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I try to be really careful about judging my colleagues too harshly in public. I know some of you laugh at that assertion. Heh. But what concerns me is the uptake of AI among education professionals signals, how much bureaucratic control the administration has usurped from the profession.

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Visiting the Women's Rights National Park in Seneca Falls, NY, is a great way to reinvigorate one's commitment to civic engagement. Going to Harriet Tubman's House in Auburn, too. I'm grateful for these reminders of our his/herstory, in 2025 more than ever. 🇺🇲

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Educators: If your students are leaning on AI, it's probably not because they're lazy. More likely, they're feeling caught between the hidden curriculum (things they're expected to know but aren't taught explicitly) and the high-stakes culture of education (pressure to be perfect to get ahead).

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Thank you, @liznorell.bsky.social for visiting us today at the Syracuse University Center for Teaching & Learning Excellence! So grateful for your insightful, inspiring coversation about #ThePresentProfessor @oupress.bsky.social.

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"Welcome to Rochester, where the current temperature is 49°." 🥰🥳 . I really wasn't built for southern US life. I'm like a husky who rolls around in the snow. Whatever the current temp is, you have to add at least +20° for the Liz-feels-like temp.

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My students in my Public Opinion course at OU have designed a survey to collect data for their final projects. Please, please, consider taking the time to complete it and share it if you are willing. ousurvey.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

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Flicking through papers in the new huge Special Issue on 'Liberating Learning' in the Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education. It's making me so happy. There are papers on compassionate assessment, joy of learning, fun in teaching. It is beautiful journal.aldinhe.ac.uk/index.php/jl...

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I am grateful for every single institution and leader who cosigned the @aacu.org Call for Constructive Engagement. Courage takes many forms. Especially courageous are those at state institutions, like UVA or the SUNY campuses. www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

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All of the pictures shared from these protests are amazing, but I think the Dunning-Kruger one is my absolute favorite. Way to go #Indianapolis! Have a scroll and warm your heart.

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For no reason other than I am being toddler-like in my refusal to go to bed, I was just rereading some old blog entries and found this one. Earlier today, I did an interview for a podcast and told the story at the end of this post. So why not share? 💜 www.liznorell.com/how-i-fell-i...

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Correlation isn't causation, but these data surely do suggest that there's a relationship between anxiety/depression + pressure to get good grades. 👀

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@clintsmithiii.bsky.social has a terrific piece in the Atlantic about the National Museum of African American History and Culture today. It's SO powerful. He shared this gift link in his newsletter. Read it. Do not look away right now. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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This comes on the heels of an awful lot of eugenicist chatter last week, and I'm so grateful that @swordsjew.bsky.social is continuing her trend of doing the most important work at the exactly-right time. 🔥

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My 💜 belongs in #Maine.

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Pascal about JK Rowling and the anti trans law on UK: ‘I can't think of anything more vile and small and pathetic than terrorizing the smallest, most vulnerable community of people who want nothing from you, except the right to exist’

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Old North Church in Boston last night on the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's ride.

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I love sending mail. I regularly write my representatives. But I do think this person is right and it's time to take it up a notch. Who's ready to write weekly?! ✌🏻

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One reason that I appreciate Audrey Watters framing AI as carceral ed-tech is how doing so helps to contextualize the technology in a longer history of carceral technologies and opens paths of analysis and intervention to pursue with young people, educators, and communities. 🧵

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Save the date!!!! 📢 Intersections of Sociology with Crip Theory, Critical Disability Studies, and Mad Studies. One-day hybrid symposium for researchers and community members. 11th June 9.30 - 4.30 Centenary Building, University of Southampton, SO17 1BJ. And online! #MadCrip2025 #AutRes

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This is seriously screwed up.

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So… this was supposed to be about Paul Revere’s ride, but the Senator just unloaded about the Trump administration and its Republican enablers. Far more newsworthy than I expected. (You can probably see me shifting to “crap, this was not the interview I prepped!” but the result was memorable.)

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We're gonna need a bigger Reconstruction

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Many neurotypicals don't want to talk about how changing their behavior could significantly impact the lives of #autistic people. This post really resonated with me, and I think many others will relate. 100% worth the read!!! #ActuallyAutistic #AutismAwareness open.substack.com/pub/scottfra...

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hey man what if instead of doing eugenics and attempting to eradicate autistic people we just invested deeply in the social safety net so that autistic children AND adults had the resources they needed to thrive

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Former chair of the Tennessee Libertarian Party 👇🏽

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Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained ‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says www.theguardian.com/...

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Austism is not a tragedy. It doesn't destroy families or children. Autistic children suffer because they exist in a society that refuses to believe that believes they have to be something other than what they are to have value and a life worth living.

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Do my #CTL friends ever sit in on a class completely unrelated to their home disciplines and think, "I could totally take this class and learn a lot?" Because I went to an intro to environmental engineering class today, and that was my experience.

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one thing I’m proud from my employment with apsa is how we have expanded virtual opportunities in teaching and professional development programs. this thread highlights some of those:

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My friend and colleague @caitskirby.bsky.social just published the latest Engaged Learning Collective piece on the critical role of virtual professional development. Take a peek--then share with your networks! engagedlearningcollective.substack.com/p/we-need-vi...

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They're revoking international students' visas over issues like speeding tickets - this should be a bigger story. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/u...

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This part

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As a journal editor, I'm having these conversations with international scholars. It's rather bleak.

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"Max Weber said that dealing with unintended consequences of your actions is what political responsibility is." —Sarah Wynn-Williams, "Careless People: A Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism "

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As always, I'm grateful for the spot-on analysis by @biblioracle.bsky.social Surveillance degrades trust, and trust is vital to learning (via psychological safety).

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