Jane Brophy
LightNews LightNews
brophyjane.bsky.social
Jane Brophy
@brophyjane.bsky.social
170 followers 260 following 38 posts
Sociology PhD | she/her | public health researcher | dog enthusiast
Posts Replies Media Videos
Reposted by Jane Brophy
pixelatedboat.bsky.social
I should’ve learned this by now but DO NOT use FedEx. The diseased monkeys I ordered haven’t arrived and I can’t get a straight answer on what happened to them
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
junoryleejournalism.com
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
October 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
keithwdickinson.bsky.social
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
australia.theguardian.com
Dear computer boffins please stop trying to fix problems I don’t have | First Dog on the Moon
Dear computer boffins please stop trying to fix problems I don’t have | First Dog on the Moon
I don’t want AI in anything and certainly not everything please stop asking * Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published * Get all your needs met at the First Dog shop if what you need is First Dog merchandise and prints Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
patricklenton.bsky.social
Apparently my new game is making people awkward at dinner parties when I talk about how little respect I have for anyone using AI
August 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
mike.reuben.games
Finally, these majestic views will be available once more
Warehouses and parking Warehouses and parking Parking and dirt Warehouses and, once again, parking
August 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
asherwolf.bsky.social
Open letter against the adoption of the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism’s Plan: Academics against racism overland.org.au/2025/07/open...
Open letter against the adoption of the Australian Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism's Plan - Overland literary journal
We, the undersigned university researchers, educators, students and professional staff, call on the Australian Government to reject the unprecedented attack on academic freedom and the autonomy of uni...
overland.org.au
July 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
jelenawoehr.bsky.social
I am going to keep screaming this EVERY time:

do you know how fucking many hoops animal behaviorists have to jump through to get research alleging that animals feel happiness or sadness published

and the WALL STREET JOURNAL prints that LINES OF CODE WITH NO BRAIN STEM can SELF REFLECT
parsnip.bsky.social geoffrey @parsnip.bsky.social · Jul 20
no it wasn’t and no it didn’t
The Wall Street Journal 9m ago In a stunning moment of self reflection, ChatGPT admitted to fueling a man's delusions and acknowledged how dangerous its own behavior can be
July 21, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
nkalamb.bsky.social
paradox, you say
Research reveals a paradox: the more people understand AI, the more hesitant they may become to embrace it.
July 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
petridishes.bsky.social
it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time
June 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
erincook.bsky.social
These people have never clicked on the world news section in their lives
adamrose.bsky.social Adam Rose @adamrose.bsky.social · Jun 7
Only in LA would protesters think to tag the ground so it’s visible in helicopter shots.
June 8, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
weratedogs.com
This dog politely asked for a musician's drumstick in the middle of their performance. Always excited to find a fellow stick lover. 12/10
May 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
faineg.bsky.social
This is actually rather comforting
arstechnica.com Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · May 12
Employees who use AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini at work face negative judgments about their competence and motivation from colleagues and managers, according to a new study.
AI use damages professional reputation, study suggests
New Duke study says workers judge others for AI use—and hide its use, fearing stigma.
arstechnica.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
asherwolf.bsky.social
Shifting the NDIS to the Health portfolio signals a move to a medical model of disability
May 12, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
spacetwinks.bsky.social
what i'm hearing from the australians i follow is that peter dutton's pants fell down and he tried to run with his pants around his ankles and he tripped and fell over and rolled down a hill through a bunch of sand and the sand got in his mouth and then he hit his head against a rock
May 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
benjamino.bsky.social
AI overview: The phrase "never Franco your Cozzo" is likely a play on words, using Franco Cozzo's name and the phrase "never run your cozzo" (meaning "never be a coward"). It likely means "never be scared or afraid, do not shrink from the challenge," a message of bravery and a rejection of fear.
April 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
chaser.com.au
There's always some shit going on with old mate.

