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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 · 17h
Lovely spider's web!
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Sue Wilkes @suewilkesauthor.bsky.social · 18h
Such evocative images! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Teen's lost Coventry archive found after six decades in attic
Photographer Elizabeth Tyler rediscovered the images, on display until 2 October, in her attic.
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Wikipedia @wikipedia.org · 02/10/2026
Did you know? The term "ketchup" first appeared in 1862. It entered the English language in Britain during the late 17th century. The first known tomato ketchup recipe was published in 1812 ➡️ w.wiki/BddN
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Ketchup as a vegetable - Wikipedia
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SeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
2nd October 2026 06.30
Colour emerges
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Me too. Was surprised at how much I enjoyed it!
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
woodcentral.com.au/google-finla...
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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 · 01/10/2026
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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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
bsky.app/profile/bria...
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If they don't, will you be able to use the shelves of 'redundant' colleagues? Looks like you've exceeded the measly one-bookcase-per-lecturer allowance
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Warinder Juss MP @warinderjussmp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
£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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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Maybe we can crowdsource a VC-speech bingo card "I hear what you say" "fleet of foot" "agile" "right-sizing"
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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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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
👆🏼 @plashingvole.bsky.social
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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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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I used to love following Dee Nickerson on Twitter for a daily dose of her art. Wish she was on Bluesky!
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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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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
At least the Bodleian won't pulp the books after they're scanned, unlike Amazon and others
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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
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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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...
theguardian.com
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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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Isn't it your first class of the semester today? Hope you can switch off from all the redundancy bullshit for a couple of hours and enjoy doing what we're all here (in education) for!
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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
Thanks! The painting definitely makes me want to visit, especially if it's accessible by train!
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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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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Where is it, Helen?
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Penny Welch @pennywelch2025.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
secure.avaaz.org/en/campaigns...
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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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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Good that you have more time but why Nov 1st? Why not the end of semester? It's almost as if you didn't work at a university
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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
Freezing parsley: chop it up or freeze whole sprigs?
Curly-leaved parsley on a metal draining board
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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
It's not just universities which are suffering from successive governments' antagonism to international students. Other sectors of the economy are affected too www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Students scramble for accommodation after provider goes bust in Dundee
Case highlights severe financial strain on sector across UK as string of university housing schemes fail
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
More on the story here: bsky.app/profile/thep...
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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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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Remembering management angst from when we angered the CMA a while back over misleading course info, I had to check whether they still exist. They do www.gov.uk/guidance/con...
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Contact the CMA
Tell the CMA about issues with a business, a market, or to provide information about a new or existing case.
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I'm so sorry to hear that
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Thank YOU for filling our timelines with beauty and interest
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Carol @beilinglaoshi.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
According to the Acas website, new protections against fire and rehire don't come into effect until Jan 2027. Was supposed to be Oct 2026, which may have influenced the timing of these redundancy rounds www.acas.org.uk/employment-r...
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Employment Rights Act 2025 - Acas
The Employment Rights Act introduces important legislation changes between 2025 and 2027. Keep up to date with the changes.
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