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Joanna Tai

@drjot.bsky.social

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Higher education assessment & feedback researcher. Both kinds of doctor. Knitter and baker. Views my own, reposts are not necessarily endorsements.

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NTEU @nteunion.bsky.social · 6h

Are you a university staff member? Tired? Stressed? Overworked? It will only take 5-6 mins to help independent researchers shine a light on the state of wellbeing in our universities. Results will be published and responses anonymous. Please help by adding your voice: nteu.info/census

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decryption @decryption.bsky.social · 1d

wikipedia has a good page with information on how they detect signs of AI writing

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 1d

Each day the upper management of different unis seemingly find new ways to disappoint those of us working at universities. I love what I do, it breaks my heart what's been allowed to happen to unis in recent decades. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... Robodebt for university academic integrity? WT!

University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI

An Australian university has accused thousands of its students of cheating with artificial intelligence. The problem? Many have done nothing wrong.

www.abc.net.au

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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 2d

A letter to those who taught me my Jewishness, and who now sit on the other side of a deep chasm.

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz

Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice

www.theguardian.com

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Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 2d

Too lazy to use a mixing bowl for tomorrow night's pizza dough, did it directly in a 1.5L plastic container. What could go wrong?

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 3d

An oatmeal-filled jaffle made by a Melbourne food stylist and flavoured with Bundaberg Rum and bananas wins over the competition's judges in Scotland.

Australian wins with a jaffle at World Porridge Making Championship

An oatmeal-filled jaffle made by a Melbourne food stylist and flavoured with Bundaberg Rum and bananas wins over the competition's judges in Scotland.

www.abc.net.au

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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 3d

The disrespect to Sarah Krasnostein & Chloe Hooper! Literary version of Daily Mail celeb culture. 'Helen flaunted her semi-colons during Brunswick fashion week'. (Alt faulty: Guardian headline says 'Mushroom murders inspire new book by Helen Garner'.) www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

Erin Patterson mushroom murders inspire new book by Helen Garner

Co-written with Chloe Hooper and Sarah Krasnostein, The Mushroom Tapes is inspired by their experience attending the headline-grabbing trial earlier this year

www.theguardian.com

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 3d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 4d

Breach? Sounds like people gave their data to the government on a promise of disaster support, the government gave their data and our money to a contractor on a promise of service provision, and the contractor gave their data to a tech business on a promise of slop.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Major data breach as up to 3,000 flood victims' details loaded to ChatGPT

The NSW Reconstruction Authority says the breach occurred in March and involved the personal data of applicants to the Northern Rivers Resilient Homes Program.

www.abc.net.au

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Laura Harding @lhsyd.bsky.social · 5d

“The rent is favourable compared to Scape properties nearby, he says, but warned any new housing should not be run by a private provider…noting the building was intensely hot in summer, some kitchen appliances did not work, and the water temperature in the showers was temperamental.”

‘Can’t afford Sydney’: The uni with a problem (and a plan that might fix it)

Sydney University ranks worst in NSW for student experience. Can this plan fix it?

www.smh.com.au

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mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 6d

Another cartoon where I complain about technology? Yes please! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Dear computer boffins please stop trying to fix problems I don’t have | First Dog on the Moon

I don’t want AI in anything and certainly not everything please stop asking

www.theguardian.com

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Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 9d

... But now I know the bar is low for how long it takes. The bus driver is incredibly patient.

Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 9d

Bus is 10 mins late because an old man on a mobility scooter 1. Struggled to get up the ramp and onto the bus then 2. Struggled to manoeuvre the scooter into the designated bay.

It's got to be a combination of design problems - I also experienced them with getting my pram on board some buses...

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kfriel @kfriel.bsky.social · 10d

Why not just link to the blog post?

officialdavidcross.com/blogs/press/...

My Thoughts on the Riyadh Comedy Festival

I’ve been asked for my opinion on the Riyadh Comedy Festival and rather than answer the same question 23 times, I’ll just put this out here. Oh, and I should preface this with the fact that I was not ...

officialdavidcross.com

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Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 10d

Can't say I'm gatecrashing when @timbocop.bsky.social invited us all, but nice to be at the Monash learning and teaching conference, with our former DVCA Liz Johnson doing the keynote!

Liz Johnson at the lectern starting her keynote. View from the back of the auditorium

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Stu West @stuwest.com · 15d

Imagine the laughs you’ll have watching [checks notes] Jimmy Carr co-headlining with [checks notes] Louis CK at the [checks notes] Riyadh Comedy Festival

Website screenshot showing Jimmy Carr co-headlining with Louis CK at the Riyadh Comedy Festival

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Jason M. Lodge @jasonmlodge.bsky.social · 15d

TEQSA just published 'Enacting assessment reform in a time of artificial intelligence'

We describe three pathways to assessment reform:

- taking a program-wide approach
- assuring learning in every unit/subject
- implementing a combination of these approaches

www.teqsa.gov.au/guides-resou...

www.teqsa.gov.au

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ACOG @acog.org · 17d

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 17d

BEWARE: Surveys that allow anyone to "opt in" are vulnerable to those who create many accounts (using VPN to bypass IP limits) & use automated tools to generate bogus responses (such as saying "yes" to question about being licensed to operate nuclear submarines).
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 17d

“That’s a whole different kettle of fish” in other languages...

