Prof Language Evolution FBA FRSE MAE. Head of Dept, Linguistics & English Language, Uni Edinburgh. With my students & collaborators I do science & art. he/him. simonkirby.nethttps://bsky.app/profile/simonkirby.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/simonkirby.bsky.social/post/3ltibuwgd5s2mMy first ever book cover! Made with maths, pencil, drawing robot, and photographic negative. Thank you @limorraviv.bsky.social and @cedricboeckx.bsky.social for asking me to do it, and for the lovely handwritten dedication inside 😊08 Jul 2025 21:51 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zyipeafbayxryshwoipcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltibuwgd5s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/simonkirby.bsky.social/post/3lnmntymiyc2uSo lucky and proud to have someone as dedicated to his students as Christian as a colleague. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2025 07:05 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zyipeafbayxryshwoipcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnmntymiyc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/simonkirby.bsky.social/post/3lnkhb6jbvc2eEarlier this month, @nerdpro.bsky.social and I collaborated on an Atmosphere screening of my favourite film, Arrival. It was a lot of fun projecting animated Heptapod writing and quotations from Chiang’s original. We also wrote an essay you might like: https://www.mediascot.org/atmosphere/arrival/extra24 Apr 2025 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zyipeafbayxryshwoipcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnkhb6jbvc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/simonkirby.bsky.social/post/3lmzawp2obk2mI am genuinely baffled by mainstream political antipathy towards international students (which is not shared by the voting public, who are presumably delighted that they subsidise their kids’ education). The only “problem” solved by dissuading them from coming is the existence of universities at all [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2025 13:53 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zyipeafbayxryshwoipcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzawp2obk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/simonkirby.bsky.social/post/3lmz3orbjgs2mThe court *explicitly* does not attempt to define “woman”. No matter the harms this judgment will cause an endlessly beleaguered & oppressed minority (whilst doing nothing about the real source of gender-based violence), we should not allow lazy headline writers to claim it means more that it does.17 Apr 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zyipeafbayxryshwoipcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmz3orbjgs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/simonkirby.bsky.social/post/3lmwswl5ufk22Solidarity with my trans friends & colleagues on a difficult day for them. Depressing to hear that (once again) trans voices seem to have been left out of evidence gathering by the court. Let’s not allow this ruling to be overzealously interpreted by those trying to erase trans voices even further. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2025 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:ue6zyipeafbayxryshwoipcn/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmwswl5ufk22