#Teacher #Geek
Finder of images , still #photographs and #video
#CapeTown #SouthAfrica
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The way "AI" systems are presented as "social companions to fight loneliness" is very similar in how "AI" is supposed to help teaching: Both are founded in a massive misunderstanding of the social dynamics techies try to replace.
You friend isn't just a thing to send you text, they're not a service. Being taught also ins't a mere service, it's a transformative experience that changes you and your teacher.
A (re)#introduction thread as I've switched servers. đź‘‹
Hi, I'm Keegan! I live in #SouthAfrica & I'm a researcher at Africa Check. So you might see me posting about fact-checking and local news.
I'm much more likely to be posting about King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, #StarTrek, books, and other interests.
I've got a personal site, where you can find my infrequent blog posts. Here's something I wrote recently about book covers that I was quite pleased with:
There was a bridge here. It was washed away.
On one of the tributaries to the Sabie River.
#KrugerNationalPark #SouthAfrica
#Photography #Landscape
The original:
https://www.deviantart.com/africanobserver/art/1211655506
A lion in the #KrugerNationalPark
This close and quiet (no other cars around) is very unusual.
#CatsOfMastodon from #Africa?
The role of the university is to resist AI
“Critical thought is not something you can stochastically optimise, and I agree with Hannah Arendt that thoughtlessness is a precondition for fascism.”
“I want to conclude by emphasising that the proposition that the role of the university is to resist AI is not simply a defence of pedagogy, but an affirmation of the social importance of imagination.”
Postcard from Africa: Mlondozi Dam
The #KrugerNationalPark in #SouthAfrica the other afternoon.
A tangible sense of silence, of peace. Just the snorting of hippos, and the call of birds. You can hear the grass rustle over a kilometre away.
An ever insightful read from Daisy Christodoulou on the panic about computers in education.
Three things chess can teach us about education
https://substack.nomoremarking.com/p/three-things-chess-can-teach-us-about
Blaauwklippen wins Global Best Heritage Wine Estate
Blaauwklippen Vineyards, South Africa’s oldest wine estate and the country’s first registered company, has claimed the title of Best Heritage Wine Estate at the 2025 Global Brand Awards in Dubai. The prestigious accolade, announced at a gala ceremony on 13 June, cement…
#wine #SouthAfricanWine #southafrica #Wine #WinefromSouthAfrica #WineofSouthAfrica
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2138470/blaauwklippen-wins-global-best-heritage-wine-estate/
tante
Keegan Leech
Kieran Healy
⏚ Antoine Chambert-Loir
Bob Horowitz
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