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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 1h

Got none of those either but I am quite out of the game between the babies and the biz. Last years job apps feel like a fever dream

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 2h

no worries at all, definitely check out the rest of the thread for some good suggestions too (mostly white cis het dude centric but such as it usually is)

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 3h

This is tomorrow! Come hang out with me and @inigopurcell.bsky.social and get shit done!

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 3h

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 4h

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 3h

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 3h

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 3h

I'm working on a short 30-40 minute free/low cost accessibility training where we look at just ONE THING people but especially academics and those in education can do to improve accessibility, with more details to come

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 3h

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 3h

Right, talk to me:

I want to know what you'd like from me and the team at @aat-transcribes.bsky.social as a freebie or offer under £10 that might add value either in the context of transcription or closed captioning OR in addition to it.

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 3h

(I still miss teaching)

Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 3h

flashed back to the time when “what’s a good intro philosophy book?” was one of my specialist subjects, how times have changed

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 4h

otherwise Stephen Law (who was my BA tutor and whom I tutored for for years) has a fairly classic set of banger texts in his Philosophy Files/Gym books, and also, crucially, also try and source Action Philosophers who I’m surprised to learn are still going! www.actionphilosophers.com

Action Philosophers!

The award-winning comic book series - now as a free webcomic!

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 4h

I am here for shameless self promotion and will say my coauthored book which is deliberate about hitting some of the common beats and notes but with a much richer and more diverse range of philosophical voices and topics www.amazon.co.uk/Philosophy-C...

Philosophy: A Crash Course: Become An Instant Expert: Amazon.co.uk: Bain, Zara, Ferner, Dr. Adam, Mehdi, Nadia: 9781782408659: Books

Buy Philosophy: A Crash Course: Become An Instant Expert by Bain, Zara, Ferner, Dr. Adam, Mehdi, Nadia (ISBN: 9781782408659) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible...

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 4h

Thank you!

Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 5h

This week I think I’m resolving to experiment with what happens if I post the kind of stuff I see and engage with on bluesky over on Facebook and LinkedIn, let’s try it!

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 5h

Shit

Dr Emma L Briant 🐸🎃 @emmalbriant.bsky.social · 7h

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’

Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 5h

I’m back pushing socials for @aat-transcribes.bsky.social and this means you must appreciate the subtle wit of my and my team’s messaging, thank you please clap and then, you know, buy transcription and captioning services

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 5h

Second review request in a week! This means someone somewhere might like to hire me as a postdoc or assistant prof, right?

Right?!

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Ruth Watson @ruthwatson.bsky.social · 1d

In a time of repression, be ungovernable.

Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 1d

Portland 🔥

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · 1d

I really do not relate to people who use AI chatbots to plan their holidays.

How long before venues start paying the AI companies to get themselves mentioned in the AI 'suggestions'?

It's surely going to end up like Google and Amazon search, full of awful irrelevant sponsored suggestions?

Unofficial BBCNews (UK) Bot @bbcnews-uk-rss.bsky.social · 1d

AI holiday planning: I found the perfect seaside town for my summer trip

Holiday-makers say AI-powered chatbots really help organise where to go - but some things need double-checking.

www.bbc.com

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 1d

Shorts and gloves in October, what a combo!

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 1d

Left: In a desperate effort to find reasonable use case, OpenAI is running ads during the baseball playoffs about how you can use ChatGPT to plan a road trip. www.youtube.com/watch?v=go4o...

Right: What happens if you actually do that. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Open AI commercial about using ChatGPT to plan a road trip

Hannah Read, 37, tried to use an AI chatbot to plan a trip to Norway with her partner and three children.

She wanted to drive from her home in Flintshire, north Wales and cross the North Sea by ferry.

"I thought it might make for a nice drive," Hannah says. "I asked ChatGPT if there was a ferry from the UK to Norway and it said there was one from Newcastle to Bergen."

She later checked a ferry travel website but found no such route exists.

A travel blog detailing how Brits can reach Norway says the last time the route operated was in 2008.

"I did feel a bit disappointed when I found out the information on ChatGPT was incorrect, as I'd got quite excited and had started planning the trip in my head," Hannah adds.

"My advice is don't rely on AI 100%, it's better to still do proper research."

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 1d

Everyday now there is new information detailing just how economically unviable AI is. Data centers will be the new abandoned Walmarts, but on an even larger scale.

futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

futurism.com

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Jonathan Atkinson @lowwintersun.bsky.social · 1d

And whilst people might criticise this as playing to the already converted, research shows Reform are actually vulnerable to messaging like this.

Rather than, you know, saying they have a point and you actually like flags too. 🙄

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a glorious sunny day in October so I’m taking the kids to the park while loudly lamenting the dangers of catastrophic climate change hbu

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