Daria Dayter
@coocho.bsky.social
Assoc/prof in linguistics in Tampere • interested in digital language, gender, persuasion • owner of a malamute •
Editor-in-Chief for Pragmatics & Society
Editor-in-Chief for Pragmatics & Society
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It’s a slow Sunday, so I thought I’d do a thread of my 2025 publications. Get in touch if you any a pdf!
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The CfPs for LavLang32 at Edinburgh is now OPEN! A reminder of our stellar lineup:
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)
Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)
Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231
January 5, 2026 at 10:09 AM
The CfPs for LavLang32 at Edinburgh is now OPEN! A reminder of our stellar lineup:
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)
Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231
• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)
Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231
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POSIWID: the purpose of a system is what it does. Intentions are irrelevant. At scale, AI creates dependence, intensifies surveillance, deskills workers and students, extracts value, and concentrates power. It consumes vast electricity and water. It exploits laborers in data processing. Net negative
January 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
POSIWID: the purpose of a system is what it does. Intentions are irrelevant. At scale, AI creates dependence, intensifies surveillance, deskills workers and students, extracts value, and concentrates power. It consumes vast electricity and water. It exploits laborers in data processing. Net negative
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Skilled workers may ride this wave. We can automate our boring tasks, build useful tools, maintain our position. But the primary effect of AI deployment is transferring wealth upward while presenting that transfer as inevitable progress. This is a bargain that will not create anything good for us.
January 2, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Skilled workers may ride this wave. We can automate our boring tasks, build useful tools, maintain our position. But the primary effect of AI deployment is transferring wealth upward while presenting that transfer as inevitable progress. This is a bargain that will not create anything good for us.
Your typical Russian new year prep with the "Olivier" salad ingredients on the hob
December 31, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Your typical Russian new year prep with the "Olivier" salad ingredients on the hob
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L'empire des lumières / The dominion of light
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3114591
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3114591
December 28, 2025 at 10:09 AM
L'empire des lumières / The dominion of light
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3114591
https://botfrens.com/collections/61/contents/3114591
Plan for today:
• a long walk in the forest
• vet
• 1 or 2 peer reviews (depending on the overall vibe)
• Jane Eyre
• a long walk in the forest
• vet
• 1 or 2 peer reviews (depending on the overall vibe)
• Jane Eyre
December 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Plan for today:
• a long walk in the forest
• vet
• 1 or 2 peer reviews (depending on the overall vibe)
• Jane Eyre
• a long walk in the forest
• vet
• 1 or 2 peer reviews (depending on the overall vibe)
• Jane Eyre
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It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
It is EXHAUSTING not only being made responsible for coming up with new kinds of assignments for our students; it's also tedious reading op-eds that suggest the core problem is a crisis in teaching. But, as Chris and I lay out here, this isn't a crisis in teaching; it's an attack on learning.
I distinctly remember the first time I saw this practice. It was Bella in Twilight talking to her mom on the phone. I remember thinking maybe she hurt her ear and I missed that bit because I wasn't watching the film very attentively, why else would she be holding her phone I such an odd way
People in public using their phone like this.
December 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I distinctly remember the first time I saw this practice. It was Bella in Twilight talking to her mom on the phone. I remember thinking maybe she hurt her ear and I missed that bit because I wasn't watching the film very attentively, why else would she be holding her phone I such an odd way
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We are looking for advanced PhD student interns! Spend 12 weeks scratching a research itch in our Cambridge Massachusetts lab. Closes January 17.
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Research Intern - Sociotechnical Systems | Microsoft Careers
Research Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world's best researchers, Research Interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Researc...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We are looking for advanced PhD student interns! Spend 12 weeks scratching a research itch in our Cambridge Massachusetts lab. Closes January 17.
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
apply.careers.microsoft.com/careers/job/...
Dog owner life: texting your friend to ask if she (and hers) already spotted new benches on a trail behind the house. A conversation about which bench was the scariest ensues. You both chuckle happily, look at your fur rugs and go to bed.
December 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Dog owner life: texting your friend to ask if she (and hers) already spotted new benches on a trail behind the house. A conversation about which bench was the scariest ensues. You both chuckle happily, look at your fur rugs and go to bed.
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Save the date:
Finnish Cognitive Linguistics Association FiCLA and Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) organize a joint seminar on cognitive approaches to language learning 24th April 2026 in Helsinki.
The language of the event is Finnish, although English may also be used if desired.
Finnish Cognitive Linguistics Association FiCLA and Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) organize a joint seminar on cognitive approaches to language learning 24th April 2026 in Helsinki.
The language of the event is Finnish, although English may also be used if desired.
December 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Save the date:
Finnish Cognitive Linguistics Association FiCLA and Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) organize a joint seminar on cognitive approaches to language learning 24th April 2026 in Helsinki.
The language of the event is Finnish, although English may also be used if desired.
Finnish Cognitive Linguistics Association FiCLA and Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) organize a joint seminar on cognitive approaches to language learning 24th April 2026 in Helsinki.
