Pete Mella
@pjmella.bsky.social
Principal Learning Technologist at Sheffield Hallam University. Wildlife nerd, boardgamer, rpg gamer, craft beer snob. Views all my own.
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Jaw-dropping update about our leasehold investigation detailing the lengths to which my colleague @djstimms.bsky.social has gone to track down Andrew Milne.
Particularly enjoyed the fact that colleagues from Liverpool and London were also involved. Mill Media is now more than the sum of its parts.
Particularly enjoyed the fact that colleagues from Liverpool and London were also involved. Mill Media is now more than the sum of its parts.
Horrified, Becky read Milne’s words. “I accordingly am entitled to vacant possession of the property”, he asserted. “I am writing to give you 7 days notice that I will have a locksmith and agent attend to recover possession for me and change the locks”.
Latest update in our Andrew Milne story 👇
Latest update in our Andrew Milne story 👇
After Becky’s mum died, it was time to sell her childhood home. Then Andrew Milne got in touch
Plus: As the search for answers continues, The Tribune takes to the road
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Jaw-dropping update about our leasehold investigation detailing the lengths to which my colleague @djstimms.bsky.social has gone to track down Andrew Milne.
Particularly enjoyed the fact that colleagues from Liverpool and London were also involved. Mill Media is now more than the sum of its parts.
Particularly enjoyed the fact that colleagues from Liverpool and London were also involved. Mill Media is now more than the sum of its parts.
Hard to get too engrossed on anything on @amazonprime.bsky.social video, as you're only ever a few minutes away from an advert for gambling apps or Pepto Bismol. However tense the show is, the tension that gets you most is knowing a bloke may appear and sing "diarrhea" at you at any moment.
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Hard to get too engrossed on anything on @amazonprime.bsky.social video, as you're only ever a few minutes away from an advert for gambling apps or Pepto Bismol. However tense the show is, the tension that gets you most is knowing a bloke may appear and sing "diarrhea" at you at any moment.
This is one of the most shocking things I've ever read about Gen AI (CW, suicide). Seeing the conversation laid out is truly chilling.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
edition.cnn.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This is one of the most shocking things I've ever read about Gen AI (CW, suicide). Seeing the conversation laid out is truly chilling.
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
edition.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
Great night at Sheff Arena with @selfesteem.music-social.com @nadineshah.bsky.social and @moonchildsanelly.bsky.social. Three really amazing sets and great audience response from an enormous crowd.
October 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Great night at Sheff Arena with @selfesteem.music-social.com @nadineshah.bsky.social and @moonchildsanelly.bsky.social. Three really amazing sets and great audience response from an enormous crowd.
Yes, Ticketmaster, I know I'm going to a gig, and I know I need to show the etickets, I got the message from the previous 734 emails about it.
October 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Yes, Ticketmaster, I know I'm going to a gig, and I know I need to show the etickets, I got the message from the previous 734 emails about it.
Sure, plugging ourselves into authorless, algorithmic slop sounds like the future we all dreamed of.
gamerant.com/xai-ai-gener...
gamerant.com/xai-ai-gener...
Elon Musk Plans on Releasing AI Generated Video Game By the End of Next Year
Elon Musk makes an ambitious promise about his company's AI-generated video game efforts, eliciting mixed reactions from gamers.
gamerant.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Sure, plugging ourselves into authorless, algorithmic slop sounds like the future we all dreamed of.
gamerant.com/xai-ai-gener...
gamerant.com/xai-ai-gener...
That cockney bloke on Strictly is like a Mega Evolution of Rob Beckett.
September 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
That cockney bloke on Strictly is like a Mega Evolution of Rob Beckett.
Kids, don't make the mistake I just made and watch Squid Game S3 E2 just before bed...
July 20, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Kids, don't make the mistake I just made and watch Squid Game S3 E2 just before bed...
Why is the US President threatening to deport his political enemies not bigger news?
July 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Why is the US President threatening to deport his political enemies not bigger news?
Any other wildlife nerds annoyed today's @nytimes.com Spelling Bee doesn't have Turaco or Tuatara in the word list?
June 5, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Any other wildlife nerds annoyed today's @nytimes.com Spelling Bee doesn't have Turaco or Tuatara in the word list?
I saw some Dr Who leaks a while ago and dismissed them as such obvious fanw***k nonsense that they were obviously fake. Readers, each and every one was 100% accurate.
a man with blue paint on his face is making a surprised face and asking what .
ALT: a man with blue paint on his face is making a surprised face and asking what .
media.tenor.com
May 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I saw some Dr Who leaks a while ago and dismissed them as such obvious fanw***k nonsense that they were obviously fake. Readers, each and every one was 100% accurate.
I was recently interviewed for @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning podcast alongside @dralison.bsky.social. It was a chat about all things #DigitalLearning. Some great episodes here with SHU colleagues. lta.shu.ac.uk/scholarship/...
SoTL Spotlight Podcast | Sheffield Hallam UniversitySearch learning, teaching and assessment informationMenuTwitterFacebookInstagramYouTubeTwitterFacebookInstagramYouTube
This podcast series aims to put a spotlight on topics in the Learning & Teaching space. We hope that by listening to others talk about some of these topics will give you food for thought in how you mi...
lta.shu.ac.uk
April 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I was recently interviewed for @sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social's Scholarship of Teaching and Learning podcast alongside @dralison.bsky.social. It was a chat about all things #DigitalLearning. Some great episodes here with SHU colleagues. lta.shu.ac.uk/scholarship/...
