Dave Sayers
@davesayers.bsky.social
Cheese consumer, sociolinguist, immigrant 🇬🇧 👉 🇫🇮
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-7132
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-7132
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Women aren’t just reaching for the stars, they’re engineering the rockets that get us there. On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, these are some of the faces of @esa.int Space Transportation.
February 11, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Women aren’t just reaching for the stars, they’re engineering the rockets that get us there. On International Day of Women and Girls in Science, these are some of the faces of @esa.int Space Transportation.
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I read through hundreds of emails and scoured through years of correspondence and background information to write this 4600 word report.
It confirms what we all have been saying about the anti-trans movement from the start. Read it from the top down, I can't even begin to summarize it all properly.
It confirms what we all have been saying about the anti-trans movement from the start. Read it from the top down, I can't even begin to summarize it all properly.
You’re not crazy. The anti-trans movement is not organic; it was funded by pedophilic billionaires like Jeffrey Epstein who backed a network of conservatives to accuse the same people they were sexually abusing of being the real danger. @madycast.com exposes the truth in our in-depth report.
Epstein Backed ‘Billionaires’ Dinner’ Network of Prominent Anti-Trans Figures
Lawrence Krauss, Richard Dawkins, Steven Pinker and other anti-trans influencers personally benefited from a right-wing academic social group backed by infamous human trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, somet...
transnews.network
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 PM
I read through hundreds of emails and scoured through years of correspondence and background information to write this 4600 word report.
It confirms what we all have been saying about the anti-trans movement from the start. Read it from the top down, I can't even begin to summarize it all properly.
It confirms what we all have been saying about the anti-trans movement from the start. Read it from the top down, I can't even begin to summarize it all properly.
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Aamulla oli menoja lapsen kanssa. Sitten vein hänet kouluun. 10 km polkemista. Oli kylmä, sopiva, hiki. Ihanaa alamäkeä, hengästyttävää ylämäkeä. Sormissa nipisteli, lumi narskui renkaan alla, talvi lumosi.. Teki hyvää.
Mietin, että voisiko auton kyydissä istumista demonisoida kuten esim somea... 🤔
Mietin, että voisiko auton kyydissä istumista demonisoida kuten esim somea... 🤔
February 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Aamulla oli menoja lapsen kanssa. Sitten vein hänet kouluun. 10 km polkemista. Oli kylmä, sopiva, hiki. Ihanaa alamäkeä, hengästyttävää ylämäkeä. Sormissa nipisteli, lumi narskui renkaan alla, talvi lumosi.. Teki hyvää.
Mietin, että voisiko auton kyydissä istumista demonisoida kuten esim somea... 🤔
Mietin, että voisiko auton kyydissä istumista demonisoida kuten esim somea... 🤔
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
www.nature.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:09 AM
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition.
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Please, my magic bean, it is very sick
Here in central Finland tomorrow it will be -25C, but I know I'll be warmer than I ever was during a British winter.
(Short explanation: actual working insulation, district-level heating, cheapest energy in Europe.)
(Short explanation: actual working insulation, district-level heating, cheapest energy in Europe.)
January 31, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Here in central Finland tomorrow it will be -25C, but I know I'll be warmer than I ever was during a British winter.
(Short explanation: actual working insulation, district-level heating, cheapest energy in Europe.)
(Short explanation: actual working insulation, district-level heating, cheapest energy in Europe.)
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Also, yah boo sucks to Sex Matters and their mysterious bottomless pockets of their anonymous backers. You're weird! Nobody likes you! Go away and find a hobby that isn't picking on a marginalised community, and get some therapy while you're there. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Judge blocks charity’s challenge over trans people’s use of Hampstead ponds single-sex facilities
Judge says claim brought by Sex Matters should be made instead by individual who says they have faced discrimination
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Also, yah boo sucks to Sex Matters and their mysterious bottomless pockets of their anonymous backers. You're weird! Nobody likes you! Go away and find a hobby that isn't picking on a marginalised community, and get some therapy while you're there. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Standards
xkcd.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Immediately win favour with the editor(s) of an edited volume, by telling them you read the introduction.
January 26, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Immediately win favour with the editor(s) of an edited volume, by telling them you read the introduction.
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If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
January 24, 2026 at 11:51 PM
If they are doing this to white people in broad daylight imagine what they are doing to non-white people in detention facilities.
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"haha yeah. we also have a fascism problem. good luck with yours!!" -- almost every country, right now
January 21, 2026 at 7:18 PM
"haha yeah. we also have a fascism problem. good luck with yours!!" -- almost every country, right now
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I heard Rev Dr. Bernice King speak at a Juneteenth event and she said, “What man has a legacy not owed to a woman?”
When honoring Dr. King's legacy, we must discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King, Dr. Kris Burrell argues. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we remember her not as a shadow of her husband, but as an equal. 🗃️
clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/19/i...
clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/19/i...
“I Was Called, Too:” The Life and Work of Coretta Scott King
In honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy, it is both appropriate—and overdue—to discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we r…
clioandthecontemporary.com
January 19, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I heard Rev Dr. Bernice King speak at a Juneteenth event and she said, “What man has a legacy not owed to a woman?”
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What’s a chatbot’s favorite punctuation mark?
The LLM-dash.
(Couldn’t resist!)
The LLM-dash.
(Couldn’t resist!)
