Rebecca Tickell
@rebeccatickell.bsky.social
"It's all grist to the mill." Education for the win. Questioner. Educational researcher and consultant.
Alum of HMC, University of Oxford.
Also tooting (rarely) on Mastodon [email protected]
Alum of HMC, University of Oxford.
Also tooting (rarely) on Mastodon [email protected]
The #AICaricature #GPT trend has hopefully reached its zenith on LinkedIn.
The #AISlop introducing each image, extolling the virtues of using AI for generating this nonsense, is nauseating. The prevalence shows just how far genAI has become a part of people’s lives since Nov 2022. Novelty sells.
The #AISlop introducing each image, extolling the virtues of using AI for generating this nonsense, is nauseating. The prevalence shows just how far genAI has become a part of people’s lives since Nov 2022. Novelty sells.
Making an image with generative AI uses as much energy as charging your phone
www.technologyreview.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM
The #AICaricature #GPT trend has hopefully reached its zenith on LinkedIn.
The #AISlop introducing each image, extolling the virtues of using AI for generating this nonsense, is nauseating. The prevalence shows just how far genAI has become a part of people’s lives since Nov 2022. Novelty sells.
The #AISlop introducing each image, extolling the virtues of using AI for generating this nonsense, is nauseating. The prevalence shows just how far genAI has become a part of people’s lives since Nov 2022. Novelty sells.
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An alumni of the Sutton Trust Fulbright US Programme has secured a full scholarship to study at Harvard! 🥳
Tina, who is from Keighley, is set to begin a joint degree in government and East Asian studies at the Ivy League university.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2582651...
Tina, who is from Keighley, is set to begin a joint degree in government and East Asian studies at the Ivy League university.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2582651...
Bradford student receives full scholarship to study at Harvard University
Tina Chawira from New College Bradford wins a full Harvard scholarship to study government and East Asian studies, inspiring Bradford students’…
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 8:44 PM
An alumni of the Sutton Trust Fulbright US Programme has secured a full scholarship to study at Harvard! 🥳
Tina, who is from Keighley, is set to begin a joint degree in government and East Asian studies at the Ivy League university.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2582651...
Tina, who is from Keighley, is set to begin a joint degree in government and East Asian studies at the Ivy League university.
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2582651...
Zoos. I’ve changed my mind about them. Now the negatives outweigh the positives. Elephants have absolutely no place in them that’s for sure.
It’s incredibly cruel; however, they’re needed, with the other megafauna, to bring the people in.
Would I care if the majority of zoos closed? Not really.
It’s incredibly cruel; however, they’re needed, with the other megafauna, to bring the people in.
Would I care if the majority of zoos closed? Not really.
Zoos at risk under strain of cost pressures
BBC research finds 40% of accredited zoos and aquariums raised financial concerns since 2022.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Zoos. I’ve changed my mind about them. Now the negatives outweigh the positives. Elephants have absolutely no place in them that’s for sure.
It’s incredibly cruel; however, they’re needed, with the other megafauna, to bring the people in.
Would I care if the majority of zoos closed? Not really.
It’s incredibly cruel; however, they’re needed, with the other megafauna, to bring the people in.
Would I care if the majority of zoos closed? Not really.
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You might not know it, but you probably use Bayesian reasoning every day. But what exactly is it? Professor David Spiegelhalter explains in our latest video with BBCIdeas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pnlExzbNqE
The power of Bayesian reasoning | The Royal Society
YouTube video by The Royal Society
www.youtube.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
You might not know it, but you probably use Bayesian reasoning every day. But what exactly is it? Professor David Spiegelhalter explains in our latest video with BBCIdeas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pnlExzbNqE
There’s a risk that LLMs will eat themselves:
“Previous research has shown that LLMs tend to “collapse” and produce gibberish when the dataset contains too much uncurated AI-generated data, which reduces the diversity of things an AI model can learn from.”
“Previous research has shown that LLMs tend to “collapse” and produce gibberish when the dataset contains too much uncurated AI-generated data, which reduces the diversity of things an AI model can learn from.”
February 1, 2026 at 11:02 AM
There’s a risk that LLMs will eat themselves:
“Previous research has shown that LLMs tend to “collapse” and produce gibberish when the dataset contains too much uncurated AI-generated data, which reduces the diversity of things an AI model can learn from.”
