Reposted by Rhodri MorrisChris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Oh joy, the Guardian's brightest and best are opining on HE again. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWhy has university become such a scam? | Zoe WilliamsGraduates are leaving with an average debt of £53,000 – while entry-level jobs plummet. It’s time for politicians to stop burying their heads in the sand, writes Zoe Williams 111
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisKate Devlin @drkatedevlin.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A lot of news coverage on AI doom based off one tweet on a shitposting platform by a prodigal techbro. Do I fear superintelligence wiping us out? No, I fear incompetence and probably climate disaster, both of which could be somewhat mitigated by making tech companies more responsible & accountable. 18914
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisPoorly Drawn Lines @poorlydrawnlines.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Specifically. 3829200
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/09/2026This "so dangerous it has to be useful" narrative is tedious, and highlights how little these companies have fear regulation in the current US environment. But it's worse. If and when the technology actually gets dangerous, the boy will have already cried wolf so many times we'll ignore him. 1031378
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 09/09/2026They all want to be the Oppenheimer of Death Star Ouija boards and that is not something you should want to be, even though it's a very silly fantasy 111070136
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards. 3034381277
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisDr. Az Klymiuk @klymiuk.ca · 26/08/2026Now, let’s see how many folks care about academic freedom. 214446
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I don't think the signatories of this letter can have read the disciplinary letter from Ghent University. It explains the univ's concerns quite clearly. If the signatories disagree with those concerns, they should say why. Instead it's just "appear to constitute retaliation". Appear to whom? 1194
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisCinzia Greco @cinziag.bsky.social · 30/07/2026My mother went to work when she was 10 yo, while I had the privilege of going to university and ended up (at least temporarily) in a very upper-class profession. The big question is: do we see the son of a surgeon or of a judge becoming a plumber? I have never seen one, and this is the problem.theguardian.comI’m torn by the hard hat v graduation cap debate. Is it wrong that I want my kids to go to university? | Emma BrockesAs Andy Burnham intervenes, it’s clear that the shine is coming off higher education. But is society ready for this mindshift? Am I? asks Guardian columnist Emma Brockes 052
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 18/07/2026The anatomy of an AI-supported academic article is becoming more apparent. I desk reviewed ~70 manuscripts this week for our journal. Reckon 20ish had significant AI assistance. On top of hundreds of others recently I'm starting to see patterns. Are other editors are seeing the same or similar? 1/ 28932418
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisProf. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 13/07/2026They say "The purpose of a system is what it does" in which case my purpose is endlessly to log into the microsoft programs that I'd already logged into 3882978
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisPhilip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Any organizations still on X are colluding with violence. No excuses. 35314
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026This is an unforgivably stupid situation. It is an astonishing own goal to try and drive student numbers down to move an immigration number that in turn is totally ignored by the anti-immigrant head bangers. 311389436
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisSquidge Rugby @squidgerugby.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Hannibal Lector complaining the guy he's trying to eat spent too long asking him not to 2588
Reposted by Rhodri Morrisrobyn @robynemz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026happy paris-roubaix day to all who celebrate !!!! 1849
Reposted by Rhodri Morrisclassicretro @classicretro.bsky.social · 08/04/2025The only man to have walked under and raced over the cobbles of Arenberg - Jean Stablinski 182
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisTristan A.F. Long @thelonglab.bsky.social · 16/03/2026media.tenor.comtwo young men are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing a sweatshirt that says `` cause it is '' .ALT: two young men are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing a sweatshirt that says `` cause it is '' . 062
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10/02/2026This is pretty menacing. Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students." When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win. 1951089505
Rhodri Morris @rhodrim.bsky.social · 05/02/2026I love the sport of rugby but hate everything about how it's run. 000
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 11/01/2026This gets me back to one of my main critiques of academia, which is that most people go where the funding is, particularly in science, and it leads to so much harm when a particular field or methodology or style of investigation is overfunded. 410519
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisScience Magazine @science.org · 26/12/2025A 2024 study found that ants best humans at tests of collective intelligence. Learn more: scim.ag/42nMvQJ #ScienceMagArchives 529286
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisBantshire University @bantshireuni.bsky.social · 25/12/2025Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and please complete your mandatory e-learning by 31 December. 07923
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisPeter G @dwyfor16.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Seriously though, Welsh rugbys tendency to bring you right down after a positive weekend is unmatched 081
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisUlrich Pennig @pennigulrich.bsky.social · 07/12/2025This is an excellent article. A lot of it reads painfully familiar. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...currentaffairs.orgAI is Destroying the University and Learning ItselfStudents use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education. 031
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Geneticist here. Anyone telling you that they can just change intelligence (which isn't what IQ measures well anyways) by fiddling with a few genes is just straight-up grifting, it doesn't work like that. And yes it's basically definitionally eugenics. 519059
