A catastrophic climate event is upon us. Here is why you’ve heard so little about it | George Monbiot Scientists say a crucial Atlantic system is set to collapse. But the billionaire death cult that steers humanity’s destiny just doesn’t do existential crises, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

While we are transfixed by the antics of our supposed "leaders", a catastrophe of astonishing proportions has been creeping up on us. Climate scientists now believe it is more likely than not to happen, and soon.
This week's column.
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Бързо, лесно, (без)вкусно Дори понякога да не постигаме целта, която сме си поставили, ползите остават, защото всяка капка пот се отплаща във времето, макар невинаги да знаем кога и под каква форма.

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Standing cat with arched back facing right created with vertical strips of wood with peeling paint, all against a light blue background

'Scaredy Cat' by Cornish artist Kirsty Elson who trawls the beaches of her home collecting driftwood as the raw materials for her artworks #WomensArt

🏆 We are delighted to share that Ezikov Svyat is now ranked Q2 in Literature and Literary Theory and Q3 in Linguistics and Language in the latest SCImago data. www.scimagojr.com/journalsearc...

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📌 Issue 24.1 of Ezikov Svyat - Orbis Linguarum is out. You could find on the website 20 texts in English, Bulgarian, and French: ezikovsvyat.swu.bg/index.php/en...

"Teaching Literature in the Language Classroom" Symposium, 30 March 2026, University of Nottingham

Come join us, either in person and online, and enjoy this rich, varied and promising programme. For full details, see below

CALL FOR PAPERS: DON’T EAT YOUR WORDS! THE LANGUAGES OF FOOD

Ezikov Svyat – Orbis Linguarum (ISSN 1312-0484 / eISSN 2603-4026) plans to publish a Special Issue on language and food. More information here: ezikovsvyat.swu.bg/index.php/en...

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Roundtable on "Meaning-making in the age of AI: Systemic Functional Linguistics and Artificial Intelligence"
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Call for papers!
Josie Booth (The University of Edinburgh) and Eva Van den Bussche (KU Leuven) are guest editing a special issue of British Journal of Developmental Psychology on "Citizen Science in developmental psychology research".
Abstract submission deadline is 31 May 2026.

A free online Symposium on Ecolinguistics with an excellent slate of keynotes and presentations! Register for free to receive program details and updates. #ecolinguistics

Artificial intelligence research has a slop problem, academics say: ‘It’s a mess’ AI research in question as author claims to have written over 100 papers on AI that one expert calls a ‘disaster’

So...what's next?

Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen

As an editor, I can say that checking references and "hunting" for signs of authenticity can be really time-consuming and demotivating...

New Cambridge Element, Creative Construction Grammar, by Thomas Hoffmann and Mark Turner, out now! Read Open Access at
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#languageandlinguistics #LangSky

📌 CfP: ACADEMIC ETHICS, AI AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITIES
Deadline: 31st December 2025
Ezikov Svyat – Orbis Linguarum is an open-access journal with no publication fee and is included in databases such as SCOPUS, ERIH+, MLA, EBSCO, DOAJ, Index Copernicus, etc.
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New Cambridge Element, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), by Yolanda Ruiz de Zarobe, out now!

Read #OpenAccess at https://cup.org/4r8sb0B

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👉 New article: Savina Topurska. THE ANONYMOUS NARRATIVE: INTERPRETING HISTORY THROUGH VISUAL ANALYSIS (BG)
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👉 New publication: Tamara FEDYK. THE LOST AND THE (RE)MASTERED: THE ARCHETYPE OF HOME IN THE ANTHOLOGY OF THE MODERN ACTUAL DRAMA “THE UNNAMED WAR”
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Seminar: Scholarship and Reflexivity | Alex Ding Looking forward to discussing issues affecting the field of language education, how reflexivity can develop collective lucidity, and how this lucidity can lead to greater agency. I'll also be discussi...

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👉 New publication: Ngozi Dora ULOGU, Effumbe KACHUA. CONTEXTUALIZING DICTATORSHIP IN NIGERIAN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: A STUDY OF CHINUA ACHEBE AND OKEY NDIBE’S SELECTED TEXTS.
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📰DHSS Newsletter!

We are excited to publish the first issue of the DHSS Newsletter tomorrow.
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👉 New publication: Marine Sioridze, Ketevan Svanidze, Teona Beridze. REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN FRENCH AND GEORGIAN FEMINIST ESSAYISTIC AND LITERATURE WORKS
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👉 New publication: Hristo Dimitrov. FRAMING DANTE AT HARVARD: A STUDY OF EARLY DANTEAN TRACES IN ELIOT’S “CIRCE’S PALACE”
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Четем сгрешени цени на имотите и това е сериозен проблем | Блогът на Юруков Покачващите се цени на имотите са основен елемент в няколко взаимносвързани обществени теми - има ли имотен балон, има ли презастрояване, финансова култура и инвестиции на домакинствата, демографска п...

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#DailySketch: Sneaker

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👉 New publication: Dian Syahfitri, Kristiawan Indriyanto, Arianto. DIGITALIZING SI BONTAR MUDAR FOLKTALE AS TEACHING MATERIAL FOR INDONESIAN LANGUAGE FOR FOREIGN SPEAKERS (BIPA) – BEGINNER LEVEL
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Digital Humanities Colloquium
Nov 19, 2025, 4–6 PM
Room 00.026, Nürnberger Straße 74, Erlangen

Talks:
• Analysing climate emotions in environmental video games (MA thesis work) by Janno Reincke

• Ideenskizze für das PhD-Vorhaben by Moritz Meckl

On 28 November in Edinburgh: our collaborative workshop on social justice, intercultural communication and sustainability (in education) as part of the ECAS & @royalsoced.bsky.social Lower Saxony – Scotland Joint Forum 2025.
Registration is free www.conftool.net/joint-forum-...