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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · 20d

Dear #Cambridge PhD and Research Students,

Come apply for our brand new @thinklab.bsky.social project with Wikipedia to investigate how AI meets standards of accuracy, attribution & transparency!

Help shape policy & the future of open knowledge. Apply by Oct 10 → bit.ly/applythinkla...

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David Tennent @davidtennent.bsky.social · Sep 6

What if digital space responded to how we feel? Exploring what emotion based UX might look like: www.bbc.co.uk/neurodiversi...
See opportunities? Let's chat.

Neural Commons

What if digital space didn’t just respond to clicks, but responded to how we feel?

www.bbc.co.uk

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thinklab.bsky.social @thinklab.bsky.social · Sep 3

Coming up on Monday, September 8th! Join our special event welcoming @chademeng.bsky.social to Cambridge to discuss mindfulness, tech, Buddhism and more.

Register for free in-person or online at this updated link: www.tickettailor.com/events/intel...

#cambridge
#mindfulness

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Sep 3

Our newest University of Cambridge ThinkLab project! We will be working with Wikipedia on AI and the future of knowledge integrity. Please share with any Cambridge friends and colleagues and students who might be interested!

www.thinklab.strategic-partnerships.admin.cam.ac.uk/projects/pro...

Cambridge ThinkLab wikipedia AI and future of knowledge integrity

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Chade-Meng Tan @chademeng.bsky.social · Sep 1

Come by! Why waste your time doomscrolling on social media when you can waste your time listening to me?

Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Sep 1

New @thinklab.bsky.social event coming up soon! Join us Sept 8 for a talk with @chademeng.bsky.social —Google’s one and only “Jolly Good Fellow,” mindfulness pioneer & peace advocate.

Everyone is welcome, sign up for free online or in-person:
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/.../intellec...

#cambridge

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Sep 1

New @thinklab.bsky.social event coming up soon! Join us Sept 8 for a talk with @chademeng.bsky.social —Google’s one and only “Jolly Good Fellow,” mindfulness pioneer & peace advocate.

Everyone is welcome, sign up for free online or in-person:
🔗 www.tickettailor.com/.../intellec...

#cambridge

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Aug 21

Cambridge University Press visit! 💡

#cambridge #education #research

Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Aug 13

Coming up on August 26! Our next ThinkLab online event will be "Neurodiversity at Work: Inclusion Beyond Buzzwords" with Aurelia Deflandre.

Everyone is welcome to join, please share with your friends and colleagues!

www.linkedin.com/events/neuro...

#neurodiversity #inclusion #cambridge

Neurodiversity at Work: Inclusion Beyond Buzzwords
Event by University of Cambridge ThinkLab with Tyler Shores and Aurelia Deflandre on August 26 at 12pm BST

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Aug 12

Generative AI for Academics by Mark Carrigan is one of the best books I've read this year. A very thoughtful and critical exploration about the technology that is changing how we work and think. Recommended reading for anyone interested in #GenAI in #academia:

uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/ge...

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Aug 6

Kind of a shame, now we'll have to go back to the old-fashioned way of getting bad relationship advice 🤔

#chatgpt #AI

OpenAI stops ChatGPT from telling people to break up with partners

Instead of giving definitive answers to personal challenges the chatbot will help people reflect on a problem

www.theguardian.com

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Jul 29

Here's a picture of a cool dog that I met. His name is Mochi and I love him.

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Jul 27

"Why did our friends stop posting on social media?"

TL;DR: Because social media feels less social. But, why?

www.bbc.co.uk/worklife/art...

#bbc #socialmedia

Why did our friends stop posting on social media?

BBC Special Correspondent Katty Kay and writer Kyle Chayka discuss the ways that social media is changing – and what that means for how we live our lives online.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Jun 25

Baseball with @webhooligan.bsky.social ⚾ 😀

Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · May 22

This week's random discovery in the office! I seriously doubt there is a DVD player lying around, but now I want to watch Cool Runnings.

Also we should probably tidy up around here more often.

#cambridge #work #nostaliga

Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · May 8

LEGO Shakespeare! 🤩

Spotted at the LEGO Store, London

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · May 5

The real-life Ghostbusters firehouse! Did you know it's an actual, active New York City fire station?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firehou...

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Apr 26

New York Public Library 😍📚

#books #libraries #newyork

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Apr 20

Interesting idea and I see appeal of the curation angle but I think I'm probably too picky to do a book subscription box. Sounds kind of fun though --

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

#books
#publishing
#reading

A new chapter for publishing? Book subscription services launch their own titles

The book-posting operations have had a huge market impact, but will publishing their own titles cost them their serendipitous magic?

www.theguardian.com

Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Apr 19

So, good news — I saw a dog today.

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Apr 16

Spotted in L.A. -- I love this license plate 📚

(hard to see in the picture but the plate frame also says: "I'd rather be reading")

#books #reading

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Apr 11

Nature break and bliss at the Cambridge Botanic Garden amidst a long and busy week 🌸😵‍💫

#cambridge #nature

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Thesiswhisperer @thesiswhisperer.bsky.social · Apr 6

For the record... I did not write that article in the Canberra Times. But I have a few things to say about Academic Mean Girls. thesiswhisperer.com/2025/04/06/a...

Academic Mean Girls

There’s been a lot of … stuff going on at my university lately (just Google “Australian National University” on the news setting and you’ll see what I mean). People ar…

thesiswhisperer.com

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Apr 6

"On TikTok, YouTube, X, and everywhere, ‘views’ are lies" 🤔

www.theverge.com/social/63981...

#socialmedia

On TikTok, YouTube, X, and everywhere, ‘views’ are lies

You might think a “view” means you watched something. You’d be wrong.

www.theverge.com

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Apr 3

Some excellent, informative talks from our speakers: Maureen Abel & Sigurdur Martinsson from our ThinkLab team, along with Dr. Daisy Lund and Dan Richardson on healthy eating, sustainable food, and more.

www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/disco...

@cambridgefestival.bsky.social
@thinklab.bsky.social

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Tyler Shores @tylershores.bsky.social · Apr 3

Highlights from last night's ThinkLab event!

A full-house at the Cambridge Union Library, a great combination of perspectives we could bring together on the challenges and opportunities on sustainable food

www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/disco...

@thinklab.bsky.social
@cambridgefestival.bsky.social

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