Nina Markl 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@ninamarkl.bsky.social
perennial killjoy, academic & aspiring poster | language, computers & power and bikes & cats | she/they | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | based in the uk |views (and errors) mine, for more of those see: https://languagemechanics.neocities.org/
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Defining language and managing its use: Language technology as language management
Language technologies such as voice user interfaces, large language models and machine translation tools are embedded in an ever-growing range of digi…
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I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
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I argue that language technologies are usefully understood as a type of language management (i.e., ways of changing how people use and think about language) -- especially in the workplace -- connecting critical work on AI with language policy
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Sociologists: In our book we described The Ordinal Society as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last—
Tech Company: At long last—
Can You Optimize Love?
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Sociologists: In our book we described The Ordinal Society as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last—
Tech Company: At long last—
i love The Onion as much as the next person but by god we cannot be doing british food discourse again
January 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
i love The Onion as much as the next person but by god we cannot be doing british food discourse again
not a snow update but similar vibe: took a break from writing/thinking about AI to demolish a fence that was probably older then me
10/10 would recommend
10/10 would recommend
January 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
not a snow update but similar vibe: took a break from writing/thinking about AI to demolish a fence that was probably older then me
10/10 would recommend
10/10 would recommend
me: who signed me up to all this teaching in january?!
my email history: you did
my email history: you did
January 6, 2026 at 11:18 AM
me: who signed me up to all this teaching in january?!
my email history: you did
my email history: you did
the thing that really gets me about this is that i'm disappointed when i see students generate citations but i also sorta see why they might not know how bad this is
but if you're a person who submits an AI generated reference to peer-review - wtf are we even doing here
but if you're a person who submits an AI generated reference to peer-review - wtf are we even doing here
2025 was the year where we desk-rejected papers for hallucinated references. In 2024, slop papers were easier to spot. In 2026, models will have correctly cited (but not necessarily correctly described) references.
How I Built a Tool to Detect AI-Generated Fake References
dev.to/lidianycs/ho...
dev.to/lidianycs/ho...
January 6, 2026 at 9:33 AM
the thing that really gets me about this is that i'm disappointed when i see students generate citations but i also sorta see why they might not know how bad this is
but if you're a person who submits an AI generated reference to peer-review - wtf are we even doing here
but if you're a person who submits an AI generated reference to peer-review - wtf are we even doing here
in better news, it's snowing outside my window
January 6, 2026 at 8:39 AM
in better news, it's snowing outside my window
it’s so funny* that degree classifications are seemingly so important in the UK (because Big School vibes) but different disciplines and institutions still have wildly different norms and rules on how to award marks and classifications??
*ymmv on how funny you find this
*ymmv on how funny you find this
January 6, 2026 at 8:11 AM
it’s so funny* that degree classifications are seemingly so important in the UK (because Big School vibes) but different disciplines and institutions still have wildly different norms and rules on how to award marks and classifications??
*ymmv on how funny you find this
*ymmv on how funny you find this
important clarification, i don’t want more reasons to yell at the university, i would never yell at my students but i have many reasons to yell at my employer at the moment
help, my university has released new guidance on LLM use for students and i don't want to have yet another reason to YELL AT THEM
January 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
important clarification, i don’t want more reasons to yell at the university, i would never yell at my students but i have many reasons to yell at my employer at the moment
the bit where it’s all like ‘use AI as a tutor’ does make me wonder what my job is… but then again, my post is currently officially ‘at risk’
help, my university has released new guidance on LLM use for students and i don't want to have yet another reason to YELL AT THEM
January 5, 2026 at 4:18 PM
the bit where it’s all like ‘use AI as a tutor’ does make me wonder what my job is… but then again, my post is currently officially ‘at risk’
it's like the UK higher education sector is trying to make itself obsolete
"Stuck on an essay topic? Ask AI to suggest some initial ideas"
listen, i appreciate that people may differ but no, that's a bad idea. no.
listen, i appreciate that people may differ but no, that's a bad idea. no.
