George S
@harmonygritz.bsky.social
Also @ harmonygritz elsewhere. #HigherEd and #EdTech interests keep my blood boiling. Our fractured social networks remind me of the Battlestar Galactica diaspora. I am the other person you see wearing a mask in the store.
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It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.
"Essential services are now digital by default, leaving many older people feeling locked out of their own lives."
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie/6864189
Opinion: We’ve grown far too comfortable excluding older people from the digital world
As more of our lives move online by default, digital ageism has quietly become one of the last unchallenged prejudices, writes Fiona Daly.
jrnl.ie
November 11, 2025 at 8:40 AM
It’s difficult to underestimate the extra burden that this is placing on our public libraries. For example, on a daily basis library workers are now filling the in-person/human service gap that billion euro banking institutions have abdicated from to maximise their profit margins.
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RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese Film Legend That Starred in ‘Ran,’ ‘Harakiri’ and ‘The Human Condition’ Trilogy, Dies at 92
Tatsuya Nakadai, one of Japan's most celebrated actors who was a frequent collaborator of Akira Kurosawa and Masaki Kobayashi, died. He was 92.
variety.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai - one of the all time greats of world cinema variety.com/2025/film/ob...
I am reminded of the recent convo with an ER doctor who was dumping our actual ER convo into AI to help make his notes, while telling us he didn’t want his own teenage son anywhere near the stuff 🧐
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I am reminded of the recent convo with an ER doctor who was dumping our actual ER convo into AI to help make his notes, while telling us he didn’t want his own teenage son anywhere near the stuff 🧐
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
If the Guardian hot take on gender & exclamation points is a bit much (you’ll quickly see why I said that!) there’s a link to the study itself early on—don’t fret!
#punctuation #gender #email #texting
#punctuation #gender #email #texting
It’s easy to dismiss the humble exclamation mark as harmless enthusiasm — but new research suggests it says a lot about gender, communication, & power.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdd994dy
TLDR 👇
#langsky #linguistics #appliedlinguistics #language #languageandgender #languageandpower #punctuation
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdd994dy
TLDR 👇
#langsky #linguistics #appliedlinguistics #language #languageandgender #languageandpower #punctuation
Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
It’s the punctuation that can make you seem warmer and more agreeable – but also much more compliant and lacking in analytical thinking
tinyurl.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If the Guardian hot take on gender & exclamation points is a bit much (you’ll quickly see why I said that!) there’s a link to the study itself early on—don’t fret!
#punctuation #gender #email #texting
#punctuation #gender #email #texting
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'Can sociology meet the moment?' by Adrian Favell
Book Review of 'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World'
Published as part of our latest #Symposium:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Book Review of 'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World'
Published as part of our latest #Symposium:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
'Can sociology meet the moment?' by Adrian Favell
Book Review of 'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World'
Published as part of our latest #Symposium:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
Book Review of 'Seeing Others: How to Redefine Worth in a Divided World'
Published as part of our latest #Symposium:
doi.org/10.1080/1070...
@nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social
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This post is a good example of why alt text is helpful for people who don’t use screen readers too. This text is too blurry for me to read, even with my glasses. just copy and paste the text from the photo, it take two seconds, and is the easiest kind of alt text to do.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This post is a good example of why alt text is helpful for people who don’t use screen readers too. This text is too blurry for me to read, even with my glasses. just copy and paste the text from the photo, it take two seconds, and is the easiest kind of alt text to do.
I rarely have to Google a Jerry skeet, but this one almost got away from me 😸
November 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I rarely have to Google a Jerry skeet, but this one almost got away from me 😸
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I’ve been reading Robert Jay Lifton’s The Nazi Doctors. In the chapter on Josef Mengele, Dina Babbitt (via pseudonym) is quoted several times.
Neal Adams made a biographical comic of her life; it’s posted on the blog below.
An amazing woman with an amazing story. 👇🏼
babbittblog.com/2012/11/19/d...
Neal Adams made a biographical comic of her life; it’s posted on the blog below.
An amazing woman with an amazing story. 👇🏼
babbittblog.com/2012/11/19/d...
November 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I’ve been reading Robert Jay Lifton’s The Nazi Doctors. In the chapter on Josef Mengele, Dina Babbitt (via pseudonym) is quoted several times.
Neal Adams made a biographical comic of her life; it’s posted on the blog below.
An amazing woman with an amazing story. 👇🏼
babbittblog.com/2012/11/19/d...
Neal Adams made a biographical comic of her life; it’s posted on the blog below.
An amazing woman with an amazing story. 👇🏼
babbittblog.com/2012/11/19/d...
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Imagination is resistance, @ruha9.bsky.social reminds us that, " we need to reject the gospel that says technology is inevitable, that the train has left the station... In an error of automated bullshit, it’s time to become bullshit detectors,"
#MozFest
#MozFest
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Imagination is resistance, @ruha9.bsky.social reminds us that, " we need to reject the gospel that says technology is inevitable, that the train has left the station... In an error of automated bullshit, it’s time to become bullshit detectors,"
#MozFest
#MozFest
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 AM
That “Calling all cars“ #montage was a little wide-ranging. I wasn’t expecting the motorcycle cops on the rural road!
#BlindSpot #NoirAlley #Noirvember #TCMParty
#BlindSpot #NoirAlley #Noirvember #TCMParty
November 9, 2025 at 6:13 AM
That “Calling all cars“ #montage was a little wide-ranging. I wasn’t expecting the motorcycle cops on the rural road!
