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Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · 2d

After two decades of sharing more online, it looks like we've decided to share less. New polling shows that nearly a third of all social media users post less than they did a year ago.
www.bbc.com/worklife/art...

Why did our friends stop posting on social media?

BBC Special Correspondent Katty Kay and writer Kyle Chayka discuss the ways that social media is changing – and what that means for how we live our lives online.

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Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · 2d

What Happens If No One Reads?
www.thefp.com/p/what-happe...

What Happens If No One Reads

With AI able to quickly summarize everything from self-help books to great novels, we need to remind ourselves why we read in the first place, writes Spencer Klavan.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 3d

Benjamin Netanyahu will no doubt try to sell a deal with Hamas as a win for Israel. But the ceasefire proposal is far cry from the mantra of a “total victory” that he has promised, Ruth Margalit writes.

At the Edge of Peace

As a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas takes shape, the long shadow of the war in Gaza gives way to a flicker of hope.

https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/at-the-edge-of-peace-in-gaza?utm_medium=socia[…]e=owned&utm_source=bluesky&mbid=social_bluesky&utm_brand=tny

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 3d

AI 🤝fascism

Dr. Damien P. Williams Wants A Better Sociotechnical Paradigm @wolvendamien.bsky.social · 3d

Preliminary results show that the current framework of "AI" makes ppl less likely to help or seek help from other humans, or to seek to soothe conflict, and that people actively prefer that framework to any others, literally serving to make them more dependent on it.

Sycophantic AI Decreases Prosocial Intentions and Promotes Dependence

Both the general public and academic communities have raised concerns about sycophancy, the phenomenon of artificial intelligence (AI) excessively agreeing with or flattering users. Yet, beyond isolat...

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Natasha J. Cabrera, PhD @natashajcabrera.bsky.social · 8d

I’m happy to announce the publication of my new co-authored book, HOW FATHERS HELP THEIR CHILDREN DEVELOP: MONEY AND LOVE www.amazon.com/Fathers-Help... #childdevelopment #ISSBD #SRCD

How Fathers Help their Children Develop: Money and Love

Amazon.com: How Fathers Help their Children Develop: Money and Love: 9781009209465: Cabrera, Natasha J., Mincy, Ronald B.: Books

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Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · 8d

"Digital tools can open up opportunities for more engaging and personalised learning, but their impact isn’t guaranteed—it depends on how intentionally they are put into practice."

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This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi) @dndi.org · 8d

Scientists tested how the body processes acoziborole, a potential single-dose cure for sleeping sickness. It’s well absorbed and slowly cleared via the gut. A step forward in the fight against this deadly neglected disease. ⤵️ journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/...

Mass balance, pharmacokinetics, metabolism, and excretion of radiolabeled acoziborole, a potential novel treatment for human African trypanosomiasis, following single microtracer oral dose to humans |...

Acoziborole (SCYX-7158) is a first-in-class oxaborole 6-carboxamide derivative active against Trypanosoma brucei (T.b.) gambiense and rhodesiense, the parasites responsible for human African trypanoso...

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 13d

House of Guinness review – James Norton’s pheromones positively sizzle off the screen

With smarts, heart and serious sex appeal, this fine drama from Peaky Blinders’ Steven Knight is an irresistible romp – like Succession, only over a booze empire. Knight has never made a better show than this

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 15d

The article echoes what I’ve seen and heard from peers: AI makes it easy to produce slick but shallow work that looks plausible on the surface, yet riddled with errors or bad assumptions underneath.

Your coworkers end up having to fix or redo it.

It’s workslop, and it’s spreading fast.

AI-Generated “Workslop” Is Destroying Productivity

Despite a surge in generative AI use across workplaces, most companies are seeing little measurable ROI. One possible reason is because AI tools are being used to produce “workslop”—content that appea...

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 18d

Underrated result of edtech mania:

"easy access to information online and the use of online assignments may also be leading some students to treat in-person school attendance as optional...they tell their parents, 'Look, all my assignments are online, I can do them even if I’m not at school.'"

