Caroline @Ka81
@ka81.bsky.social
Data Scientist, Award Winning Teacher, Maker, PhD Researcher 📚 #Tes #Edtech50 #Bima100 #Judge #Crafting edu/tech narrative.
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#OddSock Would like you to read this mornings thread ⬇️ as he thinks your missing the point that disabled & neurodivergent people don't live in the same reality as the rest of you. He is pretty sure your not doing enough co-production & thinks you should understand this as a massive failing.
This is who runs this account.
Also who appears in the off camera shots of the shining.
Also who appears in the off camera shots of the shining.
February 1, 2026 at 9:11 PM
This is who runs this account.
Also who appears in the off camera shots of the shining.
Also who appears in the off camera shots of the shining.
Do we still expect academics to exercise moral judgment or just to produce elegant rationalizations that hold no water after the fact?
What happened to morals and integrity?
What happened to morals and integrity?
As more academic names keep coming up in the Epstein files, I keep thinking about this NYT interview with the Bard president from a few years ago, and wondering how many people were rationalizing in similar ways.
www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/u...
www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/u...
February 1, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Do we still expect academics to exercise moral judgment or just to produce elegant rationalizations that hold no water after the fact?
What happened to morals and integrity?
What happened to morals and integrity?
Meanwhile outside of westminster.
February 1, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Meanwhile outside of westminster.
Physiotherapy with EDS. I loathe this hip... it just wants to be in wrong spot all the time 😑
prince is sitting on a couch in a black and white photo with his eyes closed and a chain around his neck .
Alt: prince is sitting on a couch in a black and white photo with his eyes closed and a chain around his neck .
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February 1, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Physiotherapy with EDS. I loathe this hip... it just wants to be in wrong spot all the time 😑
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Between sensory overload and pain management, it's really difficult to get anything done without supports.
Then there's the cumulative effect of doing everything without supports over years. Then there's no supports available.
How are my fellow #ActuallyAutistic adults over 50 *actually* doing?
Then there's the cumulative effect of doing everything without supports over years. Then there's no supports available.
How are my fellow #ActuallyAutistic adults over 50 *actually* doing?
The task isn’t the task.... It’s pain management, sensory survival, executive function gymnastics, social translation, and long-term consequence calculation all at once. Every single time is a fresh negotiation with all of this...
That's everytime I go anywhere.
That's everytime I go anywhere.
February 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Between sensory overload and pain management, it's really difficult to get anything done without supports.
Then there's the cumulative effect of doing everything without supports over years. Then there's no supports available.
How are my fellow #ActuallyAutistic adults over 50 *actually* doing?
Then there's the cumulative effect of doing everything without supports over years. Then there's no supports available.
How are my fellow #ActuallyAutistic adults over 50 *actually* doing?
#OddSock Would like you to read this mornings thread ⬇️ as he thinks your missing the point that disabled & neurodivergent people don't live in the same reality as the rest of you. He is pretty sure your not doing enough co-production & thinks you should understand this as a massive failing.
February 1, 2026 at 11:38 AM
#OddSock Would like you to read this mornings thread ⬇️ as he thinks your missing the point that disabled & neurodivergent people don't live in the same reality as the rest of you. He is pretty sure your not doing enough co-production & thinks you should understand this as a massive failing.
Look around your group. Who's missing? If the debate only has neurotypical able people .... it's doomed. No matter the subject. I say this as the world we live in , is radically different than the world the rest of you live in. I'll give you an example: Going to an appointment being #Audhd #EDS
February 1, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Pray for me whilst we attempt replace a valve in the shower. That I broke tbh. So... my bad. 😭
January 31, 2026 at 2:43 PM
Pray for me whilst we attempt replace a valve in the shower. That I broke tbh. So... my bad. 😭
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CAIL = prerequisite knowledge for a critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims. For example, the idea that human-like systems are a sensible or possible goal is the result of circular reasoning and anthropomorphism. olivia.science/ai
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October 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
CAIL = prerequisite knowledge for a critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims. For example, the idea that human-like systems are a sensible or possible goal is the result of circular reasoning and anthropomorphism. olivia.science/ai
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If you've not beeing keeping up reading @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social or Whittake, El Morr, Wald, Os Keyes on disability and AI. If you have no idea who I'm talking about...your not reading wide enough on #AI 👍
Go read some more.
Go read some more.
January 31, 2026 at 11:35 AM
If you've not beeing keeping up reading @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social or Whittake, El Morr, Wald, Os Keyes on disability and AI. If you have no idea who I'm talking about...your not reading wide enough on #AI 👍
Go read some more.
Go read some more.
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Disabled students are still being denied basic support, access, and safety at UK universities. The data exposes a systemic failure
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co
January 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Disabled students are still being denied basic support, access, and safety at UK universities. The data exposes a systemic failure
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
www.thecanary.co/uk/analysis/...
Amazed given how tired and poorly I am today I got anything done. But apprently doing work horizontally is my forte
a man is carrying a suitcase through a living room .
Alt: a man is carrying a suitcase through a living room .
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January 29, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Amazed given how tired and poorly I am today I got anything done. But apprently doing work horizontally is my forte
Between the deaths of Natasha Abrahart from a lack of reasonable adjustments to the death Ethan Brown here ⬇️ Universities need a review of the risks given students are paying thousands to be there it's shocking stuff.
wonkhe.com/blogs/scotla...
wonkhe.com/blogs/scotla...
Scotland orders sector-wide assessment review after Glasgow QAA findings
Following the tragic death of a student, a new report identifies failures in academic governance at the University of Glasgow. Jim Dickinson examines the implications Following the tragic death of a s...
