Aaron Scott
@carefulcrosser.bsky.social
PhD student @UniKent | Researching the fall of sleep in modernist literature | CCCU Student Information Officer | 🔴 Arsenal ⚪ | he/him
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June 20, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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This is a great piece on how AI easily makes mistakes - and it also explains very well how exactly AI works:
garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-do-lar...
garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-do-lar...
Why DO large language models hallucinate?
The Henrietta Chronicles continue, guest starring Harry Shearer
garymarcus.substack.com
June 6, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is a great piece on how AI easily makes mistakes - and it also explains very well how exactly AI works:
garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-do-lar...
garymarcus.substack.com/p/why-do-lar...
It was a pleasure to read and review Sebastian Klinger's excellent new book, Sleep Works. A refreshing interdisciplinary study which covers modernist (re)considerations of sleep as a political and philosophical matter.
We have a new review on the BSLS website: Aaron Scott Pugh reviews Sebastian P. Klinger's Sleep Works: Experiments in Science and Literature, 1899-1929 (www.bsls.ac.uk/2025/06/klin...)
Klinger, Sebastian P., Sleep Works: Experiments in Science and Literature, 1899-1929 – The British Society for Literature and Science
www.bsls.ac.uk
June 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
It was a pleasure to read and review Sebastian Klinger's excellent new book, Sleep Works. A refreshing interdisciplinary study which covers modernist (re)considerations of sleep as a political and philosophical matter.
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As someone who was welcomed into Kent's anthropology department reading groups and research seminars while doing my PhD in English this is heart-breaking stuff to read.
#UKHE consultancies: turn everything in generic megacourses because the only metric for value we have is the largest possible enrolment number & fees
students: I will take my brain & my fees to where there's some respect for my interest in choice and specificity. www.lemonde.fr/en/campus/ar...
students: I will take my brain & my fees to where there's some respect for my interest in choice and specificity. www.lemonde.fr/en/campus/ar...
May 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
As someone who was welcomed into Kent's anthropology department reading groups and research seminars while doing my PhD in English this is heart-breaking stuff to read.
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Jeanette Winterson on Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. (The rest of her post is well worth a read.)
jeanettewinterson.substack.com/p/mrs-dalloway
jeanettewinterson.substack.com/p/mrs-dalloway
May 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Jeanette Winterson on Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. (The rest of her post is well worth a read.)
jeanettewinterson.substack.com/p/mrs-dalloway
jeanettewinterson.substack.com/p/mrs-dalloway
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"When money’s tight and hard to get
And your horse has also ran
When all you have is a heap of debt
A pint of plain is your only man..."
Flann O'Brien who died on this day 1966
And your horse has also ran
When all you have is a heap of debt
A pint of plain is your only man..."
Flann O'Brien who died on this day 1966
April 1, 2025 at 11:40 AM
"When money’s tight and hard to get
And your horse has also ran
When all you have is a heap of debt
A pint of plain is your only man..."
Flann O'Brien who died on this day 1966
And your horse has also ran
When all you have is a heap of debt
A pint of plain is your only man..."
Flann O'Brien who died on this day 1966
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In a new thematic collection published in the Journal of the British Academy, Fellows reflect on recent course closures and threats of further cuts across the Humanities and Social Sciences.
Introduction: the state of the university, the university and the state
Today the purpose of a university education is under question Should it provide technicians and workers for productivity and international competition Should it be a liberal education,…
journal.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
In a new thematic collection published in the Journal of the British Academy, Fellows reflect on recent course closures and threats of further cuts across the Humanities and Social Sciences.
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632 job cuts have been proposed by the executive team at the University of Dundee.
Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee.
Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632
youtu.be/oXkCu-bruiI
Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee.
Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632
youtu.be/oXkCu-bruiI
We Are The 632: University of Dundee staff speak out
YouTube video by Dundee UCU
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March 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
632 job cuts have been proposed by the executive team at the University of Dundee.
Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee.
Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632
youtu.be/oXkCu-bruiI
Today we launch our first full-length video that highlights the devastating impact this news is having on staff, and how this will affect Dundee.
Please share to amplify our voice. #WeAreThe632
youtu.be/oXkCu-bruiI
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Kent @ucu.org.uk will be engaging in strike action for 5 days from the 24th March. We demand that University management agrees to rule out compulsory redundancies for all our staff. We also demand an extension of the voluntary severance scheme for all staff subject to the impending restructure.
March 14, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Kent @ucu.org.uk will be engaging in strike action for 5 days from the 24th March. We demand that University management agrees to rule out compulsory redundancies for all our staff. We also demand an extension of the voluntary severance scheme for all staff subject to the impending restructure.
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UK universities are in crisis.
Dave Hitchcock (@davehitchcock.bsky.social) on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be approached as an interdependent system.
www.historyworkshop....
Dave Hitchcock (@davehitchcock.bsky.social) on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be approached as an interdependent system.
www.historyworkshop....
A Decade of Crisis
The UK's universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be understood as an interdependent system.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
March 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
UK universities are in crisis.
Dave Hitchcock (@davehitchcock.bsky.social) on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be approached as an interdependent system.
www.historyworkshop....
Dave Hitchcock (@davehitchcock.bsky.social) on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be approached as an interdependent system.
www.historyworkshop....
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This beautiful painting 'People Are Most Themselves When Suddenly Woken' by Annabel Carington is inspired by the work of Elizabeth Bowen.