#BlindSpot #NoirAlley #Noirvember #TCMParty
#BlindSpot #NoirAlley #Noirvember #TCMParty
November 9, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Is there a modern movie equivalent of the noir “cigarette exchange“ between the leads? That may be the hottest moment in the whole 73 minutes!
#BlindSpot #NoirAlley #Noirvember #TCMParty
#BlindSpot #NoirAlley #Noirvember #TCMParty
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Is there a modern movie equivalent of the noir “cigarette exchange“ between the leads? That may be the hottest moment in the whole 73 minutes!
#BlindSpot #NoirAlley #Noirvember #TCMParty
#BlindSpot #NoirAlley #Noirvember #TCMParty
November 9, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This has not gotten much attention, but it should.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Virginia under Youngkin returned to an insanely harsh system where people convicted of any felony lose their voting rights FOR LIFE.
Dems' win this week mean they'll get to advance a constitutional amendment to end lifetime disenfranchisement.
Haven’t rewatched Romancing the Stone in this century till tonight. I’m recalling NOTHING about it. Not a blessed thing, except for the leads.
Ben Mankiewicz says it was written BEFORE Raiders of the Lost Ark, but thanks to its later release it feels like a knockoff.
#TCMParty
Ben Mankiewicz says it was written BEFORE Raiders of the Lost Ark, but thanks to its later release it feels like a knockoff.
#TCMParty
November 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Haven’t rewatched Romancing the Stone in this century till tonight. I’m recalling NOTHING about it. Not a blessed thing, except for the leads.
Ben Mankiewicz says it was written BEFORE Raiders of the Lost Ark, but thanks to its later release it feels like a knockoff.
#TCMParty
Ben Mankiewicz says it was written BEFORE Raiders of the Lost Ark, but thanks to its later release it feels like a knockoff.
#TCMParty
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November 8, 2025 at 4:19 AM
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Today's entry in "why your chatbot, particularly that one, should not be in general deployment"
"My car asked my kids a shocking and inappropriate question. That’s how I realized there are few safe spaces anymore" in the Toronto Star [gift link]
"My car asked my kids a shocking and inappropriate question. That’s how I realized there are few safe spaces anymore" in the Toronto Star [gift link]
www.thestar.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today's entry in "why your chatbot, particularly that one, should not be in general deployment"
"My car asked my kids a shocking and inappropriate question. That’s how I realized there are few safe spaces anymore" in the Toronto Star [gift link]
"My car asked my kids a shocking and inappropriate question. That’s how I realized there are few safe spaces anymore" in the Toronto Star [gift link]
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Millions of servicemembers and veterans rely on the commissary system for basic needs. The tax-free grocery stores offer a substantial savings on many items and also comes with the benefit of the Star Card, a defense system credit card used at the commissary and PX (like a Target/Walmart).
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month trib.al/3F3Ks58
Military officials tell troops 168 commissaries could close next month
Officials say commissaries will be open through Thanksgiving, but many stateside stores could close soon after due to the government shutdown.
trib.al
November 8, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Millions of servicemembers and veterans rely on the commissary system for basic needs. The tax-free grocery stores offer a substantial savings on many items and also comes with the benefit of the Star Card, a defense system credit card used at the commissary and PX (like a Target/Walmart).
I encourage my students to access scholarship in various formats to shake up their brains a bit. I wasn't expecting this item to pop up in a YouTube reading—a fun surprise! (Giggles and a bit of ad-libbing are included!)
#AI #SpokenWord #TechFun #CriticalAILiteracy
#AI #SpokenWord #TechFun #CriticalAILiteracy
✨ This is wonderful 🎬 🍿
Librebel on Youtube reads out our position paper:
Guest, O., Suarez, … & van Rooij, I. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJNO... @olivia.science @marentierra.bsky.social
Librebel on Youtube reads out our position paper:
Guest, O., Suarez, … & van Rooij, I. (2025). Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia. Zenodo. doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJNO... @olivia.science @marentierra.bsky.social
Against the Uncritical Adoption of AI Technologies in Academia by Guest et. al. (2025)
YouTube video by librebel
www.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 AM
I encourage my students to access scholarship in various formats to shake up their brains a bit. I wasn't expecting this item to pop up in a YouTube reading—a fun surprise! (Giggles and a bit of ad-libbing are included!)
#AI #SpokenWord #TechFun #CriticalAILiteracy
#AI #SpokenWord #TechFun #CriticalAILiteracy
Yeesh
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Yeesh
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"In the weeks before Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral dream went up in smoke on election night, a handful of independent spending groups backed by New York City’s oligarchy spent more than $55 million supporting the ex-governor or attacking his ultimately victorious rival, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani."
Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg
A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.
www.thecity.nyc
November 7, 2025 at 9:57 PM
"In the weeks before Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral dream went up in smoke on election night, a handful of independent spending groups backed by New York City’s oligarchy spent more than $55 million supporting the ex-governor or attacking his ultimately victorious rival, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani."
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Rick Caruso spent $160 for every vote in LA to lose to Karen Bass. Every billionaire would rather set $100 million on fire before they will cede control of the electorate.
"In the weeks before Andrew Cuomo’s mayoral dream went up in smoke on election night, a handful of independent spending groups backed by New York City’s oligarchy spent more than $55 million supporting the ex-governor or attacking his ultimately victorious rival, Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani."
Cuomo Backers Burned $65 Per Vote, Including $13.3 Million From Bloomberg
A blizzard of outside spending on ads, including a spot that linked Zohran Mamdani to 9/11, failed to move voters and may have even backfired.
www.thecity.nyc
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Rick Caruso spent $160 for every vote in LA to lose to Karen Bass. Every billionaire would rather set $100 million on fire before they will cede control of the electorate.