Wendy Baldwin - Linguaverse
@linguaverse.bsky.social
I help academics write (writing retreat facilitator & AcWri trainer) & publish their work (authors' editor, academic translator). 🎓(Psycho-)linguistics 🏠Donostia-San Sebastián 🌴 https://linktr.ee/linguaverse.
Co-founder of WRAP: @wrap-net.bsky.social.
Co-founder of WRAP: @wrap-net.bsky.social.
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Wendy Baldwin | Writing retreats
Writing retreats allow you to make substantial progress on your writing project within a tried and tested structure that prioritizes and supports both writing and writer.
www.linguaverse.net
✍ Writers! I'm running three, 1.5-day online writing retreats this autumn:
🗓️ October 23-24
🗓️ November 13-14
🗓️ December 4-5
Timings are most suitable for writers in the UK/Europe.
www.linguaverse.net/writing-retr...
#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #WritingRetreats #AcWri
🗓️ October 23-24
🗓️ November 13-14
🗓️ December 4-5
Timings are most suitable for writers in the UK/Europe.
www.linguaverse.net/writing-retr...
#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #WritingRetreats #AcWri
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Spotify is helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops running ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
November 16, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Spotify is helping ICE recruit more agents to infringe our rights and terrorize our communities. We’re calling on users to stop paying for or using the app until Spotify stops running ads for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
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solidarity with all colleagues and students at Nottingham who are having their jobs and degrees destroyed by management. the relentless annihilation of language provision in UKHE is something that *every* academic should be calling out and pushing back against.
I am hearing that @uniofnottingham.bsky.social is suspending (i.e shutting down) *all modern language courses* in 2026-27. One of the largest departments in the UK. A shocking short sighted move that damages regional and national prospects @britishacademy.bsky.social @hetanshah.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
solidarity with all colleagues and students at Nottingham who are having their jobs and degrees destroyed by management. the relentless annihilation of language provision in UKHE is something that *every* academic should be calling out and pushing back against.
Academic authors, I have 2 slots for editing/translation (Spanish to English)
– last 2 weeks of November
– first 2 weeks of December
Areas: linguistics & language; cognitive psych & cog sci; pedagogy/education; anthropology; applied engineering
Get in touch/more detail:
www.linguaverse.net/edit
– last 2 weeks of November
– first 2 weeks of December
Areas: linguistics & language; cognitive psych & cog sci; pedagogy/education; anthropology; applied engineering
Get in touch/more detail:
www.linguaverse.net/edit
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Academic authors, I have 2 slots for editing/translation (Spanish to English)
– last 2 weeks of November
– first 2 weeks of December
Areas: linguistics & language; cognitive psych & cog sci; pedagogy/education; anthropology; applied engineering
Get in touch/more detail:
www.linguaverse.net/edit
– last 2 weeks of November
– first 2 weeks of December
Areas: linguistics & language; cognitive psych & cog sci; pedagogy/education; anthropology; applied engineering
Get in touch/more detail:
www.linguaverse.net/edit
As an experienced structured #WritingRetreat facilitator-participant, I can (and often do!) give you a long list of writerly benefits.
But it can be just as useful—and sometimes more impactful—to hear what my writer-participants say about the experience.
linguaverse.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
But it can be just as useful—and sometimes more impactful—to hear what my writer-participants say about the experience.
linguaverse.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
What do writers get out of my online writing retreats?
I have a collection of posts on the blog called Snapshots, where I write about the structured retreat experience, usually from my perspective as facilitator–participant. I do this to give people le…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
As an experienced structured #WritingRetreat facilitator-participant, I can (and often do!) give you a long list of writerly benefits.
But it can be just as useful—and sometimes more impactful—to hear what my writer-participants say about the experience.
linguaverse.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
But it can be just as useful—and sometimes more impactful—to hear what my writer-participants say about the experience.
linguaverse.wordpress.com/2025/11/05/w...
I love myNoise—it's my top site for focus (I'm easily distracted).
It has a variety of stunning soundscapes and the listening experience can be customized in loads of ways.
Stéphane is a master of sound; his site is a labor of love—no enshittifying is afoot here. I'm a happy patron. 😊
mynoise.net
It has a variety of stunning soundscapes and the listening experience can be customized in loads of ways.
Stéphane is a master of sound; his site is a labor of love—no enshittifying is afoot here. I'm a happy patron. 😊
mynoise.net
Background Noises • Ambient Sounds • Relaxing Music | myNoise ®
myNoise sets the standard for online background noise machines and interactive soundscapes.
mynoise.net
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I love myNoise—it's my top site for focus (I'm easily distracted).
