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Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences @psychunimelb.bsky.social · 22h

Education at Melbourne interviewed Professor @andyperfors.bsky.social, Director of the Complex Human Data Hub at the University of Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, and Academic Lead, LGBTIQA+ Inclusion at the University.

Read it here: go.unimelb.edu.au/t3qp

Storytelling, stats, and helping everyone belong with Andy Perfors

go.unimelb.edu.au

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 20h

Hah that's the comic I show my students whenever they tell me about this test.

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · 1d

How many trillions of dollars have been invested into this technology so far?

Google search for "austria hungary in space"

Google excitedly tells you about the 1889 orbital flight, and that by 1908 there was a Mars research output with 30 people.

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 21h

I'd be so pissed if I were accused of being a lawyer.

Screenshot of headline: Police alerting accused offenders and lawyers as hundreds of case re-examined.

Termy @termy.bsky.social · 21h

(Cue The Olden Days reference)

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 21h

So weird to think Marconi might have been inspired by the foundation of the Little River Band.

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 21h

Always beautifully bittersweet to write an email like this to a student who I'll possibly never see again.

Must be windy in here, got a little something in my eye.

"Good luck! Please let me know how it goes, and just in case I don't see you again before you graduate congratulations - you deserve the success you've had in this degree!

Cheers,

Termy"

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

I vaguely recall someone wanting examples of toxicity on Bluesky recently. Wonder if telling a trans woman they can expect to be harrassed counts as a toxic response.

Maja Öberg @majaoeberg.bsky.social · 2d

I do find it hilarious how they immediately backtracked after this and deleted the comment

a member of bluesky saying "Yeh" in response to the above post, with a journalist responding asking to get their exact quote over the thread in which the bluesky member responds with "what" and the journalist then rephrasing the question only for the bluesky member to delete the entire thread

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

Ambiguity, which is always good, but also

Learning that Shostakovich saw Jesus Christ Superstar is kinda twirling me about at the moment.

(Not, alas, the 1992 Australian performance because the idea of Shostakovich sitting there watching Russel Morris and a bemulletted-John Farnham is too much.)

Susan B. Spooky 👻 @checarina.bsky.social · 1d

not the point, but my eye/brain plucked this phrasing out of its context and did something extremely funny

closeup of the image in the quoted post, highlighting the phrase: "shortly before he died (twice, on successive evenings)"

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

This is almost @leemurray.bsky.social-worthy.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 1d

I can report that universities would happily develop the recipe for Soylent Green if somebody pays them. For some extra cash, they will also optimise the production process for you.

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

It is definitely true, I have progressively deprived manhood of manliness over the last decade or so (epsecially the last year).

Dec/Acc = Deconstructing gender, accelerating transition

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 1d

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

BlueSky has "no input" (and the "careful" wording around what happens with user data) does concern me. And handwaving away issues with incorrectly tagging disabilities is problematic. I'd expect a bit more accountability.

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

OBVIOUSLY with the scale of BlueSky, they'd need some sort of automated system. And that needs to be trained SOMEHOW (although, you'd hope, with the training data creators' specific consent). And there are always going to be problems. Imperfect solution in an imperfect world

But the idea that

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I'd be horrified if I discovered something like this had happened to one of my students

(I *want* to say my uni wouldn't do this, buuuuuttttttttttt I didn't ever expect to see this from Newcastle or UWS really either!)

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah definitely! Also you should eat if you haven't! Someone recently told me nutrition is important 💜

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

this issue away, say this is just the way it is, and then point out they provide no input on their own safety and security systems is pretty shit; to misquote Eric Turkewitz: outsource your security=outsource your ethics.

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

SO they admit that their system is biased against disabled people (and presumably against many other groups, see the work of OH ALMOST ANYONE worth listening to). They're also likeky handing over every image of my dogs I post here to some other company to do with as they wish.

Also to handwave

Aaron Rodericks @aaron.bsky.team · 1d

thehive.ai evaluates all images posted to the site. We don't actually provide any input.

AI to Understand, Search, and Generate Content | Hive

Hive's APIs enable developers to integrate pre-trained AI models that address technically challenging content understanding needs into their applications.

thehive.ai

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

This is utterly terrible. These aren't your tiny fly-by-night vocational training colleges, these are major universities and students have every right to expect much better.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Careers in limbo after graduates discover university courses were never accredited

Students have been left with HECS debts and careers that are "non-existent" after completing degrees that were not accredited. Class actions have been launched against two Australian universities.

www.abc.net.au

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

That's been me 3 times in the last 3 weeks, which is usually a sign that either I am overly stressed at work, or my PARTNER is overly stressed at work since she's normally the one who notices first and reminds me.

Also I just realised I forgot to eat yesterday. Thanks.

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

It is a fine movie and one I'm always more than happy to spruik!

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

(Yeah I had to use Wikipedia for the spelling.)

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 1d

What about Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz?

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🎃 Iva Cheung 🍗 @ivacheung.com · 8d

I made a li'l cookbook! *After the Feast* suggests ways to use up leftovers from your big turkey dinners.

The PDF is FREE. If you buy a print copy, $2 will support food security initiatives through the Qajuqturvik Community Food Centre.

Please spread the word! 🍗

ivacheung.com/2025/09/afte...

After the Feast: A Turkey Leftovers Cookbooklet - Iva Cheung

After a couple decades of editing and indexing cookbooks, I took a stab at writing (a small!) one. After the Feast brings together 25-ish of my favourite ways to use up the leftovers from big turkey d...

ivacheung.com

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Termy @termy.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah IKR. I assume they're trying to hype up the drama e-sports style for the crowd, but it's just... urk. There are so many other options.

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