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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 6h

📌or rather 🥄

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

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

Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 14h

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...

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Dr Kathleen Neal @kbneal.bsky.social · 13h

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

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

😂

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

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

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 21h

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 · 20h

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 · 20h

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 · 1d

🤯

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

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

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

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

Amen

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

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

David Suchet should be out there suing their butts off.

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

My YT has been trying to force-feed me AI-generated Poirot and similar mysteries. I've been marking each new one 'Don't recommend channel' as they appear, but another pops up like it's like bloody whack-a-mole.

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

You were listening?!

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

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.

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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · 2d

Can you help us boost this signal? UTS colleagues are doing a governance project to talk back to the consultant led 'reform' of their university.

Please repost!! UTS people please have your say!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

UTS Governance Project Survey: A Staff-Led Collaborative Project

The UTS Governance Project is an independent, staff-led initiative to strengthen transparency, accountability and participation in how our university is run. Inspired by the ANU Governance Project, ...

docs.google.com

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

Proposed changes to Australia’s 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 “gross betrayal and human tragedy”, yet his government plans to make cabinet documents harder to access. #auspol

Government’s FOI changes could cover up the next Robodebt - new research

Proposed changes to Australia’s 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...

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

Oh rough. Yeah SO is waiting forever too. His family are not sport fans, and he only got into it through me.

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

Yeah that is very much plan B 😊

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