Mick Smith
@mck.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the Dept. of Culture & Society, Linköping University/EMCA/(he/him)
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On September 28th at 18:30 the French language premiere of the documentary "Can dogs talk?" will air on @iciradiocanada.bsky.social Découverte series
@cclabucsd.bsky.social work on soundboard trained dogs is a central piece of this documentary. English versions will air on NOVA and CBC in early 2026
@cclabucsd.bsky.social work on soundboard trained dogs is a central piece of this documentary. English versions will air on NOVA and CBC in early 2026
September 27, 2025 at 3:36 PM
On September 28th at 18:30 the French language premiere of the documentary "Can dogs talk?" will air on @iciradiocanada.bsky.social Découverte series
@cclabucsd.bsky.social work on soundboard trained dogs is a central piece of this documentary. English versions will air on NOVA and CBC in early 2026
@cclabucsd.bsky.social work on soundboard trained dogs is a central piece of this documentary. English versions will air on NOVA and CBC in early 2026
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"if the United States were to issue a legal request to Microsoft for the data of a French citizen hosted in the EU, Microsoft would comply regardless of French or EU law."
“Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty”
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
… or how to lose government contracts all over the world in one easy step. 🖕🏾🖕🏾
www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science...
Microsoft says U.S. law takes precedence over Canadian data sovereignty
Microsoft representative says US CLOUD Act comes before other country's sovereignty.
www.digitaljournal.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
"if the United States were to issue a legal request to Microsoft for the data of a French citizen hosted in the EU, Microsoft would comply regardless of French or EU law."
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This is the AI policy I'm going with this semester
AI Policy – Væl Space
A version of my AI course policy.
jofrhwld.github.io
August 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This is the AI policy I'm going with this semester
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A brilliant linguist and sociolinguist, RIP
Gift article from NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...
Gift article from NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...
Robin Lakoff, Expert on Language and Gender, Is Dead at 82
www.nytimes.com
August 17, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A brilliant linguist and sociolinguist, RIP
Gift article from NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...
Gift article from NYT www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/u...
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Another lovely Labov obit by @betsysneller.bsky.social @laurelmack.bsky.social and Meredith Tamminga. This one takes a birds eye view of how Labov has contributed to where the field is going, which is a nice forward-looking complement to Eckert's obit onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Bill Labov: Looking Back, Looking Forward
Bill Labov passed away peacefully at home on December 17, 2024, with his wife and fellow Penn linguist Gillian Sankoff by his side. He leaves behind a legacy so large that it is hard to put into word....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Another lovely Labov obit by @betsysneller.bsky.social @laurelmack.bsky.social and Meredith Tamminga. This one takes a birds eye view of how Labov has contributed to where the field is going, which is a nice forward-looking complement to Eckert's obit onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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In light of the Columbia and Brown deals, I’m bumping these slides again about the Nazi takeover of German science, which includes discussion about how they took over academia, in a manner very similar to the Brown and Columbia deals
In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪
🧵 1/26
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
🧵 1/26
drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...
July 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In light of the Columbia and Brown deals, I’m bumping these slides again about the Nazi takeover of German science, which includes discussion about how they took over academia, in a manner very similar to the Brown and Columbia deals
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Fantastic news!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
My wife and sweetest heart, Dr. Sirry Alang @profalang.bsky.social, earned a promotion to 🌟FULL PROFESSOR🌟 of Health and Human Development at The University of Pittsburgh!!This is the highest tenured academic rank! Please help me congratulate our rock star!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️❤️
My wife and sweetest heart, Dr. Sirry Alang @profalang.bsky.social, earned a promotion to 🌟FULL PROFESSOR🌟 of Health and Human Development at The University of Pittsburgh!!This is the highest tenured academic rank! Please help me congratulate our rock star!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️❤️
July 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Fantastic news!!🎉🎉🎉🎉
My wife and sweetest heart, Dr. Sirry Alang @profalang.bsky.social, earned a promotion to 🌟FULL PROFESSOR🌟 of Health and Human Development at The University of Pittsburgh!!This is the highest tenured academic rank! Please help me congratulate our rock star!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️❤️
My wife and sweetest heart, Dr. Sirry Alang @profalang.bsky.social, earned a promotion to 🌟FULL PROFESSOR🌟 of Health and Human Development at The University of Pittsburgh!!This is the highest tenured academic rank! Please help me congratulate our rock star!👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤️❤️❤️
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You could not find a more gifted researcher on the planet to write this book. Sure to be a banger!
