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Carol

@beilinglaoshi.bsky.social
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Higher Education, GenAI in education, English for Academic Purposes, gardening/environment and personal stuff. Based in Wolverhampton, England. Same handle on Twitter and Mastodon

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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 2h
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Google Accused of Felling 300 Hectares of Forest for a Finnish Data Centre
Finland's regulator says it looks as though Google's project company felled its Muhos data centre site without the assessment it called for in May, with conservationists now asking for enforcement.
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 8h
This is a tremendous piece of writing and you could substitute the name of hundreds of institutions in the argument. Let's have the deep conversation about what these institutions are supposed to do, and who they're meant to serve. (Hint: everybody.)
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Warinder Juss MP @warinderjussmp.bsky.social · 7h
£222,000 is coming to Wolverhampton to help improve access to affordable, healthy food. The funding is part of the Labour Government’s new Good Food Neighbourhoods programme, supporting community-led projects such as community food shops, mobile greengrocers, lunch clubs, community kitchens...
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Anuj Gupta @mettalrose.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tried an experiment. The 1st is an essay by Claude, lightly edited by me. Pangram flags it 100% AI, ignoring my edits. I then transformed it with 'WriteHuman' - an AI text humanizer. Pangram passes it as 100% human. Welcome to the cat-&-mouse world of AI detectors & AI humanizers.
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Edward Elgar Publishing @elgarpublishing.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
OUT NOW: A Research Agenda for Artificial Intelligence and Academic Integrity Edited by: @rkumar2008.bsky.social and @saraheaton.bsky.social 🔓Read Open Access Chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781... 🔓More Information: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r... 🔓Elgar Research Agendas: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/boo...
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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Thomas Lancaster @drthomaslancaster.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Are you looking forward to the International Day of Action for Academic Integrity on October 21 2026? Check out the full programme of live interactive online sessions and register at www.academicintegrity.org/aws/ICAI/pt.... Read on if you want to know more about the video advert I’ve shared.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Dee Nickerson, contemporary UK painter who explores themes of living in the countryside #womensart
Painting of a landscape with a small female  figure walking amongst  bare trees and yellow fields
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“The swallows can be distinguished from the martins by their reddish-chestnut throats and foreheads, their beautiful steel-blue backs and wings, and their long, forked tails” Writer: EL Grant Watson Artist : CF Tunnicliffe
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Buitengebieden @buitengebieden.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A British farm has unveiled a giant pumpkin mosaic of Sir David Attenborough to celebrate the naturalist's 100th birthday. The mosaic broke the farm's own record for the world's largest squash mosaic. The record was confirmed by Guinness World Records at the unveiling of the artwork on Tuesday.
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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AI psychosis for dummies: the Stephen Collins cartoon
Not everything is fake, it turns out
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
OpenAI hacks the Australian Government this time. I don’t quite understand why these hacks don’t result in criminal charges every time. Hacking is illegal, and these systems are owned and run by companies with responsibility for their tools. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia news live: Anthony Albanese says OpenAI agent hacked Medicare
Follow the day’s news live
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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Wishing you a magical autumn equinox! 🍂 🎨 Abby Jacobs
Painting depicting an autumnal scene. There are trees with orange, red and yellow foliage, and a cottage with smoke coming out of the chimney.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New from 404 Media: Meta announced Muse, its AI agent that can book restaurants for you. We've seen internal Meta messages showing Meta is actually testing having these calls being made by human beings in call centers. In those tests its not AI, it's just a person www.404media.co/meta-tests-m...
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Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Universities drafting GenAI use policies could take note of OpenAI's rules for contractors: "Do not use GPTZero or any other AI detection tool. They are not reliable. Reviewers may not use AI either, including Grammarly and AI translation, to review, write feedback, or write comments.”
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Absolutely. One of my colleagues criticised the current redundancy situation at a School meeting the other day - politely but passionately - and is now subject to disciplinary proceedings. The respect and care stuff has been weaponised by managers against dissent.
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This 👇🏼https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/21/stop-relying-on-chatbots-for-customer-care-uk-service-providers-urged?CMP=share_btn_url
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Stop relying on chatbots for customer care, UK service providers urged
Citizens Advice says providers of services such as energy, banking, phone and internet should guarantee the ‘right to talk to a human’
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Penny Welch @pennywelch2025.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Bring Our Rivers Back to Life
Sick of sewage and pollution scandals? A Clean Water Bill is coming to Parliament. Let's ensure it's as ambitious as our lakes and rivers need it to be.
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 21/09/2026
"In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta and SpaceX to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental right to data protection" noyb.eu/en/ai-eu-mem...
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AI: EU Member States plan “digital expropriation” of Europeans in the interest of AI companies
In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of AI companies to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental rights of Europeans.
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
21st September 2026 06.48
Cool, still morning
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Harvest time
Parsley and geraniums growing in Carol's garden
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This form is really easy to use and UK taxpayers can add Gift Aid too rnli.org/support-us/g... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Lifeboat station in Portsmouth forced to temporarily shut after far-right action
RNLI facility had been targeted by activists trying to stop asylum seekers landing in boats from the Channel
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Could this happen in the UK? Our govt is similarly restricting international student intakes
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
HE is such a huge investment for young people, it's heartbreaking to think of them turning up next week to find their chosen course has been eviscerated, most of the lecturers who inspired them have been made redundant and one is fighting for survival
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The work of Marianne Seiman, contemporary crochet artist (via Instagram) #Womensart
Photo of a circular group of three dimensional realistic shell shapes in different colours and sizes against a black background
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
At Essex, the 2026/27 incoming students can only choose French & Spanish — Italian, Portuguese and German are no longer offered to new students.
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"We found that a lot of The Lancet runs on goodwill" - like so much of academia. Now goodwill is running out, what will happen to the academic endeavour?
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The Society of Authors @societyofauthors.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We're urging everyone to stand up for human creativity and we need your help: please add your voice by signing the petition below.
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Petition: Protect creators' rights: require AI firms to disclose training data
We ask the Government to introduce a statutory duty requiring AI developers to disclose the copyrighted works used to train generative AI in enough detail for creators to identify use of their work,…
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Quick equalities check: across English, History/Politics/War Studies 6 women have lost their jobs and 0.5 men. 4 men and one woman are safe. English goes from 50:50 (6M, 6F) to 1 woman and 2.5 men.
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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 14/09/2026
Somewhere on Earth, someone is editing Wikipedia right now. Maybe even in Antarctica. The Planet Thinks turns that activity into a live 3D globe. Each pulse marks a saved edit to an article about a place, with colors representing different Wikipedia language editions.
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TechEquity @techequity.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
AI isn’t just used to set our prices. It’s also increasingly used to determine pay, particularly for food delivery riders who suspect that the opaque system has been deployed in a way that has resulted in lower pay. ow.ly/nxXy50ZLJ53
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404 Media @404media.co · 14/09/2026
And by the way, from our scoop, we also discovered that Anthropic is also using human reviewers to read conversations.
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Lance Eaton @leaton01.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
friendly semester reminder that if you have an AI policy in your syllabus--consider adding it to the collection: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #HigherEd #AIEdu #Syllabus #AIStatements
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Classroom Policy-Guidance on AI Generative Tools
This form is to collect and share examples of policies/classroom syllabi that are instructors are using that focus on AI Generative Tools (e.g. ChatGPT, MidJourney, Dall-E, etc.), particularly in high...
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Plus: welcoming new students onto courses no-one has been able to prepare because they don't know if they'll have a job, or who will be teaching which modules (including new curriculum). Teaching starts next week. The contempt for students (as well as colleagues) is breathtaking
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026
The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week. It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
This is very good on the psychological damage caused by universities ripping themselves apart, but it presumes that leaders want to repair that damage. My experience is that they deny its existence or simply do not care.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Everyone knows AI-written academic papers are embarrassing now, including their "authors", which is why even the publishers - who stand to benefit most from AI-amplified publication volumes - are now offering "Affordable human expert editing for AI-drafted or AI-edited manuscripts" 🤯
Screenshot of T&F editing services, reading:

