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Dr. Max Lempriere @thephdpeople.com · 4d

Breakthroughs rarely come from pushing harder. They come when you step back. Rest is part of the process.

#AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · 6d

There is no bad reason to buy a nice new pretty notebook.

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · 6d

#PhD day 383: I’m about halfway through my literature review, and I’m discovering a common thread that will run through my entire thesis. It feels like I can actually feel the neurons in my brain forming new synapses. #PhDlife #research

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · 17d

"In the age of synthetic fluency, the most urgent question is not whether machines will think—but whether we will continue to."

An interesting article about the relationship between the use of generative AI and the decline of human cognition by Constantine Andoniou

drive.google.com/file/d/1aa5j...

talk3.pdf

drive.google.com

Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · 17d

When I was a taught student, I benefited from in-person learning (especially when putting my laptop away and taking handwritten notes). And I had ideas for my PhD inspired by in-class discussions. We’re a social species, and in-person interaction is important.

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · 21d

Update: I remember what I said!! Not word for word, but the gist of it came back to me. I am very relieved.

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · 21d

Friendly reminder to my #PhD friends to always save your work. I lost part of my literature review today because my laptop died before I had saved anything. 😭 Not very much, but it was the best of what I’ve written so far…

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Aug 6

All I can think about is how much work it must have taken to make that tiktok

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jul 17

I just came out of a meeting with my PhD supervisors and one of them said something incredibly valuable to me. On the originality of my research, she said “Just because someone else has provided an answer you find satisfactory doesn’t mean you don’t have anything else to say” #PhDLife

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thank you! I took some time to treat myself yesterday 🙂

Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jul 2

I had my upgrade viva today and I’m delighted to say that I passed, and I’m now officially a PhD candidate 🥳 #PhDSky #PhDLife

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jun 27

I submitted my ethics application today! Feels like I’ve reached a milestone #PhDLife #PhDSky

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jun 16

The downside is that some of the things I deleted appeared to have been settings. 🙃

Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jun 16

Took some annual leave from my #PhD for some rest after submitting my upgrade, but decided to use a day to clear space on my laptop. I’ve just created over 140GB of storage space by deleting over half a million files I didn’t know existed. 🤯

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jun 15

This is such a good explanation. Thanks for sharing!!

Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jun 5

I just didn’t realize how long it would take me to draft it 😅

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jun 5

I’m glad it’s so thorough, I knew it would be thorough. And it’s also good because it’s making me think of aspects of the project I hadn’t considered yet.

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jun 5

I genuinely had no idea until I started working on it 😅 I had assumed there would be quite a bit, but there’s just so much

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jun 4

I may have underestimated how much work an ethics application for human participants is… #PhDSky

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jun 4

I might have to try your method, it seems so helpful

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · Jun 3

An interesting development in nudifying apps: a company operating two such sites has settled with San Francisco and has agreed to a permanent injunction. I suspect this is not the last we’ll see in the fight against AI nudification. #AI #LawSky #FeministSky #PhDSky

www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco...

Deepfake porn website operator settles with San Francisco, agrees to shut down

The San Francisco City Attorney's office has settled with a company that operated websites creating "deepfake nudes", where artificial intelligence is used to turn photos of children and adults into p...

www.cbsnews.com

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations!!

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · May 22

I submitted my PhD upgrade!! Now I wait for the defence panel… #PhDLife

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Ann Olivarius @annolivarius.bsky.social · May 21

Treating women like breeding cattle has come full circle in Georgia.

A woman's life and death are entirely circumscribed by her fertility, which is controlled by the State of Georgia.

It's wrong on a cellular level. It belongs in a Black Mirror episode.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Fetus of brain dead Georgia woman kept alive due to abortion ban is growing, says family

Hospital plans to keep Adriana Smith on life support until August, when doctors will deliver baby via C-section

www.theguardian.com

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Courtney Jones @courtneydjones.bsky.social · May 21

Thank you, I certainly hope so!!

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