What's to bet this "free speech" platform would put the word "lettuce" on a block list?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Liz Truss to launch ‘uncensored’ social network to counter mainstream media
Former PM says she wants to protect free speech after being ‘cut off at the knees’ by ‘the elite’ while at No 10
www.theguardian.com
April 15, 2025 at 6:41 PM
What's to bet this "free speech" platform would put the word "lettuce" on a block list?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Interesting chat about AI conversations at #durbbu Makes me wonder though - the personas are created from biased datasets, and how can we prevent them being created by what the internet *thinks* that persona "sounds like" rather than an authentic voice...
April 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Interesting chat about AI conversations at #durbbu Makes me wonder though - the personas are created from biased datasets, and how can we prevent them being created by what the internet *thinks* that persona "sounds like" rather than an authentic voice...
I'm more and more thinking the world has leapt on AI way before it's ready, if it ever will be. Search engines prioritising AI summaries should be seen as dangerous. Both through the way they can be manipulated on the whims of states and techbro politics, and the fact they're simply not very good.
Most generative AI responses based on news content contain inaccuracies
Nine out of ten AI chatbot responses about news queries contained at least "some issues", BBC research has claimed.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I'm more and more thinking the world has leapt on AI way before it's ready, if it ever will be. Search engines prioritising AI summaries should be seen as dangerous. Both through the way they can be manipulated on the whims of states and techbro politics, and the fact they're simply not very good.
A warning on thinking AI summaries are a neutral time saver when finding information. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
We tried out DeepSeek. It worked well, until we asked it about Tiananmen Square and Taiwan
The AI app soared up the Apple charts and rocked US stocks, but the Chinese chatbot was reluctant to discuss sensitive questions about China and its government
www.theguardian.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A warning on thinking AI summaries are a neutral time saver when finding information. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Usually when someone is accused of a "Nazi style salute" you'd presume it's an unfortunate still shared for mischief... But jeez it's hard to see anything else there.
January 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Usually when someone is accused of a "Nazi style salute" you'd presume it's an unfortunate still shared for mischief... But jeez it's hard to see anything else there.
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Super pleased to share our latest publication “Generative AI in Higher Education: Balancing Innovation and Integrity” how #GenAI is reshaping learning, assessment, emphasising the need for ethical frameworks to maintain academic integrity.
@nigelfrancis.bsky.social & Sue Jones
tinyurl.com/y384wfvw
@nigelfrancis.bsky.social & Sue Jones
tinyurl.com/y384wfvw
January 13, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Super pleased to share our latest publication “Generative AI in Higher Education: Balancing Innovation and Integrity” how #GenAI is reshaping learning, assessment, emphasising the need for ethical frameworks to maintain academic integrity.
@nigelfrancis.bsky.social & Sue Jones
tinyurl.com/y384wfvw
@nigelfrancis.bsky.social & Sue Jones
tinyurl.com/y384wfvw
A summary of my brief session at #socmedhe24. A bit of a brain dump of thoughts and concerns about the reality-bending nature of generative AI. Way more questions than answers I'm afraid! medium.com/@themella/de... #ai #genai #digitalliteracies
Deep fakes and baby peacocks
Just before Christmas I attended the excellent SocMedHE conference at Sheffield Hallam University, and presented a session which I (rather…
medium.com
January 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A summary of my brief session at #socmedhe24. A bit of a brain dump of thoughts and concerns about the reality-bending nature of generative AI. Way more questions than answers I'm afraid! medium.com/@themella/de... #ai #genai #digitalliteracies
Deleted Threads. Too algorithm based and full of engagement trap nonsense and doom-mongering anxiety bait. Bluesky isn't... For now.
December 28, 2024 at 9:45 AM
Deleted Threads. Too algorithm based and full of engagement trap nonsense and doom-mongering anxiety bait. Bluesky isn't... For now.
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A reflection on developig digital leadership and @pjmella.bsky.social's workshop titled ‘Deep Fakes and Baby Peacocks’ at #SocMedHE24
December 21, 2024 at 7:53 AM
A reflection on developig digital leadership and @pjmella.bsky.social's workshop titled ‘Deep Fakes and Baby Peacocks’ at #SocMedHE24
The drift towards the political hard right of tech moguls surfaced again in @andytattersall.bsky.social's talk. This causes huge challenges to what we as institutions use, and what we ask our students use and sign up for. #socmedhe24
December 19, 2024 at 11:45 AM
The drift towards the political hard right of tech moguls surfaced again in @andytattersall.bsky.social's talk. This causes huge challenges to what we as institutions use, and what we ask our students use and sign up for. #socmedhe24
Great question about fragmentation of platforms challenging effectiveness of social media - there's part of me at the moment wondering if I'm missing any good #socmedhe24 chatter on X. 😉
December 19, 2024 at 10:49 AM
Great question about fragmentation of platforms challenging effectiveness of social media - there's part of me at the moment wondering if I'm missing any good #socmedhe24 chatter on X. 😉
Totally agree that migrating to Bluesky/Threads (Absolute Twitter clones) isn't necessarily the answer to moving on from the toxification of Twitter/X. Feels like we've forgotten problems were there pre-Musk and still stuck in old view of what soc med can be #socmedhe24
December 19, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Totally agree that migrating to Bluesky/Threads (Absolute Twitter clones) isn't necessarily the answer to moving on from the toxification of Twitter/X. Feels like we've forgotten problems were there pre-Musk and still stuck in old view of what soc med can be #socmedhe24
The side effect of leaving Musk's X behind... I no longer have my Tweets from the first #socmedhe I went to, to compare how @andytattersall.bsky.social and I have aged in the last decade...
December 19, 2024 at 9:57 AM
The side effect of leaving Musk's X behind... I no longer have my Tweets from the first #socmedhe I went to, to compare how @andytattersall.bsky.social and I have aged in the last decade...