Jaw-dropping update about our leasehold investigation detailing the lengths to which my colleague @djstimms.bsky.social has gone to track down Andrew Milne. Particularly enjoyed the fact that colleagues from Liverpool and London were also involved. Mill Media is now more than the sum of its parts.

Hard to get too engrossed on anything on @amazonprime.bsky.social video, as you're only ever a few minutes away from an advert for gambling apps or Pepto Bismol. However tense the show is, the tension that gets you most is knowing a bloke may appear and sing "diarrhea" at you at any moment.

This is one of the most shocking things I've ever read about Gen AI (CW, suicide). Seeing the conversation laid out is truly chilling. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...

Great night at Sheff Arena with @selfesteem.music-social.com @nadineshah.bsky.social and @moonchildsanelly.bsky.social. Three really amazing sets and great audience response from an enormous crowd.

Yes, Ticketmaster, I know I'm going to a gig, and I know I need to show the etickets, I got the message from the previous 734 emails about it.

Sure, plugging ourselves into authorless, algorithmic slop sounds like the future we all dreamed of. gamerant.com/xai-ai-gener...

That cockney bloke on Strictly is like a Mega Evolution of Rob Beckett.

Kids, don't make the mistake I just made and watch Squid Game S3 E2 just before bed...

Why is the US President threatening to deport his political enemies not bigger news?

Any other wildlife nerds annoyed today's @nytimes.com Spelling Bee doesn't have Turaco or Tuatara in the word list?

I saw some Dr Who leaks a while ago and dismissed them as such obvious fanw***k nonsense that they were obviously fake. Readers, each and every one was 100% accurate.

I was recently interviewed for @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning podcast alongside @dralison.bsky.social. It was a chat about all things #DigitalLearning. Some great episodes here with SHU colleagues. lta.shu.ac.uk/scholarship/...

What's to bet this "free speech" platform would put the word "lettuce" on a block list? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Interesting chat about AI conversations at #durbbu Makes me wonder though - the personas are created from biased datasets, and how can we prevent them being created by what the internet *thinks* that persona "sounds like" rather than an authentic voice...

I'm more and more thinking the world has leapt on AI way before it's ready, if it ever will be. Search engines prioritising AI summaries should be seen as dangerous. Both through the way they can be manipulated on the whims of states and techbro politics, and the fact they're simply not very good.

A warning on thinking AI summaries are a neutral time saver when finding information. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Usually when someone is accused of a "Nazi style salute" you'd presume it's an unfortunate still shared for mischief... But jeez it's hard to see anything else there.

Super pleased to share our latest publication “Generative AI in Higher Education: Balancing Innovation and Integrity” how #GenAI is reshaping learning, assessment, emphasising the need for ethical frameworks to maintain academic integrity. @nigelfrancis.bsky.social & Sue Jones tinyurl.com/y384wfvw

A summary of my brief session at #socmedhe24. A bit of a brain dump of thoughts and concerns about the reality-bending nature of generative AI. Way more questions than answers I'm afraid! medium.com/@themella/de... #ai #genai #digitalliteracies

Deleted Threads. Too algorithm based and full of engagement trap nonsense and doom-mongering anxiety bait. Bluesky isn't... For now.

A reflection on developig digital leadership and @pjmella.bsky.social's workshop titled ‘Deep Fakes and Baby Peacocks’ at #SocMedHE24

The drift towards the political hard right of tech moguls surfaced again in @andytattersall.bsky.social's talk. This causes huge challenges to what we as institutions use, and what we ask our students use and sign up for. #socmedhe24

Great question about fragmentation of platforms challenging effectiveness of social media - there's part of me at the moment wondering if I'm missing any good #socmedhe24 chatter on X. 😉

Totally agree that migrating to Bluesky/Threads (Absolute Twitter clones) isn't necessarily the answer to moving on from the toxification of Twitter/X. Feels like we've forgotten problems were there pre-Musk and still stuck in old view of what soc med can be #socmedhe24

The side effect of leaving Musk's X behind... I no longer have my Tweets from the first #socmedhe I went to, to compare how @andytattersall.bsky.social and I have aged in the last decade...

Seems apt this is my first Bluesky post! I'll be speaking at #SocMedHE24 at @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social next week. My pres features peacocks, Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience, and Joseph Stalin, but I promise it'll make sense on the day... Full line up and tickets blogs.shu.ac.uk/socmedhe/soc...