Katya King
@katyavdgk.bsky.social
Tech, research, law, teaching & AI - plus a lot of other stuff.
M.Ed, PGDL, LLM, (looking for alt online LLM+tech)
UK/FR
@[email protected]
@katyavdgk.bsky.social
**NO REQUESTS FOR DONATIONS PLEASE**
M.Ed, PGDL, LLM, (looking for alt online LLM+tech)
UK/FR
@[email protected]
@katyavdgk.bsky.social
**NO REQUESTS FOR DONATIONS PLEASE**
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Hello folks. I've been making plaster of paris artefacts/decorations for friends.
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Hello folks. I've been making plaster of paris artefacts/decorations for friends.
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
I'm opening it up here now - all items incl. postage (UK only, sadly) & gift packaging. I can send things within a week, usually faster.
Anyway, if there's anything you fancy, message/email me! 😊
#Archaeology 🏺
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Written evidence submitted to the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry on 'Human Rights and the Regulation of AI' by Gina Romero @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social Prof. @petefussey.bsky.social and Dr @daragh.bsky.social committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
committees.parliament.uk
December 5, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Written evidence submitted to the UK Joint Committee on Human Rights inquiry on 'Human Rights and the Regulation of AI' by Gina Romero @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social Prof. @petefussey.bsky.social and Dr @daragh.bsky.social committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
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NEW on Wonkhe: Reasonable adjustments for disabled postgraduate research students are still running up against opposition. Theresa McKinven, Katherine Dean and Paula Holland explore what’s going wrong and how to put it right buff.ly/BzBQrnx
December 5, 2025 at 6:15 AM
NEW on Wonkhe: Reasonable adjustments for disabled postgraduate research students are still running up against opposition. Theresa McKinven, Katherine Dean and Paula Holland explore what’s going wrong and how to put it right buff.ly/BzBQrnx
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
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La Russie a envoyé des enfants ukrainiens enlevés en Corée du Nord, selon des responsables ukrainien
La Russie a envoyé des enfants ukrainiens enlevés en Corée du Nord
Au moins deux enfants ukrainiens enlevés par les forces russes ont été transférés de force en Corée du Nord, ont déclaré des responsables de Kyiv lors d'une audition au Sénat américain.
fr.euronews.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:28 AM
La Russie a envoyé des enfants ukrainiens enlevés en Corée du Nord, selon des responsables ukrainien
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"COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause"
According to a nationwide study of 28 million people in France, vaccinated adults had a 74% lower risk of dying from severe COVID-19, and a 25% lower risk of death from any cause compared to unvaccinated.
Source: archive.md/me3mp
According to a nationwide study of 28 million people in France, vaccinated adults had a 74% lower risk of dying from severe COVID-19, and a 25% lower risk of death from any cause compared to unvaccinated.
Source: archive.md/me3mp
December 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"COVID Shots Tied to a Lower Risk of Death From Any Cause"
According to a nationwide study of 28 million people in France, vaccinated adults had a 74% lower risk of dying from severe COVID-19, and a 25% lower risk of death from any cause compared to unvaccinated.
Source: archive.md/me3mp
According to a nationwide study of 28 million people in France, vaccinated adults had a 74% lower risk of dying from severe COVID-19, and a 25% lower risk of death from any cause compared to unvaccinated.
Source: archive.md/me3mp
Google’s AI Nano Banana Pro accused of generating racialised ‘white saviour’ visuals www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Google’s AI Nano Banana Pro accused of generating racialised ‘white saviour’ visuals
Research finds tool depicts white women surrounded by black children when prompted about humanitarian aid in Africa
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Google’s AI Nano Banana Pro accused of generating racialised ‘white saviour’ visuals www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Microsoft quietly shuts down Windows shortcut flaw after years of espionage abuse
Microsoft quietly shuts down Windows shortcut flaw after years of espionage abuse
Silent Patch Tuesday mitigation ends ability to hide malicious commands in .lnk files
Microsoft has quietly closed off a critical Windows shortcut file bug long abused by espionage and cybercrime networks.…
dlvr.it
December 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Microsoft quietly shuts down Windows shortcut flaw after years of espionage abuse
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Greetings from Kyiv,
where I’m having a warcoffee after visiting two exhibitions
and one Christmas tree.
Showing you a traditional 🇺🇦 costume of the 19-20th centuries.
where I’m having a warcoffee after visiting two exhibitions
and one Christmas tree.
Showing you a traditional 🇺🇦 costume of the 19-20th centuries.
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Greetings from Kyiv,
where I’m having a warcoffee after visiting two exhibitions
and one Christmas tree.
Showing you a traditional 🇺🇦 costume of the 19-20th centuries.
where I’m having a warcoffee after visiting two exhibitions
and one Christmas tree.
Showing you a traditional 🇺🇦 costume of the 19-20th centuries.
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In the lunar calendar the 8th day of the New Year (now February 8th) marked a return to work after the holidays.
For seamstresses and homemakers 'Hari Kuyō' (針供養) services, 'memorials for old needles', bookend the start of New Year preparations and the conclusion of festivities.
For seamstresses and homemakers 'Hari Kuyō' (針供養) services, 'memorials for old needles', bookend the start of New Year preparations and the conclusion of festivities.
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
In the lunar calendar the 8th day of the New Year (now February 8th) marked a return to work after the holidays.
For seamstresses and homemakers 'Hari Kuyō' (針供養) services, 'memorials for old needles', bookend the start of New Year preparations and the conclusion of festivities.