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisMelanie Mitchell @melaniemitchell.bsky.social · 25/10/2025Or, much more likely, they are role-playing, based on their training data. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...theguardian.comAI models may be developing their own ‘survival drive’, researchers sayLike 2001: A Space Odyssey’s HAL 9000, some AIs seem to resist being turned off and will even sabotage shutdown 415415
Reposted by Rhodri Morrisoffroadcc.bsky.social @offroadcc.bsky.social · 20/08/2025It goes without saying that Coed Y Brenin, has left its mark on the world. But it wouldn't have been if it weren't for local Dafydd Davis. Our Steve caught up with the man himself to find out how he had such an impact on modern MTB. off.road.cc/content/feat...off.road.cc 011
Rhodri Morris @rhodrim.bsky.social · 08/07/2025retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/s...retractionwatch.comSpringer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citationsWould you pay $169 for an introductory ebook on machine learning with citations that appear to be made up? If not, you might want to pass on purchasing Mastering Machine Learning: From Basics to Ad… 000
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisRussell Todd @llannerch.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Butetown back in the day.... "Fancy a couple of pints?" "Aye go on then. Where'd you fancy heading?" "Start at The Tredegar Arms and see what happens?" 5289
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Yeah, I dunno, I think this is a bit more important to students and intellectual life than some imported BS culture war. No-one even listens to or rates the Office for Students, so what's the point of it? 🤷♂️ www.walesonline.co.uk/news/educati...walesonline.co.ukCardiff University agrees sweeping cuts that will see entire departments shutCardiff University's council chair Pat Younge told staff and students the savings were 'painful but necessary' 12310
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Personally, I could never make this person's method work because I fundamentally cannot make myself care about the responses of something that does not think, feel, or communicate with intention. I can't respect its responses so I'm not interested in them. 1331
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisNate Tice @natetice.bsky.social · 09/06/2025my son waking me up for some Bluey 192227153
Rhodri Morris @rhodrim.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Weirdly disapproving tone to this article, ("S4C declined to comment"). www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/m...theguardian.comLions match highlights on free-to-air TV this summer – with Welsh commentaryThe British and Irish Lions tour to Australia will be available to watch free-to-air on TV this summer – but only in Welsh 000
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Somehow we are taking the 'opportunity' presented by the attack on the US higher education sector and making ourselves substantially less attractive. I cannot believe the sheer amateur hour nature of this, just because Labour got scared about a few polls and the local elections. 523846
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisBerend van der Kolk @berendvdkolk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Perhaps the worst data visualization job on the internet so far.. 🙄 2015016
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 13/05/202543% of England's universities in financial distress. Foreign students contribute £42bn to UK economy. Govt making it harder to recruit foreign students, now reducing the time graduates can stay in the UK. Will impose a foreign student tax on universities. Own goal. archive.ph/kNEdXthetimes.comUniversities face tax on foreign students under immigration rulesAn immigration white paper, unveiled by Sir Keir Starmer, proposes overseas graduates be forced to return home after 18 months unless they find a skilled job 6226110
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisAberystwyth Uni Computer Science @abercompsci.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Our wonderfully archaic Digital Systems Laboratory (“the DSL”) is getting a complete makeover this summer. It’ll be stripped out and brought up to date, along with refurbishment of the Delph and the Orchard computer rooms. We’re investing in your teaching spaces! 111
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 12/05/2025First universities point in the Immigration White Paper: the government's going to steal some of our money to drive us deeper into penury. For crying out loud. 65119
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisDavid Mair @davidmair4.bsky.social · 08/04/2025This still seems to me to be the very best use of AI to improve our democracy. Debunkbot is the indefatigable sparring partner that changes conspiracy theorists minds because there is literally no argument it cannot rebut, unlike a human partner which sooner or later gives up. 1126
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 04/04/2025We need to talk about American BBQ radicalisation www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...theguardian.comThe fight back against American BBQ culture starts here – the Stephen Collins cartoonNever ‘slaw’, never ‘smoker’, never huge beards … 1220549
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisHeard Island Government @heardislandgov.bsky.social · 03/04/2025We take tariffs on our beautiful Heard Island very seriously. We will be consulting all mammals and flightless birds and will make an announcement in the near future detailing our response. #heardisland #tariff #mcdonaldisland #trumptariff 337114992724
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisJamie Smart @jamiesmart.bsky.social · 18/03/2025There’s a great interview with Nick Park about Wallace And Gromit in last month’s Empire, and this bit in particular stood out. It sums up what artists have been trying to say about AI. The mistakes and the learning aren’t things to be bypassed, but a vital part of the process 🤟 2943641408
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 13/03/2025We've got to tell the truth: British Higher Education is experiencing a rapid unscheduled disassembly, streaking across the sky like a rocket smashing into the atmosphere. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/education/a-...historyworkshop.org.ukA Decade of CrisisThe UK's universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be understood as an interdependent system. 46122
Reposted by Rhodri MorrisIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 14/03/2025You don't want to read this. And I don't want to write it. iandunt.substack.com/p/you-dont-w...iandunt.substack.comYou don't want to read thisAnd I don't want to write it. 106587177
