Julia S
@juliareflects.bsky.social
English for Academic Purposes and tertiary pedagogy.
Je ne trouve pas, je cherche.
Je ne trouve pas, je cherche.
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I love doing Origin Story because it feels like I’m back in education, only we set the curriculum and we don’t have to do exams. As I’m the son of two teachers, the fact it seems to help actual students (not something we actively considered when we started) is just lovely
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I love doing Origin Story because it feels like I’m back in education, only we set the curriculum and we don’t have to do exams. As I’m the son of two teachers, the fact it seems to help actual students (not something we actively considered when we started) is just lovely
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Trump sues Everybody!
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Trump sues Everybody!
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Insane data from Germany shows how social media is geared towards more fringe political views. The left bar shows the share of uploaded videos by party on TikTok and the right bar shows what videos are shown in the feed. Social media loves the extremes and is NOT a fair mirror of reality.
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Insane data from Germany shows how social media is geared towards more fringe political views. The left bar shows the share of uploaded videos by party on TikTok and the right bar shows what videos are shown in the feed. Social media loves the extremes and is NOT a fair mirror of reality.
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So important that European educator unions are getting together to agree ways forward on AI in both schools and HE - and especially that they are *not* partnering with big AI firms as the US teachers' union has done.
We're doing a European wide study on the state of play, policies, union responses and we're working on exchanging and building best practices and capacity. We'll publish more soon.
etuce.org/en/news/etuc...
etuce.org/en/news/etuc...
ETUCE Conference on Artificial Intelligence – Education trade unions shaping the future of our education systems
Copenhagen, 7–8 October 2025 – The ETUCE European Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education brought together over 70 education unionists, researchers, and experts from across Europe. Organis...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
So important that European educator unions are getting together to agree ways forward on AI in both schools and HE - and especially that they are *not* partnering with big AI firms as the US teachers' union has done.
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The stuff I don't know is bottomless. But what I do know, I know, and I know it because I've read it for myself. I've thought about it. I've attempted to articulate my ideas to others, have received feedback from other human intelligences on these ideas and then engaged in more academic conversation
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The stuff I don't know is bottomless. But what I do know, I know, and I know it because I've read it for myself. I've thought about it. I've attempted to articulate my ideas to others, have received feedback from other human intelligences on these ideas and then engaged in more academic conversation
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ladies and gentlemen...we got him
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
ladies and gentlemen...we got him
This!
"“You can only critically assess the output of an AI chatbot if you have the skills to do so, and you don’t develop these skills by using AI. Before you can be critical of an AI summary, you have to learn to understand a text without having it summarized by an AI tool.”
I am close to tears; they listened and made an english version apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
@apache.be you rule 🖤
@apache.be you rule 🖤
October 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
This!
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The UK is Europe’s cloudiest place. Marseille is the northernmost blue sky capital of the continent. The Mediterranean offers plenty of blue skies of course.
October 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The UK is Europe’s cloudiest place. Marseille is the northernmost blue sky capital of the continent. The Mediterranean offers plenty of blue skies of course.
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Late to reading this but this is interesting because it isn’t just correlation (like lots of previous studies). They tracked impact over time.
New study in JAMA:
“Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media.”
“It's problematic… even in small doses."
Important read:
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
“Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media.”
“It's problematic… even in small doses."
Important read:
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows
Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and memory in teens.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Late to reading this but this is interesting because it isn’t just correlation (like lots of previous studies). They tracked impact over time.
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Why can I remember no Labour politician making this point, this well?
Everybody except the Greens seems to think the best way to fight Reform is to agree with Farage about everything.
This, right here, is brilliant. And genuinely patriotic. And so, so true.
Everybody except the Greens seems to think the best way to fight Reform is to agree with Farage about everything.
This, right here, is brilliant. And genuinely patriotic. And so, so true.
October 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Why can I remember no Labour politician making this point, this well?
Everybody except the Greens seems to think the best way to fight Reform is to agree with Farage about everything.
This, right here, is brilliant. And genuinely patriotic. And so, so true.
Everybody except the Greens seems to think the best way to fight Reform is to agree with Farage about everything.
This, right here, is brilliant. And genuinely patriotic. And so, so true.
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Why is Keir Starmer obsessed with Nigel Farage?
October 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Why is Keir Starmer obsessed with Nigel Farage?
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*please share widely*
My department (Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) is hiring a corpus linguist who conducts research on second languages. Great place to teach (2/2 load) and do research! See link for more details:
go.hawaii.edu/mGc
My department (Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) is hiring a corpus linguist who conducts research on second languages. Great place to teach (2/2 load) and do research! See link for more details:
go.hawaii.edu/mGc
Assistant Professor (Second Language Corpus Linguistics)
Title: Assistant Professor (Second Language Corpus Linguistics)Hiring Unit: College of Arts, Languages & Letters/Department of Second Language StudiesLocation: University of Hawaii at ManoaDate Posted...
