I don't even know what to say about @aaron.bsky.team announcing that actually they feed all images posted on Bsky into an AI that just a year ago they told everyone they had banned from using Bsky images
07.10.2025 20:20 β π 575 π 203 π¬ 21 π 38
Went to a training session on research degree examination. First slide literally encouraged me to 'do a quick AI search' of the names of supervisor and examiner(s) to look for conflicts of interest. Frequent readers may be able to imagine my feelings.
07.10.2025 20:28 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Governmentβs FOI changes could cover upΒ the next Robodebt - new research
Proposed changes to Australiaβs Freedom of Information (FOI) laws would make a repeat of the disastrous Robodebt coverup more likely, rather than less, according to new research by The Australia Insti...
Proposed changes to Australiaβs FOI laws would make a repeat of the disastrous Robodebt coverup more likely, rather than less, our new research shows.
The PM described Robodebt as a βgross betrayal and human tragedyβ, yet his government plans to make cabinet documents harder to access. #auspol
07.10.2025 00:34 β π 128 π 64 π¬ 2 π 4
Oh rough. Yeah SO is waiting forever too. His family are not sport fans, and he only got into it through me.
07.10.2025 03:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Yeah that is very much plan B π
07.10.2025 02:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
No, definitely not. Probably a hanging offense. You have to pay your $$$ and wait in the 25 year queue like everyone else.
07.10.2025 02:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
you are so right π₯Ήβ€οΈ
07.10.2025 01:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Yes I know this is a first world problem, but it's *my* first world problem and I'm sticking with it.
07.10.2025 01:05 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Oh wow... visitors tix for the MCC reserve are already sold out for days 1-3 of Boxing Day, having gone on sale a couple of hrs ago. Which means I can't go, because I can't make it alone, and SO isn't a member... which means my (&$#*&^ huge membership bill was pretty much a waste this year. Sigh. π
07.10.2025 01:04 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
ouff
06.10.2025 23:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Meme in four panels of a man and a woman in conversation.
Man: PEOPLE HAVE TRIED THIS BEFORE.
Woman: WELL DID IT WORK FOR THOSE PEOPLE?
Man: NO, IT NEVER DOES, I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE SOMEHOW DELUDE THEMSELVES INTO THINKING IT MIGHT, BUT...
Man: ... BUT IT MIGHT WORK FOR US
06.10.2025 20:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
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06.10.2025 20:39 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh can I steal this for my undergraduate class pretty please!?
06.10.2025 20:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
This sounds like a story I would read π
06.10.2025 20:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I can see it. Maybe it's a cookie issue?
06.10.2025 20:16 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A still from the claymation 'Shaun the Sheep' in which several black and white sheep are standing on their back legs playing football, a.k.a. soccer in a field.
next time you go by...
06.10.2025 08:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I bet some did in the "I miss it when Dr Beth used to..." way, but that's pretty different from going on to say "and we will therefore endow a new position in perpetuity to continue this fine work"
06.10.2025 06:46 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
My late father in law devised an "indispensability test": stick your finger in a glass of water and then pull it out again. If the hole is still there you are truly indispensable and can never be fired.
06.10.2025 06:43 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Become ungovernable. Eat pastries.
05.10.2025 22:54 β π 17 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Some family stories are wild off mark eh. And it makes me wonder who/what spawned them!
05.10.2025 20:10 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
Closing soon!
05.10.2025 19:03 β π 0 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Watch party but make it asynchronous? π
05.10.2025 11:10 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Omg the sleeves! Amazing
05.10.2025 10:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
I haven't *seen* Dirty Dancing except that I used to babysit some kids who were obsessed with it, so I think I saw all of it, but in non sequential and not entirely chronological chunks, over several months of repeat views...
05.10.2025 10:03 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Same
05.10.2025 10:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
A wonderful timeline cleanse β₯οΈ
05.10.2025 09:15 β π 31 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
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05.10.2025 05:27 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Freelance Work
Transcription, scholarly editing, archival visits Joanne is available for freelance work: transcriptions and editions of late medieval and early modern Latin, English and Anglo-Norman manuscript teβ¦
#MedievalSky #EarlyModernists you may not be aware that I offer several services: transcription (no hand too tricky), archival visits and more. Iβm happiest in the period 1200-1700 but will consider anything. Get in touch via my website!
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04.10.2025 08:28 β π 65 π 54 π¬ 1 π 2
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