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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens
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2/2 Just making a face, for the heck of it. By Adriaen Brouwer, rough painter.
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Prof Mike Yearworth
5 months ago
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
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OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
https://www.computerworld.com/article/4059383/openai-admits-ai-hallucinations-are-mathematically-inevitable-not-just-engineering-flaws.html
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There it is, Ofsted and accountability's ugly children. Not counting what counts, but what can be counted.
writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/16/t...
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The rise of âelaborate dictationâ and âwriting-related simulationsâ in English schools: Unethical writing teaching
In recent years, a growing concern has emerged among teachers, parents, and researchers in England: The increasing use of what could be called âelaborate dictationâ in classrooms. At first glâŠ
https://writing4pleasure.com/2025/07/16/the-rise-of-elaborate-dictation-in-english-schools-unethical-writing-teaching/
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El pueblo que serĂĄ IA por un dĂa: Sin microchips ni refrigerantes, un grupo de vecinos montarĂĄ un âChatGPT humanoâ para v
âPor un dĂa, no le pidas a la IA, pedinos a nosotrosâ. Con ese slogan, un grupo de habitantes de
https://bichosdecampo.com/el-pueblo-que-sera-ia-por-un-dia-sin-microchips-ni-refrigerantes-un-grupo-de-vecinos-montara-un-chatgpt-humano-para-visibilizar-el-enorme-gasto-de-agua-que-provoca-esa-tecnologia/
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ProPublica
6 days ago
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. âI felt like I was going to pass out and die,â said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government wonât say if any agents have been punished.
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We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. âI felt like I was going to pass out and die,â said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
https://www.propublica.org/article/videos-ice-dhs-immigration-agents-using-chokeholds-citizens?utm_campaign=propublica-sprout&utm_content=1770858010&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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Multilingual Matters
4 days ago
What Did Responses to Puerto Rican Sign Language at the Super Bowl Reveal About the Misconceptions People Have About Sign Languages?
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What Did Responses to Puerto Rican Sign Language at the Super Bowl Reveal About the Misconceptions People Have About Sign Languages?
In my last blog post, I briefly referenced the presence of Puerto Rican Sign Language (Lenguaje de Señas Puertorriqueño, LSPR) interpreters at the Super Bowl. At the time, my focus was on the broadâŠ
https://buff.ly/oLb8pec
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Jonathan Portes
4 days ago
Farage's lies about people not speaking English factchecked here. NB Farage also claimed that "four million speak barely passable English" - this too is a lie.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1...
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BBC Verify: Fact-checking Farage's claim that one million in UK 'don't speak any Englishâ
Latest updates from the BBC's specialists in fact-checking, verifying video and tackling disinformation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c1kgn2pjpyxt
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Prof. Larsen-Freeman talks about complexity theory its implications for TESOL
YouTube video by TESOLacademic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqQi5de6bxU
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Examination boards trying to find that grammar structure that will help them find MFL GCSE candidates worthy of 9s. And A Level A*.
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Robert Reich
7 days ago
This was not an inevitability. This is the result of decades of political choices that rig the system in favor of the wealthy and powerful while leaving workers behind. It does not have to be this way.
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For teachers of a certain vintage, a reminder that Ofsted does not know best. And a useful read for everybody else.
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Multilingual Matters
9 days ago
"Through vivid narratives, candid interviews, and incisive analysis, Gerald explores how whiteness and language ideologies operate across diverse contexts. [The book] challenges readers to interrogate assumptions, embrace complexity, and, above all, listen."
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Rebecca Bodenheimer
9 days ago
Apropos of Bad Bunnyâs halftime show, Iâve got a podcast episode for that!! I had two incredible Puerto Rican music experts on to break down DebĂ Tirar Mas Fotos last year. Youâll gain some amazing context for this iconic album.
www.buzzsprout.com/2158804/epis...
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Breaking down Bad Bunny's DebĂ Tirar MĂĄs Fotos - The Clave Chronicles
Finally, we're back with a brand new episode, inspired by Bad Bunny's love letter to Puerto Rico, DebĂ Tirar MĂĄs Fotos! We get deep into the weeds of the Puerto Rican musical and political traditions ...
https://www.buzzsprout.com/2158804/episodes/16667395-breaking-down-bad-bunny-s-debi-tirar-mas-fotos
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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist
9 days ago
Todayâs moment of calm Golden memories A little owl and two bumblebees. A moment of interaction, held forever on panels of gold.
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Bad Bunny has beef with phonics. Me too. We donÂŽt have phonics in Spanish, we have spelling rules. That we break, but our eyes hurt when Edexcel says that vivir and bibir is the same.
