Dr Martha Bayless, PhD
@tenthcentury.bsky.social
Folklorist, flâneuse. The rest is history.
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Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick
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Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
February 7, 2026 at 1:19 PM
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
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whoever called it a hurdy-gurdy should get to name more things
February 4, 2026 at 7:11 PM
whoever called it a hurdy-gurdy should get to name more things
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People used to run away and join the circus, but now, thanks to modern advancements, the circus is all around us all the damn time
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
People used to run away and join the circus, but now, thanks to modern advancements, the circus is all around us all the damn time
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I judge a company by how easy it is to unsubscribe from their emails
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I judge a company by how easy it is to unsubscribe from their emails
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Trying this new thing where I make a plan first
January 22, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Trying this new thing where I make a plan first
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Tupperware is great for when you want to throw your food out on a different day . . .
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Tupperware is great for when you want to throw your food out on a different day . . .
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moral arc right to repair
*frantically googling*
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moral arc bent wrong how to fix
wikihow diy moral arc fix
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Who up bending they arc toward justice
January 20, 2026 at 12:16 AM
moral arc right to repair
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Ambiguous announcement: is it the student and colleagues who get access to Copilot, or Copilot that gets access to the students and colleagues?
Big announcement from @manchester.ac.uk today:
"The University of Manchester has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft, becoming the first university in the world to give Microsoft 365 Copilot access and training to every student and colleague."
#GenerativeAI #Research #Manchester
"The University of Manchester has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft, becoming the first university in the world to give Microsoft 365 Copilot access and training to every student and colleague."
#GenerativeAI #Research #Manchester
World-first AI partnership between The University of Manchester and Microsoft announced
The University of Manchester becomes first university in the world to provide Microsoft 365 Copilot access and training to all students and staff.65,000 staff and students will receive full Microsoft ...
www.manchester.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Ambiguous announcement: is it the student and colleagues who get access to Copilot, or Copilot that gets access to the students and colleagues?
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Painter John Singer Sargent was born on this day in 1856. In 1915 he painted this portrait of University Librarian Francis Jenkinson, to mark the 25th year of his librarianship. It hangs outside the present Librarian's office @theul.bsky.social.
January 12, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Painter John Singer Sargent was born on this day in 1856. In 1915 he painted this portrait of University Librarian Francis Jenkinson, to mark the 25th year of his librarianship. It hangs outside the present Librarian's office @theul.bsky.social.
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This is why it annoys me when people try to make it seem as if this is how things have always been. There was a time when greater literacy and reading as a part of everyday life for people of every class was a national mission. Then it changed drastically and now we’re here.
Last fall I ended up looking at a lot of Seventeen magazines for a project. Even in the late 90's, there was a section of book recs in every issue. One of them was historical fiction about the life of Van Gogh, doorstop-thick. It hit me then how much of a reading culture we've lost.
January 7, 2026 at 4:07 AM
This is why it annoys me when people try to make it seem as if this is how things have always been. There was a time when greater literacy and reading as a part of everyday life for people of every class was a national mission. Then it changed drastically and now we’re here.
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Holy hell, it's only Sunday. It's only January the 4th. I don't know how much more I can take.
January 4, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Holy hell, it's only Sunday. It's only January the 4th. I don't know how much more I can take.
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I want to be likable and make friends but I also want to be myself. You see the problem.
January 2, 2026 at 5:05 AM
I want to be likable and make friends but I also want to be myself. You see the problem.
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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I saw an academic unironically suggest that instead of assessing students’ understanding and competence through their writing of essays, arguments etc., we can assess the “quality” of their prompts, and I feel us slipping further and further into dystopia.
December 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I saw an academic unironically suggest that instead of assessing students’ understanding and competence through their writing of essays, arguments etc., we can assess the “quality” of their prompts, and I feel us slipping further and further into dystopia.
Those who forget the repast are condemned to reheat it.
December 29, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Those who forget the repast are condemned to reheat it.
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Find me a piece of ed tech from the past thirty years that's genuinely more about student learning than it is about extracting more labor from fewer teachers. Can't be done!
Every pedagogical argument I see is essentially "You could use it to do something you already do but you will also have to do a lot of setup and double check everything it does."
December 27, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Find me a piece of ed tech from the past thirty years that's genuinely more about student learning than it is about extracting more labor from fewer teachers. Can't be done!
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I was thinking about AI bullshit in college then randomly remembered all the 'learning loss' moral panic when some schooling shifted to online and got a bit of psychic whiplash
December 27, 2025 at 6:11 AM
I was thinking about AI bullshit in college then randomly remembered all the 'learning loss' moral panic when some schooling shifted to online and got a bit of psychic whiplash
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Archaeologists discover unique mosaic patolli board at Guatemalan Maya city.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Archaeologists discover unique mosaic patolli board at Guatemalan Maya city
In a study published in Latin American Antiquity, Dr. Julien Hiquet and Dr. Rémi Méreuze analyzed the remains of a unique mosaic-style patolli game board discovered in the Classic Period city of Naach...
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December 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Archaeologists discover unique mosaic patolli board at Guatemalan Maya city.
phys.org/news/2025-11...
phys.org/news/2025-11...
Deck the halls with arms of Grendel.
December 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Deck the halls with arms of Grendel.
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the printer of our discontent
December 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
the printer of our discontent
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Live long and be merry.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Live long and be merry.
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