Naomi Wynter-Vincent
@naomiwv.bsky.social
Bionian Lutonian. Assistant Professor in Innovation and English at Northeastern University London. Erstwhile / now occasional Advanced Rolfing Practitioner and Rolf Movement Practitioner. Berghain 2008.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
More than 1000 French academics from universities countrywide have signed a manifesto declaring their conscientious objection to the deployment of degenerative AI in their institutions. #ResistAI ✊🏽
January 7, 2026 at 10:59 PM
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You're not ready for the name of the energy transition specialist at Heat Pump Association UK
January 7, 2026 at 12:06 PM
You're not ready for the name of the energy transition specialist at Heat Pump Association UK
tfw you get an email from Christopher Bollas, the actual Christopher Bollas.
That's pretty special.
That's pretty special.
January 2, 2026 at 10:38 PM
tfw you get an email from Christopher Bollas, the actual Christopher Bollas.
That's pretty special.
That's pretty special.
this cup of tea is saving my life
January 1, 2026 at 3:02 PM
this cup of tea is saving my life
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"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
Four Frictions: or, How to Resist AI in Education - Public Books
We are calling for resistance to the AI industry’s ongoing capture of higher education.
www.publicbooks.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"We envision a resistance that is...a repudiation of the efficiencies that automated algorithmic education falsely promises: a resistance comprising the collective force of small acts of friction."
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
"How to Resist AI in Education" by me & @cnygren.bsky.social
www.publicbooks.org/four-frictio...
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The 1930s Technocracy movement is one hell of a fully-automated rabbit hole to go down.
I think I recognise the "we must embrace because it's happening anyway" mentality in a pamphlet published in 1939.
(archive.org/details/Tech...)
I think I recognise the "we must embrace
(archive.org/details/Tech...)
December 18, 2025 at 11:14 AM
The 1930s Technocracy movement is one hell of a fully-automated rabbit hole to go down.
I think I recognise the "we must embrace because it's happening anyway" mentality in a pamphlet published in 1939.
(archive.org/details/Tech...)
I think I recognise the "we must embrace
(archive.org/details/Tech...)
well there goes one mode of my multimodal teaching approach down the swanny
December 17, 2025 at 4:07 PM
well there goes one mode of my multimodal teaching approach down the swanny
Marking. One thing I hear _repeatedly_ is a reflective narrative around how a) there was a lot of 'social loafing' (individual team members not pulling their weight because others would get the work done) followed by b) 'I stepped up as a natural leader right before the deadline' and I'm like hmmm 🤔
December 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Marking. One thing I hear _repeatedly_ is a reflective narrative around how a) there was a lot of 'social loafing' (individual team members not pulling their weight because others would get the work done) followed by b) 'I stepped up as a natural leader right before the deadline' and I'm like hmmm 🤔
attempting to punch my way of a hole, tiny little fists
December 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
attempting to punch my way of a hole, tiny little fists
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They're selling you the same pasta in different shapes and you're falling for it
December 14, 2025 at 12:09 AM
They're selling you the same pasta in different shapes and you're falling for it
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Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
shocking research insight about the song Shake You Down by Gregory Abbott
December 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
shocking research insight about the song Shake You Down by Gregory Abbott
Friday night chat about how immense a track Solid still is, the GOAT of yacht rock
December 12, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Friday night chat about how immense a track Solid still is, the GOAT of yacht rock
haha big year for dystopia, it turns out. Thanks you two (and everyone who makes it possible) :)
@xriskology.bsky.social @katewillett.bsky.social
@xriskology.bsky.social @katewillett.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
haha big year for dystopia, it turns out. Thanks you two (and everyone who makes it possible) :)
@xriskology.bsky.social @katewillett.bsky.social
@xriskology.bsky.social @katewillett.bsky.social
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Monthly reminder
important on LLMs for academics:
1️⃣ LLMs are usefully seen as lossy content-addressable systems
2️⃣ we can't automatically detect plagiarism
3️⃣ LLMs automate plagiarism & paper mills
4️⃣ we must protect literature from pollution
5️⃣ LLM use is a CoI
6️⃣ prompts do not cause output in authorial sense
1️⃣ LLMs are usefully seen as lossy content-addressable systems
2️⃣ we can't automatically detect plagiarism
3️⃣ LLMs automate plagiarism & paper mills
4️⃣ we must protect literature from pollution
5️⃣ LLM use is a CoI
6️⃣ prompts do not cause output in authorial sense
December 3, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Monthly reminder
my imaginary happy place is always inscrutably crossing Wentworth St in a long black coat
December 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
my imaginary happy place is always inscrutably crossing Wentworth St in a long black coat
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
the happy occasion of finally working out how to get that one emoji that you just didn’t know the name for, which defied all your attempts to describe it
I give you: 🫠
I give you: 🫠
November 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
the happy occasion of finally working out how to get that one emoji that you just didn’t know the name for, which defied all your attempts to describe it
I give you: 🫠
I give you: 🫠
SpongeBob Big Guy Pants Ok is the new Person Man Woman Camera TV.
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
SpongeBob Big Guy Pants Ok is the new Person Man Woman Camera TV.
Now That's What I Call retro recombinant innovation
November 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Now That's What I Call retro recombinant innovation
some of my students are outraged when I ask them why they've used some AI-generated image or a clip-art level Canva template and they seem genuinely surprised that I would even notice because they think I am eleventy-five* and have zero visual design aesthetic.
*in fact, I am only eleventy-four
*in fact, I am only eleventy-four
November 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
some of my students are outraged when I ask them why they've used some AI-generated image or a clip-art level Canva template and they seem genuinely surprised that I would even notice because they think I am eleventy-five* and have zero visual design aesthetic.
*in fact, I am only eleventy-four
*in fact, I am only eleventy-four
once a Catholic always a Catholic, I guess, however minimally (aka the Greene hypothesis)
November 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
once a Catholic always a Catholic, I guess, however minimally (aka the Greene hypothesis)
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My favorite piece of content today.
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My favorite piece of content today.
we’ve basically agreed a line where we explain that mummy and daddy buy the presents but Santa delivers them, kinda like DPD
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
we’ve basically agreed a line where we explain that mummy and daddy buy the presents but Santa delivers them, kinda like DPD