Kay Kempers

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

Elon’s emails to Epstein.
Location: Starbase, Texas

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PhD Researcher - Bilingual LENS - Infant Language and Cognition Research Group, BCBL, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain & Language

Application deadline: 20 April 2026

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

ITS a good answer to ADHD trajectories - ADHDworking I was chatting to a friend recently, this friend is someone that has embraced AI from the beginning and has […]

This is exciting, a real gamechanger for neurodivergent learners:
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How the Day of the Dead is being used to protest violence against women Day of the Dead celebrations changed during COVID, shaped by anxieties about the ‘shadow pandemic’ of gender violence.

Day of the Dead celebrations changed during COVID, shaped by anxieties about the ‘shadow pandemic’ of gender violence.

'Shocking ableist nonsense': Reform UK MP slammed for Motability car claims A REFORM UK MP has been panned over "nonsense" calls to replace Motability cars with banned three-wheel vehicles from the 1960s

Pleased to be quoted in this - we must pushback on these narratives that scapegoating us for successive governments' policy failures.

The enemy is not the wheelchair user or migrant next door, but those legislating to make all our lives harder.
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Insights from the latest rheumatology conference highlight the evolving role of B-cell depletion therapy in managing rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.

Read more on https://bit.ly/4qFCn0n

#rheumatology #RA #lupus #immunology #clinicalnews

More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers More than 50 lone child asylum seekers who disappeared soon after arriving in the UK and while in the care of the authorities are still missing, according to data obtained by the Guardian. Many of the missing children arrived in small boats or hidden in the backs of lorries and are thought to have been taken by traffickers. Kent is often the place where they arrive. Continue reading...

More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care

What the Land Knows About Grief How the forest helps us remember that loss belongs to life

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“Today, to revive the hope of peace for the Palestinians and Israelis, and a two state solution, the United Kingdom formally recognises the State of Palestine”
Prime minister Keir Starmer

UK officially recognises Palestine as a state Sir Keir Starmer said the UK - alongside Australia and Canada - was taking the step "in the face of growing horror" in the Middle East.

UK officially recognises Palestine as a state

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the UK - alongside Australia and Canada - was taking the step "in the face of growing horror" in the Middle East

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Text over a sparkling, bokeh-style background reads: 'Each student SHINES in their own way.'

Every student shines beautifully—but not all in the same way. #UDL helps us see it. #LeadInclusion #EduSky #EdChat #TeacherTwitter

Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.

Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.

That, right there, is the problem.

A cross stitch, still on the hoop. White background with pink flower and green leaves at top and bottom with the words “This too shall pass But like Holy fuck”

Pretty sure this was one of yours that you saved for a rainy day.

I keep telling my students that it’s like asking an actor to give a speech that sounds like something a doctor would say. I’m sure Hugh Laurie would sound believable but you wouldn’t want him actually treating you in a hospital!

actually important to keep this information warm because an incredible number of people outside of the internet techosphere have no clue they are literally just "a bunch of math tacked onto a random number generator"

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Matt Trout has died

British Perl guru Matt Trout dead at 42 A controversial and polarizing figure, but also widely hailed obituary  Matt Trout will be missed by many, even though he was a divisive figure who featured several times on The Register.…

British Perl guru Matt Trout dead at 42

I wish, yet again, they hadn’t been called “AI” as it’s led to people believing these LLMs are doing something like thinking.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

A black Labrador wearing a green Dogs for Good jacket is lying down on a pavement tucked next to a person.

Beautifully waiting for a training session in town with Karen from Dogs for Good. Good boy Gino is doing really well at quiet settles in busy areas. 💚 #disability #AssistanceDogs

13 Rules to Protect Yourself While Protesting Read & Share if you're joining the No Kings protest on June 14, or know anyone who is

I'm a human rights lawyer. If you're exercising your human right to protest on June 14, here are 13 rules I recommend you follow.

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What Happens When People Don’t Understand How AI Works Despite what tech CEOs might say, large language models are not smart in any recognizably human sense of the word.

OMG YES: "Large language models do not, cannot, and will not “understand” anything at all. They are not emotionally intelligent or smart in any meaningful or recognizably human sense of the word." #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #EduSky
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Happy Pride Month 2025 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
Be gay do crow stuff

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Dr. Mary Alice Bennett shattered barriers as the first woman to earn a Ph.D. from Penn & to lead a psychiatric hospital. She revolutionized mental health care by banning restraints & introducing music, art, crafts for healing. #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM
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Welcome to my world. #academicsky