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Here’s the leaflet explaining what the #parkypetition is about - we and our supporters are going to be at all sorts of summer events getting people to sign up drive.google.com/file/d/1FtQo...

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#ResistanceUnited "Talent is evenly distributed across populations, but opportunity is not." A statement that succinctly sums up why DEI is essential. This NEJM article explains the negative impact on our healthcare system of dismantling DEI programs. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

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The algorithmic societies team map the emerging political logics of generative AI across: generativity, latency, broken sequences, & zero shot www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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A brilliant article: “The powerful claim that a flexible, reconfigurable world model could deal with all potential future unencountered situations defines much of the politics of contemporary generative AI.”

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Everyone read this, HT @drdaveobrien.bsky.social 🎩

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Some weekend reading

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Well it’s a bit tight - we still need 66 more signatures by 8:45am on Saturday..surely we can do that?! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

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Q&A on AI and Disability - sharing the notes I made for an interview, in which I was trying to challenge the disability-washing of AI. danmcquillan.org/ai_disabilty...

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Long read, so many solid arguments here. “Q. Won't AI give disabled people more freedom? They want disabled people to have ChatGPT instead of having human rights.” (HT @eve.gd )

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We are at #caturday Willow has the drop on naps this morning

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Happy Solstice from Stonehenge. Trilithons, pyramidal orchids and dyer’s greenweed

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This week, WIRED has been helping readers (that’s you!) learn how to win a fight, from Tesla Takedown to out-trolling trolls. We also put together a zine that collects some of the most helpful tidbits in a handy format you can print, fold, and share. Download here: www.wired.com/story/downlo...

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This Pride Month, let us tell you all about our Liberate My Library initiative 🌈... Students and staff can suggest any titles for us to buy and add to our collections. This helps us to diversify our collections and increase representation 💜 (1/2)

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That is all! (taps sign)

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Today’s library work buddies

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❤️❤️

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Absolutely heartbroken to learn that Professor Simon James has passed away after a short illness. Simon was a stalwart union rep in the English Department, and a personal friend to many of us in the branch. We'll miss his humour, his passion, and his dedication to making things better for people.

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My thanks to @newwritingnorth.bsky.social, tribute to Prof Simon James "Simon’s good humour & seemingly inexhaustible enthusiasm belied his sharp intellect: he was a world-class expert in 19th Century literature & his students at Durham University adored him." newwritingnorth.com/journal/a-tr...

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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... Come on folks, the #parkypetition is in danger of falling behind the run rate - we need c650 signatures a day if we’re to hit our 100k target by September 10 and today we’ve only done about 500. Let’s have a big push to get above 46,000 tonight

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Thinking of my friends and colleagues @durham-university.bsky.social who love and have lost a colleague and our dear friend, Prof Simon James. Durham was at its kindest and most creative with him. He was my dearest friend and favourite person.

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Sit down, log out of the AI & read this, from the article: “What does a human slowly going insane look like to a corporation?… It looks like an additional monthly user.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

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You got this,

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Yes. Mad respect #Caturday

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7 poetry workshops here, have had 170,000 views. They're for you to use in anyway you like: www.youtube.com/c/MichaelRos...

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UNBOUND AUTHORS: The administrators are scheduling a second creditor meeting to address concerns brought forward over director conduct. If you would like to attend, YOU MUST FILL OUT THE ADMINISTRATORS PROOF OF DEBT FORM (it’s simple and not scary). DM me with your emIl to be forwarded it

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🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Everything is correct here,

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This should be totally self evident. That it is not is worrying.

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Scientists from the University of Zurich set loose an army of AI bots - on the popular Reddit forum r/changemyview — where nearly 4 million users congregate to debate contentious topics. Studying if tech could be used to influence public opinion. Answer: Yes www.livescience.com/technology/a...

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Not only were AI bots ‘set loose’, researchers manually checked outputs, and allowed fake user profiles, identities and experiences to uplift posts. Including impersonating a male rape victim and many more unethical points of content.

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This study, just published, comes to similar conclusions re: the persuasiveness of LLMs as the changemyview Reddit experiment. I guess it is possible to answer important research questions ethically. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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