This week’s #LeadGeneration: Winnie & I asked; are we guilty of hiding behind jargon in charity comms? From “beneficiaries” to “impact,” do these terms mean anything outside our bubble? Would your comms pass the granny test? #CharityComms #PlainEnglish
September 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
This week’s #LeadGeneration: Winnie & I asked; are we guilty of hiding behind jargon in charity comms? From “beneficiaries” to “impact,” do these terms mean anything outside our bubble? Would your comms pass the granny test? #CharityComms #PlainEnglish
Sadly, I didn't find this article, and the quotes herein, at all enlightening
#Education
#PlainEnglish
#ActionableContent
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
#Education
#PlainEnglish
#ActionableContent
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Sadly, I didn't find this article, and the quotes herein, at all enlightening
#Education
#PlainEnglish
#ActionableContent
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
#Education
#PlainEnglish
#ActionableContent
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Well we’ve lost the Supreme Court. This, along with other items, to me, just screams that they are complicit in this attempt to take down the Constitution and Democracy.
#PlainEnglish
#PlainEnglish
September 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Well we’ve lost the Supreme Court. This, along with other items, to me, just screams that they are complicit in this attempt to take down the Constitution and Democracy.
#PlainEnglish
#PlainEnglish
Rafter AI – Find and Fix Security issues in Codes
#AI #CodeSecurity #GitHub #Rafter #TechSimplified #SecurityTools #EasyFixes #PlainEnglish #DevTools #AIPowered #FreeWithAI
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#AI #CodeSecurity #GitHub #Rafter #TechSimplified #SecurityTools #EasyFixes #PlainEnglish #DevTools #AIPowered #FreeWithAI
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Rafter AI - Find and Fix Security issues in Codes
Rafter is an AI-powered tool that makes finding and fixing security issues in AI-written code super easy. You can set it up with just one click, and it works
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September 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Rafter AI – Find and Fix Security issues in Codes
#AI #CodeSecurity #GitHub #Rafter #TechSimplified #SecurityTools #EasyFixes #PlainEnglish #DevTools #AIPowered #FreeWithAI
freewithai.com/rafter-ai/
#AI #CodeSecurity #GitHub #Rafter #TechSimplified #SecurityTools #EasyFixes #PlainEnglish #DevTools #AIPowered #FreeWithAI
freewithai.com/rafter-ai/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comment... needs to be updated in the age of:
#CommentDrivenDevelopment
#CDD lets you write #plainEnglish comments that describe the code you need. #GitHubCopilot reads these comments and generates the corresponding implementation including
Classes with type hints, validation
#CommentDrivenDevelopment
#CDD lets you write #plainEnglish comments that describe the code you need. #GitHubCopilot reads these comments and generates the corresponding implementation including
Classes with type hints, validation
Comment programming - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
August 27, 2025 at 3:39 PM
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comment... needs to be updated in the age of:
#CommentDrivenDevelopment
#CDD lets you write #plainEnglish comments that describe the code you need. #GitHubCopilot reads these comments and generates the corresponding implementation including
Classes with type hints, validation
#CommentDrivenDevelopment
#CDD lets you write #plainEnglish comments that describe the code you need. #GitHubCopilot reads these comments and generates the corresponding implementation including
Classes with type hints, validation
Train to be a Consumer Vulnerability Champion!
Consumer Friend, part of The Ombuds Group, invites you to join the Consumer Friend Academy.
🔗 consumerfriend.org.uk
#ConsumerVulnerability #InclusiveService #UKTraining #CustomerExperience #PlainEnglish #Housing #Finance
Consumer Friend, part of The Ombuds Group, invites you to join the Consumer Friend Academy.
🔗 consumerfriend.org.uk
#ConsumerVulnerability #InclusiveService #UKTraining #CustomerExperience #PlainEnglish #Housing #Finance
August 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Train to be a Consumer Vulnerability Champion!
