"children are our future" children are people in our present and the struggles we face they encounter too, with far less power than the adults around them to meet what comes at them.
Calendar invites have Required and Optional.
There needs to be an option of 'Polite to invite but we don't need you there'
"We should not be told that the history of learning, the traditions, the theories, the reality of how it shaped all our lives is meaningless in the sharp gaze of generative AI."
This is why it's important to have Arts/Humanities courses AND STEM courses. It all fits together, they compliment each other.
There's no such thing as useless education.
Happy December, y'all!!
Gotta kick off the 🎄 season right!!!
Take it away, DMX!!
It's only taken me 12 years, but does the Brooklyn 99 theme (0:10) interpolate the chorus in NERD's Rock Star (2:12)?
What is the song right at the end of the EE Christmas advert - it sounds like Me And Jesus by The Coup?
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Horizontal bar graph showing goals conceded by West Ham, Wolves, Brentford and Forest. The bars are made up of total,first half and second half blocks, effectively double counting.
The standard of BBC Sport and @optajoe.com data has not been great recently. Take this example graph where the totals are double counted. Is this the best way to display this information? Absolutely not. It might not be Opta’s fault but you guys must be embarrassed by this.
Then why make it so easy to change accidentally?
I put my hand in my pocket with my phone and I’ve created four new homescreens, yet can I get an app into a folder as it squirms around? No.
Why are Apple products so easy to accidentally move all the icons, yet so difficult to actually put them where you want them?
The only european countries that are not signatories to the ECHR are Russia and Belarus and that’s all you need to know about people who want the UK to leave the ECHR and what they think about human rights.
And remember to check the University of Banford's website for the new Micro Certifications unibanford.com
I’m 97.8% confident that Patrick Dorgu is one of the b-boys in Run DMC It’s Like That (Jason Nevins remix) music video
I have decided that the act of shared repeating of funny film/TV/stand-up lines between a group of friends is an act of pebbling. And I, for one, love it.
Reddit post on r/technology about young people and AI: "I recently heard about a teacher who instead of trying to circumvent students using AI, which is impossible, she made assignments by going "ask ChatGPT to write a report on this subject, and then research how and why it's wrong". Not only did the students discover that ChatGPT is extremely wrong a lot of the time, it also lead them to realise that they should not use it as a primary source".
This is one of the best ideas I've heard in ages.
Palestine Action never carried out or threatened to carry out any violent action, and yet are now a ’terrorist organisation’.
Meanwhile, the Spectator…
screenshot of an email from Academia.edu saying that an AI wrote a review of my paper
This morning this was in my in box. I don't know where to start!
Where is the police when Neonazis show up? -Well... Where is Peter Parker when Spiderman appears?
NGL this one hit different
Driveway with a car parked on it, in front of two garages. There is grass and a new tree to one side. The garages do not join up with the driveway meaning no car could get into the garage
When you see it….
This one is going to either a) get people frothing at the mouth, or b) spark interesting conversations about the mechanisms for controlling universities and academics.
If you get people thinking, what more can you ask for from a forward-looking blog post?
Today’s other news, I didn’t have to use my AK, so there’s that
This is so spot-on (and equally applies to misgendering)👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Nah, it’s still one of my favourite stories, full stop.
Still the best Christmas-related story, this beauty by Scott Hines open.substack.com/pub/actionco...
Red shoe box with the following sizes listed: for women a US size 8, uk 5.5, European 39, and 25cm. But for men it’s a US sizesize 6.5, uk 6, European 39 and 24.5cm.
Shoe sizes are messed up.
Exhibit A:
Not the OP, but I have an 'allowance'. In fact, I suggested it. My wife and I put all our income into one account, and we both get 'pocket money' for our own personal discretionary spending. Great as my inability to manage money doesn't affect the family finances. So maybe there are positive reasons
Today’s The Daily on cell phones in schools reeks of "the youths are doing something with technology we don't understand, better ban it." My short take on cell phones in classrooms is below. But this is important so brief thread 1/5 ...
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#ALTC24 get stuck in to Peter Bryant's Mirror University blog posts (part1 here) peterbryant.smegradio.com/the-mirror-u...
