Steve Riddle
@riddsteve.bsky.social
Academic, walker, photographer, accidental haikuist and player of Northumbrian pipes, not necessarily in that order.
Working at School of Computing, Newcastle university.
Playing somewhere across Northumberland, UK
Working at School of Computing, Newcastle university.
Playing somewhere across Northumberland, UK
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Today is the 47th anniversary of this clearly unimprovable photo, from a story so absurd that it shouldn’t be true, but is: the day a team of workers from British Waterways pulled the plug out of the Chesterfield Canal, and all the water emptied out
August 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Today is the 47th anniversary of this clearly unimprovable photo, from a story so absurd that it shouldn’t be true, but is: the day a team of workers from British Waterways pulled the plug out of the Chesterfield Canal, and all the water emptied out
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The singularity is awesome
June 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The singularity is awesome
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Study shows that relying on generative AI kills off your critical thinking skills.
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-study-finds-relying-on-ai-kills-your-critical-thinking-skills-2000561788
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-study-finds-relying-on-ai-kills-your-critical-thinking-skills-2000561788
Microsoft Study Finds Relying on AI Kills Your Critical Thinking Skills
Researchers from Microsoft and Carnegie Mellon University warn that the more you use AI, the more your cognitive abilities deteriorate.
gizmodo.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Study shows that relying on generative AI kills off your critical thinking skills.
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-study-finds-relying-on-ai-kills-your-critical-thinking-skills-2000561788
https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-study-finds-relying-on-ai-kills-your-critical-thinking-skills-2000561788
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#dailyhaikuprompt - lush
Howway bonny lad
Ham pease pudding, that's ma bait
Geet lush stotty cyek
#haiku
Happy Geordie cliché haiku Friday
Howway bonny lad
Ham pease pudding, that's ma bait
Geet lush stotty cyek
#haiku
Happy Geordie cliché haiku Friday
May 9, 2025 at 6:34 AM
#dailyhaikuprompt - lush
Howway bonny lad
Ham pease pudding, that's ma bait
Geet lush stotty cyek
#haiku
Happy Geordie cliché haiku Friday
Howway bonny lad
Ham pease pudding, that's ma bait
Geet lush stotty cyek
#haiku
Happy Geordie cliché haiku Friday
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Sneaking in a few days in Dublin before heading back to work next week. Beautiful weather today for a train trip to Howth, walking on the cliffs for a couple of hours. The smell of that gorse..
#dublin #howth #cliffs #lighthouse #walking
#dublin #howth #cliffs #lighthouse #walking
April 11, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Sneaking in a few days in Dublin before heading back to work next week. Beautiful weather today for a train trip to Howth, walking on the cliffs for a couple of hours. The smell of that gorse..
#dublin #howth #cliffs #lighthouse #walking
#dublin #howth #cliffs #lighthouse #walking
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Rico: “They’ll never know we exported anything from their science love shack.”
Julian: “If the Albatross find out, this will blow back”
Rico: “I say we green light.”
Howard Lutnick: ….
Rico: “We are currently clean on Opsec”.
Julian: “If the Albatross find out, this will blow back”
Rico: “I say we green light.”
Howard Lutnick: ….
Rico: “We are currently clean on Opsec”.
April 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Rico: “They’ll never know we exported anything from their science love shack.”
Julian: “If the Albatross find out, this will blow back”
Rico: “I say we green light.”
Howard Lutnick: ….
Rico: “We are currently clean on Opsec”.
Julian: “If the Albatross find out, this will blow back”
Rico: “I say we green light.”
Howard Lutnick: ….
Rico: “We are currently clean on Opsec”.
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I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
April 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
Passing on a plug from my federated alterego...
A plug for the Hexham-based Tyne Valley Film Festival for those based around here: my daughter Charlie's animation for "This place", song about loss of home and culture at Kielder, showing at the Forum this Saturday 15th March […]
Original post on mastodon.org.uk
mastodon.org.uk
March 11, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Passing on a plug from my federated alterego...
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🚀 Join Dr. @aimafidon.bsky.social this week at our #PublicLecture as she explores the future of tech, innovation, and diversity in STEM!
Don't miss this inspiring talk from a leading voice in technology and education ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kwebtze
#WomenInSTEM #TechInnovation
Don't miss this inspiring talk from a leading voice in technology and education ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kwebtze
#WomenInSTEM #TechInnovation
March 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚀 Join Dr. @aimafidon.bsky.social this week at our #PublicLecture as she explores the future of tech, innovation, and diversity in STEM!
