Reposted by Andrea WernerToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 7hcome on guys, why stop at 2.4 billion, ask for 5 or 6, enjoy yourselves 04912
Reposted by Andrea WernerMother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/10/2026Women trust AI less than men—but no one’s asking them. Men are disproportionately likely to be approached as AI experts, Harvard researchers found.motherjones.comWomen trust AI less—but no one's asking themMen are disproportionately likely to be approached as AI experts, Harvard researchers found. 1819775
Reposted by Andrea WernerElsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart 168145304811
Reposted by Andrea WernerBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple. 9415161
Reposted by Andrea WernerSeaWindowCraster @seawindowcraster.bsky.social · 01/10/20261st October 2026 22.32 422021
Reposted by Andrea WernerJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119116092882
Reposted by Andrea WernerKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I 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 6079092229
Reposted by Andrea WernerPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026What if, and hear me out, what if we shouldn’t be expanding airport capacity at all? 111099
Reposted by Andrea WernerThe Economist @economist.com · 22/09/2026A new paper found that when male managers had their first daughters, the gender pay gap at their firms narrowed. Our charts explain the trendbit.lyWhat having a daughter does to a bossMale managers hire more women after becoming a “girl dad” 4259
Reposted by Andrea WernerSmooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026been thinkin about how robots are gonna kill us 9086991872
Reposted by Andrea WernerMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/09/2026I think we should have one day a week when no-one is allowed to talk about AI, so we can have a rest 1851171
Reposted by Andrea WernerBantshire University @bantshireuni.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Our AI-powered timetabling system has become self-aware and resigned from its position with immediate effect. 28635
Reposted by Andrea WernerParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026"It was at this point that an oyster went down the wrong way and blocked my ear canals, meaning I missed the whole conversation where I agreed to a foreign donor illegally giving us £500,000..." 201698520
Reposted by Andrea WernerDr. Peter Paul Rubens @peterpaulrubens.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Looking out into infinity from the chalk cliffs of Rügen in 1818 with Caspar David Friedrich. He was born on this day in 1774. 413428
Reposted by Andrea WernerElle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Rough Draft vs Final Draft 254116983325
Reposted by Andrea WernerLaura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Sometimes the purpose of your life is to serve as an example to others. krcrtv.com/news/local/t...krcrtv.comThree Mount Shasta climbers rescued after relying on AI to plan climbThree novice climbers were rescued from Mount Shasta on Sunday after becoming lost, running low on supplies and spending an unplanned night in Mud Creek Canyon, 619939
Reposted by Andrea WernerWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 03/09/2026A longstanding issue in governance of the UK is that regulators are simply toothless. OfCom is a great example. We have a regulatory system where regulators don’t regulate. 2518043
Reposted by Andrea WernerThe English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 03/09/2026St Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, with its Yew Tree guardians Tolkien was a regular visitor in the area, and the doors bear an uncanny resemblance to similar in Lord of the Rings, the Doors of Durin 746875
Reposted by Andrea WernerMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 02/09/2026AI created a problem that had already been solved by google 382135170
Reposted by Andrea Wernerwww.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Two German soldiers wearing portable sound detection devices to locate enemy aircraft on the Western Front around 1917, during World War I. Let’s bring this design back for portable public speakers? 👀 15018
Reposted by Andrea WernerProf Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 01/09/2026The flim-flam and fripperies of late stage capitalism just keep on coming www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comDyson launches £420 toothbrush that films ‘live cleaning footage’ inside your mouthJames Dyson says ‘complete dental system’ will also include toothpaste and mouth rinse that each cost £8.50 158729
Reposted by Andrea Wernerwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 01/09/2026'The Night Cafe' by UK printmaker Louise Stebbing #WomensArt 31179146
Reposted by Andrea WernerEast Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 31/08/2026Nationalisation is routinely dismissed as unaffordable. But what if the eye-watering figures we're given fundamentally misunderstand how nationalisation actually works? Richard Murphy takes apart the argument.eastangliabylines.co.ukThe nationalisation tabooNationalisation is routinely dismissed as unaffordable, but does that argument fundamentally misunderstand what bringing essential services into public ownership costs? 711563
