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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · 4d

Deactivated my account then reactivated it. My relationship with the news is too complicated.

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · 17d

Wow, that sounds painful.

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Sep 2

Signed

Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · Aug 26

Right now, councils are forced to approve most betting shop applications because of outdated ‘Aim to Permit’ rules.

It’s unfair and it damages our high streets. I want this to change, but I need your help.

Please show your support and sign the petition.

www.dawnbutler.org.uk/gambling_ref...

Take Back Control of Our High Streets: Support Gambling Reform

Our Community is Our Strength

www.dawnbutler.org.uk

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Sep 2

10 years ago today and things have only got worse.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_o....

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Sep 2

"The Journal of Imaginary Research publishes short works of fiction in the academic genre of the Research Abstract."

iko @ikowho.bsky.social · Sep 2

Scientia ex Fabula — Are you interested in multidisciplinary poppycock?

Here's an edifying extrascholastic publication for your perusal:

Journal of Imaginary Research
journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog
#AcademicSky #science #research #SciWri

Journal of Imaginary Research

abstract works of fiction // fictional abstracts

journalofimaginaryresearch.home.blog

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Katie Munday - Autistic and Living the Dream @kmunday.bsky.social · Sep 1

Writing with @naomijacobs.bsky.social on the importance of centring Autistic people in autism research.

Thanks for hosting us @ndconnection.bsky.social

#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs #Autistic #Neurodivergent #Research #AutRes

ndconnection.co.uk/blog/empower...

Empowering Autistic people in research — Neurodiverse Connection

We’re joined on the blog by Guest Contributors, Katie Munday and Naomi Jacobs , sharing their experiences as Autistic researchers and their passion for research conducted with Autistic people, not ...

ndconnection.co.uk

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Sep 2

They are lucky to have you!

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Valencia Philosophy Lab @vlc-lab.bsky.social · Sep 2

📖🎉Excited to share that the book chapter “It Doesn't Feel Like Myself: A Mindshaping View on Self-Illness Ambiguity” (Virginia Ballesteros, Fernández-Castro & Núñez de Prado-Gordillo) has been accepted for publication with Routledge!

🔗Pre-print: roderic.uv.es/rest/api/cor...

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Sep 2

I really don't think we've barely begun to come to terms with how tech companies have actively decided to destroy the basic infrastructure of human information to juice their share price

genna @genna.bsky.social · Aug 20

case study of how a non-meaningful tweak to a prompt can result in dangerously wrong output. Search A: prompt has typos in “association” & “blood clots.” AI output has medical misinfo (Yaz&Yasmin ARE NOT drospirenone-only). Search B: same words, same order, correct spelling. Output factually correct

Prompt with typos results in answer saying Yaz and Yazmin contain an ingredient they do not

Correct output because prompt spelling was correct

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Sep 2

This looks really interesting - it's a shame the younger child is still home this week. He does not tolerate the use of internet enabled devices, unless it's to watch children's TV.

Gen Eickers @geneickers.bsky.social · Sep 2

Also, there’s a conference on Vice Epistemology X Situated Affectivity with a fantastic line-up happening Sep 3-5 (and it’s hybrid), see poster or link:

centreforethics.upce.cz/en/not-carin...

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Sep 2

Just discovered this gem - Singer of the Band by Twat Union. No I'm not a medical doctor, I'm a woman with a PhD and I actually do philosophy and no, it's not feminist philosophy.

youtu.be/Qh3PldRcl-I?...

Twat Union - Singer of the Band (Official Video)

YouTube video by Twat Union

youtu.be

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 29

What it's like to be a whale. (Much like you'd expect, tbh. )

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Aug 29

When researchers put a camera tag on a whale, they never expected to see this | Discover Wildlife

When NOAA researchers used suction-cup tags to study cetaceans, they caught the incredible moment a whale breached.

www.discoverwildlife.com

Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 29

That's worst with small children who are likely to smash the next car when they open the car door. And the wider parent / child spaces are often taken by people without children or with older, even grown up children. England is not great for accessible parking.

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 29

It looks a lot as if AI is living in your house.

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 29

It's certainly different

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 29

My children have reached the "I wonder if you can eat yoghurt with chopsticks" phase of the summer vacation. I will miss them next week when school starts again.

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 29

As long as it fits, it shouldn't be an issue. I've had more problems with tiny cars parking across multiple spaces.

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Jules @julesholroyd.bsky.social · Aug 29

I'm happy to have our paper included in this cluster of papers in Hypatia about birth and inclusion! @matthewjcull.bsky.social @fionawoollard.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Philsky #philosophy

Hypatia: Volume 40 - Issue 3 | Cambridge Core

Cambridge Core - Hypatia - Volume 40 - Issue 3

www.cambridge.org

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 29

This is ... Something

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 27

This is making the rounds on Facebook again and it's the best thing on my internet feeds today.

❤️OccupyOneLove❤️ @occupyonelove.bsky.social · Dec 22

Did you know if you hold
an ermine up to your ear🦻
you can hear what it’s like...

to be attacked by an ermine?🎶

True for most things in nature🎉

The northern portions of North America is home for Mustela erminea, who has a reputation as being fierce and territorial.

~@NatlParkService🌳

#NPS

Background is typical of cold weather vegetation
The northern portions of North America is home for Mustela erminea, who has a reputation as being fierce and territorial.

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 26

"Nature writing only wants to admit illness into its pages if it is to show nature performing a miraculous cure."

Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · Aug 26

I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.

Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir

Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 26

Enormous success: managed to get off the sofa and put the quesadillas in the oven.

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 26

My friend earlier: you know there is no one out there working.
Me: out where?

Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 26

I now need to drive an extra 10 to 15 minutes to get my dog to the vet on time. When I could easily have moved my car instead before they dug this massive big hole.

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Zsuzsanna Chappell @zsuzsannachappell.bsky.social · Aug 26

Workmen dug a big hole in the middle of the road in front of my house this morning then disappeared. (The workmen, not the hole, alas.) They didn't ring the doorbell to let us know. Because of the weird road layout,

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