Don't miss this inspiring talk from a leading voice in technology and education ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kwebtze
#WomenInSTEM #TechInnovation
Don't miss this inspiring talk from a leading voice in technology and education ➡️ tinyurl.com/3kwebtze
#WomenInSTEM #TechInnovation
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Snippet from QAA Insights Conference focused on AI featuring great insights from Prof Mary Davis (Oxford Brookes) and Prof David Webster (University of Liverpool) 🤖 bilt.online/ai-compassio...
#artificialintelligence #AI #highereducation #academia #qaa #academicintegrity
#artificialintelligence #AI #highereducation #academia #qaa #academicintegrity
AI, compassion and the future for HE
Higher Education continues to face thorny challenges thanks to AI, as outlined at this week’s QAA Insights Conference. In one of the breakout groups titled “compassion in education” two speakers pr…
bilt.online
March 3, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Snippet from QAA Insights Conference focused on AI featuring great insights from Prof Mary Davis (Oxford Brookes) and Prof David Webster (University of Liverpool) 🤖 bilt.online/ai-compassio...
#artificialintelligence #AI #highereducation #academia #qaa #academicintegrity
#artificialintelligence #AI #highereducation #academia #qaa #academicintegrity
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Today's university in crisis is Kingston, which is cutting all the departments and subjects below, a savage retrenchment that won't even make them half of the £20m savings they need. Every day will be like this until something is done.
February 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Today's university in crisis is Kingston, which is cutting all the departments and subjects below, a savage retrenchment that won't even make them half of the £20m savings they need. Every day will be like this until something is done.
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An old friend will call
Listen and remember then
Book on the next train
#dailyhaikuprompt - friend
#haiku #senryu
Listen and remember then
Book on the next train
#dailyhaikuprompt - friend
#haiku #senryu
February 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
An old friend will call
Listen and remember then
Book on the next train
#dailyhaikuprompt - friend
#haiku #senryu
Listen and remember then
Book on the next train
#dailyhaikuprompt - friend
#haiku #senryu
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Spydere man Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondrye webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo, anon cometh Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondrye webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo, anon cometh Spydere Man
February 26, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Spydere man Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondrye webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo, anon cometh Spydere Man
Doth al things a spydere kan
Sondrye webbes he kan weaven
Thieves lyke flyes he kan cacchen
Lo, anon cometh Spydere Man
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This is an extremely helpful review on @hepi-news.bsky.social of a book I didn't want to read before and definitely do not need to do so now. As @profstevenjones.bsky.social sharply observes "Why is it that only ‘cancelled’ academics seem to have media agents?"
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/15/w...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/15/w...
WEEKEND READING: Matt Goodwin's 'Bad Education' isn’t good scholarship, but does that matter? - HEPI
In Bad Education, Matt Goodwin makes the argument that Western universities have moved ‘sharply and radically to the left’ (p.51) over the last six decades, to the extent that diversity is now deemed ...
www.hepi.ac.uk
February 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This is an extremely helpful review on @hepi-news.bsky.social of a book I didn't want to read before and definitely do not need to do so now. As @profstevenjones.bsky.social sharply observes "Why is it that only ‘cancelled’ academics seem to have media agents?"
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/15/w...
www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/02/15/w...
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“Is there any evidence that people with, to quote Trump, ‘severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities’ can become air-traffic controllers? There's more evidence that they just end up President of the US.”
@mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social
@mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social
🇺🇸 NEW SUNDAY SCHOOL 🇩🇪
From Trump's toxicity to the febrile atmosphere in Germany, @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social pick through the week's big news and find patterns in the chaos.
SPOTIFY 🔊: open.spotify.com/episode/18Y0...
APPLE 🍏: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
From Trump's toxicity to the febrile atmosphere in Germany, @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social pick through the week's big news and find patterns in the chaos.
SPOTIFY 🔊: open.spotify.com/episode/18Y0...
APPLE 🍏: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Sunday School: Unbecoming a President
Quiet Riot · Episode
open.spotify.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
“Is there any evidence that people with, to quote Trump, ‘severe intellectual and psychiatric disabilities’ can become air-traffic controllers? There's more evidence that they just end up President of the US.”
@mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social
@mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social
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#dailyhaikuprompt - pebble
A beach of shingle
Retreating waves drag across
Loud whispering stones
#haiku
#poetry
A beach of shingle
Retreating waves drag across
Loud whispering stones
#haiku
#poetry
January 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
#dailyhaikuprompt - pebble
A beach of shingle
Retreating waves drag across
Loud whispering stones
#haiku
#poetry
A beach of shingle
Retreating waves drag across
Loud whispering stones
#haiku
#poetry
Unexpectedly having a few days in That London, if we still call it that. View from Primrose Hill as the sun goes down, still unbeatable.
January 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Unexpectedly having a few days in That London, if we still call it that. View from Primrose Hill as the sun goes down, still unbeatable.
