Opinion | It’s Time to Pull the Plug on ChatGPT at Cal State Recent lawsuits suggest ChatGPT poses an unacceptable risk to our students’ mental health. https://bit.ly/4pyhdjj #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?

Hopefully: "If I could send one word to the bin forever it would be ‘hope’." "Hope implies a lack of control … Hope implies a lack of planning." #100DaysToOffload #Positivity #Hope www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blogging/hop...

Curiosity - "Silence doesn’t come from people lacking something. It can come from people protecting themselves." #100DaysToOffload www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blogging/cur...

I need me, A growlery.

every time

‘2025 Voice of the Online Learner (UK Edition)’ "This report doesn’t claim to solve the challenges of online learning, but it ... telling us how to design better ones." 👉 Read my summary here: www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/elearning/20...

My #3GoodThings for w/e Nov 21st, 2025. 1. Love an autumnal, frosty morning. ❄️ 2. Counting down to my next trip aboard, a flying visit to Riga. ✈️ 3. Still enjoying Taboo (2017). Such a great series. 📺

Had to be. Framed #1350 🎥 🟥 🟩 ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ ⬛ framed.wtf

Ooops, just seen a poster for some award or other, saying 'I'm a finalist' but the font they used is awful and hard to read ... I read it as 'I'm a fascist'. Easy mistake to make, yes?

'Many English universities to report deficits despite rise in tuition fees' www.ft.com/content/95b4...

Dear Kevin. If you call it ‘house of the year’ you’d better make sure you actually have houses that look lived in, not just architectural perfection (and often uninhabited). #HouseOfTheYear

Ever find it difficult to manage your own calendar because of the events and meetings that other people fill it with? #100DaysToOffload www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blogging/foc...

"...predictability only shows that I’m consistent in the values that matter: how I show up, how I work, how I treat people. Beyond that, no one gets to decide what I’m capable of or where I’m heading next." #100DaysToOffload #Wellbeing www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blogging/pre...

Strategy succeeds or fails in the space between meetings, in the daily routines that either help or hinder staff as they try to do their jobs well. “Built around people” www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/elearning/bu...

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Hi @jamesclay.bsky.social Are you not on LinkedIn any more?

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?

Going for an interview? Reading and watching all these guides on "fake it 'til you make it" and "be more assertive"? Just be you. This is the best advice I can give you from my experiences on both sides of the interview panel. Just be you. #Interview www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/elearning/ju...

Just ask the damn question and leave it at that. All these 2-3 minutes of extra waffle are annoying and unnecessary. www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blogging/jus...

My #3GoodThings for w/e Nov 14th, 2025. 1. Visiting another 6th form college with my youngest as he decides where to do his A-levels. 🎓 2. Staying warm and dry in this crappy weather. 🌧️ 3. Watching Tom Hardy in the excellent #Taboo for the nth time. I love this show, v.happy there's to be a S2. 📺

Ten years ago, I wrote about ‘What makes a good online learning experience?‘ This post reflects on what was right then, what we got wrong or missed, what has changed, and what quality looks like now. #Learning #OnlineLearning #StudentExperience www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/elearning/wh...

It’s the internet, of course some one’s ‘wrong’ on it (and they’re probably doing it to piss you off. And only you!!)

Go for a walk. Now. Go on, take a hike. If you work remotely you no longer have the commute or walk from station/car park to the office, so there's even more reason to get out and go for a walk. #Wellbeing #MentalHealth www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blogging/go-...

Oops, autocorrect changed 'know' to 'knob'. 😜

"On Instagram, everyone is having a beautiful and wonderful life, except you. On LinkedIn, everyone is finding high-profile, well-paying jobs—except you. It's relentless." - Jon Kolko www.jonkolko.com/writing/note... #Recruitment #JobSearch #LinkedIn

'OfS reported for non-compliance' wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/...

My #3GoodThings for w/e Nov 7th, 2025. 1. Positive conversations on my next role. Watch this space. 🙏 2. Thoughts of selling my #Lego are passing, but needs must and it could still happen. 🚗 3. Remembrance Sunday, Nov 9th. #LestWeForget.

