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Damon Lord
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PhD student English & Creative Writing
Associate Lecturer (English lang)
W.Bro/Comp, linguist, Welsh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, Esperanto-speaker
Worcs Poet Laureate 2023/24
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Now, as a result, ideas from the unrelated articles will feed much more strongly into my methodology, and make my own PhD stronger!
October 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
With a keen interest in vexillology and a firm faith in LGBTQ+ equity, I decided then to look up flags, and though I knew some, it turns out I have more to learn to embrace diversity!
outrightinternational.org/insights/fla...
Flags of the LGBTIQ Community
outrightinternational.org
July 12, 2025 at 7:27 AM
So there you have it. A random stranger has decreed that persons with disabilities should not be out before 8:20 a.m. I'm so glad I met him. I would never have known about this curfew otherwise.
🧵 End/
June 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
He: People like you just shouldn't be out this early in the morning! [8:20 a.m.]. I'll let you off just this time. Now be on your way. [He walked off]
Me: What? Now you're bring rude! What's your problem?
🧵 3/
June 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
He; well that's no excuse, I'm walking so you should get out of my way. You're f***ing rude.
Me: Look, I've apologised, I'm half-blind. I didn't see you.
🧵 2/
June 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
This morning, I opened the Duolingo app. I don't care.
May 24, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Any suggestions for a similar, free or cheap language learning app would be most welcome (one I previously liked, Lingodeer, has now put everything behind a paywall).
May 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Theyve also taken the decision to fire people and replace content creators and linguists with AI.

I'll no longer be using or recommending Duolingo.
May 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
They've also raved joyously about how they support minority languages, but seem to have swept their earlier commitment under the carpet and have closed down and removed people from working on any updates or doing work on courses such as Welsh and Esperantofor example.
May 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM