Reposted by Matt LuckcuckWWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 13h"We're Actually Seeing Someone," EU Replies As Britain Slides Back Into Its DMs waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/09/3… 0246
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckFormal Methods for Autonomous Systems @fmasworkshop.bsky.social · 14hOctober is almost here — and so is the next milestone for #FMAS2026! 📅 Author notifications are due on 6 October. We’re looking forward to sharing more about this year’s programme soon. fmasworkshop.github.io/FMAS2026/ #FormalMethods #AutonomousSystemsfmasworkshop.github.ioEighth International Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous SystemsThe Eighth International Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems will be a two-day peer-reviewed international workshop that brings together resear... 002
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 21h“But the smart glasses reflect a larger philosophical position, one ubiquitous in Big Tech and fueled by the artificial intelligence gold rush: that the human is not enough, and that we need to be aided — and disciplined — by AI.”jacobin.comAmazon Is Perfecting Total Surveillance of Its WorkforceAmazon has long been synonymous with workplace surveillance. With the introduction of “smart delivery glasses,” the logistics giant may soon ensure that not a moment of its drivers’ time on the clock ... 211342
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckMaria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm recruiting 1-2 PhD students to join our lab in Fall 2027, through either Computer Science or Information Science at the University of Colorado Boulder! Looking for people with interests in NLP plus [healthcare | literary studies | narratives | social media | etc.]. Join us! 🏔️☀️cls-lab.comCLS Lab — Culture, Language, & Systems | University of Colorado BoulderThe Culture, Language, & Systems Lab at CU Boulder studies the language systems that transmit and shape modern culture, from internet platforms to literary archives to language models. 06950
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckSophie Green @sophiegreen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026If you want to stop using horrible companies in 2026 and need recommendations for alternatives, I’ve made a list using my own research so you don’t have to. You can read the whole thing or scroll to the subheadings! Please share with friends! 🤘🏼 sophiegreenart.substack.com/p/digital-ch...sophiegreenart.substack.comdigital changes you can make immediately to stick it to the manswim down together my friends 33912
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com 41041277
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I give up. I’m moving into a cave. 743454662
Matt Luckcuck @mattluckcuck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I have a feeling that I'm not going to like my government "putting AI centre stage". 011
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026This is actually hell, right? 201067242303
Matt Luckcuck @mattluckcuck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026At the risk of sounding like Officer Crabtree, I think that this was a Bod move by Oxford. 000
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckB.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026And yet I was only allowed to access a 1955 B.Litt. thesis, the only lengthy study on Robert Braybrooke, in person and take notes (no photos). I had to sign a register of those who had ever accessed the thesis. 4313123
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 27/09/2026#OtD 27 Sep 1936 1000 uniformed fascist Blackshirts led by Oswald Mosley in Leeds, UK, were confronted by 30,000 anti-fascist locals who attacked them, pelted them with stones, hitting Mosley, and drowned out speeches by singing The Red Flag stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9965... 4246118
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckThiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 28/06/2026This is what makes it art: '(...) the publisher posted a blank white page with the cryptic phrase, “This article has been withdrawn due to article violation.” Springer Nature is nevertheless still selling the empty PDF for $39.95.' www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgWhy have papers by one of history’s most famous physicists been retracted?Springer Nature has removed two studies by Max Planck. A bot may be to blame 5311121
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckMiranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 26/09/2026As AI swallows the world and art is being stolen, it gets harder to survive as a creative human person. I've started a little Patreon. There are some lovely, human-made (by me) memberships there, for a variety of reasonable prices! Or you can join for free: affecwww.patreon.com/cw/MirandaKeeling 🥰patreon.comMiranda Keeling — Author and observer of everyday life.Get more from Miranda Keeling on Patreon. Author and observer of everyday life.. Support Miranda Keeling and get exclusive access to their work. 0187
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckFormal Methods for Autonomous Systems @fmasworkshop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026While we wait for #FMAS2026... Why not revisit FMAS 2025? The recordings are available on YouTube, so you can catch up on last year’s talks before we meet again in November: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzsw... #FormalMethods #AutonomousSystemsyoutube.comFMAS 2025 | Prof. Paula Herber - Integrated Formal Methods for the Verification of CPS and ASThis is a recording of an invited talk at the Seventh Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems (FMAS 2025). FMAS brings together researchers working on a range of techniques for the formal… 001
