In a world that rewards speed over competence (hello AI 👀)... go slower, go better.

Dark Matter Zine@darkmatterzine.bsky.social · 2d ago

Yep. In hubby’s first job post-uni, he wrote the fewest lines of code per hour BUT he was the most productive programmer, because his code had fewer errors AND he documented the code inside the code as he went, so editing was easier for everyone. Less haste, more speed.

I am yet again getting on my soapbox to tell y’all about how my previous job (public library) received a grant once to keep branches in some neighborhoods open until midnight on Fri and Sat. The neighborhoods were picked specifically because of higher crime rates and lack of support services (1/ )

D.J. Kirkland@ohheydj.bsky.social · 3w ago

THE KIDS ARE BORED BECAUSE THEY DON’T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO OR ANYTHING TO DO!

Expanding my horizons for presentation images! world.hey.com/jordanacosta...

Free-to-use Picture Resources for Writers

You have options other than Generative AI to illustrate your work. When I still used Substack I posted the following Note: My opinion was challenged with two now-familiar rebuttals: 1. The vast majori...

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There's something deliciously ironic about Ford--the assembly line innovator--having to hire back veteran engineers to fix quality problems induced by AI. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

At Glenferrie station for the first time in a while. Amusing that the old Aussie Disposals is now Swinburne's future student HQ...

THREAD: 1. Some years ago women academics contacted me unsolicited on Twitter (which I no longer use) about an academic in Melbourne. They’d made complaints to a faculty head about the man’s targeted, obsessive bullying of women colleagues, including First Nations women. The university kept him on.

Idly wondering how many people have joined the union in recent weeks...

Australia continues to see the lowest charting Feb, Mar, Apr, May and June since pre-pandemic. I know media experts are quoting the huge 2025 winter & summer spillover, but don't forget there have been *consecutive* huge seasons every year since 2022. There's a lot of anti-flu immunity around.

For non- Spanish speakers, this is announcement of the passing of Raúl Pacheco Vega. It doesn’t say when or what happened, but comments on his work and how generous he has been to colleagues not just at his home institution but around the world.

harmodio@harmodio.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Buen camino, profe Raúl Pacheco Vega. Fuiste y serás siempre el investigador más chido.

Forecast is for rain. I hung the washing inside. Of course now it won't rain meaningfully.

As an editor I've been increasingly compelled to run papers through crossref to ascertain references exist. This only works for journal articles though...

Pat Thomson@patthomson.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is a question that’s been bothering me lately patthomson.net/2026/05/18/w...

I’m crying. I asked him to send me a screenshot so I could use it in class and it literally says “Cocaine is a bad, bad drug”

We have colleagues who put their blood, sweat and tears into detailed proposals for this funding scheme, only to find out they will all go in the bin. We still have no clarity on what ARC funding schemes are going to look like next year either. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Australian science under strain - ABC listen

Australia’s research potential is not matched by funding. Belinda Smith speaks to scientists impacted and science minister Tim Ayres responds.

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ARC Tracker@arc-tracker.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This isn’t the ARC, but I can easily imagine it happening to an ARC scheme: The Government cancelled the Australia’s Economic Accelerator scheme, **including the round of submitted proposals currently under review**. Absolutely gutting for researchers involved. Enraging, and outrageous!

This isn’t the ARC, but I can easily imagine it happening to an ARC scheme: The Government cancelled the Australia’s Economic Accelerator scheme, **including the round of submitted proposals currently under review**. Absolutely gutting for researchers involved. Enraging, and outrageous!

"Students are uniquely at a disadvantage — required by their schools to use platforms like Canvas to get their assignments done almost from the moment they set foot in elementary school." Really bonkers that being educated has now become conditional on automatic enrolment into big edtech systems.

Ian Linkletter@linkletter.org · 3mo ago

""This data breach is a perfect example of why it is so urgent that schools interrogate their overuse of technology,” said Kate Brody, policy director at Schools Beyond Screens, a parent group based in Los Angeles." Gift link: wapo.st/4d0jyjz

When a work has been generated by AI, there *is* no unifying intelligence.

Hey so if you’re a man with an XX partner or child that you care about, I need you to read this thread because shit is not going to change unless cis men start not being okay with this stuff.

Tooth Fairy admits she would also pay for other body parts

Tooth Fairy admits she would also pay for other body parts

OSLO - In an exclusive interview with Norway’s NRK1, the Tooth Fairy, a magical being who is known for slipping into children’s rooms at night and leaving money in exchange for one of their baby teeth...

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Astonishing Syme Oration by surgeon Mark Edwards, citing Maya Angelou before a careful exposition ending- 'one day even you will forget the details of operations you did... our legacy is not carved in stone. It is carried in people, who will never forget how you made them feel'.

😭 Why do so many episodes of Bluey make one cry??! Tonight's was just about chess...

I believe the frame that minoritized scholars are helped by unethical tech is a trap to avoid. We better fight the system of inequities ourselves & not buy into industry frames trying to sell their discriminatory, polluting, and exploitative tech as "inclusion". bsky.app/profile/iris...

Iris van Rooij 💭@irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“When a (perceived) lack of writing skills is penalized along racist, ableist, or otherwise discriminatory lines (Flores and Rosa 2015), students may be driven to LLMs (…) We need [create] an environment in which such rhetoric and injustice are tackled at their roots.” 24/🧵

You know what doesn't get its support unceremoniously pulled by a tech company? Fuckin' books, brother

WIRED@wired.com · 4mo ago

In an email to customers, Amazon announced that it would be ending service for Kindle devices older than the 2012 edition. Those devices will lose access to the Kindle Store. www.wired.com/story/amazon...

If you wrote a satirical novel about the Melbourne media and called one of your characters Chip Le Grand, your editor would ring you up and berate you for hours about how you possibly could be so stupid to come up with a name like that

Ok, so I knew it would be an anger-inducing and triggering watch, but OMG. Bravo ABC Four Corners, and the brave souls that spoke out on the show. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Campus Chaos

Four Corners is the home of Australian investigative journalism.

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Tiny toot on the horn blogs.deakin.edu.au/cradle/three...

CRADLE Blog: Three new CRADLE Fellowships for 2026!

We are pleased to announce that three CRADLE Fellowships have been awarded for 2026. Congratulations and welcome to Associate Professor Katrina Clifford, Dr Colin Simpson and Associate Professor Ma…

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Mmm. Freshly mopped floors feel so nice.

There's something particularly icky about being told I should have a 'playbook' for student engagement in higher education. It's not a game to improve statistics. If we don't recognise students as individual humans, it's not unsurprising they see HE as a customer service.

I saw a quote somewhere saying that it’s pointless dicking around with pedagogical strategies if you’re not going to address labour issues. That’s my paraphrasing. But I can’t remember who said it or where. #academicsky, any pointers? Feel free to make source recommendations.

... Still waiting for the moon to be visible from our house...

By some miracle, the bus was early and I'm on the 8:54 express train at Box Hill that skips Laburnum for no apparent reason. It's half empty, and early at Box Hill. Wonder when the last time they actually surveyed passenger load was? #melbournetrains