Editing for AI-Assisted Manuscripts
NEW
Affordable human expert editing for AI-drafted or AI-edited manuscripts.

Starting at $0.031/ word
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Funnily enough my institution recently asked - *begged* almost - its genAI-using staff to quit using the main US models due to the rising per-token costs to the university, and to flip to an open Chinese or EU model. Suggests (here at least) some rising anxiety about what AI now costs to higher ed.
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
(Attenborough, whispering) As the other bikes charge, one of the pack is left to stand guard. Perhaps there will be a drop of electricity for this adolescent member when the others finish, perhaps not.
A group of Lime bikes and a solitary one facing the other way.
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Bloke From Barnsley AKA She Who Can't Be Arsed @nickynoo007.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please sign this!
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
British universities are both thinner and greedier now. They’re thinner in that they’re doing less and offering less (fewer courses, fewer modules, fewer assessments, fewer staff, far less student and staff support). They’re greedier in that they demand more of both students and staff: more money…
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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Sun rising behind the poplars, reflected in the Avon, Warwick
Bank of river with trees. Sun rising through poplars behind sand reflected in the water in the foreground
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
UK datacentres likely to directly employ 10,400 workers, compared with the 40,000 cited. 8.6 jobs per megawatt of power, compared to 400 in a car plant, 3,600 in a hospital or health facility. Huge consumption of electricity/water, emission of pollution. Need moratorium on expansion.
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UK datacentres will create just 25% of jobs predicted by tech sector, analysis finds
Facilities likely to employ 10,400 workers, compared with 40,000 in industry estimates, thinktank says
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Anna Mills @annamillsoer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Can I just say that the police AI vs. embrace AI framing is a fallacy that lets tech companies off the hook? Teachers may be willing to teach about AI and may see some pedagogical applications--we still need ways to know what is the student's and what is not if we are to assess student learning.
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The mastery of artist Harry Wingfield. Tomatoes (Third Picture Book, 1971)
Photorealistic illustration of two red tomatoes. One tomato is whole and the other has been cut into a half and 2 qhaters to show the seeds and pulp
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Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
New preprint from me: 'Beyond AI: Infrastructuring the Common Good'. The paper treats AI as diagnostic of deeper contradictions, and argues that convivial practice can reclaim vital systems from the collapse of the technopolitical regime. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Screenshot of paper title and abstract. 'Beyond AI: Infrastructuring the Common Good': "Rather than taking AI as a central focus, this paper treats it as diagnostic of deeper contradictions. AI intensifies extractivism while being unable to deliver on its promises, and its rampant scaling of energy and resource demands heralds a form of ‘total mobilisation’. This paper proposes decomputing as a programme for pushing back against such technocratic nihilism. Decomputing adopts a degrowth framework and advocates for reclaiming agency through deautomatisation and people’s coun- cils, in order to develop convivial alternatives that centre an ethics of care. It is a philosophical and tactical response to the wider crisis of care induced by the collapse of existing systems..."
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