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@dougbelshaw.com Yep! You were absolutely right about postage šŸ˜…

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@alisonstenning.bsky.social Thereā€™s also the fact that the current generation of students were deeply affected by the pandemic. For example, my son is at uni ~15 miles away, lived out in his first year, but has now come back to live at home and commute.

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Not exactly the shy and retiring type either.

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@alexbellars.bsky.social Yeah but: bsky.app/profile/johnā€¦

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Essentially, those who rush their homework do worse on tests. It was ever thus.

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@adamprocter.bsky.social Well, thatā€™s how I was playing the game so it is 100% possible šŸ˜…

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@sonofsuntzu.bsky.social Ā£16k for 24x 475w panels + a 13.5 kWhTesla Powerwall 3 + inverter

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Weā€™ve gone with Boxt this year. Almost went with Octopus last year (they installed our EV charger and heat pump and have been otherwise great) but they messed us around with the dates.

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@sonofsuntzu.bsky.social The increased likelihood of this even in the North East (where we have them very rarely now) is one of the reasons weā€™re getting solar with a battery that can do whole-house UPS.

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@mrlockyer.bsky.social I know what you mean, but itā€™s not exactly a national emergency is it?

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And if it is, perhaps the government shouldnā€™t be planning to allow drilling for oil in the North Sea.

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@jamiesmart.bsky.social We are our own harshest taskmasters

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@hetanshah.bsky.social I was struck by this when I was there back in February!

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@dougbelshaw.com To be fair, as someone pointed out to me, I outsource all of that Meta stuff (Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram) to my wife who is very much ā€œon all of the channelsā€ for social/kids activities.

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@dougbelshaw.com Oh well community notes preceded the rebrand from Twitter, I think šŸ¤”

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Who would do said presenting, though? Itā€™s not going to be the person doing the posting, which means that, unless it passes an algorithmic ā€œtruth inspector,ā€ it would have to happen after the fact?

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Theb weā€™re at square oneā€¦

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@dougbelshaw.com Yes, I think youā€™re arguing for X-style ā€˜community notesā€™?

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@dougbelshaw.com Absolutely, and I love your work šŸ¤©

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@dougbelshaw.com Governments are like sleepy leisure centre managers who start to wonder why so many people are drowning and otherwise failing to learn to swim.

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@dougbelshaw.com The trouble, to continue the metaphor, is that our ā€œteachersā€ are just other people on the internet struggling to keep up with ever more sophisticated tools, and our ā€œlifeguardsā€ are the very companies pushing the product.

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@dougbelshaw.com No, the response is to say that the AI-generated image captures ā€œa truthā€ about the situation. No amount of C2PA is going to counter that.

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4/4

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@dougbelshaw.com For example, people create obviously-AI images of disaster zones over which people emote. When itā€™s pointed out that these are synthetic, the response isnā€™t to retract the emotion (if that were even possible) nor to affirm the correctness of the interlocutor.

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3/4

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@dougbelshaw.com What I mean is, there is so much information buzzing around that people use it not to seek out something beyond themselves, but to bolster worldviews and opinions they already hold.

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2/4

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@mrlockyer.bsky.social Awesome! Nice to see ProjectDial (projectdial.app) and TaskDial (taskdial.app) in action.

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Note: I use TaskDial every day, but I basically created ProjectDial for @mrlockyer.bsky.social because itā€™s a great idea!

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@dougbelshaw.com Excellent!

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@dougbelshaw.com Hmmmm sorry, Iā€™ll have a look tomorrow. Working for me hereā€¦ after a while

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@dougbelshaw.com And we add fridges to the magnet? Yes, itā€™s the logical conclusion.

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@dougbelshaw.com Nice! I do like a magnet-adorned fridge šŸ™ƒ

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@dougbelshaw.com Also also if you leave it a while it will attempt to refresh in the background. Itā€™s ideal for a second screen!

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@dougbelshaw.com Like this? šŸ˜…

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The mistake of believing you are the bigger thing: thoughtshrapnel.com

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The house that eats its foundations: thoughtshrapnel.com

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Reprogramming the athleteā€™s visual system to function at peak efficiency: thoughtshrapnel.com

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New genres are emerging that exploit cognitive and moral resources in ways that did not have technological pathways before: thoughtshrapnel.com

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Arbitrary structures and accidental hierarchies: thoughtshrapnel.com

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I have led a toothless life, he thought. A toothless life. I have never bitten into anything. I was waiting. I was reserving myself for later onā€”and I have just noticed that my teeth have gone.

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ā€“ Jean-Paul Sartre, The Age of Reason

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Digital legacy: thoughtshrapnel.com

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The impact of volcanoes on the Black Death \"Exhibit : thoughtshrapnel.com

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Don't write in the passive voice: thoughtshrapnel.com

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Believe in your own excellence: thoughtshrapnel.com

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My kidnappers returning me back: thoughtshrapnel.com

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The new world order is rearranging itself on the planet and settling in \"Auto-generated : thoughtshrapnel.com

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We live in an economy that has systematically destroyed the conditions for trust, and then charges us for the workarounds \"Auto-generated : thoughtshrapnel.com

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My goal is to encourage people to take action and look at the alternatives that are on the table: thoughtshrapnel.com

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