Lucy M
@lucyelm.bsky.social
medievalist • MA • interested in: royal legitimation, political relationship navigation, historical narratives and legends in later medieval British Isles • in a constant state of wanderlust • in Melbourne/Naarm • she/her
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Lucy M
@lucyelm.bsky.social
· Feb 24
Neurodivergent Study Tips.pdf
drive.google.com
As we head into the new academic year in Australia, I'd like to reshare this document of #neurodivergent study tips that I compiled.
It's based entirely on tips by neurodivergent people, and I have had learning advisors tell me it was very helpful and had good info.
#historysky #academicsky
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It's based entirely on tips by neurodivergent people, and I have had learning advisors tell me it was very helpful and had good info.
#historysky #academicsky
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Look, I think Australia should become a republic, but if we are going to be part of the commonwealth, then I think that should *mean* something for working and education rights in the UK
At the very least, a level between ‘home’ and ‘international’ students
At the very least, a level between ‘home’ and ‘international’ students
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Look, I think Australia should become a republic, but if we are going to be part of the commonwealth, then I think that should *mean* something for working and education rights in the UK
At the very least, a level between ‘home’ and ‘international’ students
At the very least, a level between ‘home’ and ‘international’ students
Really looking forward to getting these PhD apps all submitted to get my brain back and it not being at all times at least 80% focused on this.
November 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Really looking forward to getting these PhD apps all submitted to get my brain back and it not being at all times at least 80% focused on this.
That’s me! Ah!!!
Very proud of @lucyelm.bsky.social for getting her first PhD program acceptance!
November 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
That’s me! Ah!!!
Current count is 86
(Many of these are drafts that I make a new file for when I make edits, so I don’t lose previous words chunks if I decide I do need them.
Maybe I’ll count final submitted words at the end)
(Many of these are drafts that I make a new file for when I make edits, so I don’t lose previous words chunks if I decide I do need them.
Maybe I’ll count final submitted words at the end)
How is putting together PhD applications going, you ask? My PhD folder now has *checks notes* 65 files in it
November 25, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Current count is 86
(Many of these are drafts that I make a new file for when I make edits, so I don’t lose previous words chunks if I decide I do need them.
Maybe I’ll count final submitted words at the end)
(Many of these are drafts that I make a new file for when I make edits, so I don’t lose previous words chunks if I decide I do need them.
Maybe I’ll count final submitted words at the end)
One day, I will write palaeography correctly the first time I type it, and it will be a joyous day
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 AM
One day, I will write palaeography correctly the first time I type it, and it will be a joyous day
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Universities:
- Stop offering workshops on how to use ChatGPT to write papers
- stop using DeepL to translate your websites or make it sound useful for our research
- stop pretending AI usage is inevitable.
I don‘t want to work for institutions who can‘t employ critical thinking to new tech.
- Stop offering workshops on how to use ChatGPT to write papers
- stop using DeepL to translate your websites or make it sound useful for our research
- stop pretending AI usage is inevitable.
I don‘t want to work for institutions who can‘t employ critical thinking to new tech.
“university leaders … must act to help us collectively turn back the tide of garbage software, which fuels harmful tropes (e.g. so-called lazy students) and false frames (e.g. so-called efficiency or inevitability) to obtain market penetration and increase technological dependency”
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Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia
Under the banner of progress, products have been uncritically adopted or even imposed on users — in past centuries with tobacco and combustion engines, and in the 21st with social media. For these col...
doi.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Universities:
- Stop offering workshops on how to use ChatGPT to write papers
- stop using DeepL to translate your websites or make it sound useful for our research
- stop pretending AI usage is inevitable.
I don‘t want to work for institutions who can‘t employ critical thinking to new tech.
- Stop offering workshops on how to use ChatGPT to write papers
- stop using DeepL to translate your websites or make it sound useful for our research
- stop pretending AI usage is inevitable.
I don‘t want to work for institutions who can‘t employ critical thinking to new tech.
Reposted by Lucy M
Writing great books is one of the coolest things a human being can possibly do, but it’s important to recognize that the vast majority of authors throughout history earned roughly the equivalent of Uber driver wages to create the works we study today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Writing great books is one of the coolest things a human being can possibly do, but it’s important to recognize that the vast majority of authors throughout history earned roughly the equivalent of Uber driver wages to create the works we study today.
Reposted by Lucy M
Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.
November 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Re: previous post - People who steal art of any kind are assholes, full stop. If *you* deserve to be paid for your labor, so do I - and so does everybody else; this means writers, visual artists, musicians, and every other category of People Who Make Things.
Reposted by Lucy M
Please share widely! 📜
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
November 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Please share widely! 📜
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
RBMS 2026 CFP (with some changes this year to session formats): web.cvent.com/event/0f0104...
The planning spreadsheet is in the re-blogged post.
Thank god for past Lucy who did a conference in like May and purposefully wrote a new paper inline with her ANZAMEMs abstract, knowing that November/December Lucy would not have the time to write a paper while doing PhD apps.
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Thank god for past Lucy who did a conference in like May and purposefully wrote a new paper inline with her ANZAMEMs abstract, knowing that November/December Lucy would not have the time to write a paper while doing PhD apps.