The language of the event is Finnish, although English may also be used if desired.
Happy solstice! I never paid much attention to the cycle of light and dark before I moved to Finland and began walking the dogs in the forest every morning - often before daybreak
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Happy solstice! I never paid much attention to the cycle of light and dark before I moved to Finland and began walking the dogs in the forest every morning - often before daybreak
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There are always empty words about "human in the loop", that you should always check the work of an LLM. But the entire value of a summary is as a replacement for reading. Nobody uses an LLM to generate a "summary" *and* independently verifies.
December 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
There are always empty words about "human in the loop", that you should always check the work of an LLM. But the entire value of a summary is as a replacement for reading. Nobody uses an LLM to generate a "summary" *and* independently verifies.
I'd love to hear your book suggestions if this list brings anything to mind! #BookSky #ReadingList #ToRead
Used an Amazon gift card to give myself half the Kindle wish list as a birthday present. It strongly tends towards gothic horror this time of the year
December 20, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I'd love to hear your book suggestions if this list brings anything to mind! #BookSky #ReadingList #ToRead
That seemed rather a given to me, but more and more I come to the realisation that many researchers have... hmm let's say different practices
I am not talking about students here
I am not talking about students here
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:15 AM
That seemed rather a given to me, but more and more I come to the realisation that many researchers have... hmm let's say different practices
I am not talking about students here
I am not talking about students here
Used an Amazon gift card to give myself half the Kindle wish list as a birthday present. It strongly tends towards gothic horror this time of the year
December 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Used an Amazon gift card to give myself half the Kindle wish list as a birthday present. It strongly tends towards gothic horror this time of the year
Mr. Darcy is such a king of negging, I wonder that I never noticed before
December 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Mr. Darcy is such a king of negging, I wonder that I never noticed before
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Today is the final day to send us your abstracts! You have until midnight (UK time)! 😁 Here is the submission link: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
Microsoft Forms
forms.cloud.microsoft
December 19, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Today is the final day to send us your abstracts! You have until midnight (UK time)! 😁 Here is the submission link: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
A simulation tool (developed at Uni Lübeck) for estimating the costs of grant funding: osi-luebeck.shinyapps.io/GrantInq/
GrantInq
osi-luebeck.shinyapps.io
December 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
A simulation tool (developed at Uni Lübeck) for estimating the costs of grant funding: osi-luebeck.shinyapps.io/GrantInq/
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"These costs are incurred by scientists in writing proposals, by their peers in reviewing them and by the administrative systems that run the process. The question is, which costs more: the research being funded, or the application process itself?"
#AcademicSky 🧪
#AcademicSky 🧪
December 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"These costs are incurred by scientists in writing proposals, by their peers in reviewing them and by the administrative systems that run the process. The question is, which costs more: the research being funded, or the application process itself?"
#AcademicSky 🧪
#AcademicSky 🧪
For the first time in her life, Belya howled in unison with a passing ambulance and it was glorious
December 18, 2025 at 9:42 AM
For the first time in her life, Belya howled in unison with a passing ambulance and it was glorious
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One of the things that I find infuriating about this article is that it makes clear that many researchers are clearly just citing papers that they have never read to support claims they are making. That’s not how this works. If you cite it, you need to have read it. Understood it. Agreed with it.
December 18, 2025 at 1:27 AM
One of the things that I find infuriating about this article is that it makes clear that many researchers are clearly just citing papers that they have never read to support claims they are making. That’s not how this works. If you cite it, you need to have read it. Understood it. Agreed with it.
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Oh my God just go read the papers, do the research, and learn the stuff you need to know.
I realize the incentive structure in academia is bullshit, but have some integrity - and some interest in learning things and producing quality work!
I realize the incentive structure in academia is bullshit, but have some integrity - and some interest in learning things and producing quality work!
Academics and technologists are sounding the alarm about a growing crisis in scholarship as we know it: AI-generated citations of nonexistent papers that have infested real journals. Despite being fake, the sources are widely assumed to be authentic the more they appear in published literature.
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Oh my God just go read the papers, do the research, and learn the stuff you need to know.
I realize the incentive structure in academia is bullshit, but have some integrity - and some interest in learning things and producing quality work!
I realize the incentive structure in academia is bullshit, but have some integrity - and some interest in learning things and producing quality work!
The last online talk of our lecture series was a success! @ylvabiri.bsky.social @lulind.bsky.social
Keep your eyes on the OSSO page for updates on season 2026: www.dariadayter.org/osso
Keep your eyes on the OSSO page for updates on season 2026: www.dariadayter.org/osso
December 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
The last online talk of our lecture series was a success! @ylvabiri.bsky.social @lulind.bsky.social
Keep your eyes on the OSSO page for updates on season 2026: www.dariadayter.org/osso
Keep your eyes on the OSSO page for updates on season 2026: www.dariadayter.org/osso