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Prof Maz Hardey
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Professor ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤 Durham University Business School:,Unravelling with Technology, Education & AI. Neurodiverse. Resident of The North. Books are the answer. Show me your bookshelves.
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · Dec 9
The Learner.

She is curious.

Diligent.

The one who asked if she could.

"Could I?..."

She would like to experiment.

Play.

But she got shamed.

Over and over again.

Stuck.

Using Gen AI in Education, by me. Image and Text.
A hand-drawn illustration of a student with speech bubbles around her head that are voicing concerns about using Gen AI in education.
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 6h
Thank you! V grateful for the text part :-)
Yay accessibility.
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 7h
A list of highly recommended readings to help understand today’s geopolitical and social-cultural environment.

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
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Recommended readings: —Anne Appelbaum’s “Autocracy Inc.” to understand how organized crime syndicates have overtaken governments and are collaborating globally with aligned actors —Moises Naim’s “Mafia States,” to understand that organized crime syndicates too frequently hijack nation states —Marietje Schaake’s “The Tech Coup,” to understand how tech company leaders are supporting degradation of democratic and accountability institutions Sarah Wynn-Williams’ “Careless People,” to understand the culture at the top of leading social media platforms —Brian Klaas’ “Corruptible,” to understand why there is a disproportionate and natural selection of sociopaths in power around the world because others are often not willing to seek that level of power —Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s “Strongmen,” to understand how authoritarians rise to power, rule with performative cruelty, and eventually fall —Yuval Noah Harari’s “Nexus,” to understand how large human movements are often fueled by fictional or embellished stories —Heinz Kohut (1972)’s “Thoughts on Narcissism and Narcissistic Rage,” to understand the insatiable need for narcissistic supply and narcissistic revenge that too often fuels public policy decisions —Tilo Hartmann (2016)’s “Parasocial interaction, parasocial relationships, and well-being,” to understand the cognitive influence effects of pseudo-intimate relationships and how these can potentially be exploitative
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 6h
Hey, weekend reading, 📖
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Alan Jagolinzer @jagolinzer.bsky.social · 7h
A list of highly recommended readings to help understand today’s geopolitical and social-cultural environment.

@anneapplebaum.bsky.social
@ruthbenghiat.bsky.social
@moisesnaim.bsky.social
@marietjeschaake.bsky.social
@yuvalharari.bsky.social
@brianklaas.bsky.social
Recommended readings: —Anne Appelbaum’s “Autocracy Inc.” to understand how organized crime syndicates have overtaken governments and are collaborating globally with aligned actors —Moises Naim’s “Mafia States,” to understand that organized crime syndicates too frequently hijack nation states —Marietje Schaake’s “The Tech Coup,” to understand how tech company leaders are supporting degradation of democratic and accountability institutions Sarah Wynn-Williams’ “Careless People,” to understand the culture at the top of leading social media platforms —Brian Klaas’ “Corruptible,” to understand why there is a disproportionate and natural selection of sociopaths in power around the world because others are often not willing to seek that level of power —Ruth Ben-Ghiat’s “Strongmen,” to understand how authoritarians rise to power, rule with performative cruelty, and eventually fall —Yuval Noah Harari’s “Nexus,” to understand how large human movements are often fueled by fictional or embellished stories —Heinz Kohut (1972)’s “Thoughts on Narcissism and Narcissistic Rage,” to understand the insatiable need for narcissistic supply and narcissistic revenge that too often fuels public policy decisions —Tilo Hartmann (2016)’s “Parasocial interaction, parasocial relationships, and well-being,” to understand the cognitive influence effects of pseudo-intimate relationships and how these can potentially be exploitative
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 6h
Thank you! Was waiting for you to share your talk. (Yay).
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 7h
Megaphone 📢
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7h
Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 7h
Welcome to #caturday
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Calico cat croissant mode on a Pikachu blanket
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 16h
Why are techbros scared of women?
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 1d
The tech billionaire and Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel says the antichrist is ... Greta Thunberg www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee
www.theguardian.com
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 1d
Slow. Smile.
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Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee
www.theguardian.com
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 1d
The situation is even more dire. It's not just 40% of universities in crisis - it's 100%, with 40% on the brink of collapse.

We are watching the destruction of a pillar of our economy, expertise, and international reputation in real-time.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 1d
UK Universities cut 12,000 jobs, more on the way.

40% of Unis in financial crisis.

Major exporter destroyed by successive govts

Obstacles for foreign students.
Low fees in England, lack of govt funding.
£267bn student debt.
Home student numbers down.

