Rosarita Bizzarita
@rbizzario.bsky.social
Applied linguistics; Teaching & Learning. Senior Lecturer. Forest dweller 🌳🌱
Love: languages, learning, people, the environment, & #MuayThai 🥊
Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿🇵🇭
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Views are mine & other disclaimers apply.
Love: languages, learning, people, the environment, & #MuayThai 🥊
Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿🇵🇭
Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Views are mine & other disclaimers apply.
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Views are my own lol 😆
I’m trying to cheer myself up with the state of this world. I do have neighbours so I stop myself from screaming out my frustrations!!
I’m trying to cheer myself up with the state of this world. I do have neighbours so I stop myself from screaming out my frustrations!!
Post a pic you took to bring some zen to the timeline
February 1, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Post a pic you took to bring some zen to the timeline
Aww, Catherine O’Hara, RIP. I have loved so many of your characters! Damn.
a woman from schitt 's creek is holding a cup of coffee
ALT: a woman from schitt 's creek is holding a cup of coffee
media.tenor.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:43 PM
Aww, Catherine O’Hara, RIP. I have loved so many of your characters! Damn.
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This article traces the rapid rise of Amelia, a purple-haired, AI-generated character who circulates widely on social media.
In memes & videos, Amelia walks through London or the House of Commons, voicing nationalist & anti-Muslim rhetoric.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ys4nx2zj
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#farright #extremismstudies
In memes & videos, Amelia walks through London or the House of Commons, voicing nationalist & anti-Muslim rhetoric.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ys4nx2zj
🧵👇
#farright #extremismstudies
Meet ‘Amelia’: the AI-generated British schoolgirl who is a far-right social media star
The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silos
tinyurl.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 PM
This article traces the rapid rise of Amelia, a purple-haired, AI-generated character who circulates widely on social media.
In memes & videos, Amelia walks through London or the House of Commons, voicing nationalist & anti-Muslim rhetoric.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ys4nx2zj
🧵👇
#farright #extremismstudies
In memes & videos, Amelia walks through London or the House of Commons, voicing nationalist & anti-Muslim rhetoric.
🔗 tinyurl.com/ys4nx2zj
🧵👇
#farright #extremismstudies
This too shall pass
Five phrases about the transitory nature of all things...
1. Nothing is eternal (Farsi)
2. No one’s candle is lit till dawn (Serbian)
3. No evil shall last a hundred years (Spanish)
4. All snowstorms eventually subside (Icelandic)
5. Everything has an end, except the sausage, which has two (German)
1. Nothing is eternal (Farsi)
2. No one’s candle is lit till dawn (Serbian)
3. No evil shall last a hundred years (Spanish)
4. All snowstorms eventually subside (Icelandic)
5. Everything has an end, except the sausage, which has two (German)
January 26, 2026 at 7:13 PM
This too shall pass
Reposted by Rosarita Bizzarita
AI systems are trained on data that is socially informed not just cold "facts" (ie all of attitudes & stereotypes that support ongoing inequalities based on gender, race, sexuality etc) unsurprising AI chatbots are advising women & minorities to ask for less pay #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
AI’s role in paying women less
It appears even AI chatbots are contributing towards the gender pay gap. A study last year found that the bots often advise women and other minorities to ask for significantly lower salaries than men....
www.rnz.co.nz
January 26, 2026 at 12:06 AM
AI systems are trained on data that is socially informed not just cold "facts" (ie all of attitudes & stereotypes that support ongoing inequalities based on gender, race, sexuality etc) unsurprising AI chatbots are advising women & minorities to ask for less pay #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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"We should be demanding a government-wide commitment to climate risk reduction, incl. binding emissions cuts, adaptation plans, and a national programme to stabilise vulnerable landscapes using science-informed, Indigenous-led land stewardship." manucaddie540258.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi... #nzpol
January 25, 2026 at 1:12 AM
"We should be demanding a government-wide commitment to climate risk reduction, incl. binding emissions cuts, adaptation plans, and a national programme to stabilise vulnerable landscapes using science-informed, Indigenous-led land stewardship." manucaddie540258.substack.com/p/a-brief-hi... #nzpol
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
The Havel essay that Carney quoted at Davos.
Having grown up during the Communist regime in what was then Czechoslovakia, I appreciated the reference to Václav Havel in Mark Carney's Davos speech - here's the essay, the Power of the Powerless www.nonviolent-conflict.org/resource/the...
The Power of the Powerless (essay) | ICNC
Full text of the iconic 1979 essay 'The Power of the Powerless,' by Vaclav Havel—future President of a democratic Czechoslovakia. Download available.
