Sarah K
@dr-know.bsky.social
Researcher for hire #AltAc.
On about games, books, cats, telly.
Always #LWithTheT
She/her
On about games, books, cats, telly.
Always #LWithTheT
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Sarah K
@dr-know.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Outputs
Here you will find the outputs from the Youth LIVES project. Please check back soon for more updates.
sites.google.com
Will do a proper thread on this when I can, but HURRAH you can see a summary of the Youth LIVES mental health coproduction work here sites.google.com/york.ac.uk/y... Summaries of what young ppl asked professional researchers about, our methods, and fantastic summaries of the projects they designed
*grumbles in electric car owner*
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
*grumbles in electric car owner*
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For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
Alice Wong
Alice Wong had an outsized impact on Disability justice. As a community organiser, activist, mentor, and co-conspirator, as writer, editor, and friend, she is irreplaceable.
nicolagriffith.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
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15 years ago @jevinwest.bsky.social and I talked about how we needed a data scientists’ code of ethics like the Hippocratic oath.
We still do.
We still do.
November 15, 2025 at 7:41 PM
15 years ago @jevinwest.bsky.social and I talked about how we needed a data scientists’ code of ethics like the Hippocratic oath.
We still do.
We still do.
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Looking for examples of 'service veneers' where a solution has been plastered over a complex series of services with the promise of a streamlined better experience but hasn't done hard work to improve whole system.
Think like 'life stage' digitised journeys or outcomes still being hard to meet
Think like 'life stage' digitised journeys or outcomes still being hard to meet
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Looking for examples of 'service veneers' where a solution has been plastered over a complex series of services with the promise of a streamlined better experience but hasn't done hard work to improve whole system.
Think like 'life stage' digitised journeys or outcomes still being hard to meet
Think like 'life stage' digitised journeys or outcomes still being hard to meet
😭It’s happened to me twice in the last couple of weeks that I’ve been scammed* out of extra money for payments because a third party website somehow swoops in and I pay them an extra fee to get something I thought I was buying direct.
*probably not legally a scam but come the fuck on
*probably not legally a scam but come the fuck on
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
😭It’s happened to me twice in the last couple of weeks that I’ve been scammed* out of extra money for payments because a third party website somehow swoops in and I pay them an extra fee to get something I thought I was buying direct.
*probably not legally a scam but come the fuck on
*probably not legally a scam but come the fuck on
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What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 AM
What is the most profitable industry in the world, this side of the law? Not oil, not IT, not pharma.
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It's *scientific publishing*.
We call this the Drain of Scientific Publishing.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820
Background: doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
Thread @markhanson.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy 👇
It’s really noticeable that when I’ve seen men take issue with this, they go in on “the power of my imagination” or claims to universal experience, rather than the much better “you can actually find things out from other people you know”
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18181999:
"Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.
"Write what you know" is limiting advice, which leads to limited writing. Instead, know what you're writing about. That means due diligence: good research, wide reading, specialist help and advice if you need it. Stay curious. Try new ideas. No limits.
November 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
It’s really noticeable that when I’ve seen men take issue with this, they go in on “the power of my imagination” or claims to universal experience, rather than the much better “you can actually find things out from other people you know”
They are doing some construction work upstairs at the dentist, and let’s just say the vigorous hammering and drilling is not a good background for a nervous patient.
November 12, 2025 at 9:31 AM
They are doing some construction work upstairs at the dentist, and let’s just say the vigorous hammering and drilling is not a good background for a nervous patient.
Latest “if your app was actually necessary you wouldn’t need to force me to use it” is only getting nectar discounts if you ‘unlock’ them weekly in the app?
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Latest “if your app was actually necessary you wouldn’t need to force me to use it” is only getting nectar discounts if you ‘unlock’ them weekly in the app?
I want Nick and Cat to win. I am pretending that can happen. #celebritytraitors
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I want Nick and Cat to win. I am pretending that can happen. #celebritytraitors
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BREAKING: BBC announces CELEBRITY PUPPET TRAITORS for 2026. Claudia Winkleman will host but never acknowledge that everyone else is a puppet. #celebritytraitors
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
BREAKING: BBC announces CELEBRITY PUPPET TRAITORS for 2026. Claudia Winkleman will host but never acknowledge that everyone else is a puppet. #celebritytraitors
Overheard a doctor telling their student “I just tell patients to ask the AI. It’s the cheapest and most reliable thing we can do.”
