Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse
@linguaverse.bsky.social
I help academics write (writing retreat facilitator & AcWri trainer) & publish their work (authors' editor, academic translator). 🎓(Psycho-)linguistics 🏠Donostia-San Sebastián 🌴 https://linktr.ee/linguaverse.
Co-founder of WRAP: @wrap-net.bsky.social.
Co-founder of WRAP: @wrap-net.bsky.social.
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Wendy Baldwin | Effective self-revision mini-course
Learn self-revision strategies and tools with a professional editor of academic texts. Practice applying them in a work-in-progress of your choice. Enjoy greater confidence when delivering your work t...
www.linguaverse.net
Are you an academic writer looking to boost your revision practice? My mini-course—running in January—may be the thing you need.
I share the strategies and systems I use as an editor/translator of academic texts; you practice & adapt them in a WIP during & between sessions.
www.linguaverse.net/erm
I share the strategies and systems I use as an editor/translator of academic texts; you practice & adapt them in a WIP during & between sessions.
www.linguaverse.net/erm
This one's going on the TBR pile.
📘 Toponimia eusquérica en el mundo, J. M. Ugaldea #eskuratuberriak
📌Plantea una posible extensión mucho mayor del euskera en la antigüedad, desde Europa hasta Asia y parte de África, cuestionando la lingüística vasca oficial actual
🔗 tinyurl.com/2mftvfut
📌Plantea una posible extensión mucho mayor del euskera en la antigüedad, desde Europa hasta Asia y parte de África, cuestionando la lingüística vasca oficial actual
🔗 tinyurl.com/2mftvfut
January 2, 2026 at 9:59 AM
This one's going on the TBR pile.
Great episodes, all of them. 🤩
It's that time of year again! our top 5 episodes for 2025
5. Peven Stinker, where we talk smack about Pinker
www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...
5. Peven Stinker, where we talk smack about Pinker
www.buzzsprout.com/1930383/epis...
Peven Stinker - The Vocal Fries
We have a few things to say about Pinker.Part of the War on ScienceThe Language InstinctPinker on Race RealismCo-authored paper on overregularizationThe Open Letter to the LSAThe article that Carrie w...
www.buzzsprout.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Great episodes, all of them. 🤩
Rick Steves 🤩
"Steves called the purchase the best $2.25 million he could imagine spending."
But he's also correct in saying that "private donations are also not a substitute for public investment — and shouldn't determine whether essential services survive."
"Steves called the purchase the best $2.25 million he could imagine spending."
But he's also correct in saying that "private donations are also not a substitute for public investment — and shouldn't determine whether essential services survive."
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020. n.pr/3MKbmJH
Rick Steves steps in to save Seattle-area hygiene center serving homeless residents
Steves purchased the property to prevent it from closing. Many homeless people had come to depend on the Lynnwood Hygiene Center, which had operated rent-free on the property since 2020.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Rick Steves 🤩
"Steves called the purchase the best $2.25 million he could imagine spending."
But he's also correct in saying that "private donations are also not a substitute for public investment — and shouldn't determine whether essential services survive."
"Steves called the purchase the best $2.25 million he could imagine spending."
But he's also correct in saying that "private donations are also not a substitute for public investment — and shouldn't determine whether essential services survive."
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Authors beware – the deluge of scam emails continues.
Authors are being hit with a "deluge" of scam emails, some of which appear to impersonate industry professionals, marketing agencies and famous authors 👇 #BookSky
Authors hit with 'deluge' of scam emails from fake marketers offering paid promotion
ebx.sh
December 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Authors beware – the deluge of scam emails continues.
Bilingual brains, part 4,590.
A French speaker asked for help finding an "adresse" (of an agency).
The seldom-spoken but oft-read Basque "bulego" (office) raced to top of mind, crashed into +French and came out as "bulot". Oops! So close yet so far.
Luckily, the next mention came out as "bureau".
A French speaker asked for help finding an "adresse" (of an agency).
The seldom-spoken but oft-read Basque "bulego" (office) raced to top of mind, crashed into +French and came out as "bulot". Oops! So close yet so far.