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The UK government’s consultation on AI is not fit for purpose, seeking to benefit big tech at the expense of creative talents | Jennie Kermode
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
Stop, thief! Writers and artists deserve protection from AI developers
The UK government’s consultation on AI is not fit for purpose, seeking to benefit big tech at the expense of creative talents
bylines.scot
December 31, 2024 at 11:53 AM
The UK government’s consultation on AI is not fit for purpose, seeking to benefit big tech at the expense of creative talents | Jennie Kermode
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
@jenniekermode.bsky.social
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December 30, 2024 at 8:11 AM
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Welcome to the world
A new daughter, granddaughter
This morning her first
Breath - #dailyhaikuprompt
A very personal one this morning, but the prompt was just too perfect. So, just call me grandpa. Lily born just after 3am, mother and baby doing very well.
A new daughter, granddaughter
This morning her first
Breath - #dailyhaikuprompt
A very personal one this morning, but the prompt was just too perfect. So, just call me grandpa. Lily born just after 3am, mother and baby doing very well.
December 16, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Welcome to the world
A new daughter, granddaughter
This morning her first
Breath - #dailyhaikuprompt
A very personal one this morning, but the prompt was just too perfect. So, just call me grandpa. Lily born just after 3am, mother and baby doing very well.
A new daughter, granddaughter
This morning her first
Breath - #dailyhaikuprompt
A very personal one this morning, but the prompt was just too perfect. So, just call me grandpa. Lily born just after 3am, mother and baby doing very well.
It's a brand new podcast (episode)
For twenty twenty (four)
They Might Be Giants brand new album ...
A fantastic, and surprisingly comforting, episode referencing a surprising number of songs that aren't actually on the album. Loved it.
For twenty twenty (four)
They Might Be Giants brand new album ...
A fantastic, and surprisingly comforting, episode referencing a surprising number of songs that aren't actually on the album. Loved it.
NEW EPISODE! Comedian John-Luke Roberts on They Might Be Giants and their brand new record for 1990… Flood!
Talking about the joy of overwhelm, and how the thrill of excess, of everything all at once, can connect a love of comedy and a certain sort of music…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
Talking about the joy of overwhelm, and how the thrill of excess, of everything all at once, can connect a love of comedy and a certain sort of music…
pod.link/1614879928/e...
December 13, 2024 at 6:58 AM
It's a brand new podcast (episode)
For twenty twenty (four)
They Might Be Giants brand new album ...
A fantastic, and surprisingly comforting, episode referencing a surprising number of songs that aren't actually on the album. Loved it.
For twenty twenty (four)
They Might Be Giants brand new album ...
A fantastic, and surprisingly comforting, episode referencing a surprising number of songs that aren't actually on the album. Loved it.
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I'm not saying that AI-written books are becoming a problem on Amazon, but here is the first page of a new book on the 1980 Iranian Embassy Siege.
December 9, 2024 at 4:24 PM
I'm not saying that AI-written books are becoming a problem on Amazon, but here is the first page of a new book on the 1980 Iranian Embassy Siege.
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“Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme”
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Bring back Erasmus+ and youth mobility in Europe
Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 7:24 PM
“Taking Britain out of the Erasmus+ programme was a huge mistake. Labour must rejoin and accept the EU’s offer of a youth mobility scheme”
👏👏👏
👏👏👏
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What Joe Bloggs (just normal men) are known as in seven different languages:
7. Joe Little Carrot (Slovak)
6. Otto Normalconsumer (German)
5. Wang Number Five (Mandarin)
4. Average Svensson (Swedish)
3. Name Nameson (Danish)
2. Mid-range Vasya (Russian)
1. Statistical Kowalski (Polish)
7. Joe Little Carrot (Slovak)
6. Otto Normalconsumer (German)
5. Wang Number Five (Mandarin)
4. Average Svensson (Swedish)
3. Name Nameson (Danish)
2. Mid-range Vasya (Russian)
1. Statistical Kowalski (Polish)
December 4, 2024 at 4:22 PM
What Joe Bloggs (just normal men) are known as in seven different languages:
7. Joe Little Carrot (Slovak)
6. Otto Normalconsumer (German)
5. Wang Number Five (Mandarin)
4. Average Svensson (Swedish)
3. Name Nameson (Danish)
2. Mid-range Vasya (Russian)
1. Statistical Kowalski (Polish)
7. Joe Little Carrot (Slovak)
6. Otto Normalconsumer (German)
5. Wang Number Five (Mandarin)
4. Average Svensson (Swedish)
3. Name Nameson (Danish)
2. Mid-range Vasya (Russian)
1. Statistical Kowalski (Polish)