One cheer for falling income inequality Income inequality has fallen slightly. This does not mean inequality isn't a problem.

New substack: income inequality has fallen slightly, but inequalities of power are a big problem: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/one-cheer-...

Deadline for registration for my course on critical discourse studies at @methodsnet.bsky.social summer school is next week

Course dates: 29th June - 3rd July

Registration Deadline: April 20th

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100% It was really heartening and galvanising to hear.

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One month left to register for my course: Criticial Discourse Analysis: Texts, Contexts, and Power at the @methodsnet.bsky.social Summer School held at CEU Vienna.

Course dates: 29th June - 3rd July

Registration Deadline: April 20th

Course details: methodsnet.org/course/b01-c...

Come and join me in Vienna to learn about how and why people do nasty things with words (among other things).

Saw the front page and just presumed it was from 10 yrs ago - had to zoom in to see the date. Nope.

Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies ‘Featuring an impressive line-up of contributions, this comprehensive Handbook showcases the diversity, richness and discipline-spanning flexibility of Critical Discourse Studies (CDS). Originally org...

New publication: "Researching immigration and racism with critical discourse studies" in the newly published Handbook on Critical Discourse Studies, edited by @bforchtner.bsky.social and @francozappettini.bsky.social www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/han...

Deborah Cameron obituary Linguist, feminist activist and author of influential books on how language can shape gendered experiences

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@discodiscourse.bsky.social following up on your post from earlier this month.

if someone places a bedpan under the lectern, we'll know.

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Also relevant for CDS researchers and students :)

Bondi is where I have felt safe all my life. How could anyone want to destroy this monument to humanity and joy? | Alice Fraser I can’t bear to view this postcard of Australia, layered with a thousand memories, with untrusting eyes, to feel the air changed and warped by horror

You should read @alicefraser.bsky.social's lovely and sorrowful and human piece on Bondi Beach & then reflect that it's the sort of communication that's only possible when you don't view everything as an online argument that you have to win at all costs.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

How likely is ‘likely’? Does ‘likely’ have a higher probability than ‘probable’? I put together a quick quiz so you can see how you interpret probability phrases, then see how you compare with others: probability.kucharski.io

Dirty and shameful.

CDS received 584 submissions in 2025; 108 of these were rejected for AI generated or revised content.

In one Tory manifesto, I think 2017, they referred to Britain and India has sharing "deep historical and cultural connections" and the Commonwealth an institution "we helped to found"...I write more about this in my book

❌ Let's stop dividing migrants into 'good' vs. 'bad'

Racism and ableism dictate who is seen to fulfil the criteria of the “good migrant” versus the “bad migrant”, and by extension dictate who is deemed “deserving” of rights and respect, and who is deemed “unworthy”.

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The next CADAAD circular will go out next week. To be included, send details to sbennett@amu.edu.pl by Friday 12th Dec

Come and join us in Valladolid in July for the CADAAD conference

Deadline is Monday 15th Dec.

Manchester University Press - Bordering Britain Bordering Britain - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Bordering Britain by Nadine El-Enany

I would also add Nadine El-Enany's book: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526145420/

Seconded!

Agreed, and this is why I think the super rich are very useful for lots of people as a reference point (or guilt release valve?) who can point to them and say: 'I'm not rich, THEY'RE rich'.

Equal parts Rowley Birkin QC and Admiral Benson. IYKYK.

Links for the younger generations:
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Which in turn means that money goes direct to the big asylum contractors...

Also worth noting that funding of accommodation for those caught in backlog comes from foreign aid budget, so when HO complains it's costly, it's not coming from their pockets

Seriously, fuck Starmer and his hideous, ghoulish cabinet. From this grim decision to Streeting's anti-trans shit, they're just full of spite for vulnerable people. I truly hope they get wiped out at the next election and that the UK gets a proper progressive party in power(sharing?).