every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

You can always tell when The Stranglers have been in to return their books.

Students hate AI and they cannot stop using it. The 2026 US graduation booing wasn't anti-tech noise; it was Gen Z jeering a technology they use daily and blame for a thinner education and narrower careers. New post on why, and what it means for schools. #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation#AIEdu#AIEdu

Fantastic sharing a room with such creative and thoughtful people.

"What are the digital skills needed for the construction industry?" New post from my colleague @kathrynwoodhead.bsky.social. Of interest if you are connected to digital vocational skills, construction related subjects and employer engagement. inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/05/w...

This is a composite of the Moon, Mars, and Earth I made. The Moon and Earth are from Artemis II, and Mars is from the Psyche mission. Each image was taken *in the last six weeks*

Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.

Alt text for images is available on this platform and you can set it up via settings to remind you to ensure they are added

Phipps at 60! Older! Wiser! Lawrier!

daaaamn london

We also need: * Schrödinger's Milliband (Milliband's leadership bid is both alive and dead), * Occam's Milliband (Millibands in the labour party leadership must not be multiplied beyond necessity) and * Murphy's Milliband (anything that can go wrong with a Milliband leadership bid will go wrong)

Delighted to be making my debut at Jisc’s Connect More event, on May 13th, 10:50 - 11:20. I’ll be talking about our interdisciplinary undergraduate module on #sustainability and #ClimateChange, why the module was needed and how it works, as well as some of the impact. www.jisc.ac.uk/connect-more

Katie Archibald retiring - an awesome individual www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m...

In addition to expecting more phishing/hacking attacks in the future, #CanvasLMS schools should expect the cost of the LMS to jump sharply, now that Instructure paid the ransom and are being sued by dozens of schools: www.pcmag.com/news/canvas-... & are owned by private equity (KKR)

One of my fave spots in the world, sat in the #northumberland sun at mum-in-law’s. Lots of avian company in full voice.

Fantastically hopeful start to the day - from @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social - bringing much needed optimistim and a call to activism and collective action. Let’s all join. Let’s all do it now. societyforhopefultechnologists.org/ #CampDigital

soundcloud.com/cbthomson/my... #DeliaDerbyshireDay

Well done everyone. Well done.

It's time for @jisc.bsky.social Digital Practice team's monthly roundup of interesting things. Featuring @scotthibberson.bsky.social @littlebootevans.bsky.social @mariekeguy.bsky.social @geoffmulgan.bsky.social @chrismelia89.bsky.social and more inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/05/d...

This has been staring at me all the way from York to London. It will haunt my dreams.

This has been staring at me all the way from York to London. It will haunt my dreams.

Stuck on a rail replacement bus where sociopathic advertisers have covered all the windows with semi transparent mesh. Some people really hate people

hello hi yes so this makes sense when you understand that the sucess condition for an LLM is the production of a text-base, genre-bound performance of a plausible and acceptable answer to a given question. the question defines the expected genre.

3D rendering. Bad dataviz practice.

A quick heads up; The UK government is currently holding a consultation on the Online Safety Act. The consultation lasts until the end of next month. Please fill it out if you live in the UK and/or share it around to get more eyes on it. www.gov.uk/government/c...

100% this. I’m re-reading David Mitchell’s* The Bone Clocks. You? *Not that David Mitchell. The other one.

this new series is actually disappointing…

They put a warning label on rap albums.

Excellent thread, precious.

Oh, this is a really good new track from Fink www.youtube.com/watch?v=orDA...

A proposed new model for teaching climate action through island partnerships. What if learning started within communities and connected them directly with peers facing similar challenges elsewhere? Read more over on our blog: www.edge.co.uk/news-and-eve...

Our @jisc.bsky.social Digital Practice team Round Up for the month is out. Interesting stuff on #Digifest26, the changing fortunes of Meta et al, learning analytics and student wellbeing, and AI-related cost-cutting from @rorysutherland.bsky.social. inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/04/d...

Blog post: Some thoughts on the Digital Storytelling workshop that I co facilitated with @cbthomson.bsky.social at #digifest26. inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/03/d...

Venn diagram #ott #offtopictuesday

We're hiring. We have a new role open: a permanent Senior Consulting Director in our Global Impact Team. If this sounds like you, follow the links below to read the full job descriptions and apply. Senior Director, Global Impact → apply.workable.com/public-digit... We'd love to hear from you.

The lede pretends that two big name celebrities did this, ignoring all the many thousands who have resisted and protested in defense of the creative heart of the UK. The lesson: never believe them when they tell you a future without your rights is already written.

I simply refuse to believe this isn’t a Chris Morris sketch:

Email notifications and other “nudges” targeting at-risk students have little impact on their well-being or academic engagement, according to the results of a trial held at three UK universities. Juliette Rowsell reports #EduSky #well-being https://ow.ly/bg7M50Ysuso

“what did you learn at #digifest26?” Why, thank you for asking. I learned that Lord Christopher Thomson of Cardington*, Secretary of State for Air in 1930, died in an airship accident on an ill-advised flight from Bedford to Karachi that skipped safety checks due to political pressure.

youtube.com/shorts/GJVSD... Just putting this here.

Request for help: My daughter’s doing her 3rd year Psychology research dissertation on theory of mind and traits associated with autism. If you could spare 20-30 mins to complete her online survey that’d be an enormous help. DM me for the link and blurb.

Encouraging, I think. I wrote to my MP about this this week.

Even if you're not attending #digifest26, we would still love to hear your story about how your professional skills and confidence have grown by being part of a learning community. Your stories can be anonymous and may end up featuring in the next issue of our guide: www.jisc.ac.uk/guides/activ...

Check out our team's compendium of interesting things in our February Digital Practice Round Up - inspiringlearning.jiscinvolve.org/wp/2026/03/d... Featuring @neilmosley.bsky.social, @hopkinsdavid.bsky.social, @neilselwyn.bsky.social and @kate-molloy.net

I wonder how feasible informed consent is in this context, asking people to entrust their experiences and stories to a pretty opaque data processing machine, especially when done at scale. Lots to dig into here.

excellent resource around digital skills/tools from @jisc.bsky.social shared at the #altc25 revisted conference this morning webmedia.company.ja.net/content/html...

When LinkedIn tells me my word puzzle score means I’m smarter than 95% of CEOs’, I’m less proud of myself, more “who the heck have we got running our companies?”

You've got just over 24 hours to get your submission in, if you haven't already! Quick, quick, quickkkk! 🏃‍♀️

This looks really useful. @nestauk.bsky.social's Collective Intelligence Design Playbook - ideas and resources to help with exploring and solving complex problems collaboratively www.nesta.org.uk/toolkit/coll...