Tracey Potts
@traceyjpotts.bsky.social
Lecturer in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies. Books: Neither Use Nor Ornament: A Cultural Biography of Clutter and Procrastination (MUP) and Kitsch! Cultural Politics and Taste, with Ruth Holliday (MUP)🦩🪩MD ANT 🏅
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Maybe he should stop agreeing with them on everything then?
September 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Maybe he should stop agreeing with them on everything then?
@ruthholliday.bsky.social In answer to your AI post!
Imagine having all the cultural and financial security of *the university of oxford* and being this pathetically weak. Extraordinary really.
NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.
September 20, 2025 at 9:25 AM
@ruthholliday.bsky.social In answer to your AI post!
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Obviously one expects no less from the university rankings industrial complex, but this is absolutely dire, willfully-naive AI boosterism.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
How to use ChatGPT at university without cheating: ‘Now it’s more like a study partner’
The ubiquitous AI tool has a divisive effect on educators with some seeing it a boon and others a menace. So what should you know about where to draw the line between check and cheat?
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Obviously one expects no less from the university rankings industrial complex, but this is absolutely dire, willfully-naive AI boosterism.
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Billionaires have brought us:
Climate Change
Plastic Pollution
Shit in our waterways
Body anxiety
AI
Unaffordable rent, food, energy
They have stripped our public services and made lives and huge parts of the globe unlivable
But they own all our media so now they are bringing us fascism
Climate Change
Plastic Pollution
Shit in our waterways
Body anxiety
AI
Unaffordable rent, food, energy
They have stripped our public services and made lives and huge parts of the globe unlivable
But they own all our media so now they are bringing us fascism
August 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Billionaires have brought us:
Climate Change
Plastic Pollution
Shit in our waterways
Body anxiety
AI
Unaffordable rent, food, energy
They have stripped our public services and made lives and huge parts of the globe unlivable
But they own all our media so now they are bringing us fascism
Climate Change
Plastic Pollution
Shit in our waterways
Body anxiety
AI
Unaffordable rent, food, energy
They have stripped our public services and made lives and huge parts of the globe unlivable
But they own all our media so now they are bringing us fascism
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There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how
Part 1: is your work in Libgen?
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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It's worth noting that these are not merely stupid questions, but have the function - as does much of the professional and academic ethics industry - of taking up up space for serious discussion of politics and value with speculative, sci-fi bollocks.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Can AIs suffer? Big tech and users grapple with one of most unsettling questions of our times
As first AI-led rights advocacy group is founded, industry is divided on whether models are, or can be, sentient
www.theguardian.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
It's worth noting that these are not merely stupid questions, but have the function - as does much of the professional and academic ethics industry - of taking up up space for serious discussion of politics and value with speculative, sci-fi bollocks.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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TWO MORE SIGNATURES and we'll have 450 - every voice counts, you don't have to be an academic or involved with universities in any way <3
Please help. Please sign. I work on a part-time degree for mature students to study for a BA in English Literature & Community Engagement. Its direct access and designed for those who didn't or couldn't go to Uni at 18. Bristol plan to close it. We want to save it.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Save our pioneering widening participation undergraduate degree in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol
19 August 2025
Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor)
cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost), Tansy Jessop (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Students)
The School of Humanities has ...
docs.google.com
August 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM
TWO MORE SIGNATURES and we'll have 450 - every voice counts, you don't have to be an academic or involved with universities in any way <3
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Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats
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Beautiful everyday Ladybird things, 1976.
A new LP
(And another nice bit of photo realism from artist Gerald Witcomb)
A new LP
(And another nice bit of photo realism from artist Gerald Witcomb)
August 19, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Beautiful everyday Ladybird things, 1976.
A new LP
(And another nice bit of photo realism from artist Gerald Witcomb)
A new LP
(And another nice bit of photo realism from artist Gerald Witcomb)
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unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
April 23, 2025 at 6:35 AM
unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy
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Should’ve mentioned you can have them for a donation of what you can afford to the RNLI. Seven Seas and all that.
rnli.org/pages/ig/new...
rnli.org/pages/ig/new...
August 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Should’ve mentioned you can have them for a donation of what you can afford to the RNLI. Seven Seas and all that.
rnli.org/pages/ig/new...
rnli.org/pages/ig/new...
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If any there’s an #MDANT out there who fancies going to see Echo and the Bunnymen in Halifax tomorrow night I have spare tickets as I won’t be able to make it. Turn my misery into your joy.
August 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
If any there’s an #MDANT out there who fancies going to see Echo and the Bunnymen in Halifax tomorrow night I have spare tickets as I won’t be able to make it. Turn my misery into your joy.
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I share this one quite a lot but seeing as it would have been his birthday today here’s the times my father appears in MI5 files while they were keeping his dad (Bill) and grandfather (Bob Stewart) under surveillance for communist subversion.
breakingthefetters.com/2023/01/19/c...
breakingthefetters.com/2023/01/19/c...
Comrades: Michael Robin Stewart.
Michael Robin Stewart (1933-2018). Before it got dropped from the GCSE English Literature syllabus, I used love teaching ‘Before You Were Mine’ by Carol Ann Duffy. In the poem, Duffy describes a ph…
breakingthefetters.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I share this one quite a lot but seeing as it would have been his birthday today here’s the times my father appears in MI5 files while they were keeping his dad (Bill) and grandfather (Bob Stewart) under surveillance for communist subversion.
breakingthefetters.com/2023/01/19/c...
breakingthefetters.com/2023/01/19/c...
