In the link below the First Call for Papers for the LREC 2026 Workshop on “Learning Non-Literal Expressions with Small Data”, which I am co-organising with Markus Egg.

Paper submission deadline: 20 February 2026

Workshop date: 11 May 2026

list.elra.info/mailman3/hyp...

BREAKING!!

Israel has blocked Greta Thunberg's boat from reaching Gaza, rejecting the move to avoid setting a dangerous precedent.

Defense Minister Katz may order the vessel to be left at sea—or escorted to Ashdod for the arrest of those on board.

I think Israel is being too kind…

2nd place!! Israel received the highest public vote in Eurovision history.

The free world stands with Israel! The lunatics don’t!!

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🚨BREAKING: Tesla’s sales fell 76% in Germany

Why Do Researchers Care About Small Language Models? | Quanta Magazine Larger models can pull off a wider variety of feats, but the reduced footprint of smaller models makes them attractive tools.

www.quantamagazine.org/why-do-resea...

Are government workers going to stand up to Trump? | Judith Levine If they capitulate to Maga, the government folds, and we all go down with it

The Chinese will not believe their luck when Trump is done, the time of the US as dominant power will be gone, starting with the US dollar.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'Manipulative and disgraceful': OpenAI's critics seize on math benchmarking scandal Reports suggest OpenAI is about to make a huge announcement about AI agents. But its last big announcement is already looking slightly questionable.

No wonder Elliott Glazer has been weirdly vague in the information he's published about FrontierMath.

fortune.com/2025/01/21/e...

was it any different before?

Moshe Vardi World Logic Day Lecture: Homo Ratiocinator (Reckoning Human) In-person and online.

events.rice.edu/event/398881...

Liri Albag is being forced to wear a DOG COLLAR around her neck.

F*ck UN Women and every other “Me Too” feminist who hasn’t said a word about the female hostages.

#BringThemHomeNow

The ACL Anthology is also here! Like its counterpart on X, this account will be used for technical updates and information around the Anthology. Mostly monitored by @bollmann.me for now :)

Hello, world!