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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 12h

what have I done this time 🫨

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Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 1d

spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide

Train hero who saved passengers during attack named:
Samir Zitouni is credited with saving lives on the train

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 1d

or is it morse code... even the funeral march goes up and down a bit more than this

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 1d

yup - proper november - my solar charged webcam's battery gave up during the last overcast week - now running on a usb cable out the window 🌚

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 1d

knots 😎 www.animatedknots.com/running-bowl...

Running Bowline

A valuable way of tying a type of noose which will not bind and can be slid undone easily. In boating it is recommended for use when retrieving lumber or rigging which has fallen overboard.

www.animatedknots.com

MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 4d

one of the best things about #AllSaintsDay is the complete lack of commercialisation (unless you're in Lourdes or such).

MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 5d

(bit early but...) #HappyAllSaintsDay to all who celebrate www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQSL...

For All the Saints

YouTube video by Martijn de Groot

www.youtube.com

MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 10d

yah - funny thing though - Google Mike Johnson and you get millions of us

MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 12d

driving Roath to Dinas Powys 🫨
train - way to go 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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apache/ @apache.be · 12d

Hi Olivia, we usually never publish in anything other than Dutch (well, Flemish, as is mentioned in the comments). But... we did just create an English version of the piece! You can read (and share it) here: apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia

Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.

apache.be

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 14d

nice scenes in #Roath these autumn dawns

pretty sunrise lighting up horizon cloud looking over the reflection on a rippling lake

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 14d

I know asylum seekers who were sent back over la Manche and came back for exactly the reasons given by this guy. He is absolutely not 'illegal' - you never see the real illegals and they don't bother claiming asylum.

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 16d

jobs search bit of an eyeopener... what does it say about the way we undervalue educational interventions when this job is worth just over living wage educators.wales/job/21382

Youth Tutor (Merthyr Tydfil) | Educators wales

A careers, training and recruitment portal for educators and aspiring educators in Wales.

educators.wales

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 18d

"In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a... (archive: archive.ph/Y6855)

AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education

Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.

www.project-syndicate.org

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 17d

I am fairly sure neither of those bother much with blusky

MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 19d

with Chihuahua for size #mincepie #mincepieappreciationsociety #costcomincepie

Chihuahua looking at impossibly large (Costco) mince pie

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 19d

well, I get uber phorensic about language... thus I generally try not to do social media. rebooting on this platform but it is still too easy to be misconstrued

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Tuta @tuta.com · 19d

🚨⏳ Act now! You have until 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 to prevent Microsoft from using your LinkedIn data to train AI.

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 20d

not so pleased as all that... apologies for sarcasm. Is 'hate' too strong tho? Plenty visit 'diff w/o feeling hated. I work from a Roath home and grotesque SUV's tear/take up streets designed in 1880's when we had trams. Try not to take car-taming strategy too personally...? 🙏

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 20d

good news! Cardiff Council has apologised unreservedly for any impression given by their traffic management strategy that ALL visitors are hated.

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 20d

one of those, why is this even news, especially headline news. Unless we are seeing the dawn of an era when items that are blindingly obvious common sense automatically grabs the daily top spot #cardiff

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 20d

In Washington, D.C., annual vehicle registrations cost 7x more for the heaviest cars than for the lightest ones.

A City Fights Back Against Heavyweight Cars

Oversized pickups and SUVs are exacting a deadly toll on urban streets. Here’s how one US city plans to push back.

www.bloomberg.com

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 20d

how we love working for free in academia... hanfod.nl/2025/10/16/f... #phenomenology #seminar

Felicity’s book, Mike’s (free) seminar

With higher education’s funding in a mess, Felicity and I continue giving ‘side of the desk’ attention to hanfod.NL (i.e., for free) but now without the supporting infrastructure …

hanfod.nl

MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 21d

or tea, or umbrellas, or...

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 21d

maybe send them for retraining, all of them, but actually pay for it to be good. I hear AI adoption is rife - but the causes may be related to the crazy pressures and paperwork many teachers face, added to the usual creeping deprofessionalisation 🤷

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 22d

“Some business tycoon in London benefits from the conflict in South Sudan – but again I was the one pushed away, told I don’t belong here, that I’m ruining your country, while your weapons and bombs destroyed my home and my livelihood.”

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