rgesthuizen @rgesthuizen@qoto.org

Comparing the development of AI to Oppenheimer is fascinating and apt. Sam is right to say that we have every right to be afraid of AI, …driving us to figure out how to best handle it.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/aug/22/ai-is-not-a-one-time-bomb-but-a-slow-burn-of-devastation-that-is-consuming-jobs-and-culture?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

“The apparatus moved into an unpredictable orbit and ceased to exist as a result of a collision with the surface of the Moon” Roskosmos

This description is surprisingly apt. The moon got in the way.

https://www.smh.com.au/world/asia/russia-s-first-lunar-mission-in-47-years-smashes-into-the-moon-20230820-p5dy0v.html

Chemistry that just pops in your mouth
https://www.threads.net/@csirogram/post/CwAMQR7s1Jn/?igshid=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

Ghost hoaxing was a thing in Ballarat in the late 1800s, especially around cemeteries. Defacing faces or vandalising graves with “glow in the dark paint”

It is ironic to read that those defacing the memorials and graves to scare others, became symbols of death by something that was going to kill them. Via @ABC

https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2014/12/19/4151931.htm

A four-day workweek trial has yielded positive findings, showing a decrease in burnout and an increase in productivity when combined with hybrid workplaces.

Could this achieve a better work-life balance in education and boost your job?

#OptimisticTeachers #4DayWorkWeek #HybridWork #Productivity #WorkLifeBalance

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/the-worlds-biggest-four-day-workweek-trial-has-ended-and-the-findings-are-overwhelmingly-positive/z4samz5h5

I spotted this gem, whilst reading a film column by Simon Ings in my @newscientist magazine this morning (23 January 2023, p36) .. nicely frames a question that we should be asking about the technology in our lives. #FutureNews #Robotics

Achieving a harmonious #teamculture is hard work to bridge different understandings about issues of culture and best practice. There were those that we click with and those that we clash with. The #research by Ali Walker outlines some interesting strategies to resolve this.

https://amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jan/31/dont-take-it-personally-three-common-workplace-clashes-and-how-to-deal-with-them

Interesting to see the curatorial work with #textiles on show at @library_vic@twitter

https://www.slv.vic.gov.au/stories/textiles-back-time

Reading this love letter to Australia's old school Chinese restaurants. I grew up with these places when eating out and later with our family holiday travels across the country. Via
@sbs_bot

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/a-love-letter-to-australias-old-school-chinese-restaurants/8d725cz3e

We like to think that science and technology are driving increased innovation and change but this research published in @nature indicates that progress and disruption are decreasing. The reasons speculated by Park, Leahey & Funk are interesting. Read more https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05543-x.pdf

Interesting to read this answer, that the use of meteoric iron to shape some precious tools, was heralded at the ‘start of the Bronze Age’. https://www.quora.com/profile/Bill-Shamblin-2/https-www-quora-com-Why-did-the-bronze-age-come-before-the-iron-age-Bronze-is-a-complicated-alloy-Iron-is-1-simple-ele?ch=17&oid=94740514&share=38ab8d1e&srid=u4Yy&target_type=post

If you’re looking to hack yourself a better diet for 2023, couriously with all the fad and nonsense doing the rounds, this is remarkably a good list, packed with commonsense advice. Via @lifehacker

https://www.lifehacker.com.au/2023/01/11-ways-to-actually-eat-healthier-in-the-new-year/