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Dr Ursula Kania
@instantlinguist.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in English Language (@ University of Liverpool). Corpus/culinary/queer linguist. Runner, feminist, food enthusiast, coffee lover. Views are my own. she/her
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Thanks to @hundtmariann.bsky.social I know that today is World Bread Day, so here's a pic of my latest effort: pumpkin sourdough (with pumpkin puree inside), and seeded bread rolls. #worldbreadday #foodsky
Photo of a pumpkin sourdough loaf, cut open to reveal the crumb/crust photo of a pumpkin sourdough loaf, alongside seeded bread rolls
October 16, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Major leak for Welcome Week - it's 𝗍̶𝗎̶𝗋̶𝗍̶𝗅̶𝖾̶𝗌̶ buckets all the way down... of course, we'll be giving all students a warm (and dry-ish) welcome, anyway 🙃
bird's eye view of a staircase, with lots of buckets in various places
September 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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Rise and shine (or sleepily hold on to your coffee cup)! @cl2025.co.uk #CL2025 I'm sure we're in for a treat: keynote by @proftaylor.bsky.social and @journolinguist.bsky.social on 'What counts?'
Great Hall at Aston University, with opening slide for the 'What counts?' keynote on screen
July 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Lots of interesting talks and chats today, time to unwind by exploring Birmingham a bit @cl2025.co.uk #cl2025
Pride-themed window art at 'The Forum' in Birmingham, with text saying 'Love is love, Bab' Selfie with Birmingham canal, boat and pub in the background
July 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Poster is up! Come and chat with me this afternoon about our work-in-progress on representations of Chinese food culture in the UK press 'post-Covid' (with Lorna Ryan) @cl2025.co.uk #cl2025 @livunihss.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social
Academic poster on blue poster board
July 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Next up: workshop on "Oracy, local dialect and language teaching: the case of Liverpool English" at Global Voices 2025 by @sofialampro.bsky.social, Victorina González Díaz & David Clay @sotauol.bsky.social @uolhsspgr.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social
Workshop participants in the SOTA library, pictured from behind, with presenters Sofia Lampropoulou and Victorina González Díaz at the front, with a screen next to them containing the title slide 'Oracy, local dialect and language teaching: the case of Liverpool English'
June 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Looking forward to delivering the afternoon plenary at 'Global Voices: An exploration and celebration of language 2025'. I'll be exploring how we talk about bi/multilingualism - and why it matters. @sotauol.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social
PowerPoint title slide with text "How we talk about bi-/multilingualism - and why it matters", Ursula Kania (kania@liverpool.ac.uk), the Bluesky Logo and handle @instantlinguist.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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@discodiscourse.bsky.social and Tommaso Milani kicking off the two-day CDS workshop 'Looking back, looking forward' with a talk on affect @sotauol.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social @commmedia.bsky.social
John Richardson giving a talk, in front of a captivated audience in the SOTA library
June 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Had a blast @pintofscience.uk tonight 🙂 #pint25 @hannahmelia.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social @uolhsspgr.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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Can't beat prepping for Pint of Science 2025 while having an iced coffee, served in the 2024 glass - come to Frederiks on Hope Street to hear me banging on about why 'Being bilingual is a brilliant thing', tomorrow at 7pm 🤓@livunienglish.bsky.social @uolhsspgr.bsky.social @pintofscience.uk #pint25
A power point title slide, with the pint of science logo and the title of the talk ('Being bilingual is a brilliant thing'), followed by information about the speaker: Dr Ursula Kania, Senior Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics, the Bluesky logo and her BlueSky handle: @instantlinguist.bsky.social A large pint glass, with the Pint of Science 2024 logo on it, filled with frothy iced coffee, standing on a tablecloth with sunflowers on it
May 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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One od our resident squirrels says 'Hi!' 🙃🐿
A grey squirrel hanging upside down, looking at the camera. A backyard with small patio in the background
April 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Happy Easter/Frohe Ostern!
A lamb-shaped pound cake covered in icing sugar, with croissants, bread-rolls and crochet egg-warmers in the background
April 20, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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She's finally here! Pre-ordered last June. Also a reminder that treating yourself to whatever brings *you* joy is never a bad idea (and doesn't necessarily have to involve spending money, of course) 😊🕵‍♀️🔍
#murdershewrote
An opened parcel, containing the J.B. Fletcher action figure by NECA.
April 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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A big thank you to everyone who donated to/shared my fundraiser for Mermaids UK - together, we've smashed the target and raised a total of 250 GBP (+ 58.75 Gift Aid). 😀❤️🏃‍♀️🥳 #runsky #transkids #transrights
An almost flying feet picture of Ursula on race day
March 25, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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And that's the Liverpool Half Marathon finished! 🏃‍♀️🏅(chip time: 2:27:06 - happy with that 😊).
Thanks so much to everyone who cheered me on and/or supported my fundraiser for Mermaids UK!
#runsky
Ursula smiling in front of the Liverpool Albert Docks, holding up her Liverpool Half Marathon finisher medal
March 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Ready for race day tomorrow 😊🏃‍♀️ (Liverpool Half Marathon)

