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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 13h

yah - funny thing though - Google Mike Johnson and you get millions of us

MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 2d

driving Roath to Dinas Powys 🫨
train - way to go 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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apache/ @apache.be · 2d

Hi Olivia, we usually never publish in anything other than Dutch (well, Flemish, as is mentioned in the comments). But... we did just create an English version of the piece! You can read (and share it) here: apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia

Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 3d

nice scenes in #Roath these autumn dawns

pretty sunrise lighting up horizon cloud looking over the reflection on a rippling lake

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 4d

I know asylum seekers who were sent back over la Manche and came back for exactly the reasons given by this guy. He is absolutely not 'illegal' - you never see the real illegals and they don't bother claiming asylum.

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 5d

jobs search bit of an eyeopener... what does it say about the way we undervalue educational interventions when this job is worth just over living wage educators.wales/job/21382

Youth Tutor (Merthyr Tydfil) | Educators wales

A careers, training and recruitment portal for educators and aspiring educators in Wales.

educators.wales

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 8d

"In reality, AI erodes academic freedom, weakens critical reading, and subordinates the pursuit of knowledge to corporate interests." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a... (archive: archive.ph/Y6855)

AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education

Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.

www.project-syndicate.org

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 7d

I am fairly sure neither of those bother much with blusky

MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 9d

with Chihuahua for size #mincepie #mincepieappreciationsociety #costcomincepie

Chihuahua looking at impossibly large (Costco) mince pie

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 9d

well, I get uber phorensic about language... thus I generally try not to do social media. rebooting on this platform but it is still too easy to be misconstrued

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Tuta @tuta.com · 9d

🚨⏳ Act now! You have until 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 to prevent Microsoft from using your LinkedIn data to train AI.

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 9d

not so pleased as all that... apologies for sarcasm. Is 'hate' too strong tho? Plenty visit 'diff w/o feeling hated. I work from a Roath home and grotesque SUV's tear/take up streets designed in 1880's when we had trams. Try not to take car-taming strategy too personally...? 🙏

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 10d

good news! Cardiff Council has apologised unreservedly for any impression given by their traffic management strategy that ALL visitors are hated.

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 10d

one of those, why is this even news, especially headline news. Unless we are seeing the dawn of an era when items that are blindingly obvious common sense automatically grabs the daily top spot #cardiff

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 10d

In Washington, D.C., annual vehicle registrations cost 7x more for the heaviest cars than for the lightest ones.

A City Fights Back Against Heavyweight Cars

Oversized pickups and SUVs are exacting a deadly toll on urban streets. Here’s how one US city plans to push back.

www.bloomberg.com

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 10d

how we love working for free in academia... hanfod.nl/2025/10/16/f... #phenomenology #seminar

Felicity’s book, Mike’s (free) seminar

With higher education’s funding in a mess, Felicity and I continue giving ‘side of the desk’ attention to hanfod.NL (i.e., for free) but now without the supporting infrastructure …

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 11d

or tea, or umbrellas, or...

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 11d

maybe send them for retraining, all of them, but actually pay for it to be good. I hear AI adoption is rife - but the causes may be related to the crazy pressures and paperwork many teachers face, added to the usual creeping deprofessionalisation 🤷

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 12d

“Some business tycoon in London benefits from the conflict in South Sudan – but again I was the one pushed away, told I don’t belong here, that I’m ruining your country, while your weapons and bombs destroyed my home and my livelihood.”

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 13d

not just us then... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 14d

squeaky shoes 😅

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 16d

‼️NEW: Universities have tried to axe over 15,000 staff this year.

Yet the vice-chancellors responsible are paying themselves more than ever before.

We’re balloting to save higher education.

Our GS @drjogrady.bsky.social broke the story on BBC Today this morning👇

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 17d

not least the orange ones. but I'm a bit sad the only shop named was Iceland who I don't think are the worst culprits, in fact they make a fair offer of basic ingredients, not least frozen ones... 🤔

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MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 18d

submitted my paper to #nlc2026 on time for a change - still a classic case of work expands to meet the time allowed... 😅

MJ @mikejohnson.bsky.social · 19d

flic.kr/p/K1rGAe #tombtuesday #cymru #SirBenfro

Burial chambers below Carn Llidi, St David's

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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · 19d

Can you help us boost this signal? UTS colleagues are doing a governance project to talk back to the consultant led 'reform' of their university.

Please repost!! UTS people please have your say!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

UTS Governance Project Survey: A Staff-Led Collaborative Project

The UTS Governance Project is an independent, staff-led initiative to strengthen transparency, accountability and participation in how our university is run. Inspired by the ANU Governance Project, ...

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