Great blog by Pat Thompson on academic writing:

▶️ https://patthomson.net/2026/03/08/getting-comfortable-with-being-uncomfortable/

"Academic writing is a form of thinking. It’s not the transcription of thoughts already completed, but a process of thinking itself. One of the ways we make writing harder than it needs to be is by writing as though our argument has arrived fully formed, rather than being wrestled into shape over several drafts."

This is why you *need* to write yourself, even and especially when writing is hard!

#AcademicChatter #PhD

We are pleased to announce the release of GNOME 50! You can read about what our contributors have been working on at https://release.gnome.org/50

We’d like to use this new release as an opportunity to thank all of the contributors who made it happen. ❤️

Let us know what you think!

#GNOME #OpenSource #FLOSS #FOSS #Linux

What's stronger than "Strongly Agree" 😜😂

@reading @bookstodon @books @humor @[email protected] @aiop @joinin

#Book #Books #BookMemes #Meme #Memes
#ReadingMemes #Meme #Memes #ReadAllTheBooks #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Reading #Readers #ReadersOfMastodon #ReadingCommunity
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Fiction
#Bookwyrm #Bookworm #Bookstodon #BookLove

P.S If you know where this is from let me know so I can add credit.

Ugh. #hannahFry taking about #AI (and her new TV series on it) is depressing. You have this massive platform and you don't mention power or politics once, not really.

Contrast these videos:

This from @timnitGebru and Karen Hao
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I1tJnM81NCM

Vs Fry:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=iitq4Zrphdk

"Every hospital in England has been urged to disobey an #NHS directive to use software operated by controversial US analytics software company #Palantir."

"A coalition of #HumanRights, #health and patient organisations, and #unions sent out the plea to NHS trusts by email, out of concern over Palantir’s federated data platform."

#UKPol

https://www.bmj.com/content/392/bmj.s481

'The report identifies the UK as a “new autocratiser”, driven by “a substantial decline” in freedom of expression and the media. “In the UK, it began before Keir Starmer, with the Elections Act 2022, and the government expanding its power over electoral commissions,” Lindberg says. “The Policing Act 2022 decreased civil rights and free speech. The Online Safety Act 2023 was used to penalise online speech and lawsuits silencing journalists. The Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Act 2023 increased demands on universities to monitor protests and police free speech. What’s worrying is that once the democratic backsliding begins, it’s often hard to stop.”.'

https://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2026/mar/17/trump-is-aiming-for-dictatorship-thats-the-verdict-of-the-worlds-most-credible-democracy-watchdog

What it feels like

#artificialIntelligence #agenticAI #noAI #Copilot #agents_md #webDevelopment #softwareDevelopment #webDev #amCoding #amProgramming #vibeCoding #AI #PromptEngineering

"AI can make mistakes, always check the results"

I fucking loathe this phrase and everything that goes into it. It's not advice. It's a threat.

You probably read it as "AI is _capable_ of making mistakes; you _should_ check the results".

What it actually says is "AI is _permitted_ to make mistakes; _you are liable_ for the results, whether you check them or not".

Except "you" is generally not even the person building, installing, or even using the AI. It's the person the AI is used on:
https://thepit.social/@peter/116205452673914720