Leonor Guariguata
@leoguari.bsky.social
Postdoc @ KULeuven Access-to-Medicines Research Centre. Epidemiologist. Systems thinking for NCDs, food systems, sustainable health, all the connected things. Believer in justice and reparations. Pass the hot sauce. 🇻🇪🇪🇺
I've been thinking about the main users of AI in education. Based purely on anecdote, my PhD and college level students are happy and willing to use these systems. Most think nothing of it. The primary school teachers where my children go as well. But my teenage son says its trash...
Well worth a read. It’s so sad what AI is doing to students’ ability to think for themselves👇
To “my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
November 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
I've been thinking about the main users of AI in education. Based purely on anecdote, my PhD and college level students are happy and willing to use these systems. Most think nothing of it. The primary school teachers where my children go as well. But my teenage son says its trash...
"The marginalisation of local and Indigenous knowledge has long been driven by entrenched power structures. GenAI simply puts this process on steroids."
Damn good essay.
Damn good essay.
What AI doesn’t know: we could be creating a global ‘knowledge collapse’ | Deepak Varuvel Dennison
The long read: As GenAI becomes the primary way to find information, local and traditional wisdom is being lost. And we are only beginning to realise what we’re missing
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"The marginalisation of local and Indigenous knowledge has long been driven by entrenched power structures. GenAI simply puts this process on steroids."
Damn good essay.
Damn good essay.
I know everyone is deep in gazing at the depravity of the current administration but can we please focus. Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan....the wars are still on.
Video shows injured Palestinian children being rushed to hospital after Israeli drones attacked the Al-Daraj School in Gaza, hitting people sheltering in tents inside the school compound.
November 18, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I know everyone is deep in gazing at the depravity of the current administration but can we please focus. Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan....the wars are still on.
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"no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
Fleeing From The North
Fleeing the North of Ireland across the border in times of conflict.
www.rte.ie
November 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"no one leaves home unless
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
home is the mouth of a shark
you only run for the border
when you see the whole city running as well"
- Warsaw Shire
#spéirghorm #speirgorm
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Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
A delegation from the body leading the Caribbean’s slavery reparations movement will be in the UK next week for a “historic” first official visit to advocate for former British colonies.
The Caricom Reparations Commission (CRC) will be meeting with UK parliamentarians, Caribbean diplomats, academics and civil society groups from 17 to 20 November. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
Everything is terrible but Ginkgo trees dgaf
November 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Everything is terrible but Ginkgo trees dgaf
"These generative AI systems give sometimes correct and sometimes wrong information. The errors are not bugs, but by design. They "predict" next words based on probabilities. Facts are not their forte." (Sigh)
The European Commission uses ChatGPT outputs in public documents.
@iccl.bsky.social has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman as this use likely violates Commission's own guidelines and its obligation under EU treaties
www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
@iccl.bsky.social has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman as this use likely violates Commission's own guidelines and its obligation under EU treaties
www.iccl.ie/news/europea...
European Commission breaches own AI guidelines by using ChatGPT in public documents
ICCL has filed a complaint to the European Ombudsman against the European Commission for its use of generative AI in public documents, which likely violates its own guidelines and its obligation under...
www.iccl.ie
November 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
"These generative AI systems give sometimes correct and sometimes wrong information. The errors are not bugs, but by design. They "predict" next words based on probabilities. Facts are not their forte." (Sigh)
Evergreeeeeen
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Evergreeeeeen
I would like to purchase this album, please.
November 9, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I would like to purchase this album, please.
Ready to canvas for "they"
Johnson: If we lose the majority… They will try to end the Trump administration. He won't have 4 years. He'll have only 2, because they will move to impeach him, probably on the first day of the new Congress in January 2027 and try to systematically unwind all the important reforms that we've done."
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Ready to canvas for "they"
Going to need some more edits there.
November 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Going to need some more edits there.
Having lived many years in Houston, the city would very much prefer for pedestrians to disappear altogether.
How to be a good pedestrian; It's harder than you think: https://www.khon2.com/top-stories/how-to-be-a-good-pedestrian-its-harder-than-you-think/
November 6, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Having lived many years in Houston, the city would very much prefer for pedestrians to disappear altogether.
An allegory
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 PM
An allegory
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NOAA aerial imagery is coming in. Hurricane Melissa literally turned western Jamaica from green to brown. Vegetation damage is immense — recovery will take years.
