The largely retired account of an “Aspiring Generalist” - Teaching and Researching at @ulsteruni preferring to post to [email protected] at the moment
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Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
Final free tickets available for @alan_hook talk about Interspecies Kinship - See Like a Horse on Wednesday 04 Dec ➡️ free tickets bit.ly/SHDCevents
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
This is how execs should sell VR headsets.
“I've known for years we would get here.” Ahead of the release of @Apple Vision Pro, @NickBilton sat down with CEO @Tim_Cook to discuss the device’s origin story, how spatial computing could alter our daily lives, and Cook’s vision for the future.
🔗: vntyfr.com/QOM2EnH
ALT Photo Credit: Tim Cook pictured for the first time wearing Apple Vision Pro inside his office at Apple HQ. Photographed by Norman Jean Roy.
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
Great work here from our @UlsterUni MA Journalism star @Journo_BenA on how the pay disparity is impacting student teachers hoping to stay in NI
Journalism Work ⬇️
I have been looking at the impact on student teachers and how the pay disparity affects students undertaking their degrees for their career prospects in Northern Ireland.on.soundcloud.com/1jq31
#NorthernIreland #StrikeNI #education
@UTU_edu @NASUWT_NI
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
Please check out (and share!) our CfP for the conference 'Screen Studies in the Age of Extended Reality & Synthetic Media', with a keynote by Prof. Jenna Ng. Supported by @IrishResearch, it will take place in the @TLRHub on June 4th-5th. Full details: drive.google.com/file/d/1wRg…
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
I'm looking for someone who could deliver some self defence training around the north coast area. Can anyone help point me in the right direction?
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
Exciting news for us at @UlsterUni Journalism as @BBCNewsNI @MarkCarruthers7 will join us as a Visiting Professor of Media. Our students have brilliant lecturers, facilities and opportunities. Delighted that Mark will help us to lead them into the field
irishnews.com/news/northerni…
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
We're recruiting for an AHRC Northern Bridge PhD scholarship on digital tinkering, play, and learning to fail northernbridge.ac.uk/applyfo… Happy to talk to anyone who might be interested in applying. Please share. #playresearch
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
This is now live:
chat.openai.com/g/g-toJUSmG9…
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
my new chat AI, called Enough, is a small language model that draws on a one-parameter pre-trained corpus—the smallest in history—and answers every question with the same response: “No.”
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
📚 Considering course options? Explore History, English, Journalism, & interactive Media at Coleraine!
🗓️ Join our Insight Event on 26th Oct. Get a sneak peek & hear from current students.
📝 ulster.ac.uk/study/undergrad…
#CourseOptions #ColeraineCampus #InsightEvent2023 #WeAreUU
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
Disinformation is a tool by which people in power assert their authority. It's a way in which people consuming information can reinforce their previous views of the world. It perpetuates harmful stereotypes. It is not ideologically neutral
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
Musk didn’t just flood the platform with bad actors, conspiracy theorists, disinformation disseminators & propagandists, he gave them the (imperfect but effective) verification mark that had previously been reserved for proven trusted sources. And now we reap what he sowed.
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
Lord I hate this sanctimonious gimcrack. Science is not sentient, and is enacted by scientists laden with their own biases and beliefs, which have always and continue to prejudice our view of reality.
So in fact, science really should give many fucks about your beliefs.
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
Fantastic to visit the Dome yesterday with a bunch of creative minds to explore how this amazing structure (unique to NI!) could be used in the future. Brilliant to see the enthusiasm & hear some great ideas! @HeritageFundNI
Thanks to the landowner for access
📸 @alan_hook
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
The team's #Exhibition ‘Reimagining the #Islandmagee Witches ’ opens on 9/9 with official launch on 16/9. Include a range of exhibits and interpretative experiences, including a virtual reality experience, animation, graphic novel & choice-driven video game.
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
🗣 Dear freelance journalism Twitter (journalism X?): I have freelance money. You have story ideas. Send me your pitches for features about TV, Movies, Video Games, Science, or Technology to [email protected]. I love to pay $1000 for a great story. Read this thread for more info
Alan ‘Dread Pirate’ Hook retweeted
Registration for BFFS 2023 is open!
This is for you if: you identify as female, are interested in feminist filmmaking approaches, want to making a short film, and try out directing, camera/cinematography, sound and editing. store.ulster.ac.uk/product-c… @JoleneMairsDyer @jmargethe