Luckily, the next mention came out as "bureau".
December 19, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Bilingual brains, part 4,590.
A French speaker asked for help finding an "adresse" (of an agency).
The seldom-spoken but oft-read Basque "bulego" (office) raced to top of mind, crashed into +French and came out as "bulot". Oops! So close yet so far.
Luckily, the next mention came out as "bureau".
A French speaker asked for help finding an "adresse" (of an agency).
The seldom-spoken but oft-read Basque "bulego" (office) raced to top of mind, crashed into +French and came out as "bulot". Oops! So close yet so far.
Luckily, the next mention came out as "bureau".
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But let's turn that around: Anyone who wants to call what they are doing "AI" should be accountable for making clear why their product (or research) isn't in fact slop. That's on them. The rest of us do not need to hold space for that.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:42 AM
But let's turn that around: Anyone who wants to call what they are doing "AI" should be accountable for making clear why their product (or research) isn't in fact slop. That's on them. The rest of us do not need to hold space for that.
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Darío de Regoyos (1857–1913)
— La Concha la Nuit, Donostia San Sebastian, 1906.
— La Concha la Nuit, Donostia San Sebastian, 1906.
December 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Darío de Regoyos (1857–1913)
— La Concha la Nuit, Donostia San Sebastian, 1906.
— La Concha la Nuit, Donostia San Sebastian, 1906.
Time to release my Herd About Buffalo, a lovely public art initiative from 2000.
The book has accompanied me across a continent (from Buffalo to Seattle) and an ocean (Seattle to Donostia). 💙
The book has accompanied me across a continent (from Buffalo to Seattle) and an ocean (Seattle to Donostia). 💙
December 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Time to release my Herd About Buffalo, a lovely public art initiative from 2000.
The book has accompanied me across a continent (from Buffalo to Seattle) and an ocean (Seattle to Donostia). 💙
The book has accompanied me across a continent (from Buffalo to Seattle) and an ocean (Seattle to Donostia). 💙
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The first ever monolingual Irish dictionary has been launched www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Groundbreaking monolingual Irish dictionary launched
A groundbreaking new monolingual dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge that provides people with a new way to understand, use and learn the Irish language, without relying on dictionaries in English or in ot...
www.rte.ie
December 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
The first ever monolingual Irish dictionary has been launched www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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what could go wrong
UPDATE from Pentagon's "bespoke AI platform" rollout.
“We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force. The Department is tapping into America's commercial genius, and we’re embedding generative AI into our daily battle rhythm" -- Hegseth
“We are pushing all of our chips in on artificial intelligence as a fighting force. The Department is tapping into America's commercial genius, and we’re embedding generative AI into our daily battle rhythm" -- Hegseth
NVIDIA, whose stock is now a "load-bearing entity in the US stock market," "is dependent not on its customers, but on its customers’ credit ratings and financial backers." And it gets worse from there!
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
A fantastic, very long, highly-meandering-but-the-meandering-is-necessary @edzitron.com piece:
December 10, 2025 at 8:24 AM
what could go wrong
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Whatcha doing this Friday at 5 PM EST? Want to learn more about Japanese, translating anime, and how we can use linguistic philosophy to translate jokes and innuendo?
Come to my talk at CasaCon! @thecasacon.bsky.social ! It's FREE and on Discord! Link below in the thread! ↓
Come to my talk at CasaCon! @thecasacon.bsky.social ! It's FREE and on Discord! Link below in the thread! ↓
December 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Whatcha doing this Friday at 5 PM EST? Want to learn more about Japanese, translating anime, and how we can use linguistic philosophy to translate jokes and innuendo?
Come to my talk at CasaCon! @thecasacon.bsky.social ! It's FREE and on Discord! Link below in the thread! ↓
Come to my talk at CasaCon! @thecasacon.bsky.social ! It's FREE and on Discord! Link below in the thread! ↓
🤯 What the hell FIFA?
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🤯 What the hell FIFA?
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Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) released a proposal this week that, if passed, would strip U.S. citizenship from Americans who hold a second passport.