I actually like the em dash. Am I an LLM? 🤔
August 4, 2025 at 3:59 AM
What’s a chatbot’s favorite punctuation mark?
The LLM-dash.
(Couldn’t resist!)
The LLM-dash.
(Couldn’t resist!)
📢Next in the @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social English online seminar series📢
'(How) is knowledge of linguistics and pragmatics relevant for real-life practitioners of communication?' (Gisle Andersen, @nhhnor.bsky.social), Mon 16 Feb 15:00 EET
👇Abstract/register here. Go go go!👇
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
'(How) is knowledge of linguistics and pragmatics relevant for real-life practitioners of communication?' (Gisle Andersen, @nhhnor.bsky.social), Mon 16 Feb 15:00 EET
👇Abstract/register here. Go go go!👇
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
JYU English seminars - 2025-26
2025-26
r.jyu.fi
January 15, 2026 at 12:45 PM
📢Next in the @uniofjyvaskyla.bsky.social English online seminar series📢
'(How) is knowledge of linguistics and pragmatics relevant for real-life practitioners of communication?' (Gisle Andersen, @nhhnor.bsky.social), Mon 16 Feb 15:00 EET
👇Abstract/register here. Go go go!👇
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
'(How) is knowledge of linguistics and pragmatics relevant for real-life practitioners of communication?' (Gisle Andersen, @nhhnor.bsky.social), Mon 16 Feb 15:00 EET
👇Abstract/register here. Go go go!👇
r.jyu.fi/engseminars2...
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Honestly the amount of research ethics bureaucratic paperwork universities are drowning themselves/staff in for projects that are mostly not dangerous/contentious at all and marketing teams are just flinging stuff up onto the Nazi Sexualiser 5000 no problem
January 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Honestly the amount of research ethics bureaucratic paperwork universities are drowning themselves/staff in for projects that are mostly not dangerous/contentious at all and marketing teams are just flinging stuff up onto the Nazi Sexualiser 5000 no problem
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I don't know how representative BlueSky or my timeline are for the US political centre and left, but it's amazing how many people in that range still believe that the fascists will be brought down by this or that procedural technicality.
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I don't know how representative BlueSky or my timeline are for the US political centre and left, but it's amazing how many people in that range still believe that the fascists will be brought down by this or that procedural technicality.
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A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 PM
A Black man was killed by ICE (off duty) in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve. And like Renée Good, he was an American citizen. But most people have not heard about Keith Porter.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
I need y’all to realize this. Black people experience this lack of visibility all the time when it comes to being victims.
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Some unknown person came up with *the* obvious solution re: Greenland! 🥳
Dear Greenlanders, it works like this: you just keep the towel in place to scare off invaders, and no worries about German tourist hordes - it’s too cold for the Mallorca crowd.
Dear Greenlanders, it works like this: you just keep the towel in place to scare off invaders, and no worries about German tourist hordes - it’s too cold for the Mallorca crowd.
January 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Some unknown person came up with *the* obvious solution re: Greenland! 🥳
Dear Greenlanders, it works like this: you just keep the towel in place to scare off invaders, and no worries about German tourist hordes - it’s too cold for the Mallorca crowd.
Dear Greenlanders, it works like this: you just keep the towel in place to scare off invaders, and no worries about German tourist hordes - it’s too cold for the Mallorca crowd.
I have neglected the doom. It has not been scrolled.
January 10, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I have neglected the doom. It has not been scrolled.
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Zum Schutz vor US-Invasion: Dänemark verstreut Legosteine an Grönlands Küsten www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/lego...
Zum Schutz vor US-Invasion: Dänemark verstreut Legosteine an Grönlands Küsten
Nuuk, Kopenhagen (dpo) - Nach wiederholten Drohungen der US-Regierung gegen Grönland geht Dänemark nun auf Nummer sicher: Das dänische Militär hat heu
www.der-postillon.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Zum Schutz vor US-Invasion: Dänemark verstreut Legosteine an Grönlands Küsten www.der-postillon.com/2026/01/lego...
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My article 'Five Key Concepts for Autistic Linguistic Justice' is now free to read in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social.
For the curious or time poor, here's a short thread on the main ideas.
doi.org/10.1177/2573...
For the curious or time poor, here's a short thread on the main ideas.
doi.org/10.1177/2573...
Five Key Concepts for Autistic Linguistic Justice: Securitization, Revitalization, Rights, Planning, and Ethics - Gerald Roche, 2025
This perspective article draws on my own lived experience as an autistic person, combined with my academic research at the intersection of languages and politic...
doi.org
January 5, 2026 at 11:13 PM
My article 'Five Key Concepts for Autistic Linguistic Justice' is now free to read in @autisminadulthood.bsky.social.
For the curious or time poor, here's a short thread on the main ideas.
doi.org/10.1177/2573...
For the curious or time poor, here's a short thread on the main ideas.
doi.org/10.1177/2573...
Here in Finland, Epiphany is a public holiday. And naturally, given its location (!) one's road home is a careful and confidential choice. My favourite Finnish expression roughly translates as ‘better to go a mile in the wrong direction than take a dangerous shortcut’.
January 4, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Here in Finland, Epiphany is a public holiday. And naturally, given its location (!) one's road home is a careful and confidential choice. My favourite Finnish expression roughly translates as ‘better to go a mile in the wrong direction than take a dangerous shortcut’.