“Previous research has shown that LLMs tend to “collapse” and produce gibberish when the dataset contains too much uncurated AI-generated data, which reduces the diversity of things an AI model can learn from.”
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I’m still unsure where I sit with this. A ban on social media for children 11 and under I would support wholeheartedly, but if we’re going to give 16 yr olds the right to vote*, then this ban feels wrong-footed to me.
*see www.gov.uk/government/n...
*see www.gov.uk/government/n...
With the government considering a ban on children using social media, @cerysturner.bsky.social investigates the impact it could have on schools around the country
Would an under-16s social media ban help schools?
The government is considering restricting or banning children’s use of social media. How might this impact schools?
www.tes.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I’m still unsure where I sit with this. A ban on social media for children 11 and under I would support wholeheartedly, but if we’re going to give 16 yr olds the right to vote*, then this ban feels wrong-footed to me.
*see www.gov.uk/government/n...
*see www.gov.uk/government/n...
Worth scrolling through this thread, if only for the tardigrade playing the world’s smallest violin*
*even though I realise that it may itself have been generated using AI 🫠
*even though I realise that it may itself have been generated using AI 🫠
January 22, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Worth scrolling through this thread, if only for the tardigrade playing the world’s smallest violin*
*even though I realise that it may itself have been generated using AI 🫠
*even though I realise that it may itself have been generated using AI 🫠
Every time I visit #London, I always aim to visit at least one place I’ve never been to before, to experience something new. Yesterday I thought I’d walk the iconic spiral staircase at Russell Sq.
I mean, how hard can 175(?) steps be?
I did it but …
😭 😭
My advice? Take the lift.
I mean, how hard can 175(?) steps be?
I did it but …
😭
My advice? Take the lift.
January 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Every time I visit #London, I always aim to visit at least one place I’ve never been to before, to experience something new. Yesterday I thought I’d walk the iconic spiral staircase at Russell Sq.
I mean, how hard can 175(?) steps be?
I did it but …
😭 😭
My advice? Take the lift.
I mean, how hard can 175(?) steps be?
I did it but …
😭
My advice? Take the lift.
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Goldcrests might be tiny, but they can certainly travel a long way. A male Goldcrest ringed in Lincolnshire was caught alive 1,665 km away in northern Sweden 11 months later! #Winterwatch
January 20, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Goldcrests might be tiny, but they can certainly travel a long way. A male Goldcrest ringed in Lincolnshire was caught alive 1,665 km away in northern Sweden 11 months later! #Winterwatch
There’s only #One of these @blueskyartshow.bsky.social
The ‘viking’ door (850 yrs old), St Helen’s church, Stillingfleet
#Yorkshire
#Photography
#Church
#BlueskyArtShow
See: www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/st-he...
The ‘viking’ door (850 yrs old), St Helen’s church, Stillingfleet
#Yorkshire
#Photography
#Church
#BlueskyArtShow
See: www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/st-he...
January 17, 2026 at 8:42 PM
There’s only #One of these @blueskyartshow.bsky.social
The ‘viking’ door (850 yrs old), St Helen’s church, Stillingfleet
#Yorkshire
#Photography
#Church
#BlueskyArtShow
See: www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/st-he...
The ‘viking’ door (850 yrs old), St Helen’s church, Stillingfleet
#Yorkshire
#Photography
#Church
#BlueskyArtShow
See: www.nationalchurchestrust.org/church/st-he...
Interesting. I’d say as the mouth is connected to the anus—all sphincters theoretically open—this counts as one hole.
I’m now thinking about Eustachian tubes … 🤔
@chatbiology.bsky.social
I’m now thinking about Eustachian tubes … 🤔
@chatbiology.bsky.social
How many holes does the human body have? The answer takes us in a surprising journey into mathematics and biology, as my fabulous friend @kityates.bsky.social explains: kityates.substack.com/p/how-many-h...
How many holes does the human body have?
You might think that the human body has many holes, but that number shrinks when you stop to consider what counts as a hole.
kityates.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Interesting. I’d say as the mouth is connected to the anus—all sphincters theoretically open—this counts as one hole.
I’m now thinking about Eustachian tubes … 🤔
@chatbiology.bsky.social
I’m now thinking about Eustachian tubes … 🤔
@chatbiology.bsky.social
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Callanish , no drama , recent snow #StandingStoneSunday
January 11, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Callanish , no drama , recent snow #StandingStoneSunday
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Though Sartre claimed an individual “is responsible for everything he does," many see free will as an illusion. | https://bit.ly/4pz3Uie
Join Paul Bloom, Robert Sapolsky, and Lucy Allais as they tackle an endlessly divisive philosophical and existential question; can fate and free will coexist?
