@stephenlucek.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Head of Linguistics at UCD. Main research interests include: Sociolinguistics, Language Regard, Irish English, Mediatised Representations, Multilingualism and many more! Brewer of "drinkable" beers.
Tell me you never read the academic literature on populism without telling me you never read the academic literature on populism (and still write a column on the topic with the self-confidence of someone who is well read in the academic literature on populism).
18.02.2026 22:55 β π 38 π 7 π¬ 4 π 0Part of the reason this is all so tiresome is that what we're calling AI is a political project combining a bunch of preexisting sociotechical processes designed to shift power from the masses to the managerial class. A non-exhaustive list in no particular order:
18.02.2026 08:40 β π 139 π 65 π¬ 4 π 4So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.
this exists it is called thinking
20.09.2025 12:15 β π 33451 π 6155 π¬ 84 π 316About ten years ago I interviewed Gavin Newsom about his involvement with marriage equality, and here's what he had to say about Democrats who don't support queer people:
14.02.2026 00:08 β π 100 π 22 π¬ 6 π 1The 21st Centuryβs βquick brown foxβ.
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We are seeking to appoint an Assistant Librarian in Marsh's Library. This will be a great position for an early-career librarian. Further details at: marshlibrary.ie/assistant-li...
13.02.2026 17:10 β π 53 π 43 π¬ 1 π 4Ours had closed-cell cellulose sprayed directly onto joists and slats in the attic. Nightmare to remove, I can tell you that.
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In light of online curiosity about the LSPR interpreters at the Super Bowl, I wanted to take the opportunity to clarify misconceptions of sign languages that I have seen circulating and to discuss why the use of LSPR was such a powerful statement
educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2026/02/11/w...
So many groundbreaking linguists, of all persuasions, spent time at Essex at various points in their career: Michael Halliday, Andrew Radford, Peter Trudgill, Viv Cook, Keith Brown, Henry Widdowson, Harald Clahsen, Bob Borsley, Andrew Spencer, Louisa Sadler, Roger Hawkins.... So sad...
12.02.2026 17:07 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
09.02.2026 23:56 β π 2951 π 601 π¬ 49 π 86
Dinosaur Convention Bans All Paleontologists Named in Epstein Files
www.thewrap.com/culture-life...
Jobs: General Linguistics, Phonetics: Lecturer in Linguistics (Teaching & Scholarship), Queen Mary University of London
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Image of post density on Bluesky, as grouped by main subject area of posts.
Iβll take it, I guess?
09.02.2026 18:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeareβs Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
Crossword with three common gender pronoun clues: 13 across: him or her, a suggested common gender pronoun; 18 across, he or she, a suggested common gender pronoun. 40 across, that one; he, she, or it, suggested common gender pronoun, third person.
Pronouns in the news, 1930 ed: antedating and author identified. Richard Tingley, prolific crossword setter, put three common-gender pronoun clues in a puzzle that ran in late 1930; this one appeared in the Rockford (IL) Star, Dec. 28, p. 23. The puzzle ran the next day in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
05.02.2026 19:05 β π 7 π 5 π¬ 0 π 2
Call for membership to the RIA multidisciplinary committees!
The RIA is inviting applications for membership of its multidisciplinary committees (MDCs) for the 2026β2030 term.
Learn more about what the MDCs do and how to apply for membership on the RIA website: www.ria.ie/2025/12/16/c...
Very pleased to share details of a new permanent academic job opportunity in Creative & Cultural Industries at University College Dublin. We are seeking candidates with a PhD whose work engages with the commercial creative industries. Deadline: 6 March 2026 universityvacancies.com/university-c....
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πβ¨ Fully Funded PhD Opportunity (UK & International applicants) β¨π
A PhD studentship is available @corpussocialsci.bsky.social starting Oct 2026. Weβre seeking outstanding candidates in #corpuslinguistics, #languagetesting, or #appliedlinguistics ππ»
π More info: cass.lancs.ac.uk/fully-funded...
Language in times of crisis and uprising:
This brand-new, two-volume collection edited by Ashraf Abdelhay, Sinfree Makoni and Cristine Severo addresses the #sociolinguistics of #protesting from different geopolitical perspectives:
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NO MEANING
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30.01.2026 19:57 β π 28031 π 9231 π¬ 362 π 762
What did the poor apostrophe ever do to deserve such unpopularity? This plucky piece of punctuation has been labelled 'aberrant', 'troublesome' and 'ambivalent' and is regularly embarrassed in public places, explains Deborah Tobin, MIC Limerick www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
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A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Available today on Google Books! "Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory" edited by me and @jennycz.bsky.social
books.google.co.uk/books?id=T6m...
βͺUpdate: Federal agents murdered ICU nurse Alex Pretti. β¬Thatβs the name of the legal observer federal agents executed in Minneapolis today. He was a union member.
24.01.2026 20:09 β π 135 π 43 π¬ 3 π 9
In these times of trouble, something a bit niche but also a bit soothing - a post where I dug out some old roots of #metaphor theory that we have largely forgotten makingsciencepublic.com/2026/01/23/f... #histling
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Last year, we made the decision to step away from X.
The Royal Irish Academy is committed to creating, convening, and sharing knowledge for the public good and as an organisation we value Independence; Integrity; Curiosity; Openness and Rigour.
In our view, X no longer aligns with these values
