Grant_H
@grant-h.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
#Teacher #Geek
Finder of images , still #photographs and #video
#CapeTown #SouthAfrica
#fedi22
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@grant_h on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Finder of images , still #photographs and #video
#CapeTown #SouthAfrica
#fedi22
[bridged from https://mastodon.social/@grant_h on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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It’s locker room talk transformed into millions of WhatsApp groups. The stuff men “joke” about is just yeesh and they’ll go oh shit we invited the wrong Paul into our… girls in bikinis group… Like Hegseth inviting the journalist into DoW Signal chat.
February 5, 2026 at 11:01 PM
It’s locker room talk transformed into millions of WhatsApp groups. The stuff men “joke” about is just yeesh and they’ll go oh shit we invited the wrong Paul into our… girls in bikinis group… Like Hegseth inviting the journalist into DoW Signal chat.
#education
@Felienne s weekly AI in education newsletter asks some good questions, and highlights important nuances.
Full of good quotes, and, for me, a slightly different viewpoint.
"The main problem with AI for me is that it's a red herring, something everyone is talking about, and where […]
@Felienne s weekly AI in education newsletter asks some good questions, and highlights important nuances.
Full of good quotes, and, for me, a slightly different viewpoint.
"The main problem with AI for me is that it's a red herring, something everyone is talking about, and where […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
February 8, 2026 at 10:46 AM
#education
@Felienne s weekly AI in education newsletter asks some good questions, and highlights important nuances.
Full of good quotes, and, for me, a slightly different viewpoint.
"The main problem with AI for me is that it's a red herring, something everyone is talking about, and where […]
@Felienne s weekly AI in education newsletter asks some good questions, and highlights important nuances.
Full of good quotes, and, for me, a slightly different viewpoint.
"The main problem with AI for me is that it's a red herring, something everyone is talking about, and where […]
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"It’s not just Epstein. That’s what we now have to realise. Obsessive, pervasive sexual interest in teenage girls - and to some degree, boys - is threaded insistently through our culture.
We just choose to ignore it. We redact it. It’s a darkness that we cover with more darkness.
Are we going […]
We just choose to ignore it. We redact it. It’s a darkness that we cover with more darkness.
Are we going […]
Original post on mastodonapp.uk
mastodonapp.uk
February 7, 2026 at 11:35 AM
"It’s not just Epstein. That’s what we now have to realise. Obsessive, pervasive sexual interest in teenage girls - and to some degree, boys - is threaded insistently through our culture.
We just choose to ignore it. We redact it. It’s a darkness that we cover with more darkness.
Are we going […]
We just choose to ignore it. We redact it. It’s a darkness that we cover with more darkness.
Are we going […]
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The Cape Floral Kingdom. What a fantastic name. Conjures in my mind a Shakespearean image of Titania and Oberon and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Some scientists want to call it a phytochorion, or a region. Take away your diminishing and Latinate garbage, forsooth. It is a KINGDOM. It has […]
Some scientists want to call it a phytochorion, or a region. Take away your diminishing and Latinate garbage, forsooth. It is a KINGDOM. It has […]
Original post on mastodon.nu
mastodon.nu
February 5, 2026 at 11:48 AM
The Cape Floral Kingdom. What a fantastic name. Conjures in my mind a Shakespearean image of Titania and Oberon and A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Some scientists want to call it a phytochorion, or a region. Take away your diminishing and Latinate garbage, forsooth. It is a KINGDOM. It has […]
Some scientists want to call it a phytochorion, or a region. Take away your diminishing and Latinate garbage, forsooth. It is a KINGDOM. It has […]
Helping a school counsellor set up some issue reporting forms.
@liberaforms has the smoothest, safest, implementation for setting up public/ private keypairs I have used. With a great verification step! A backup is not tested until you have restored it!
Another step to #digitalsoverieignty
@liberaforms has the smoothest, safest, implementation for setting up public/ private keypairs I have used. With a great verification step! A backup is not tested until you have restored it!
Another step to #digitalsoverieignty
February 5, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Helping a school counsellor set up some issue reporting forms.
@liberaforms has the smoothest, safest, implementation for setting up public/ private keypairs I have used. With a great verification step! A backup is not tested until you have restored it!
Another step to #digitalsoverieignty
@liberaforms has the smoothest, safest, implementation for setting up public/ private keypairs I have used. With a great verification step! A backup is not tested until you have restored it!
Another step to #digitalsoverieignty
I'm looking for key management software like #gpg / Kleopatra for use by a school counsellor, for managing key pairs that will encrypt confidential information in various systems.
It _must_ run on WIndows _and_ macOS, and be usable by a tech literate and able social worker. No "install Linux" […]
It _must_ run on WIndows _and_ macOS, and be usable by a tech literate and able social worker. No "install Linux" […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
February 5, 2026 at 6:39 AM
I'm looking for key management software like #gpg / Kleopatra for use by a school counsellor, for managing key pairs that will encrypt confidential information in various systems.
