Riki Thompson @rikithompson.bsky.social Researcher, word nerd, food lover, and explorer 
Dr Paula Ghintuiala @paulaghintuiala.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in English @ Aston 🌈 PhD in Telecinematic Stylistics 🎥 Adores film studies, art, anime & manga, and really strange books // she/her
Cem Can @cemcan.bsky.social /dʒɛm dʒæn/ - Professor of Linguistics, President of LIF Conference, Traveller, Linguist, EFL/ESL Specialist, Digital Native, Mac user
Midlands Innovation @midlandsinnovation.bsky.social A world-class university research partnership, pooling the collective excellence of universities in the Midlands.
FakeBelieve - Disinformation Research Blog @fakebelieveblog.bsky.social FakeBelieve is a blog about disinformation, ‘fake news’ and social media that publishes counter-disinformation case studies and resources. Admin: @williamdance.bsky.social
BRUM2600(Btek) @2600brumbtek.bsky.social 192.168.1.1
2600 meetups every first Friday of the month @ The Wellington in Birmingham city centre
2600 Meetings @2600meetings.bsky.social First Friday of the Month
Find your local meeting or start your own!
https://www.2600.com/meetings
2600 - The Hacker Quarterly @2600.com Since 1984, 2600 Magazine has published the hacker perspective and documented the development of the hacking community. In addition to the magazine, we have a weekly radio show ("Off The Hook") and a biennial conference (Hackers On Planet Earth - HOPE).
Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) @aoir.bsky.social Researching the Internet is serious business. Mostly.
(We're mainly over on AoIR.social, our organisation Mastodon instance, which is open to all members.)
https://aoir.org/
https://aoir.social/@aoir
https://aoir.org/aoir2026/
Chris Stokel-Walker @stokel.bsky.social Tech journalist and author, who increasingly also talks on TV and radio. Interested in the sparks that happen when the online and offline worlds collide
@stokel on the other place. Buy my book: How AI Ate the World!
Maija Tervola @maijatervola.bsky.social Linguist, PhD (language proficiency, semantic knowledge), university lecturer, Tampere University, Finland
Researchportal.tuni.fi/en/persons/maija-tervola
Chair of the Linguistic Association of Finland (SKY) @linguistics.fi
Amateur translator LT>FI
Stephen Pihlaja @stephenpihlaja.bsky.social Language Linguistics Religion Education Aston University Birmingham Community Organising Running Immigration Veganism bit.ly/m/SPihlaja
Robbie Love @robbielove.org Senior Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics, Department of Communication and Culture
Associate Dean Education and Student Experience, School of Law and Social Sciences
Aston University
https://robbielove.org/
@robbie-davies.bsky.social @robbie-davies.bsky.social 
Dirk Hovy @dirkhovy.bsky.social Professor @milanlp.bsky.social for #NLProc, compsocsci, #ML
Also at http://dirkhovy.com/
Centre for Technomoral Futures @technomoralfutures.bsky.social Part of the University of Edinburgh’s Futures Institute, our work aims to unify technical and moral knowledge to serve the goals of sustainable, just & ethical innovation.
Find us here: https://www.technomoralfutures.uk/
Zeerak Talat زیرک طلعت (they/them) @zeerak.bsky.social Thinking about content moderation, equity, machine learning, and natural language processing.
Now: Chancellor's Fellow (~Asst. Prof) @technomoralfutures.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
Past: MBZUAI, SFU, Uni of. {Sheffield, CPH}
Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social Research Associate in the School of Journalism, Media & Culture at Cardiff University / Researcher for DRAGON at Swansea University.
Research interests: #radicalright, #politicaldiscourse & #onlineharms.
https://allmylinks.com/keighleyperkins
Dr Ella Cockbain @drellac.bsky.social Professor at UCL. Lead of Research Group on Human Trafficking,Smuggling & Exploitation. Researching precarious work & labour exploitation. New (free) book on anti-trafficking evaluation https://uclpress.co.uk/book/evaluating-anti-trafficking-interventions/
Helen Turner @helenturnermi.bsky.social Championing the research and innovation strengths of the Midlands as Director of Midlands Innovation - a collaboration between eight universities (Aston, Birmingham, Cranfield, Keele, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham & Warwick).
Ian Cushing @iancushing.bsky.social Reader in Critical Applied Linguistics, Manchester Metropolitan University. Documenting and dismantling linguistic injustice in schools. Editor, Critical Studies in Education. Leverhulme Prize 2026-2029.
https://www.mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/dr-ian-cushing
Prof Claire Hardaker @drclaireh.bsky.social Forensic linguist | corpus linguist | @factor-lu.bsky.social director | @en-clair.bsky.social podcaster-at-large | supervillain
Sara Bartl @sbartl.bsky.social PhD student @ University of Birmingham
researching metaphor and cognitive semantics through computational models of language
IAFLL @iafll.bsky.social The official Bluesky account for the International Association for Forensic & Legal Linguistics | https://iafll.org/
Elena Semino @elenasemino.bsky.social Professor in Linguistics & English Language, Lancaster University; ESRC Centre for Corpus Approaches to Social Science.