‘These results are sobering’: US high-school seniors’ reading and math scores plummet

Educators worry about absenteeism and smartphones as NAEP report shows scores at lowest levels in two decades

www.theguardian.com

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Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · 17d

This year’s #HomeRiverBioBlitz by @edutabafrica.bsky.social Africa flowed from Kitale, Kisumu & Limuru to Finland — where communities turned rivers into classrooms with #foldscopes, sketches & stories. Huge thanks to all the partners who made this possible! #CitizenScience @inaturalist.bsky.social

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Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · 25d

A sheriff has ordered that a self-styled "African tribe" should be removed from privately-owned land in the Scottish Borders.
Three members of the tribe said they were reclaiming land that was stolen from their ancestors 400 years ago.
bbc.com/news/article...

Court orders 'tribe' to be evicted from Scottish woodland

A sheriff orders the three members of a self-styled "African tribe" to be removed from privately-owned land in the Scottish Borders.

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Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · 29d

e360.yale.edu/digest/china...

With Cheap Chinese Solar, Developing Countries Leapfrog U.S. on Clean Energy

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Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · Sep 7

Not a feature. Definitely a bug. 🐛
#Pentatomidae #ShieldBug #Insects #MobilePhotography
Spotted & ID’d using @inaturalist.bsky.social

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Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · Sep 3

What the Fixes for Google’s Search Monopoly Mean for You: It’s a ‘Nothingburger’ www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/t...

What the Fixes for Google’s Search Monopoly Mean for You: It’s a ‘Nothingburger’

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Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · Sep 1

AI and the future of education Disruptions, dilemmas and directionsAI and the future of education Disruptions, dilemmas and directions.
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

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Judy Stone @drjudystone.bsky.social · Aug 29

WHO Declares Kenya Free of This Deadly Tropical Parasite #Trypanosomiasis After Decades of Suffering WHO Declares Kenya Free of This Deadly Tropical Parasite After Decades of Suffering www.goodnewsnetwork.org/who-declares...

WHO Declares Kenya Free of This Deadly Tropical Parasite After Decades of Suffering

Sleeping sickness is often fatal of untreated and in sub-Saharan Africa in the 1990s, 40,000 cases were being diagnosed in a year

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Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · Sep 1

Pepper. #Cats #Fur

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Rene Corbeil @utrgv-edtech.bsky.social · Aug 14

"As AI begins generating interfaces and applications autonomously, designers must rethink their role, balancing verification, creativity, and systemic thinking" uxdesign.cc/how-to-be-th... #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEd

How to be the designer in the AI Loop

Exploring the evolving relationship between humans and AI in product design

uxdesign.cc

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Sumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social · Sep 1

Saw youngsters at a mall proudly showing off the DVDs they'd just bought of a new season of some show, while wearing bootcut jeans.

Is it time travel? Are the kids getting retro?

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Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · Sep 1

If human workers don’t have to read, write, or even think, it’s unclear what’s left for them to do. #AI
www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...

What Do Commercials About A.I. Really Promise?

If human workers don’t have to read, write, or even think, it’s unclear what’s left for them to do.

www.newyorker.com

Patrick Njoroge @patryknjoroge.bsky.social · Sep 1

A ‘Third Way’ Between Buying or Renting? Swiss Co-ops Say They’ve Found It.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...

A ‘Third Way’ Between Buying or Renting? Swiss Co-ops Say They’ve Found It.

www.nytimes.com

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EduTab Africa @edutabafrica.bsky.social · Aug 14

Moodle 5.0. We’ll get you there.
We make upgrading simple.
edutab.africa/ecampus/
#Moodle #LMS #Plugins #Customization #Learning

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EduTab Africa @edutabafrica.bsky.social · Aug 15

Show, don’t tell. prove it.
Every employer, 2025
Which portfolio paths are your students ready to showcase?
#portfolios #elearning #college #university #lms

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EduTab Africa @edutabafrica.bsky.social · Aug 20

Sarah learned Python during her maternity leave.
Marcus earned his MBA between service calls.
When learning fits life instead of disrupting it, extraordinary things happen.
🚀 edutab.africa/ecampus/
📱 play.google.com/store/apps/d...
#LifelongLearning #MobileLearning #Success

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