It _must_ run on WIndows _and_ macOS, and be usable by a tech literate and able social worker. No "install Linux" […]
It _must_ run on WIndows _and_ macOS, and be usable by a tech literate and able social worker. No "install Linux" […]
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I have strong moral objections to bribery, yet I've paid bribes to cops. My children were in the car to see me do it. I've carried that guilt for many years now..
And it suddenly struck me, 2 hours ago, that there's a difference between a bribe, offered to an official, and extortion, where the […]
And it suddenly struck me, 2 hours ago, that there's a difference between a bribe, offered to an official, and extortion, where the […]
Original post on mastodon.monoceros.co.za
mastodon.monoceros.co.za
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 AM
I have strong moral objections to bribery, yet I've paid bribes to cops. My children were in the car to see me do it. I've carried that guilt for many years now..
And it suddenly struck me, 2 hours ago, that there's a difference between a bribe, offered to an official, and extortion, where the […]
And it suddenly struck me, 2 hours ago, that there's a difference between a bribe, offered to an official, and extortion, where the […]
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I want my skills sharp, kept sharp by looking things up and thinking for myself, the same way walking everywhere keeps me healthy.
I'm enriched by the random things I learn and random skills I pick up while doing so.
Most of all, I don't want my entire life, mind, and experience reduced to the […]
I'm enriched by the random things I learn and random skills I pick up while doing so.
Most of all, I don't want my entire life, mind, and experience reduced to the […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
February 3, 2026 at 6:14 PM
I want my skills sharp, kept sharp by looking things up and thinking for myself, the same way walking everywhere keeps me healthy.
I'm enriched by the random things I learn and random skills I pick up while doing so.
Most of all, I don't want my entire life, mind, and experience reduced to the […]
I'm enriched by the random things I learn and random skills I pick up while doing so.
Most of all, I don't want my entire life, mind, and experience reduced to the […]
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Something snapped into place in my mind. There is an anti-AI position that has absolutely nothing to do with luddism, or any other anti-tech position.
AI is cognitive suburbanization.
Think about it. Architecting everything so that I can't do even the most basic thing without gratuitously […]
AI is cognitive suburbanization.
Think about it. Architecting everything so that I can't do even the most basic thing without gratuitously […]
Original post on indieweb.social
indieweb.social
February 3, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Something snapped into place in my mind. There is an anti-AI position that has absolutely nothing to do with luddism, or any other anti-tech position.
AI is cognitive suburbanization.
Think about it. Architecting everything so that I can't do even the most basic thing without gratuitously […]
AI is cognitive suburbanization.
Think about it. Architecting everything so that I can't do even the most basic thing without gratuitously […]
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today i'm back to reading this paper by @grimalkina about contest cultures and brilliance traps in software and I'm going to try to live tweet some notes because reading papers is hard
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/2gej5_v2
(1/?)
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/2gej5_v2
(1/?)
OSF
osf.io
January 28, 2026 at 7:34 PM
today i'm back to reading this paper by @grimalkina about contest cultures and brilliance traps in software and I'm going to try to live tweet some notes because reading papers is hard
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/2gej5_v2
(1/?)
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/2gej5_v2
(1/?)
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RE: https://infosec.exchange/@SecurityWriter/115969540425890734
To build on what was said below, your whole online existence is essentially three things combined:
1 - Your email account or mail server where you can get password resets.
2 - DNS that protects the mail server from being […]
To build on what was said below, your whole online existence is essentially three things combined:
1 - Your email account or mail server where you can get password resets.
2 - DNS that protects the mail server from being […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
January 28, 2026 at 10:39 AM
RE: https://infosec.exchange/@SecurityWriter/115969540425890734
To build on what was said below, your whole online existence is essentially three things combined:
1 - Your email account or mail server where you can get password resets.
2 - DNS that protects the mail server from being […]
To build on what was said below, your whole online existence is essentially three things combined:
1 - Your email account or mail server where you can get password resets.
2 - DNS that protects the mail server from being […]
1st Quarter #moon, low in the sky.
My first attempt with a 25mm eyepiece on an 8" Newtonian (40x), manually driven. Single shot (1/1000s) into an a7Sii.
Sutherland, in the Karoo.
#astronomy #southafrica #photography
The original
https://www.deviantart.com/africanobserver/art/1291608673
My first attempt with a 25mm eyepiece on an 8" Newtonian (40x), manually driven. Single shot (1/1000s) into an a7Sii.
Sutherland, in the Karoo.
#astronomy #southafrica #photography
The original
https://www.deviantart.com/africanobserver/art/1291608673
January 26, 2026 at 5:40 PM
1st Quarter #moon, low in the sky.