January 5, 2026 at 3:52 PM
it's like the UK higher education sector is trying to make itself obsolete
the way my heart rate just spiked when i opened the student guidance, i should probably file a "near miss" with health and safety
help, my university has released new guidance on LLM use for students and i don't want to have yet another reason to YELL AT THEM
January 5, 2026 at 3:46 PM
the way my heart rate just spiked when i opened the student guidance, i should probably file a "near miss" with health and safety
help, my university has released new guidance on LLM use for students and i don't want to have yet another reason to YELL AT THEM
January 5, 2026 at 3:42 PM
help, my university has released new guidance on LLM use for students and i don't want to have yet another reason to YELL AT THEM
it’s 11.15 i am starving. how did i survive the time between breakfast and lunch before the holidays?
January 5, 2026 at 11:16 AM
it’s 11.15 i am starving. how did i survive the time between breakfast and lunch before the holidays?
‘reading long document’ is perhaps the one skill i have learned in my life, don’t you dare take it away from me
see, the thing is, I need to read the whole document otherwise I am not doing my job properly you freaks
January 5, 2026 at 10:19 AM
‘reading long document’ is perhaps the one skill i have learned in my life, don’t you dare take it away from me
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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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Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
one thing i keep thinking about re: universities, is how everyone (academic staff, professional services staff and students) needs to do more than is required of them for the institution to work as intended because building and maintaining the research/teaching/student ‘culture’ is a lot of work
January 5, 2026 at 7:25 AM
one thing i keep thinking about re: universities, is how everyone (academic staff, professional services staff and students) needs to do more than is required of them for the institution to work as intended because building and maintaining the research/teaching/student ‘culture’ is a lot of work
happy ‘i will reply to your email on my return’ day to all who celebrate
January 5, 2026 at 7:00 AM
happy ‘i will reply to your email on my return’ day to all who celebrate
i’m just really tired of all this unserious, uninformed and/or bad faith discourse on UK higher education while there’s a real crisis going on that we should have a real conversation about
"Too often people go to university to 'explore research and knowledge.’”
January 4, 2026 at 12:54 PM
i’m just really tired of all this unserious, uninformed and/or bad faith discourse on UK higher education while there’s a real crisis going on that we should have a real conversation about
obviously the main difference between the UK student Kyle has in mind (not Oxbridge, I’d assume) and the ‘American student’ he has in mind (Ivy league?) is ‘drive’
Right. My students working two part time jobs and/or having an hour and a half commute to uni because they have to live at home due to the cost of student accommodation lack drive and vigour. Sure thing, Peter. The UK Govt still haven't a clue about the realities of universities today.
January 4, 2026 at 12:36 PM
obviously the main difference between the UK student Kyle has in mind (not Oxbridge, I’d assume) and the ‘American student’ he has in mind (Ivy league?) is ‘drive’
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Right. My students working two part time jobs and/or having an hour and a half commute to uni because they have to live at home due to the cost of student accommodation lack drive and vigour. Sure thing, Peter. The UK Govt still haven't a clue about the realities of universities today.
September 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Right. My students working two part time jobs and/or having an hour and a half commute to uni because they have to live at home due to the cost of student accommodation lack drive and vigour. Sure thing, Peter. The UK Govt still haven't a clue about the realities of universities today.
my partner just called me into the room urgently to show me how wrong the AI overview to his google search was ‘look, you will love this!’
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 AM
my partner just called me into the room urgently to show me how wrong the AI overview to his google search was ‘look, you will love this!’
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hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
hey remember climate change? didn't it have something to do with... oil? I'm sure it can wait.
first thing i saw on the internet today before opening the news
The moderate position is indeed The Hague
January 3, 2026 at 9:05 AM
first thing i saw on the internet today before opening the news
first lesson of 2026: moving heavy things in a wheelbarrow uses muscles i didn’t know i had or could be sore
January 2, 2026 at 8:37 PM
first lesson of 2026: moving heavy things in a wheelbarrow uses muscles i didn’t know i had or could be sore