Carol
@beilinglaoshi.bsky.social
Higher Education, GenAI in education, English for Academic Purposes, gardening/environment and personal stuff. Based in Wolverhampton, England. Same handle on Twitter and Mastodon
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2. We are developing a policy for AI-related work. We need a formal policy on AI-generated and LLM-assisted content. We have formed a committee of volunteers from our social science and library science networks to gather existing policies and decide what to do.
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November 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
2. We are developing a policy for AI-related work. We need a formal policy on AI-generated and LLM-assisted content. We have formed a committee of volunteers from our social science and library science networks to gather existing policies and decide what to do.
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So much of this article resonates but especially "I like that I can influence how my day goes; I’m in charge of the atmosphere on my bus." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘It is a dream come true!’ Meet Britain’s bus driver of the year – and six other unsung heroes
From the top lollipop person to the most dedicated convenience store managers, we celebrate the winners of the year’s most unusual accolades
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:28 PM
So much of this article resonates but especially "I like that I can influence how my day goes; I’m in charge of the atmosphere on my bus." www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
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🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🚨WOW! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 47,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 50,000 tonight. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
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AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
The AI Invasion of Knitting and Crochet
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here’s why that’s happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
AI has been infiltrating knitting and crochet spaces, filling them with useless patterns. Here's why that's happening and what can be done about it.
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/24/t...
#AI #Knitting #Crochet #FiberArt #Copyright
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As part of our Boycott Amazon campaign, we recently updated our guide to Ethical Online Retailers.
Many of the best ethical options encourage shopping second hand, or to support charity work - perfect for anyone looking to avoid Black Friday.
Read the full guide here:
bit.ly/43gM6Ad
Many of the best ethical options encourage shopping second hand, or to support charity work - perfect for anyone looking to avoid Black Friday.
Read the full guide here:
bit.ly/43gM6Ad
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
As part of our Boycott Amazon campaign, we recently updated our guide to Ethical Online Retailers.
Many of the best ethical options encourage shopping second hand, or to support charity work - perfect for anyone looking to avoid Black Friday.
Read the full guide here:
bit.ly/43gM6Ad
Many of the best ethical options encourage shopping second hand, or to support charity work - perfect for anyone looking to avoid Black Friday.
Read the full guide here:
bit.ly/43gM6Ad
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Despite this, Diana Hicks told us, “it certainly feels like mandating metrics gaming and so would encourage a culture not focused on integrity.”
Exclusive: ‘Highly problematic’ policy has Saudi university pressuring faculty to cite its research
Prince Sultan University At Prince Sultan University in Saudi Arabia, faculty members must help raise their school’s academic standing not by doing impactful work, but by citing the institution’s r…
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November 24, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Despite this, Diana Hicks told us, “it certainly feels like mandating metrics gaming and so would encourage a culture not focused on integrity.”
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There's more pressure than ever to publish. Academic staff are massively overworked. Pay is poor. Precarity is rife. There's little genuine care for one-another's wellbeing, nor accommodations offered. And, instead of addressing systemic harms or demands for free labour, we turn against ourselves.
25 no response out of 30 requests to review!
Drives me mad this selfish behaviour, which I also see as a journal editor. And it's almost always established folk with secure jobs, not least those endlessly brandishing their right-on-ness on social media
Drives me mad this selfish behaviour, which I also see as a journal editor. And it's almost always established folk with secure jobs, not least those endlessly brandishing their right-on-ness on social media
Recently did around 30 requests to ppl who'd published very similar papers to the one I needed reviews for. 3 declines, 25 no response. Please at least decline guys it slows stuff down so much otherwise.
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
There's more pressure than ever to publish. Academic staff are massively overworked. Pay is poor. Precarity is rife. There's little genuine care for one-another's wellbeing, nor accommodations offered. And, instead of addressing systemic harms or demands for free labour, we turn against ourselves.
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Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
November 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Now for some sports news...
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
(this week's cartoon for @theguardian.com books pages)
Bro boost: women say their LinkedIn traffic increases if they pretend to be men www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Bro boost: women say their LinkedIn traffic increases if they pretend to be men
Collective experiment found switching profile to ‘male’ and ‘bro-coding’ text led to big increase in reach, though site denies favouring posts by men
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Bro boost: women say their LinkedIn traffic increases if they pretend to be men www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Well done that student. I hope this rebellion spreads. University managements are hell-bent on stripping out experts to save money, and students deserve better. However awful my lectures are, they’re 100% organic. www.theguardian.com/technology/v...
Staffordshire student confronts lecturer for using AI-generated slides – video
Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel 'robbed of knowledge and enjoyment' after their turned out to be taught in large part by AI
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Well done that student. I hope this rebellion spreads. University managements are hell-bent on stripping out experts to save money, and students deserve better. However awful my lectures are, they’re 100% organic. www.theguardian.com/technology/v...