This is quite the introduction to AI & the notion of creativity, worth watching this trailer if you want to give yourself a nervous twitch. Post Truth is the first feature-length completely AI-generated documentary, directed by gen-AI artist Alkan Avcıoğlu from Türkiye. youtu.be/hvKgCCynmXA?...

Today is a tough day. Today I will give 100% of what I have to give. No room for overthinking, just progress and wellbeing.

Just listened to the BBC Sounds Eras podcast of the Queen (band) story. As a lifelong Queen fan, any and all programmes like this are my thing, but this (from Bill Bailey) is one of if not the best. #Queen #BillBailey #BBCSounds #FreddieMercury

New: "In our noisy digital world, choosing silence can be an act of leadership, empathy, and respect. Silence isn’t the absence of contribution. It’s the space that makes understanding possible." www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blogging/the... #learning #introvert #leadership #education

Excellent!!

Very funny - from 17 to 26 minute timestamp - Stephen Fry and Brian Blessed undergoing experiment about swearing and the link to pain relief - www.dailymotion.com/video/xqb28e

My #3GoodThings for w/e Oct 31st, 2025. 1. Finally, it's payday! 💰 2. Starting to shift this 'cold' (I think it's probably covid). Man, it's been a ride 😷 3. 4 new blog posts this week. Yay 🙌 www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/2025/10/

Change doesn’t end with delivery. It ends when it becomes ordinary. That takes time, trust, and a little space to breathe. Not every pause is a loss of momentum. Sometimes, it’s where the learning happens. www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blackboard/t... #Learning #Change #Education

If you're looking for fidget-toys-gadgets for adults, they're exactly the same as the ones for kids, but double the price (or more). #ADHD #Autism

It's Friday. And it's payday. Yay!

Remote working is hard. It takes focus and motivation. It can be fun, yes, but it can also be very tiring and lonely. www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blogging/rem... #Remote #Learning #WorkFromHome #WorkAtHome #WorkAnywhere

👇 This!

Courses don’t stay current by themselves. Looking after content is the work that keeps learning real, relevant, and human. ➡️ www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/elearning/lo... #OnlineLearning #HigherEd #CourseDesign #Learning

When you find a Uni you've never heard of before, you don't know the acronym, but you also can't find it explained anywhere on their website. That.

I didn’t get to present this at #ALTC25, but the thinking still holds. TL/DR: A VLE upgrade used as a design intervention, not a tech refresh: clarity, consistency, and pedagogy over features. Sometimes “back to basics” really is the strategy. 📄 Here: www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/blackboard/r...

In 2020 I started the '100 Days to Offload' blogging challenge: "point of #100DaysToOffload is to be a relaxing and cathartic experience. Not a worrisome affair where you’re thinking of things to write all the time." #Blogging www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/tag/100dayst...

“A Stanford study reveals that leading AI companies are pulling user conversations for training, highlighting privacy risks and a need for clearer policies.” hai.stanford.edu/news/be-care... #AI #Education #Privacy #Ethics

Somewhere along the way, difference is confused with conflict. Inclusion isn’t about erasing difference. It’s about creating space for it to exist without fear, hostility, or silence. #Inclusion #Respect #Clarity #HigherEducation #Leadership #Dialogue www.dontwasteyourtime.co.uk/elearning/a-...

“Amazon’s new AI-powered shopping feature ‘Help Me Decide’ makes it easy to quickly pick the right product.” Yeah, that’s going to be unbiased, isn’t it!! www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/...

The Blue Dot Effect - “The better things get, the more we perceive threats where there are none, and the more upset we become.“ Mark Manson. ‘Everything is F*cked’ #EverythingIsFucked #MarkManson

My #3GoodThings for w/e Oct 17th, 2025. 1. Learning to let others make their own mistakes. 🟩 2. Humbled by such a positive review for my 2nd fiction book. Thank you. 🙏🏻📖 #StillHuman 3. Taking a social media break. See you soon. ⬛️