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Theo Wildcroft @theowildcroft.bsky.social · 26d

Thesis successfully examined 😀

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Dr. Nick Posegay @nposegay.bsky.social · 27d

I'm sorry, worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable permission to my voice and likeness? For what now? In any manner for any purpose???

This is in academia/.edu's new ToS, which you're prompted to agree to on login. Anyway I'll be jumping ship. You can find my stuff at hcommons.org.

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Theo Wildcroft @theowildcroft.bsky.social · Sep 1

I've had a wonderful time at #IAHR2025 in Poland this last week. Such a great conference, but we're all very, very tired & i'm pleased to be home now with my boys!

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Theo Wildcroft @theowildcroft.bsky.social · Aug 19

It's official! We have confirmed a date for the book launch! Wednesday 5th November 2.30pm at OCHS, Oxford.

Who's coming? 😃🙋‍♀️

@ruthwestoby.bsky.social @jimmallinson.bsky.social @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social @[email protected] @philipdeslippe.bsky.social @aledjllthomas.bsky.social

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Theo Wildcroft @theowildcroft.bsky.social · Aug 18

I am thrilled that there are now over 1,000 subscribers on my substack page! I write each week, releasing anything from big pieces of research, yoga nidras, to updates & announcements on my upcoming events. So, a huge thank you from me! 🙏
Subscribe here: theowildcroft.substack.com/subscribe

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The Midnight Society @midnightpals.bsky.social · Jul 23

Craig DiLouie: submitted for the approval of the midnight society, i call this the tale of the children of red peak
Guillermo del Toro: ah! you mean
DiLouie: no
DiLouie: no i don't mean
DiLouie: people keep making that mistake but i don't mean

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David Bisset @davidbisset.com · Jul 24

Why I 🧡 the web.

drawafish.com

Just draw the fish. Trust me. 🐟

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BASR (British Association for the Study of Religons) @thebasr.bsky.social · Jul 25

Registration is now open for our online conference: basr.ac.uk/2024/01/11/b...

Registration is free - we hope to see you there.

BASR Annual Conference 2025

Religion, Space and Place Friday 5th September, 2025. Online, hosted by the Open University. REGISTRATION NOW OPEN: Click Here The BASR is pleased to be supporting the quinquennial IAHR confe…

basr.ac.uk

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · Jul 10

now that i think of it, with claude, grok and chatgpt, they basically stopped making them woman-coded like siri as soon as they wanted them to act like topic based authorities

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Theo Wildcroft @theowildcroft.bsky.social · Jul 10

Oooh, saw mine on Wednesday and weirdly she didn't mention it, but we did spend a lot of time playing with pebbles and talking about tattoos which feels much more important

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Theo Wildcroft @theowildcroft.bsky.social · Jul 8

We did a thing!

and when I say 'we', I mean a lot of good people helped write a book on the academic study of Yoga that is accessible and useful to non specialist scholars and practitioners alike.

I'm really proud of this one!

Equinox Publishing Ltd @equinoxpub.bsky.social · Jul 8

Just published!

Info & order at 25% off quoting code YOGA
bit.ly/405HNWP

#yogastudies

@ruthwestoby.bsky.social @jimmallinson.bsky.social @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social @theowildcroft.bsky.social @[email protected] @philipdeslippe.bsky.social @aledjllthomas.bsky.social

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jul 7

New redundancies in Higher Education at:
*Anglia Ruskin
*Birmingham City
*Bristol
*De Montfort
*Derby
*Goldsmiths (yet again)
*Greenwich
*Hertfordshire
*Lancaster
*Leicester
Every single day in HE is like this. Nothing will be done.

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Theo Wildcroft @theowildcroft.bsky.social · Jul 6

observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

Now this is my kind of drama

The real Salt Path: how a blockbuster book and film were ...

Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal that the truth behind it is ve...

observer.co.uk

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Ann Memmott @annmemmott.bsky.social · Jul 5

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A lovely, responsible book on Trans lives, co-written by one of my colleagues, is at the centre of this hate campaign in Kent. It was nowhere near the children's section.
Apparently the book simply existing is somehow a 'safeguarding' risk for children.
What on earth.

Backlash after trans books removed from children's library section

KCC says the move came after a

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Jay Watts @shrinkatlarge.bsky.social · Jun 29

NEW FROM ME -

Britain is abandoning international medical consensus on disability.

Every other developed nation recognizes cumulative impairment as genuine severity.

We're about to become an anomaly—and the logic of 4+ suggests it was deliberate.

tinyurl.com/mwwb5xv4

Who Will Count as Disabled Tomorrow?

The dangerous redefinition of welfare disguised as Labour's compassionate reform.

tinyurl.com

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Theo Wildcroft @theowildcroft.bsky.social · Jun 30

Joining instructions for our next yoga nidra lab on 3rd July, 8-9pm UK time can be found below the line for paid subscribers 👇

open.substack.com/pub/theowild...

Everyone welcome! (even if you haven't been before)

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Keith Fitzgerald @keithfitzgerald.bsky.social · Jun 26

Worth a watch:

Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · Jun 21

maybe doctors could save money by treating fewer patients | maybe firefighters could save money by choosing the fires they put out more judiciously | maybe the bbc should save money by limiting broadcasts to 4 hours per day. in fact why don’t we all do the most cost-effective thing & simply give up

Robin Bisson @robinbisson.bsky.social · Jun 19

Two senior @ukri.org figures this week have suggested unis could reduce how much research they do

“Concentrating on unique and high contributions & concentrating on less research, has the potential to bring the amount of activity into balance with research funding,” Steven Hill told #ARMA25

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Research England official: universities could do ‘less’ R&D - Research Professional News

Arma 2025: Director of research asks whether system should provide “disincentives for lower-quality research”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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Theo Wildcroft @theowildcroft.bsky.social · Jun 21

Happy solstice, loves. It's George's first time at Uffington for dawn. He was very confused by the sitting down and waiting bit, but very much enjoyed the walk

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Scott Linnen @scottlinnen.bsky.social · Jun 20

The summer solstice is just a made-up holiday to sell more henges.

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Joseph Fink @planetoffinks.bsky.social · Jun 19

My understanding is that the core mechanics of a LLM means it can never be taught to be right. That's just not what an LLM does or will ever be able to do. It can only be more convincing while it is wrong, which is why they're fundamentally useless

Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jun 19

I expect that consumer-facing AI programs will continue to improve and they may become much more useful tools for everyday life in the future.

But I think it was a disastrous mistake that today’s models were taught to be convincing before they were taught to be right.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · Jun 20

What you definitely want in the mountains is a nav app which isn’t actually deriving its advice from the real world. 🤦‍♂️

Robson Fletcher @robsonfletcher.com · Jun 17

"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'

But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."

AllTrails launches AI route-making tool, worrying search-and-rescue members

One of the world’s most popular hiking apps has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to "shorten my route" or "make this more scenic." But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers sa...

www.nationalobserver.com

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Theo Wildcroft @theowildcroft.bsky.social · Jun 20

...tamponnant, perhaps?

Theo Wildcroft @theowildcroft.bsky.social · Jun 20

...stampant....?

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · Jun 18

Latest news in an unfolding self-inflicted disaster, not just for UK universities but for the UK itself. One of our genuinely world-class sectors is being trashed, with all that means for UK economy, soft power, scientific & cultural life. 'World-class' isn't, for once, blimpish hyperbole ... 1/2

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Jun 18

The university cutting jobs today is Lancaster, which may lose about 400 more roles. Every single day in Higher Education is like this. Why won't someone stop the madness?
www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/education/la...

Uni must make job cuts as falling student numbers mean £30m. savings must be made

Lancaster University has revealed it needs to make a significant number of job cuts as it seeks to save £30m. in the financial year, partly due to falling student numbers.

www.lancasterguardian.co.uk

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