Full statement from @demsabroad.bsky.social Chair, Martha McDevitt-Pugh: www.democratsabroad.org/da_statement...
Full statement from @demsabroad.bsky.social Chair, Martha McDevitt-Pugh: www.democratsabroad.org/da_statement...
December 3, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) released a proposal this week that, if passed, would strip U.S. citizenship from Americans who hold a second passport.
Full statement from @demsabroad.bsky.social Chair, Martha McDevitt-Pugh: www.democratsabroad.org/da_statement...
Full statement from @demsabroad.bsky.social Chair, Martha McDevitt-Pugh: www.democratsabroad.org/da_statement...
This is a fantastic piece and resource!
New in The Important Work, Maggie Boyd writes about working with colleagues to create a tool to help students think about the choice to use AI and shares her experience using the tool to help Writing Center tutors talk to students about AI. theimportantwork.substack.com/p/pause-befo...
Pause Before You Prompt
Empowering Students to Evaluate AI Tools in a Values-Based Framework
theimportantwork.substack.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:08 PM
This is a fantastic piece and resource!
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This week, give yourself and your writing project the gift of
🎁 permission to temporarily disengage & focus on your WIP sans distraction
🎁 the wisdom & company of other writers
🎁 time to reflect, make connections, work w/ intention
Last retreat of the year!
December 4-5
www.linguaverse.net/4-5-dec
🎁 permission to temporarily disengage & focus on your WIP sans distraction
🎁 the wisdom & company of other writers
🎁 time to reflect, make connections, work w/ intention
Last retreat of the year!
December 4-5
www.linguaverse.net/4-5-dec
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This week, give yourself and your writing project the gift of
🎁 permission to temporarily disengage & focus on your WIP sans distraction
🎁 the wisdom & company of other writers
🎁 time to reflect, make connections, work w/ intention
Last retreat of the year!
December 4-5
www.linguaverse.net/4-5-dec
🎁 permission to temporarily disengage & focus on your WIP sans distraction
🎁 the wisdom & company of other writers
🎁 time to reflect, make connections, work w/ intention
Last retreat of the year!
December 4-5
www.linguaverse.net/4-5-dec
This week, give yourself and your writing project the gift of
🎁 permission to temporarily disengage & focus on your WIP sans distraction
🎁 the wisdom & company of other writers
🎁 time to reflect, make connections, work w/ intention
Last retreat of the year!
December 4-5
www.linguaverse.net/4-5-dec
🎁 permission to temporarily disengage & focus on your WIP sans distraction
🎁 the wisdom & company of other writers
🎁 time to reflect, make connections, work w/ intention
Last retreat of the year!
December 4-5
www.linguaverse.net/4-5-dec
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This week, give yourself and your writing project the gift of
🎁 permission to temporarily disengage & focus on your WIP sans distraction
🎁 the wisdom & company of other writers
🎁 time to reflect, make connections, work w/ intention
Last retreat of the year!
December 4-5
www.linguaverse.net/4-5-dec
🎁 permission to temporarily disengage & focus on your WIP sans distraction
🎁 the wisdom & company of other writers
🎁 time to reflect, make connections, work w/ intention
Last retreat of the year!
December 4-5
www.linguaverse.net/4-5-dec
If you missed or wish to revisit the presentations given at #METM25, the Mediterranean Editors and Translators' 20th anniversary conference, check out the collection of chronicles and podcasts on The Hive. There's a decent-sized collection now, with more to come!
hive.metmeetings.org/tag/metm25/
hive.metmeetings.org/tag/metm25/
METM25 - The Hive
hive.metmeetings.org
December 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
If you missed or wish to revisit the presentations given at #METM25, the Mediterranean Editors and Translators' 20th anniversary conference, check out the collection of chronicles and podcasts on The Hive. There's a decent-sized collection now, with more to come!
hive.metmeetings.org/tag/metm25/
hive.metmeetings.org/tag/metm25/
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Full video of panel and discussion now up on PeerTube tubedu.org/w/teHCy6pkiK...
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Full video of panel and discussion now up on PeerTube tubedu.org/w/teHCy6pkiK...
