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Brilliant! Good luck with the defence.

‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right It starts with a ‘back in my day’ nostalgic meme – then suddenly your elders are sharing AI-generated ‘boomerslop’ and repeating conspiracy theories …

‘I feel like I’m losing her’: the families torn apart by older relatives going far right

Similar to the UK in some respects. Sizeable % of public get in a froth over immigration, government reacts by enacting policies that it knows is committing self-harm but that will help quell public anger. Then many get upset when restaurants start closing! 🙄

I was an English teacher in Shimane for 3 years 20 years ago and I saw it firsthand. Was teaching in elementary schools in the mountains with numbers as low as 5 students. They kept them open as long as they could. Soon after I left, 2 or 3 were closed down. Sad reality.

In Japan, I think they get a tablet computer from the third year (8/9).

I think that's an interesting point but it doesn't explain why there are European clubs buying South Americans for several millions of Euros who may not speak the language of that country or coaching team and have no European cultural experience. There are other key factors in the low J fees!

Study to analyze impact of bear sightings on elderly people In Akita Prefecture, 67 people were attacked by bears, including four fatalities, in the year that ended in March.

A study is planned to analyze the impact of bear appearances on the daily lives and mental health of older residents in Akita Prefecture, which had the largest number of bear attack victims in Japan in fiscal 2025.

Latest issue
Critical Discourse Studies, Volume 23, Issue 2 (2026)
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Oh no.... 😖 Is it pretty bad or could you possibly rest/medicine it off in time? The latter, I hope. 🙏🏻

For decades, cinema has told powerful stories of migration.

The Migration Movies Database brings these stories together to support teaching, learning, and public discussions through a searchable archive of migration-related films.

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A depressing but important read. So sad what has become of UK academia.

📢New article published!!
🟦K. Pilyarchuk & E.M. Graf explore how tradwife identity is performed.
🟦They analysed 60 Instagram Reels posted on 11 accounts.
🟦They found 3 types of Reels, 9 dominant themes & 3 major repertoires.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

You're gunna end up with a 3-0 victory in 6 months, aren't you?!

Right?! I suspect it could be because a red-carded player or member of staff must be removed from the "vicinity of the pitch" or such like before play continues.

I wonder how many of the away support were fans who lived in Kantō? 🤔 Reckon there must have been a few!

I couldn't see on DAZN what the issue was with Morooka. Was he on or off the pitch? I guess he had to go back to the changing room as it was a red but he possibly thought that you can go the long way round like for substitutions? 🤔 Not saying it wasn't deliberate though... 😂

All the best in your new position! Not a bad institution ;)

Screenshot of the University of Birmingham webpage for the Corpus Linguistics Summer School 2026. It shows the event title, a banner image of students working at computers, dates (6–9 July 2026), online format, contact details, and a “Register for this event” button.

We will be organising the annual Corpus Linguistics Summer School from 6 to 9 July this year. The event will return in an entirely online format. Please see our website for details:
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The most inspiring and joy-filled exhibition I have been to this year, in the basement of Japan House on Ken High St, dedicated to the work of over 100 of the country's active craftspeople. Free entry.

Japan's foreign resident population hits record 4.12 million The figure is a 9.5% increase from a year earlier, the Immigration Services Agency said Friday.

Japan was home to a record 4.12 million foreign residents as the end of 2025, an increase of 9.5% from a year earlier.

I'm too old to stay up late/get up really early for matches now. 😆 I'm just totally wrecked the next day!

Wow. Fair play to you for watching that in the early hours! 😅 I suspect a lot of players are shattered at this point of the season. Also factor in it's a friendly before the WC and players don't wanna get injured. If you're first choice anyway, why risk it?

Japan's tally of specified skilled workers hits record 390,296 The program was introduced in 2019 to expand the acceptance of foreign workers amid domestic labor shortages.

Foreign residents in Japan holding the country's specified skilled worker status totaled a record 390,296 at the end of 2025, the Immigration Services Agency said Friday.

Can Strava not do that? I use it regularly but just for recording runs so not entirely sure. The paid version is pretty comprehensive though!

🥁New issue published!!
🤓Interested on #MediatedDiscourse? Here are the contents!
1️⃣ Zhuyuan Han et al. look at the construction of the "ideal scholar-self" in academic vlogs.
2️⃣ Elisabetta Adami studies the construction of an influencer's identity throughout time.

300,000 yen a month! Part of that covering future demolition where you'll then have to find somewhere else to live. Doesn't seem too enticing!

Yeah, they've got a pretty cool one already. It's fine for the digital age too, no? 🤔

Did you go see Tsuwano? Lived there for 3 years a long time ago. Beautiful little town surrounded by mountains.

Graphical abstract for "Regular Expressions for Corpus Queries" (Dykes & Tauber, 2026). Title: "Translating linguistic patterns into corpus queries." A table demonstrates how a linguistic research question: "Which actions are explained in terms of someone's underlying reasons?", is translated into a CQL query. Colour coding links linguistic patterns (red), query syntax (grey/bold), and corpus results (red italics). The top row shows the linguistic pattern components: possessive, optional adjective or adverb, reason-word, linker, and verb. The middle row shows the corresponding CQL query: [pos="POSS"] [pos="ADJ|ADV"]? "reason|rationale" "for|to" [pos="V"]. The bottom three rows show example corpus results: "my reason for asking," "her only rationale to go," and "their main reason to pivot."

New entry in the Int. Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics with @jtauber.com:

Regular Expressions for Corpus Queries.

We introduce regex with actual corpus linguistics examples instead of making everything look like \]\[

Happy to send anyone a copy!
doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-95504-1.01539-8