What's the difference in the actual moment of assessment between 'for' and 'of'? Maybe the distinction rests in what we are doing with the outcome/results of the assessment act rather than the moment of judgement/evaluation/appreciation itself. Do we give out a certificate, or some feedback?

I need to wake up a bit because I still have some work to do this evening so am #NowPlaying Minor Threat. This should do the trick
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Well I guess it's all about why we need to assess stuff in the first place as much as what we are assessing. For our students, is there any form of assessment that is not high stakes? For us, are our assessment practices always sufficiently valid in relation to our own knowledge/expertise?

Perhaps the question is also something to do with what sorts of stuff can be assessed and how tolerably meaningful/reliable/valid can that act/instance/process/warrant of assessment actually be?

Slow Listening. Why yes, I *have* got the place to myself! #NowPlaying the incomparable Talk Talk and then Mark Hollis - for quite a while. Four of the very best records in my collection
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OpenAI's rapid rush into education has been achieved by habituating users through training programs, institutional lock-ins, strategic marketing partnerships, and third party integrations that together are helping it become infrastructural to teaching and learning. It's going to be hard to get out.

#NowPlaying Rainy Sunday Afternoon. Last week, an absolutely excellent matinee show from @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social at the Brudenell in Leeds (was particularly delighted when they did The Happy Goth). Today, my copy of their new record has arrived so here we go!
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Slow Listening. Mornings and late evenings are my favourite times to listen to jazz so let's do that. #NowPlaying John Coltrane and with McCoy Tyner on piano, it's a particular treat.
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That's an excellent record. Love it. I never much cared for the Fatboy Slim remix tho (remix = speed up the record and add some percussion?) This and Handcream For A Generation are two of my very favourite albums

Slow Listening. Am #NowPlaying The Godfather of Soul! Perfect to motivate me for one more day's work before the weekend.
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That record is bloody great. Love Wilco

Hate self promoting posts! And not going to say 'I am delighted' 😂 but also no one will promote this for me 😂. So sod it! Please give my article some love or a repost. This article means a lot to me on food aid beyond the food bank!

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My eldest was there last night to see Clipping. Still buzzing when he got back from the train. Really loved the venue.

You see this, post a concert picture you took

Enjoyed the Wynton Kelly/Wes Montgomery so much yesterday that I am going in again courtesy of the always excellent Resonance Records

Please know that this is Trump scaremongering.

There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism.

A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Slow Listening. Time for jazz club! Am #NowPlaying Smokin' At The Half Note. Told that it's one of those jazz albums that you *have* to have so made the purchase - and it does not disappoint. Verve Acoustic Sounds reissue - frighteningly expensive, totally worth it.
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Books About UFOs *perfection*

Slow Listening. I am #NowPlaying @psbhq.bsky.social because they're great and whichever record you go for you know it's going to be excellent listening. The Last Flight - on a zoetrope pressing and looks amazing! Can never get the strobe effect to work very well tho 🤪
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"Oxford becomes first UK university to offer ChatGPT Edu to all staff and students" - imagining a lot of staff there pretty upset about, but also it says much about OpenAI's education strategy that it's targeted Oxford as its first institutional capture in the UK www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

That's the first Miles Davis record I ever bought. Love it.

It IS a masterpiece! Love that record

That is such a great record

David Sylvian. Fantastic