neighbourhoods that are poorly serviced by transit - not to mention the complete lack of winter maintenance in residential areas lloydalter.substack.com/p/the-demogr... #yyccc

As always, you’ve been a delight #Birmingham, 🇬🇧 until next time

A visitor looks at AI strategy board displayed on a stand during the ninth edition of the AI summit London,on June 11, 2025.

The world's most advanced AI models are exhibiting troubling new behaviors - lying, scheming, and even threatening their creators to achieve their goals.
u.afp.com/SxDw

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

Spot the tourist, Birmingham, UK edition - nervously walking without a crosswalk or without the light but in the crowd … (none of you would make it in Seoul!)

Book by Dr. Stephen Pihlaja “Narrative and Religion in the Superdiverse City”

Cookies and a new book, thanks, Stephen! @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social I’m looking forward to reading it

Douglas Boyes Fund - Royal Entomological Society The Douglas Boyes Fund has been established in honour of Douglas Boyes (1996-2021), an esteemed entomologist specialising in Lepidoptera. The Fund aims to provide young people aged 14-18 with access…

Do you know a young person with an interest in insects? 🦋

The Douglas Boyes Fund aims to provide people aged 14-18 with access to entomology equipment, fostering their passion for insects and inspiring them to engage and share their interest with other young individuals 🔽

Program book showing title and summary of Joanne McCuaig’s presentation

And that’s a wrap! Thankful for the opportunity and the funding to come to the University of Birmingham to present at the College of Arts and Law Research Festival.

Old Joe clock tower at the University of Birmingham campus

Hello Joe! Nice to see you again

Screenshot of the linked webpage

We are pleased to announce this year’s Sinclair Lecture by @jwgrieve.bsky.social, titled “Corpus linguistics is all you need: Large language models and the legacy of John Sinclair”, on 7 July. Open to the public and live-streamed. Details and registration below.
www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/edac...

Man if people think kids struggle to develop their imagination now, wait until all their toys are conduits for ChatGPT

Society may have overestimated risk of the ‘manosphere’, UK researchers say Many who engage are ‘discriminating and value-driven’, with a minority consuming ‘extremely misogynistic content’, study for Ofcom suggests

When your team's work - based on six years of research - gets cited but the core message is ignored, because 38 men say it's no big deal 😡 @mantrap.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Great conversation by Ron Dolin for the #BayCHI (Computer Human Interaction) SIG, about how society is going to deal with the personhood or #non-personhood of #AI. Link to his AI Integration Task force www.aiitf.org

🚨PSA for anyone using GPT in human subjects research🚨

A judge has ruled that OpenAI must retain ChatGPT and API data indefinitely, with few exceptions.

This might have implications for your IRB compliance and the security of your participants' data. 1/

Are the recordings posted later on?

Received! Thank you!!