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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 22h

Ahhh, when I was a little kid nothing was more exciting than dreaming of the day when I could maximise my campaign's impact using objective-based advertising to achieve my B2B marketing goals with LinkedIn Ads.

An advert from Linked in which says "Maximise your campaign's impact using objective-based advertising. Achieve your B2B marketing goals with LinkedIn Ads." No.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

In my hotel room with BBC News on, and there's an AI segment and it's two women I know and like (Stephanie Hare, @ruchowdh.bsky.social ) and whose opinions I respect. SUCH a good thing to see women giving the expert comment (+ also no surprise that it's often women taking the solid critical stance).

A picture of the BBC News channel. On it is the newsreader, Stephanie Hare, and Rumman Chowdhury.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The 4.5hr flight delay aside, what an absolute treat to get to do an AI panel in Zurich with @eryk.bsky.social and @bvlsingler.bsky.social, both of whom are consistently excellent in their AI takes. Also I saw a goat robot.

Three people — Eryk, Beth, and me — smiling for the camera in a selfie pic taken at a table in a hotel bar.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

They were so close to describing me; just that missing L.

A corner of a billboard. The text on it reads "Devin fuses intelligence with efficiency."

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I did my first ultramarathon today. 51.3K (they rerouted and added extra) and I enjoyed it mostly and didn't break any bones, unlike my last marathon. I'm knackered and desperately in need of something that isn't sugar but worryingly I haven't said that I'd never do it again.

A medal on a yellow ribbon. The medal says "Suffolk Coastal Path 50K". It sits beside a bag of fish and chips.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Good morning, it is a bank holiday today in England/Wales/NI and I do not have to go for a v. long run as I have reached my two week taper. Today is for planning work stuff (needs must), dog walking, laundry, maybe a cocktail later then I'm off booze til after my 51.3K mid-month. Have a lovely day.

A pair of legs (mine) propped up on a bright yellow cushion on a bright yellow chair in a garden. In the background is a brick wall. There are plants all around: herbs, daisies, geranium. The edge of a bright yellow table is just visible. I am wearing yellow socks and green Converse shoes and a vivid floral skirt.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Glued to my phone this morning as the local newspaper brings me live updates + rolling coverage of a police cordon round the Cornish pasty shop two streets away. Might dander over. "The Cornish Bakehouse is within the police cordon; it is unclear if the business will open this morning as a result."

© edp24.co.uk

The footage, which appears to have been taken yesterday evening, shows two people trying to enter the Cornish Bakehouse while police officers are on the scene.

9:12 am 26/08/26
Earlier this year, masked youths armed with baseball bats were involved in a fight in the Haymarket area, which prompted calls for a stronger police presence in the area.
9:00 am 26/08/26
The Cornish Bakehouse is within the police cordon; it is unclear if the business will open this morning as a result.
8:57 am 26/08/26
Forensics teams are due to inspect the cordon later this morning, says one officer.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Found vodka and cigarettes in the 16yo's bedroom so did what any responsible parent would do and bought 3m of crime scene tape and some evidence bags off eBay.

A picture of the area underneath a table. There is a collection of Fanta cans (because teenagers like collecting useless weird stuff) and a storage box in which you can see a half bottle of vodka in a sealed evidence bag and a cigarette packet also in an evidence bag. Across this is strung crime scene tape reading "POLICE LINE DO NOT CROSS". A pink post-it note saying "Busted! Come & talk to us" is attached to the table.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I have about 20 shit photos of a blurry sun or one of me looking incredibly cool in hard-to-get eclipse glasses, so that's what we're going with.

A woman (me) in a grey t-shirt standing on a gravel path with her hands on her hips, looking towards the sun. She is wearing a pair of eclipse glasses. Behind her is vivid blue sky and the flat green landscape of Norfolk.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Today in "what a relaxing Sunday": following a long and far too hot run, plus the usual supermarket trip, we unblocked a chimney to rescue a pigeon that had got itself trapped. The living room is now 40% soot/dust but the pigeon is free (and very pissed off).

Clouds of soot and dust emanating from a late Georgian tiny domestic fireplace. In shot: my leg and foot and two rubble sacks (filled).

A pissed off, somewhat dazed pigeon in a back yard beside some plants.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If you see this, quote a pic of you in sunglasses

It's me, wearing sunglasses and drinking from a mug that reads "MALE TEARS". Behind me is the Thames and the cityscape of Canary Wharf.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The medal is very pretty. It will now go in a drawer where I'll forget about it. Gorgeous route, though, despite a horrible uphill bit at the end.

A medal from a running event. The ribbon says "10 MILE RACE" and the metal medal has a drawing of a windmill and a ferry boat and says "PORTAFERRY GALA 10 MILE RACE".

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Gutted to be leaving #emfcamp early: got 6hrs of trains to get home to Norwich then have to be in London tomorrow morning to fly to Norn Ireland to visit the parents. It has been wonderful and my heart is so full and I now have 1047 new projects to start. See you in 2028. Mwah!

A close up of World'O'Techno with a sticker saying "You wouldn't steal World'O'Techno".

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Don't know about werewolves but David Ireland was most certain about vampires when he wrote Cyprus Avenue.