Consumer Friend, part of The Ombuds Group, invites you to join the Consumer Friend Academy.
🔗 consumerfriend.org.uk
#ConsumerVulnerability #InclusiveService #UKTraining #CustomerExperience #PlainEnglish #Housing #Finance
Consumer Friend, part of The Ombuds Group, invites you to join the Consumer Friend Academy.
🔗 consumerfriend.org.uk
#ConsumerVulnerability #InclusiveService #UKTraining #CustomerExperience #PlainEnglish #Housing #Finance
I have read "Who's Afraid of Gender".
I the past I was unable to read what little I came across of Butler's on the web. Beyond my mental pay grade.
But this book is written in 'PlainEnglish'. So now I know Butler writes total codswallop.
🙃
I the past I was unable to read what little I came across of Butler's on the web. Beyond my mental pay grade.
But this book is written in 'PlainEnglish'. So now I know Butler writes total codswallop.
🙃
August 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I have read "Who's Afraid of Gender".
I the past I was unable to read what little I came across of Butler's on the web. Beyond my mental pay grade.
But this book is written in 'PlainEnglish'. So now I know Butler writes total codswallop.
🙃
I the past I was unable to read what little I came across of Butler's on the web. Beyond my mental pay grade.
But this book is written in 'PlainEnglish'. So now I know Butler writes total codswallop.
🙃
Birdsong – Decode the art world.
Paste in any gallery press release and get it back in Plain English.
The fog lifts. The art remains. I hope.
Try it now: app--birdsong-ceb47a09.base44.app
#artwriting #contemporaryart #artworld #plainenglish #blackbirdrook #birdsongapp
Paste in any gallery press release and get it back in Plain English.
The fog lifts. The art remains. I hope.
Try it now: app--birdsong-ceb47a09.base44.app
#artwriting #contemporaryart #artworld #plainenglish #blackbirdrook #birdsongapp
July 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Birdsong – Decode the art world.
Paste in any gallery press release and get it back in Plain English.
The fog lifts. The art remains. I hope.
Try it now: app--birdsong-ceb47a09.base44.app
#artwriting #contemporaryart #artworld #plainenglish #blackbirdrook #birdsongapp
Paste in any gallery press release and get it back in Plain English.
The fog lifts. The art remains. I hope.
Try it now: app--birdsong-ceb47a09.base44.app
#artwriting #contemporaryart #artworld #plainenglish #blackbirdrook #birdsongapp
Just posted a quick how-to guide for librarians and book club hosts:
“Use ChatGPT to Make Book Club Questions”
Perfect if you run a book club and don’t want to start from scratch every time.
Read it here:
www.notion.so/plainenglish...
“Use ChatGPT to Make Book Club Questions”
Perfect if you run a book club and don’t want to start from scratch every time.
Read it here:
www.notion.so/plainenglish...
July 2025 Use ChatGPT to Make Book Club Questions | Notion
The Idea
www.notion.so
July 10, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Just posted a quick how-to guide for librarians and book club hosts:
“Use ChatGPT to Make Book Club Questions”
Perfect if you run a book club and don’t want to start from scratch every time.
Read it here:
www.notion.so/plainenglish...
“Use ChatGPT to Make Book Club Questions”
Perfect if you run a book club and don’t want to start from scratch every time.
Read it here:
www.notion.so/plainenglish...
I'll post bite-sized summaries in plain English: the good, the bad and the "wait, what?"
Think CliffsNotes... if Cliff was under-caffeinated and mad about it.
Stay tuned.
Hold for Tom.
#cspan #HR1 #readthebill
#plainenglish #civicliteracy
Think CliffsNotes... if Cliff was under-caffeinated and mad about it.
Stay tuned.
Hold for Tom.
#cspan #HR1 #readthebill
#plainenglish #civicliteracy
June 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I'll post bite-sized summaries in plain English: the good, the bad and the "wait, what?"
