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“The most profound professional development activity I have ever experienced” (2023 participant).
It has to be when 9 leaders from the sector take 5 days out of their busy schedules to spend with you for an all in event to help build the next generation of leaders. Join us August www.acodeltli.com

Prof Dominique Parrish is the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) at Torrens… | Michael Sankey Prof Dominique Parrish is the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) at Torrens University Australia. She will be joining us on Faculty for the third time at our…

Prof Parrish DVCA @Torrens Uni is joining our Faculty @ACODE LTLI in August. Of this she writes, "This is a great opportunity to elevate your leadership capability, gain fresh insights into TEL, expand your professional network and invest in your personal growth."
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A language network in the individualized functional connectomes of over 1,000 human brains doing arbitrary tasks https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.03.29.646067v1

the opening paragraph of the chapter 'Fascist Discourse', written by Padovani & Richardson

Finalising our chapter, for the 2nd edition of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Discourse Studies

All you need to know about Twitter

It's the *11th* year of running CARM training for other conversation analysts - this time from UK, Belgium, Australia, Hong Kong, The Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Ghana - and focused on how to develop and run research-based #communication training and track its #impact #EMCA #AcademicSky

Navigating Omnirelevant Asymmetry: Encouraging Children to Exercise Their Deontic Rights in Videoconferencing Music Lessons The educational community has long critiqued teacher-centered instruction, promoting student-centered learning. Yet, pre-assumed teacher-student category relevance may overlook momentary asymmetries ...

The next paper in the Asymmetries in Action special issue is available online.
Check it out: doi.org/10.1002/symb...
#EMCA
@robinjsmith.bsky.social @francescaorfw.bsky.social

📢 *Open Access*
Thrilled to announce that my book "Linguistic Knowledge and Language Use" has just been flipped open access!
Thanks to @helenbarton2004.bsky.social from @cambup-linguistics.bsky.social.
The book & individual chapters can be downloaded here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/l...

The Harsh Truth About Disability Inclusion 1.3 billion people have a disability. DEI cuts could make their lives more difficult, writes Jessica Smith.

"We don’t need special treatment. We just want equal access to the same world—one that initially wasn’t designed with us in mind, but one that can be redesigned for all." time.com/7261675/disa...

Fish Lane Brisbane Leave those dreary trips on the motorway behind for a walk among vivid, sprawling imagery and lanes draped in brilliant neon displays.

Have you tried Fish Lane venues? explorefishlane.com.au

Kristen Pecanac and I are organising a panel submission for the International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA2026), title "Social interactions where death is relevant: Across settings and around the world"

Please contact me if you would like to make a contribution: m.pino@lboro.ac.uk

Disability amid disaster: People with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by natural disasters After disasters, people with disabilities are more likely to be displaced, more likely to never return home and more likely to receive scam offers, Census Bureau data shows.

"The data also shows that once displaced, 21% of people with disabilities say they never return home, nearly four times the rate for those without disabilities." www.nbcnews.com/data-graphic...

Titles of articles now out online in the latest issue of ROLSI.

A terrific set of articles now out online in the latest issue of ROLSI.

www.tandfonline.com/toc/hrls20/c...

I know, right?

My own chapter describes MCA as an ethnomethodological orientation. It was ever thus. MCA as an attention to the practices of culture-in-action. There’s so much more to be said.
Read this chapter as a part 1… Part 2 coming soon.
#emca

I have identified at least two dozen pardoned Capitol Rioters that are currently attending CPAC in Washington, D.C. —including members of far right extremists groups such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers.

Updates on Pardon Tracker's interactive visualization: embed.kumu.io/39b5108ec4a0...

#AidJobs: We are hiring, here is your chance to work with us.

International Secretary General: bit.ly/42VhaWN

Deputy Logistics Coordinator: bit.ly/4gIVDUf

Tembo Support Officer: bit.ly/4gJ9WIK

5 Nutritionists- bit.ly/3CVtzPW

Finance and Human Resources Manager: bit.ly/3QjZLzo

What does it mean to rebuild better? Examining plans for evacuating disabled people + managing fire-prone land

I spoke to @filowenstein.bsky.social for their newsletter about my reporting on how to plan so disabled people aren't left behind during climate disasters. fionalowenstein.substack.com/p/what-does-...

The notion that Trump's "I'm king" tweet is "just trolling" or "a joke" presents an opportunity to recreate my just-joking thread (porting it over from the Bad Place):

1. I wrote my PhD dissertation on the social function of humor (in literature & film) and here's the thing about "just joking."

Great selection! Thanks for sharing.

End of the fiscal year #EMCA book buying blitz (3rd & final)

Linguistic coupling between neural systems for speech production and comprehension during real-time dyadic conversations https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.02.14.638276v1

My very black sheep waiting at the shed door at night.

I added a new sheep to my little pet sheep flock. She is very hard to see at night, but having a black sheep in our midst feels a little revolutionary and apt at the moment. Her name is.BaaBraa.

Not me! I am about to delete my X account. I plan to be more active here.

Cambridge Handbook of Methods in Conversation Analysis - blue hardback book with white font title

Cambridge Handbook of Methods in Conversation Analysis next to a white china jug

Just received my copy of The Cambridge Handbook of Methods in Conversation Analysis (ed. Jeffrey D. Robinson, Rebecca Clift, @kobinkendrick.bsky.social & Chase Wesley Raymond). At 1000+ pages, it's a milk jug thick and wonderful to dip in and out of over a cuppa #EMCA

GET YOUR NEWS ON CANADIAN SITE re BIRD FLU

We are currently responding to cases avian influenza in domestic birds across Canada. Anyone with birds must practice good biosecurity habits to protect poultry and disease.

#MOG8
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We wouldn’t have complex language if it weren’t for interactive repair.

Last year around this time our review 'Interactive repair and the foundations of language' came out doi.org/10.1016/j.ti... (PDF pure.mpg.de/pubman/item/...)

I blogged about it here ideophone.org/interactive-... #langsky

For anyone thinking of quitting, I highly recommend this book. It has saved a few of my students. For some, leaving is the right thing to do but explore all options before you pull the pin. www.booktopia.com.au/destination-...

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