1. Stephen Downes just had a half-hour conversation with an AI (Artificial Intelligence) interlocutor-bot about the ethics of AI https://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2023/06/my-conversation-with-pi-ai-on-ethics-of.html

Why didn’t I think of that idea first?

2. A message from Sergio Monteiro, the President of BRAZ-TESOL: “Saudações do Brasil. This year we are holding our 19th BRAZ-TESOL International Conference. The conference will take place from July 13 to 15 and it will be totally online. We are certain it’s going to be a breakthrough event as we are doing it on Metaverse. So, participants will not only have the opportunity to learn, share experiences, and network, but will also have the opportunity to explore this new tool. It will be a three-day event with seven plenaries, more than ten keynote speakers, and more than 130 concurrent talks and workshops. For further info, please check out https://braztesol.org.br/internationalconference/

BRAZ-TESOL have very kindly offered to make twenty places available free of charge to people who would otherwise be unable to afford to attend. Please send me a private reply to this message with your name and e-mail address if you’d like one of the free places. First come, first served!

3. With all the usual caveats about what exactly the criteria underpinning this selection of ‘the world’s most liveable cities’ are and should be, here’s this year’s list from the Economist Intelligence Unit https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2023/06/21/the-worlds-most-liveable-cities-in-2023 Hover your mouse over the dots to reveal the city names.

4. And, finally, A Second of Stillness from Assam https://wordswithoutborders.org/read/article/2023-06/a-second-of-stillness-jintu-gitarth-harsita-hiya/