Thanks Janja, your presentation & diagram was very useful. Thinking that it captures the two phases of this "assetization" of HE very well. Much like the enclosure movement (informal) & then the formal inclosures of parliament in England? The rural and the industry elites. Sorry about my obscure ??

My first in person conference since 2020 (written about in Substack). So good to be back with people (not screens). Appropriately, the DHASA conference theme was “Digital Humanities for Inclusion" More about the keynotes, panel & a workshop on omegat.org here > open.substack.com/pub/weblearn...

The view from my accomodation is spectacular. It overlooks Pollock Beach, an eatery called Something Good Roadhouse and a portion of Piet Relief’s farm called Stranfontein. The first floor lounge of the Raddison Blu is good place to be a digital nomad (although drinks are a little pricey).

The DH-OER Champions Colloquium & Showcase is just around the corner. 16 Nov 2023 | 9:00 – 15:30 (SAST). Learn about OER and Multilingual Projects | Opening Up Educational Practices & Media Pedagogies | Foundational literacies. Tickets available www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dh-oer-cha.... #DHOER.

Xitter has given you a new name - Nicole? Huh? Good piece.

AI bros talking about monsters (the shoggoth meme) or pointing out some greater existential threat, that may be evil or sentient, with an unknown true nature. To distract everybody from their data theft, scaling of biases, pollution of the informational ecosystem.

Well! Thanks Leonardo. The #FolioFriday part is real. Starting in about 5 minutes time. All welcome

So this is Zesande. A meta-human? A 24 hour meta influencer. Synthetic Sanlam advertising. Live life with fake influencers Gawd. #Springboks www.news24.com/news24/partn...

Happy Birthday.Woken up with red and white roses. Cards, candles and goods. Many celebrations Missus C