I'm very surprised at the faith some academics seem to have in the reliability of Turnitin.
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Theoretical astrophysicist specializing in the Universe and all that surrounds it. Based in Ireland. Personal account. Call me old-fashioned but I don't like fascists. He/him/his. Blog: telescoper.blog
It started off with the cat bringing in birds but now it’s got completely out of hand…
He's to advise her about what, exactly? How to be a better Nazi?
Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · 2h agoAmazing.
I have to work with enough tools without any of those...
Alexander Glass@alexanderglass.bsky.social · 13h agoI have one answer.
Two struggling universities are merging. I think the only thing "super" that will result is the combined deficit! www.timeshighereducation.com/news/staff-f...
Staff feel ‘in the dark’ as Kent-Greenwich merger nears
With two universities set to become one entity next month, unions say there are still too many unknowns about how the new institution will operate
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Passports, Old and New So, three weeks to the day since I completed the online formalities, I received delivery today, by courier, of my new UK passport. Fair play to the Passport Office for their extremely efficient service. The only thing I don't have is my previous (expired) passport which I am…
Passports, Old and New
So, three weeks to the day since I completed the online formalities, I received delivery today, by courier, of my new UK passport. Fair play to the Passport Office for their extremely efficient service. The only thing I don't have is my previous (expired) passport which I am assured will arrive under separate cover. It being less valuable than a new one, presumably it will be sent by a cheaper and slower method.
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Worth remembering how mind-bogglingly recent the Magdalene Laundries were. The last one closed down on 25th September 1996, which means the Magdalene system outlived Tupac by two weeks.
Saoirse Ní Chiaragáin@miseryvulture.bsky.social · 12h agoThe last Magdalene laundry closed in my lifetime. Homosexuality was decriminalised in Ireland in my lifetime. Access to condoms without a prescription in Ireland only came in 1985. We repealed the 8th. There's a lot of ways in which Ireland is still bad, but it is an entirely different country.
I was told my "shipment" will arrive by "End of Day" although they might have meant "End of Days"...
Peter Coles 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇮🇪@telescoper.bsky.social · 11h agoThis morning I shall mainly be waiting for DHL.
Another fantastic new job opportunity in Maynooth University Library 📚 🔗Click here to read the full job description and apply today: https://ow.ly/rTYQ50Zw4b4
Another offer (from an "esteemed" publisher) to buy @ojastro.bsky.social, though this one is a paltry $100K...
This morning I shall mainly be waiting for DHL.
Zoom into the COSMOS field with NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory! 🔭🧪 Scientists have studied this field for decades using observatories across the electromagnetic spectrum. Rubin adds a wide-angle view while returning again & again to track changes over time. ➡️ skyviewer.app
There Will Come Soft Rains In 1950 Ray Bradbury wrote a short story called There Will Come Soft Rains. The story appears in a collection called The Martian Chronicles. The title comes from poem of the same title, written in 1918 as a response to the horrors of World War 1: There will come soft…
There Will Come Soft Rains
In 1950 Ray Bradbury wrote a short story called There Will Come Soft Rains. The story appears in a collection called The Martian Chronicles. The title comes from poem of the same title, written in 1918 as a response to the horrors of World War 1: There will come soft rains and the smell of the ground,
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It's coming down in stair rods at the moment...
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast.
Presumably these are quite different from Athletic Supports?
There is still time to have your say on the future of Maynooth. Submissions for the proposed Celbridge Road Active Travel Scheme close at 5pm, Wednesday 5th August. Review the plans and share your views at https://tinyurl.com/4vzdpwuw #Maynooth #ActiveTravel #Kildare #YourCouncil
Ooh. We made it into the Liffey Champion!
We need to remember that large-scale plagiarism and meaningless slop were widespread in the academic literature long before the arrival of LLMs...
Ireland’s notorious mother and baby institutions operated until the late 1990s. Zoei Bonny was the last baby to die under the care of Bessborough, in Cork, in 1994. Her mother Cindi shared her story with me a few days ago. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/t...
Bessborough survivor Cindi Bonny on the death of her baby Zoei in 1994
Podcast Episode · The Deirdre O'Shaughnessy Podcast · 31 July · 36min
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Jehovah may have a lot of Witnesses but, frankly, most of them look like they would fall apart under cross-examination, and without any other form of evidence I think he's bound to lose.
Suggestion: make a note of everyone who says you should be polite about Rod Liddle now he's dead and be as rude as possible to them while they're still alive.
He's being held hostage by Schrödinger's Cat...
David Pakman@davidpakman.bsky.social · 2d agoSo, um…what’s going on with Mitch McConnell?
There's a lot of rain around, but very little has fallen on Maynooth. We'll probably get some later though as the rain seems to be moving in a north-easterly direction.
