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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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decryption @decryption.bsky.social · 4h
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
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Sarah Schwartz @sarahschwartz.bsky.social · 21h
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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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 5h
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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Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 1d
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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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 2d
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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Bluesky Wagtail @angrywagtails.bsky.social · 1d
There’s… a lot going on in this story
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 1d
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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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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Dr Ingrid M @ingridm.bsky.social · 2d
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 · 4d
“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 · 5d
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 · 8d
... But now I know the bar is low for how long it takes. The bus driver is incredibly patient.
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Joanna Tai @drjot.bsky.social · 8d
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 · 9d
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 · 9d
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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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · Feb 1
With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of #vaccines. THREAD🧵

Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7
An advertisement for the polio vaccine which reads: "they all got vaccine except dad...don't take a chance...take your polio shots!" It depicts a photo of a family gathered around a father who is in an iron lung.
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 12d
And imagine the negotiations. "My client will be a joint headliner but can he do the obvious parody song, to the tune of 'September', 'Do you remember, just after 2018's September, sending a squad to kill a reporter... ba-dee-ya, strangled then dismembered...?' No? OK. Gimme the cash." #Khashoggi
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Stu West @stuwest.com · 13d
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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Jessica Price @delafina777.bsky.social · 28d
Anyway, scientists should get the fuck over being whiny little wretches who are scared of female bodies, because menstrual stem cells appear to be industrial printers compared to bone stem cell little desktop printers and you don’t have to drill into bones to get them.

www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...
The untapped potential of stem cells in menstrual blood
Long overlooked, menstrual stem cells could have important medical applications, including diagnosing endometriosis.
www.gavi.org
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Jason M. Lodge @jasonmlodge.bsky.social · 14d
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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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 16d
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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ACOG @acog.org · 16d
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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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 16d
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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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 16d
“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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Prof. Catherine Flick @liedra.net · 17d
In other news, sky is blue, sea is wet, and anyone who has worked with machine learning has known this all along
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Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 17d
"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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Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 19d
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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Kathleen Broussard @kbroussard.bsky.social · Sep 8
TWO new Assistant Professor positions in Sociology at USC! Seeking candidates with expertise in the following: 1) Institutions & Inequalities and 2) Socially Informed AI and/or Data Science (links to job ads below👇). Happy to talk about what it's like to work/live here! #sociology (1/3)
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