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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 4h

brilliant

Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 5h

boo! bad neck!

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 7h

♥️

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ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · 7h

Today's the last day to complete this short survey for the ARC about the use of AI in grant assessment.

Survey link: www.surveymonkey.com/r/X7PY5GL

ARC Tracker @arc-tracker.bsky.social · Sep 8

Once again, ARC hits the 🎯 with their comms strategy:

8pm on Sunday night. When the eyeballs of researchers are glued to … twitter?

They've not posted this anywhere else. I can't think of a better way to _not_ "engage stakeholders". Almost uncanny.

Screenshot of tweet from the ARC about a survey they want "stakeholders" to complete. Black text on white background above a rather outsized picture of dark blue smudges on a light-blue background. One smudge says "Survey" … you know, to catch your eye?

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 8h

Crossing new thresholds always daunts me, but on the other hand that's how I know I'm genuinely trying something new and it usually works out just fine. I hope it's that way for you too!

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MS @mimosaishere.bsky.social · 11h

"We’re left at a crossroads where we must consider nothing less than what kind of jobs we want people to be able to do, what kind of work and which institutions we think are important as a society, and what we’re willing to do to protect them ..." www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-ai-job...?

The AI jobs crisis is here, now

It's not coming, it has already arrived.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 10h

yes exactly

Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 20h

📌or rather 🥄

Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 22h

The MS release statement did mention something about Excel Copilot having 57.2% accuracy...

Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

So lemme get this right... Under 16s won't be able to use YouTube (or perhaps Wikipedia), but 4chan is OK. And this is all for Children's Safety. Gotcha.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

4chan unlikely to be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, eSafety commissioner says

Julie Inman Grant says message board will need to comply with other codes which will also include age assurance for sites hosting violent and adult content * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The eSafety commissioner is not expected to block children from accessing 4chan as part of the under-16s social media ban, despite it being labelled one of the “darker” places on the internet. The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, was asked by independent senator Fatima Payman in Senate estimates on Wednesday night whether 4chan, the message board often referred to as the engine room of the internet, would be considered one of the sites required to prevent under-16s when the social media ban comes into effect from 10 December. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

yeah. definitely CASS-el-maine, not CARS-el-maine

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

😂

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

interesting that most replies are about place names. Anyone got any common nouns to add?

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 1d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

Nice. Loads of these kinds of pairings in UK/Australian places (usually the Aus one is closer to phonetic, like Launceston:
in Tasmania: Lon-cess-ton
in Cornwall: Lahn-stən

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

Ditto it's Mew-b'n (or, permissible: Mel-b'n) not Mel-boRn for Melbourne

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

Have you read Vivian Shaw's Greta Helsing series? I'm two books in and have enjoyed it very much

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 1d

Lucy, do not get me started.

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 2d

🤯

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 2d

Interdisciplinarity is something you only get to do once you're "inside"

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder if he ever bought one of those jars of Jason Donovan's breath...

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 2d

Gold. When I saw Beaches, the lady in front started sobbing so loudly and dramatically (imagine Emma Thompson ugly crying in Love Actually, but more so) as the sad scenes mounted up, that my friend and I got the giggles and had to leave. {joke's on me, I am now a massive crier in movies}

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 2d

Amen

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 2d

God I hate this kind of climate reporting. PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY CARE ABOUT THE EARTH MAY BE DAMAGING IT BY EXISTING

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 2d

Do you need a time out? Take a deep sniff of this vanilla-scented orchid! I have loads of phalaenopsis but this is my first oncidium, so I'm really happy with my success getting it to repeat flower.

A small orchid in a white pot. It has a spike of six flowers, with pale yellow, bright yellow and deep gold spotted petals

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 2d

David Suchet should be out there suing their butts off.

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