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Matt Luckcuck

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An At risk of redundancy' Computer Scientist | Nullius in verba

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AIhub.org @aihub.org · 7h
In the latest interview in our series featuring the @ijcai.org -@euraiorg.bsky.social doctoral consortium participants, we hear from Mayra Elwes about her work using machine learning for clinical time-series forecasting aihub.org/2026/10/07/m...
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Machine learning for clinical time-series forecasting: an interview with Mayra Elwes - ΑΙhub
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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.
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Matt Luckcuck @mattluckcuck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The Age of Fish is over. The Time of the Goblin has come.
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Just Treatment @justtreatment.org · 06/10/2026
🚨The government is looking for UK alternatives to Palantir to run the NHS data platform, the FT reports. This follows a week of protests in 40+ places across England and a rally of hundreds at Palantir's London HQ. Help keep the pressue up: nopalantirinthenhs.com
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Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.
I will dispose of the first myth as quickly as possible. The “secret” is skill. If you haven’t learned how to do something, the people who have may seem to be magicians, possessors of mysterious secrets. In a fairly simple art, such as making pie crust, there are certain teachable “secrets” of method that lead almost infallibly to good results; but in any complex art, such as housekeeping, piano-playing, clothes-making, or story-writing, there are so many techniques, skills, choices of method, so many variables, so many “secrets,” some teachable and some not, that you can learn them only by methodical, repeated, long-continued practice — in other words, by work.
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Hugh Pumphrey @hughpumphrey.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
This is why pervasive use of GenAI by university students is such a problem. (*) We do not set you an essay on the fauna of the lower Carboniferous because we want to read it (*) We do not make you write a computer program from scratch because we need to run that program (1/2)
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Ben Yong @bymyong.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Beloved university has rolled out copilot across university staff. In the instructions there is no information on how to remove it; only how it "benefits" us.
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Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems @fmasworkshop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A quick reminder about #FMAS2026 registration: For each accepted paper, at least one author must register and pay for an on-site FMAS ticket, even if the presentation itself is remote. Remote participation is free for attendees and additional authors. fmasworkshop.github.io/FMAS2026/
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Eighth International Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems
The Eighth International Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems will be a two-day peer-reviewed international workshop that brings together resear...
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Matt Luckcuck @mattluckcuck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Perhaps they previously made someone redundant who was in charge of ensuring institutional memory...
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Matt Luckcuck @mattluckcuck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
These new roles seem to be being used to recalculate CS's Student/Staff ratio. We were already planned to be the most lightly impacted by the cuts, but this seems like shenanigans when they want to cut 5(?) and add 4, and make it seem like CS only loses 1.
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Matt Luckcuck @mattluckcuck.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
"Music will also be axed, but Nottingham said that music-related research will continue within its School of Computer science, where up to four new full-time roles will be created to examine the intersection of music, technology and innovation." More shenanigans...
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
'The University of Nottingham has confirmed that it will close its music and languages departments as it presses ahead with more than 500 job cuts despite widespread opposition from staff and students.' A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.
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Nottingham confirms course closures with hundreds of jobs affected
Languages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans
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HK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I’ve said this before, but it’s sort of insane that no British political party is willing to champion Games Workshop, one of the country’s most successful, British born and run companies, and would much rather simp for Palantir or OpenAI
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Nina Markl 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
560 (!!!) FTE cuts approved & closure of music and languages courses. absolutely horrific proposals coming out of Nottingham. measuring ‘interest’ in languages in n of students on UG degrees is so disingenuous—language modules can be combined with anything! www.nottinghampost.com/news/notting...
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Uni to axe hundreds of jobs and scrap courses to cut costs
The university said the changes are 'among the most significant' in its 145-year history
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Nostalgic Things that go bump in the night @nostalgicthing.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
An absolutely awful decision and a very sad day for Nottingham.
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Jimmywim @jimmywim.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
jfc. This is bad. Nottingham has a good culture for the arts and this is probably just the start of its erosion into nothing. What next, shutting down Lakeside?
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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
41% staffing cuts in the Faculty of Arts at UoN. We're entering a wilderness of creativity and critical thinking.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Matt Luckcuck @mattluckcuck.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
What AI slop is this? (Forsooth!)
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Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems @fmasworkshop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Did you know #FMAS2026 will be the eighth edition of the International Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems? Since 2019, FMAS has brought together researchers working across formal verification, robotics, cyber-physical systems, and autonomous systems. fmasworkshop.github.io
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International Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems
A peer-reviewed, academic workshop that brings together researchers working on a range of techniques for the formal specification and verification of autonomous systems.
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 30/09/2026
Nottingham today. Everywhere tomorrow. 2,700 staff put at risk. 600+ jobs targeted. At least 48 courses facing closure. What happens here sets the template for the sector. Stand with Nottingham.
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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Solidarity with @uonucu.bsky.social members once again striking against compulsory redundancies and course closures. Such an outcome would devastate workers, students, and our city, as well as UK research. I urge the university leadership to do the right thing and protect jobs and courses.
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Sadiah Qureshi 🦈 @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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Google Earth exposes devastation in Gaza with new updated images
Google Earth shows the unprecedented devastation in Gaza, illustrating the scale of the wreckage
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Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems @fmasworkshop.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Important clarification regarding remote participation at #FMAS2026: - At least one author per paper must register and pay for on-site attendance, even if the paper is presented remotely - Other authors and attendees may join FMAS remotely for free
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Hourly Spaced @hourlyspaced.bagpuss.org · 01/10/2026
♪ Whenever I'm wrong, just tell me the song and I'll sing it
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S02E07 Leaves April 13 2001
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WWN @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"We're Actually Seeing Someone," EU Replies As Britain Slides Back Into Its DMs waterfordwhispersnews.com/2026/09/3…
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Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems @fmasworkshop.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
October 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 #AutonomousSystems
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Eighth International Workshop on Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026
“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.”
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Amazon Is Perfecting Total Surveillance of Its Workforce
Amazon 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 ...
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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'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! 🏔️☀️
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CLS Lab — Culture, Language, & Systems | University of Colorado Boulder
The 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.
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Sophie Green @sophiegreen.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
If 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...
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digital changes you can make immediately to stick it to the man
swim down together my friends
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com
A figure stands in a barren landscape; reaches for the lever on a large, eccentric contraption covered in wires, pipes, dials and buttons; looks over towards two figures inside a bunker and says:

