yesterday a student said something about chatgpt in my hearing, and without working out if it was a positive or dismissive comment I said "oh don't sully the air of my classroom with that name" and continued with my slide. the way the group murmured in response sounded like they were on my side 🤞

There's something very "Ford Prefect" about a process that arrives at "Harper Collins" as a sensible name for a pornbot

definitely stopping for lunch now, I scrolled down and there's an italicised ibid, no full stop, where previously they'd all been at least formatted in plain text and with the expected punctuation

i'm sure people who love their cute little latin abbreviations are good and upstanding people, but if i can't do a breezy copy/paste from your previous in-text citation to bring things in line with the style guide, maybe there's something wrong

thought i'd be kind as an editor and quickly drop the proper in-text references in place of this chapter's "ibid." and "op. cit", but halfway through it i am:
i) regretting my choices,
ii) firmly opposed to the use of "ibid." and "op. cit" by anyone ever, and
iii) stopping for lunch

Having studied #digitalID in depth for my PhD and written a book about this way before anyone had even flagged it as a problem - this a TERRIBLE idea. We have been warning the UK government about the dangers of digital ID for years. No one listened. #digitalidentity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The CfP for the 1st themed issue of our journal Fandom | Cultures | Research is out & I'm especially excited for this one, since it combines two of the things I'm most interested in: #fanstudies & #memorystudies. Added bonus: a workshop in Marburg in Feb 26.

journals.uni-marburg.de/fcr/announce...

i'm crying

it does mean that my teaching notebook has some chocolate flakes smeared on the pages #noregrets

it's the Friday before teaching starts next week, aka the perfect time for the summer's last mint Cornetto from the freezer as a pre-dinner snack

My friend and colleague @lerelle.bsky.social needs research participants for their PhD project. The research focuses on intersectionally minoritised queer people's experiences using dating apps. So could you please take a look at this and share it if you can? (1/3)

yeah, not great! I wasn't a big user anyway - maybe logging in a couple times/year? - and having an account just to have an account doesn't seem worth it in light of these changes

I did hesitate before deleting (change is scary?), but I've done it

I wish more people would call this what it is: a lie/scam to increase unpaid labour. Management know many of us won’t give crap feedback, so instead we work evenings/weekends or let other work slip. Their spreadsheet is happy, students still get decent feedback. All the burden is on the Lecturer.

I know just the book for you

I'm also looking forward to this, which starts tomorrow and is why I just speed-walked across FRA make my connection

Looking forward to this!

Our publication for VGC 2023 is on its way! You can already check out the wonderful cover and website here: www.sidestone.com/books/explor...

Are you curious what's behind the presentation titles for VGC 2025? Here's a little sneak-peak (also known as abstracts 😉): videogamecultures.org/2025-abstrac...

#videogames #gamestudies #academia

added my ISBNs/details to the list last week 💪

...turns out I'd stopped watching just before a) things got wild, and b) this case study productively crosses over with a different case study, which c) will make the eventual book project either harder or easier to write 😅

the to-do list is overwhelming, but hopefully knuckling down to get through some screening (11 episodes left of this current case study!) will make me feel like i'm making progress

Happy Clearing, for all who celebrate.

🗓️ Abstracts for Cine-Excess 2025, REANIMATED! REVIVING CULT FILM’S DEAD OBJECTS, are due this Friday