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Une synthèse qui s'annonce extrêmement intéressante, dans un volume particulièrement élégant. Merci beaucoup, Dear Charles @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social !
November 12, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Une synthèse qui s'annonce extrêmement intéressante, dans un volume particulièrement élégant. Merci beaucoup, Dear Charles @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social !
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Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway.
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
November 12, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Happy to be of service. I once got into a taxi in Dublin wearing a cool new outfit. I was nervous about deviating from the norm but did it anyway.
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
The taxi driver was on the phone when I got in. First thing he did was finish his phone call saying "I have to go, this fella's wearing dungarees"
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2 Bretagnes better than 1? Maybe not.
Don't use genAI to make maps.
Don't use genAI to make maps.
Le degré de nullité d'une ministre pas FOUTUE de prévoir LE ONZE NOVEMBRE un message où la France n'a pas deux Bretagne et dont le Poilu ne porte pas un casque allemand.
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 PM
2 Bretagnes better than 1? Maybe not.
Don't use genAI to make maps.
Don't use genAI to make maps.
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Stylometric comparisons of human versus AI-generated creative writing
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
This paper explores whether the human creative writing and large language models can be distinguished through stylometry.
#LargeLanguageModels #LLMs #ChatGPT #GenAI #Writing #CreativeWriting #Stylometry
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
This paper explores whether the human creative writing and large language models can be distinguished through stylometry.
#LargeLanguageModels #LLMs #ChatGPT #GenAI #Writing #CreativeWriting #Stylometry
Stylometric comparisons of human versus AI-generated creative writing - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - Stylometric comparisons of human versus AI-generated creative writing
doi.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Stylometric comparisons of human versus AI-generated creative writing
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
This paper explores whether the human creative writing and large language models can be distinguished through stylometry.
#LargeLanguageModels #LLMs #ChatGPT #GenAI #Writing #CreativeWriting #Stylometry
doi.org/10.1057/s415...
This paper explores whether the human creative writing and large language models can be distinguished through stylometry.
#LargeLanguageModels #LLMs #ChatGPT #GenAI #Writing #CreativeWriting #Stylometry
Eggsistential crisis
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Eggsistential crisis
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"In research, AI has begun to revolutionise the literature review process" let me stop you there chief.
November 11, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"In research, AI has begun to revolutionise the literature review process" let me stop you there chief.
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Horrified by the proposed closure of Modern Languages @uniofnottingham.bsky.social This would end language higher education in the East Midlands & decimate the uni’s research profile. Shortsighted and reckless. #University_of_Little_England #SaveNottinghamLanguages #WeAreUoN
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Horrified by the proposed closure of Modern Languages @uniofnottingham.bsky.social This would end language higher education in the East Midlands & decimate the uni’s research profile. Shortsighted and reckless. #University_of_Little_England #SaveNottinghamLanguages #WeAreUoN
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no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
November 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
no amount of state propaganda will ever convince me this man is my enemy
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It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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November 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
It blows my mind that there are real people who see a post like this and actually believe the whole “Christmas is being cancelled by Muslims” BS 🙄
Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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Let’s have a quick look at what’s happening to Sheffield so you can put your Express reading uncle’s mind at ease!😆
1/15
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An interesting time to be thinking with Wikipedia, the only "social media" to be designed to generate consensus, not division.
on.ft.com/3LNokFM
on.ft.com/3LNokFM
Why American-style polarisation is spreading across the west
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising division and negativity
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
An interesting time to be thinking with Wikipedia, the only "social media" to be designed to generate consensus, not division.
on.ft.com/3LNokFM
on.ft.com/3LNokFM
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A reminder that there are still a few days left to apply for this funded PhD, working on literary and cultural reception of the Vikings. University fees and a budget for conference attendance included in addition to the stipend: it's a great opportunity for someone! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Research Vacancies | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
www.ucc.ie
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A reminder that there are still a few days left to apply for this funded PhD, working on literary and cultural reception of the Vikings. University fees and a budget for conference attendance included in addition to the stipend: it's a great opportunity for someone! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
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TBF, these were somewhat consequential.
'there is a wide spectrum of views about AI among economists. But the economic consensus is that it might be no more consequential than some other technological advances, such as electricity, the internal combustion engine and computers.'