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Farrukh
9 days ago
Baroness Hazarika, "This has been an absolutely shameful week for the Labour party" "This is a story about male power and a boys club" "Why was the Labour party so seduced by Mandelson?" "To me, it was about a male power structure"
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Farrukh
9 days ago
Dorothy Bryne, former head of
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"People keep saying this story is about women, and all they do is talk about men" "What's intolerable is how these men are making out that they are the victims" "They've all been having the most terrible time"
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Robert Reich
10 days ago
Tax cuts for giant corporations and the super rich. Paid for by cuts to the social safety net for everyone else. Trickle-up economics.
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derek guy
12 days ago
nevermind spanish, some of you have three days to learn how to dance
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Huipil, traditional garment created by Ingenous Maya women from the small towns of the Guatemalan highlands, who formed their own union to stop large fashion corporations stealing their designs.
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Knitted botanic art by artist Tatyana Yanishevsky
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sarah jeong
18 days ago
"Luchs speaks five languages: English, French, Italian, and some German and Russian. She approached grasping Gen Z parlance like she was learning another language. ...An Instagram commenter wrote: 'Sheâs so natural with it too like itâs not even cringe.'"
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Josh Sternberg
27 days ago
The disconnect between management and employee on AI usage is big. At the same time, CEOs are reporting they aren't seeing any revenue growth from AI. đ€·
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wo...
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CEOs Say AI Is Making Work More Efficient. Employees Tell a Different Story.
How much time workers say the technology saves them on the job is vastly different from what executives report.
https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/workplace/ceos-say-ai-is-making-work-more-efficient-employees-tell-a-different-story-6613ce9d?mod=hp_lead_pos11
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Chernobyldaytripper
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Mr E
about 1 month ago
Very important for the UK education system:
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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The Score by C Thi Nguyen review â a brilliant warning about the gamification of everyday life
From Duolingo to GDP, how an obsession with keeping score can subtly undermine human flourishing
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jan/06/the-score-by-c-thi-nguyen-review-a-brilliant-warning-about-the-gamification-of-everyday-life
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derek guy
2 months ago
when you dig into the history of menswear, you find the same stories repeated. men who moralize traditional aesthetics rarely consider how their "tradition" was considered a corruption by an earlier generation, who wore things hated by people before them IG the_art_of_dress
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Local women crochet/knit woolly PJs for rescued vulnerable, ill and formally abused elephants to shield them from the nighttime cold, Elephant Conservation Care Center, India
#UnravellingWomensArt
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens
2 months ago
Their father has died in prison, they've lost their home, food is scarce, they are refugees. The artist's children in 1919: House of Cards. By Zinaida Serebriakova, born on this day in 1884.
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Teaching, nursing... and now also medicine becoming one of the "caring professions".
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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist
2 months ago
Iâm doing a second auction for Patch, a local charity that provides food, cloths and toys for people in poverty. At Christmas time they gift toys to kids whoâve had a referral. What could be more in the spirit of Christmas? This little wren is up for auction to raise money for toys. Please dig deep
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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist
3 months ago
Itâs the time of year when I do my Christmas auction. This mouse icon is up for auction and itâs to raise money for Shelter Cymru & Doctors without borders. 100% of the money raised will go to these charities on a 50-50 basis.
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Steve Smith
3 months ago
A new post from me, aimed mainly at GCSE teachers in England and elsewhere.
frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/12/voca...
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Vocab lists and negative backwash
As I've been working on some resources using the excellent Portrait d'enfant videos from Arte, I've been reminded of an issue affecting teac...
https://frenchteachernet.blogspot.com/2025/12/vocab-lists-and-negative-backwash.html
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Karoline
3 months ago
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
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Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-chatgpt/analysis-openai-is-a-loss-making-machine
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Policy elites have expected schools to âsolveâ alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse, teen age pregnancy, and defending the nation against the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Now policy elites and the general public expect schools to increase economic growth...
larrycuban.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/w...
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Why Are Curricular Wars Fought Again and Again?
Phonics vs. Whole Language. Old Math vs. New Math. Knowing Science Subjects vs. Doing Science. Heritage vs. Doing History. Wars of words have been fought among politicians, parents, and educators oâŠ
https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2023/12/12/why-are-curricular-wars-fought-again-and-again/
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Universities blame âsocietal shiftâ for axing foreign language degrees
Numbers taking languages at A-level and beyond has been falling for decades, although Duolingo says its app is most popular with young people
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/nov/21/universities-blame-societal-shift-for-axing-foreign-language-degrees
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Natasha Walter
3 months ago
God, the world is depressing right now. Here's something good to chase away the viciousness. Win an exquisite piece of embroidery art; and even if you don't win, help brave women doing lovely things in a dark world. If you haven't got ÂŁ10 to enter, pls share.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/keep-our-d...
