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Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web"
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first
November 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
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Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.
September 15, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Everything is bad, but books are good. Get a book. Read the book. Cherish the book. Finish the book. Tell your friends about the book, and leave a review of the book. Hold the book close. Listen to what it tells you. Do as it commands. Place it on the dread altar and let it guide your every choice.
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Kind of wish academic papers could come with 1980s style sword and sorcery cover images.
June 17, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Kind of wish academic papers could come with 1980s style sword and sorcery cover images.
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Here’s @birmo.bsky.social on our opposition leader:
“The free ride he’s enjoyed for the past couple of years … was suddenly over. Now, he was being asked actual questions. Rather awkward ones, too. Like: do you have any policies? Do you know how to spell ‘policy’?”
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
“The free ride he’s enjoyed for the past couple of years … was suddenly over. Now, he was being asked actual questions. Rather awkward ones, too. Like: do you have any policies? Do you know how to spell ‘policy’?”
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
Fentanyl penguin has no plan.
A long time ago, in an alternate universe far, far away, I was shadowing Kim Beazley for The Sydney Morning Herald, watching him wind his big, genial self around the country like a hopeful blimp full ...
open.substack.com
April 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Here’s @birmo.bsky.social on our opposition leader:
“The free ride he’s enjoyed for the past couple of years … was suddenly over. Now, he was being asked actual questions. Rather awkward ones, too. Like: do you have any policies? Do you know how to spell ‘policy’?”
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
“The free ride he’s enjoyed for the past couple of years … was suddenly over. Now, he was being asked actual questions. Rather awkward ones, too. Like: do you have any policies? Do you know how to spell ‘policy’?”
open.substack.com/pub/aliensid...
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This piece from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social starts with a bang and just gets better and better. Gift link.
Opinion | The Tech Fantasy That Powers A.I. Is Running on Fumes (Gift Article)
A.I. is just what we need in the post-fact era: less research and more predicting what we want to hear.
www.nytimes.com
March 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This piece from @tressiemcphd.bsky.social starts with a bang and just gets better and better. Gift link.
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Is your PhD research on game design, game production, HCI, or design theory? I've got three 2-year postdoc positions in my ERC StG project to investigate what makes theory useful and usable in game design / interaction design.
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Postdoc positions in HCI and Videogames Theory at IT University of Copenhagen
The IT University of Copenhagen invites highly motivated individuals to apply for a Postdoc position in HCI and Videogames Theory at IT University of Copenhagen
candidate.hr-manager.net
March 21, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Is your PhD research on game design, game production, HCI, or design theory? I've got three 2-year postdoc positions in my ERC StG project to investigate what makes theory useful and usable in game design / interaction design.
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
Reposts much appreciated. Thx!
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
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It's always 'more people are pretending to have poor mental health'. Never, 'piss poor governments and predatory, unregulated capitalism is making more people ill'
March 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
It's always 'more people are pretending to have poor mental health'. Never, 'piss poor governments and predatory, unregulated capitalism is making more people ill'
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Instead of using ChatGPT, why not just get a family member to lie to you while they set fire to a tree?
March 5, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Instead of using ChatGPT, why not just get a family member to lie to you while they set fire to a tree?
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Knowledge is never knowing the answer. It’s knowing the territory.
February 18, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Knowledge is never knowing the answer. It’s knowing the territory.
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New researcher positions in the Parliamentary Library, across politics & public admin, social policy and defence. Here's the link to the PPA job (you can get to the others via APS jobs): www.apsjobs.gov.au/s/job-detail...
APS Jobs
APS Jobs, gateway to the Australian Public Service.
www.apsjobs.gov.au
February 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
New researcher positions in the Parliamentary Library, across politics & public admin, social policy and defence. Here's the link to the PPA job (you can get to the others via APS jobs): www.apsjobs.gov.au/s/job-detail...
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The mood in Higher Education as it faces up to the end of the traditional teaching model: disbelief, anger, rage, sadness, depression, acceptance. www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-re...
The UK’s redundancy crisis: four views from the front line
Higher education news feeds are currently dominated by near-daily announcements of large job cuts across the UK. But what effect is all this having on the atmosphere within the departments affected – ...
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The mood in Higher Education as it faces up to the end of the traditional teaching model: disbelief, anger, rage, sadness, depression, acceptance. www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-re...
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NOT NOW, MELVILLE. READ THE ROOM.
February 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
NOT NOW, MELVILLE. READ THE ROOM.
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School of Law and Society is recruiting sessionals across humanities and social sciences. Share very widely. We also do online teaching, so even if you know someone/ you are beyond the Sunshine Coast/Southeast, we'd still love to hear from you
www.seek.com.au/job/81497717...
www.seek.com.au/job/81497717...
