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Katherine Stiles @katherinestiles.org · 26/06/2026

#AcademicSky · #AI · #AIrobots · Charter School Spends $500,000 on AI-Powered Humanoid Robots “There is no independent evidence at scale that the use of these tools is either effective or safe, or even have a positive impact on the classroom,” says @wayne-holmes.bsky.social.

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A Charter School Spent $500,000 on AI-Powered Humanoid Robots. Was It Worth It?

Officials at a charter chain known for credit recovery made a couple of big-dollar purchases in the form of ChatGPT-powered robots. Researchers are skeptical they’re worth the dough.

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Margaret Mitchell @mmitchell.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

"AI" is not a stochastic parrot.🦜 I wrote this piece a couple weeks ago, but it was hard for me to finish up given AI's role in society and war over the past few weeks. I should share it at some point though. Not perfect, but here it is. medium.com/@margarmitch...

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No, “AI” is not a Stochastic Parrot 🦜

I’ve recently come across a new flavor of AI denialism making the rounds.

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IE Insights @ieinsights.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Unlike MOOCs and learning management systems, generative AI entered higher education at the student level. LLMs like ChatGPT essentially appeared overnight & students around the world were suddenly using them. @wayne-holmes.bsky.social on how AI is changing the classroom: www.ie.edu/insights/vid...

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The False Promise of AI in Classrooms | IE Insights

AI is changing classrooms fast—but not always for the better. Professor Wayne Holmes of University College London explains why tools like ChatGPT won’t fix education and what we risk by misunderstandi...

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 14/08/2025

Calling all scientists and science supporters! You have a crucial role to play in countering the authoritarian threat we currently face in this country. Learn more about how you can stand up for the facts and truth that are essential for a free and democratic society. blog.ucs.org/gretchen-gol...

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

800 Olympic Swimming pools a day, the same as 100,000 hosepipes on all the time. That is how much water is leaking from the Water Companies broken pipes. But it is you they blame.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Norway has increased its Student Grant to more than 14,000 Euros. It is now paying its Students 1.5x more than England, Wales and Northern Ireland are charging them. One of us had our fossil fuel stolen and sold by thieves. The other didn't. Can you guess which is which?

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Wayne Holmes @wayne-holmes.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Human-level AI is not inevitable. “It’s obvious why so many capitalists are AI enthusiasts: they foresee a technology that can achieve their long-time dream of cutting workers out of the loop (and the balance sheet).” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Human-level AI is not inevitable. We have the power to change course | Garrison Lovely

Technology happens because people make it happen. We can choose otherwise

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Maha Bali, PhD @mahabali.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Typical: white man at an AI conference trying to convince the small group of women and people of color that AI bias isn't that big of a deal, coz all isms are overrated anyway.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Water - Privatised, worst ever Trains - Privatised, worst ever Energy - Privatised, worst ever Mail - Privatised, worst ever Oil & Gas - Privatised, worst ever Air Traffic Control - Privatised, worst ever NHS - Being Privatised, worst ever

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

If the Green Party had the same coverage as Reform it would be them winning in a landslide. But of course the Green Party would actually tax the billionaires, so they won't platform them.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Why does Starmer's Labour Party seem determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? Because it hates the left more than it fears the far right. As a result it won't do the "left" things so many of its potential supporters are crying out for.

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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

He’s just a really nasty piece of work. Completely odious man.

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Arthur Webber 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 @bernietranders.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

You’re telling me that right wing voters that Labour was trying to appeal to voted for a right wing party anyway and left wing voters decided not to vote for Labour because they’re too right wing now? Who could have possibly predicted this.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

"The Labour party’s current course is creating the conditions for the Faragists to thrive and drag politics even further rightwards." Keir Starmer's former adviser Simon Fletcher on where Labour is going wrong bylinetimes.com/2025/05/02/l...

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Local Elections: 'Keir Starmer's Rightward Shift Is Laying the Ground for Nigel Farage'

Labour's embrace of economic and political orthodoxy is forcing voters to look elsewhere for change, argues Keir Starmer's former adviser Simon Fletcher

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

This paper really does put the boot into all those "educational genomics" studies and books from the last 15 years "there are serious flaws in any program of predicting or controlling outcomes in education based on genomic variations"

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ali alkhatib @ali-alkhatib.com · 08/04/2025

where to start without all the words coming together and forming a piercing, incoherent, screaming sound...

Researchers are alleged to be using algorithms to analyse the information of thousands of people, including victims of crime, as they try to identify those at greatest risk of committing serious violent offences.

Statewatch says data from people not convicted of any criminal offence will be used as part of the project, including personal information about self-harm and details relating to domestic abuse. Officials strongly deny this, insisting only data about people with at least one criminal conviction has been used.

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said: “This project is being conducted for research purposes only. It has been designed using existing data held by HM Prison and Probation Service and police forces on convicted offenders to help us better understand the risk of people on probation going on to commit serious violence. A report will be published in due course.”

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tante @tante.cc · 31/03/2025

The way "AI" systems are presented as "social companions to fight loneliness" is very similar in how "AI" is supposed to help teaching: Both are founded in a massive misunderstanding of the social dynamics techies try to replace.

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