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens
3 months ago
Angel with a lute, by Melozzo da Forli in 1480. It's his day.
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Multilingual Matters
3 months ago
Polish to be the most effective language for prompting AI, new study reveals
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Polish is the most effective language for prompting AI, study reveals
A group of researchers studied which language is best understood by artificial intelligence, with Polish in the lead and English only ranking at sixth place.
https://buff.ly/zb7UiC4
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Liz Webster đŽó §ó ąó ·ó Źó łó żđŹđ§đȘđș
3 months ago
Nine years after Brexit, Britain is trapped in denial. The arsonists are posing as firemen, and the countryâs burning. Latest video: They Got What They Wanted đAnd Still They Moan They Got Brexit So Why Are They Still Moaning?
youtu.be/dEfRlWPFsXk
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They Got Brexit So Why Are They Still Moaning?
YouTube video by Liz Webster #SaveBritishFarming
https://youtu.be/dEfRlWPFsXk
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Dr. Peter Paul Rubens
3 months ago
Cup of water and a rose: mundane, yet almost visionary. Useful too if you just need something calming, from Francisco de ZurbarĂĄn.
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Natasha Walter
3 months ago
I find the pressure to spend around Christmas quite bleak. But some things are beautiful & do good! I'm proud to be the chair of the charity Makani, which supports women in Lebanon who make exquisite blankets, bags & cushions. Perfect presents for people with taste and heart.
oshana.co.uk/blankets
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Crochet blankets â Oshana - crafts to empower women- London- UK
Crochet blankets handmade by Syrian refugee women
https://oshana.co.uk/blankets
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BBC Newsnight
4 months ago
"More empathyâ | Malala Yousafzai on therapy, UK deportations and "gender apartheid"
#Newsnight
www.youtube.com/watch?v=P24kirbKglQ
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"More empathyâ | Malala Yousafzai on therapy, UK deportations and "gender apartheid"
YouTube video by BBC Newsnight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P24kirbKglQ
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derek guy
4 months ago
i hate that AI has now caused me to question the authenticity of cute animal videos online, which is my primary use of social media. i don't even know if this baby penguin actually wore a beret to go buy a tiny baguette in paris
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Among many artists Interviewed in the womensart1 book on women innovators of
#print
, 'Reframing Women Printmakers', is artist Gail Brodholt... đ Womensart books are HERE đ§Ą !!
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Andrew
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Matthew Noe
4 months ago
"We assume theyâre de-motivated by difficulty. But research shows theyâre de-motivated by the reading instruction.â
news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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âKids want to read harder stuffâ â Harvard Gazette
"Leveled Reading" author explains why outdated teaching methods may be to blame for declining U.S. literacy rates.
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/10/kids-want-to-read-harder-stuff
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Shriram Krishnamurthi
4 months ago
What can a German studies and gender studies professor have to say about tech and thinking? Quite a bit! Well-written and insightful, with a bit of SV "inside baseball" thrown in. The quotes at the bottom of this page are surprisingly accurate.
#BookReview
www.adriandaub.com/books/what-t...
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What Tech Calls Thinking â AdrianDaub.com
https://www.adriandaub.com/books/what-tech-calls
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RainSurname
4 months ago
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/neil...
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Neil Armstrongâs Spacesuit Was Made by a Bra Manufacturer
This wearable spacecraft let humans take one giant leap away from Earth
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/neil-armstrongs-spacesuit-was-made-by-a-bra-manufacturer-3652414/
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Yilin (she/they) @ check out The Lantern and the Night Moths
4 months ago
i'd like to join the club of critical aunty studies please
scroll.in/global/99257...
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Why are academics researching âCritical Aunty Studiesâ? A US professor of Indian origin explains
Kareem Khubchandani, who organised a symposium on the new field, says that aunties are âubiquitous but under-theorisedâ.
https://scroll.in/global/992571/indian-origin-us-professor-kareem-khubchandani-talks-drag-kinship-and-all-things-aunty?fbclid=IwdGRzaANu8GxjbGNrA27wW2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeA99drQEaZoTv_d1a95OpTfzQh3iComy16QW8WciaRkmWRB-Wvurk3LChfy4_aem_ffYM9IkmaxY-WNVZo68x0g
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