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:35 PM
The Havel essay that Carney quoted at Davos.
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Aotearoa academia, as we as a nation creep towards a more bicultural future that includes academic representation and partnership, I would expect people to have thoughts on this informed by the past 30 years of this nation. So I am sharing this.
The reason I asked this question is that colleagues I respect and trust in CL, for whom English is L2, apparently experience pressure not to cite papers written in their L1.
My actual opinions follow >>
My actual opinions follow >>
Question for #AcademicSky about citational practice (please include your field in your answer):
Assuming you are writing in English, under what conditions do you cite work written in another language? Under what conditions do you avoid doing so?
Assuming you are writing in English, under what conditions do you cite work written in another language? Under what conditions do you avoid doing so?
January 21, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Aotearoa academia, as we as a nation creep towards a more bicultural future that includes academic representation and partnership, I would expect people to have thoughts on this informed by the past 30 years of this nation. So I am sharing this.
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My course syllabi now contain a link to this document, "why Professor Holliday Doesn't Use Generative AI". Feel free to share/repurpose or just check out the links for your own reference. It won't stop some of them, but I want students to know why. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Why Professor Holliday Doesn’t Use Generative “AI”
Why Professor Holliday Doesn’t Use Generative “AI” This is a (very) incomplete list of journalistic and scholarly sources that provide information about limitations and documented drawbacks of variou...
docs.google.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:28 PM
My course syllabi now contain a link to this document, "why Professor Holliday Doesn't Use Generative AI". Feel free to share/repurpose or just check out the links for your own reference. It won't stop some of them, but I want students to know why. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 21, 2026 at 6:36 AM
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First thought about the election date: November 7 is right when a lot of university students (mostly first time voters) will be finishing up and heading home for the summer. It’s really important to make sure your young people know what to do if they are out of their electorate on election day.
January 21, 2026 at 1:05 AM
First thought about the election date: November 7 is right when a lot of university students (mostly first time voters) will be finishing up and heading home for the summer. It’s really important to make sure your young people know what to do if they are out of their electorate on election day.
290 days to go. | General Election to be held on 7 November www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gene... #nzpol
January 21, 2026 at 2:36 AM
“You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”
WHEN INTEGRATION BECOMES THE SOURCE OF YOUR SUBORDINATION
WHEN INTEGRATION BECOMES THE SOURCE OF YOUR SUBORDINATION
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
globalnews.ca
January 20, 2026 at 7:29 PM
“You cannot live within the lie of mutual benefit through integration when integration becomes the source of your subordination.”
WHEN INTEGRATION BECOMES THE SOURCE OF YOUR SUBORDINATION
WHEN INTEGRATION BECOMES THE SOURCE OF YOUR SUBORDINATION
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Today is the day that everyone should know or remember that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began advocating for universal basic income before he was killed. Everyone should also know why. Read his words about it to learn why. Lots of quotes from him here to help understand his reasoning:
"The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct, and immediate abolition of poverty." — Martin Luther King Jr.
About MLK's advocacy for basic income
www.scottsantens.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Today is the day that everyone should know or remember that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. began advocating for universal basic income before he was killed. Everyone should also know why. Read his words about it to learn why. Lots of quotes from him here to help understand his reasoning:
Cut our camping holiday short because of the weather up north. Sad that parts of Te Tai Tokerau are getting battered again with heavy rains.
January 18, 2026 at 8:14 PM
Cut our camping holiday short because of the weather up north. Sad that parts of Te Tai Tokerau are getting battered again with heavy rains.
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The Free Speech Union didn't exist when black ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union didn't exist when LGBTQ ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union didn't exist when disabled ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union existed when racist white ppl were asked to keep their racism to themselves.
The Free Speech Union didn't exist when LGBTQ ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union didn't exist when disabled ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union existed when racist white ppl were asked to keep their racism to themselves.
January 17, 2026 at 9:57 AM
The Free Speech Union didn't exist when black ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union didn't exist when LGBTQ ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union didn't exist when disabled ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union existed when racist white ppl were asked to keep their racism to themselves.
The Free Speech Union didn't exist when LGBTQ ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union didn't exist when disabled ppl couldn't speak.
The Free Speech Union existed when racist white ppl were asked to keep their racism to themselves.
Oh cool - Wagner Moura for best actor. Haven’t seen The Secret Agent, but he was amazing in Dope Thief (tv) and Civil War (movie).
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👊🏽
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👊🏽
January 12, 2026 at 8:08 AM
Oh cool - Wagner Moura for best actor. Haven’t seen The Secret Agent, but he was amazing in Dope Thief (tv) and Civil War (movie).
