PhilLang syllabus updated. 2 guest lecturers (applying phillang to legal interpretation and consent form validity). A mix of ex-phi, formal semantics, and overlap with epistemology of testimony. And three workshopped papers through a process described by Thi Nguyen. Let's begin.

Propose reform. Conservative defence strategy against reform = interpret what I said so broadly that the status quo counts as having already done the reform.

Monday's ups and downs. Half of the official working day consists of admin-level meetings (which will be interesting, but still... they're admin-level meetings). Then again: I get to teach lindy hop in the evening.

-19 degrees C again this morning. And yet, the Swedish mittens make cycling to work still very much do-able.

Estonian independence day today. One year since the invasion. So much at stake.

Does your university require proof of English competence (a certificate from a reputable testing company) from nationals from countries where English is the official language but not a national language (e.g. like Nigeria)?

Asking phil lang students to structure their first papers of the semester like a "howcatchem" detective story, rather than a "whodunit" detective story. We'll see if this helps them away from writing vacuous introductions. Shame references to Columbo are too dated by this point.

What's a list of constructions that are nowadays considered uncontroversially context-sensitive?

That sense of satisfaction in finding GANTT software that does what you want it to do.

Slightly embarrassing: the building receptionist coming to close up the building for the night, walks in on you belting out the Pixies' "Crackity Jones" as you pack up to leave.

People with admin roles in academia. Is it normal to have to send 3 emails to academic staff members before they do anything in response?

There are two kinds of people in this world...

A mosquito just tried to suck the blood out of the power cable to my laptop. And electricuted itself to death.

This week, we are looking forward to a talk by our second doctoral fellow this term, Nikolai Shurakov (University of Tartu / EXTRA). The talk is on Retraction and Third-Person Knowledge Ascriptions, and the time is Wednesday, May 24, 16:15 CEST.

Constructing teams out of visiting international students for a two-week summer school... feels a bit like world-making.

The first domino has been pushed. Just contacted the teams for this interdisciplinary Summer school on Blurred Meanings and let the teams into the moodle environment. It's still 6 weeks away. But exciting. enlight-eu.org/students/enlig…

Informative identity statments in my Airbnb correspondence: "Please note that 3rd floor in Latvia means third floor."

Open email account. Spend 4 hours (and counting) writing emails.

University professors: should you spend as much time teaching a course as your students spend studying for it?

Another Monday shot through with admin and dept organizing. Why do I ever plan for anything else on a Monday.