If you teach datavis and don’t include this next time on “why datavis is only very mildly about computation and very much about power politics and number-washing nonsense” (and you *are* saying that, right?) you’ve failed as an instructor, I don’t know what else to say.

Thanks everyone for coming to the #EdinburghWinterSchool25 and making it such a great event. It's such a pleasure to connect with the programming educator community! We'll be in touch over the next few weeks about the edited book - can't wait to work with you on it!

Can't wait to welcome 150+ programming educators to the #EdinburghWinterSchool25 - Teaching Programming Across Disciplines. Our keynotes will be @felienne.bsky.social, Greg Wilson and @yabellini.bsky.social. Check out the full programme at pairprogramming.ed.ac.uk/winter-schoo...

Next Wednesday 8/1/25 it’s the 1st all BlueSky Tweetchat on aiming for more authentic feedback in HE led by @kaysambell.bsky.social and me! If you’ve never tried it, the format is simple: one blogpost in advance, 6 questions at intervals, 1hour, lots of global participation&fun! Join us at 8pm GMT

Not sure whether I want to laugh or cry, it does hit very close to home.

This New Year’s Eve, it’s completely okay if all you did was survive this year. Times are getting harder and harder and honestly, it’s a miracle some of us made it this far. You don’t need to finish the year strong. Finish rested. We all need to be gentler on ourselves and each other.

Stop Getting Emails on Holidays You Celebrate With This One Weird Hack: Don't Check Your Email On Holidays You Celebrate.

#AcademicSky

I completed a crash course in #regex using regexone.com, and used it to solve the Day 3 #adventofcode challenge in #rstats. Code at github.com/edinkasia/ad... Thanks to @drpawelo.bsky.social for moral support (I refused other help 😅)

Today, the UK government announced a proposal to change copyright law - for the benefit of AI companies - that would cause huge, irreversible harm to creators.

More info below, but most importantly here's what you can do (wherever you live):

1. Email your MP. Template letter in 🧵 👇

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The recording of my talk on widening access to higher education w/ lecture recordings as part of a @jisc.bsky.social & Echo360 event on accessibility is now available. If inclusivity & why lecture capture is a terrible yet vital form of UDL sounds good to you, check it out!
youtu.be/k2PBA3o-5qU?...

🌲 I'm very late to the #AdventOfCode this year, but I have just completed "Historian Hysteria" - Day 1 - Advent of Code 2024, in R adventofcode.com/2024/day/1
You can see my code at github.com/edinkasia/ad...

Have you seen this new network for teaching-focused academics in psychology and related disciplines? Check it out at the link: t-fun.co.uk You can sign up there for their mailing list!

It is impossible to describe the relief I feel reading a student paper that has grammar errors, typos, missing words, or second-language idiosyncracies and I can confidently read the work knowing my student actually wrote it and is expressing their knowledge in their own words.

Loved this article by Patrick Freyne.

Patrick Freyne: I am becoming a demotivational speaker – let’s all have an averagely productive December

www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

📢 PhD project opportunity

join us on this interdisciplinary project exploring Time, Convenience, and Identity as roots of health inequalities in the Glasgow diet
ℹ️ www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/mvl...

⏰ Deadline 12/01/25 please get in touch for guidance on applying

#FoodStudies @dnblane.bsky.social

I seem to have gained lots of followers over the last few days, so I'm resharing the details of an upcoming event that we're organising with colleagues. It's hybrid and currently open for registrations. Check it out 👇 #PsychSciSky #AcademicSky #rstats #StatisticsEducation #EduSky

Introduce yourself with some jobs you've had:
- Waitress at Wagamama's (Amsterdam)
- Parking usher (Royal Highland Show in Edinburgh)
- Corner shop assistant
- Delegate assistant at the Edinburgh International Film Festival
- Research assistant for a systematic review
- Psychology lecturer

Come join us for the Edinburgh Winter School on Teaching Programming across Disciplines!
📍 Where: University of Edinburgh and online
📅 When: Wed 8th January, 9am-5pm GMT
💲 Cost: FREE
📋 More info: pairprogramming.ed.ac.uk/winter-schoo...
👍 Registration: forms.office.com/e/d3WABzje3n
#Edusky

I second No Bones, it has tasty vegan versions of some Polish classics.