#ElizabethBowenSociety #elizabethbowen #atimeinrome #annabelcarington #artandwriting
#ElizabethBowenSociety #elizabethbowen #atimeinrome #annabelcarington #artandwriting
March 3, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This beautiful painting 'People Are Most Themselves When Suddenly Woken' by Annabel Carington is inspired by the work of Elizabeth Bowen.
#ElizabethBowenSociety #elizabethbowen #atimeinrome #annabelcarington #artandwriting
#ElizabethBowenSociety #elizabethbowen #atimeinrome #annabelcarington #artandwriting
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The incomparable Kate Lister (@k8lister.bsky.social):
"I am old enough to remember when it was important for a university to just have a history department and somewhere to study literature, and I’m not that old."
"I am old enough to remember when it was important for a university to just have a history department and somewhere to study literature, and I’m not that old."
An act of grotesque vandalism is taking place in British universities
The entire arts and heritage sector in the UK will be irreparably damaged
inews.co.uk
February 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The incomparable Kate Lister (@k8lister.bsky.social):
"I am old enough to remember when it was important for a university to just have a history department and somewhere to study literature, and I’m not that old."
"I am old enough to remember when it was important for a university to just have a history department and somewhere to study literature, and I’m not that old."
Making writing music to soundtrack the final few months of my thesis. Bonus points for identifying the Joyce-inspired song titles! 🎶
carefulcrossings.bandcamp.com/track/kinch
carefulcrossings.bandcamp.com/track/kinch
Kinch, by Careful Crossings
track by Careful Crossings
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January 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Making writing music to soundtrack the final few months of my thesis. Bonus points for identifying the Joyce-inspired song titles! 🎶
carefulcrossings.bandcamp.com/track/kinch
carefulcrossings.bandcamp.com/track/kinch
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"You do the work for the doing, not the fruit." RIP to the big weirdo David Lynch www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kz2...
David Lynch, on being an artist
YouTube video by Álex Hernández-Puertas
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January 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"You do the work for the doing, not the fruit." RIP to the big weirdo David Lynch www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kz2...
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January 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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About as succinct as it gets
January 14, 2025 at 7:20 PM
About as succinct as it gets
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It’s Dec 1st and you can open the first window of our online secular calendar of refugee tales at 28for28.org and the first window is Jeremy Irons reading The Prologue. Don’t miss! www.28for28.org/videos/prolo...
Refugee Tales: 28 Tales for 28 Days
www.28for28.org
December 1, 2024 at 9:32 AM
It’s Dec 1st and you can open the first window of our online secular calendar of refugee tales at 28for28.org and the first window is Jeremy Irons reading The Prologue. Don’t miss! www.28for28.org/videos/prolo...
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Haven't seen one yet so wanted to make a starter pack for modernist studies organisations (and related platforms) as more migrate to Bluesky. Do help us out by letting us know who to add & do share so we can get connected!
go.bsky.app/VAe3Wb1
go.bsky.app/VAe3Wb1
November 15, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Haven't seen one yet so wanted to make a starter pack for modernist studies organisations (and related platforms) as more migrate to Bluesky. Do help us out by letting us know who to add & do share so we can get connected!
go.bsky.app/VAe3Wb1
go.bsky.app/VAe3Wb1
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More cuts in Higher Education. The bad news just keeps rolling in. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Canterbury Christ Church University axes literature degrees
The course will continue for students currently in their first or second year, the university says.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2024 at 1:21 PM
More cuts in Higher Education. The bad news just keeps rolling in. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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As there are lots of new people around, a good moment to big up this feed I made: it harvests every post from the last 7 days that mentions anything relating to modernism in all its aesthetic forms. I've found it really helpful for prompting research ideas and finding interesting accounts to follow.
August 19, 2024 at 10:12 AM
As there are lots of new people around, a good moment to big up this feed I made: it harvests every post from the last 7 days that mentions anything relating to modernism in all its aesthetic forms. I've found it really helpful for prompting research ideas and finding interesting accounts to follow.
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You know what used to create world-class talent? The post-war Keynesian consensus that saw properly funded art schools, regional theatres, and arts labs, and a reasonable social safety net that meant working class people could take risks and not starve or become homeless.
June 25, 2024 at 3:53 PM
You know what used to create world-class talent? The post-war Keynesian consensus that saw properly funded art schools, regional theatres, and arts labs, and a reasonable social safety net that meant working class people could take risks and not starve or become homeless.
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“Starmer was speaking without a hint of embarrassment about things from which Labour has often flinched. He spoke about playing the flute in his childhood – of all the effete-sounding instruments! – and talked about the arts as something enriching, personal, transformational.”
I’ve never heard a Labour leader speak about the arts like Keir Starmer – now I hope words become action | Charlotte Higgins
He has signalled a return to old Labour values: that everyone, no matter their background, should have access to temples of high culture, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer, Charlotte Higgins
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March 16, 2024 at 2:55 PM
“Starmer was speaking without a hint of embarrassment about things from which Labour has often flinched. He spoke about playing the flute in his childhood – of all the effete-sounding instruments! – and talked about the arts as something enriching, personal, transformational.”
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Let’s not forget that this was where Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the Novel Prize for Literature 2021, taught.
Calling upon anyone holding the reins in UKHE to do the right thing feels akin to that apocryphal story about the Dutch boy who tried to plug a hole in a dyke with his finger, but nonetheless, please everyone sign this, remember to like & subscribe, &c., &c.
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We Can Make an Impact.
Save Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Subjects at the University of Kent
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February 9, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Let’s not forget that this was where Abdulrazak Gurnah, winner of the Novel Prize for Literature 2021, taught.