July 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You could not find a more gifted researcher on the planet to write this book. Sure to be a banger!
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We're hiring! Join us to work at the intersection of social interaction and language technology. Postdoc and PhD positions in my Futures of Language research group, based at Radboud University in Nijmegen, NL
Read more: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...
#linguistics #interaction #sts #emca #hci
Read more: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...
#linguistics #interaction #sts #emca #hci
July 7, 2025 at 11:44 AM
We're hiring! Join us to work at the intersection of social interaction and language technology. Postdoc and PhD positions in my Futures of Language research group, based at Radboud University in Nijmegen, NL
Read more: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...
#linguistics #interaction #sts #emca #hci
Read more: markdingemanse.net/futures/news...
#linguistics #interaction #sts #emca #hci
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letters@nytimes.com, alternatively
Letters to the Editor
The New York Times
229 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Letters to the Editor
The New York Times
229 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
July 4, 2025 at 3:26 AM
letters@nytimes.com, alternatively
Letters to the Editor
The New York Times
229 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
Letters to the Editor
The New York Times
229 West 43rd Street
New York, NY 10036
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Wattup Space Nerds! Last LSSI space seminar of the season with Alicja Ostrowska of Chalmers in Sweden talking about Life and AI at NASA. DM me for Zoom link
June 4, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Wattup Space Nerds! Last LSSI space seminar of the season with Alicja Ostrowska of Chalmers in Sweden talking about Life and AI at NASA. DM me for Zoom link
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As a reminder, this is a permanent resident, in the US since she was seven, high school valedictorian
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
May 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
As a reminder, this is a permanent resident, in the US since she was seven, high school valedictorian
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...
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New on Early View: “Categorizational Asymmetries in Context: Producing and Resisting Policeable Scenes” by Robin James Smith https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1246 #sssi #socioloy #categorization #MCA #EMCA #ethnomethodology #Sacks #policing
We have just published "Categorizational Asymmetries in…
We have just published "Categorizational Asymmetries in…
New on Early View: “Categorizational Asymmetries in Context: Producing and Resisting Policeable Scenes” by Robin James Smith https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1246 #sssi #socioloy #categorization #MCA #EMCA #ethnomethodology #Sacks #policing
We have just published "Categorizational Asymmetries in Context: Producing and Resisting Policeable Scenes" by Robin James Smith on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.
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April 28, 2025 at 10:53 AM
New on Early View: “Categorizational Asymmetries in Context: Producing and Resisting Policeable Scenes” by Robin James Smith https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.1246 #sssi #socioloy #categorization #MCA #EMCA #ethnomethodology #Sacks #policing
We have just published "Categorizational Asymmetries in…
We have just published "Categorizational Asymmetries in…
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New on the blog: Oxford University Press is going all-in on surveillance capitalism
ideophone.org/oxford-unive...
Turns out they don't trust authors with offprints anymore, citing "piracy" concerns, and would rather you didn't share your work at all where they can't track it
#academicsky
ideophone.org/oxford-unive...
Turns out they don't trust authors with offprints anymore, citing "piracy" concerns, and would rather you didn't share your work at all where they can't track it
#academicsky
Oxford University Press is going all-in on surveillance capitalism – The Ideophone
ideophone.org
April 28, 2025 at 3:41 PM
New on the blog: Oxford University Press is going all-in on surveillance capitalism
ideophone.org/oxford-unive...
Turns out they don't trust authors with offprints anymore, citing "piracy" concerns, and would rather you didn't share your work at all where they can't track it
#academicsky
ideophone.org/oxford-unive...
Turns out they don't trust authors with offprints anymore, citing "piracy" concerns, and would rather you didn't share your work at all where they can't track it
#academicsky
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One of the most influential voices in applied #linguistics: Ingrid Piller will be awarded a Humboldt Professorship in Berlin on 5 May! ✨
#AvHProfessor
@languageonthemove.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
🎬 Full portrait on her research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ik...
#AvHProfessor
@languageonthemove.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
🎬 Full portrait on her research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ik...
April 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
One of the most influential voices in applied #linguistics: Ingrid Piller will be awarded a Humboldt Professorship in Berlin on 5 May! ✨
#AvHProfessor
@languageonthemove.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
🎬 Full portrait on her research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ik...
#AvHProfessor
@languageonthemove.bsky.social @uni-hamburg.de
🎬 Full portrait on her research: www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Ik...
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The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
From the changemyview community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the changemyview community
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April 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The mods of r/ChangeMyView shared the sub was the subject of a study to test the persuasiveness of LLMs & that they didn't consent. There’s a lot that went wrong, so here’s a 🧵 unpacking it, along with some ideas for how to do research with online communities ethically. tinyurl.com/59tpt988
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I’m planning on running a 10 week course on doing conversation analysis - learner time commitment will be a few hours per week. It’ll be online, asynchronous, & with direct feedback from me. It will be available worldwide. Join the mailing list to find out more! www.bedsidemanners.com.au/contact
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April 9, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I’m planning on running a 10 week course on doing conversation analysis - learner time commitment will be a few hours per week. It’ll be online, asynchronous, & with direct feedback from me. It will be available worldwide. Join the mailing list to find out more! www.bedsidemanners.com.au/contact
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I'm now searching for new PhD students who are interested in studying how people's brains understand sequences of images like in comics. So, a mix of comics, cogneuro (EEG), and psycholinguistics (especially syntax/semantics). Please circulate to all who might be interested! tiu.nu/22739
Job opening: Two PhD positions for the neurocognition of the grammar of visual narratives (22739)
tiu.nu
April 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I'm now searching for new PhD students who are interested in studying how people's brains understand sequences of images like in comics. So, a mix of comics, cogneuro (EEG), and psycholinguistics (especially syntax/semantics). Please circulate to all who might be interested! tiu.nu/22739
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Linguistics.
An unusual item has come into my collection, Mister Black’s Secret by Catherine Barr. At first it seems like an early example of ‘I can has cheezburger” speech but it was actually written in a shortlived teaching alphabet called ITA.
March 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Linguistics.
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I’m very excited to have been a part of this! Thank you for a great collaboration🤩
New in the latest issue of ROLSI.
(1/5)
"Manual Interventions" by Lillja et al.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(1/5)
"Manual Interventions" by Lillja et al.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 25, 2025 at 9:36 AM
I’m very excited to have been a part of this! Thank you for a great collaboration🤩
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A fully funded PhD Studentship on multimodal analysis of caregiver/patient interaction in my lab #LLL at #Universitéd'Orléans !
🎓🎥🏥
#EMCA #Multimodality #Healthcare #CommunicativeDisability #MedicalResuscitation
🎓🎥🏥
#EMCA #Multimodality #Healthcare #CommunicativeDisability #MedicalResuscitation
Support: New Funding Opportunity for Students, Université d'Orléans: Description:
Call for applications : Doctoral fellowship (3 years)
Multimodal analysis of caregiver/patient interaction in the intensive care unit
Abstract
Through a real-life observational study, the project aims to explain the…
Call for applications : Doctoral fellowship (3 years)
Multimodal analysis of caregiver/patient interaction in the intensive care unit
Abstract
Through a real-life observational study, the project aims to explain the…
Support: New Funding Opportunity for Students, Université d'Orléans
Description:
Call for applications : Doctoral fellowship (3 years)
Multimodal analysis of caregiver/patient interaction in the intensive care unit
Abstract
Through a real-life observational study, the project aims to explain the conditions for handling…
dlvr.it
February 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
A fully funded PhD Studentship on multimodal analysis of caregiver/patient interaction in my lab #LLL at #Universitéd'Orléans !
🎓🎥🏥
#EMCA #Multimodality #Healthcare #CommunicativeDisability #MedicalResuscitation
🎓🎥🏥
#EMCA #Multimodality #Healthcare #CommunicativeDisability #MedicalResuscitation
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Fully funded 4-year PhD with me at VU Amsterdam #emca workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...
Vacancy — PhD position: Recording in social interaction
Are you looking for a PhD position in the field of communication? Do you have a background in conversation analysis, interactional-, or sociolinguistics? Are you fascinated by the impact of smartphone...
workingat.vu.nl
January 28, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Fully funded 4-year PhD with me at VU Amsterdam #emca workingat.vu.nl/vacancies/ph...
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i'm developing an appreciation for imagining and feeling threads that connect seemingly discrete movements that feel connected. like when i run my finger along a roll of tape, i can't see the seam, but i can obviously feel it. my inability to see it doesn't make me say "well it must not be there".
January 26, 2025 at 7:21 PM
i'm developing an appreciation for imagining and feeling threads that connect seemingly discrete movements that feel connected. like when i run my finger along a roll of tape, i can't see the seam, but i can obviously feel it. my inability to see it doesn't make me say "well it must not be there".