This is a canary resuscitator, which miners would use to revive canaries that had passed out from toxic gas, because ideally not only do you care, you don't even leave the bird behind. just a little mining history and not at all a furious scream
Colin Simpson
@gamerlearner.bsky.social
Lecturer in Learning Futures and CRADLE Research Fellow, Deakin Uni, convenor of @TELedvisors SIG, He/Him Opinions are mine. Work stuff Newsletter http://bit.ly/edtechmustreads
A6 Sometimes we underestimate the importance of role models in the local HE institution. There should be a lessons learned journal that can be shared when working in a similar context, maybe sharing these in different formats like podcasts, videos, blogs, etc #LTHEChat
Kermit the Frog: Dear Diary...
ALT: Kermit the Frog: Dear Diary...
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I interviewed my air fryer and asked if he ever got tired of chicken wings
Gianmarco Soresi@gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · last wk.These newscasters should be so fucking embarrassed
Late to the party but this really is the Raygun of documentaries
My book REWRITING THE MECHANIC comes out in in a month! Please preorder to read the 18th-century prehistory of the tech bro (aka the way that literary speculations crafted the models of technological power that still shape our horizons of possibility) www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/bucknell/rew...
Rewriting the Mechanic
Rewriting the Mechanic examines how written descriptions, circulating across genres in eighteenth-century Britain, transformed certain mechanical arts by imagining them as newly innovative, authoritat...
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Every other headline now is "Huge liar who's financially motivated to lie says"
Once again, people are grappling with whether it's OK to like Harry Potter in 2026. It isn't. www.emilywrites.co.nz/yes-its-time...
Yes it’s time to give up Harry Potter (it was time 10 years ago)
Swap your books for a backbone. 🚨Content warning: Transphobia. Please take care while reading this. Trans people have always existed and will always exist. You are loved and valued and I’m sorry you ...
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It was exactly ten years ago today, on my 33rd birthday, that I posted this comic online.
If they will "today unveil plan" they haven't revealed anything yet @news.abc.net.au
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 2w agoFederal politics live: One Nation reveals plan to cut migration by 750k over three years
Make a band edible: New Hors D’oeuvre
Dr Keith Wilson 💭@keithwilson.eu · 2w agoMake a band edible: Soft Celeriac
The response to these questions about trans kids playing sports is very simple: “Stop bullying literal children, you freaks.”
I love re-upping this: for decades the main library at UCLA had the generic name University Research Library because the person most responsible for getting it built was an English professor named Hugh G. Dick and the university refused to name it after him.
Katelyn Burns@katelynburns.com · 3w agoTell me a fun fact.
Learning is not just knowledge acquisition, but also learning about learning & yourself. The portfolio makes that learning visible & encourages you to document & reflect on it. @profcathyelliott.bsky.social has that baked into her classes & assessment criteria. podcast.mahara.org/2018360/epis...
I think it’s cool how “this toaster might electrocute you” or “these brakes don’t always work” is acceptable in consumer products because it’s software.
Claude can help manage your email inbox, but there are some risks involved - Engadget
Giving Claude access to your inbox can be helpful, but don't give it too much power. Allowing the AI to send emails without your approval could create problems.
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We spent thousands of years trying to produce enough food, shelter and energy for everyone. We finally became capable of doing it. Then we invented shareholders.
If Sook Nation catches on we could really sweep the leg on this whole malarkey
Kevin Bonham@kevinbonham.bsky.social · 4w agoOne Nation (July): Hey let's joke about rounding up political opponents and moving them somewhere else! Sook Nation (August): People saying we're dangerous are using rhetoric that is inciting violence against us!
"No reasonable consumer thinks they own a digital game when they go to the PlayStation STORE, select BUY GAMES, put one in a SHOPPING CART, press PURCHASE and get an email that confirms the TRANSACTION with a RECEIPT listing the GAME," disingenuously argued Sony, pretending it's monumentally stupid.
The new “Slip, Slop, Slap” for 2026. If you try to SLIP me some AI SLOP, then I’m going to SLAP you upside the head. (Now all we need are some catchy accompanying lyrics and a seagull-themed mascot.)
Ben Gvir posted this video on twitter today which shows fat and happy Palestinians on a conveyer built going through the Israeli "prison" (torture camp) system and coming out emaciated and maudlin. This is textbook genocidal content.
The world's most notorious custard-pie thrower is dead. What an obituary. He got Bernard-Henri Lévy seven times.
Being part of a footy tipping contest has me invested in games I would never previously have given a care about. Trying to find a way to transfer this energy to student engagement. Thoughts?
It's important for Ben to retain that vital cooker vote who absolutely would vote for Labor but for this statue.
ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 4w agoStatue tribute to former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews scrapped
Excited to kick off a new blog for and about education third space practitioners. Weekly ed.advisors must-read posts and more edadvisors.beehiiv.com This week: Am I third space staff and do I want to be & Webinar/Research into ways that academic developers practice leadership
