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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This university is really progressive - they even let drones get an education.

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Just saw a woman walking a meerkat on a leash which is apparently a thing. ocacnews.net/article/407317

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I had no idea that the phrase "gung ho" comes from a misunderstanding of the Mandarin phrase "工合" - wow. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gung_ho

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Gung ho - Wikipedia

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Xitun area of Taichung is really strange. Staying in a hotel with a church next door that's bigger than the hotel. Every business is either brand-new or run down and empty or completely full. Multiple multi-floor gyms within a stone's throw. The buxibans and travel agencies look the exact same.

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I've already played Control 1 and loved it. Hype hype.

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

So excited to play this but I think I'm going to do Alan Wake 1+2 first!

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sad news everyone. Our beloved friend the computer has now become a hated enemy

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Guess they didn't get enough enrollees for the AI Express course - this evening every faculty member was added without any input.

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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"As things stand, students who commit infractions like plagiarism — which typically has no real victims — are often punished more harshly than the male students directly responsible for making the campus dangerous for female ones."

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Had no idea he was from Chattanooga. Also his Wiki is very random! ""Karaoke with Your Favorite Principal Dennis."[7][8] On the album, he sings everything from "Piano Man" to "Mustang Sally", the latter being a duet with Hulk Hogan's daughter Brooke Hogan."

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah I regret this. I think my perfect playthrough would be to take a break after each big boss and then pick a new weapon when I restart. I don't know I have the discipline to do that, though.

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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

“This is not a dark chapter in Cornell’s history, it’s a morbid pattern” Editorial Board at The Cornell Sun absolutely fucking your shit UP www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...

We refuse for this victim to be reduced to just another story.
Cornell has failed to protect its students. Cornell has failed to address the growing issue of sexual assault on campus with its pathetic task force. Cornell has failed the student allegedly raped by those seven men at Chi Phi in October 2024. Cornell has failed her. Cornell has failed us.

To Matthew Ingalls, Jonathan Newell, Winston Lee, Gillio Lopes, Diego Sarabia, Scott Norris and Scott Kretzschmar: We know who you are and we refuse to let you benefit from this University's concealment.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Dear friends, As have become a habit, I mark each #autumnequinox by sharing a small poem by Xin Qiji. I also start my translation cycle of Chinese and Japanese poems and prose that mark the twenty-four lunisolar micro-seasons. Translation notes blogged here: #everynightapoem

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Sorrow is composed of a heart in autumn

a short lyric by Xin Qiji, and some thoughts on translation to mark the fall equinox

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

此生此夜不長好明月明年何處看 happy autumn moon #everynightapoem #fragment #蘇軾

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I know that list of tv shows is bait but only having American shows and a handful of British ones but not saying best of English language tv makes it extra sad. (Frieren should've been #1)

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麻糬和人類室友木火 @bicolorcat2077.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

中秋節快樂！！XDD （魔族不喜歡圖中人）

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Sojiro was a creep but he almost got me to buy a syphon coffee maker until I read a ton of articles about how awful they are at actually making coffee. But as a vibe-instilling decoration...

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Overproofed a little (taiwanese summer) so texture was a little chewier than you'd like, but the flavor was impeccable. Cinnamon buns at cafes here tend to be drier than I like. I want very gooey. These were closer to the platonic gooey ideal.

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

48 hours later. Cannot imagine how many resources (financial and work hours) have gone into pushing AI at this campus.

Email screenshot that says, "Dear Faculty members and students,

As generative AI continues to advance rapidly, understanding how AI works, the risks associated with its applications, and the relevant regulations have become essential to teaching, learning, and research.

The Office of Academic Affairs has invited experts and scholars from relevant fields to develop and teach the AI Express (AiX) course series. The first four modules explore AI from different perspectives, helping you develop a comprehensive understanding of AI and interdisciplinary AI literacy:"

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Dr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall (she/her) @lindstorian.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Why can’t students use LLMs to create summaries as part of a larger project? (Have genuinely been asked this) Because figuring out how to summarize the thing is the work! And we’re supposed to teach them how to do it!

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Sub in Breaking Bad and Rick and Morty for 24 and FNL and I'd believe this is best tv as voted by the reddit collective

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Base game finally done. Kind of want to take a break before the DLC but worried I'll lose the muscle memory. Still think the world was way too big.

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Very different experience from me! Ever year I ask my students about traditions and the ones who go to private schools almost always say "my family doesn't do that".

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

observation of the week: in the US, holidays are celebrated more extravagantly by the wealthy. giant christmas trees, special holiday dresses, elaborate feasts, etc. in Taiwan, the opposite often seems true. wealthier acquaintances seem least likely to 烤肉 on 中秋節 or eat 粽子 at 端午節.

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

i have no idea, 20 y/o me was a weirdo

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Mary Lewis @profmarylewis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Excellent oped in @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social by my @harvard.edu colleague Jill Lepore. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...

But of course, the machine conversation is not free. It comes at the cost of our common life together as teachers, learners, and researchers, colleagues, mentors, and friends. Not to mention, supervising student researchers is our job.

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Friends gave us "cardamom bun" flavored almond butter and this stuff is so good it should be illegal

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I keep seeing ChatGPT ads about Olds having chatty convos with the voice to text feature to help them do stuff on their phone and every single use case is just a thing you used to be able to just google before AI ruined Google

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I feel like the people are due a good Chotiniering

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I saw people saying that online but I've only used login.gov to pay taxes - but I also heard you can't make an id.me using a foreign address.... So idk.

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

the griftiest part of this is that the government already has login.gov, but using that wouldn't funnel enough public money into private pockets

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

(TreasuryDirect requiring id.me starting next month)

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

oh great, i'm now required to make an account that includes my full personal details (SSN and all) with a private company to access my treasury bonds, and there's no way for me to opt out, and I can't just close the account because the bonds haven't vested

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Finally ready to slam my head against Malenia until one of us breaks. Almost to the DLC!

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Graham Oliver @grahammoliver.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

BOCCHI is so warm and cute but it's also incredibly FUNNY, maybe the funniest book I've read in a long time. Highly recommend.

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