My first attempt with a 25mm eyepiece on an 8" Newtonian (40x), manually driven. Single shot (1/1000s) into an a7Sii.
Sutherland, in the Karoo.
#astronomy #southafrica #photography
The original
https://www.deviantart.com/africanobserver/art/1291608673
My first attempt with a 25mm eyepiece on an 8" Newtonian (40x), manually driven. Single shot (1/1000s) into an a7Sii.
Sutherland, in the Karoo.
#astronomy #southafrica #photography
The original
https://www.deviantart.com/africanobserver/art/1291608673
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Calling all astronomy students at South African universities:
The Astronomical Society of South Africa (ASSA) is now accepting applications for it's scholarship program. Full details are at
https://assa.saao.ac.za/about/scholarships/
But in summary, each scholarship pays R25,000 of your tuition […]
The Astronomical Society of South Africa (ASSA) is now accepting applications for it's scholarship program. Full details are at
https://assa.saao.ac.za/about/scholarships/
But in summary, each scholarship pays R25,000 of your tuition […]
Original post on mastodon.monoceros.co.za
mastodon.monoceros.co.za
January 25, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Calling all astronomy students at South African universities:
The Astronomical Society of South Africa (ASSA) is now accepting applications for it's scholarship program. Full details are at
https://assa.saao.ac.za/about/scholarships/
But in summary, each scholarship pays R25,000 of your tuition […]
The Astronomical Society of South Africa (ASSA) is now accepting applications for it's scholarship program. Full details are at
https://assa.saao.ac.za/about/scholarships/
But in summary, each scholarship pays R25,000 of your tuition […]
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In the Mastodon app when you click on a profile, you get "posts" "posts & replies" and "media". What it really needs is a 4th one, which is posts without boosts. Boosts are critical to the fediverse working (one of the reasons I boost a lot). But if you're looking for something a user wrote […]
Original post on social.v.st
social.v.st
January 25, 2026 at 1:53 PM
In the Mastodon app when you click on a profile, you get "posts" "posts & replies" and "media". What it really needs is a 4th one, which is posts without boosts. Boosts are critical to the fediverse working (one of the reasons I boost a lot). But if you're looking for something a user wrote […]
The Milky Way rising. Sutherland, #southafrica
17x 3.2s frames, 19mm vintage Vivitar into a Sony a7Sii
#astronomy #photography
17x 3.2s frames, 19mm vintage Vivitar into a Sony a7Sii
#astronomy #photography
January 24, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The Milky Way rising. Sutherland, #southafrica
17x 3.2s frames, 19mm vintage Vivitar into a Sony a7Sii
#astronomy #photography
17x 3.2s frames, 19mm vintage Vivitar into a Sony a7Sii
#astronomy #photography
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"We are in a profound geopolitical crisis. The world that we have known is no more. Not that you’d get this from the front page headlines.
We are now facing an aggressor in the East - Russia - and an aggressor in the West - the United States. Aggressors, who we now know beyond doubt, are not […]
We are now facing an aggressor in the East - Russia - and an aggressor in the West - the United States. Aggressors, who we now know beyond doubt, are not […]
Original post on mastodonapp.uk
mastodonapp.uk
January 20, 2026 at 12:30 PM
"We are in a profound geopolitical crisis. The world that we have known is no more. Not that you’d get this from the front page headlines.
We are now facing an aggressor in the East - Russia - and an aggressor in the West - the United States. Aggressors, who we now know beyond doubt, are not […]
We are now facing an aggressor in the East - Russia - and an aggressor in the West - the United States. Aggressors, who we now know beyond doubt, are not […]
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One thing that's tough for people who just join the Fediverse, like most of the folks on #theforkiverse , is that there are self-appointed experts who reply to their public posts saying that "the Fediverse" doesn't like that kind of content.
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
Original post on cosocial.ca
cosocial.ca
January 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
One thing that's tough for people who just join the Fediverse, like most of the folks on #theforkiverse , is that there are self-appointed experts who reply to their public posts saying that "the Fediverse" doesn't like that kind of content.
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
This is untrue. They don't speak for all of us […]
We're taking a class up to the Sutherland observatory this week, and will get to see the #loscumbros scopes, along with SALT.
Printed these models of the #lco 1m to help the kids make sense of the mounts. They both articulate in RA and Dec.
#astronomy
Printed these models of the #lco 1m to help the kids make sense of the mounts. They both articulate in RA and Dec.
#astronomy
January 18, 2026 at 6:23 PM
We're taking a class up to the Sutherland observatory this week, and will get to see the #loscumbros scopes, along with SALT.
Printed these models of the #lco 1m to help the kids make sense of the mounts. They both articulate in RA and Dec.
#astronomy
Printed these models of the #lco 1m to help the kids make sense of the mounts. They both articulate in RA and Dec.