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckArchie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 23/09/20263/ People can, I think, reasonably disagree about whether this is a problem. (I think it is.) But British voters hate it. Public First ran some polling for us, and found that approval of AI writing on the job is lower for politicians than any other profession. 76314
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckArchie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 23/09/20262/ Among British parties, the Liberal Democrats seem to give the most AI speeches. Labour's number is flattered a bit to the downside, since ministers rarely do. Among backbenchers, it is in second place. The 2024 intake are particularly enthusiastic AI-speechwriting-adopters. 5224
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckArchie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 23/09/20261/ This is bottom-up, not top-down, and reflects choices MPs (and their staff) are making. I spoke to several. Reactions ran the gamut from denial to defence: "for every half hour saved on speechwriting, 'that is another 30 minutes we can put into supporting my constituents.'" 4389
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckArchie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My latest for @economist.com: AI writing is taking over politics. 10% of what was is said in Parliament is now AI-drafted, per Pangram. Yet more in the House of Representatives, or in Australia and Canada. Link: www.economist.com/britain/202... And a 🧵 below, w/ some main offenders 811764
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckThe Shire-Reckoning @shire-reckoning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Lobelia Sackville-Baggins and her son Lotho arrive at Bag End early (the sale goes into effect at midnight). ‘Ours at last!’ She insists on taking an inventory of the furniture. Frodo does not offer her tea. 012519
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckLyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026You're going to be needing specialists in: languages, narrative, history, psychology, information, mythology, conspiracies, etc, etc. then? #humanities #socialscience 1116761
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026'An unexplained “late surge” in student visa refusals has prompted concern that soaring rejection rates could cause institutions to breach tighter compliance rules that could ultimately endanger their ability to recruit international students.'timeshighereducation.comV-cs seek answers over ‘late surge’ in UK student visa refusalsGrowing numbers of institutions expected to have breached new compliance rules, endangering future recruitment prospects 21410
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckDr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Me to security person at Dublin Airport: I was given a lemon as a prize today. Can I bring my lemon through security? Security person (solemnly): Yes, you may bring your prize lemon through security. 1442993
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckLouise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yes absolutely. Worst so far is opening a PDF PhD thesis to examine “THIS LOOKS LIKE A LONG DOCUMENT. WOULD YOU LIKE A SUMMARY?” Seriously, 4 years of the student’s life & research… 214914
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckDr. Scandal Piñata @dr-g.myatproto.social · 20/09/2026I was invited to review this week by a journal that had helpfully embedded an LLM bot *inside* its reviewer interface. Being a tester of things LLM, I asked the bot to do what the journal suggested I ask it to do, which was to summarize the paper’s key claims for me. It could not. Not even slightly. 1278
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026if you need to "check everything" that an LLM spits out in peer review, aren't you just making MORE work for yourself? What is even happening, and why is adding more steps and labor somehow considered the "better" way to do peer review??? 1648984
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Good luck finding candidates from the East Midlands with a 2:2 or above in Russian going forward, GCSQ...hepi.ac.ukWhat the situation at Nottingham tells us about the national picture for Modern Languages and why the sector should pay attention - HEPIThis blog was kindly written by Professor Pierre-Alexis Mével, Professor of Media Accessibility and Audiovisual Translation at the University of Nottingham. At the time of writing, the University of N... 252
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Celtic (UG), Chinese & Russian (UG), Contemporary History, Economics & Statistics (joint degree), Inclusive Education (MSc), Intellectual History, Italian & Classics (joint), Law & Social Policy (joint), Medieval History, Persian Studies (UG), Portuguese (UG), Psychology & Economics (joint)....heraldscotland.comFull list of the 90 programmes earmarked for closure at leading Scottish universityManagers say the cuts are necessary “to protect our world-leading reputation and resilience in research and teaching” but staff members have hit… 95352