EOI: School of Law and Society talent pool Job in Brisbane QLD - SEEK
Discover opportunities for casual employment at UniSC's School of Law and Society! Interested in exploring suitable roles aligned with your expertise?
www.seek.com.au
January 21, 2025 at 3:27 AM
School of Law and Society is recruiting sessionals across humanities and social sciences. Share very widely. We also do online teaching, so even if you know someone/ you are beyond the Sunshine Coast/Southeast, we'd still love to hear from you
www.seek.com.au/job/81497717...
www.seek.com.au/job/81497717...
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So tomorrow is going to be a *day* and I think it's pretty clear that those who are most interested in AI as a panacea work in money, while those who are most sceptical very often work in tech.
January 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
So tomorrow is going to be a *day* and I think it's pretty clear that those who are most interested in AI as a panacea work in money, while those who are most sceptical very often work in tech.
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omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain
December 30, 2024 at 12:25 AM
omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain
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Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
December 24, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. into Fucking EVERYTHING!
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A PhD student at CambridgeHPS has been putting “artwork signs” up all around our department next to “ordinary things” and they are brilliant. They unfailingly make me stop and smile and notice the wonderful strangeness of the world ✨
Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌
Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌
December 19, 2024 at 6:08 PM
A PhD student at CambridgeHPS has been putting “artwork signs” up all around our department next to “ordinary things” and they are brilliant. They unfailingly make me stop and smile and notice the wonderful strangeness of the world ✨
Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌
Best workplace spirit-lift hack I’ve seen in a long time 🙌
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MURDERBOT
THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET
A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE
THE DOOMSDAY BOOK
FORTY DAYS OF RAIN
THE FIFTH SEASON
A WRINKLE IN TIME
THE EXPANSE
REGENERATION
THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR
for a modern audience, like. At some point we step to new shoulders of giants, you know?
THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET
A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE
THE DOOMSDAY BOOK
FORTY DAYS OF RAIN
THE FIFTH SEASON
A WRINKLE IN TIME
THE EXPANSE
REGENERATION
THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR
for a modern audience, like. At some point we step to new shoulders of giants, you know?
December 15, 2024 at 8:25 PM
MURDERBOT
THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET
A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE
THE DOOMSDAY BOOK
FORTY DAYS OF RAIN
THE FIFTH SEASON
A WRINKLE IN TIME
THE EXPANSE
REGENERATION
THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR
for a modern audience, like. At some point we step to new shoulders of giants, you know?
THE LONG WAY TO A SMALL ANGRY PLANET
A MEMORY CALLED EMPIRE
THE DOOMSDAY BOOK
FORTY DAYS OF RAIN
THE FIFTH SEASON
A WRINKLE IN TIME
THE EXPANSE
REGENERATION
THIS IS HOW YOU LOSE THE TIME WAR
for a modern audience, like. At some point we step to new shoulders of giants, you know?
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researchers studying non human animal cognition get laughed out of science if they use a word like “knows” or “understands” about an animal (a being with a brain) but every AI paper is all “the model appears to be aware it is being intentionally deceptive and in fact is afraid of being caught”
December 13, 2024 at 3:34 AM
researchers studying non human animal cognition get laughed out of science if they use a word like “knows” or “understands” about an animal (a being with a brain) but every AI paper is all “the model appears to be aware it is being intentionally deceptive and in fact is afraid of being caught”
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I see many posts debating the extent or not of misogyny in epic fantasy are citing lists of exclusively male authors. Time to repost this, I see.
www.julietemckenna.com/brief-though...
www.julietemckenna.com/brief-though...
Brief thoughts on women writers being erased from SFF – again
Another day, another article* supposedly assessing the cutting edge of Science Fiction written over the decades. Citing twenty five authors. All men. No, I’m not going to link. You can find i…
www.julietemckenna.com
December 2, 2024 at 7:27 AM
I see many posts debating the extent or not of misogyny in epic fantasy are citing lists of exclusively male authors. Time to repost this, I see.
www.julietemckenna.com/brief-though...
www.julietemckenna.com/brief-though...
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Reminder: you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it, you don’t have to get better at it, you don’t have to monetize it, and it doesn’t have to be useful.
December 1, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Reminder: you don’t have to be good at something to enjoy it, you don’t have to get better at it, you don’t have to monetize it, and it doesn’t have to be useful.
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Faculty near the end of the semester/trimester/quarter rolling into their family holiday celebrations over the next few days:
November 26, 2024 at 1:34 AM
Faculty near the end of the semester/trimester/quarter rolling into their family holiday celebrations over the next few days:
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Blow up the pokies. Today’s Mercury cartoon
November 23, 2024 at 1:01 AM
Blow up the pokies. Today’s Mercury cartoon