It has a variety of stunning soundscapes and the listening experience can be customized in loads of ways.
Stéphane is a master of sound; his site is a labor of love—no enshittifying is afoot here. I'm a happy patron. 😊
mynoise.net
It has a variety of stunning soundscapes and the listening experience can be customized in loads of ways.
Stéphane is a master of sound; his site is a labor of love—no enshittifying is afoot here. I'm a happy patron. 😊
mynoise.net
Oh wow, as someone who dwells on the opposite side of the peninsula (and clearly doesn't travel much to points south), I had no idea these mergers where happening in various parts of Andalusia.
More reason to head south and visit friends in Málaga ASAP.
#LanguageChangeIsCool
More reason to head south and visit friends in Málaga ASAP.
#LanguageChangeIsCool
Maintenance of the /s/ - /θ/ contrast, merɡer into /θ/ (ceceo) or merɡer into /s/ (seseo) in Andalusia, 1950s vs 2020s. Preliminary map of the Interactive Linguistic Atlas of Andalusian Accents. #Linguistics #Phonetics #Langskylinguistics #Langsky #Lingüística
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Oh wow, as someone who dwells on the opposite side of the peninsula (and clearly doesn't travel much to points south), I had no idea these mergers where happening in various parts of Andalusia.
More reason to head south and visit friends in Málaga ASAP.
#LanguageChangeIsCool
More reason to head south and visit friends in Málaga ASAP.
#LanguageChangeIsCool
Now it's @superlinguo.bsky.social's turn to be featured at the awesome language and linguistics library (@habeliburutegia.bsky.social) here in Donostia-San Sebastián. 😍
For now in English, but one day perhaps in Spanish or Basque? 🙏🤞
For now in English, but one day perhaps in Spanish or Basque? 🙏🤞
November 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Now it's @superlinguo.bsky.social's turn to be featured at the awesome language and linguistics library (@habeliburutegia.bsky.social) here in Donostia-San Sebastián. 😍
For now in English, but one day perhaps in Spanish or Basque? 🙏🤞
For now in English, but one day perhaps in Spanish or Basque? 🙏🤞
Saddened to hear the news of David Bellos’ passing. He was one of our keynotes last year at #METM24. Glad I had the opportunity to meet him.
RIP to David Bellos whose book Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of Everything massively contributed to me wanting to become a literary translator. When I was writing my own book about translation, I kept in mind how funny and accessible his book was.
October 30, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Saddened to hear the news of David Bellos’ passing. He was one of our keynotes last year at #METM24. Glad I had the opportunity to meet him.
Fall is my favorite time of year. I’m trying to walk around Donostia as much as I can before it’s too wet, windy or dark.
Caught this lovely bit of afternoon light while walking through a park on my way home yesterday.
Caught this lovely bit of afternoon light while walking through a park on my way home yesterday.
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Fall is my favorite time of year. I’m trying to walk around Donostia as much as I can before it’s too wet, windy or dark.
Caught this lovely bit of afternoon light while walking through a park on my way home yesterday.
Caught this lovely bit of afternoon light while walking through a park on my way home yesterday.
In social writing environments like facilitated writing retreats, it's easier to resurface "forgotten" lessons about the tensions inherent in writing.
I wrote about two recent lessons:
🎯 don’t lose sight of your desired impact
🎯 trust, even when you doubt
linguaverse.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/l...
I wrote about two recent lessons:
🎯 don’t lose sight of your desired impact
🎯 trust, even when you doubt
linguaverse.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/l...
Lessons relearned
Photo by iam_os on Unsplash Every now and then, we need to relearn certain lessons about writing—that is, about being a body managing the complex, multi-tiered act of relating, creating, and engagi…
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October 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
In social writing environments like facilitated writing retreats, it's easier to resurface "forgotten" lessons about the tensions inherent in writing.
I wrote about two recent lessons:
🎯 don’t lose sight of your desired impact
🎯 trust, even when you doubt
linguaverse.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/l...
I wrote about two recent lessons:
🎯 don’t lose sight of your desired impact
🎯 trust, even when you doubt
linguaverse.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/l...
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Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
www.bbc.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
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New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: Thoughts on traveling far to encounter yet more AI hype
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Reflecting on "AI" in the Himalayan foothills
By Emily The Himalayan foothills, as seen from the kora walk around the Dalai Lama’s temple complex Last week, I had the immense good fortune to participate...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: Thoughts on traveling far to encounter yet more AI hype
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
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Just back from #METM25, held in Barcelona. Another fabulous conference with quality content and time with colleagues and friends old and new.
