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"We've added A.I. to--" me:

submitted 8 days ago • 7 comments

Professors please pull up a chair. I’ve been talking to my classes about what has been going on. I explained indirect costs to them. I talked to them about what a probationary employee is in the government. At the end of class they asked if we could talk about it more. (1/)

submitted 10 days ago • 91 comments

Some dude: back then, people didn’t just take pills for everyone Me, a person who reads historical newspapers: that’s true, they sometimes used suppositories, electric shocks, and radium treatments

submitted 10 days ago • 105 comments

Not surprised that it's community colleges that are fighting back. Community colleges serve the greatest number of people facing systemic barriers. A large percentage of community college students are the first in their family to attend college.

submitted 10 days ago • 28 comments

New article! On craftsmanship and independence in the face of technocratic dictatorship: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/the-crafts...

submitted 12 days ago • 26 comments

We’ve become used to right wingers throwing tantrums every time black people are on tv in something everyone is watching (the olympics, superbowl, ect) but it’s actually fucking weird and we shouldn’t act like that’s a normal reaction

submitted 18 days ago • 88 comments

“I scream better than that” says Clio. Pattern by FloeCreation; obvious wobbliness is, um, aesthetic #crochet #catsofbluesky

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Saying “the specter of Hitler” really downplays that it was the chair of the visual arts department invoking Hitler to scold the students

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

"You can't post your way to liberation!" But writing/storytelling/oratory and the arts have always been part of every freedom movement... Digital writing and art is STILL writing and art. Any other take is just silly.

submitted 22 days ago • 5 comments

I have not found a single "AI tutoring" bot/technology convincing. Tutoring is about figuring out what a student knows, where knowledge gaps exist, and helping them bridge that gap (often with their own knowledge!). GenAI cannot know anything.

submitted 24 days ago • 2 comments

50,000 faculty & staff; 450,000 students AI companies are especially keen to impose this tech on people whose ability to refuse is ambiguous. if admin can railroad faculty & staff, then these companies look forward to half a million annual licenses for garbage that can't be evaluated or scrutinized

submitted 24 days ago • 7 comments

Calliope says "van Gogh away" but for my second attempt at tapestry crochet I'm relatively pleased! Pattern is by FloeCreation. #crochet #catsofbluesky

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

So 97% of @NYMagUnion members--including me!-- just signed a pledge to walk out of work if we don’t get a fair contract from @VoxMedia. If you love @NYMag, sign our solidarity pledge to support us in the event of a walkout: nymagunion.org/reader-pledge

submitted 29 days ago • 24 comments

Border czar Tom Homan is on CNN complaining that Chicago is “very well educated” and people “know their rights” too well for ICE to be able to enforce mass deportations. Good work, neighbors.

submitted 31 days ago • 279 comments

Any writer who thinks using generative AI for "transitions" and other things that "don't matter" has a fundamental misunderstanding of both the art and craft of writing.

submitted 31 days ago • 44 comments

hi! @teenvogue.bsky.social has been a reliable outlet for strong political journalism since at min 2016 — which was 9 years ago! you don't need to be surprised each time you're impressed by our work! (maybe other outlets would respect us more if you didn't!) signed, 1/2 of Teen Vogue Politics

submitted 36 days ago • 264 comments

Compliance is dead. Long live values! timothyburke.substack.com/p/academia-v...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Just fundamentally do not and will never understand assigning writing that will not be read by another human and only be processed via AI feedback. What does that say to students about what writing is for and the meaning of the act?

submitted 44 days ago • 3 comments

In case you haven’t seen it — I published my review of a few web pages for an AI product aimed at accessibility. ashleemboyer.com/blog/how-to-... Has a lot of my thoughts on AI and accessibility, and some on empathy-driven activism. #a11y #accessibility

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s a list of what I was reading about Generative AI in 2024 that didn’t make it into the Slop Infrastructures pieces. The rest have been sorted into categories with questions — covering AI’s anti-human streak, AI & imagination, environmental impacts, shared myths and more.

submitted 75 days ago • 6 comments

"So what happens if we eliminate the authenticity that comes from students knowing an actual person is going to read and value their writing?" thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/back-in-my...

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

This is a tremendous essay. www.plough.com/en/topics/co...

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

Students should study the humanities not because it makes them better workers but because it rips you open and breaks your brain and changes everything you thought you knew. I promise you this. I promise it has this ability, no matter how smart you think you are. I have seen it countless times.

submitted 85 days ago • 24 comments

boosting the Cisgender Women Against Bathroom Bans petition again, please sign and share if you missed it the first time around! It’s at a little under 8,500 signatures now and we would love to try to get it to 10,000 by the weekend! actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...

submitted 85 days ago • 32 comments

You can’t live in the food cupboard, Calliope

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

Someone is not helping me with my PhD statements…

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

It’s not like you’re actually crocheting right now.

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

I am still not able to make very many words, which is not professionally ideal, but at least I can show off the Mewses.

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

I've been pleased to hear from some folks who found this post helpful as they think about how to move forward after the election. I had one flattering email that asked how I had achieved such "wisdom." I don't know that I have wisdom. But I do have experience🧵. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/blog...

submitted 113 days ago • 1 comment