“In my experience it’s always people who don’t understand AI who are enchanted by it.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“In my experience it’s always people who don’t understand AI who are enchanted by it.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Thinking about the business case for using specialised academic deep research eg elicit, Undermind, Consensus, Scispace, Scopus DR etc Vs general deep research (openai, Gemini, Claude research etc). (1)
November 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Thinking about the business case for using specialised academic deep research eg elicit, Undermind, Consensus, Scispace, Scopus DR etc Vs general deep research (openai, Gemini, Claude research etc). (1)
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Views looking over towards Skiddaw in the Lake District
#landscapephotography
##lakedistrict
#Cumbria
#winter
#landscapephotography
##lakedistrict
#Cumbria
#winter
November 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Views looking over towards Skiddaw in the Lake District
#landscapephotography
##lakedistrict
#Cumbria
#winter
#landscapephotography
##lakedistrict
#Cumbria
#winter
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www.theguardian.com/technology/2... this is a really insightful article - AI slop is a result of the poor working conditions of the raters as well as being a consequence of the innate characteristics of LLMs
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI
When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts say
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:58 AM
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... this is a really insightful article - AI slop is a result of the poor working conditions of the raters as well as being a consequence of the innate characteristics of LLMs
‘Who’s screenshotting our messages?’: how a WhatsApp saga spiralled into two parents’ wrongful arrest www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
‘Who’s screenshotting our messages?’: how a WhatsApp saga spiralled into two parents’ wrongful arrest
When Maxie Allen and Rosalind Levine posted complaints about their local primary school, they never expected six uniformed police officers to turn up at their door
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
‘Who’s screenshotting our messages?’: how a WhatsApp saga spiralled into two parents’ wrongful arrest www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
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NEWS! Nans re-launch nationwide 'you won't feel the benefit' indoor coat removal campaign newsthump.com/2025/11/17/n...
Nans re-launch nationwide ‘you won’t feel the benefit’ indoor coat removal campaign
The country’s leading Nans have relaunched their campaign for people to take their coats off when indoors, insisting that otherwise, you won’t “Feel The Benefit”.
newsthump.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
NEWS! Nans re-launch nationwide 'you won't feel the benefit' indoor coat removal campaign newsthump.com/2025/11/17/n...
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Letters from prison: the protesters locked up for trying to change the world
For months, activists have been writing from jail cells about their anger and fear that in Britain the right to peaceful protest and civil disobedience is being stolen away.
https://bit.ly/3X1lv6y
For months, activists have been writing from jail cells about their anger and fear that in Britain the right to peaceful protest and civil disobedience is being stolen away.
https://bit.ly/3X1lv6y
Letters from prison: the protesters locked up for trying to change the world | The Observer
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November 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Letters from prison: the protesters locked up for trying to change the world
For months, activists have been writing from jail cells about their anger and fear that in Britain the right to peaceful protest and civil disobedience is being stolen away.
https://bit.ly/3X1lv6y
For months, activists have been writing from jail cells about their anger and fear that in Britain the right to peaceful protest and civil disobedience is being stolen away.
https://bit.ly/3X1lv6y
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Myrtle Pizzey, a contemporary artist and printmaker from Somerset, UK #WomensArt
November 16, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Myrtle Pizzey, a contemporary artist and printmaker from Somerset, UK #WomensArt
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The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
International Criminal Court to ditch Microsoft Office for European open source alternative | Euractiv
The court will move its internal work environment to Open Desk, a German-developed open source software
www.euractiv.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
The International Criminal Court is ditching Microsoft Office, saying it’s too dependent on US tech, in favor of Open Desk, a German open source alternative.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
The move comes after Microsoft revoked ICC head Karim Khan’s email access when he was sanctioned by the US for the warrant against Netanyahu.
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Very open to advice on this issue. I'm not going to intervene with teachers on some student's behalf, but I would like to encourage these students to respectfully and productively self-advocate.
Because of my book and all I've published online about teaching writing I'm now hearing from some students who say that teachers are "making" them use AI on their writing assignments but they don't want to. What are the ethics? Don't want to undermine teachers, but how do I support student choice?
November 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Very open to advice on this issue. I'm not going to intervene with teachers on some student's behalf, but I would like to encourage these students to respectfully and productively self-advocate.
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Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Scientists call on the President of the European Commission to retract AI hype statement
Experts in AI call on the President of the European Commission to retract unscientific AI hype statement she made in the budget speech.
www.iccl.ie
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Scientists and scholars in AI and its social impacts call on von der Leyen to retract #AIHype statement.
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
@olivia.science
@abeba.bsky.social
@irisvanrooij.bsky.social
@alexhanna.bsky.social
@rocher.lc
@danmcquillan.bsky.social
@robin.berjon.com
& many others have signed
www.iccl.ie/press-releas...
Wasn't expecting to find a Welsh poppy flowering amid the fallen leaves on a grey November day, but it is Remembrance Sunday. 'Lest we forget." @rspb.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Wasn't expecting to find a Welsh poppy flowering amid the fallen leaves on a grey November day, but it is Remembrance Sunday. 'Lest we forget." @rspb.bsky.social