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👊🏽
👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👊🏽
📣 Please use alt-text - for those of us who need screen readers and so on.
Also think of it alt-text writing as poetry. Yes it’s meant to be descriptive but it’s also another means of expression.
Also think of it alt-text writing as poetry. Yes it’s meant to be descriptive but it’s also another means of expression.
Since there’s an influx of new users, I think now would be a good time to remind everyone to add alt-text to your images.
January 11, 2026 at 9:47 PM
📣 Please use alt-text - for those of us who need screen readers and so on.
Also think of it alt-text writing as poetry. Yes it’s meant to be descriptive but it’s also another means of expression.
Also think of it alt-text writing as poetry. Yes it’s meant to be descriptive but it’s also another means of expression.
Decolonial Conference 2026 tiered tickets on sale now: www.tickettailor.com/events/decol...
📍Los Angeles - April 6-7
📍Online - March 27-28
Come along comrades, organisers, educators, scholars, activists, advocates, supporters, and everyone willing to learn.
#Kikorangi #EduSky #AcademicSky
📍Los Angeles - April 6-7
📍Online - March 27-28
Come along comrades, organisers, educators, scholars, activists, advocates, supporters, and everyone willing to learn.
#Kikorangi #EduSky #AcademicSky
Buy tickets – Decolonial Conference 2026 (Los Angeles: April 6-7 and March 27-28 Online)
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January 11, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Decolonial Conference 2026 tiered tickets on sale now: www.tickettailor.com/events/decol...
📍Los Angeles - April 6-7
📍Online - March 27-28
Come along comrades, organisers, educators, scholars, activists, advocates, supporters, and everyone willing to learn.
#Kikorangi #EduSky #AcademicSky
📍Los Angeles - April 6-7
📍Online - March 27-28
Come along comrades, organisers, educators, scholars, activists, advocates, supporters, and everyone willing to learn.
#Kikorangi #EduSky #AcademicSky
Kia ora comrades! Scholars, academics, educators, researchers, or anyone else in adjacent fields and communities… Have a look at this survey for a scoping study re ‘grey’ uses of GenAI. I have my hunches but would be interested in the findings. #Kikorangi #AcademicSky #EduSky
We're running a very short survey to explore why academics are increasingly turning to GenAI to do things that they know/feel they should probably be doing themselves (e.g. write peer reviews, draft papers, data analysis etc.) - please share (or fill in!): redcap.helix.monash.edu/surveys/?s=L...
Academics' 'grey' uses of GenAI - a scoping study
redcap.helix.monash.edu
January 10, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Kia ora comrades! Scholars, academics, educators, researchers, or anyone else in adjacent fields and communities… Have a look at this survey for a scoping study re ‘grey’ uses of GenAI. I have my hunches but would be interested in the findings. #Kikorangi #AcademicSky #EduSky
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The original word of the year (WOTY) from @americandialect.org is always chaos and always fun. This year's winner: slop
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
2025 Word of the Year Is “Slop”
New Orleans Marriott–Jan. 9—The American Dialect Society, in its 36th annual words-of-the-year vote, selected slop as the Word of the Year for 2025. More than three hundred attendees took part in the…
americandialect.org
January 10, 2026 at 7:32 PM
The original word of the year (WOTY) from @americandialect.org is always chaos and always fun. This year's winner: slop
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
americandialect.org/2025-word-of...
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6-7 is very popular in the word of the year event comments section at #LSA2026, in part because of its multimodal prosody+iconic gestures component.
January 10, 2026 at 1:33 AM
6-7 is very popular in the word of the year event comments section at #LSA2026, in part because of its multimodal prosody+iconic gestures component.
I’ve been going on the newly opened Rā Hihi (Pakūranga flyover) a lot lately driving past the God Defend NZ sign. Been wanting to take a photo. But not like this. Hope everyone’s ok including all the firefighters who put their bodies on the line, risking their lives. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘A little bit disgusting’: Blame game as blaze destroys Auckland grocery during firefighter strike
The fire in Pakuranga comes during industrial action.
www.stuff.co.nz
January 9, 2026 at 2:38 AM
I’ve been going on the newly opened Rā Hihi (Pakūranga flyover) a lot lately driving past the God Defend NZ sign. Been wanting to take a photo. But not like this. Hope everyone’s ok including all the firefighters who put their bodies on the line, risking their lives. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Thank goodness for Muay Thai 🥊🧘🏻♀️
January 8, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Thank goodness for Muay Thai 🥊🧘🏻♀️