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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...

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Lisa Diedrich @lisadiedrich.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Reading is a practice of freedom.

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Can’t believe no one has ever thought of the idea of selling us hot food. I, for one, am both excited and, if I’m honest, a little apprehensive about the idea of warm food. www.ft.com/content/bdb6... Subway rival bets hot sandwiches will sell in UK’s ‘cold and rain’

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I put tinfoil in my microwave and it exploded. The microwaves have gone rogue!!!

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Andrew D Wilson @adw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fuck this bullshit immediately

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Per Axbom @axbom.com · 24/09/2026

'll be offline for some days so here's my shoutout for Petrov Day on September 26. Remembering Stanislav Petrov's act of defiance reminds us that surviving when machines are calling the shots means building the skills to resist artificial urgency… knowing better… And rewarding people who do.

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Three lessons from a man who averted nuclear war by not trusting a computer

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Spent too long on google trying to not mangle pronunciation of the road we’re on for delivery when we called the takeaway, turns out they’re pickup only. You win Wales.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We are on holiday and Kate is “relaxing” by planning our next holiday.

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Louise, Prof/Dr @louiselocock.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Oh blimey, here we go again. Time to vote in the National Trust AGM to keep so-called 'Restore Trust' off the council. Use the quick vote to ensure we don't split the anti-Restore vote. Or.... 1/2 www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/a...

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Annual General Meeting

Your Annual General Meeting will take place online and in person on Saturday 7th November 2026 at the STEAM Museum, Swindon.

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Had a “rebuy loads of CDs I got rid of over years of flat moves” binge, and stuff like this feels like discovering mysterious artefacts from a forgotten era

a CD insert for the band Morning Runner listing numbers to text to get their songs as mobile ringtones

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Amal El-Mohtar @amalelmohtar.com · 09/09/2026

Just learned that Category Is Books, a lovely queer bookshop in Glasgow, has been targeted by transphobic violence, & is fundraising to cover the costs of a smashed window & roller shutters. I hate that they have to do this & would love to see them meet their goal.

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Donate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is Books

For the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The AI killing us all thing (hypothetical future harm of technology) coming out as Meta concedes billions about addictive product design (current evidenced harm of technology) is just a coincidence I bet.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Someone on LinkedIn getting cranky because other people are “stealing” their prompts and not giving them credit.

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Kermit the Frog says 'REALLY??!!'

Alt: Kermit the Frog says 'REALLY??!!'

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I know some really good researchers who are retraining for other jobs because they don’t like how AI dominates the discipline and don’t want to have to work with it. Makes me weep a bit, at the leaders letting this happen and even encouraging it. People aren’t getting left behind, they just leave.

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Madame Hardy @madamehardy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Saw this attack in the wild for the first time, in a purported ebooks site claiming to be using Cloudflare. I expect many (most?) of you use Linux or Macs, but just in case: This is trying to get you to run a Windows program that will infect your computer. If you ever see this, run away fast.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Guy at work used the “people would just want faster horses” line when I presented some user needs so I told him I’m going to burn down his house.

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Adam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I've been revisiting my 2021 book How to Argue With a Racist, in light of the Cofnas situation - i didn't name him or the scientifically illiterati with who he breaks bread. But I thought these sections from the end might be of interest.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

My life now when I do anything, absolutely anything at all: *pad pad pad pad pad pad* Hello! You have been assigned a golden retriever for this task! A golden retriever is NOT optional for this task! Thank you for your understanding at this and all times. *slobber*

A very happy looking golden retriever with her big tongue hanging out

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Henry Snow @henrys.now · 24/08/2026

When your school psychologist wants to help a struggling student they have to do evidence-based interventions, for obvious reasons. When your school district wants to replace teaching with Gemini, there's no such requirement! Hm!

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Also let’s be clear - the reason we’re retreading the “is being a racist prick actually defending free speech though” bs is because racism, across the media, across universities, across society as a whole, killed Jason Arday. That website about his kindness by former students is heartbreaking.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

This is crucial. Because no-one defends the right of academics to continue to be wrong when the argument is completely lost.That’s just being bad at your job. So they are ignoring - or disbelieving- the “massively wrong” part in favour of “publicly/politically unacceptable”.

