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Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · Aug 4

This new article on media multitasking (MM) by Drody, @effiejp.bsky.social, & Smilek is terrific. What makes it unique is that it holistically considers 5 key factors contributing to engaging in MM behaviors: cognitive architectural, dispositional, metacognitive, task valuation, & environmental. 1/2

Attention in our digital ecosystem: The five interactive components that drive media multitasking - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Advances in the portability of digital media devices and the sophistication of digital media platforms have dramatically changed how we engage with media content and the degree to which we media multi...

doi.org

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · Aug 1

🧵Spotted on Market Day in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A tiny human (1?) is helping Mum sell things. While Mum is greeting customers and taking payments--all one-handed. Tiny Human is propped on her hip, blowing big raspberry kisses of thanks. Giggle-snorting when people blow kisses back. (1)

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · Jul 16

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A couple (70s?) walk into a steampunk cafe and are delighted by all the ephemera on the walls.
One says to the other: "Could you imagine wearing this?!"
The other says: "Yeah. I could actually, it'd be fun. I'd be a steampunk man." He grins. (1)

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · Jul 13

Unless you need some kind of specialist textbook, you basically need never buy another physical book again once you get used to the Libraries app.

And the authors still get paid!

www.librariesireland.ie

Library Services in Ireland | Libraries Ireland

Welcome to the Library Services in Ireland. With Resources for Business and Employment Support, School Services, Reading Adventure and Digital Reading.

www.librariesireland.ie

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Tim Hannigan @timhannigan.bsky.social · Jul 8

I don't know why anyone determined to buy a book online in Ireland wouldn't get it from this place, genuinely.

Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social · Jul 8

Pun intended.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · Jul 5

A good piece of advice for learning guitar or bass:

Spend like half an hour looking at pedals and such, windowshopping, filling your shopping cart with like 2 or 3 that are in you budget.

Then take that money you have and were gonna spend, and instead buy books and lessons with it.

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Aidan O’Neill @aidanonlearning.bsky.social · Jun 25

We value your privacy

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José Picardo @josepicardo.bsky.social · May 16

How does learning really happen?
This postersummarises how cognitive science can help us unlock deeper learning in the classroom.
Clear, practical, and research-informed through the work of @carlhendrick.substack.com

Link in next post.

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Jenna 🐻🍫 @jennegatron.bsky.social · May 9

wholly believe you should have at least 1 hobby of each of these types:
1. make things! (bake, knit, draw, woodworking)
2. experience art! (read, watch movies and tv)
3. move your body! (dance, lift weights, play sports)
4. community (volunteer, bar trivia, book club, discord movie night)

merritt @merrittk.com · May 9

doodle. write poems you never show anyone. make banana bread. take pictures of birds. grow a plant. the goal isn’t to build job skills or “become a creative” it’s to just fool around and experience yourself and the world around you

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · May 8

As a German I will forever be grateful to all who fought for the liberation of Europe.

But as a historian I am looking at front pages today and must wonder: What is the point of remembering #VEDay 80 years on, what is the point of our thanks, when we are failing to protect the sacrifices made? 🧵

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.chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.social · Apr 23

unfollowing everyone on linkedin except this guy

linkedin post screenshot:

Ken Cheng - I want to connect with you, emotionally)

Al will never be able to write like me. Why? Because | am now inserting random sentences into every post to throw off their language learning models. Any Al emulating me will radiator freak yellow horse spout nonsense. 1 wiite all my emails, That's Not My Baby and reports like this to protect my data waffle iron 40% off. 1 suggest all writers and artists do the same Strawberry mango Forklift. The robot nerds will never get the better of Ken Hey can | have whipped cream please? Cheng. We can tuna fish tango foxtrot defeat Al. We just have to talk like this. All. The. Time. Piss on carpet

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Paul Kirschner @paulkirschner.bsky.social · Apr 23

Think you're unbiased? Then look at this and click on the image: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Co...

upload.wikimedia.org

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Jason B Jones @jbj.bsky.social · Apr 7

This is the best TikTok I’ve ever seen

Satan’s Niece @krissychula.bsky.social · Apr 6

This is high art

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The Verge @theverge.com · Apr 2

Best printer 2025: just buy a Brother laser printer, the winner is clear, middle finger in the air

Best Printer 2025: wireless laser home office supply shop now Brother

buff.ly

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Mar 22

NEW: Elon Musk’s X has suspended accounts of Turkish opposition groups, suppressing footage of anti-government protests.

So, best we share all the footage we can here!

This was last night’s massive demo against Erdogan’s government, which follows the arrest of his rival Ekrem İmamoğlu.

🇹🇷 #Turkey

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Saoirse McHugh @saoirsemc.bsky.social · Mar 18

Fuck Jeff Bezos, don’t shop at Amazon

Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social · Mar 18

www.kennys.ie

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Boo-rendan Harkin @brendanjharkin.bsky.social · Mar 18

An easy start for cutting Amazon out of your life is to treat it like a catalogue; look for the product you want then go and buy it from the website of the actual business instead.

Requires very little effort to make a big difference in who you're giving money to.

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Kennys Bookshop & Art Gallery @kennysbookshop.bsky.social · Mar 18

Irish businesses will struggle to compete with Amazon ie, both online and in the high street.

Shop direct with your Irish retailers, who already exist.

Support local, not the billionaires.

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Frank McNally @frankie49.bsky.social · Mar 17

Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, oh boy. Happy St Patrick’s Day. m.youtube.com/watch?v=OCbu...

Danny Boy

YouTube video by Blakwulf

m.youtube.com

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · Feb 23

Spotted at a Country Market in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A burly man (70s?) with a Canadian accent is talking to a friend at a used book stall. He says: "You know, some people come here for the beautiful scenery, but I'm here to look at the tractors!" (1)

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · Feb 19

🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:

A couple of cafe regulars (80s?), originally from Portland, Oregon, are leaving after their morning coffee and slice of pie. As they head for the door, they're stopped by almost every table. These two are well loved and everyone wants a chat. (1)

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Learning, Media and Technology @lmt-journal.bsky.social · Feb 14

🟨New Publication in #LMT 🟪

In this study Shaheen argues that in/accessible technology-mediated education is an assemblage of learning, access labor, teachers, technologies, temporalities, and affectivities.

Read more (🔓): tinyurl.com/2c46t2du

Blind and low-vision students as surveyors of in/accessibility in
technology-mediated formal education
by Natalie L. Shaheen
ABSTRACT

K-12 institutions are slowly realizing (a) that many of the instructional technologies they use are inaccessible and (b) that technical debt oppresses blind and low-vision (BLV) students. Herein, I report the findings from a qualitative exploration of how BLV students differentiate between accessible and inaccessible technology-mediated education. The findings suggest that in/accessible technology-mediated education is an assemblage of learning, access labor, teachers, technologies, temporalities, and affectivities. I argue that to construct technology-mediated education that is equitable and accessible to BLV students K-12 institutions must do more than pay off their technical debt. I conclude with recommendations for how K-12 institutions could extend their accessibility work beyond technical debt repayment.

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Aidan O’Neill @aidanonlearning.bsky.social · Feb 10

Especially when you see “Legitimate Interest 572 vendors”

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Colm O'Regan @colmoregan.bsky.social · Feb 10

When these are your cookies options, with no reject-all button, know that I hate you.

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