She/Her Associate Professor at Warwick. Interested in developmental psycholinguistics, neuroscience, research methods, bee-keeping, Gaeilge, vintage clothing, dressmaking. Pinko lefty woke type but not that fond of tofu.https://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mu7ut3vx6s2fToday I shall mostly be making soup and granola. Might even do a bit of knitting. It's a good thing I've never aspired to be cool, isn't it?29 Aug 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu7ut3vx6s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mtytx7j5fc2bDolly Parton and Tim Curry were both icons, and they both absolutely hurled themselves into creating and sharing joy, with humour and generosity. They were both utterly themselves, out loud and deliberately, regardless of who was watching. We should all be more Dolly and Tim.26 Aug 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtytx7j5fc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mtviw7kspk2bOoh, just spotted a nice garden path type sentence which would be great for psycholinguistics studies, except it's on Irish and I don't think anyone is investigating garden path processing as Gaeilge...25 Aug 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtviw7kspk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mtmezv4xy22uI've had a wonderful two weeks of Irish classes and stunning views in Glencolmcille, west Donegal. Was already planning to come back next year but the rainbow on my last night is a nice touch. #oideasgael21 Aug 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmezv4xy22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3msw3r2lr5c22I didn't really manage to capture the eclipse but I wrote like these pictures anyway. Solar eclipse seen from Glencolmcille in Donegal. Contrast and darkness edited.12 Aug 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msw3r2lr5c22https://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3msq6blp7e22oI have thought for a while that I'd like to learn the bodhrán, but I'm not really into trad music. This is really inspiring! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Aug 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq6blp7e22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mrkjoxglek2cWhat's your sign? [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkjoxglek2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mrfkczq25k2cAnd once again I am forced to notice how quickly literally every pro gen-AI poster becomes really really weird. Like, are _any_ of them just, like, normal people who can have a reasonable conversation about it without getting super creepy or angry and aggressive and just, like, _weird_?24 Jul 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfkczq25k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mra23ksxls24Interesting thread here. Having done a couple of academic integrity meetings due to suspected AI use, I just don't know how we move forward with this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mra23ksxls24https://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mqymnxdhe22vStop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jul 2026 10:57 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqymnxdhe22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mqjlq2jsac2m"Verify your age" Through infant school I drank a third of a pint of room temperature milk through a thin blue plastic straw every day. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jul 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqjlq2jsac2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mpst5dveas2cI had high hopes for Starter when he first became labour leader. He has disappointed me at every turn, and this thread clearly expresses why. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Jul 2026 10:12 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpst5dveas2chttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mployk5fnk2oThe world is such a stressful and frightening place, I'm not sure how we even live in it any more. But I spent the morning keeping the bees, observing their quiet (and sometimes not so quiet) industry, harvesting beautiful white honeycombs, re-housing them to give them room to keep working...01 Jul 2026 14:09 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mployk5fnk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mp4pszr73s2bOn Sunday, I found myself living the dream; the one where you have to take an exam you haven't revised for. But today I found out I passed with Credit, so I am now officially a qualified beekeeper!25 Jun 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4pszr73s2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mo6haads722aI have practiced lighting smokers, I have deadheaded roses, I have strimmed, I have weeded, and now I shall ache.13 Jun 2026 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo6haads722ahttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mo66mzdp422fThis sounds like a late 90s dystopian sci fi movie, and yet somehow we're living in it. Do Not Like. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jun 2026 11:46 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo66mzdp422fhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mnx5ceplrs2zI know teens get hungry, and the cost of living is sky-rocketing but still, this seems a bit much. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jun 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnx5ceplrs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mmt2ratci22wThere are a lot of very compelling reasons to be very resistant to genAI, but amongst them is the fact that pro-AI guys are just so _weird_ about it. Like, they talk about genAI like it's enacting humiliating revenge on everyone who ever bullied them and they're getting off on watching it. So weird.27 May 2026 08:13 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmt2ratci22whttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mmgndqudnc2zTentacles (R, pronounced like a Greek philosopher) was a little lonely, so I have just received a companion (L) which I have named Richard, because it has a crack in its bottom (don't we all?) and is therefore a little leaky. Thank you @roseschmits.bsky.social, it is stunning!22 May 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgndqudnc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mmf3hb7ql22kIntroduce yourself with 10 bands/artists you've seen live. The Dubliners The Cure Terrorvision My Chemical Romance Hozier Alice in Chains The Prodigy Conan Gray Emilie Autumn Devotchka [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 May 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmf3hb7ql22khttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mlvbli2dvk2kI don't want to eat the rich. I say compost the rich, and that way we can grow sustainable food for the future. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 May 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvbli2dvk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mlnx7rqvfk2uFor speakers of languages other than English, how many regular plural forms are there in those other languages? Like, English has three, technically, but we think of them as just one, plus lots of irregulars. Irish has lots (-aí, -anna, -acha, slenderisation) plus irregulars. I need other examples!12 May 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnx7rqvfk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mkkrkatka222A modern-day St Gobnait. While obviously I condemn violence and also irresponsible beekeeping, I cannot help feeling a sneaking respect for this queen.28 Apr 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkkrkatka222https://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mk5w3k7a7k2nThis is just horrifying. We need to be able to trust academic publishing. I don't know how we come back from this. GenAI is so toxic. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Apr 2026 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk5w3k7a7k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mjsc3wxzrs2xBees are amazing. One of our colonies decided to swarm today, while we were doing a bit of tidying up in the apiary, so we got to watch the whole process, and then get them settled into a new home.18 Apr 2026 20:36 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjsc3wxzrs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mjdac6ys622sBeen doing a bit of sewing, and I am very pleased with how this turned out. Just need some nice warm weather so I can wear it!12 Apr 2026 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjdac6ys622shttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mjbyvlfib22aI'm pre-emptively blocking anyone I see responding to the Swalwell case with anything resembling "Innocent until proven guilty" as a reason why he should not be off the ticket immediately.12 Apr 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjbyvlfib22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mhx7n6ec6c26I will not be engaging in any way with the new Harry Potter thing because I do not want to fund transphobia. I will judge, harshly, anyone who chooses to engage with it. Some people may find that outrageously unfair, but this is a good thread about that feeling. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Mar 2026 08:44 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhx7n6ec6c26https://bsky.app/profile/wordlessreader.bsky.social/post/3mhnhaf3brc2hA bit of weekend baking; a carrot and courgette loaf topped with brown sugar and pecans. Nice texture, not too sweet, a nice fairly healthy treat for breakfast.22 Mar 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:zzy562mjeba3v2iuaojfjttd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhnhaf3brc2h