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 18/09/20261. BREAKING The government of Greenland and the Danish Prime Minister’s office have released a joint statement on an agreement with the United States. Unsurprisingly, the statement does not match the sweeping nature of Trump’s post on Truth Social. 14225117
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckFormal Methods for Autonomous Systems @fmasworkshop.bsky.social · 16/09/2026How can evidence from formal methods support the assurance and certification of autonomous systems? This is one of the challenges at #FMAS2026 — connecting verification results with safety arguments and real-world assurance. fmasworkshop.github.io/FMAS2026/ #FormalMethods #AutonomousSystemsfmasworkshop.github.ioEighth International Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous SystemsThe Eighth International Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems will be a two-day peer-reviewed international workshop that brings together resear... 001
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Turn to AI in research grant assessment ‘is inevitable’. UKRI becomes first mover to explore automation for processing applications, as other British funders hesitate. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r... 566
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckIva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's "cognitive surrender". We don't need it in class. Reject it (at least in much, if not all) #humanities #education. We do not need it. We were doing well without it. Reject it. It's a total myth that *everyone* uses it. They don't. #HigherEd #Teaching www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...nytimes.comUniversities Sound Warnings About A.I. Even as They Embrace ItAs A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students. 1146
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026'Research by historians compiling the Register of British Slave Traders has found that the scale of the financial system’s involvement in enslavement is greater than previously known or acknowledged.'theguardian.comSlave-trade wealth was embedded in Britain’s financial system, research findsDozens of Bank of England directors and founding subscribers invested in trafficking of enslaved Africans 34728
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckTanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I’m available for work. Currently available for: Narrative Design Writing (video game & tabletop) Consulting (narrative/DEI/editing) Review and Executive Summary of playable builds Recruiters welcome to get in touch. linkedin.com/in/tanyacdep...linkedin.com 0623441
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckNanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 15/09/2026Showing a co-worker what it means when an AI hallucinates imagery and cannot be relied upon for *any* information. Played NCIS ENHANCE ENHANCE ENHANCE from a pixellated construction site photo. 1826875
Matt Luckcuck @mattluckcuck.bsky.social · 14/09/2026So its...Star Wars: Lemmings? Also, does anyone related to @woodenovercoats.bsky.social know if Andy Secombe was involved with this too? Sounds like him on the trailer. 🙂 000
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 14/09/2026North-west leaders call for review of planned STFC cuts. Regional leaders, including Liverpool’s mayor, urge prime minister to pause cuts that threaten Daresbury Laboratory. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...researchprofessionalnews.comNorth-west leaders call for review of planned STFC cuts - Research Professional NewsRegional leaders, including Liverpool’s mayor, urge prime minister to pause cuts that threaten Daresbury Laboratory 001
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckDr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Derby Museums currently has the Joseph Wright of Derby: From the Shadows exhibition that was on at the National Gallery. That was great but small and paid. At Derby it is bigger, better displayed and FREE. Until November. 2125
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I have listened to and read lots and lots of What AI will Mean for College and the one big thing that gets skips all the time is TEACHING. Information provided is not teaching. 8/ 350889
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckKarin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Students in discussion of uncurated materials is not teaching. Students hanging out together is not teaching. Good teaching is the thing that AI cannot do, while it can mimic a role in the first two. 9/ 541856
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckDr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Make a band edible: Radiobread 2161
Reposted by Matt Luckcuck 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐨 @agnes-guano.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Patrick Troughton helping the Blue Peter team choose the winner of the 1967 Dr Who monster drawing competition. 0288
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckBantshire University @bantshireuni.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Our AI-powered timetabling system has become self-aware and resigned from its position with immediate effect. 28535
Reposted by Matt LuckcuckHawkeye 🚫👑 💙👊🏼 @dontdeflect.bsky.social · 21/05/2026As a teacher of English, I can definitively state that yes, this is exactly what happened. Particularly, the curse words. ◡̈ 16074351410