Metaphor, narrative | corpora | cancer, pain, Covid, vaccines
https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/about/people/elena-semino
Democracy Without Borders @democracywithoutborders.org Democracy Without Borders promotes global democracy.
🔗 https://www.democracywithoutborders.org
Andrea Venzon @venzon.bsky.social Per la Dignità di Ognuno, Ovunque.
Colombe Cahen-Salvador @colombecs.bsky.social Running for United Nations 🇺🇳 Secretary-General to fix this broken & undemocratic system | Not Their UN, Ours 🔥 | Endorse the campaign ⤵️
Atlas Movement @atlasmovement.bsky.social We are Atlas, the global political movement uniting humanity for survival. #Unite4Survival 🔥🌍
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Dakota Wing @dakwing.bsky.social Forensic linguist
PhD candidate at York University
#ForensicLinguistics #LanguageAndLaw beekeeper 🐝 skier ⛷️ dog dad 🐕
he/him
📍Toronto
www.DakotaWing.com
www.ForensicLing.com
Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social Assoc/prof in linguistics in Tampere • interested in digital language and new communicative environments, persuasion • owner of a malamute •
Editor-in-Chief for Pragmatics & Society
Sofia Rüdiger @sofiaruediger.bsky.social Linguist by day, foodie by night (or the other way around?).
Guest Professor in English Linguistics @FU Berlin, PI of DFG Project on Carnivalesque Consumption Online
http://www.sofia-ruediger.org
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4370-8052
Andrea Nini @andreanini.com Senior Lecturer in Linguistics and English Language at the University of Manchester
Dana Roemling @danaroemling.bsky.social Research Fellow @ University of Birmingham | Director and Co-Founder @ The FL Lab | #forensiclinguistics, #languageandlaw, #sociolinguistics, #dialectology, #nlp & #corpuslinguistics | /dɑːnɑ ʀøːmliŋ/ | they/them | 🦇
Veronika Koller @veronikakoller.bsky.social Professor of Organisational Communication at University of Southern Denmark (SDU). Mother, singer, Quaker 🌈
Odense (Denmark)
Jessica Aiston @jessaiston.bsky.social Linguistics postdoc at Queen Mary University of London, working on 'Autism in Affinity Spaces'.
My research covers critical discourse analysis, pragmatics, digital communication, autism & specific interests, misogyny/antifeminism
Geordie. she/her
Frazer Heritage @nounfraze.bsky.social Senior lecturer in Linguistics @ Man Met Uni, UK. I teach & research: corpora, gender, sexuality, videogames & online misogyny. Own views only. Usually in the gym 🏳️🌈 he/they
Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lawandlanguage.org Senior Lecturer (UNE) lawandlanguage.org
Incoming CoEiC Aus J Human Rights (UNSW)
External CESSMIR (UGent) @languageonthemove.bsky.social member.
Asylum, migration, disability, human rights, legal ed/prac, access to justice
ENG, FR, ES, IT, اردو, پښتو
Patricia Canning Pask @patriciacanning.bsky.social Trees and bees, innit. And @fearghas_the_whippet
Chloe Harrison @chloeharrison.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Stylistics.
Researcher in stylistics, reader response, contemporary fiction. Reading & re-reading.
Views my own.
Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social Slang, new language, etymology, cultural history. Language Consultant at King's College London.
Dr Alexandra Krendel @alexiconartist.bsky.social Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Southampton | CDA/CDS, corpus linguistics online discourse, (anti)feminism, hate speech
Dr William Dance @williamdance.bsky.social Expert in disinformation, social media, and online safety | Senior BBC Policy Advisor @ DCMS | Previously: Senior Researcher at Lancaster University | Also run @fakebelieveblog.bsky.social. Contact: w.dance@fakebelieve.blog
Dr Abigail Boucher @drabigailboucher.bsky.social Senior lecturer in English at Aston University. Scholar of nineteenth-century literature and genre fiction. One half of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social
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Annina Y. Van Riper @avanriper.bsky.social PhD researcher at the University of Birmingham, UK. Studying trust, persuasion, and #forensiclinguistics. Views my own. #discourseanalysis #corpuslinguistics | they/them
Save Me From My Shelf Podcast @smfmspodcast.bsky.social A literature comedy podcast by two friends and academics. We take classic texts off their pedestal by making fun of them. Hosted by
@DrAbigailBoucher and @dcjenkin-smith
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savemefrommyshelf.com
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Dr Kate Steel @katesteel.bsky.social Linguist • Conversation analyst 💬 Researching: first response interactions in domestic abuse policing; human-AI interaction • Senior lecturer in #forensiclinguistics @ UWE Bristol (she/her)
Kate Barber @katebarber.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminal Law @UniRDG_Law. Research interests: forensic linguistics, sexual violence/offences, online extremism and hate speech
Matteo Di Cristofaro @matteodic.bsky.social Researcher in Corpus Linguistics and Digital Humanities @ UniMoRe. Corpus and Cognitive Linguist, Python & R user. Overall nerd (posts not representative of employers).
Website: https://infogrep.it
Online materials: https://catlism.github.io
Matteo Fuoli @matteofuoli.bsky.social Professor of Discourse Analysis @Uni of Birmingham researching trust, business communication, AI. He/him. Views my own.
@policefoundationuk.bsky.social @policefoundationuk.bsky.social The only independent think tank in the UK focused on improving policing. Hosted the Strategic Review of Policing https://www.police-foundation.org.uk/
Rui Sousa-Silva @rsousasilva.bsky.social 
Polina Gavin @polinagavin.bsky.social Teaching Fellow | Research Associate | Senior Residence Adviser at Aston University 🎓PhD in Literary Linguistics
Dawn Knight @dawnknightcl.bsky.social Professor of Applied Linguistics at Cardiff University. Part time fitness (hockey) freak, full time Corpus geek
Collaborator on @corcencc.bsky.social @freetxt.bsky.social @gdc-wdg.bsky.social
Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 @cl2025.co.uk International Corpus Linguistics Conference 2025 #CL2025
30th June - 3rd July 2025 • Birmingham, UK
Aston University • Birmingham City University • University of Birmingham
https://www.cl2025.co.uk/
Meike de Boer @meikedeboer.bsky.social 🕵️♀️ Forensisch taalkundige
🐝 Vicevoorzitter PvdD
Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @aifl.bsky.social Improving the delivery of justice through the analysis of language
Neus Alberich @neusalberich.bsky.social PhD researcher at the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics. Investigating normalisations of sexual violence against women online and misogynistic discourse • Committed to protecting animals • she/her
#ForensicLinguistics #LanguageAndLaw #manosphere
Tim Grant @timgrant123.bsky.social Forensic linguist - academic and practitioner.
Co-host Writing Wrongs podcast www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs
Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics
@aifl.bsky.social
www.aston.ac.uk/aifl
Personal: timgrantforensiclinguist.com/home/
Natascha Rohde @natascha-rohde.bsky.social Postgraduate Researcher at the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics researching Incel discourse, queer linguistics & collective identity construction
Friends of Handsworth Park trustee
🏳️🌈 they/she
Em_Chiang @emchiang.bsky.social Research Fellow in forensic linguistics, casual gamer, reluctant runner. she/her 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Emma Richardson @emma-richardson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Language & Social Interaction, Lboro Uni. Researching how reports of #VAWG (DA & RASSO) are made and progress though the Criminal Justice System using Ethnomethodology and conversation analysis #EMCA
https://tinyurl.com/yc885pyf
Isabel Picornell Garcia @picornell.eurosky.social Caffeinated forensic linguist researching deception in authorship style and faked (con)texts.Visiting Research Fellow, AIFL. 🇪🇺 🖖
#Humanist #ForensicLinguistics #Eurosky
Dr Nicci MacLeod @drniccimacleod.bsky.social Reader in Forensic Linguistics & Deputy Director, Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics aifl.bsky.social, Co-host, Writing Wrongs podcast https://www.aston.ac.uk/research/forensic-linguistics/writing-wrongs
Nadia Makouar @nmakouar.bsky.social MCF - Ass prof in legal linguistics - université Paul Valéry, Montpellier 3
Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler @hnewsome-chandler.bsky.social Historical and applied linguist by training, but I have a soft spot for letters, queens, and Tudor history. Research Fellow in Forensic Linguistics and AI@NTU.
Website: https://helennewsomechandler.wordpress.com
NEW BOOK: https://tinyurl.com/tvnt9fyr
Leigh Harrington @leighharrington.bsky.social Academic Skills Tutor at Nottingham Trent University. Applied linguist. Honorary Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Manchester. Honorary Member, Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics.
Jack Grieve @jwgrieve.bsky.social Professor of Corpus Linguistics, University of Birmingham, Studying Language Variation and Change 
Isobelle Clarke @issyclarke.bsky.social Lecturer in Security and Protection Science in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University | FRSA
Michaela W @michaelaw0.bsky.social RA at Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics.
Hiking. Knitting. And dogs
Felicity Deamer @felicitydeamer.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics, Aston University
Lucia Busso @lucia-busso.bsky.social Researcher at the Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics @AstonUniversity.
(cognitive) linguist, Italian, human (in random order). Views my own
David Griffin @linguistlawyer.com American lawyer and linguist interested in the nature of law, pseudolaw, and the semiotics of authority. He/him
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