Rob Smith
@robinjsmith.bsky.social
Sociologist at Cardiff University and Visiting Professor at The University of the Witwatersrand. Ethnography, Ethnomethodology, and MCA, of all sorts of settings including policing, mountain rescue work, and public space.
And a shout to @francescaorfw.bsky.social for helping to bring this project together in the first place!
November 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
And a shout to @francescaorfw.bsky.social for helping to bring this project together in the first place!
Lovely summary from @akorbut.bsky.social (of course!). I try and teach it with the idea that order is built for the “nth member” - the next driver, the next person in the queue, or the conversation etc
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Lovely summary from @akorbut.bsky.social (of course!). I try and teach it with the idea that order is built for the “nth member” - the next driver, the next person in the queue, or the conversation etc
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Finally, I know of at least one case where the letter writer, deep into an episode of AI-induced psychosis, asked the LLM why scientists were not responding. The machine suggested that perhaps the scientists were trying to steal his discovery.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Finally, I know of at least one case where the letter writer, deep into an episode of AI-induced psychosis, asked the LLM why scientists were not responding. The machine suggested that perhaps the scientists were trying to steal his discovery.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
This will get someone killed sooner or later.
It’s one thing to be throwing stones from the shore, but quite another to be throwing them when you could be rowing.
November 20, 2025 at 9:43 PM
It’s one thing to be throwing stones from the shore, but quite another to be throwing them when you could be rowing.
“The boat has no bottom”
November 20, 2025 at 11:59 AM
“The boat has no bottom”
Happy birthday, Timothy
November 1, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Happy birthday, Timothy
“The banana is big, but its skin is bigger”
July 16, 2025 at 7:27 AM
“The banana is big, but its skin is bigger”