An excerpt from the play Cyprus Avenue by David Ireland:
Slim: I don't mind Tom Cruise. Even when he's being a Fenian. Do you like Tom Cruise?
Eric: I don't mind him.
Slim: Aye, I don't mind him too. I just wish he'd stop playing Fenians. Mission Impossible - Fenian. Collateral - Fenian. Top Gun - Fenian. Jerry Maguire - definite Fenian.
And I'm pretty sure that vampire he played in Interview with a Vampire was a Fenian too. Do you ever notice that most vampires in most films are Fenians? Where are all the Protestant vampires, Eric? When will our stories be told?
When will we see Tom Cruise playing a misunderstood loyalist vampire getting burnt out of his home in Cluan Place by an unstoppable mob of ignorant, cock-eyed Short Strand taigs? When will that happen, Eric?
Eric: I don't think that will happen.
Slim: I think you're right. And the world is a poorer place because of it. So go on then.
Eric: What?

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Who the hell wrote Starmer's speech? It's so self-contradictory!

THE "EVEN" ADVISORY SYSTEM
Used to assess risk of losing the ability to even permanently.
I LITERALLY CAN'T EVEN
Severe
I CANNOT
High
I JUST
CAN'T EVEN
Elevated
I CAN'T EVEN
Guarded
I CAN'T
Low

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We've done 2.5 days of Festival of Storytelling at King's — an event that started with me saying "I might run an afternoon workshop...". 25 sessions later and it has been wonderful. The @kings-dfi.bsky.social team and @kingsartshums.bsky.social are the best. Big thanks to the generosity of MAIS SpA.

Author Sarah Perry stands at a lectern. Behind her is a screen showing the title of her talk, "How to Write Good."

The Possible Futures of Journalism panel featuring Samira Ahmed, Mic Wright, Martin Moore, and David Young.

Tom Hunter from the Arthur C Clarke Award and Samira Ahmed prepare to announce the 40th anniversary shortlist.

Kate Devlin, Abby Williams, Tom Hunter, and Luca Viganò on a panel about The Power of a Good Story.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It's the actual @clarkeaward.bsky.social Arthur C Clarke Award 40th anniversary shortlist announcement LIVE on stage at our @digitalculturekcl.bsky.social Festival of Storytelling, with award director Tom Hunter in conversation with @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social . That's Arthur's typewriter on stage!

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

We keep going through the tube strikes for this @kings-dfi.bsky.social panel on The Possible Futures of Journalism where @samiraahmeduk.bsky.social, @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social, @martinjemoore.bsky.social and David Young are taking a no-holds-barred look at the media landscape.

Samira Ahmed, Mic Wright, Dr Martin Moore and Dr David Young sit talking at a table in front of a screen that says "The Digital Futures Institute Festival of Storytelling".

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Also, new shoes with vibram soles doing the hard work. This is a very niche post, I realise. Altra Lone Peak 9+, for those who are into such things. Here for all your zero drop chat.

A pair of feet in a pair of bright pink running shoes , standing in gravelly ground. The rest of the person from the shins upwards is not visible.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Yes! I co-wrote a whole academic piece that mentions that... kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...

CHAPTER
15 The Measure of a Woman:
Fembots, Fact and Fiction
Kate Devlin, Olivia Belton
https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198846666.003.00
16
Pages 357-381
Published: 21 February 2020

Abstract
While the production of real-life sex robots is currently only at prototype stage, sexualized female artificial intelligences have long been a trope in popular media. By critically analysing a selection of science fiction films and television programmes, we explore the narrative of fictional representations of eroticized female robots and the ways in which their reception feeds real-life expectation.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Yes. And I feel I should reiterate this interview answer I gave. techcrunch.com/2024/03/30/w...

What are some issues Al users should be aware of?
Uh ... late-stage capitalism.
More usefully: check provenance - where's the data coming from? How ethical is the provider? Do they have a good track record of social responsibility? Would you let them control your oxygen supply on Mars?

What is the best way to responsibly build Al?
Regulation and conscience.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

@kityates.bsky.social I've a question for you about the London marathon ballot. Entry numbers aren't fixed — you can apply up until the deadline. But they say "pay for an extra entry and double your chances!" but how can that be, if there's not a finite limit on who can enter the ballot? Confused.🫤

Screenshot from the London Marathon ballot:
Double Your Chances of getting a place in 2027
£49.99
Select this option to DOUBLE your chances today!
You are twice as likely to get a place
You'll get a FREE Hydration vest worth over £100
Select this option to DOUBLE your chances today!*
Yes, I want to double my chances of getting a place in 2027 - £49.99
No thanks, I just want a single free ballot entry

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Oh, to be a daft lurcher in the springtime .

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Exactly. Don't make me tap the sign.

It's the "don't make me tap the sign" meme from The Simpsons and the sign states "I don't care what ChatGPT said."

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Went looking for my library card in the drawer of doom and found my "what were you like in the 90s" ISIC card, so imagine that meme music except I wouldn't have been listening to Iris by the Goo Goo Dolls mostly because I was into grunge and industrial and also because it wasn't released until 1998.

A somewhat tattered International Student Identity Card (ISIC) from 1996 with a photo of me looking young and fresh-faced, smiling at the camera. I like to think I look much the same 30 years later but unfortunately I do not.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Work is off-the-chart busy these days (have reached the stage where I administer & manage research rather than get to do it; thanks, I hate it). Trying to have at least one weekend day off. An hour of sauna and ice baths this morning has left me feeling temporarily restored. Also: blossom.

A flint and brick wall in the grounds of Norwich cathedral. The sky is blue with white clouds. The cathedral spire can be seen in the background through branches of white blossom.

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Kate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

There's been a banner on Mumsnet for a while now offering a speedy generated letter to MPs to call for a U16 social media ban. Heaven forbid you might want to write to suggest an evidence-based approach...