I took a semester off uni halfway through my degree and did the classic young Australian backpacking around Europe. I spent the whole trip going ‘I love history!!!’ that I came home and immediately swapped my major to history (I had been minoring in it, so it was an easy enough swap)
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I took a semester off uni halfway through my degree and did the classic young Australian backpacking around Europe. I spent the whole trip going ‘I love history!!!’ that I came home and immediately swapped my major to history (I had been minoring in it, so it was an easy enough swap)
I did a chainmail bracelet making workshop and I have found a new hobby 😍
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
I did a chainmail bracelet making workshop and I have found a new hobby 😍
Other google apps also have smart features (calendar, drive, etc.) Going into drive > settings > privacy > manage workspace smart feature settings let me turn it off (across all of my apps, I think. Whereas doing the below in gmail only turned it off for gmail).
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 21, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Other google apps also have smart features (calendar, drive, etc.) Going into drive > settings > privacy > manage workspace smart feature settings let me turn it off (across all of my apps, I think. Whereas doing the below in gmail only turned it off for gmail).
Okay I paint-by-numbered the books, but I did the wood texture myself (and changed the light from black to brass) and I’m really pleased with how that turned out 🥺
#craftssky
#craftssky
November 21, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Okay I paint-by-numbered the books, but I did the wood texture myself (and changed the light from black to brass) and I’m really pleased with how that turned out 🥺
#craftssky
#craftssky
On the mobile app it’s under ‘smart reply’ under the compose and reply section
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
On the mobile app it’s under ‘smart reply’ under the compose and reply section
Reposted by Lucy M
So tired of this
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So tired of this
Two weeks later and I’m finally testing negative for covid again
November 20, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Two weeks later and I’m finally testing negative for covid again
In one circle of hell, a demon gives you something you just wrote and tells you it needs to be a different word count, a different referencing system, and actually change the framing slightly to be about this.
Once you complete that, you get a new list of requirements for it. Repeat ad infinitum.
Once you complete that, you get a new list of requirements for it. Repeat ad infinitum.
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
In one circle of hell, a demon gives you something you just wrote and tells you it needs to be a different word count, a different referencing system, and actually change the framing slightly to be about this.
Once you complete that, you get a new list of requirements for it. Repeat ad infinitum.
Once you complete that, you get a new list of requirements for it. Repeat ad infinitum.
None of your dnd party chose a magic-based character, leaving you unable to fight magic with magic? Problematic mage gap
Your library is understaffed and the reference staff is shelving? Problematic page gap.
You bought your smudge from a white lady at a crystal shop? Problematic sage gap.
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
None of your dnd party chose a magic-based character, leaving you unable to fight magic with magic? Problematic mage gap
Using a photo I took in an Oxford library as a sort of paint by numbers to draw these books. Highly enjoying getting into a new art media
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Using a photo I took in an Oxford library as a sort of paint by numbers to draw these books. Highly enjoying getting into a new art media
I got covid from someone who was knowingly sick (but hadn't tested for covid) who got it from someone else that was knowingly sick (but hadn't tested).
I've had a handful of people when I've expressed great frustration at this, justify that because 'they didn't know it wasn't just some bug'
I've had a handful of people when I've expressed great frustration at this, justify that because 'they didn't know it wasn't just some bug'
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I got covid from someone who was knowingly sick (but hadn't tested for covid) who got it from someone else that was knowingly sick (but hadn't tested).
I've had a handful of people when I've expressed great frustration at this, justify that because 'they didn't know it wasn't just some bug'
I've had a handful of people when I've expressed great frustration at this, justify that because 'they didn't know it wasn't just some bug'
Triangles, crusts on, either butter or margarine is fine
I had fairy bread at my birthday dinner this year so I feel I am an expert with recent experience 😂
I had fairy bread at my birthday dinner this year so I feel I am an expert with recent experience 😂
🧵So last week I asked Kiwis and Aussies if people prefer their fairy bread with margarine or butter, crusts on or crusts off, squares vs triangles. I figured since it has been ages since I've sampled the food of the fae, I should make sure the recipe is correct for my upcoming book launch party.
November 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Triangles, crusts on, either butter or margarine is fine
I had fairy bread at my birthday dinner this year so I feel I am an expert with recent experience 😂
I had fairy bread at my birthday dinner this year so I feel I am an expert with recent experience 😂
Reposted by Lucy M
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If you’re a scholar, check for your books too. This isn’t just novelists and pop writers, it’s academic books too!
One of my students earlier this semester asked me to help them write an email to another tutor for a different class that they were having an issue with (other tutor was being unreasonable)
More of that (asking people for help!), less of this (asking the environment destroying robot)
More of that (asking people for help!), less of this (asking the environment destroying robot)
Colleague just got an email that starts: "Here's a polished and respectful letter you can send to your professor"
Email from a student who turned in a ChatGPT essay. Not even looking at the ChatGPT output in the apology 🥴
November 18, 2025 at 9:16 AM
One of my students earlier this semester asked me to help them write an email to another tutor for a different class that they were having an issue with (other tutor was being unreasonable)
More of that (asking people for help!), less of this (asking the environment destroying robot)
More of that (asking people for help!), less of this (asking the environment destroying robot)
Reposted by Lucy M
What she said!!!
Hey! Northern hemisphere folks:
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
this is my annual reminder to myself and perhaps also to you that if you have the schedule autonomy to permit it, get out for a walk or whatever during daylight hours! It's important!
You can work more when it's dark but you need whatever sunlight is available!
November 18, 2025 at 8:06 AM
What she said!!!