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Re-sharing this piece I wrote yesterday evening for the evening standard, on those 'tree on its way' signs in the square mile, and the problems of nature as superhero: www.standard.co.uk/comment/lond...
London commuters, a tree is 'on its way'. Can it save you?
‘Tree on its way.’ Commuters between London Bridge and the Monument may have seen this rather startling message, stencilled on the pavement in stark black and white, at regular intervals in recent wee...
www.standard.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Re-sharing this piece I wrote yesterday evening for the evening standard, on those 'tree on its way' signs in the square mile, and the problems of nature as superhero: www.standard.co.uk/comment/lond...
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I wrote about saviour trees and manly super-nature for the Evening Standard: www.standard.co.uk/comment/lond...
London commuters, a tree is 'on its way'. Can it save you?
‘Tree on its way.’ Commuters between London Bridge and the Monument may have seen this rather startling message, stencilled on the pavement in stark black and white, at regular intervals in recent wee...
www.standard.co.uk
August 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I wrote about saviour trees and manly super-nature for the Evening Standard: www.standard.co.uk/comment/lond...
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You can only pick one.
Which one?
Which one?
July 25, 2025 at 6:53 PM
You can only pick one.
Which one?
Which one?
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whenever I see the word ‘delve’ I want to lie down and scream. ‘Delve’ doesn’t just think it’s fancy - it’s gutless - it’s pure performance of drilling down & working hard and truth-seeking while refusing ever to find anything. the energy of “delve” - daintily and uselessly dipping a teabag in a cup
Words frequently used by ChatGPT, including “delve” and “meticulous,” are getting more common in spoken language, according to an analysis of more than 700,000 hours of videos and podcasts spklr.io/63326BDCCG
ChatGPT Is Changing the Words We Use in Conversation
Words frequently used by ChatGPT, including “delve” and “meticulous,” are getting more common in spoken language, according to an analysis of more than 700,000 hours of videos and podcasts
spklr.io
July 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
whenever I see the word ‘delve’ I want to lie down and scream. ‘Delve’ doesn’t just think it’s fancy - it’s gutless - it’s pure performance of drilling down & working hard and truth-seeking while refusing ever to find anything. the energy of “delve” - daintily and uselessly dipping a teabag in a cup
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It shouldn't require an exhumation for archives from religious orders who ran mother and baby homes to be made available.
Just sayin'.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
Just sayin'.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
July 9, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It shouldn't require an exhumation for archives from religious orders who ran mother and baby homes to be made available.
Just sayin'.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
Just sayin'.
#MotherAndBabyHomes
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s c r e a m
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
July 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
s c r e a m
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I'm afraid it can keep carrying on because the government have decided they don't want a world-leading university sector any more.
Today's university with the redundancies is Birmingham City, which is getting rid of 340 jobs. Every day in Higher Education is like this. It's madness. When will someone - anyone - call a halt? www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...
Birmingham City to axe 340 roles as it shifts focus to teaching
Affected professional services staff will be given the chance to apply for one of hundreds of new posts
www.timeshighereducation.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I'm afraid it can keep carrying on because the government have decided they don't want a world-leading university sector any more.
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June 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The Summer Sale starts now ☀️
Get 50% off EVERYTHING until the 7th July. Yep, we said everything.
Unlock with code: Sun50
Had your eye on any of our newest hardbacks, or Academic New in Paperbacks? Now's your chance 👇
Browse by subject at the link in bio 🔗
#booksky #academicsky
Get 50% off EVERYTHING until the 7th July. Yep, we said everything.
Unlock with code: Sun50
Had your eye on any of our newest hardbacks, or Academic New in Paperbacks? Now's your chance 👇
Browse by subject at the link in bio 🔗
#booksky #academicsky
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Mundane Methods Vol 1 currently available for £12.50 with SUN50 code 🤩 @helenholmes.bsky.social @manchesterup.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526139719/
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June 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Opinion: It may be difficult to enter on to a balance sheet but some weaker institutions may struggle to recover from reputational damage caused by mass redundancies, says Nick Megoran
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Mass redundancies will trash the reputation of UK universities
It may be difficult to enter on to a balance sheet but some weaker institutions may struggle to recover from reputational damage, says Nick Megoran
www.timeshighereducation.com
June 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Opinion: It may be difficult to enter on to a balance sheet but some weaker institutions may struggle to recover from reputational damage caused by mass redundancies, says Nick Megoran
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
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Exactly this. What’s striking across the HE-bonfire-board is the meanness, the triviality, the TINY amounts saved in these cuts. Lives ruined through job loss at worst, fear/burnout/disengagement at best. And for truly trivial savings compared to the cost of one yachted-in management consultant
Eight compulsory redundancies. Just how much do you hate your staff that you go through the trouble of destroying the livelihoods of these colleagues, for just *eight* salaries. What's that, in relation to the entire operating budget of the university?
www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/s...
www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/s...
Latest update on UEA's financial sustainability plan | UEA
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">A UEA spokesperson said:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Follo...
www.uea.ac.uk
June 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Exactly this. What’s striking across the HE-bonfire-board is the meanness, the triviality, the TINY amounts saved in these cuts. Lives ruined through job loss at worst, fear/burnout/disengagement at best. And for truly trivial savings compared to the cost of one yachted-in management consultant