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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Most genuine heroism, the kind that saves countless lives, is quiet, everyday, boring, and *collective.* It’s not one guy taking out a school shooter. It’s thousands of people building better systems and maintaining them. It is in your hands, and your neighbor’s.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Another thing the "you gotta include the racist guys as well as everyone else" people fail to understand (or pretend not to understand) is that when you include people like that, you are excluding the people that they hate for existing. (no need to send me the Popper cartoon, I've seen it!)

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The academics I knew who have gone terfy are also, in every case, ones who have been dismissive of or rejected patient involvement. It’s interesting to consider the overlap I think, some kind of defensive superiority, a sense that others having power must mean yours is being taken or undermined.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

“People are just resistant to change” is the laziest ‘insight’ (excuse) you can generate about reactions to and uptake of a new technology.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/

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Discworld Bot @discworldbot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret. 𝒯𝒽𝑒 𝒯𝓇𝓊𝓉𝒽

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

In a terrifying example of foolishness, privilege, and hubris, we have ordered delivery Toby carvery. May god have mercy etc

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

So many issues in Digital would be solved with those old fashioned meeting agendas and minutes, but Digital kids are far too cool for that. Only Ceremonies on Miro! Writing things down is for losers!! Let’s do another icebreaker!!!

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I suspect men who do it never spot that they thank women for their work, like they’ve done them a favour, vs praise other men about their work, like they’re impressed by them. But I wonder if the men receiving those compliments, rather than a head pat, ever recognise the discrepancy.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Oh no! Look over there! An AI, which is a thing with intentions, has Gone Rogue!! *quickly throws a blanket over flawed security systems and poor evaluation parameters*

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Guy pulled into Sainsbury’s blasting Eminem, with Real Slim Shady decals on his car, and wearing an Eminem T-shirt. He is a mystery. He is unknowable. His likes? His preferences? Who can say. Truly we remain ever a mystery to our fellow man.

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Always repost the JB Apology Form.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Ann Droid was great. I’ve decided it’s the very British answer to Murderbot (which I adored) - instead of fighting aliens it’s robots vs the crumbling social care system, and instead of TV serials it’s got Cotten Eye Joe

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

They never complain about the historical accuracy of the women they’re meant to fancy having perfect teeth.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The collective blindfold that so many researchers have put on around AI inaccuracy somehow not mattering is full emperors new clothes cliche. Like, that should sink anything as a tool for research. But we just absorb it as needing “better prompts” as if it’s childish to criticise the AI.

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The anatomy of an AI-supported academic article is becoming more apparent. I desk reviewed ~70 manuscripts this week for our journal. Reckon 20ish had significant AI assistance. On top of hundreds of others recently I'm starting to see patterns. Are other editors are seeing the same or similar? 1/

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I understand reacting to that Hegseth news as “oh so they get gender affirming care!” But what’s being proposed is about forcing unscientific standards of gender onto people. So it’s very much not, and I don’t think it helps to equate it to something nonconsensually enforced on someone else’s whim.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It is homophobic that that the men’s football is STILL on yet there is no I Kissed A Girl reunion episode.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This really nails the problem with a lot of the meet in the middle, stop purity tests chiding that we hear.

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Loukas Christodoulou @loukas.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

If the English don't do this they have no banter. They will have lost the Bandate of Heaven

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

"The Hidden History of X" if you dont count the archivists and librarians, and historians who actually made every effort to un-hide the histories

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

My dog perfectly times her naughty behaviour for just after I’ve started saying “good girl!” about something else.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

You know the AI can lie to you about whether it’s lying, right? Like it’s not a foolproof safety mechanism to tell it to be accurate.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Watching Dante’s Peak for some temperature-appropriate nonsense.

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Sarah K @dr-know.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

“My job is just…prompt.”

"I'm preparing to answer your questions," I said.
"With ChatGPT?"
"Yes," I said. "How else would I do it?"
Apparently, "how else would I do it" is "from memory, using only my brain, like some kind of medieval peasant." This was news to me.

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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

35°C is normal, we used to just call that summer! Here's how many summers topped 32°C 70s 4 80s 2 90s 8 2000s 6 2010s all of them 2020s all of them And here's how many summers topped 35°C 70s 1 80s 0 90s 2 2000s 2 2010s 3 2020s 4 (out of 6 so far)

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