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Donald H Taylor

@donaldhtaylor.bsky.social
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Workplace learning and performance. Lead researcher at the L&D Global Sentiment Survey, chair of the Learning Technologies Conference and convenor of the Workforce Development Board at EdTech VC Fund Emerge Education. London, UK. www.donaldhtaylor.co.uk

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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Amazing watching Pakistan come back this innings and what a star Razaullah is!
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
So sad about Tim Curry. From all his brilliant roles, a moment of exuberant silliness from Home Alone 2 youtu.be/9eiMcY995sU?...
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
When Alex Jones met Dolly Parton backstage, unmadeup and open-hearted, it only underlined what a generous, remarkable, warm and very smart woman she was. What a loss. www.instagram.com/reel/Db6BUWd...
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Nancy @rupp0369.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
An example to all of an individual who puts her money where her mouth is. Dolly seems to be a truly humble and caring person. She gives without self congratulating.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
The survey for this year's AI in L&D report is close to closing! The survey is for everyone, including partial users, the sceptics and the frustrated - we need everyone's input, so please share your experiences, hopes and fears about AI in L&D! www.linkedin.com/posts/donald...
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AI in L&D: The 2026 survey | Donald H Taylor
How are you using AI in L&D? Do you love it? Refuse to use it? Has it transformed your practice, or done nothing for you?   I'm currently collecting data for the AI in L&D report 2026, my fourth ann...
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Please look up what "epicentre" means.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I can never trust the internet again
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
youtu.be/pnnIHyEcDdc?... She also opened the Chiswick Flyover in London in 1959. Wearing a close-fitting crimson dress, she used a pair of golden scissors to cut the ribbon. Perhaps a less impressive achievement than the violin and IQ things.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Spreadsheet people? Ha! I was chewing on Supercalc before the web hit, kiddo.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Not DNF but DUR: 'Delayed until ready'. Sometimes you just have to wait a few months. Or years.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
"Call me, I'll hide the body" - it's a great title for a book, and exactly the sort I would read. But I can't, and this says a lot about AI, copyright and ownership. www.linkedin.com/posts/donald...
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$2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use | Donald H Taylor
"Call me, I'll hide the body" - it's a great title for a book, and exactly the sort I would read. But I can't, and this says a lot about AI, copyright and ownership. Jerry Falade's manuscript was des...
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
It's time for the annual AI in L&D report. Even if you're sceptical or not using it at all, I'd love to hear from you! www.linkedin.com/posts/donald...
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AI in L&D: The 2026 survey | Donald H Taylor
What are you doing with AI in L&D? What are you hopes, fears, barriers and practical experience? I'm currently collecting data for the annual AI in L&D report, the fourth since Egle Vinauskaite and...
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The word "can" ... just a minefield! www.linkedin.com/posts/donald...
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What do you mean when you ask someone "Can you...?"? For anyone interested in culture, communication and the potential for misunderstanding, this is a bit of a nightmare. I almost always me...
What do you mean when you ask someone "Can you...?"? For anyone interested in culture, communication and the potential for misunderstanding, this is a bit of a nightmare. I almost always mean literal...
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Cabbies will always have a story to tell when asked about the weirdest things that happened in their cabs!
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I'm honestly sorry, I mean I know you're having a bad day, but these three posts today made me laugh out loud.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
What an insane game. All the players would be heartbroken not to play tomorrow but they put on a great show for everyone. Delighted for Saka and Mbappe. Great to see the players chatting afterwards and everyone applauding Deschamps. Thank you, merci a tous. #FRAENG #worldcup
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
If you chose not to watch the England game, I get it, but you should turn it on.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Wondering what the American viewers will make of the ENG ARG match. #WorldCup
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Lars Marius Garshol @larsga.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Scene outside the royal palace in Oslo right now. People are celebrating, because in the end this is a huge win for Norwegian soccer.
Huge crowd of people in the dark, with Norwegian flags, and a chyron reading "People's party even though Norway lost". Hard to translate "Folkefest". Means something like the people coming out as one and partying.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Quite. Obviously I am hoping for (even expecting) an England victory. Today, I shook hands with the Norwegian barista at my local Turkish coffee shop, and we both agreed it would be a good match. But I may have spotted in her eyes a glint of eager Viking anticipation for the battle ahead ...
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I think it'll be mostly like an edgy FA Cup final that flares into life in the final 20 minutes.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This expresses what I think a lot of England fans feel.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Thanks for the link - great to hear more about the man!
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Some of us remember Norway's 1981 victory knocking England out of qualification for the 82 World Cup. The celebrated final minute of commentary is worth listening to. Then, Norway were the underdogs. Today they're riding high.... #NORENG #Norway #England #WorldCuo m.youtube.com/watch?v=yuPW...
