A rare moment when the whole ARC team are in the same room 📸
Proud to support research across @unibirmingham through HPC, research software and training. ^YZ
#HPC #Research #SoftwareEngineer
If the real reward is in the pursuit (e.g., Malvaez et al., 2025), it makes me wonder — and honestly worry — how this demand for immediacy and effortlessness will shape our minds and behaviour in the long run.
Warning for anyone considering @sunoai.bsky.social: I signed up out of curiosity and was unexpectedly charged for a full-year subscription. I immediately requested cancellation and a refund but received no response. Disappointing handling of customers. Engage at your own risk. ☠️ ⚠️
"Many scholars, including us, have highlighted the threat posed by techno-solutionism in education: Rather than expanding our intellectual horizons, these technologies undermine the very conditions that allow us to think for ourselves."
1/n
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
“As true believers are playing at their game of appearing serious, the real harms of generative AI continue to grow.”
disconnect.blog/generative-a...
Thanks to @garymarcus.bsky.social
My paper, with Kareem Khalifa, "Does Functional Connectivity Explain?" is accepted for publication in Synthese!
@philsci.bsky.social @epsaphilsci.bsky.social @natneuro.nature.com @nunetsi.bsky.social
@danisbassett.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social @hoposjournal.bsky.social @ishpssb.bsky.social
PsyArXiv is now down to only ~40% of the backlog we started with, thanks to our amazing moderators 🎉 To all mods: thank you so much for your hard work!
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#PsyArXiv #PsychSciSky
Dagmar and Petar being introduced while standing in front of their title slide
And now the plenary I have been really looking forward to: @dagmardivjak.bsky.social and @petarmilin.bsky.social on "Top-down wisdom vs. bottom-up noise: Can data (ever) replace linguistic expertise?" A collaborative keynote from the heads of outofourminds.bham.ac.uk/about/ #SLE2025
This Friday (02 May), 5-7 PM (Hong Kong time), I'll be giving a talk 'Do Functional Connectivity Models Explain?' in the Philosophy of Science Lecture Series at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. This is a joint work with Kareem Khalifa: www.shanyafeng.com/hkust-psl#ga...
Despite all opinions to the contrary and disagreements with his views, his lucidity is something I dearly miss in today's neuro/cognitive scientists.
Good news @dagmardivjak.bsky.social! Our article received enough citations to be a Top Cited Article in #LanguageLearning @wiley.com
:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/lang.12569 #TopCitedArticle
🎓 Want to level up? Join Mike Croucher from MathWorks for an in-person workshop:
- When: Tuesday 11 February (13:00-16:00)
- Where: Murray Learning Centre, UoB
- What: Master MATLAB's parallel superpowers, CPU & GPU optimization
- Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/high-perfo...
Between a rock and a hard place
Well, James, scientists are humans too 🤪 I was never fond of Freud but his Defence Mechanism of Projection would fit the bill here: instead of painful thoughts of my own flaws, I can happily crap on yours while stroking the feeling of superiority for free. #CommonInScience?
5/ So here I am, wondering: why this dynamic? Why seek my reviews if (a) I am not their stellar published author plus (b) my concerns are dismissed or ignored? Is it just a box-ticking exercise for "external feedback"? Or something else? #AnyThoughts #AdviceWelcomed
4/ The paper is probably out there now, statistical mess intact. And yesterday, the journal invited me to review again.
3/ Now, I wasn't being obstructionist — I was supportive overall. But the analysis was unclear enough that I flagged the possibility of either a shoddy analysis or a poor explanation. Either way, it warranted attention which was ignored.
2/ Quite recently, I reviewed an original submission and its revision, and raised serious concerns about its statistical analysis, yet the paper sailed through seemingly unaltered.
1/ There's a journal (who should not be named) with whom I have a peculiar history. I've submitted work a few times – each attempt unsuccessful; mostly desk-rejected. Yet, strangely, they seem to value my reviews. They've often invited me to review submissions, which I've mostly dutifully done.
Fellow academics, share your thoughts — I’d love to hear how you'd navigate an odd editorial saga. #PeerReview
Work with @petarmilin.bsky.social and @huisunsh.bsky.social, funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social, carried out @lcuob.bsky.social @artsatbham.bsky.social with OA provided by the UoB library
@danielkostic.bsky.social
If you’re looking for a great linguistics read I recommend Communicative Efficiency by Natalia Levshina (CUP 2022). Seriously folks this is so good. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please share. Picture of library aisle filled with books.
@goodwilllibrarian.bsky.social
BTW, check out our new programme: it's MAGIC (MA in Global Intercultural Communication)
www.birmingham.ac.uk/study/postgr...
Busy PG Open Day @unibirmingham.bsky.social, @artsatbham.bsky.social
The past few days have been heavy. Following the tragic events in Spain, I learned yesterday that a roof collapse at the train station in Novi Sad, Serbia, claimed 14 lives. Heartbreaking news for so many communities. 💔
www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Special Issue of Language Teaching Research Quarterly in Honour of Brian MacWhinney now out. Tribute to Brian's profoundly inspiring influence not just on lang dev research in general but on so many of us personally. Thanks to Ed Wen & Hassan Mohebbi for editorial effort.
eurokd.com/journal/jdwo...
I like this one so much. Not sure what cheers me up more, the title (The Cow With The Subtle Nose) or the painting itself, by Jean Dubuffet
www.wikiart.org/en/jean-dubu...
