Ross Church
@rpc25.bsky.social
Astrophysical researcher and teacher based at Lund University, Sweden, working on stars and stellar clusters. Also hiking, cooking, Wikipedia. 🌈, he/him.
This is a bit sideways to your point, but I think the really revolutionary pedagogical change in the last hundred years is access to education.
Our students could still learn given only chalkboard lectures and printed books. My grandparents couldn't because they didn't get to go to university.
Our students could still learn given only chalkboard lectures and printed books. My grandparents couldn't because they didn't get to go to university.
October 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
This is a bit sideways to your point, but I think the really revolutionary pedagogical change in the last hundred years is access to education.
Our students could still learn given only chalkboard lectures and printed books. My grandparents couldn't because they didn't get to go to university.
Our students could still learn given only chalkboard lectures and printed books. My grandparents couldn't because they didn't get to go to university.
We fairly often make a vegan version of that recipe with tempeh – I had never thought of using cashews 🙃
July 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We fairly often make a vegan version of that recipe with tempeh – I had never thought of using cashews 🙃
In astrophysics, for example, there is @ojastro.bsky.social which uses the (long-established) arxiv.org for archiving and distribution.
July 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
In astrophysics, for example, there is @ojastro.bsky.social which uses the (long-established) arxiv.org for archiving and distribution.
I read the article and my first thought was "aside from the AI snake oil Sweden and Denmark already have apps that do this".
Second thought: you want to build *all* of that from scratch in 3 years? In the UK? With the government and press bikeshedding you on every tiny issue? Erm, good luck?
Second thought: you want to build *all* of that from scratch in 3 years? In the UK? With the government and press bikeshedding you on every tiny issue? Erm, good luck?
July 4, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I read the article and my first thought was "aside from the AI snake oil Sweden and Denmark already have apps that do this".
Second thought: you want to build *all* of that from scratch in 3 years? In the UK? With the government and press bikeshedding you on every tiny issue? Erm, good luck?
Second thought: you want to build *all* of that from scratch in 3 years? In the UK? With the government and press bikeshedding you on every tiny issue? Erm, good luck?
It's ridiculous and horrible, Jan, and I'm so sorry that wonderful people like you have to put up with it.
April 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
It's ridiculous and horrible, Jan, and I'm so sorry that wonderful people like you have to put up with it.
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I am a Data Karen, I demand to see the god damn file manager, not this coffee machine touchscreen-ass interface
April 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I am a Data Karen, I demand to see the god damn file manager, not this coffee machine touchscreen-ass interface
Tack Rebecca! I should probably read both of those too :-)
March 31, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Tack Rebecca! I should probably read both of those too :-)
I wish I had something useful to offer you – I don't read much that 11-year-olds would enjoy these days :( Perhaps @rebeccaforsberg.bsky.social or @katrinros.bsky.social have reviewed a suitable book for popast?
March 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I wish I had something useful to offer you – I don't read much that 11-year-olds would enjoy these days :( Perhaps @rebeccaforsberg.bsky.social or @katrinros.bsky.social have reviewed a suitable book for popast?
Reposted by Ross Church
fortran favors the old
February 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
fortran favors the old
Reposted by Ross Church
Wrote up my notes on proactively managing your workload
Boundary Conditions https://idiolect.org.uk/notes/2025/01/10/boundary-conditions/
Boundary Conditions https://idiolect.org.uk/notes/2025/01/10/boundary-conditions/
Boundary Conditions
<p>I’m mid-career and I’ve just realised I have never received any mentoring on how to manage my workload, on how to explicitly recognise when I’ve taken on too much and how to proactively regulate the things I’m committed to.</p>
<p>I have had conversations which touch on this, but the focus has tended to be productivity – how to manage your tasks. What about a system for working out when you should say No to more things? I asked the question on mastodon, and got some good replies. Here I’ll […]</p>
idiolect.org.uk
January 10, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Wrote up my notes on proactively managing your workload
Boundary Conditions https://idiolect.org.uk/notes/2025/01/10/boundary-conditions/
Boundary Conditions https://idiolect.org.uk/notes/2025/01/10/boundary-conditions/