Last push for my Mermaids UK fundraiser: www.justgiving.com/page/ursula-...
Thanks so much for all the donations so far! 🧡

#transrights #runsky
A bird's eye picture of a pair of running shoes, a protein bar, and a race bib with the name Ursula and the number 3823 on it.
March 22, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Made sourdough discard crackers, for the first but certainly not the last time - we gobbled them all up in less than an hour 😋 #breadsky
A bowl with sourdough discard crackers
March 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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The last long training run before race day is in the bag 😊
Next Sunday, I'll be running the Liverpool Half Marathon and I'm fundraising for Mermaids UK - all donations/likes/shares are much appreciated! #runsky #transrights #transkids 🏃‍♀️🏳️‍🌈
Runkeeper screenshot indicating that a 13.01 km run was completed in 1 hour, 38 minutes and 56 seconds. Showing the face of the poster, Ursula Kania, in front of the river Mersey at Otterspool Promenade
March 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Another Sunday morning, another sourdough loaf 😋🐰 #breadsky
A freshly baked round sourdough loaf, with a nice ear and a bunny head scoring
March 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Race day is getting closer - my fundraiser for Mermaids is still open, any donations/shares greatly appreciated! 🏃‍♀️🏳️‍🌈 #transkids #transrights #runners #runsky #running

www.justgiving.com/page/ursula-...
Race bib for the Liverpool Half Marathon 2025, with the name Ursula and the number 3823 on it
March 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Surprise book post is the best kind! Bonus: it's a proof copy (this isn't out until early March), the cover says @redbreastedbird.bsky.social 'couldn't stop reading', and there are runes, spells, and books that talk back to you, so this is going straight to the top of my tbr-pile #kidlit
The cover of a proof copy of Vanya and the wild hunt by Sangu Mandanna, illustrated by Kristina Kister
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Another Sunday, another sourdough loaf #breadsky (Thrilled that the heart came out okay this time - last week was more 💔 than ❤️ )
A freshly baked sourdough loaf, the scoring featuring a heart in the middle.
January 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Me in September: I really don't get why people get emotionally attached to their sourdough starter.
Me in early December: Of course Weirdough needs his own ornament!
(shout out to my wife, who took the hint 🥰)
#breadsky
Round flat acrylic christmas ornament with red ribbon. Printed on it are a wreath, a sourdough starter in the centre, and the words 'Weirdough's 1st Christmas 2024'.
December 24, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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Did some gingerbread decorating this afternoon - this slightly deranged and brain-frazzled Snoopy pretty much sums up where I am mentally at the end of 2024 😬🤣
Snoopy-shaped gingerbread cookie with white and black icing, and star sprinkles in the head, making him look a bit deranged and brain-frazzled
December 19, 2024 at 6:45 PM
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Sometimes, getting paid in books is not a bad thing! Now I can finally read them offline, on real paper, and scribble messy and incoherent notes in the margins 🙃
A pile of books, including 'Language acquisition' by Paul Ibbotson, 'Language, Gender and Sexuality' by Scott Kiesling, 'Food and Language', edited by Kathleen Riley and Amy Paugh, 'Corpus Approaches to Discourse', edited by Charlotte Taylor and Anna Marchi, and 'Analysing Representation', edited by Frazer Heritage and Charlotte Taylor.
December 11, 2024 at 11:32 AM