David Adger
Scottish linguist; professor of linguistics at Queen Mary University of London, working on syntax and Scottish Gaelic; author of Language Unlimited and creator of constructed languages for television.
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Corporate Microsoft systems, from Word and Outlook to SharePoint, are a frustrating horror.
Their wordsthe frustrating horror of corporate microsoft systems, from word, to outlook, to the abyss of despair that is sharepoint
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Their wordsthe government seems uninterested in the loss of languages in UKHE
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Their wordswhere they removed a line about Trump being the most openly corrupt president in US history. I know they are in a difficult spot, but this is pure cowardice.
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Their wordsI'm not someone who's comfortable with having the higher education sector rely on overseas fees in the way it does, but this is even more stupid than a Trump style tariff as it actually taxes one of the country's major export businesses for, erm, exporting.
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Their wordsIt's pretty clear that the OfS is pursuing a culture war style agenda without due regard to the actual complexities of the situation Universities find themselves in
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Their wordsIt's ridiculous that developers of LLMs have free access to data that is central to their capacity to make money. They should pay for that data, if the author agrees to its use, and be transparent in where it comes from.
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Their wordsby moving rightwards like this, they'll lose a huge swathe of Labour voters, and gain not one Tory or Reform voter. It's both immoral and electorally stupid.
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Their wordswhy Phase Theory is on a hiding to nothing, & why a geometrical constraint on mereological structure is better
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HPV vaccination is crucial, since HPV causes head and neck cancers as well as cervical ones.
Their wordsHPV vaccination has hugely reduced cervical cancers through vaccination for girls, but it also causes Head & Neck cancers. HPV-related cancer turned mine & Anson's life upside down. Vaccination is crucial!