Think CliffsNotes... if Cliff was under-caffeinated and mad about it.
Stay tuned.
Hold for Tom.
#cspan #HR1 #readthebill
#plainenglish #civicliteracy
Think CliffsNotes... if Cliff was under-caffeinated and mad about it.
Stay tuned.
Hold for Tom.
#cspan #HR1 #readthebill
#plainenglish #civicliteracy
Yellow Larch Tortrix is far easier 😁 #plainenglish
June 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Yellow Larch Tortrix is far easier 😁 #plainenglish
From TikTok algorithms to self-driving cars, deep learning is everywhere. But what is it, really?
I explain it in my latest post — in a way anyone can understand.
Visit the blog to read.
#AI #ML #NeuralNets #PlainEnglish
I explain it in my latest post — in a way anyone can understand.
Visit the blog to read.
#AI #ML #NeuralNets #PlainEnglish
The Truth About Deep Learning: What You Need to Know in Plain English
Uncover the fundamentals of deep learning, a powerful subset of machine learning that mimics human brain functionality.
oakwoodexperience.com
June 16, 2025 at 8:10 PM
From TikTok algorithms to self-driving cars, deep learning is everywhere. But what is it, really?
I explain it in my latest post — in a way anyone can understand.
Visit the blog to read.
#AI #ML #NeuralNets #PlainEnglish
I explain it in my latest post — in a way anyone can understand.
Visit the blog to read.
#AI #ML #NeuralNets #PlainEnglish
🚨 Just out: This special edition newsletter celebrates #researchers and #patient and public members working together on Plain English Summaries to make #research more accessible 🎉
👉More at sway.cloud.microsoft/bs01ner3kySZ...
#PlainEnglish #ResearchAccessibility #PatientInvolvement #HealthResearch
👉More at sway.cloud.microsoft/bs01ner3kySZ...
#PlainEnglish #ResearchAccessibility #PatientInvolvement #HealthResearch
Created using Microsoft Sway
A spotlight on outstanding science made accessible — from across the five Blood and Transplant Research Units (BTRUs), in partnership with the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) an
sway.cloud.microsoft
May 28, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🚨 Just out: This special edition newsletter celebrates #researchers and #patient and public members working together on Plain English Summaries to make #research more accessible 🎉
👉More at sway.cloud.microsoft/bs01ner3kySZ...
#PlainEnglish #ResearchAccessibility #PatientInvolvement #HealthResearch
👉More at sway.cloud.microsoft/bs01ner3kySZ...
#PlainEnglish #ResearchAccessibility #PatientInvolvement #HealthResearch
🆓 🔓 Alyssa Kuiack and @larchiba.bsky.social #DevLangDis in #PlainEnglish #easyEnglish 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
Kuiack, A. & Archibald, L (2019) Developmental Language Disorder: The Childhood Condition We Need to Start Talking About. Frontiers for Young Minds. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Kuiack, A. & Archibald, L (2019) Developmental Language Disorder: The Childhood Condition We Need to Start Talking About. Frontiers for Young Minds. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Developmental Language Disorder: The Childhood Condition We Need to Start Talking About
Using language is a skill that allows us to share our ideas and feelings, to learn in school, and to understand the world around us. Unfortunately, using and understanding language is not easy for eve...
kids.frontiersin.org
April 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
🆓 🔓 Alyssa Kuiack and @larchiba.bsky.social #DevLangDis in #PlainEnglish #easyEnglish 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES
Kuiack, A. & Archibald, L (2019) Developmental Language Disorder: The Childhood Condition We Need to Start Talking About. Frontiers for Young Minds. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
Kuiack, A. & Archibald, L (2019) Developmental Language Disorder: The Childhood Condition We Need to Start Talking About. Frontiers for Young Minds. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
"Issues"?!
Were they having an impromptu debate?
I think you mean they were causing PROBLEMS. Try using that word. It conveys the true meaning of what went on.
