flat out lies. these tech ceos take regulators and the masses for fools

when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale

On the event of James Watson's death, I highly recommend this 2023 commentary from @matthewcobb.bsky.social and Nathaniel Comfort with crucial new insights into the discovery of the double helix. (And also check out Cobb's brand new biography of Francis Crick) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We're hiring in history of science at UW Madison! TT Assistant Professorship with a focus on water. Joint appointment between the History and Integrated Liberal Studies depts, and part of a university-wide hiring cluster on earth/sustainability science. jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/profess... #STS #HSMT

As predicted, the EU is ready to dismantle its Digital Rulebook as it did with the Green Deal. It does so upon US administration’s demand and under Big Tech pressure. It’s a self-inflicted political decision putting the EU on a deregulatory turn on.ft.com/47vqFOl

(Call for applications) Assistant Professor Social Studies of Medicine histoiresante.blogspot.com/2025/10/post... #medhum #histSTM

As ever...

As has rightly been pointed out to me it is, in fact, not yet 2026* Sooo... Gulliver's Travels is 300 *next* year. What do we have planned?! *I blame overwork plus the fact that I first mentally noted this anniversary 12 years ago, which is ages to wait! www.theguardian.com/science/the-...

This version of Total Recall sucks.

your timely reminder that AGI is neither clearly defined/described nor amenable to scientific or engineering principles... it remains an ideology that is rooted in white supremacy, racism and eugenics

According to my notifications, several someones rediscovered this gem earlier today. So, I figured I'd fan the flame. ICYMI.

Call for Papers – IHSA 2026 Conference at Maynooth University The Irish History Students’ Association, with the support of the Department of History at Maynooth University, is delighted to announce the 77th Annual IHSA Conference, taking place on Saturday, 28 February 2026.

Just a reminder: "more personalized and more helpful" is often code for "WE WILL COLLECT ALL OF YOUR DATA."

Just a reminder given all the discussion of AI bubbles and stock markets. 2008 recession saw a huge spike in suicides. www.bbc.com/news/health-...

The Corlea Trackway • Longford This 2km ancient routeway was discovered beautifully preserved in the bog. It was dated to c.148 BC. A section of the trackway from Cloonbreany Townland was excavated and conserved, and is now on display in the Corlea Trackway Visitor Centre. #Archaeology 🏺

We had a fascinating talk on Corlea by Prof Aidan O'Sullivan. In 'The Colossus of Roads', Aidan offers memories of the Corlea archaeological campaign by one then-young archaeologist, and the question of what did the Trackway mean to the people who built it? Recording available for Tuatha Members

Really? Perplexity is explicitly advertising cheating with their agentic Comet browser? @marcwatkins.bsky.social found this video on their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/story.php?st... Let's put the pressure on for this to stop!

This meme made me laugh.

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education. We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

It's not AI unless it comes from the Altman era of computers. Otherwise it's just sparkling algorithms.

you fucked around and now the Episcopalians are doing memes. are you happy now. are you

It's important when reflecting on the launch of ChatGPT's adult version (with a need for identification) to remember Altman's other venture, the 'Orb', an iris scanning identify device time.com/7288387/sam-...

I strongly urge everyone to not just read this warning from @marcwatkins.bsky.social, but heed it, and be vocal and forceful pushing back against using AI to grade student writing. This must be anathema if we're going to have a world where learning means something. substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Am I wrong? Budget 2026: those earning €120,000 will now get €500 from SUSI and a reduction of €500 in the student contribution, i.e. are €1,000 better off. BUT low paid workers who live within 30KM of university get no increase in SUSI rate (in reality a cut given inflation). #edchat #highered

This is not going to end well 'AI bubble is now a staggering 17 times the size of the infamous dot-com bubble' futurism.com/future-socie...

The Thatcher conference posters are up and you may see mine and Ciara Nicholson face about @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social . Anyone interested in attending the information is on the poster, or just let me know. @qubhistory.bsky.social @irishstudiesqub.bsky.social

Enjoyed talking to second-year marketing students at Maynooth University yesterday. Drawing on work by @emilymbender.bsky.social @alexhanna.bsky.social @biblioracle.bsky.social @wayne-holmes.bsky.social @timnitgebru.bsky.social and others to discuss Critical AI literacies.

Just to be clear, an English degree - learning to critically assess texts - is actually one of the most dangerous for people such as Badenoch. An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.

Delighted that the @maynoothuniversity.ie Teaching and Learning Reading Group returns tomorrow to discuss 'Title: Exploring the role and performance of Graduate Teaching Assistants'. Full details: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/centre-teach...

The fact they jumped straight to AI actors modeled after women when, if I’m not mistaken, male actors are a higher labor cost kind of says it all doesn’t it,

AI always calling your ideas “fantastic” can feel inauthentic, but what are sycophancy’s deeper harms? We find that in the common use case of seeking AI advice on interpersonal situations—specifically conflicts—sycophancy makes people feel more right & less willing to apologize.

"and some even hope AI could simulate the responses of minorities or other groups who are often underrepresented in studies." You fucks trained a parrot to talk words & now instead of studying trans people you're writing up the parrot's responses as research. there is no place in hell hot enough

JOB: Associate Professor or Professor in the Faculty of Philosophy, in association with a Tutorial Fellowship at Merton College. AoS Ethics and/or Political Philosophy, with at least an AoC in Feminist Philosophy. #PhilJobs www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOW474/a...

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Everyone hates a police state until it’s a police state with Tech

Why does it take years, Amazon?

The e book is available link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Would highly recommend this book to anyone thinking about not only Generative AI but also why we should value and cherish writing.

Heading to @ria.ie to talk about AI and assessment at 'The future of AI and education' conference today. #edchat #HigherEd

In other news, sky is blue, sea is wet, and anyone who has worked with machine learning has known this all along

Join me on Nov 13 for my talk: A Recipe for Resistance? Vegetarianism and Ethics in the anti-Nazi Underground. My alternative title was: First add oats, then kill Hitler.

This is Open Access

Wearable technologies, such as Meta's new smart glasses, are going to present significant challenges for higher education in the coming years. This includes not only concerns about the security of in-class assessment but also privacy.

My latest article has just been published in The Irish Journal of Medical Science 'An Irish Radium Institute: the Royal Dublin Society and the promotion of radioactive therapy in twentieth-century Ireland' rdcu.be/eHct4

I'm shock🫠 AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethic minorities

A great lineup for this semester's Department of History Research Seminar in Maynooth. This is open to all so do join us and please share widely.

We are looking for a book reviewer for this brilliant publication by @leannecalvert.bsky.social. Please contact Judy at [email protected] if you are interested. emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Bumping this up again. Deadline for applications is October 3rd.

Exciting list of speakers presenting in our Environmental History Research Seminar this term. If you happen to be in Dublin, come along. We'll meet on Mondays at 1 PM in the Trinity Long Room Hub #envhist Thanks to @tlrhub.bsky.social for hosting us! @historytcd.bsky.social 👇