Who’s right about AI: economists or technologists?
Forecasting the impact of artificial intelligence has become fraught, with evangelists pitched against sceptics
www.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 AM
TBF, these were somewhat consequential.
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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So many lovely lines and phrases in this - I think “fractal cowardice”, to describe the interplay between leftwing thinktanks and the government at the moment, is my favourite:
Tax policy on the British left is pure "anti-bedtime left". Bizarre idea that you can have a big social democratic welfare state without everyone contributing properly www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 PM
So many lovely lines and phrases in this - I think “fractal cowardice”, to describe the interplay between leftwing thinktanks and the government at the moment, is my favourite:
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I have a radical idea.
Ban polling, at least on the question of how people would vote at the next national election, until 18 months before it takes place.
I am only half-joking.
Ban polling, at least on the question of how people would vote at the next national election, until 18 months before it takes place.
I am only half-joking.
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I have a radical idea.
Ban polling, at least on the question of how people would vote at the next national election, until 18 months before it takes place.
I am only half-joking.
Ban polling, at least on the question of how people would vote at the next national election, until 18 months before it takes place.
I am only half-joking.
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We are now on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on our project, which will produce editions of the earliest version of Acallam na Senórach 'The Colloquy of the Ancients', the central Finn Cycle text from medieval Ireland. New software will also be developed to help in this work. 1/2
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We are now on Bluesky! Follow us for updates on our project, which will produce editions of the earliest version of Acallam na Senórach 'The Colloquy of the Ancients', the central Finn Cycle text from medieval Ireland. New software will also be developed to help in this work. 1/2
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The project team includes Prof. Kevin Murray (PI), Dr Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social, Dr Cian Ó Cionnfhaolaidh, Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social, Yingying Gu, Dr Vijayakumar Nanjappan and Dr Enkhbold Nyamsuren. This research is funded by @researchireland.ie. 2/2
People | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
www.ucc.ie
November 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
The project team includes Prof. Kevin Murray (PI), Dr Geraldine Parsons @gparsons.bsky.social, Dr Cian Ó Cionnfhaolaidh, Dr Nina Cnockaert-Guillou @ninacnock.bsky.social, Yingying Gu, Dr Vijayakumar Nanjappan and Dr Enkhbold Nyamsuren. This research is funded by @researchireland.ie. 2/2
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Well it's been a while in the making, but this Saturday sees the release of the Time Team feature length episode focusing on our work at Cerne Abbey
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Tm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Tm...
Coming Soon! | Cerne Abbas: Secrets Beneath The Giant | TIME TEAM (Dorset) 2025
YouTube video by Time Team Official
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Well it's been a while in the making, but this Saturday sees the release of the Time Team feature length episode focusing on our work at Cerne Abbey
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Tm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Tm...
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Or… and I appreciate this is never going to happen, because too many powerful men have too much to lose… just abolish the distinction between Full and Associate membership?
October 31, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Or… and I appreciate this is never going to happen, because too many powerful men have too much to lose… just abolish the distinction between Full and Associate membership?
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What a people!
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
What a people!
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Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.
Here are the key take-aways 🧵
arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417
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Our next name story is the surname Fox and is written by Peter McClure, Honorary Professor (Name Studies) at the University of Nottingham.
www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...
@namestudies.bsky.social @englishplacenames.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social @placenames.bsky.social @ainmean-aite.bsky.social
www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...
@namestudies.bsky.social @englishplacenames.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social @placenames.bsky.social @ainmean-aite.bsky.social
Fox - SNSBI
What might link the family names Fox, Gough, Todd and Redknap? If you're foxed, you should probably read this family name story...
www.snsbi.org.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our next name story is the surname Fox and is written by Peter McClure, Honorary Professor (Name Studies) at the University of Nottingham.
www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...
@namestudies.bsky.social @englishplacenames.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social @placenames.bsky.social @ainmean-aite.bsky.social
www.snsbi.org.uk/exploring-na...
@namestudies.bsky.social @englishplacenames.bsky.social @logainm.bsky.social @placenames.bsky.social @ainmean-aite.bsky.social
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October 30, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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We will fight them on the quiches
October 27, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We will fight them on the quiches