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Prof Maz Hardey
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Professor ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤 https://www.mariannhardey.com/
Durham University Business School:,Unravelling with Technology, Education & AI.

Neurodiverse.

Resident of The North.

Books are the answer.
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Ever get a review that felt less like feedback & more like a personal attack?

I received a desk reject. Our work was "a big mistake."
I contrast this with a "good" rejection. Yes, they exist.

I reflect on academic elitism, esp in the age of AI slop.

www.mariannhardey.com/technologica...
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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She is her own #caturday
Rather gorgeous calico cat face looking directly to camera. Intently. Either love or revolution in her eyes.
November 15, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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Let's be blunt: 'Neuro-inclusion' is being used as a Trojan Horse to sell AI in education.

[shouts] AI companies, our minds are not a market for your solutions; they are a reason to change your systems.

I wrote about this here. www.mariannhardey.com/technologica...
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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A prospect of a library-room

Preparing my keynote about AI and Deepfakes for tonight. Somehow, with a flu-laden voice, I am speaking faster(?) and need to add further exciting thoughts, or I will be short for my audience!

I have help from my co-workers. (spot the real pup, read my alt text).
A prospect of a library-room, presently in a state of most delightful and whimsical confusion. A distinguished canine personage, possessed of a fine curly coat, has taken the high station upon a cushioned chair, turning its noble head away, as if to entirely disregard the rabble below. And what a rabble it is! A veritable society of plush creatures has assembled upon the rugs and seized the finest beds by the window. A formidable blue unicorn, clearly of some station, stands guard in the foreground, whilst a large Eevee of considerable prominence holds court, attended by a small orange dragon, a pug, and other soft-bodied sycophants, all gathered in a bed that is clearly not their own. The scene, one must confess, speaks to a most charming breakdown of domestic propriety.
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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#caturday is the best day for sitting in top of books.
Calico cat sat atop a book, four white paws satisfyingly close together. She has an earnest glint in her eye that could be “I love you” or “I will F your stuff up”. Her white whiskers say fierce.
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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She is #caturday
Calico cat in the foreground in loaf mode. A Paddington bear with a pumpkin light up Halloween mark is askew behind her (prob a good night out). Willow (cat) looks calm and serene. And a bit smug.
November 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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I am a vampire who is teaching today for our online MBA programme. @durham.ac.uk
Screenshot from my teaching space in GatherTown. This depicts a lone vampire avatar (me) sitting on a purple cushion. Virtual breakout rooms surround Vampire. Millennials will appreciate the 32-bit graphic style ambience of the space.
October 30, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Meow #Caturday, folks
Calico cat sitting atop a desk, drinking out of a mug that is placed on top a pile of books.
October 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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C c c #Caturday
Calico cat on a garden stool surrounded by plants and looking intently at the camera.
October 18, 2025 at 7:24 AM
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Yeah I got this

Post You From A Different Era

Me, from when we lived in a squat
Young girl kneeling in an over sized shirt picking up milk bottles. Image from the 1980s.
October 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Welcome to #caturday
🥐
Calico cat croissant mode on a Pikachu blanket
October 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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Super windy #caturday
Calico cat lying in her side snuggling on her Pokemon blanket. Paws together
October 4, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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#caturday
Snuggle your Pokemon blanket.
🥐
Calico cat snuggled on a pikachu fleece blanket croissant style.
September 27, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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It

Is

#Caturday

(Not my cat, just my photograph).
Image of a fancy home with bay windows and white cat glaring at passer-bys
September 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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ok, here it is, a few thoughts on professional pain, badly behaved organs, and the healing power of a Pokémon pillow.

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The image shows Pokémon plushies with Pikachu as the main centre.
September 19, 2025 at 10:10 AM
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Respecting #Caturday
A calico cat on an arm chair in a library with a black and white dog asleep lounging on a rug.
September 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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‘Sup #caturday
🏸
Calico cat asleep in the middle of nest swing with dreamies and a badminton racket
September 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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Thankful for #caturday at home
Calico cat lying across a HUGE teddy bear Calico cat in nesty position across a HUGE teddy bear
August 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Appreciation for #Caturday
Tricolour cat asleep on best swing with badminton racket and cat dreamies treats
August 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Oh really, #Caturday you say…
Tricolour cat sat on tartan blanket outside, she’s looking towards the camera and fierce look in her eyes. Whiskers are on high alert.
August 16, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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The #Caturday!
Calico cat in a dog bed, stretching across on her side in dappled sunlight. Looking VERY nesty.
August 9, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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They don’t care I have a book deadline
Tricolour cat asleep on chair and black and white dog asleep on the rug in front of the chair. Both looking humphy.
August 5, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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It is #Caturday !!!!
Fierceness.
Calico cat yawning showing her amazing teeth on a lounge arm chair
August 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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A little late for #caturday (cos camping). On returning home, The Cat
Calico cat in cactus cat nest, glaring at the camera
July 27, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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The cat and I can’t wait to read and learn from this collection :-)
Cat sat on a computer keyboard staring at the camera. She is Tri colour calico , there’s an assortment of Lego and books on the desk.
July 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM