Today was a great day for spotting Shield bugs! Very colourful little characters.
PSA for any PhDs required to submit their dissertation to ProQuest: The only way to stop them from adding your work to Turnitin and iThenticate is to opt out of making your work “discoverable through Google Scholar and other major search engines.” It doesn’t actually say Turnitin anywhere 🤷♀️
Ben Williamson@benpatrickwill.bsky.social · last wk.Thankfully Turnitin's planned change in terms to use all student content for AI development has been forced back. But the big Q remaining is: How did getting a degree from universities worldwide become conditional on students agreeing to the end user licence agreement of an *edtech company*?
Reminded me of this brilliant Letzte Generation come-back (from around 2023): ‘We are allowed to do this. We have a tractor.’ 👌🏻👏🏻
AI-generated content must be labelled in the EU from Sunday. #GenAI #AIEthics #AISlop www.rte.ie/news/2026/07...
Made by AI? EU tells firms to stick a label on it
Deepfakes and other AI-generated content must be labelled from Sunday, as the European Union's sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in.
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Agree, we need to be specific about what “AI” means! (or better: avoid the term entirely - see this thread & paper by @emilymbender.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/emil...)
Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 2mo agoWhen people ask me what the phrase "artificial intelligence" means, my short answer is, it means "venture capitalists, give me some money". But OUP asked me for a longer answer, given here and summarized in the section headings: doi.org/10.1093/9780...
Feeling the extreme heat? Surfaces beneath tree shade can be over 20°C cooler, this makes a massive difference to life quality and more. Are you living without trees, check your postcode 👇 www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/protecting-t...
for the england match it's time for irish people to grow up a little and get over the performative hatred of an old enemy it's ancient history at this stage, we're kinda related to a bunch of them too so the posturing that so we're different is a bit crass let's put the viking raids behind us 💙🇳🇴❤️
On March 26, 2026, during a debate on violence against women in Germany’s Bundestag, left-wing MP Kathrin Gebel was repeatedly interrupted by AfD MP Martin Reichardt. She responded: “Mr. Reichardt, the clitoris has 3,000 nerve endings, and you’re still more sensitive. That’s quite an achievement.”
I think they're perfectly aware that they are convincing more people to read *Careless People* (you should read it, it's genuinely excellent): us.macmillan.com/books/978125... 35/
Careless People
#1 New York Times BestsellerA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY TIME, THE NEW YORKER, NPR, AP, THE ECONOMIST, SLATE, THE GLOBE AN...
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TY @ktoussaint.bsky.social for covering the extremely urgent shift required in media coverage of deadly fossil fuel disasters - go read the full article, it's an excellent summary of this problem (and share it) www.fastcompany.com/91563140/sto...
There's a deadly heat wave in Europe. Experts are begging media outlets to stop making it look fun
Images of crowded beaches or people swimming in pools are known to make extreme weather seem less dangerous.
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When reality surpasses fiction! Top: fictional forecast for August 2050, broadcast by French TV in 2014 to warn about the consequences of global warming. Bottom: Real French forecast for yesterday, June 22, 2026.
I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”
Forbes@forbes.com · 3mo agoScientists have reached a consensus that human behavior is a big driver of climate change—but Americans aren't buying it.
📺Watch back: Prof Peter Thorne @icarus-maynooth.bsky.social was on CNN this morning discussing the current European heatwave 🌡️ video.snapstream.net/Play/8OW4EGh...
A thread on the reception of the Easter rising among Algeriam nationalists. Emir Khaled, grandson of resistance leader Abd al-Qadir, led a movement for change to the colonial system after WWI. For his supporters, the Rising was a cautionary tale for the French. The movement's newspaper L'ikdam...
“Squid” is used as an antisemitic slur in China because the words for squid and Jew sound similar. In case you didn’t know.
The Cáin Adomnáin is sometimes called, anachronistically, the first Geneva Convention because it punishes those who kill non-combatants in war, over and above the normal honour price.
Elizabeth Boyle@thecelticist.bsky.social · 6mo agoI'm stuck in Dublin airport with a delayed flight, so let me tell you about the lecture I gave this afternoon to my 2nd-year group of Law, History & Celtic Studies students who are studying early Irish law. We were looking at a piece of legislation called Cáin Adomnáin, also sometimes called 1/6
Post a banger, not in English Rone / (La)horde - Room with a view (Kinda cheating as It’s instrumental, but from Marseilles, France) youtu.be/w77nJ6BBEhc?...
Rone - Room With A View (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Rone
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Harley - PomPomPastel 🏳️⚧️@pompompastel.bsky.social · 7mo agoPost a banger, not in English. Flamingo by Kenshi Yonezu youtu.be/Uh6dkL1M9DM?...
A group of ten local residents climbed 800 meters above the city and lit 450 torches to form the message: "No Kings." This is how Davos welcomed Trump.
Time to continue the tradition. Share your recs!
Ehud@duhe.bsky.social · 2y agoThis time of year is when people post their best of lists. Tell us your favorite #books, #music, #series, #movies, places, #podcast, or whatever. The only rule is that they should not be the mainstream U.S dominated culture we can find everywhere. Surprise us! Let’s make #cosmopolitan trending.
It's another extremely spicy night at TPUSA's AmFest, where Rob Schneider has just roundly lambasted Trump for bombing small boats from Venezuela and called Candace Owens retarded and the greatest gifted the world has ever known
Photographer Martin Parr just passed. If you don't know his work, the Guardian has a really nice introduction here. h/t @wvschaik.bsky.social
Martin Parr: the photographer’s career in pictures
A look back at the career of Martin Parr who has died at the age of 73
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Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it. We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.
RIP Mani, creator of some wonderful basslines. youtu.be/3QLMS0QsPF0?...
The Stone Roses - Waterfall (Live On The Other Side Of Midnight) 1989 1080p 60fps
YouTube video by Mucky Fingers
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Tim Burgess@tim-burgess.bsky.social · 9mo agoI shared this photo a week or so ago on Mani’s birthday - It never failed to bring a smile to my face - and that was exactly the same for the man himself. One of the absolute best in every way - such a beautiful friend Love you Mani x x Never to be forgotten
Lord, I have seen what you have done for the people in that pub at the Dublin airport during the Hungary / Ireland match and I want that for us.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
Last night I went to the Puca Festival in Trim, Ireland. It's all fun and games until someone unleashes a giant demonic hare.