Jodie Martin
@jodiemartin.bsky.social
Linguist, Aussie/Canadian, hopepunk, she/her, D&D, bouldering & top rope, coffee club host, looking for work for good not evil
Can anyone recommend French language podcasts, audiobooks etc? Bonus for Québécois. I’m unemployed and Canadian so I’m trying to refresh my years of French study in Aus for fun and profit. I’m around B2/C1, and it’s 20 years since I spent a year in France so I’m rusty.
June 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Can anyone recommend French language podcasts, audiobooks etc? Bonus for Québécois. I’m unemployed and Canadian so I’m trying to refresh my years of French study in Aus for fun and profit. I’m around B2/C1, and it’s 20 years since I spent a year in France so I’m rusty.
Semiotic observation. I think this was supposed to be hopscotch but I didn’t realise til I saw it went up to twelve because hearts in rows and pairs don’t signify hopscotch like squares.
June 2, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Semiotic observation. I think this was supposed to be hopscotch but I didn’t realise til I saw it went up to twelve because hearts in rows and pairs don’t signify hopscotch like squares.
87% of final edits is just disagreement over comma placement.
May 10, 2025 at 5:48 AM
87% of final edits is just disagreement over comma placement.
Got an article accepted (yay). The process of reidentifying the article is always doubly tedious because not only do I have to add my name in for citations, I have to add Jim Martin’s initials to his citations to differentiate him from me. That’s at least a dozen more “words” on the word count!
May 8, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Got an article accepted (yay). The process of reidentifying the article is always doubly tedious because not only do I have to add my name in for citations, I have to add Jim Martin’s initials to his citations to differentiate him from me. That’s at least a dozen more “words” on the word count!
Birds are weird. And that is glorious.
Forward facing in flight brandt's cormorant!!!
March 3, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Birds are weird. And that is glorious.
The first picture made the skeletal system of the limbs of birds clear to me in a whole new way. Knees, elbows, ankles and wrists. All clear. Very cool.
February 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The first picture made the skeletal system of the limbs of birds clear to me in a whole new way. Knees, elbows, ankles and wrists. All clear. Very cool.
My birthday present for the #linguistics crew.
February 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My birthday present for the #linguistics crew.
Me looking at paint recently: why do we focus on blue with peacocks when their tails have a range of colours?
Me looking at a peacock: oh yeah.
#peacockblue
Me looking at a peacock: oh yeah.
#peacockblue
One of my boys
Indian Blue Peacock
Los Angeles, California
#birds #photography #beautiful #palatecleanser #losangeles #peacock #indianblue #california
Indian Blue Peacock
Los Angeles, California
#birds #photography #beautiful #palatecleanser #losangeles #peacock #indianblue #california
February 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Me looking at paint recently: why do we focus on blue with peacocks when their tails have a range of colours?
Me looking at a peacock: oh yeah.
#peacockblue
Me looking at a peacock: oh yeah.
#peacockblue
Indulgent teacher share: one of my courses I have students self-evaluate their participation several times a term. I love it because it gives me a forum to gently encourage (I appreciate your questions in class) and to nudge in feedback without it being a judgement in the first place.
February 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Indulgent teacher share: one of my courses I have students self-evaluate their participation several times a term. I love it because it gives me a forum to gently encourage (I appreciate your questions in class) and to nudge in feedback without it being a judgement in the first place.
It’s been the sort of day to just scroll the bird photography feed when everything else gets too much.
February 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
It’s been the sort of day to just scroll the bird photography feed when everything else gets too much.
Selecting student evaluation comments for a job app. Enjoying this:
“Made class fairly engaging, despite not being a huge fan of writing I find that I was still able to enjoy the class itself – not so much the assignments, but the class & the instructor's instruction was good”
“Made class fairly engaging, despite not being a huge fan of writing I find that I was still able to enjoy the class itself – not so much the assignments, but the class & the instructor's instruction was good”
February 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Selecting student evaluation comments for a job app. Enjoying this:
“Made class fairly engaging, despite not being a huge fan of writing I find that I was still able to enjoy the class itself – not so much the assignments, but the class & the instructor's instruction was good”
“Made class fairly engaging, despite not being a huge fan of writing I find that I was still able to enjoy the class itself – not so much the assignments, but the class & the instructor's instruction was good”
First snow of the season in Vancouver, first 40° day of the season in Adelaide. My parents and I started reminiscing on school closures for heat or their lack while I check to see if campus will be closed for snow tomorrow.
February 3, 2025 at 12:55 AM
First snow of the season in Vancouver, first 40° day of the season in Adelaide. My parents and I started reminiscing on school closures for heat or their lack while I check to see if campus will be closed for snow tomorrow.
