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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · 19h

Kevin roose is obsessed w anthropomorphising LLMs. Why??

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pynklaady @pynklaady.bsky.social · 1d

A teen wizard runs a magic makeup business with resources from his Fae, Merfolk and Undead friends. When he learns someone is stealing these same items–and there’s a link to his missing dads–he must find the thief or risk losing his friends, his business and the chance to find his parents #DVPit #GN

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Nessie Owusu @ness-owusu.bsky.social · 1d

When two ex-best friends are reluctantly crowned persons of honor, their petty feud escalates into all-out sabotage. When the bride vanishes a day before the wedding, they’re forced into a frantic search, only to discover the one thing they can’t sabotage is their feelings. #DVPit #romcom #MF #Black

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · 8d

BEST THING AND MOST TERRIFYING THING: having your friends (who u dearly respect!!!) read your work 😭🤩🥳🤪

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · 8d

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · 18d

Like, ‘okay they built a product by stealing loads of data but we want to be at the cutting edge so it’s fine and oh yeh stealing other people’s shit is how Great Britain built its wealth anyway so all good it’s fine nothing to see here…’

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · 18d

I’d be embarrassed 🤭

University of Oxford @ox.ac.uk · 20d

NEW: Oxford will be the first UK university to give all staff and students free ChatGPT Edu access, from this academic year.

ChatGPT Edu is built for education, with enhanced privacy and security.

Graphic from the University of Oxford, featuring an image of a glowing, digital brain with the text: 'Generative AI at Oxford'. Highlights that ChatGPT Edu is now available to all staff and students. Includes a link for more information: ox.ac.uk/gen-ai

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · 22d

Watch yourself! 😏

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Kit Butler (Author) @kitbutlermagster.bsky.social · 28d

A huge thank you to @alomshaha.bsky.social and Rebecca Struthers, on their launch for their book- ABOUT TIME.
A brilliant book concept for young readers, about the history of telling time and clocks.
The venue - Watches Of Switzerland on Regent Street was super cool!!
Take a bow, Alom and Rebecca...

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Sep 4

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MTo... you have to listen...watch nowww god this made me weeeeeep with pride, nostalgia, joy... I fucken love being sudaniaaa

Mustafa: Tiny Desk Concert

YouTube video by NPR Music

www.youtube.com

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 25

This is unsurprising. When I first started on the patch in 2012, they needed two MWDs (workers) per rig. By the time I moved job two years later, one MWD was responsible for four rigs, via remote platforms etc. I was almost completely automated out in a tiny period of time.

Larry Neufeld @larryneufeldsk.bsky.social · Aug 24

Fossil fuels are not a driver of job creation : Oil and Gas Loses Economic Clout as Jobs Per Barrel Drop 43%
www.theenergymix.com/oil-and-gas-...

Oil and Gas Loses Economic Clout as Jobs Per Barrel Drop 43%

Canada’s oil and gas sector is no longer the job creator or economic engine it once was, with the industry creating 43% fewer jobs per thousand barrels of production in 2023 than it did in 2012, the P...

www.theenergymix.com

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 23

Anytime folks bang on about Denmark’s gender equality and what not, I like to remind them of how they treat Greenlander folks. This story is terrible, but not surprising: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

www.theguardian.com

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 22

I am ashamed to be living in this time.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Famine confirmed in Gaza City is 'failure of humanity', UN chief says

A UN-backed body confirms famine in Gaza Strip and surrounding areas, and says half a million are facing "catastrophic" conditions.

www.bbc.com

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 20

oh i'd get a refurbed, binned the idea of a new phone a long time ago! www.backmarket.co.uk/en-gb

Refurbished tech that's better for the planet | Back Market

Buy the best refurbished smartphones, laptops and tech on Back Market, at up to 70% cheaper than buying new! Free delivery - 12 month warranty - secure payments - 30 day returns.

www.backmarket.co.uk

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 20

Sudan's war is about everything, and don't you forget it.

Oh, you've already turned away? Mashallah 3alayk, mashallah.

substack.com/home/post/p-...

Is the Sudan war really ‘about nothing’?

There's no such thing as a war about nothing. And Sudan's war is about everything

substack.com

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 20

Yeh this is what I thought! I did this all about a year ago but maybe it’s time again…

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 20

Maybe the 13 mini is where I need to go…!

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 20

The surveillance stuff w android isn’t as good tho - Apple does care more about privacy imo, no?

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 20

Gosh I’d never thought about it from this perspective- gosh you’d think buying a tractor would be enough!!! Wild.

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 19

England doesn’t even have a map of who owns what land (individuals, not shell companies/obscure bodies) - imagine this!

Hildur Knútsdóttir @hildur.bsky.social · Aug 19

Every year Icelandic tax records are open for a few days. And all the media outlets dig into them and write multiple stories about how much money some people made and how much they paid in taxes. We even have a special newspaper called The Salary Paper that only comes out once a year.

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 19

Yeh I’ve been looking at this for a while now!! Haven’t been able to make the jump tho…

Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 19

Urgh this stuff 🫠🫠🫠 annoys me to no end!!

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 19

My iPhone is all but unusable only four years after I bought it new. An iPhone 12 mini. It’s been laggy and slow for about two years, and no matter how much space I make on it, its battery lasts barely a few hours…this forced obsolescence makes me so mad. Build things to LAST!

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Yassmin Abdel-Magied @yassmin.bsky.social · Aug 18

Another shout out for this excellent event happening next week in Sheffield, where the Sheffield Sudanis at???

www.englishpen.org/posts/events...

An Evening of Sudanese Literature - News & Events - English PEN

www.englishpen.org

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thrilling panel at @edbookfest.bsky.social with @nicolakellywrites.bsky.social! @yassmin.bsky.social was our chair & interlocutor.

For a 30% discount on HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY from @ucpress.bsky.social, 1/

💙📚 🗃 #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #politics #HAMH #edbookfest

Three women on a stage. Left to right, they are wearing: a red and patterned trouser; suit and cream sandals; a pale shirt and trousers, bright red shoes, and a black face mask; black top, white robe, and black and white patterened skirt, boots, and a headwrap. In the background is a pale purple screen with “Edinburgh International Book Festival” on the right, and the corner of a printed pamphlet and part of the auto-captioning visible at the top left.

Two women (one in pale shirt, other in red and patterned trouser suit), one masked, in front of a blue screen. Projected on screen is a medieval world map and a zoomed-in detail of said map, partly overlaying the map.

Dark-haired woman in a black face mask is engrossed in signing a pile of copies of a bright red book with a silvery mirror and black frame, entitled “Humans: A Monstrous History.” She sits at a desk covered in a black cloth. On the left is a brass-coloured desk lamp with a triangular shade.

Dark-haired woman in a black face mask looks up quizzically while signing a pile of copies of “Humans: A Monstrous History.” She sits at a desk covered in a black cloth. On the left is a brass-coloured desk lamp with a triangular shade.

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