Grok undresses women. Men undress women with Grok. If we take the animism one + step bckwrd, LLMs steal & ingest to learn. We’re predatorial. Or cannibalistic. To undress women. How did WS Burroughs say it? We’re eating quality & shitting quantity. Every tech breakthru a tool for porn.

From “not a citizen by birth” to “not a citizen by values” is a quick ideological hop, fellas. Don’t trust me? Check the history of authoritarian states. Tick-tack, America.

My phone’s camera does not recognise me to unlock or accept Apple Pay. Does that mean I’m not myself?

Last ride of the year

Rushed, free, beautiful & insightful. What a great poem.

Nouvelle Vague. Moteur, Raul!

Cool read, if you’ve been listening to or curious about Transportna. medium.com/not-beyond-t...

Join us Wednesday 22nd otber at 8pm BST for #LTHE Chat 340: Embedding Academic Skills in UK Higher Education: Why It Matters with guest @drchrism.bsky.social lthechat.com/2025/10/20/l...

It’s a nuanced notion unlikely to be adequately interrogated in a world where the main forum for public debate is an algorithmically amplified digital dogfighting pit presided over by a ketamine-cranked egomaniac.

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for #LTHEchat which will explore Gen AI with @nurun.bsky.social on Wednesday 8-9pm GMT/BST. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/09/29/l...

LTHEChat 337 Dialogic learning in the Age of Generative AI Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 1st October 2025 at 20:00 BST What does it truly mean to learn with a machine, and are machines capable of engaging in dialogic learning? Generative AI models—capable of producing text, images, or other…

Happy equinox. Go seize the light. Winter’s coming.

#LTHEchat 336 Effective Note Making Systems from Paper to AI Join us with guest Dr Natalie Tasler @drntasler.bsky.social on Wednesday 24th September at 8pm GMT

The latest results from our 2024/25 student digital experience insights survey have been released, with data from over 15,000 higher education students. Find out what's inspiring and challenging them: bit.ly/41HhWW2

The world desperately needs a @greatdismal.bsky.social novel. In the meantime, here are pictures of a cash machine/phone booth that reminded me of Neuromancer.

Ponte de Lima e Viana do Castelo. I ❤️ #Minho

I started running on August 8th nine years ago. Every year, I tally up my runs. 923.25km this year. Being in motion is pure joy.

Late afternoon swim

#LTHEChat 332 Can Gen AI tools adequately visualise written reflections? Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 4th June 2025 at 2000 BST Led by Louise Rees, Senior Academic Developer at Swansea University, @louiserees.bsky.social In teaching on a PG Cert teaching in HE programme, I use creative…

A really cool one this week, folks.

Sempre e agora mais do que nunca.

If the Soviet Union had made musicals, they’d sound like Sweden’s entry to #eurovision2025

Your TWO day countdown to #LTHEChat this week. @jonnybranney.bsky.social explores Team-based learning. Check out the blog post at: lthechat.com?p=7165

Team-based Learning (TBL) – what it is, what it is not, and why you should try it! Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 14th May at 2000 BST Led by Dr Jonny Branney, Principal Academic in Nursing and Clinical Sciences, Bournemouth University, @jonnybranney.bsky.social I like to try new things. Do you?…

#LTHEchat 328: Sound Of The Crowd – the role of music and radio in professional development Join us on Bluesky on Wednesday 7th May at 2000 BST. Led by Dominic Pates, Senior Educational Technologist at City St George's, University of London, @dompates.bsky.social If you can remember that far back…

Don’t forget to join us tomorrow (Wednesday April 30, 8-9 pm BST) for #LTHEchat, which explores where teaching, learning and assessment in HE has been and is going with @profsallybrown.bsky.social and @philrace.bsky.social Read the blog post at:

Vivo, penso, falo o que penso, viajo, trabalho e vivo em comunidade. Pelo trabalho contínuo e difícil de viver em Liberdade 25 de Abril Sempre.

A cool opportunity for some horizon scanning And discussion!

WhT a joy to work with @amandaseys.bsky.social , @katjayhar.bsky.social, @c-waterhousee.bsky.social and @suebecks.bsky.social. Giving a small contribution to the blog posts and questions, supporting the chats on the day and swing people share their thoughts.

If you would you be interested in becoming a member of a future #LTHEchat organising group, please complete this expression of interest form: forms.gle/nNtKzdBULdQb...

Aesthetically, there's a cartoonification of cultural production: CGI Marvel films, Disney "live" remakes, AI-generated text to video, Apple memojis and so on. That look and feel is becoming the aesthetic language of the decade. So said the guy with a pixelated profile picture.

Join us for this week’s #LTHEchat which will explore coaching as an educational practice with @kayguccione.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm BST. Read the blog post athttps://lthechat.com/2025/04/07/coaching-as-an-educational-practice-holding-space-for-a-learning-conversation/

One of the damages of social media is that it intentionally rots the principle of charity to a degree that makes dialogue impossible. A generation of people who learned critical thinking, reasoning, and argumentation mediated by a system that rewards this develop aggressive & opaque reasoning.

The purpose of a clown like Musk, if nothing else, is to make clear how much in modern politics voting is the same as buying and selling. For both buyers and sellers. From Cambridge Analytica to those giant checks being handed, politics is more and more advertising, transactional.

The big, unspoken problem (shame?) of being a learning designer and professional services staff in HE is that we are constantly being asked to adapt, write and create content and activities teaching staff should have ownership off.

A great topic this week.

It’s officially Spring, because I swallowed the first bug of the year on a run. Fibre and protein!

A great one this week.

Happy World Poetry Day. Something I read this week: Wild Geese, by Mary Oliver.

Media literacy, reading fiction, parsing multiple perspectives, lateral reading, critical thinking. Modern cultural consumption applies the principles of UX for online shopping to everything it produces, w the cost of erasing complexity & the slow trust we build when engaging w fiction & otherness.

Love this book

Starting soon :)

It's today.

Don't forget to join us tomorrow for the #LTHEchat, which will explore strategies to integrate study skills into the curriculum, with Carolina Kuepper-Tetzel @drckt.bsky.social and Emily Nordmann @emilynordmann.bsky.social.Wednesday 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: lthechat.com/2025/03/16/l...

Perfect days is a perfect film. Someone trying to live a simple life. Quiet, deep and beautiful.

A topic very close to my interests in this week's #LTHEChat: Integrating study skills into the curriculum. I've been an avid reader of the Learning Scientists for years, so definitely joining. Wed at 8PM GMT.

Message to self. It’s sunny, the world - despite repetition of the opposite - is not ending, a deeper analysis of beliefs will point out the obvious self-excepting fallacy of most of our beliefs and you don’t need a crisis or to oppose the world to be a good person.

One of the main challenges and advantages of working in digital learning design is that change is constant and complex, and even simple things are innovation projects. Take AI. (1 of 4)

At CODE RIDE today to present and hear about online learning, change #ride2025

What a wonderful #LTHEChat and what great questions and blog post @saraheaton.bsky.social and @lthechat.bsky.social !