Join Paul Bloom, Robert Sapolsky, and Lucy Allais as they tackle an endlessly divisive philosophical and existential question; can fate and free will coexist?
Freedom and fate
An individual
iai.tv
January 8, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Though Sartre claimed an individual “is responsible for everything he does," many see free will as an illusion. | https://bit.ly/4pz3Uie
Join Paul Bloom, Robert Sapolsky, and Lucy Allais as they tackle an endlessly divisive philosophical and existential question; can fate and free will coexist?
Join Paul Bloom, Robert Sapolsky, and Lucy Allais as they tackle an endlessly divisive philosophical and existential question; can fate and free will coexist?
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Antoine Pevsner, 1933
Birth of the Universe
Birth of the Universe
January 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Antoine Pevsner, 1933
Birth of the Universe
Birth of the Universe
The #WolfMoon 2026
#SuperMoon as seen from a very cold #EastYorkshire 🥶
Jupiter is v bright tonight.
iPhone camera user?
By switching to video mode first you can use your phone camera to capture what your eyes can see.
#SuperMoon as seen from a very cold #EastYorkshire 🥶
Jupiter is v bright tonight.
iPhone camera user?
By switching to video mode first you can use your phone camera to capture what your eyes can see.
January 3, 2026 at 7:48 PM
The #WolfMoon 2026
#SuperMoon as seen from a very cold #EastYorkshire 🥶
Jupiter is v bright tonight.
iPhone camera user?
By switching to video mode first you can use your phone camera to capture what your eyes can see.
#SuperMoon as seen from a very cold #EastYorkshire 🥶
Jupiter is v bright tonight.
iPhone camera user?
By switching to video mode first you can use your phone camera to capture what your eyes can see.
Reposted by Rebecca Tickell
A Blizzard at the Yorkshire Coast. 0°C. Sandpipers.
January 3, 2026 at 3:31 PM
A Blizzard at the Yorkshire Coast. 0°C. Sandpipers.
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A while ago, I posted a set of notes about the Bayesian approach to inquiry and how it can help us think about questions raised in the recent literature on zetetic epistemology. I’ve now corralled that material into something like a first draft of a book. I hope it might be of interest to others.
Richard Pettigrew, The value of information and the epistemology of inquiry - PhilArchive
In the analytic tradition, epistemology has typically begun at the point at which we have our evidence; it has then asked which beliefs or credences are justified or warranted by that ...
philarchive.org
December 30, 2025 at 11:22 AM
A while ago, I posted a set of notes about the Bayesian approach to inquiry and how it can help us think about questions raised in the recent literature on zetetic epistemology. I’ve now corralled that material into something like a first draft of a book. I hope it might be of interest to others.
Writing doesn't just help you process your thoughts.
Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges.
Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges
Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.
buff.ly
December 30, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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A chance to get up close to this beautiful Bank vole
December 28, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A chance to get up close to this beautiful Bank vole
If #EducationalResearch is your thing, then the posts in this feed may interest you.
Pin and contribute.
Feeds are the key to understanding how #Bluesky works. It’s really simple to create your own – whatever interests you will also be of interest others.
Pin and contribute.
Feeds are the key to understanding how #Bluesky works. It’s really simple to create your own – whatever interests you will also be of interest others.
This feed isn't well known but picks up some decent chat about teaching and educational research:
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
December 28, 2025 at 7:37 PM
If #EducationalResearch is your thing, then the posts in this feed may interest you.
Pin and contribute.
Feeds are the key to understanding how #Bluesky works. It’s really simple to create your own – whatever interests you will also be of interest others.
Pin and contribute.
Feeds are the key to understanding how #Bluesky works. It’s really simple to create your own – whatever interests you will also be of interest others.
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The North Sea for a bracing walk on #Christmas day has to be done.
#Photography
#Landscapes
#Coast
#Bluesky
#Photography
#Landscapes
#Coast
#Bluesky
December 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The North Sea for a bracing walk on #Christmas day has to be done.
#Photography
#Landscapes
#Coast
#Bluesky
#Photography
#Landscapes
#Coast
#Bluesky