November 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NOAA aerial imagery is coming in. Hurricane Melissa literally turned western Jamaica from green to brown. Vegetation damage is immense — recovery will take years.
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Last but not least, if you love birds, the regional NGO #BirdsCaribbean has an appeal:
6/6
givebutter.com/BC-Melissa-R...
#Birds 🪶
#Birdsky
6/6
givebutter.com/BC-Melissa-R...
#Birds 🪶
#Birdsky
Hurricane Melissa Relief: Rebuilding Hope for People and Birds
Hurricane Melissa has shattered forests, homes, and habitats across Jamaica and Cuba. Help our partners recover, restore vital habitats, and save their unique birds. Your gift today will be matched—do...
givebutter.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Last but not least, if you love birds, the regional NGO #BirdsCaribbean has an appeal:
6/6
givebutter.com/BC-Melissa-R...
#Birds 🪶
#Birdsky
6/6
givebutter.com/BC-Melissa-R...
#Birds 🪶
#Birdsky
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November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Doing God's work
November 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Doing God's work
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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This combination of pictures created on October 29, 2025 shows (top) ahandout satellite image by Vantor taken on February 9, 2025 shows an overview of #BlackRiver #Jamaica, before #HurricaneMelissa, and a handout satellite image on October 29 an overview of the town after the storm. (Photo: AFP)
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This combination of pictures created on October 29, 2025 shows (top) ahandout satellite image by Vantor taken on February 9, 2025 shows an overview of #BlackRiver #Jamaica, before #HurricaneMelissa, and a handout satellite image on October 29 an overview of the town after the storm. (Photo: AFP)
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Please. #Jamaica needs help. People are lost, homeless and pretty desperate. Most of the island has no power and very little telecoms. Some places, especially where #HurricaneMelissa made landfall (as the strongest Atlantic storm ever to do so) look like war zones.
petchary.substack.com/p/mi-cry-eye...
I know. #Jamaica will soon be out of the headlines, replaced by another disaster/crisis. Meanwhile, I am sharing in this post THREE websites/orgs that are urgently seeking donations, after #HurricaneMelissa (the strongest Atlantic storm EVER to make landfall).
I know. #Jamaica will soon be out of the headlines, replaced by another disaster/crisis. Meanwhile, I am sharing in this post THREE websites/orgs that are urgently seeking donations, after #HurricaneMelissa (the strongest Atlantic storm EVER to make landfall).
"Mi cry eye water"
The morning after, and survivor's guilt
petchary.substack.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Please. #Jamaica needs help. People are lost, homeless and pretty desperate. Most of the island has no power and very little telecoms. Some places, especially where #HurricaneMelissa made landfall (as the strongest Atlantic storm ever to do so) look like war zones.
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Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
October 30, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Nighttime polar orbiter satellite photos of Jamaica before and after #Melissa show how the power grid was affected. Melissa knocked out power to about 77% of Jamaica’s customers, said Minister of Local Government Desmond McKenzie. Photos from worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov
We have this in Latin culture too. So many tíos, tías, abuelitos, abuelitas, hermanos, primos.... They are our collective family but not blood relations. Some are in our lives every day. Some we've met once but are still called that way as a sign of kinship and honor.
This is it. As I’ve said before, there’s a dozen kids that call me “uncle” that aren’t “blood.” I have aunts & uncles that aren’t “blood.” My paternal grandfather married three times. I had four grandmas.
I have a sister who isn’t my sister.
My daughter is actually my sister-in-law…we raised her.
I have a sister who isn’t my sister.
My daughter is actually my sister-in-law…we raised her.
My momma bestie is my auntie
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
My auntie friend that go to her church is also my auntie
My 75 year old cousin... is also my auntie
"Auntie" is what happens when you understand the expansive proposition of family
"That's not your aunt" is what happens when you live outside of restorative community
October 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
We have this in Latin culture too. So many tíos, tías, abuelitos, abuelitas, hermanos, primos.... They are our collective family but not blood relations. Some are in our lives every day. Some we've met once but are still called that way as a sign of kinship and honor.
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The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm
Support Jamaica
supportjamaica.gov.jm
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR
supportjamaica.gov.jm
supportjamaica.gov.jm