This is a pretty great project, and it’s nice to see in my timeline at the time of year when I most think about (and sorta miss) living in Buffalo/Western New York.
Announcing the debut of the Chicken Wings in Buffalo Timeline, something I started years ago & wasn't able to finish until I retired. Over 100 events, 1855-present.
https://buffaloresearch.com/chicken-wings-in-buffalo/
https://buffaloresearch.com/chicken-wings-in-buffalo/
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is a pretty great project, and it’s nice to see in my timeline at the time of year when I most think about (and sorta miss) living in Buffalo/Western New York.
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Heads up, AI slop is hitting the nonfiction shelves, too.
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it's getting Weird Out Here part 193,752: bookshop.org has a listing for a book of 40 photographs of the Edinburgh subway system. but Edinburgh doesn't HAVE a subway. its entirely AI generated
Bookshop.org: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.
bookshop.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Heads up, AI slop is hitting the nonfiction shelves, too.
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Revising your own academic texts requires lots of juggling and sifting through of layers, perspectives and choices. No wonder results can be uneven and less than satisfying.
In January I'm running a mini-course that helps you build a strategic approach to managing the task, adapted to your needs. 👇
In January I'm running a mini-course that helps you build a strategic approach to managing the task, adapted to your needs. 👇
November 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Revising your own academic texts requires lots of juggling and sifting through of layers, perspectives and choices. No wonder results can be uneven and less than satisfying.
In January I'm running a mini-course that helps you build a strategic approach to managing the task, adapted to your needs. 👇
In January I'm running a mini-course that helps you build a strategic approach to managing the task, adapted to your needs. 👇
Very cool that my home NPR station is doing this. I must stream from Spain more often so I can hear it.
So this is cool: my local NPR station, @kuow.org is broadcasting their station identification in different languages. The first one I caught was Lushootseed, and so at first I thought it was an acknowledgment of the people whose land KUOW is located on. It is that, but also more:
Why KUOW is broadcasting our Legal ID in different languages
www.kuow.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Very cool that my home NPR station is doing this. I must stream from Spain more often so I can hear it.
Are you an academic writer looking to boost your revision practice? My mini-course—running in January—may be the thing you need.
I share the strategies and systems I use as an editor/translator of academic texts; you practice & adapt them in a WIP during & between sessions.
www.linguaverse.net/erm
I share the strategies and systems I use as an editor/translator of academic texts; you practice & adapt them in a WIP during & between sessions.
www.linguaverse.net/erm
Wendy Baldwin | Effective self-revision mini-course
Learn self-revision strategies and tools with a professional editor of academic texts. Practice applying them in a work-in-progress of your choice. Enjoy greater confidence when delivering your work t...
www.linguaverse.net
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Are you an academic writer looking to boost your revision practice? My mini-course—running in January—may be the thing you need.
I share the strategies and systems I use as an editor/translator of academic texts; you practice & adapt them in a WIP during & between sessions.
www.linguaverse.net/erm
I share the strategies and systems I use as an editor/translator of academic texts; you practice & adapt them in a WIP during & between sessions.
www.linguaverse.net/erm
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Happy World Linguistics Day from Donostia, in the Basque Country! #hizkuntzalaritza #lingüística
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Donostia, in the Basque Country! #hizkuntzalaritza #lingüística
Buenísimo todo!
What other languages can use the same verb three times and have the same effect?
#WorldLinguisticsDay
What other languages can use the same verb three times and have the same effect?
#WorldLinguisticsDay
La maravilla lingüística que es el "me voy a ir yendo".
Venga, va: vídeo inocente y gracioso de ayer por la tarde. En Conexión Extremadura enviaron a un reportero a Fuente del Maestre para cubrir el encendido navideño y, bueno… pasó lo que tenía que pasar. Otro exitazo del periodismo extremeño, digno sucesor del “Marichocho” y de otras joyas similares.
November 26, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Buenísimo todo!
What other languages can use the same verb three times and have the same effect?
#WorldLinguisticsDay
What other languages can use the same verb three times and have the same effect?
#WorldLinguisticsDay