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Marianne Hundt
@hundtmariann.bsky.social
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Linguist (University of Zurich). Lady (in the Old English sense of the word).

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 4h
So cool!!!

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Linguist List @linguistlist.bsky.social · 3d
Calls: Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language
Calls: Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language
Call for Papers: How do we persuade someone to act against their initial intentions? How do we reshape what they think about an issue? Language is our most powerful tool for influence. We use it to convince, persuade, cajole, and coax, often without even realizing it. Words mold opinions, shift attitudes, and guide behavior. This symposium places the persuasive power of language at its very core. Linguists have traditionally examined the workings of persuasive language in institutionali
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hundtmariann.bsky.social
Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 3d
Time to get the corona out again this morning for the kefir-spelt rolls (72 hr cold proofing).

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 5d
If students don’t know about different schools in linguistics, how are they to discriminate between them? I also teach syntax, so for me it’s central that they know where people are coming from.

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 5d
I think it’s important to remember how (part of) the field (linguistics) went down a dead-end road and refused to acknowledge this. It’s been in this spirit that I’ve been teaching generative linguistics.

hundtmariann.bsky.social
Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 5d
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Newly released files shed new light on Chomsky and Epstein relationship
Latest communications undermine Chomsky’s earlier claims that he primarily had financial dealings with Epstein
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Fabián Muniesa, Marianne Hundt

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Theresa Heyd @theresaheyd.bsky.social · 6d
Call for Papers, please circulate!

Ethics of queer in/visibility
Heidelberg, September 30 - October 2, 2026
queer-in-visibility.de

Keynote speakers:
J Calder
(Linguistics, University of Colorado Boulder)
Anna Hájková @ankahajkova.bsky.social
(History, University of Warwick)
oil painting La mujer barbuda/Magdalena Ventura con su marido; a bearded woman nursing her baby while standing up. Queer in/visibility in pink, plus a QR code to the conference website

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6d
'to treat peer review as a throughput problem is to misunderstand what is at stake. Review is not simply a production stage in the research pipeline; it is one of the few remaining spaces where the scientific community talks to itself.' 1/3
AI is not a peer, so it can’t do peer review
If we still believe that science is a vocation grounded in argument, curiosity and care, we can’t delegate judgement to machines, says Akhil Bhardwaj
www.timeshighereducation.com

hundtmariann.bsky.social
Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 6d
Has its own warped ‘logic’, is how you prevent

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Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social · 7d
The octopus conference is back! 🐙
"Influence, Manipulation & Seduction 3: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Persuasive Language", Nov 19-20, 2026, Tampere University, Finland
#LanguageAndPersuasion #Linguistics #OctoConf
octopus tentacles, red background

hundtmariann.bsky.social
Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 8d
What we’ve got to lose by that: the narrative showing how a paradigm tried to dominate the field. I teach ‘formal’ approaches in my methods and theories class precisely to situate it in that narrative, first quotations from his early work.

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Marianne Hundt

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 8d
After a long struggle with illness, Mary Shelley died #onthisday in 1851. Read about the science behind her most famous novel, Frankenstein, including investigations into resuscitation, galvanism and the possibility of states between life + death: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t... #otd

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 8d
George Carlin always nailed it.

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 9d
We have the same thing. Didn’t know you could also use it to slice.

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 9d
The one on the left is looking kinda angry, though.

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 9d
At my end, too (mostly to keep sane).
Liked the cardamom knots and today’s citrus&almond cake’s wicked smile.

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 9d
Queen of brunch, judging by this feast!!!

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 9d
Things will be ok in the end!!!

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 9d
My citrus and almond cake decided it wanted put on a scary face. Won’t protect it from being devoured at breakfast tomorrow. Nice try, no cigar!

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 9d
The fruit look picture-pretty. How do you cut apples like that?

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 9d
The remainder of the marzipan worked beautifully in these baked apples (with cranberries, cinnamon and the fleshy bits from the orange that went into the cake).

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 9d
Faces in things: the ghost of 🎃? B. Ebuehi’s citrus and almond cake
Citrus-almond cake with a spooky face (cracks in crust).

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10d
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

hundtmariann.bsky.social
Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 12d
And this is not just a UK problem but one where other governments are failing us, too
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 13d
Lest - we - forget
(Freiburg im Breisgau)

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 15d
More therapeutic baking. (In an oven I’m not really familiar with).
#breadsky

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 15d
Narsisti mikä narsisti! Le roi, moi? www.hs.fi/paakirjoituk...
Pääkirjoitus | Trumpin mieli on maailman huoli
Yhdysvaltojen nykyisen presidentin toiminta on muuttunut yhä arvaamattomammaksi.
www.hs.fi

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Shosh🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧 WokeAF💥GreenAF💚 Powered by Fury,Disbelief&Determination @shoshanade.bsky.social · 15d
We’re baking bread this morning. Radio playing. We’re chatting. Normal Sunday morning stuff.

Offspring1 (who wants to be referred to as “mysterious creature”) just did this.

Never been as proud as a parent👊🏻

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Marianne Hundt @hundtmariann.bsky.social · 19d
Anti-anxiety baking… but we’re only two in the household…

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 20d
This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.