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Digital Education | TESOL | Teacher Education | International Education About me: linktr.ee/blairteacher

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When she speaks in tongues, why does she only use the one vowel?

06.03.2026 17:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Rot Is Real And There Is More To It The Atlantic Piece Just Scratched The Surface

Sobering views from Phillips O'Brien regarding the Iran War. His assessment is that US participation is the result of government corruption.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

06.03.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

AI is not inevitable. Nothing in human societies is inevitable because we design them. Healthcare can be free for the public. Books can be bought instead of bombs. Universities can be free for students, and they can even receive a stipend to live off. Don't let companies dictate the future.

06.03.2026 10:34 πŸ‘ 153 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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I’m just flinging things in the Clyde now

04.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 64 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A corpus-assisted discourse analysis of (Dis)Interest and (Un)Importance frames in leave to appeal decisions of the HKSAR appellate courts Abstract This study presents a corpus-assisted discourse analysis examining the semantic frames of (Dis)Interest and (Un)Importance in leave to appeal decisions of the HKSAR appellate courts. With the...

OUT NOW: Jamie McKeown and Haojie Deng show how corpus tools can assist in the exploration of semantic frames, as investigated in leave to appeal decisions from Hong Kong

This paper will appear as part of our Special Issue on Corpus Perspectives on #LegalDiscourse

doi.org/10.1075/ijcl...

03.03.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Statement by trade union leaders

Statement by trade union leaders

We stand with fellow trade unions in condemning the illegal war on Iran.

Reports of civilian casualties, including students and schoolchildren are deeply disturbing and require urgent and independent investigation.

The killing and wounding of civilians is indefensible.

02.03.2026 09:42 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Research in postdigital pedagogies of space is these days getting a lot of attention! Link in first comment

02.03.2026 10:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dydd Gwyl Dewi St Davids GIF ALT: Dydd Gwyl Dewi St Davids GIF

Dydd gwyl Dewi sant hapus i pawb

01.03.2026 10:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Scotland fans secure Fifa approval to wear sporrans at World Cup Thousands of supporters are expected to travel to the US for Scotland's first appearance in the tournament since 1998.

Scotland fans secure Fifa approval to wear sporrans at World Cup - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

26.02.2026 14:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This is the most incredible footage of blue whales I’ve ever seen

22.02.2026 08:55 πŸ‘ 6917 πŸ” 2268 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 417
The Scottish Fisheries Museum near the harbour in Anstruther. The image shows a complex and old white building with red tiled roofs in afternoon light under a clear blue sky. There's a sign saying what it is on the outside. There's a road this side of the museum and the foreground is cobbled.

The Scottish Fisheries Museum near the harbour in Anstruther. The image shows a complex and old white building with red tiled roofs in afternoon light under a clear blue sky. There's a sign saying what it is on the outside. There's a road this side of the museum and the foreground is cobbled.

The amazing Scottish Fisheries Museum near the harbour in Anstruther, in the East Neuk of Fife. The museum allows visitors to explore the role fishing has played in shaping Scotland. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #ScottishFisheriesMuseum #Anstruther #Fife #EastNeuk

19.02.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Should be 코리야 ^^

19.02.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

였 ~ ν•„μŠΉκ³ λ¦¬μ•Ό

19.02.2026 16:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of my former Sociolinguistics students (now a PG student at St Andrews) is co-organizing a student conference on 'Voice'. Submission details below!

N.B. Student travel from Edinburgh to St Andrews will be reimbursed by the organisers!

12.02.2026 12:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Catharina Doria on Ring

11.02.2026 21:32 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
Cellardyke. The image shows a harbour with part of a pier in the foreground and on the right. Beyond the harbour and to the left is a village made up of white and stone houses, most with red tiles on their roofs. The scene is in sunlight.

Cellardyke. The image shows a harbour with part of a pier in the foreground and on the right. Beyond the harbour and to the left is a village made up of white and stone houses, most with red tiles on their roofs. The scene is in sunlight.

The attractive but little-known harbour at Cellardyke, now effectively an eastern extension of Anstruther in the East Neuk of Fife. More pics and info: www.undiscoveredscot...

#Scotland #Cellardyke #Fife #Harbour #EastNeukOfFife #EastNeuk #Anstruther

16.02.2026 17:01 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

And its not the same as Scots either

16.02.2026 00:20 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

He spent quite a bit of time in Scotland too, maps.nls.uk/projects/dou...

14.02.2026 16:34 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy birthday to Frederick Douglass, who spent quite a bit of time in Scotland, giving talks in places like Paisley, Montrose and Falkirk.

maps.nls.uk/projects/dou...

14.02.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

*English voters ... we wanted nothing to do with it.

13.02.2026 13:13 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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10.02.2026 05:51 πŸ‘ 8128 πŸ” 3103 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 38

Good luck!

12.02.2026 06:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Event details – IATEFL

"Cross-disciplinary differences in knowledge-making practices and academic discourse"

Join Professor Guangwei Hu (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) for an engaging webinar exploring EAP/ESP teaching.

Date: 4 March 2026
Time: 10:00 UK

www.iatefl.org/event-detail...

11.02.2026 15:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Post a banger that's not in English.

youtu.be/xYFci-4rWTw?...

09.02.2026 22:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

79 is not bad. His opponent will need snookers.

04.02.2026 21:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Text-based visual stating: β€œBig Tech doesn’t control this feed anymore. In Europe… You do!” with an underline separating the two lines, and the European Commission logo in the bottom corner.

Text-based visual stating: β€œBig Tech doesn’t control this feed anymore. In Europe… You do!” with an underline separating the two lines, and the European Commission logo in the bottom corner.

Before, Big Tech algorithms decided what you saw.

Now you can opt out of the 'personalised' feed or make it chronological!

Ads must be transparent, and deceptive design is banned.

All because of our Digital Services Act.

Your digital life, your rules.

03.02.2026 09:24 πŸ‘ 478 πŸ” 103 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 13

aeon.co: Being in the world: rules and risk

To master our own lives, we must venture beyond the rules and embrace risk – Heidegger’s philosophy grounded in real life- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon

https://aeon.co/videos/true-mastery-demands-going-beyond-the-rules-to-learn-for-yourself?utm_sou...

04.02.2026 11:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Good lad Tyrique & welcome to #Everton #UTFT πŸ’™πŸ€

01.02.2026 23:01 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 3

They'd call him much worse

02.02.2026 13:20 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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AI in week 5 Op veler verzoek... Een kortere nieuwsbrief! (Click here for English!) Ik ga echt proberen me vanaf te beperken tot twee onderwerpen, zo hou ik hopelijk tijd over voor mijn boek. En ik stond deze wee...

EdTech, it doesn't work... How long until we can just accept the science on this? www.felienne.nl/2026-05/#edt...

01.02.2026 11:07 πŸ‘ 54 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 6