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“Chugger Chat” on Radio 4 this afternoon
Covering two of my favourite topics, namely linguistics and charity fundraising, this programme on Radio 4 this afternoon (4pm UK time) looks promising: BBC – BBC Radio 4 Programmes – Word of Mouth,...
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Chatting for charity
A recent post on the Facebook page of the National Student Fundraising Association (NaSFA) asked about events with very low overheads. A few suggestions came through, including Jailbreak (!) and Blind...
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Cancelling German
A German colleague was recently bemoaning the fact that a meeting had been cancelled. She said and I quote: “Mein Meeting wurde gecancelled.” (or should that be “gecancellt”?!) I’m not even going to...
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I fucking hate sexism in science
This 2700+ word article was provoked by an off-the-cuff sexist remark made by a total stranger on Facebook, who probably doesn’t even believe what he said (though the real problem is not belief, but...
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Science: It’s Virginia’s Thing
Many in the world of science communication were less than impressed by the launch video for the EU’s “Science: it’s a girl thing” campaign. After the initial backlash, however, it was pointed out that...
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Learning Styles: what?!
I have just* read “Learning styles – and other made-up stuff” by Kirsty Newman (she of the glamourous shoes and international development). Image courtesy of Kirsty Newman In the post, Kirsty relates...
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Elders react to Mars landing
Over on YouTube, the Fine Brothers‘ “Kids/Teens/Elders React” series is mostly quite humourous, but every so often there are some serious points made. For instance, this video illustrates the spread of...
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Tu-itter
From excellent post Learn French Through Twitter (click for link) This BBC Magazine article suggests that the use of the informal pronoun “tu” on Twitter may kill off the use of “vous” in French. The...
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Ripples of doubt: Bora Zivkovic interview from Jan 2013
UPDATE 18 October 2013: Kathleen Raven has named Bora in another series of episodes being repeatedly inappropriate, including well into 2013, i.e. after the interview below. There seems to be a marked...
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“Just blogging”
“Blogging is not the same as journalism” is usually said with an air of superiority, as if “just blogging” were somehow a simplified, less worthy form of writing. It’s an out-dated view but it still...
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