"'Trust me, it's safe' would sound a lot more reassuring if you weren't saying it from inside a concrete bunker."
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I give up. I’m moving into a cave.
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Matt Luckcuck @mattluckcuck.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I have a feeling that I'm not going to like my government "putting AI centre stage".
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 26/09/2026
This is actually hell, right?
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Matt Luckcuck @mattluckcuck.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
At the risk of sounding like Officer Crabtree, I think that this was a Bod move by Oxford.
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B.S.W. Barootes @barootes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
And 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.
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Working 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...
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Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
This 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...
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Why 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
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Miranda Keeling @mirandakeeling.com · 26/09/2026
As 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 🥰
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Miranda 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.
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Formal Methods for Autonomous Systems @fmasworkshop.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
While 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 #AutonomousSystems
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FMAS 2025 | Prof. Paula Herber - Integrated Formal Methods for the Verification of CPS and AS
This 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…
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Archie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
3/ 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.
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Archie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
2/ 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.
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Archie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
1/ 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.'"
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Archie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My 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
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The Shire-Reckoning @shire-reckoning.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Lobelia 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.
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Lyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
You're going to be needing specialists in: languages, narrative, history, psychology, information, mythology, conspiracies, etc, etc. then? #humanities #socialscience
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Margot 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.'
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V-cs seek answers over ‘late surge’ in UK student visa refusals
Growing numbers of institutions expected to have breached new compliance rules, endangering future recruitment prospects
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Dr Darcey Gillie @dfgillie.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Me 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.
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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Yes 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…
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