November 2, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Overheard a doctor telling their student “I just tell patients to ask the AI. It’s the cheapest and most reliable thing we can do.”
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This is definitely the sense I am getting from my students. There’s a craving for analog experiences, for presence, for humanity, for a recognition that they have unique value to our future that is irreplaceable by automation. There’s a hunger for time off-screen and uninterrupted by tech.
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This is definitely the sense I am getting from my students. There’s a craving for analog experiences, for presence, for humanity, for a recognition that they have unique value to our future that is irreplaceable by automation. There’s a hunger for time off-screen and uninterrupted by tech.
“Behind the station, as you probably know, is the haunted Kwik-Fit.”
See these are the moments I’m actually proud to be British
See these are the moments I’m actually proud to be British
On a ghostly walking tour around Macclesfield and a teenager dressed as some kind of bloody red riding hood yelled “How EMBARRASSING just go to a PARTY” 👻
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
“Behind the station, as you probably know, is the haunted Kwik-Fit.”
See these are the moments I’m actually proud to be British
See these are the moments I’m actually proud to be British
On a ghostly walking tour around Macclesfield and a teenager dressed as some kind of bloody red riding hood yelled “How EMBARRASSING just go to a PARTY” 👻
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
On a ghostly walking tour around Macclesfield and a teenager dressed as some kind of bloody red riding hood yelled “How EMBARRASSING just go to a PARTY” 👻
For the first time in our marriage, Kate and I are using the same gym, and I’ve discovered she’s a complete anarchist about the “swim in a clockwise direction” pool rule. Not sure where to go from here tbh.
October 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
For the first time in our marriage, Kate and I are using the same gym, and I’ve discovered she’s a complete anarchist about the “swim in a clockwise direction” pool rule. Not sure where to go from here tbh.
Nick is so sweet and also so clever and also quite flexible and also his jacket is lovely #CelebrityTraitors
October 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Nick is so sweet and also so clever and also quite flexible and also his jacket is lovely #CelebrityTraitors
Celia looking so sad has actually broken me. *whispers mournfully “she did the fart.”* #CelebrityTraitors
October 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Celia looking so sad has actually broken me. *whispers mournfully “she did the fart.”* #CelebrityTraitors
My Halloween costume this year is Ugly Bag Of Mostly Water. The scary bit is my dramatic gasping at people who don’t get the reference.
a bald man wearing a red and black uniform with a badge that says " captain "
Alt: The camera zooming in on a stern faced Captain Picard
media.tenor.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
My Halloween costume this year is Ugly Bag Of Mostly Water. The scary bit is my dramatic gasping at people who don’t get the reference.
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communities, and identity. We need historians to remind us that every technological revolution before this one brought unintended consequences. And we need artists to keep the human experience at the centre.
AI doesn’t diminish the value of the humanities; it amplifies their urgency.
AI doesn’t diminish the value of the humanities; it amplifies their urgency.
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
communities, and identity. We need historians to remind us that every technological revolution before this one brought unintended consequences. And we need artists to keep the human experience at the centre.
AI doesn’t diminish the value of the humanities; it amplifies their urgency.
AI doesn’t diminish the value of the humanities; it amplifies their urgency.
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After three days spent with AI researchers from around the world, one thing is very clear to me: we need the humanities and social sciences more than ever.
We need philosophers to ask about ethics and responsibility. We need sociologists to understand how technology reshapes relationships, 1/
We need philosophers to ask about ethics and responsibility. We need sociologists to understand how technology reshapes relationships, 1/
October 30, 2025 at 5:54 AM
After three days spent with AI researchers from around the world, one thing is very clear to me: we need the humanities and social sciences more than ever.
We need philosophers to ask about ethics and responsibility. We need sociologists to understand how technology reshapes relationships, 1/
We need philosophers to ask about ethics and responsibility. We need sociologists to understand how technology reshapes relationships, 1/
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those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
Joe on the bridge #celebritytraitors
a man in a suit is dancing in a dark room
ALT: a man in a suit is dancing in a dark room
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Joe on the bridge #celebritytraitors
“It’s good with your legs apart” Celia is just infinitely quotable #celebritytraitors
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
“It’s good with your legs apart” Celia is just infinitely quotable #celebritytraitors
Cat summing up the general mood of the nation these days as she repeats “it’s literally fine!” in complete terror on a wonky bridge. #CelebrityTraitors
October 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Cat summing up the general mood of the nation these days as she repeats “it’s literally fine!” in complete terror on a wonky bridge. #CelebrityTraitors