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January 29, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Between the deaths of Natasha Abrahart from a lack of reasonable adjustments to the death Ethan Brown here ⬇️ Universities need a review of the risks given students are paying thousands to be there it's shocking stuff.
wonkhe.com/blogs/scotla...
wonkhe.com/blogs/scotla...
Turns out fixing iron deficit and vitamin D deficit with #EDS makes you worse and much more tired initially.
This is not los....
*Immediately passes back out for another few hours*
This is not los....
*Immediately passes back out for another few hours*
January 29, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Turns out fixing iron deficit and vitamin D deficit with #EDS makes you worse and much more tired initially.
This is not los....
*Immediately passes back out for another few hours*
This is not los....
*Immediately passes back out for another few hours*
One to watch from @simonprestonmba.bsky.social
Hard questions around #Neurodivergent Teachers. Unsurprising Answers
youtu.be/n6k1ryRz04U?...
Hard questions around #Neurodivergent Teachers. Unsurprising Answers
youtu.be/n6k1ryRz04U?...
Are Neurodivergent and Disabled Teachers being treated less favourably?
YouTube video by The Preston Lens
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January 29, 2026 at 4:07 PM
One to watch from @simonprestonmba.bsky.social
Hard questions around #Neurodivergent Teachers. Unsurprising Answers
youtu.be/n6k1ryRz04U?...
Hard questions around #Neurodivergent Teachers. Unsurprising Answers
youtu.be/n6k1ryRz04U?...
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Read the report here: disabledstudents.co.uk/2025-access-...
2025 Access Insights Report • Disabled Students UK
2025 Access Insights Report The Annual Disabled Student Survey 2025, run by Disabled Students UK (DSUK) in partnership with Snowdon Trust, is the largest national survey of disabled students’ experien...
disabledstudents.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Read the report here: disabledstudents.co.uk/2025-access-...
Disappointing to see some of these attitudes from university staff in the report from @disabledstudentsuk.bsky.social ...again.
disabledstudents.co.uk/2025-access-...
disabledstudents.co.uk/2025-access-...
January 29, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Disappointing to see some of these attitudes from university staff in the report from @disabledstudentsuk.bsky.social ...again.
disabledstudents.co.uk/2025-access-...
disabledstudents.co.uk/2025-access-...
Critical Thread ⬇️
It's @disabledstudentsuk.bsky.social Access Insights Report Publication Day! This is always a big one, as it gives us so much insight into the experiences of disabled students on the ground in #UKHE. And, for the same reasons, it's pretty depressing for a career disability practitioner like me 🧵
January 29, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Critical Thread ⬇️
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Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
OMG - f*ck AI for ruining the em-dash for writers. I use them all the time. Of course, what a shock that AI uses them since they were trained off my voice and other authors' voices.
I'm a writer who has specifically been directed *not* to use em-dashes because "they mean it was written by AI." I can detect AI writing, but it is not simply a matter of the punctuation used.
December 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Out of curiosity, I just ran a few paragraphs from The Butchering Art through an AI checker and it got flagged: 88% AI. This book was released in 2017, and AI machines were subsequently trained off it. How many writers are getting flagged for AI because of the literal theft of their work(s)? Insane.
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Latest from me, and one of the most important pieces on Special Needs I've written so far: "In fifteen years of political journalism, I don’t think I have seen anything quite like this: a mad game of briefing, counter-briefing and official stonewalling."
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-the-po...
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-the-po...
Why the politics of media leaks, briefings and "sources" is only spreading dread and fear
The painfully long story of the government's SEND reforms has pushed exactly those buttons, among people already used to a level of anxiety that may soon get even worse
maybeimamazed.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:59 AM
Latest from me, and one of the most important pieces on Special Needs I've written so far: "In fifteen years of political journalism, I don’t think I have seen anything quite like this: a mad game of briefing, counter-briefing and official stonewalling."
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-the-po...
maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/why-the-po...
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The neighbours are going to be a bit rowdy this evening! My class are excited to watch and talk about this as we're learning about the Vikings this term! #UpHellyAa #Shetland
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Live from Lerwick, Shetland: Up Helly Aa 2026 torchlit procession and Viking galley burning.
YouTube video by Promote Shetland
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January 27, 2026 at 7:35 PM
The neighbours are going to be a bit rowdy this evening! My class are excited to watch and talk about this as we're learning about the Vikings this term! #UpHellyAa #Shetland
youtube.com/live/T2VbPaz...
youtube.com/live/T2VbPaz...
Seen. Found mine in the fridge yesterday.
If you ever want to know what ADHD is like, we just spent 30 mins looking for a set of keys, that apparently got tossed in the trash can with the trash.
January 27, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Seen. Found mine in the fridge yesterday.
Ever see online on of those guys that gets weirdly competitive with you professional (Esp if their your ex.. I've seen that too).
Like dude your a guy, a heterosexual straight white able guy. I'm a bi disabled autistic adhd women. This isn’t comparable at all.
Like dude your a guy, a heterosexual straight white able guy. I'm a bi disabled autistic adhd women. This isn’t comparable at all.
January 27, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Ever see online on of those guys that gets weirdly competitive with you professional (Esp if their your ex.. I've seen that too).
Like dude your a guy, a heterosexual straight white able guy. I'm a bi disabled autistic adhd women. This isn’t comparable at all.
Like dude your a guy, a heterosexual straight white able guy. I'm a bi disabled autistic adhd women. This isn’t comparable at all.
OK so I loathe physio and no amount of leggings and Anita Wards Ring My Bell is going to make this any easier....
Big girl boots then. #EDS
Big girl boots then. #EDS
January 27, 2026 at 1:33 PM
OK so I loathe physio and no amount of leggings and Anita Wards Ring My Bell is going to make this any easier....
Big girl boots then. #EDS
Big girl boots then. #EDS