#astronomy
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The discourse around the #wikipedia taking #ai money reminds me of https://beforewegoblog.com/purity-and-futures-of-hard-work-by-ada-palmer/ and the discourse around #purity .
I'm not interested in the aesthetics of #solarpunk , but how to make most with the limited tools we have.
If the […]
I'm not interested in the aesthetics of #solarpunk , but how to make most with the limited tools we have.
If the […]
Original post on writing.exchange
writing.exchange
January 16, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The discourse around the #wikipedia taking #ai money reminds me of https://beforewegoblog.com/purity-and-futures-of-hard-work-by-ada-palmer/ and the discourse around #purity .
I'm not interested in the aesthetics of #solarpunk , but how to make most with the limited tools we have.
If the […]
I'm not interested in the aesthetics of #solarpunk , but how to make most with the limited tools we have.
If the […]
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Brilliant cartoon in The Guardian by the very talented Fiona Katsauskas: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jan/15/why-are-so-many-still-sticking-with-twitter
"So he lies constantly, fosters a toxic environment, and openly created […]
[Original post on gts.sadauskas.id.au]
"So he lies constantly, fosters a toxic environment, and openly created […]
[Original post on gts.sadauskas.id.au]
January 15, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Brilliant cartoon in The Guardian by the very talented Fiona Katsauskas: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jan/15/why-are-so-many-still-sticking-with-twitter
"So he lies constantly, fosters a toxic environment, and openly created […]
[Original post on gts.sadauskas.id.au]
"So he lies constantly, fosters a toxic environment, and openly created […]
[Original post on gts.sadauskas.id.au]
A meaningful use of #llms 😮
"He's polite the way a shark is polite. All the social niceties are there, but something feels deeply wrong. HR would struggle to find anything technically wrong with his emails. That's the point." […]
"He's polite the way a shark is polite. All the social niceties are there, but something feels deeply wrong. HR would struggle to find anything technically wrong with his emails. That's the point." […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 15, 2026 at 7:12 AM
A meaningful use of #llms 😮
"He's polite the way a shark is polite. All the social niceties are there, but something feels deeply wrong. HR would struggle to find anything technically wrong with his emails. That's the point." […]
"He's polite the way a shark is polite. All the social niceties are there, but something feels deeply wrong. HR would struggle to find anything technically wrong with his emails. That's the point." […]
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** I don't believe it's fair
Assessment tells me more than 'she got a 72, very good.' It tells me what they're thinking, how they responded to teaching, whether they can keep up, which bits of class didn't land.
Good assessment and grading is part of good pedagogy. AI fucks that relationship up.
Assessment tells me more than 'she got a 72, very good.' It tells me what they're thinking, how they responded to teaching, whether they can keep up, which bits of class didn't land.
Good assessment and grading is part of good pedagogy. AI fucks that relationship up.
January 12, 2026 at 2:22 PM
** I don't believe it's fair
Assessment tells me more than 'she got a 72, very good.' It tells me what they're thinking, how they responded to teaching, whether they can keep up, which bits of class didn't land.
Good assessment and grading is part of good pedagogy. AI fucks that relationship up.
Assessment tells me more than 'she got a 72, very good.' It tells me what they're thinking, how they responded to teaching, whether they can keep up, which bits of class didn't land.
Good assessment and grading is part of good pedagogy. AI fucks that relationship up.
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This looks a really interesting article. I can't speak to the legal accuracy, but two legal scholars argue that AI scrapers might have a unilateral contract with the sites they are scraping. (Or, at least, have been given notice.)
The liabilities of robots.txt […]
The liabilities of robots.txt […]
Original post on hcommons.social
hcommons.social
January 12, 2026 at 8:46 AM
This looks a really interesting article. I can't speak to the legal accuracy, but two legal scholars argue that AI scrapers might have a unilateral contract with the sites they are scraping. (Or, at least, have been given notice.)
The liabilities of robots.txt […]
The liabilities of robots.txt […]
[political]
Some here may follow #avaaz. It's an activist organisation that may resonate with people? Currently they're running a petition to be delivered to governments around the world, encouraging them to take a stand.
They do need identifiable details, so this may not be everyone's cup of […]
Some here may follow #avaaz. It's an activist organisation that may resonate with people? Currently they're running a petition to be delivered to governments around the world, encouraging them to take a stand.
They do need identifiable details, so this may not be everyone's cup of […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
January 8, 2026 at 4:15 PM
[political]
Some here may follow #avaaz. It's an activist organisation that may resonate with people? Currently they're running a petition to be delivered to governments around the world, encouraging them to take a stand.
They do need identifiable details, so this may not be everyone's cup of […]
Some here may follow #avaaz. It's an activist organisation that may resonate with people? Currently they're running a petition to be delivered to governments around the world, encouraging them to take a stand.
They do need identifiable details, so this may not be everyone's cup of […]