I'll have more to say soon, but for now I want to put #METM26 on your event radar: 15-17 October 2025, Perugia, Italy.
www.metmeetings.org/en/presentat...
I'll have more to say soon, but for now I want to put #METM26 on your event radar: 15-17 October 2025, Perugia, Italy.
www.metmeetings.org/en/presentat...
October 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Just back from #METM25, held in Barcelona. Another fabulous conference with quality content and time with colleagues and friends old and new.
I'll have more to say soon, but for now I want to put #METM26 on your event radar: 15-17 October 2025, Perugia, Italy.
www.metmeetings.org/en/presentat...
I'll have more to say soon, but for now I want to put #METM26 on your event radar: 15-17 October 2025, Perugia, Italy.
www.metmeetings.org/en/presentat...
✍️ There's still time to join this week's online writing retreat starting Thursday (4-6pm, CEST) and running all day Friday.
⌛ Registration closes Wednesday at 11pm, so don't delay.
www.linguaverse.net/23-24-oct
#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #CommunitiesOfPractice #WriterWellbeing #AcWri
⌛ Registration closes Wednesday at 11pm, so don't delay.
www.linguaverse.net/23-24-oct
#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #CommunitiesOfPractice #WriterWellbeing #AcWri
October 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
✍️ There's still time to join this week's online writing retreat starting Thursday (4-6pm, CEST) and running all day Friday.
⌛ Registration closes Wednesday at 11pm, so don't delay.
www.linguaverse.net/23-24-oct
#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #CommunitiesOfPractice #WriterWellbeing #AcWri
⌛ Registration closes Wednesday at 11pm, so don't delay.
www.linguaverse.net/23-24-oct
#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #CommunitiesOfPractice #WriterWellbeing #AcWri
✍ Writers! I'm running three, 1.5-day online writing retreats this autumn:
🗓️ October 23-24
🗓️ November 13-14
🗓️ December 4-5
Timings are most suitable for writers in the UK/Europe.
www.linguaverse.net/writing-retr...
#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #WritingRetreats #AcWri
🗓️ October 23-24
🗓️ November 13-14
🗓️ December 4-5
Timings are most suitable for writers in the UK/Europe.
www.linguaverse.net/writing-retr...
#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #WritingRetreats #AcWri
Wendy Baldwin | Writing retreats
Writing retreats allow you to make substantial progress on your writing project within a tried and tested structure that prioritizes and supports both writing and writer.
www.linguaverse.net
October 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
✍ Writers! I'm running three, 1.5-day online writing retreats this autumn:
🗓️ October 23-24
🗓️ November 13-14
🗓️ December 4-5
Timings are most suitable for writers in the UK/Europe.
www.linguaverse.net/writing-retr...
#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #WritingRetreats #AcWri
🗓️ October 23-24
🗓️ November 13-14
🗓️ December 4-5
Timings are most suitable for writers in the UK/Europe.
www.linguaverse.net/writing-retr...
#StructuredWriting #SocialWriting #WritingRetreats #AcWri
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when do we start using a term other than “social” media?
October 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
when do we start using a term other than “social” media?
This looks to be an interesting read for the many multilinguals whose attrition occurs in non-pathological contexts.
New book examines language loss among multilingual speakers
phys.org/news/2025-09...
via phys.org
#langsky
phys.org/news/2025-09...
via phys.org
#langsky
New book examines language loss among multilingual speakers
Penn State Professor of German and Linguistics Michael Putnam has spent a good part of his career thinking about language attrition, or "language loss," among bi- and multilingual speakers. Now, it's ...
phys.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This looks to be an interesting read for the many multilinguals whose attrition occurs in non-pathological contexts.
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Acabo de ver que Reedsy ha añadido la opción de no trabajar con textos que se hayan generado con IA como motivo para rechazar un encargo y me parece fenomenal.
[Más info sobre Reedsy aquí: enlalunadebabel.com/2024/04/05/r...
[Más info sobre Reedsy aquí: enlalunadebabel.com/2024/04/05/r...
September 18, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Acabo de ver que Reedsy ha añadido la opción de no trabajar con textos que se hayan generado con IA como motivo para rechazar un encargo y me parece fenomenal.
[Más info sobre Reedsy aquí: enlalunadebabel.com/2024/04/05/r...
[Más info sobre Reedsy aquí: enlalunadebabel.com/2024/04/05/r...
