Reposted by _Prof. Catherine Flick @liedra.net · 21/09/2026I gave a speech today to our incoming students and I was kinda proud of it. It's not the usual sort of talk I give. I received some nice compliments afterwards so I thought maybe some other students might want to read it. It's about making games in the age of genAI blog.liedra.net/2026-staffor...blog.liedra.net2026 Staffordshire Games Institute Welcome Week talkI was asked by the head of the Staffordshire Games Institute, Chris Headleand, to give a 10 minute talk to our incoming freshers from our... 073
Reposted by _Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Irish musicians, Beoga, who play alongside Ed Sheeran, have withdrawn from Sheeran’s tour. This is the statement they published on Instagram: 142103982157
Reposted by _Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/09/2026when you work at the BPAF but you’re beginning to realize there’s not going to be a successful IPO 241790535
Reposted by _Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Today's Zealandia walk! The first photo is a native tree fuschia, and you can see from the next 2 photos birds go wild for them. Tui has the violet pollen on its face, kaka is nibbling at a flower. (My fave shot in this lot is actually the Pāpango; I love the composition (if I do say so myself)) 27012
Reposted by _Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 23/08/2026In some ways quite helpful that the racist academics are signing the "I Am A Racist Academic" pledge. 261075234
Reposted by _Anil Dash @anildash.com · 22/08/2026It’s worse than this. Having been in the room with many of them (long ago, before I knew they were psychopaths), the tycoons who are left running the industry have an active contempt for ordinary people, including their own workers. They actively want to oppress, control and punish them. 6356121620
Reposted by _Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 19/08/2026i don’t want “accelerated”, “increased-speed” or “fast-paced” research. in fact, am not interested in any shortcuts to mindful, intentional, and slow science 12836187
Reposted by _Andrea Mann @andreamann.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"By writing, you are literally firing up your brain and therefore stirring up your conscious thoughts and something new emerges. You are not, or at least not always, transcribing something already present in your conscious thoughts.“ LOVE this piece. www.historians.org/perspectives...historians.orgHow Writing Leads to Thinking (and Not the Other Way Around) – AHAWriting is stressful. Sitting in my computer chair my neck and shoulder muscles almost immediately tense up as I dig around in my brain for the best phrase or even any coherent string of words. 181039336
Reposted by _Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Preparing for a workshop on teaching critical thinking in STEM in light of current, let's say pressures, and decided I should start my talk with a slides that lays out the values that form my premises: 12520135
Reposted by _Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I have such an expertly curated algorithm that I'm seeing posts from Mexican street food restaurants in the US and this is how they're advertising the game tomorrow night. "Good vibes" 17107142606
Reposted by _Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · 21/05/2026The belief that tech==progress seems to me to be one of the deepest colonialisms. 14811
Reposted by _John Skiles Skinner @skiles.blue · 26/03/2026The government don't need to build every software system in-house, but it does need enough employees who are good enough at building software that they can tell good contracts from bad, and hold contractors accountable 613823
Reposted by _Richard Pope @richardpope.org · 17/01/2026european-alternatives.eueuropean-alternatives.euEuropean AlternativesWe help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products. 21616
Reposted by _Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 01/11/2025We have progressed from data collection to data analysis. 970344664087
Reposted by _Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 13/06/2025It was unavoidable that this week I'd end up writing about Apple's latest blunder. But in the context of Figma's Sites bullshit and Shopify recasting designers as "artists" it's even worse than one OS making a stupid decision. The mission of UX is being changed: from making shit work, into brandingproductpicnic.beehiiv.comApple's Liquid Glass is a grim portent for UXIndustry leaders like Apple and Shopify are redefining design excellence from making products usable to solely luxury branding. 610622
Reposted by _Steve Farrugia @fasterandworse.com · 19/03/2025Video Dispatch #20: Kill Magic Thinking Bulls**t isn't created or destroyed, it just takes on different forms Podcast episode: pnc.st/s/faster-and... Video dispatch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLHm... If you enjoy it please consider subscribing, leaving a rating, or writing a review 1/4 4318
Reposted by _Steve Farrugia @fasterandworse.com · 12/03/2025Video Dispatch #18: Finding Purpose is the Fool's Errand If they don't say what it's for, don't help them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5MQ... 1/4youtube.comVideo Dispatch #18: Finding Purpose is the Fool's ErrandYouTube video by fasterandworse 2277
Reposted by _Linotype Pilgrim @symbo1ics.bsky.social · 09/02/2025not anywhere near me, it won't #aifraud 281
Reposted by _Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 14/01/2025The submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill closed last night. My Stuff #cartoon today #nzpol #TreatyPrinciplesBill #ToitūTeTiriti 10304109
_ @dialogic.bsky.social · 14/01/2025I enjoy Cory Doctorow's succinct 'on-the-button' ness of many of his words. "Popular movements should strive to increase their members' joy, not demand their deprivation." pluralistic.netpluralistic.netPluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow – No trackers, no ads. Black type, white background. Privacy policy: we don't collect or retain any data at all ever period. 010
Reposted by _Mutual A @mutual-a.bsky.social · 27/10/2024that outside of @mckenziewark.bsky.social and some others basically no marxists are even trying to engage with pissed off techies annoyed at how things are currently run would is unbelievably funny 0132
Reposted by _David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 14/09/2024In case you don’t believe the same equations describe motion in the atmosphere and the ocean. 321074331
_ @dialogic.bsky.social · 26/07/2024kia ora @ethanmarcotte.bsky.social . Just tried to buy your book from Booktopia in Australia (nearest spot to Aotearoa NZ). Sadly, Booktopia has suspended all sales and is in liquidation. Wondering If there might be other nearby options, trying to avoid Amazon ... 100
Reposted by _Byron C Clark @byroncclark.bsky.social · 18/07/2024After discussing with other anti-fascist activists I've decided to appeal the case for a restraining order against Phil Arps, this will be expensive but if 1000 people give $10 I can do it ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 0% of goal on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/byroncclark/...ko-fi.comBuy Byron C Clark a Coffee. ko-fi.com/byroncclarkBecome a supporter of Byron C Clark today! ❤️ Ko-fi lets you support the creators you love with no fees on donations. 179467
Reposted by _Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 06/02/2024Gonna start referring to John Campbell as 'an essayist'. Coz this stuff's beyond journalism, JC. Fabulous, evocative, uplifting & atmospheric piece here. www.1news.co.nz/2024/02/07/j...1news.co.nzJohn Campbell: I've been to Waitangi countless times - this time was different'Why have you come here today?' John Campbell asks a wide range of people the same question. 13015
_ @dialogic.bsky.social · 04/01/2024Waikato Uni academics – an ethicist and AI prof – offer this vague incoherence ("it's Mabo, it's the vibe.."). Topic calls for something more substantive than this. Laughable 050
Reposted by _Dr Lucy Stewart @lcsnz.bsky.social · 05/12/2023Stealing an observation from a friend elsewhere: amazing how the Free Market Good people think the free market is suddenly bad every time it means paying people more for having a scarce and valuable skill 1195
Reposted by _Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 05/12/2023Tino Rangatiratanga. My #cartoon for Stuff today. 20412167
Reposted by _Coley @coleytangerina.bsky.social · 09/11/2023I think most people and institutions still hold a belief (consciously or not) that harassment happens when someone does something ‘controversial’. That allows everyone (except the victim) to minimise it, because maybe on some level it was self-inflicted or deserved when they got their hands dirty. 36119
