Daphne is young but knows what she wants. She always looks good even if people don’t seem to notice her at parties. She likes to go out but people watches more than she mingles. Daphne works at a museum gift shop and “it’s alright, I guess.”

In June I will be running a Marathon in aid of Maggie’s, a charity that runs cancer centres across the country. If you are able to donate please do, but just having a read and sharing with people would be wonderful 🧡 Details below 👇 maggies.enthuse.com/pf/chris-jac...

My favorite thing about Frog and Toad is that it is the story of two men deeply and obviously in love with one another, drawn as a tribute to his lifelong partner by a gay man long before their relationship was socially sanctioned.

Maybe, if you're not actually in university classrooms, teaching students in the age of gAI, perhaps you might want to stop and listen when people actually in those classrooms raise concerns about what they are seeing; and not just dismiss us as luddites, or boomers, or cruel profs playing cops

Erm, because I've run out of telly I'm watching the Call The Midwife Christmas special and is it just me or is it massively racist?

State of the air quality on our rail network.

@murderbastard.bsky.social listened to ep 4 and 5 on a hideously busy train so I'll have missed loads of nuance but "95%" stuck out to me. Statistics-wise in psychology 95% is a thing. But back on the discord tomorrow to discover whether that's just my work brain (probably) and also what I missed

So many academics I know, myself included, love their jobs, care deeply for their students and their students' well-being and success, and just want what's best for them. We are all trying to deal with this disruption and many people feel like no one is listening to their legit concerns. 6/7

...it's upsetting to have this technology uncritically adopted. Let's talk about why to use it, what it does, what harm it might cause... But many institutions aren't doing that and I think faculty who put massive effort into facilitating student learning are feeling seriously undermined. 2/7

Finally, technology has achieved what mankind has been dreaming of since time immemorial

HOME EIGHT HOURS DOOR TO DOOR

Nice to be just approaching Manchester Piccadilly at the time we're supposed to be back in Lancaster. 6h from London to Manchester so far chaps!

Worst words to hear from the platform: "this train's full". Best words to hear from the train: "this train's full". This train is very, very full.

It's not even really an idea, is it? It's more like terminology to fill the absence of an idea.

If this got more views on YouTube than the actual show, it would make my year. youtu.be/Y54OJC0FtCs

No woman I know in academia would be surprised by this, but its good to see it documented like this, I guess.

Listen, just because it lead to eugenics the first few times,

I slept for 12 hours on and off last night because I needed to after the longest bit of travelling I've done for a couple of years. No shame, and I have some spare spoons today. Sleep if you need to. And when your nervous system is shot from sensory overwhelm, you probably do.

He has managed to do it again. Make pronouncements about our community without asking us. He's learned nothing from the Spectrum 10k debacle.

Very interesting thread (which also explains why I independently taught myself French grammar at GCSE)

Nothing says festive like washing down your SSRI with a pig in a blanket

You’re super autistic reminder that YOU ARE ALLOWED TO GO INTO THE OTHER ROOM AT ANY POINT YOU WISH

My brother and his bf have a bathroom wall of hons. This year there has been a bumper crop of new Hons to join the likes of Natalie Cassidy and @nigella.bsky.social who are already resident

☠️MORTIFYING CHRISTMAS STORY TIME Ahead of the big day tomorrow, here’s the story of The Worst Thing That Ever Happened At Christmas. A few years ago, the two of us were invited to a communal Xmas dinner at a friend’s house, where all the guests were to bring different Xmas dinner components. 1/

Happy Christmas everyone. I have met some amazing people on here and got back in touch with old friends. I hope everyone gets to eat something nice and do something peaceful and that there's at least one funny thing. You're all wonderful xx

For those of you who do not work in the UK higher education sector, this is painfully relatable. (*Cough* University of #Edinburgh *cough*)

Christmas eve with family update: "what's white and minty?" "A polo bear" "what's that got to do with mint?" "a POLO bear" "yeah what's that..." "A _POLO_ bear" "but what's that... Oh. Oh I am FAR TOO CEREBRAL FOR THESE SHIT JOKES"

Remember: It ys okaye to be lonelye. It ys okaye to feel lost. It ys okaye to be sad. It ys okaye yf nobody ys arounde. It ys okaye to have no plannes or just small plannes. It ys okaye to have big plannes that seem exhausting. It ys okaye to be a mess. Take care of thyself. Thou art amazinge.

Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social. I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI. A few thoughts for your consideration...

To my autistic fam. Remember it's ok to take time out if you need it. I've just been totally mullered by an escape room and Christmas PEOPLE in Kingston town centre. I am now lying on my brother's spare bed in the blissful silence and I'm already feeling a bit better.

I think this is a really important point. When folks say "no AI" they often don’t mean "I can conceive of no possible use for AI"—they mean "the use cases I’ve been shown do not begin to justify the harms"—that’s not something you respond to by offering another narrow use case

Travel phase 1 complete! At the station, 20 mins early as is natural. Things forgotten (so far): toothbrush charger, bananas

My Seeing People event the other night was a housewarming at a very good friend's. There were maybe 15 of us, 5 of whom are professors, and it was such a bunch of absolutely delightful idiots. Do not be fooled: professors (UK kind) are knobheads just like the rest of us and I love my friends

I used to live in Bulgaria it appears 😀

@frizfrizzle.bsky.social you have really ruined the pathos of Russell Tovey Fucke a Fysh for us. For which my sincere thanks.

I've been banging on about this, but it is VERY silly, and if you want to spend a Monday dying in strange and creative ways, I really do recommend it.

“You have been asleep since November,” said Frog. “Well then,” said Toad, “a little more sleep will not hurt me.”

Ok am officially excited about seeing my brother and his partner tomorrow and over Christmas. Even though I have to get the awful train and the awful tube. This is the first long train journey I've been on since my brain properly gave up on me but I can bloody well do it. HAVE AT THEE.

YES. And I can have a lie-in the next day. This is going to be an extremely high quality Christmas gooch

Wildly different things, tasks, techniques, subspecialties being lumped into "AI" and then being conflated with each other, doesn't help. Different types of models vs the techniques to train them vs the tasks they are supposed to accomplish, all under "AI".

if you're wondering why gAI is getting crammed into everything, it's because funding for it is built on the Uber model of subsidizing an expensive product until you supplant the previous, useful one, then jack up the price they just haven't figured out exactly which product that is yet

I have too many sodding ideas but zero time to pursue any of them. Want a psychology idea? Have one of mine. Admittedly some of them are shit and/or impractical but I'll operate a lottery system. I do not need new mediocre ideas generated by predictive text. I do, potentially, need ADHD medication

Family zoom update: after 20 beautiful years Dad's beard trimmer has given up

YES an altruistic act of public service right there

@claireinglis.bsky.social yaaaaayy! 👋

Going away on Tuesday so have reserved tomorrow for Fretting

🍓JANUARY SHOW🍓 Once you’ve finished your turkey (or nut roast) we have another show coming up. Get your tickets and bring in the new year Coherent Style 📅 Monday 5th January 20:00 🖥️ Online, via Zoom 🎟️ Tickets are free and available at the below link www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1966903696...

Please share this widely. There have been 13 peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review, to the extent that academia regards it as pseudoscience, but so far all have been subject to organised censorship by mainstream media. This is the first time one has broken through. Oz Guardian only still.

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