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Ireland’s first ever monolingual Irish dictionary will launch this October. No word for “avocado”? Now there is: abhacád.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
#FITEurope #Irishlanguage #lexicography #languagedevelopment #interpreting #1nt #translation #t9n #xl8
www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
#FITEurope #Irishlanguage #lexicography #languagedevelopment #interpreting #1nt #translation #t9n #xl8
The challenges of creating the new Irish dictionary: ‘There was no word for avocado’
Patrick Freyne speaks to the chief editor of the new monolingual Irish dictionary, due to launch in October
www.irishtimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Ireland’s first ever monolingual Irish dictionary will launch this October. No word for “avocado”? Now there is: abhacád.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
#FITEurope #Irishlanguage #lexicography #languagedevelopment #interpreting #1nt #translation #t9n #xl8
www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
#FITEurope #Irishlanguage #lexicography #languagedevelopment #interpreting #1nt #translation #t9n #xl8
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why AI should not replace human translators #38265073
"A striking example from Prof Federici's research showed the risks of unchecked machine translation of cancer information, with "Don't stay at home if you develop a fever" being translated as "Do stay at home"
www.ciol.org.uk/ai-translati...
"A striking example from Prof Federici's research showed the risks of unchecked machine translation of cancer information, with "Don't stay at home if you develop a fever" being translated as "Do stay at home"
www.ciol.org.uk/ai-translati...
Uses of AI Translation in UK Public Service Contexts | CIOL (Chartered Institute of Linguists)
AI Translation in UK Public Services: Navigating the 'Sea of Chaos'Key points from the expert panellists at the APPG Modern Languages Meeting held on 23 June 2025.Key Findings from Frontline ResearchD...
www.ciol.org.uk
July 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
why AI should not replace human translators #38265073
"A striking example from Prof Federici's research showed the risks of unchecked machine translation of cancer information, with "Don't stay at home if you develop a fever" being translated as "Do stay at home"
www.ciol.org.uk/ai-translati...
"A striking example from Prof Federici's research showed the risks of unchecked machine translation of cancer information, with "Don't stay at home if you develop a fever" being translated as "Do stay at home"
www.ciol.org.uk/ai-translati...
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If only there'd been some way to predict this... Sigh.
On a slightly less sarcastic note, this is why many editors ask if AI has been used in writing – because a lot of editing is taking LONGER if it's AI text rather than human text. Not always, obviously – but often.
On a slightly less sarcastic note, this is why many editors ask if AI has been used in writing – because a lot of editing is taking LONGER if it's AI text rather than human text. Not always, obviously – but often.
July 8, 2025 at 8:18 AM
If only there'd been some way to predict this... Sigh.
On a slightly less sarcastic note, this is why many editors ask if AI has been used in writing – because a lot of editing is taking LONGER if it's AI text rather than human text. Not always, obviously – but often.
On a slightly less sarcastic note, this is why many editors ask if AI has been used in writing – because a lot of editing is taking LONGER if it's AI text rather than human text. Not always, obviously – but often.
Both these books are gorgeous, unforgettable 🔥. Grab 'em if you can!
I'll be looking to see which others I can get from Spain.
I'll be looking to see which others I can get from Spain.
Ebook sale! For the next ten days, Solaris is selling (giving away, really) an excellent selection of modern SFF titles at 0.99p in the UK, including both of my novels, THE SAINT OF BRIGHT DOORS and RAKESFALL. See geni.us/Solarissale! Some titles are available outside the UK, too.
July 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Both these books are gorgeous, unforgettable 🔥. Grab 'em if you can!
I'll be looking to see which others I can get from Spain.
I'll be looking to see which others I can get from Spain.
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Kill it with fire. 🔥🔥🔥
If you're getting notifications from Academia(.)edu about AI versions of your papers now being podcasts, that's because the (predatory) platform has opted you into AI-enhanced outputs, which you can turn off in your Account Settings here.
June 30, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Kill it with fire. 🔥🔥🔥
Why am I such a fan of writing retreats?
At every retreat I:
🎯 make more headway on my writing project than I would have otherwise
🛠 gain insight into my writing craft, process, strengths and weaknesses
🙌 learn something from other writers
🚀 come away with motivation and momentum to keep writing
At every retreat I:
🎯 make more headway on my writing project than I would have otherwise
🛠 gain insight into my writing craft, process, strengths and weaknesses
🙌 learn something from other writers
🚀 come away with motivation and momentum to keep writing
June 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Why am I such a fan of writing retreats?
At every retreat I:
🎯 make more headway on my writing project than I would have otherwise
🛠 gain insight into my writing craft, process, strengths and weaknesses
🙌 learn something from other writers
🚀 come away with motivation and momentum to keep writing
At every retreat I:
🎯 make more headway on my writing project than I would have otherwise
🛠 gain insight into my writing craft, process, strengths and weaknesses
🙌 learn something from other writers
🚀 come away with motivation and momentum to keep writing