For seamstresses and homemakers 'Hari Kuyō' (針供養) services, 'memorials for old needles', bookend the start of New Year preparations and the conclusion of festivities.
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🪡TYING LOOSE ENDS👋
December 8th and February 8th in west Japan are known as 'Koto-osame' (御事納め), a good day to finish something, and 'Koto-hajime' (御事始め), a good day for beginning something.
Rather confusingly (but unsurprisingly), this is the opposite in east Japan.
#御事納め #御事始め
December 8th and February 8th in west Japan are known as 'Koto-osame' (御事納め), a good day to finish something, and 'Koto-hajime' (御事始め), a good day for beginning something.
Rather confusingly (but unsurprisingly), this is the opposite in east Japan.
#御事納め #御事始め
December 4, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Society would just be so much more if we all just hibernated for say 11 months of the year.
December 4, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Society would just be so much more if we all just hibernated for say 11 months of the year.
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We are launching a Justice Initiatives Division within Free Law Project focused on turning open law into real-world impact.
Our goal is to fill the voids in the legal system that lead to gaps in fair justice.
This is a big one. 🧵 free.law/2025/12/01/j...
Our goal is to fill the voids in the legal system that lead to gaps in fair justice.
This is a big one. 🧵 free.law/2025/12/01/j...
Announcing Free Law Project's Justice Initiatives Division
Free Law Project is launching a new division—Justice Initiatives—to bring together our advocacy, partnerships, and technology development under one mission: transforming how people experience the lega...
free.law
December 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We are launching a Justice Initiatives Division within Free Law Project focused on turning open law into real-world impact.
Our goal is to fill the voids in the legal system that lead to gaps in fair justice.
This is a big one. 🧵 free.law/2025/12/01/j...
Our goal is to fill the voids in the legal system that lead to gaps in fair justice.
This is a big one. 🧵 free.law/2025/12/01/j...
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New research reports that cats meow more frequently when greeting male owners. It’s hypothesized that men “require more explicit vocalizations to notice and respond to the needs of their cats.” In other words, the researchers are suggesting that many cats have concluded that men don’t always listen
To Get a Man’s Attention, Meow Harder
www.nytimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:04 AM
New research reports that cats meow more frequently when greeting male owners. It’s hypothesized that men “require more explicit vocalizations to notice and respond to the needs of their cats.” In other words, the researchers are suggesting that many cats have concluded that men don’t always listen
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My review of Robert Elms's genial, gossipy Blitz club memoir in the Spectator this week.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/nost...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/nost...
Nostalgia for the 1980s New Romantic scene
It is hard to write the history of a subculture without upsetting people. Events were either significant or inconsequential depending on who was there, which leads to absurdities. When Jon Savage wrot...
www.spectator.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
My review of Robert Elms's genial, gossipy Blitz club memoir in the Spectator this week.
www.spectator.co.uk/article/nost...
www.spectator.co.uk/article/nost...
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At about 2 a.m last night, I finally restocked the bunny store…
I also added two new prints! The Cactus Cats are finally represented!!🌵🐈
www.willquinnart.com/shop/prints
I also added two new prints! The Cactus Cats are finally represented!!🌵🐈
www.willquinnart.com/shop/prints
November 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
At about 2 a.m last night, I finally restocked the bunny store…
I also added two new prints! The Cactus Cats are finally represented!!🌵🐈
www.willquinnart.com/shop/prints
I also added two new prints! The Cactus Cats are finally represented!!🌵🐈
www.willquinnart.com/shop/prints
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1931 platzierte die Familie Posner ihren Chanukka-Leuchter gut sichtbar in ihrer Kieler Wohnung und die Frau des Rabbiners machte ein Foto davon.Am gegenüberliegenden Gebäude hingen bereits gut sichtbar die Flaggen der Nazis.
December 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
1931 platzierte die Familie Posner ihren Chanukka-Leuchter gut sichtbar in ihrer Kieler Wohnung und die Frau des Rabbiners machte ein Foto davon.Am gegenüberliegenden Gebäude hingen bereits gut sichtbar die Flaggen der Nazis.
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Supermoon on Thursday at 6:14 p.m. EST (Dec. 4), the moon will rise in the east. It's most visually impressive at the time of moonrise 6:14 est
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Supermoon on Thursday at 6:14 p.m. EST (Dec. 4), the moon will rise in the east. It's most visually impressive at the time of moonrise 6:14 est
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The Sun and sunspots. 1140UT 3 December 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
December 3, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The Sun and sunspots. 1140UT 3 December 2025. 🔭 🧪 🎨 #astrophotography #SciArt #photography #StormHour #ThePhotoHour
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Most (72%) people with dyspraxia report high anxiety about falling – yet they’re not even mentioned in fall prevention guidelines.
People with dyspraxia are at high risk of falling – and it’s too often overlooked
Most (72%) people with dyspraxia report high anxiety about falling – yet they’re not even mentioned in fall prevention guidelines.
tcnv.link
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Most (72%) people with dyspraxia report high anxiety about falling – yet they’re not even mentioned in fall prevention guidelines.
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Witch, hare and herbs linoprint by my mum, Jo, from my book Help The Witch (now republished by @swiftpress.bsky.social after a period out of print due to the Unbound disaster).
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Witch, hare and herbs linoprint by my mum, Jo, from my book Help The Witch (now republished by @swiftpress.bsky.social after a period out of print due to the Unbound disaster).