It is particularly galling to receive multiple attempts /prods to engage with AI to assist in writing my SABBATICAL PROPOSAL — my sabbatical (in spring 2028) will include zero intentional use of AI, and instead, include as much divesting from AI as possible.

Today @dairinstitute.bsky.social is releasing the Luddite Lab Resource Hub. The hub hosts case studies, resources, and political education for unions, labor organizations, and workers who want to fight “AI” and automation at work. labor.dair-institute.org

When multiple hurdlers can't start due to injury, the teammate who steps up to save her team from disqualification is...the shotputter: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRNZ... it is hilarious the extent to which a shotput-optimized body is not a hurdling-optimized body and also she's the best

And I say: clementine bramble you don’t have the sense the good lord gave you!

At a faculty writing retreat for the next couple of days— we write our goals on poster before getting started. I get anxious when I write anything while being PERCEIVED so I had to look up how to spell ‘sabbatical’ which is how things are going on this fine Tuesday morning 🫡

The nyt built its anti-trans campaign in large part on the fabrications of this right-wing activist. Even Josh Hawley, the right-wing Mo. AG then, found Reed’s claims to have no merit

Sam, Dean, Castiel, Uncle Bobby, Crowley, Ruby

All of my Canadian friends and followers, please make sure your friends and family in Alberta see this and take action 📚 🇨🇦 Spread the word. Don’t let my country’s book banning take hold here.

My dad is in Reno visiting his cousin- he hasn’t seen her since 1997, and he’s so excited that he’s forgotten to check in to let me know how’s he’s doing. I finally heard from him, first time since Friday; text about the front door is how you know we’re raised proper (southern, appalachian, etc.).

Am reminded today: transphobia is alive and well, and baked into the fabric of organizations that would vehemently insist otherwise, and fundamentally believe they foster belonging, and care.

The day has finally arrived. You can now *officially* watch puffins live from the Farne Islands, 24 hours a day: bit.ly/4tRz72T Please enjoy these puffins kissing in celebration of this momentous event.

Icon behavior.

Despite creating a billion-dollar franchise - with a new $200M budget Hollywood blockbuster launching in a month - the creator of He-Man's family were unable to afford his dementia and care facility costs, and had to setup a GoFundMe. Mattel gave $5,000.

Happy Ed Balls Day!

*staring into the camera with the light behind my eyes entirely extinguished*

Sure, it may tip over if you attempt even the slightest of turns at anything over 35, but just LOOK AT IT.

Attention liberals: COVID anti-vaxxers are your fault for being "alienating" www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/o...

pls repost! Are you an academic or someone who has published academically who has requested name changes in your works because you were married (or used to go by a former name)? please let me know via reply/DM/the contact form on my website if you're willing to chat about! #AcademicChatter 🗂️🗃️📜📚

I learned of this today. I generated a class about digital media studies. Myself and 3 of my colleagues had 30 second to 2 minute clips taken from the video lectures from our online classes. The clips are interspersed with text that appears to be generated by ChatGPT (stupid emoji and all).

Universities are becoming what they accuse their students of - lazy academic participants who cheat by outsourcing their central roles in education to computers.

“That middle-aged man has an absolute bakery back there,” said Harlan Davis, 33, echoing the sentiments of 340 million Americans who could not look away from the prodigious dumper.

To be clear: Attiah isn’t so concerned with promoting exotic sounding words, but why a category of crime that’s far more common than “patricide” doesn’t have a descriptor that’s in everyone’s vocabulary.

Don't be shy to take on a little two-week side project. These five months will be the most precious three years of your academic journey.

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AI folks have now discovered “thinking”

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CNN exposes a global “online rape academy” that teaches men how to drug and rape women without detection. Over 62 million men attended in February alone.

NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty. "People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.” futurism.com/artificial-i...

In an active lawsuit against the FDA, the state of Missouri is arguing that access to the abortion drug mifepristone has reduced teen birth rates, thereby harming its political representation in Congress. It’s an argument being made in federal court not just on Fox

"History will judge-" let me stop you right fucking there, history doesn't do fucking shit, I'm a historian, let's be clear here: elected officials need to do their fucking jobs, right now, before it happens, or future historians will judge THEM. Everyone knows and knew who Trump was.

Sometimes I forget that I’m not home, re: southwest VA/Appalachia, and I just signed off on an email with: Holler at me, Max Well, New Englanders, it’s your play - let’s see how this goes.

Script.

Not enough people get this. Gerry Baker does. The civilization that Trump is threatening is our own.

"I don't want to happen but it probably will" is classic abuser language: "look what you made me do." Except it's not on the scale of a household, but of a nation of 90 million and millennia of civilization.....

Georgia is just about at the ultramarine blue stage.

In honor of Artemis II, here is a picture from my 9YO of… [checks notes]… Kirby eating the Artemis II SLS.

the 3rd printing of the house archives built & other thoughts on black archival possibilities is now sold out 💔 a limited amount of books will be available at the celebration in baltimore (luma.com/n9l7cchr) and we're working on a 4th printing

HAPPY TRANS DAY OF VISIBILITY BUDS 🏳️‍⚧️ xoxo, a middle aged butch #transdayofvisibility

Please enjoy the two minute crucible that is this turtle trying to get on to a log that other turtles are on.

Hello! Today is THE LAST DAY to file a claim in Bartz v. Anthropic. GET YOUR MONEY! Check the works list to see if you are on it here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/ File a claim here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form

So what’s next after today’s historic No Kings Day protests? We’re glad you asked: nokings.org/whats-next #NoKings

lol this is gonna burst so fucking hard

📣 #nokings #watervillemaine

Illuminating thread here. Read to the end 👇

A 14-year-old girl knew her constitutional rights better than her teacher. She sat during the Pledge to protest the war in Gaza. Her teacher humiliated her, even saying "go back to your country." She sued. The district just paid up. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/palestinia...

The FDA won’t tell Americans where their generic drugs are made, so ProPublica did it instead. Use information from your prescription label to locate the factory and see if the plant has a history of inspection violations.

============= TUE MAR 31 6PM WATERVILLE ============= Amazon distribution centers––famous for overworking & underpaying employees––have a massive warehouse planned in Gorham and are now planning a distribution center in Waterville. Public info hearing in City Council chambers Tues. #MEpolitics

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If I never achieve any other writing accolades in my entire life, I’d be okay with that.