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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 38m

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

Wet play time today

Sue Cowley @suecowley.bsky.social · 5h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

'We've had the call.'

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 2d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 43m

I may try that. Thanks

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 43m

All done now. Maybe next time

Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 1h

I have to mash potatoes for the shepherds pie. I do not want to mash potatoes. I'm not sure my arms have the required strength. Would any of you like to pop round & mash my potatoes?

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 6h

You've completely missed my point haven't you?

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 7h

I think McSweeney is wrong. Why try to out-fascist actual fascists. We deserve better

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 7h

So what exactly is your issue with this? I realise Americans think "pie" is always sweet but I can't make the link between savoury pies and the war.

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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 7h

People freaking out over the Chat-fishing dating-app article seem to miss that this is the *whole point* of ChatGPT and similar generative AI: writing as though you’re something other than you are. The whole idea is deception. Writing like a pro, like a lawyer etc, when you’re too lazy to be one.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 7h

Also why wouldn't
“I’ve been reading a bit about attachment styles lately, it’s helped me to understand myself better – and the type of partner I should be looking for. Have you ever looked at yours? Do you know your attachment style?”
immediately ring alarm bells?

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 7h

If you need a computer to tell you to say “Hey Sarah, it was lovely to meet you” you're probably never gong to get anywhere with women

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

www.theguardian.com

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 8h

But it's the concept. The normalising of deception. Like, say, allowing Bake-off contestants to use bought stuff as long as they don't get caught

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 8h

North of Bury on another hill. I won't have a photo because we can only really see it at night because of the lights

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 8h

Why are governments still so blatantly supporting Israel In this? It's hard not to assume that Netanyahu has some kind of hold over them. Surely there is something we don't know about because it just doesn't make sense

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 8h

You get to a point in many jobs where it may appear you are guessing or that what you do automatically is obvious but what experts make look easy is often based on years of experience and a huge amount of knowledge. Plus human critical thinking

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 8h

We have line of sight to Winter Hill

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 8h

But it's cheaper because the job doesn't require much knowledge or experience. Ultimately it serves as a gatekeeper to limit or slow access to people with the required knowledge

Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 8h

Take NHS 111. They work their way through a tick list (a bit more complicated but essentially a tick list). If your issue is too complicated for this approach, it fails. They miss things that an operator with appropriate knowledge would spot.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 8h

Doing a lot of musing today (while trying to cope with the vicissitudes of life) and thinking that it's rather ironic that those in charge of education are so keen on "knowledge" being the most important fascet while many jobs seem focussed on removing the need for knowledge by outsourcing it to AI

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Gail Myerscough @gailmyerscough.co.uk · 9h

I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in Manchester.
I create prints, homewares & cards inspired by midcentury design, music and architecture.
Have a look gailmyerscough.co.uk

A collage of some of my products: art prints with record players, books and brutalist architecture, a teal T-shirt with cassette tapes, 70s patterned cushion, orange patterned phone case, cassette mug, and a spiral design slipmat.

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 9h

Or am I being too sensitive about this & it's really "just a bit of fun"?

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Jackie Nicholson @jax1712.bsky.social · 1d

#Immigrants in London 🙏

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 10h

I suspect the reason many of us left was for our own mental well-being

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 1d

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 10h

We should trust trained experts right now. But so many trust Tump & RFK rather than experts on vaccination. People have been deceived so very often and those we should trust least point at those we should trust most & sow doubt and make accusations of dishonesty leaving confusion in their wake

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 10h

I do dislike reading a post or thread that uses initials or acronyms that aren't in everyday usage without explaining what they mean
Remember, your professional jargon may be obvious to you but if you're trying to communicate with the general public on social media you have to be clearer

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Mary Wombat @littlemavis.bsky.social · 10h

I think this is why I dislike the whole concept of "Traitors" (caveat I have not watched this at all). It seems to be all about betraying trust.

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