Reposted by Andrea WernerOrwell's Drafts Folder @blueknuckle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026This is a valid point (in pedagogical theory), except that most of us (and our courses) are about teaching robust, valid content and understandings of the world (whether it's history, engineering, what have you). Disproving a bad tool is not necessarily a good or focused use of most curricular time. 1241
Reposted by Andrea Wernerwww.slowtravelberlin.com @slowberlin.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Construction of the Fernsehturm’s disco ball 1966-67 #berlin 0395
Reposted by Andrea WernerMolly Jeffery, PhD MPP @mollyjeffery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Can confirm. A student told me about a an LLM-based tool that is supposed to help with your lit review. I asked it a question where my work should have been prominent. None of my work came up. Lots of different men did. 29133
Reposted by Andrea WernerGlobal Museum @globalmuseum.bsky.social · 29/08/2026London Science Museum cuts links with BP after decades of partnership. Campaigners say ‘seismic shift’ follows years of pressure to sever ties with oil and gas firm. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026... #globalmuseum #museums #sponsorship #ScienceMuseum 083
Reposted by Andrea WernerProspect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 29/08/2026Dolly Parton, who died this week, could turn any old scraps into something wondrous, writes Laura Bartonprospectmagazine.co.ukDolly Parton’s stitched-together greatnessThe country singer, who died this week, could turn any old scraps into something wondrous 021
Reposted by Andrea WernerPaul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Journalists really need to rid themselves of the anthropomorphic illusions about AI. 10705
Reposted by Andrea WernerJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Just as some hotels don’t have a Floor 13, journals shouldn’t have Reviewer no 2. 1475
Reposted by Andrea WernerSimon Knott @simonknott.bsky.social · 27/08/2026The Electric Picture Shop, Saltaire, West Yorkshire. The modern car betrays the fact that this photo wasn't taken in the 1980s, but last Saturday. 221839
Reposted by Andrea WernerSimon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Dolly was always a great collaborator with other musicians. One of my all-time favourites. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEE9...youtube.comLinda Ronstadt, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris - After the Gold Rush (Official Music Video) | TRIOYouTube video by Linda Ronstadt 2186
Andrea Werner @drandreaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026#RIPDolly youtube.com/watch?v=TgZw...youtube.comNorah Jones & Dolly Parton - Creepin' inYouTube video by Julie Littlewing 000
Reposted by Andrea WernerGerman at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 25/08/2026RIP Dolly Parton. Here is her performance on the West German TV programme Musikladen in 1977. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdA5...youtube.comDolly Parton Live on Musikladen (The Music Shop) 1977YouTube video by RY-laxing with R: Relaxing Sounds 082
Reposted by Andrea WernerBo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She 1752271401
Reposted by Andrea WernerEric Rauchway @rauchway.bsky.social · 25/08/2026“The undergraduate social-sciences division will also ban in-class audio or video recording and prohibit faculty members from using generative AI to assist in grading”chronicle.comU. of Chicago Bans Tech, AI in Social Sciences Core CoursesThe new restrictions apply to students and faculty members. 35315
Reposted by Andrea WernerKJ Shepherd @kjshepherd.bsky.social · 25/08/2026there will be many ways to celebrate dolly parton and the one I want to point out is that she was a friend of Miss Piggy 34104272557
Reposted by Andrea WernerMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Have been approved to turn this hall, in a building that was recently reopened, into a tech-free study space for our NeoLuddite students. 1329920
Reposted by Andrea Werner☠°。Die Siebenschläfern *.゚☠ @sababausa.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Google Scholar has been less and less functional lately It throws a server error like 1/4 the time I use it now bsky.app/profile/saba... 071
Reposted by Andrea WernerBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I think at least some of the unpopularity of AI is because Google AI search is *particularly* shit and forced down your throat 41974133
Reposted by Andrea WernerProfessor Nutella @jpnudell.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Optimization and efficiency are great in some ways, but the magic happens in the inefficient interstices. 051
Reposted by Andrea WernerPaintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026'Gas Lamp, Goodwin's Court, Bedfordbury End' by Jack Russell jackrussell.co.uk 317328
Reposted by Andrea WernerDan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I‘m far from an AI doomer, but it is amazing how many serious voices — on LinkedIn, no less! — are sharing stories about how AI slop is quickly becoming one of the top problems they see in academic writing and research “AI will 10x our research!” doesn’t seem to be surviving encounters with reality 51537435
Reposted by Andrea WernerPaintings of London @paintingsoflondon.bsky.social · 15/08/2026S is for St Paul's Cathedral ------ 'St Paul's and Ludgate Hill' (c.1887) by William Logsdail (Private collection) 324044