#PlainEnglish
Were they having an impromptu debate?
I think you mean they were causing PROBLEMS. Try using that word. It conveys the true meaning of what went on.
#PlainEnglish
April 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"Issues"?!
Were they having an impromptu debate?
I think you mean they were causing PROBLEMS. Try using that word. It conveys the true meaning of what went on.
#PlainEnglish
Were they having an impromptu debate?
I think you mean they were causing PROBLEMS. Try using that word. It conveys the true meaning of what went on.
#PlainEnglish
🗣️ El viernes pasado tuve el honor de compartir con mis compañeras de @artext.bsky.social los avances de mi tesis (@eiduned), dirigida por M. Ángeles Escobar (@depextranjerasuned.bsky.social, #UNED), y que se lleva a cabo en el proyecto #EUPlainTech.
#PlainEnglish #NLP #EUCommission
#PlainEnglish #NLP #EUCommission
March 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
🗣️ El viernes pasado tuve el honor de compartir con mis compañeras de @artext.bsky.social los avances de mi tesis (@eiduned), dirigida por M. Ángeles Escobar (@depextranjerasuned.bsky.social, #UNED), y que se lleva a cabo en el proyecto #EUPlainTech.
#PlainEnglish #NLP #EUCommission
#PlainEnglish #NLP #EUCommission
👥 Last Saturday, M. Ángeles Escobar (@depextranjerasuned.bsky.social #UNED) and I participated in the 🇫🇷46th GERAS Conference on #ESP, where we presented a paper within #EUPlainTech (@artext.bsky.social).
Grateful to GERAS for such an insightful conference. 💐
#narratives #PlainEnglish
Grateful to GERAS for such an insightful conference. 💐
#narratives #PlainEnglish
March 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
👥 Last Saturday, M. Ángeles Escobar (@depextranjerasuned.bsky.social #UNED) and I participated in the 🇫🇷46th GERAS Conference on #ESP, where we presented a paper within #EUPlainTech (@artext.bsky.social).
Grateful to GERAS for such an insightful conference. 💐
#narratives #PlainEnglish
Grateful to GERAS for such an insightful conference. 💐
#narratives #PlainEnglish
🗣️ El viernes pasado tuve el honor de compartir con mis compañeras de @arText los avances de mi tesis (@eiduned), dirigida por @Escoba5M (@DepExtranjeras, @UNED), y que se lleva a cabo en el proyecto #EUPlainTech.
#PlainEnglish #NLP #specializeddiscourse #EUCommission
#PlainEnglish #NLP #specializeddiscourse #EUCommission
March 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
🗣️ El viernes pasado tuve el honor de compartir con mis compañeras de @arText los avances de mi tesis (@eiduned), dirigida por @Escoba5M (@DepExtranjeras, @UNED), y que se lleva a cabo en el proyecto #EUPlainTech.
#PlainEnglish #NLP #specializeddiscourse #EUCommission
#PlainEnglish #NLP #specializeddiscourse #EUCommission
Increased the value = "cost"
"The uplift will support NHS App developments..."
"Uplift" = "increase" in #PlainEnglish
#MedSky
#NHSTech
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/02/valu...
"The uplift will support NHS App developments..."
"Uplift" = "increase" in #PlainEnglish
#MedSky
#NHSTech
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/02/valu...
Value of IBM’s NHS App contract increased to £78.6m
NHS England has increased the value of a contract with IBM for additional work on the NHS App to support the government’s NHS App programme.
www.digitalhealth.net
March 8, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Increased the value = "cost"
"The uplift will support NHS App developments..."
"Uplift" = "increase" in #PlainEnglish
#MedSky
#NHSTech
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/02/valu...
"The uplift will support NHS App developments..."
"Uplift" = "increase" in #PlainEnglish
#MedSky
#NHSTech
www.digitalhealth.net/2025/02/valu...
