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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 15h

Remember the Year of the MOOC from a decade ago? The one where tech bros predicted the end of all but 3-4 universities because who needs campuses when everyone can just take MOOCs and learn everything? Hits a little different now after pandemic pedagogy, huh? The tech hype cycle is a helluva drug.

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Michael Doherty @dohertylawteach.bsky.social · 17h

This is a recognisably Donegal face.

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 2d

That is not to say that at all

Frequency in a place is not the same as cumulative

If this is the level of legal analysis, discussion and definition, we are in serious trouble

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Matt Round @mattround.com · 2d

OpenAI’s strategy is very clear, it’s trying to get people - especially young people - so reliant on its products intellectually & emotionally (& now sexually!) that going without them becomes unthinkable. And they need signs of that strategy working to keep the funding flowing in

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 2d

Grok has been fed a diet of raw Policy Exchange papers for days and now doesn't feel too great....

Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 2d

Well, it's certainly *artificial* intelligence.

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kendra @kendraa.bsky.social · 3d

Did the authors of the papers you're feeding into the data stealing machine consent to you giving away their intellectual property? 🙁

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Nate's Myth @natesmith.dev · 16d

2025 remake of Castaway: Tom Hanks' character makes no attempt to get back to civilization

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Dr Carole McCartney 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @ctmccartney.bsky.social · 4d

unconscionable

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 4d

A 6-year-old immigrant child is handcuffed with hands behind their back and arrested.
Trump’s America.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 5d

An observation test for you - for your inner 8 year-old

“The artist has hidden 12 things in this picture. How many can you find?”

Treasure magazine, 1964
Official answers coming soon

(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one? 🙏)

Black-and-white picture of two children playing in woodland. Also in the picture, there are 12 hidden animals including an owl, a bat and a squirrel.

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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 7d

Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.

Legal Theory Blog

Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!

legaltheoryblog.com

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 7d

A letter from @crwerren.bsky.social @suzmd.bsky.social @storiesfromjack.bsky.social and me on the plans to allow cumulatively disruptive protests to be regulated by the police

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Anti-protest proposals put free speech at risk | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to the proposal to give police further powers to curb ‘cumulative’ protests, in response to actions by the proscribed group Palestine Action

www.theguardian.com

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 8d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 8d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 8d

feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*

Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 8d

I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?

It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?

Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 8d

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Tanja Bueltmann @tanjabueltmann.net · 9d

I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.

Screenshot of an Express article; it says: Robert Jenrick lists 30 'activist judges' he vows to axe in war on UK's open border

In a bold move, Robert Jenrick is set to unveil a controversial plan targeting what he calls 'activist' judges, at the Conservative Party conference.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 10d

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

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Alan Greene @alangreene.bsky.social · 11d

The conflation between pro-Palestine/anti-genocide protests and the attack on the Manchester synagogue is disgusting, dangerous, and deeply cynical.

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 13d

In memoriam...

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 16d

Remembering Cissy Houston on her birthday. I love this version of JJ Cale's Cajun Moon that she recorded with Herbie Mann
youtu.be/t8Cm1HzqatQ

Cajun Moon (feat. Cissy Houston)

YouTube video by Herbie Mann - Topic

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 20d

This only happens to you once

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Michael Doherty @dohertylawteach.bsky.social · 22d

Not exactly a disinterested commentator - but given the range of potential outcomes to the decision making process and the lack of explicit criteria, isn’t this a grey area that does exist?

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Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social · 29d

If you’re on academia dot edu, let me suggest that you strongly consider deleting your account.

The new TOC from academia dot edu.

By creating an Account with Academia.edu, you grant us a worldwide, irrevocable, non-exclusive, transferable license, permission, and consent for Academia.edu to use your Member Content and your personal information (including, but not limited to, your name, voice, signature, photograph, likeness, city, institutional affiliations, citations, mentions, publications, and areas of interest) in any manner, including for the purpose of advertising, selling, or soliciting the use or purchase of Academia.edu's Services.

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Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · Sep 16

Damn, he's good, and right.

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Prof John O Brennan @jobmaynooth.bsky.social · Sep 16

Michael D’s finest moment: the President of Ireland calls for Israel to be excluded from the UN.

Why can’t other leaders speak the truth about Gaza like this?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGsZ...

President Higgins suggests Israel should be excluded from the UN

YouTube video by RTÉ News

www.youtube.com

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · Sep 16

A new Explainer out from @aoifemod.bsky.social and me detailing the UK's ECHR commitments under the 1998 Agreement in response to recent speculation. It is short, because there is very little to say - the UK's obligations are evident on the B/GFA's plain text:

caj.org.uk/wp-content/u...

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