Derek Bousfield

Out Now Open Access Now and Forever: “Pragmatics in Contested Interpretation: Varied Audiences, Varied Implicatures, Varied Inferences” | SpringerLink. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

@FollowTheScien4 @TheSolarShed Well it probably needs a mixed power generation economy. SMRs might be useful, as would tidal power generation.

@TheSolarShed Yes, that meets an average of just under 37 GW. However, in December that would average under 10 GW. How much storage would you use and where is the rest of December's power coming from?

Covering 3% of the UK with solar would generate as much electricity as the UK uses in a year. We have the solutions.

@MrHarryCole Because we have a Parliamentary Democracy, and not a Presidential Republic, that’s why…

Trump on Starmer: ‘I spoke to the PM of UK yesterday, he said “I’m meeting with my team”. ‘I told him: “You don’t need to meet with your team”… Why do you have to meet your team to decide…?’

@nonregemesse After 14 years of a different party, and the PM has been in office only a year+? You do realise how long it takes to build military grade ships is not instantaneous?

The fact that Britain can’t get a ship to defend its own sovereign territory for two weeks should be a resignation matter for the Prime Minister. This is a national humiliation.

@DrHelenFry 1. Certain US companies successfully sued the Allies for damage done to their factories in Germany during the bombing campaign. 2. Wehrmacht & US forces fought together against the SS at war’s end.

What is the most astonishing WW2 fact you know?

Most academics can't focus because they never actually decided what they're doing today. Pick one thing. Know why it matters for your career. Set a real deadline. Write down the actual steps. That's it.

Professor Dawn Archer and Dr Piotr Jagodzinski talk about “Autism in Interaction: (Un)masking and Impoliteness”, Piotr’s new academic book at the MCRL book launch.

@micki_barker @BpsmithUk The signatory countries. But if those signatory countries flout it, then all it means is one’s word on the world stage becomes worth rather less. This has significant economic, trade, and diplomatic impacts, all of which tend to be negative for oneself.

@BpsmithUk Question. Who enforces this international law the European countries keep taking about?

I'm quite shocked... (but sadly, not very surprised). I just watched Keir Starmer's calm, clear address to the Commons.🏅 Kemi Badenoch's response was a disgrace. She said he should have ignored International Law & joined the US, & even irrelevantly brought in Chagos.🤦‍♂️ 1/2

@fitgirltruth Is physics not taught at school anymore?

Mirrors. reflection? or another dimension...

@DrevvJR @SayThatAgane @alexandersclark Could I ask you to explain how “the complexities of an observable universe” which we are trying to explore and understand, are “woke”, please? Also, a definition of “woke” would help. Thank you.

@SayThatAgane @alexandersclark Triggered by woke 🫵

I was explaining at dinner that linguists disagree radically about almost everything and one person said so what do they actually agree about? Just that languages exist? And I was like: Well you might want to sit down for this.

@CountBinface @CantEverDie Disappointed you didn’t stand

@CantEverDie Hi.

UK politics are insane because what do you mean a party called “monster raving loony party” is real and got 159 votes

@Adeniyi1111111 @SebastianGeorg_ Fair comment.

@DrWordy @SebastianGeorg_ I have also done both, my experience is the other way round, circumstances may differ I accept. And I don't think teachers have an easy job. Noone does. But £37k for an entry level role is very high comparatively. I have people with many years of experience on less.

£37k starting salary as a teacher in London is outrageous for the amount of hours teachers do

@Adeniyi1111111 @SebastianGeorg_ Oh, I do understand. I worked in the private sector before I went into the (quasi-) public sector, and I have never worked as hard as I do in the public sector. 70+ hours a week, 6, sometimes 7 days a week, for years, decades. My mates in private industry/business mock me for it.

@DrWordy @SebastianGeorg_ Right, okay, but you seem to think people who aren't in teaching only work 9-5 5 days a week. You do not understand the working world outside of public sector if you think that is the case.

@Adeniyi1111111 @SebastianGeorg_ We’re talking about teachers not school children. If you think teachers only work, to the minute, when school children are in school, then I don’t know what to tell you! Classes do not magically prepare themselves. New govt approaches are not understood without training…

@DrWordy @SebastianGeorg_ School children in the UK have 13 to 14 weeks of holidays per academic year, a 6-week summer break, two-week breaks for Christmas and Easter, and three 1-week half-term holidays. Not to mention 9-3 working days 5 days a week. Most of us do far more.

@Adeniyi1111111 @SebastianGeorg_ Not sure where you’re getting 13 weeks of holiday from. School’s out in mid July, starts again early Sept. That means they have a 6 week window in summer to tie off the old year, prepare the next year’s materials and students records, and take any annual leave entitlement…

@DrWordy @SebastianGeorg_ And most of us in working life do all of that without 13 weeks of holiday.

@MushtaqBilalPhD @mircomusolesi Professors are not on Grade 08.

@mircomusolesi This is the post I took the figure of £15 from. Grade 8 start at £29. Even at this rate, we must tell young people the kind of job prospect they are going to have.

A tenured professor in a London university makes £15 an hour. And this is when you are extremely lucky to even get a job and tenure. Just letting you all PhD folks know what the job market is like. Start a side hustle if you want to survive post-PhD.

@MushtaqBilalPhD We don’t have “tenure” in the UK anymore. Haven’t had for decades. Also, Professorial salary scales are public, and on each university’s website. £15 an hour would be a sliver of a fractional Professorial post. Your tweet is misrepresentative.

@svaldhzock @SancastleAir @BradfemlyWalsh @grok And where, exactly, did I do that in my posts please Sval?

@DrWordy @SancastleAir @BradfemlyWalsh @grok Derision and shitting on our veterans is not gently mocking people you like.

Can't believe how many of us Brits failed American history at school, you know, the most important subject taught in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 🤨

@svaldhzock @SancastleAir @BradfemlyWalsh @grok No, we clearly were. But note, it wasn’t shared elsewhere and we didn’t insist on keeping the IP/patent and licence payments. For obvious reasons… In effect we needed each other. Proud we stood shoulder to shoulder, actually.

@DrWordy @SancastleAir @BradfemlyWalsh @grok What was UK going to do not share this with the US?

@svaldhzock @SancastleAir @BradfemlyWalsh @grok This is incorrect. No, we really don’t. I find it sad, disheartening, and disappointing that you would think that of us. Culturally: We *do* like to gently mock close friends / people we like though. Sarcasm being a prized British art form.

@DrWordy @SancastleAir @BradfemlyWalsh @grok Most Brits are not grateful for the US contribution, you piss on our WWll just a bit too much.

@svaldhzock @SancastleAir @BradfemlyWalsh @grok Here you go:-

@DrWordy @SancastleAir @BradfemlyWalsh @grok @Grok What was of more value ? US aide to UK in WWll or UK scientific plans ?