Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
Dr Kyja Noack-Lundberg
@kyjanl.bsky.social
Criminology lecturer researching gender-based violence, trauma, and refugees. Cat aficionado, caffeinated whirlwind, and amateur archaeologist. 🏳️🌈
the City of Boise's increasingly aggressive campaign against the state's repeated attempt to ban pride flags flown by cities is extremely funny
rev. howard arson@theophite.bsky.social · 5d agoi have never seen a higher density of pride flags than in Boise
I think we can agree that AI detectors are out. But universities are ignoring the fact that faculty cannot really out-design assessments to meet the challenges of this moment. We need sustained institutional support to be the best teachers we can be, and we aren't getting it.
Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 13h agoAI Detectors Are Out, New Assessments Are In A growing number of universities have prohibited AI detectors, arguing they are ‘unreliable’ indicators of cheating. But where does that leave faculty, who know all too well that cheating is rampant in the age of AI? https://bit.ly/4wGitF7 #EDUSky
i’m having a long week. and it’s still wednesday
poorly drawn cats@poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 2mo ago
My dearest, what foolish thoughts my longing for you invents. Franz Kafka, 1912.
We (consensually) shut Suzan in one of these and I was the most fun time I ever had in high school art class.
alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · yesterdayi don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
'You'll choke too' - an aerial embroidery landscape inspired by all the wildfires happening right now... I'm upset every time I smell smoke outside and somehow we have people starting them maliciously too! But we all breathe the same air so they'll choke too (1/2 - see thread for close-ups)
suspiciously green bananas is sadly one of the funniest things i’ve read in awhile
Abandoned Croft, Baile Ailein, Isle of Lewis #Scotland #IsleofLewis #OuterHebrides www.damianshields.com
A humble academic proposal: let's not have stars. Everyone hired as an academic at a university is there to teach younger generations, to make new knowledge, to have that knowledge critically evaluated by others, and to act on collective insights. We do not need to designate some people as stars.
“Where did all the manic pixie dream girls go” they’re all gay now
Interesting and open access: 'Urban planning as a settler colonial tool: land, control and extractive settlement on the Queensland (Australia) frontier' www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Urban planning as a settler colonial tool: land, control and extractive settlement on the Queensland (Australia) frontier
Colonial settlement was a spatial strategy through which territory was claimed, governed, and made extractable. Conventional origin stories of planning in the Anglosphere emphasize social reform in...
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Academics and scoleres are not gate-keeperes. Thei will talke to you about their topiques. For dayes. Thei will sende lynkes. Thei will order bookes. Thys ys why thei lyve. Thei are the route bitwene past knowledge and future knowledge.
Computer: say it. say the words. Me: can we not do this today? Computer: we do this every day. say it. Me: (*sigh) I would like to stay logged in on this device Computer: (*chuckling)
My poor black poppies are getting absolutely wrecked by the rainstorms this summer but I can't complain because it's better than being on fire!
This is simply wonderful news for the Migration Museum and its ongoing project to create the UK's first permanent museum exploring migration to and from the UK. The new Museum will be in the City of London, but is already working with collaborators outside London and outside England. 1/3
The Wolfson Foundation commits £600,000 to the UK’s ‘Missing Museum’
The Migration Museum is delighted to announce that The Wolfson Foundation has become a Founding Partner of the UK’s first permanent museum dedicated to exploring how the movement of people to and from...
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Many parts of southern England recorded 0mm of rainfall in July, a first since records began in 1871. No sign of meaningful rainfall in the next 2 weeks either as high pressure re-builds, the drought continues. 📷 Blackheath, London
Jailbird chic: behold the "convict-stripes" podium outfit for the Australian Olympic team at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck – declared the ugliest uniform of the games and *the* hot property souvenir item. (An unmistakable Ronald McDonald flavour here, too.) 🗃️
New: We found 50 cops who misused Flock cameras and other license-plate readers for personal purposes, often to spy on their girlfriends or ex-wives. He "watched every single move I made. ... Who do you turn the chief of police in to?" wapo.st/3S6rTuo
She left her ex. He secretly tracked her through a network of policing cameras.
Flock’s array of license-plate cameras was built to fight crime. But at least 50 law enforcement officers were charged with or accused of misusing it and other systems.
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There is just an amazing desperation to paint lower house prices as awful
Another from this morning. This time the Coire na Ba. The Isle of Skye in the distance. Telegraph (utility) poles for scale.
My latest article 'Proving sexual identity and serious harm: assessing LGBTQ+ asylum seekers’ claims involving forced marriage in Australia' has just been published in the Journal of Gender-Based Violence. bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
Coming in November from @brisunipress.bsky.social, In the Aftermath of Empire explores the impact of British imperialism on gender and sexuality law in four jurisdictions. Please tell your libraries to pre-order! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/in-the-after...
In the Aftermath of Empire
In the Aftermath of Empire - Coloniality, Gender, and Sexuality; In the Aftermath of Empire explores the impact of colonial law on gendered subjects in Ireland, India, and Pakistan, focusing on queer ...
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