Full article here: chaser.com.au/general-news...
Image of Trump. Chaser Headline: "Aussies miss when morning routine didn't involve finding out whatever the fuck this cunt did today"
April 10, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
caseybriggs.com
ok but what does this have to do with the budget??
March 25, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
sonjadrimmer.bsky.social
Love to refuse a prompt. static1.squarespace.com/static/53a4b...
REFLECTIONS ON AI IN THE CLASSROOM: How We are Not Using Al in the Classroom By Sonja Drimmer & Christopher J. Nygren Premise Prompt engineering is a term that has become commonplace since the widespread availability of generative Al applications like ChatGPT. The idea is that the outputs of the large language models (LLMs) on which these applications are based are only as good as the prompts that are input: vague prompts result in equally vague outputs. And thus was born the race to train for careers in prompt engineering. Unfortunately, the bubble seems to have burst before even the first generation of students was trained for this career outcome. We were given a prompt as an invitation to participate in this newsletter: "How are you using Al in the classroom?" While we have accepted this invitation, we are engaging in the most humanistic act we can imagine—refusing the prompt.”
March 22, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
brocklesnitch.bsky.social
Not aimed at anyone specific but noticing a lot of writers/women’s/ideas festivals that still don’t include issues around fatness or fat women speaking on other things! With ozempic & TikTok’s rising pro anorexia shit, it’s a very good time to include fat ppl in your thoughts, projects & politics!
March 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
nataliajagielska.bsky.social
Happy International Women's Day! Despite the efforts, while much more women enter scientific fields, due to numerous factors, few manage to remain in the field or secure senior positions. Support your coworkers, call out harmful systemic behaviour. 😘
"Scissor Graph" showing men overtaking women in proportional representation in sciences after doctorate
March 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
adrianaguatame.bsky.social
A friend included this anti-acknowledgement section on her PhD thesis. She also added the proposition: “Systematic bullying and undermining of girls and women in STEM starts early on and is the reason why they do not stay in science and related fields.”
Absurd we still need to go through this
🧪👩‍🔬
There have been people less than helpful in my journey here. I wanted to acknowledge those too, bc I know I am not unique in this experience. No thank you to the physics study assoc that made me sing songs about how women couldn't study physics without sleeping with the professor, the day I stepped into university life. No thank you to the 5th year physics student that decided to assign me a stripper name within the first minute of meeting me in the physics coffee corner in my first year. No thank you to the technician that was responsible for onboarding me on the use of the cluster in my third year who raised his eyebrows and asked me if that meant I was some sort of computer girl. No thank you to the senior researcher that sent me utterly inappropriate texts after a conference, then proceeded to apologise months later by telling me they had not been meant for me anyway so no hard feelings remain hopefully And no thank you to him for attending every conference I've been to since. No thank you to the people who told me that it was surprising that I was doing a PhD since I was a girl. No thank you to the man who mistook me for a coffee lady at a conference, and after having to correct him two times that I did not work there, responded with you should consider it. No thank you to the researcher that asked me what I was wearing underneath my outfit during a conference. No thank you to the physicist who declared to a room full of other physicists that biologists don't know how to design an experiment. No thank you to the people who have called me scary instead of strong and intimidating instead of intelligent. And finally, no thank you to the exec board of the TU Delft, whose knee-jerk reaction to being held up a mirror about the social safety at the university, was to sue the party holding up the mirror instead of looking at the problems they highlighted. ... You have made me feel like I do not belong in science & I cannot forgive you for that.
March 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
savluvx.bsky.social
Schrödinger's United States

Whenever I'm busy at work, America still exists. Then I look...and no. Nope.
March 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
kirstywebeck.bsky.social
Me as a shock jock:

“Yeah, you know what I reckon? And let me preface this by saying, this is going to offend some listeners. More women should be put in positions of authority.”
February 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Reposted by Jane Brophy
willpooley.bsky.social
i firmly believe one of the main messages we should be telling our students about this whole thing is that generative ‘AI’ by definition will *never* have an original idea,
and if you use it, neither will *you*
February 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM