Feeling grateful 😇 and thankful to Katie Silvester for her review of my book Sanctuary: Exclusion, Violence, and Indigenous Migrants in the East Bay for the current issue of @compstudiesjrnl.bsky.social compstudiesjournal.com/wp-content/u...

My friend & colleague @jamescsanchez.bsky.social produces (excellent) documentary films and his newest is about the history of sexual assault at elite boarding schools. They need funding to put the finishing touches on this important, impactful film - please chip in if you're able!

For-profit prisons lobbied for local police to act as immigration enforcement in Arizona back in 2010. Racism/xenophobia are leveraged for corporate greed

When AI answers emails written by other AI or AI used to grade papers written by AI. AI: write like a concerned teacher who believes this paper might have been written by AI…

What happened to the party of “F—- your feelings”? I guess it was always about *my* feelings.

📣We're excited to share a new book review by Kyle Boggs, a dive into Sanctuary by @academiadecruz.bsky.social! 🔗https://constell8cr.com/book-reviews/seeking-refuge-through-decolonial-counterstories-a-review-of-cruz-medinas-sanctuary-exclusion-violence-and-indigenous-migrants-in-the-east-bay/

Thank you to Kyle Boggs and the folks at @constellationsjrnl.bsky.social for their recent review of my book Sanctuary 🙏🏽👏🏽🙌🏽 constell8cr.com/book-reviews...

Ready, take a deep breath and say it with me: synthetic texts and their infrastructures perpetuate bias, claim undue authority, make stuff up, sustain white language supremacy, pollute information ecosystems, contribute to environmental degradation, emit carbon,

First Gen A.I. student hired post-graduation:

Every writing teacher seeing no revisions between drafts

Spoiler: the answer is not Flaming Hot Cheetos…or is it?

Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale

Historians: Quibbling Over Exact Definition Of Concentration Camp Sign Of Healthy Society

With #4C25 concluding, was wondering if the cfp for #4c26 is floating around yet🤔💭

Victor del Hierro breaks down a graduate writing pedagogy with a “20 dots on a page” or writing 500-1000 words on each of the traditional sections of an academic paper, showing students “there’s not much space here” #4c25 H.27

H4 - from a large multi-institution survey: 14% of respondents reported being incorrectly accused of using genAI (mostly by Turnitin). That’s a lot of damage being done to students. #4C25

Casie Cobos at #4c25 uses collaborative writing assignment with multimodal text composition with an emphasis on documenting process, individual justification & reflection👥💿Students reflect that process of documentation had them practicing writing structure for justification and reflection 📝 H.27

If we teach technical writing as "prompt engineering," particularly to engage with tech as it stands right now--one specific platform and its imitators--we're not preparing students for how tech will evolve in the near future. (Sano-Franchini #4C25)

It’s the first time I’ve ever known anyone running for Senate, and Robert O Smith is the kind of ethical person who I’d want taking on a leadership position rosmith4senate.com

Call it by its name: Trumpcession.

The U.S. has been the strongest supporter of Ukraine in its war with Russia. Yet with a series of blunt comments, President Trump now sounds more aligned with Russia than Ukraine.

If you ski in #oregon, you should know that Hoodoo Ski Area owner Chuck Shepard is a Jan 6 denier and fascist sympathizer. Read about it on his blog on Hoodoo’s site. No fascists in Oregon. Boycott Hoodoo. skihoodoo.com/explore/chuck/

Heard a conservative opinion that political disagreements are only 10%, with most agreeing on 90% of things. This seems like a rationalization to assuage guilt about the dehumanization of millions of people, the attack on education, democracy, and so much more that MAGA voters want to ignore 🤦🏽‍♂️

My book “Sanctuary” came out in October 2024, discussing the period leading up to the Orange One’s first presidency while I taught English as a volunteer at a church with predominantly Indigenous Guatemalan migrants…*AND* it still feels daunting to mention in the onslaught of Executive Orders

SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)

We talk about not wanting students to use Gen AI in their assignments, but how many email interactions are we now getting from students that are Gen AI? A tip-off seems to be the increase in length.

Sharing two new pages on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies: - What Is GenAI Refusal? refusal.blog/what-is-refu... - OAQs (Occasionally Asked Questions) refusal.blog/oaqs/ ...more coming soon! @nobugsnous.bsky.social @rcmeg.bsky.social

After these institutions already make you pay to park so you can work for them…

Starting watching Netflix documentary “Buy Now! The Shopping Conspiracy” on Friday to wet blanket the Amazon deals at home, but haven’t seen too much discussion of it at the moment youtu.be/OVfZw_eqJW8?...

Was asked if my book passed the Page 99 Test—here’s the result page99test.blogspot.com/2024/11/cruz...

Wondering which percentage of people who do not like to change labels for demographics would be the same as those who freak out if you say “global warming” and not “climate change?”

Been thinking about whether folks who listen to podcasts and audiobooks are as addicted to their phones as those who stare at their screens?

Last week was my first meeting on the Educator Advisory committee for the ⚡️San Jose Tech Interactive⚡️ We saw early stages of the next exhibit & provided feedback on how students might engage. Also productive discussions around the topic of AI 🤖 [selfie from exhibit & older photo from past visit]