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September 20, 2025 at 9:06 PM
*please share widely*
My department (Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) is hiring a corpus linguist who conducts research on second languages. Great place to teach (2/2 load) and do research! See link for more details:
go.hawaii.edu/mGc
My department (Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa) is hiring a corpus linguist who conducts research on second languages. Great place to teach (2/2 load) and do research! See link for more details:
go.hawaii.edu/mGc
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Super interesting graphic shows what people use ChatGPT for. I can be found in the 10% of people who give their finished writing to ChatGPT for editing. I ask it to critique my writing. It’s pretty good at finding holes in arguments.
September 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Super interesting graphic shows what people use ChatGPT for. I can be found in the 10% of people who give their finished writing to ChatGPT for editing. I ask it to critique my writing. It’s pretty good at finding holes in arguments.
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More prosaically, as someone pointed out to me recently: LLMs are *always* hallucinating. its just that sometimes their hallucinations appear to map our experienced reality. But the map is never *of* our reality, just *like* it. So the words don’t describe it. 4/4
September 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
More prosaically, as someone pointed out to me recently: LLMs are *always* hallucinating. its just that sometimes their hallucinations appear to map our experienced reality. But the map is never *of* our reality, just *like* it. So the words don’t describe it. 4/4
I'm just annoyed that we were told there weren't enough people at the anti-Brexit marches for them to be newsworthy.
Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
September 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
I'm just annoyed that we were told there weren't enough people at the anti-Brexit marches for them to be newsworthy.
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On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision
September 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
On the subject of Melvyn Bragg, I think of this Private Eye cartoon more frequently than I care to admit, when I’m struggling to raise the energy for a lecture or graduate supervision
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Well this made me cry.
September 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Well this made me cry.
@mrmmarsh.bsky.social The upcoming episode of scam secrets was made for you. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Scam Secrets, Fake Company In Your House
How to stop criminals using your address.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
@mrmmarsh.bsky.social The upcoming episode of scam secrets was made for you. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Writing will always be a useful life skill.
But if AI transforms the economy, will it be an economically valuable skill?
And either way - what does that mean for education?
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/education-...
But if AI transforms the economy, will it be an economically valuable skill?
And either way - what does that mean for education?
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/education-...
Education isn't working
Learning to work with AI requires more than just using it
substack.nomoremarking.com
July 31, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Writing will always be a useful life skill.
But if AI transforms the economy, will it be an economically valuable skill?
And either way - what does that mean for education?
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/education-...
But if AI transforms the economy, will it be an economically valuable skill?
And either way - what does that mean for education?
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/education-...
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In a world of #AI generated "facts" and digitally curated information tailored for the individual, how can #highered support the development of #criticalthinking skills? Our latest spotlight guide draws on advice from academics all over the world to answer this question: ow.ly/gVAN50WxRRn #edusky
July 31, 2025 at 9:51 AM
In a world of #AI generated "facts" and digitally curated information tailored for the individual, how can #highered support the development of #criticalthinking skills? Our latest spotlight guide draws on advice from academics all over the world to answer this question: ow.ly/gVAN50WxRRn #edusky
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Using chatbots to spark deep thinking? They can guide students through questions that mirror the Socratic method.
Learn how: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/when-... #AI #Genai #academicsky #edusky
Learn how: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/when-... #AI #Genai #academicsky #edusky
When AI asks: ‘Why?’ and facilitates critical thinking
Chatbots can be used at scale to mimic the Socratic method in university assessment and guide students to reflect on their thinking and reasoning process
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Using chatbots to spark deep thinking? They can guide students through questions that mirror the Socratic method.
Learn how: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/when-... #AI #Genai #academicsky #edusky
Learn how: www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/when-... #AI #Genai #academicsky #edusky
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I don't really care if you read this thread or not 🤷🏻♀️
There’s a colloquial French way of saying “zero fucks given” that translates to “I’m painting my balls with the brush of indifference.” A Finnish version is “it interests me as much as a kilogram of shit.” But my favourite is from old Greek slang and it goes “flowers on my dick and bees all around.”
July 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I don't really care if you read this thread or not 🤷🏻♀️
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Suppose AI *does* totally obliterate the economic value of being a good writer.
Even if that happens, I still think there is a powerful argument for teaching writing because it's a really valuable life skill.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-th...
Even if that happens, I still think there is a powerful argument for teaching writing because it's a really valuable life skill.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-th...
July 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Suppose AI *does* totally obliterate the economic value of being a good writer.
Even if that happens, I still think there is a powerful argument for teaching writing because it's a really valuable life skill.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-th...
Even if that happens, I still think there is a powerful argument for teaching writing because it's a really valuable life skill.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/what-is-th...
@mrmmarsh.bsky.social @skeptic.org.uk Are there any Skeptics articles or podcasts about Brigitte Macron allegedly being a man? I can find articles which explain how the theory spread but nothing that takes the evidence apart as neatly as the Jack the Ripper talk on Thursday.
June 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
@mrmmarsh.bsky.social @skeptic.org.uk Are there any Skeptics articles or podcasts about Brigitte Macron allegedly being a man? I can find articles which explain how the theory spread but nothing that takes the evidence apart as neatly as the Jack the Ripper talk on Thursday.