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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 4h

If this happened to my school, I’d be battering down the headmaster’s door to tell him what a twat he is if he signed us up to this.

I’ve already berated my new dept. head about using ChatGPT instead of the human service WE ALREADY PAY FOR.

Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 1d

"Why would OpenAI and Microsoft spend $23 million to give 'free training' on how to use AI to teachers? Because they love teachers? No. Because they want to get their products into public schools in an attempt to cultivate the education market." — @hamiltonnolan.bsky.social

Thinking of AI as a Social Problem

No need to know the unknowable. The knowable is bad enough.

www.hamiltonnolan.com

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 10h

IBS. The gift that keeps on giving (you the task to scrub your toilet before your mates come around to visit).

Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 10h

😂

I would if I got paid for it, but my eyes have trouble seeing the screen.

That being said, I do have to dream up a cost-free CPD exercise for my appraisal this year…

(Last year was ‘learn enough Blender in 8 hours so I can model 3D prints’)

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 10h

Same. We are both awesome and at least in my case confuse the young ‘un’s by still using fake html tags like <grin> instead of all that new-fangled emoji rubbish.

And we hand-coded webpages. And then converted them to use CSS when that became a thing.

Holy shit my knees hurt.

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 12h

Looks like I’m getting a sex change and some implants for my moobs.

Oh well. 🤷‍♂️

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 17h

I heard that was a fallacy 😉

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 18h

Look, if I’m going to swear at a table I just stubbed my toe on, I’m going to maintain my British culture and say thank you to my fancy light switch that also plays me my music.

(There is probably a serious point about human brains and swearing at tables, but it’s too early in the morning…)

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 1d

I don't want to get all Chesterton's Fence here, but if you don't understand that a "microscopic snail" is an indicator species that's protected for the health of the entire ecosystem, you probably shouldn't be forming "good relationships" with developers
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Rachel Reeves clears planning blockage amid ‘good relationship’ with developer

Exclusive: Chancellor says 20,000 homes were being held up due to ‘some snails that are a protected species or something’

www.theguardian.com

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Glyn Moody @glynmoody.bsky.social · 19h

#brexiters are quintessential hypocrites...

Frédéric Moreau @goodclimate.bsky.social · 1d

This lurid headline is about British tourists no longer getting away with overstaying in Schengen. Or being 'illegals', as it's often called in the UK.

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 1d

I fully admit that I have a face for radio and a voice for silent movies.

It’s why I wrote.

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Jamie McKelvie @mckelvie.bsky.social · 1d

A great reminder that no matter how clear you think you have made the meaning of your work, there will always be avid fans of it who nonetheless miss the point entirely.

Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 1d

Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, I make sure.

That is why I worship Satan.
🤘🏼😈🤘🏼

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 1d

So that bad things can happen to good people? 😉

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 1d

I am such a good professional worker - didn’t do *anything* when a teacher shouted at me for daring to suggest he follow policy.

He’s going to find out about the ancient Klingon saying about revenge being a dish best served cold.

Or I’m just going to key his car.

Yet to decide.

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Peter Collins @peter.polari.com · 3d

I look forward to using my government-allotted “freedom time” to take part in my chosen government-approved protest. 😬

flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 3d

Not the most “I can definitely be trusted with power” kind of statement I’ve ever heard

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 2d

See also, “Do you like your kneecaps?”, “Always punch fucking Nazi cunts”, and “Who let the wanker talk”.

I fit in so well in professional organisations.

(No lie - first time I spoke to a certain member of ‘senior leadership’ the first words out of my mouth was the kneecaps one. 😂)

CNBC @cnbc.com · 3d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

cnb.cx

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not going to be ‘Don’t be a fucking cunt’ is it?

Damn these people trying to erase my culture.

CNBC @cnbc.com · 3d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

cnb.cx

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AJ DISMEMBERS! @robertgalbraith.bsky.social · 4d

What you have to remember about the BBC is they have a sculpture by a dead paedophile in which a figure displays a naked child to the viewer on the front of their building, protected behind bulletproof glass

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Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · Nov 17

No: SERIOUSLY. Y'all need to have a good long think about why so many in "AI" and "Big Data" seem so determined to get others to believe that radical consent models of data collection and use are not only impossible, but wholly undesirable.

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 3d

Cheers, I’m pretty chill with the whole thing.

Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 3d

Ask me in a few months.

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MAREcus 👻/ 🏳️‍🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 5d

Also I pay my fucking taxes. “Ordinary taxpayers” yes that’s me. Spend it on safe routes for migrants, supporting disabled people and ending violence against women and girls you pricks

Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Dec 14

Women are “ordinary people.”

Migrants are “ordinary people.”

LGBT folks are “ordinary people.”

Stop using “ordinary people” as a reference only for people who are straight, white and male.

It’s simple.

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 5d

Good job there is a load of well-regulated militia to stop the government from making war on it’s own citizens.

Derek Powazek @fraying.bsky.social · 5d

Again: Trump called Chicago a training ground for the rest of the country. This show is coming to your town next.

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 5d

“ICE detained a sitting elected official while raiding an emergency room. Earlier this afternoon, they deployed tear gas indiscriminately in the middle of a city street.”

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Brian Kellett @briankellett.bsky.social · 5d

(Although ‘my projector isn’t working’, ‘have you tried turning it on?’ is a close second to the utter fuckwit who decided to be a blackleg in my presence.

Nothing stupider than that cunt could exist)

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