No upper middle or upper class are w/o sin, but if Yoni Appelbaum had grown up in CA in the 60s-70s, or had read Mike Davis' City of Quartz, he'd know that property developers & rich Republicans were more responsible for this.
On Thompson's PlainEnglish Yoni blames libs for stifling homeownership.
On Thompson's PlainEnglish Yoni blames libs for stifling homeownership.
February 25, 2025 at 7:39 PM
No upper middle or upper class are w/o sin, but if Yoni Appelbaum had grown up in CA in the 60s-70s, or had read Mike Davis' City of Quartz, he'd know that property developers & rich Republicans were more responsible for this.
On Thompson's PlainEnglish Yoni blames libs for stifling homeownership.
On Thompson's PlainEnglish Yoni blames libs for stifling homeownership.
The power of clear language.
Sounds like Peter Rabbit is a fan.
#plainenglish #beatrixpotter #inspiration #catchthesun #copywriting #editing #proofreading #aroundtheworld #aroundtheclock
Sounds like Peter Rabbit is a fan.
#plainenglish #beatrixpotter #inspiration #catchthesun #copywriting #editing #proofreading #aroundtheworld #aroundtheclock
February 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The power of clear language.
Sounds like Peter Rabbit is a fan.
#plainenglish #beatrixpotter #inspiration #catchthesun #copywriting #editing #proofreading #aroundtheworld #aroundtheclock
Sounds like Peter Rabbit is a fan.
#plainenglish #beatrixpotter #inspiration #catchthesun #copywriting #editing #proofreading #aroundtheworld #aroundtheclock
Yes. Yes you do.
-plainenglish
-plainenglish
February 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Yes. Yes you do.
-plainenglish
-plainenglish
Warning on 13th century Passport: ‘I am the Emissary of the Khan. If you defy me you die.’
#PlainEnglish #Diplomacy #SafeTravels
#PlainEnglish #Diplomacy #SafeTravels
February 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Warning on 13th century Passport: ‘I am the Emissary of the Khan. If you defy me you die.’
#PlainEnglish #Diplomacy #SafeTravels
#PlainEnglish #Diplomacy #SafeTravels
📢 Call for Applications: Intensive Summer School
Plain English: Accessible Communication across Disciplines and Cultures
🗓️ 18–20 June 2025
📍 University of Pavia, Department of Humanities
🔗 More details: plainenglish.unipv.it
#ISAGS2025 #PlainEnglish #SummerSchool #LanguageAccessibility
Plain English: Accessible Communication across Disciplines and Cultures
🗓️ 18–20 June 2025
📍 University of Pavia, Department of Humanities
🔗 More details: plainenglish.unipv.it
#ISAGS2025 #PlainEnglish #SummerSchool #LanguageAccessibility
February 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
📢 Call for Applications: Intensive Summer School
Plain English: Accessible Communication across Disciplines and Cultures
🗓️ 18–20 June 2025
📍 University of Pavia, Department of Humanities
🔗 More details: plainenglish.unipv.it
#ISAGS2025 #PlainEnglish #SummerSchool #LanguageAccessibility
Plain English: Accessible Communication across Disciplines and Cultures
🗓️ 18–20 June 2025
📍 University of Pavia, Department of Humanities
🔗 More details: plainenglish.unipv.it
#ISAGS2025 #PlainEnglish #SummerSchool #LanguageAccessibility
"shall": New Zealand Directive on the avoidance of #archaic #language.
#law #statutes #legislation #plainEnglish #English
www.pco.govt.nz/making-secon...
#law #statutes #legislation #plainEnglish #English
www.pco.govt.nz/making-secon...
February 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
"shall": New Zealand Directive on the avoidance of #archaic #language.
#law #statutes #legislation #plainEnglish #English
www.pco.govt.nz/making-secon...
#law #statutes #legislation #plainEnglish #English
www.pco.govt.nz/making-secon...