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
I love seeing 'Count Binface' rendered in other languages.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Is this the ultimate mansplain? (I feel you probably have plenty of incidents to compare it against.)
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I was one of over 600,000 following this on the @bbcsportbot.bsky.social website. Even via messaging, what a game. Not sure I can go back to sleep now
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Good piece by @zey.bsky.social. The LLMs used in law example is a good one, and leads to some complex repercussions that I'd like to see further explored.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
2x2x3 = 12 Panic slightly. I can't go further with this. Look ahead. Ah! 5x5 =25 and 4x25 =100 Saved! 12x100 = 1,200 Horrible lack of forward planning saved by good luck! Other solutions here are much better.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I have it in writing.
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Resistance Studies Series @resistanceschool.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"Because faculty no longer control the curriculum, Texas A&M is quickly becoming an institution of dead dogmas." - Martin Peterson His full resignation letter below. Hear from him directly at our next Resistance Salon - June 24 @ 12pm ET. Register 👇 www.resistancestudiesseries.com/salon
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Buttons (Ashley) 🏴‍☠️#OFMDForLife🏴‍☠️ 🏳️‍🌈🤡 @sevensugars.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Since I did do my PhD in cyanobacteria growth and treatment optimization modeling AND work in the water treatment industry, I’m gonna share my theory as to what’s happening here and how to fix it. People are focusing on the painted bottom of the pool increasing residual heat, and while that 1/19
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I'd watch a period drama where Bach's was a struggling stand up who just composed to pay the rent.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Works on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
It is absurd to use AI in online searches, or translation, or car navigation, but then to ban it in producing content Let's accept that AI is a tool and focus on how well or badly it is used, rather than banning its use altogether. What do you think? www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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Claude's new model, Fable, is out. I gave it a test run on five years of L&D Global Sentiment Survey data. The process raises a question about our use of AI. The test: 11,528 free-text answer...
Claude's new model, Fable, is out. I gave it a test run on five years of L&D Global Sentiment Survey data. The process raises a question about our use of AI. The test: 11,528 free-text answers to the...
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Whoever wrote that headline about "no good answers" needs to read the article, which spells out the answer pretty clearly: "Turkey’s development of an ICBM capability is just one example of what results when American reliability as a security partner is called into question."
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Now that makes a lot of sense!
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Beach Master at Anzio. Aged 27. Fluent in Italian, French and German as demonstrated when Minister of Defence, per this in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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Denis Healey’s brilliance as a linguist | Letter from Harry Schneider
Letters: He spoke fluently, off the cuff, in idiomatic well-accented French, Italian and German. I am not aware that any one of his successors as defence secretary would have been capable of this
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I love exploring our own thinking processes like this.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Greater than 4. (I get there by a feeling which I check.) The feeling: whereas 16 "fits" over 4 nicely, 15.99 has an "overhang" over 3.99, so 15.99/3.99 must be greater than 4. Rational check: 0.01 is a greater proportion of 3.99 than of 15.99, so the division is >4. Fascinating to consider this!
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Maggie Serota @maggieserota.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
If I were an action hero, this is what I’d say to the bad guy before the kill shot.
Screenshot from the paywall on a Wired article that reads: “You’ve read your last free article.”
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Absolutely!
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Not sure about this pre-match show at the Champions League Final. I want the punditry and build up! Anyway, come on Arsenal. Keep it together for the first 20 minutes and it's everything to play for!
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
This thread is .... well, just read it ... brilliant stuff, everyone. Well played.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
.... closely followed by the Hex Girls
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Scoobtober: The Hex Girls in The Mystery Machine
ALT: Scoobtober: The Hex Girls in The Mystery Machine
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Dr. Adelle Bricking 🌼 @archaedelle.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
An unusual request in the name of archaeological science: Would anyone happen to have a Shetland or Exmoor pony that wouldn’t mind sending some fur samples to me? We’re trying to compare a potentially preserved fur specimen but there’s (perhaps unsurprisingly) few sources on fur fibre diameters!
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Gutting of the CDC + Ebola outbreak + The Hajj + The World Cup = Potentially, a real problem for the world
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Fiona @fionamcbride.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Al is reshaping L&D. Some of it is brilliant. Some frustrating. Some is quietly changing what it means to be good at our work. I am passionate about sharing these stories..what’s happening? Who is utilising AI well? Where it’s not quite right? That’s where this event comes in.. #AIinLearning 1/3
AI in Learning: A sensemaking day
WallaceSpace Covent Garden- London
28 Sept at 9am
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Arsenal FC @arsenalfc.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The Arsenal. Your Premier League champions.
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Donald H Taylor @donaldhtaylor.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Verona Airport, Italy
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