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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · 12h

There you go!

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · 13h

…the university where genetic fingerprinting was invented and is a core part of the UK space sector….

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · 23h

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · 1d

why do they hate England and its language so much

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder - the UK govt provides ZERO teaching grant for the teaching of humanities and social science in universities

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 1d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · 16d

Don't....have you seen that all the politico UK newsletters editors have to use American English....newsletter about the UK for UK audience....company editorial policy apparently

Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · 16d

Because all the producers and forward planners spend too much time on x and think US politics is lingua Franca - and have been primed to see conspiracy theories as high up on public concerns????

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Stefan Marciniak @profmarciniak.bsky.social · 18d

Reading papers is a basic skill (and dare I say duty?) of scientists, and I include medical doctors in that group. Keeping abreast of the literature is a foundational part of our professions. There aren’t good shortcuts. In any case, reading papers regularly is fun.
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/09/s...

Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers

LLM “tended to sacrifice accuracy for simplicity” when writing news briefs.

arstechnica.com

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · 25d

Life stage is very important. What a pleasant relief to see a report not using the phantom variables/age brackets from marketing…gen z…y etc

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · 28d

The tepid bath of managed decline

Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 28d

No ‘Trump bump’ for British universities, alas. Not helped by Jacqui Smith, whose view of international students is similar to Basil Fawlty’s to hotel customers.

Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · Sep 9

Right wing parties in government tend to proclaim....look what we have done for YOU our lovely voters - Labour in govt, look what we have done to annoy THEM...our voters

you could almost say

Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · Sep 1

A group promoting economic
investment into Cornwall and Devon…..had meetings! With OMG….ministers!!!!
Amazing investigative journalism. Can’t believe it’s not on every front page

I wonder - how many meetings News corp have had with ministers…

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · Aug 27

Big Tech| Meta’s huge spending on lobbying to electorally punish politicians who support democratic controls and online safety

www.reuters.com/world/us/met...

Meta to launch California super PAC backing pro-AI candidates

Meta said on Tuesday it will launch a California-focused political action committee to back state-level candidates favoring lighter regulation of technology, particularly artificial intelligence.

www.reuters.com

Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · Aug 23

I have seen this - anecdotally- older family members. Facebook nostalgia groups with 1 in 5 posts being far right frames and so on
I guess academia’s preference for researching the young means this phenomenon has largely been missed???

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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · Aug 20

It is and was extremely low cost for established institutions to stop using social media platforms that willingly abandoned content screening to block extremism, racism, misinformation etc. That they are mostly all ignoring this - including governments - is an abdication of public duty and ethics.

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · Aug 4

Next week: The Business Secrets of the Pharaohs | Mark Corrigan

#peepshow

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Ten lessons the Aztecs can teach us today | Sebastian Purcell

You don’t need to solve your soul before setting your house in order. In fact, the outer path might just be the way to reach your inner peace

www.theguardian.com

Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · Aug 3

Lots in 5 & 6 earn more money than many in 2

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · Jul 30

Is there a particular journal you can name as being responsible for publishing a lot of low quality papers?

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · Jul 28

In case you missed it yesterday: evidence that the glossy millionaire migration reports - the ones that have been all over the media - may be fabricated:

Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · Jul 27

Henley & Partners’ wealth migration reports have been reported all over the world, both to prove both that there's a massive exodus of wealth from the UK and that there isn't.

Our forensic review finds the data riddled with anomalies - and in key places looks fabricated:

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · Jul 22

Is it possible the NS needs some self reflection?
This was last week? Side splitting othering…

www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Pensioners need a Summer Cool Payment

The heatwave is a new opportunity for a nation addicted to throwing money at the already rich.

www.newstatesman.com

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · Jul 19

#BookSky

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · Jul 18

Overall Impact of including 16-17 Year Olds:

RFM: -0.2%
LAB: +0.2%
CON: -0.2%
LDM: -0.2%
GRN: +0.2%
Others: +0.1%

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Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · Jul 8

And apparently meta are not giving users an opt out option

www.computerworld.com/article/3632...

Scott Davidson @scottify.bsky.social · Jul 8

Can’t wait for the Nick Clegg op ed telling us Meta have done nothing wrong it’s all our own fault