5. This is flour from another sack (Spanish)
4. That’s another pair of sleeves (French)
3. These are another pair of wellies (Polish)
2. That’s a cousin from a different auntie (Malay)
1. This is a different dish of cabbage (Hungarian)

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 17d

Like, the result of integrating the answer-shaped object machine is functionally indistinguishable from the university just burning down in a tragic Notre Dame accident.

Except, the longer it takes the AI bubble to pop the less anyone will want to rebuild it.

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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 18d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Samantha Brennan @samanthabrennan.bsky.social · 20d

Tenure track philosophy job in Canada

Western University’s Department of Philosophy seeks to hire a Asst Professor with an area of specialization in one or more of metaphysics,
epistemology, and logic, broadly construed). The anticipated start date is July 1,
2026

www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

www.uwo.ca

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20d

The findings “suggest that medical AI tools powered by LLMs have a tendency to not reflect the severity of symptoms among female patients, while also displaying less ‘empathy’ towards Black and Asian ones.”

AI medical tools downplay symptoms in women and ethnic minorities

Large language models reflect biases that can lead to inferior healthcare advice to female, Black and Asian patients

www.ft.com

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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 20d

Ten options for future leaf-removal trains...

10. Keanu Leaves
9. Twiggy Pop
8. Axel Foliage
7. Britney Clears
6. The Regional Branch Manager
5. Leaf No Trace
4. The Fall Guy
3. That Don't Impress Me Mulch
2. A Good Railing
1. Maybe She's Born With it. Maybe It's Maple-leaves

Train named Ctrl Alt Deleaf to tackle leaves on the line

A leaf-removal train has been named Ctrl Alt Deleaf after a public vote.

www.independent.ie

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Jeremy Ghost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 20d

Since many of us are cancelling streaming services, I want to post a little reminder that many library cards will allow you free access to Kanopy, an amazing streaming channel.

If your library card doesn't work, you can often sign up for other libraries in your region.

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 21d

Yet another demonstration that AI is not a labor-saving device; it merely displaces the cleanup and mitigation (in realms where care, caution, accuracy, etc., actually matter) onto other people

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Olivia Inwood @oliviainwood.com · 21d

What a powerful speech from Dr Vanessa Pirrotta, thank you! ❤️

“I was 30, qualified and lost. I felt like I’d given everything to the science world, and all I wanted to do was to stay [in Australia] and have kids, but I couldn’t find a job in academia."

www.afr.com/politics/fed... #academicsky

‘Disposable PhDs’ and brain drain: scientist calls for uni rethink

Wildlife scientist Dr Vanessa Pirotta has called for “people-first” investment in education following her own struggle to find a role.

www.afr.com

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 22d

This is a really fascinating article on why LLMs will likely always suffer from hallucinations and how the fixes are unpalatable to average consumers. It suggest general use LLMs will always have hallucinations, whereas more bespoke LLMs could be made more reliable, at significant expense.

OpenAI Has a Fix For Hallucinations, But You Really Won't Like It

OpenAI's latest research paper diagnoses exactly why ChatGPT and other large language models can make things up – known in the world of artificial intelligence as "hallucination".

www.sciencealert.com

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Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · 22d

Simply astonishing. Maybe Lecturer A should not have to mark over 100 essays in a two-week window in the first place? Invest in qualified staff and reduce impossible workloads FFS www.kcl.ac.uk/about/strate...

Screenshot. King's College London page. Examples of effective practice

The following scenarios follow the above guidelines and offer insights into ways that academic staff can use AI transparently and in an assistive capacity, always ensuring human oversight and judgment remain central.
Scenario A – Scaling feedback while maintaining quality

Lecturer A is responsible for marking over 100 essays within a two-week window.

Conscious of the limitations this workload places on the depth of individual feedback, they adopt a hybrid approach using their university’s approved or supported LLM tool, Copilot.

Without ever uploading student work directly, Lecturer A composes an anonymised summary for each student, noting which marking criteria were met and the approximate percentage achieved for each. They input this summary alongside the official rubric into Copilot, prompting it to generate supportive, criterion-referenced feedback. This feedback is then carefully reviewed, adapted, and personalised before being uploaded to the marking platform.

Students are made aware of this process in advance and shown a demonstration, reinforcing transparency and trust.

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