Writing a job application. Damn I’m good. How am I still looking for ongoing work?
a cartoon rabbit is laying down with his hands behind his head and a few stars around his neck .
Alt: a cartoon rabbit is striking a pose by raising looking up to the side and placing one hand behind its head. Stars appear as the pose is held. It conveys exaggerated self pride.
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Writing a job application. Damn I’m good. How am I still looking for ongoing work?
Genuine question: do we have phrasing for how to announce an article which was previously published online but has now been given volume, issue, page numbers? I’m really struggling to figure out how to talk about it. It’s not newly published, but it is??
February 2, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Genuine question: do we have phrasing for how to announce an article which was previously published online but has now been given volume, issue, page numbers? I’m really struggling to figure out how to talk about it. It’s not newly published, but it is??
Had an article published online in 2023. It has just been given a volume and issue and pages and a publication date of 2025. In the meantime, my Twitter handle in the contact details is rather less relevant than it had been.
January 21, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Had an article published online in 2023. It has just been given a volume and issue and pages and a publication date of 2025. In the meantime, my Twitter handle in the contact details is rather less relevant than it had been.
OMG. A thing about teaching in an international student program is they don't really give much response on the student evaluations of teaching. I just got my first one in a long time from direct entry students, and the single USELESS PROFESSOR comment has me reeling a little.
January 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
OMG. A thing about teaching in an international student program is they don't really give much response on the student evaluations of teaching. I just got my first one in a long time from direct entry students, and the single USELESS PROFESSOR comment has me reeling a little.
I actually got asked on a job application for the title of my PhD thesis… and I had to turn to the bookshelf and look because I blanked on one of the words.
December 20, 2024 at 8:09 PM
I actually got asked on a job application for the title of my PhD thesis… and I had to turn to the bookshelf and look because I blanked on one of the words.
I’m squeezing in some job applications between finalising grades and Christmas holiday. They’re only a cover letter plus cv or resume, but still hours of work. How any job can justify requiring 150 page application packages, when it’s such a waste of time for everyone involved is beyond me.
December 20, 2024 at 6:21 PM
I’m squeezing in some job applications between finalising grades and Christmas holiday. They’re only a cover letter plus cv or resume, but still hours of work. How any job can justify requiring 150 page application packages, when it’s such a waste of time for everyone involved is beyond me.
@aripvic.bsky.social hey Vicky! How’s it going?!
December 11, 2024 at 5:24 PM
@aripvic.bsky.social hey Vicky! How’s it going?!
Colleague and I are live chatting through marking and it’s my favourite way to mark. Commenting about the student who impressively formatted each of 6 references incorrectly in different ways. Then getting back to marking because I’m competitive and she’s ahead of me.
November 21, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Colleague and I are live chatting through marking and it’s my favourite way to mark. Commenting about the student who impressively formatted each of 6 references incorrectly in different ways. Then getting back to marking because I’m competitive and she’s ahead of me.
I looked at the stack of books on the chair beside my desk and it seemed rather appropriate.
November 21, 2024 at 3:53 AM
I looked at the stack of books on the chair beside my desk and it seemed rather appropriate.
Educational lit search request: what’s the best ref for saying small class sizes are good for a) language learning b) writing classes. I saw something recently but can’t remember and need to slot it into an intro.
November 19, 2024 at 5:17 AM
Educational lit search request: what’s the best ref for saying small class sizes are good for a) language learning b) writing classes. I saw something recently but can’t remember and need to slot it into an intro.
It’s my monthly coffee club day. It gives me a reason to tidy and clean my house as well as regular friend time. After scrambling to get final tasks done in the morning, this is perhaps the best moment: drinking my coffee on the couch, listening to music before anyone arrives. Prospect of friends.
November 17, 2024 at 7:12 PM
It’s my monthly coffee club day. It gives me a reason to tidy and clean my house as well as regular friend time. After scrambling to get final tasks done in the morning, this is perhaps the best moment: drinking my coffee on the couch, listening to music before anyone arrives. Prospect of friends.
November 17, 2024 at 4:45 AM
In other news I’m on here because I have an article due tonight I’m desperately trying to weave literature into. So relevant for the #linguistics crowd: every item I’ve entered into zotero I had to check and correct the langauge typo. I swear I’ll still have to do a find-all+replace.
November 16, 2024 at 1:02 AM
In other news I’m on here because I have an article due tonight I’m desperately trying to weave literature into. So relevant for the #linguistics crowd: every item I’ve entered into zotero I had to check and correct the langauge typo. I swear I’ll still have to do a find-all+replace.