How will the UK compete with other nations?
Thousands more university jobs cut as financial crisis deepens
University workers will vote on national strike action this month over a 1.4% pay offer made in the summer.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 1d
*this (darn it).
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 1d
If forgotten about his one! Also the crying of lot 49 is a weird and disquieting read :-)
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d
Astonishing advance by the Greens, astonishing implosion of Labour. When will Starmer's government get the message that it is destroying its base with deeply unpopular, rightwing policies?

By chasing Reform, it legitimises the far right while delegitimising itself.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 2d
Latest poll puts Greens just two points behind Labour. When I said we weren't here to be disappointed in Labour but to replace them, I meant it.

Join us and let's make hope normal again.

join.greenparty.org.uk
Poll from find out now showing greens on 15 and labour and Tories on 17. Reform on 32.
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 2d
Pretty outrageous tbh
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
UK universities offered to monitor students’ social media for arms firms, emails show
Loughborough, Heriot-Watt and Glasgow corresponded with companies concerned about campus protests Universities in the UK reassured arms companies they would monitor students’ chat groups and social media accounts after firms raised concerns about campus protests, according to internal emails. One university said it would conduct “active monitoring of social media” for any evidence of plans to demonstrate against Rolls-Royce at a careers fair. Continue reading...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 6d
These are just our first steps.

Let's keep going.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
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The Art Newspaper @theartnewspaper.bsky.social · 7d
Michael Landy has unveiled a decade-in-the-making memorial in London to humanitarian aid workers, featuring 15 life-sized figures inscribed with their stories.

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Rachel Coldicutt @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social · 6d
Rather than unlocking UK community power, successive govts' digital policies have been focussed on Silicon Valley-style success.

By me for @powertochange.org.uk, on why digital social policy is a necessary building block for a stronger society

www.powertochange.org.uk/evidence-and...
The digital disconnect: taking digital social policy seriously - Power to Change
In our next essay, Rachel Coldicutt explores the urgent need for a community-centred approach to technology policy in the UK. From WhatsApp-powered communit ...
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 6d
ICE is the Sturmabteilung of Trumpian fascism, characterised by racial profiling, flagrant lawlessness, and sadistic violence. The fact that Badenoch wants that for us is a shocking illustration of just how extreme and sinister her politics are.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tories to pledge to create immigration taskforce modelled on Trump’s Ice
Proposed ‘removals force’ will be tasked with deporting 150,000 people a year in bid to tackle illegal immigration
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 7d
Missing decent weekend reading and investigative reporting, start here 👇🏼📷
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · Nov 17
Here’s my Bylines starter pack.

This is the full Bylines Network, plus Byline Times and other public good investigative press (Declassified, Desmog, openDemocracy…)

Please follow & share.

go.bsky.app/RWVEKv
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 7d
🔥 Britain is about to launch a new GCSE in natural history – a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world.
Fellow creatures: the new GCSE in natural history
The new GCSE in natural history is a vital step toward restoring our knowledge of and respect for the natural world
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 7d
Super windy #caturday
Calico cat lying in her side snuggling on her Pokemon blanket. Paws together
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 10d
Funny how Wikipedia was "unreliable woke rhetoric" until techbros needed a free, massive dataset to train their AI models.

Now it's a "wealth of knowledge. 😇
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 10d
A new database will make Wikipedia's wealth of knowledge more accessible to AI models.
New project makes Wikipedia data more accessible to AI | TechCrunch
A new database will make Wikipedia's wealth of knowledge more accessible to AI models.
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 11d
a woman with curly hair is making a funny face while holding a sign that says `` so '' .
ALT: a woman with curly hair is making a funny face while holding a sign that says `` so '' .
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Prof Maz Hardey @mariannhardey.com · 11d
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Oh, look, so Vibe-y.

"With such support functionality as 'comprehensive', 'powerful', 'sophisticated', 'robust'... stopping just short of 'synergistical'." (MatJazM commenter)

www.theverge.com/news/787076/...
Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word
Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11d
'The University of Liverpool has been awarded ‘University of Sanctuary’ status by City of Sanctuary UK, reflecting its efforts to make the institution a place of safety, solidarity and empowerment for people seeking sanctuary.

It has also officially launched its new Refugee Hub.'

Actions speak.
University awarded ‘Sanctuary’ status at launch event for new Refugee Hub - University of Liverpool News
University awarded ‘Sanctuary’ status at launch event for new Refugee Hub
news.liverpool.ac.uk
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