Back in 2020 we published a special issue of "Critical perspectives on AI in education" in Learning, Media & Technology - now we've got a call out for a follow-up that I hope really advances fresh forms of AIed critique @lmt-journal.bsky.social think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Survey Participants Needed! Fanfiction Writers, Fanfiction Readers, Fans, Fandom enthusiasts ucf.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... (@fanstudies.bsky.social @scmsfaas.bsky.social can i get a boost for this student's research solicitation?)

I wish I could have been there for this! I am so ready to discuss #HeatedRivalry with other fans!

People make fun of government agencies for still being on Flickr but photos produced by the government are copyright-free and I have yet to see a better photo-centric platform for delivering higher resolution photos that anyone can easily download.

Sincerely… NASA couldn’t have chosen a better team of people for this mission. They have been a bright light in the shadowy time here. It’s been a joy to watch. #nasa #artemisii

Today I have a lot of work to focus on, which is good. But I also learned that Tim Horton's is coming to Maryland! This is going to be the perfect place for a #HeatedRivalry book discussion meetup. 😊

More Artemis II fangirl behavior: yesterday I picked up a bottle of sparkling wine from Texas (home of NASA Mission Control) to celebrate the first lunar flyby to happen in my lifetime. 🥂

I have now purchased a cute little Rise plushie like the one floating around on Artemis II. This is officially fannish behavior.

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#Artemis II - We have the first image from yesterdays Lunar flyby captured by the crew on Orion EARTHSET. April 6, 2026. Humanity, from the other side. First photo from the far side of the Moon. Captured from Orion as Earth dips beyond the lunar horizon. 🚀🌕🌍

Just quietly crying and smiling as I scroll through my social media, reading quotes by the Artemis II crew and Mission Control.

I'm collecting Ao3 author notes that assures readers that the piece of fanfiction they are reading was written by a human and not AI. My current favorite: "Everything I write is messily, wonderfully human. In the words of a wise chaotic freak, F U C K AI to death."

This is now an Artemis II stan account. 🥹

NASA #Artemis II flyby coverage schedule; all times in Eastern. You can follow along live on NASA+ (plus.nasa.gov) or on the NASA YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/@NASA). It should be amazing to watch!

The authors discuss South Korean and Chinese fandom cultures’ intertwinement with civic engagements, the role that gender and sexuality play in this process, and how such civic imaginations emerge domestically and transculturally. Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1177/1367...

How am I spending my Saturday evening? I'm in a bookstore alternating grading student papers with reading chapters in Role Model.

I have tumbled further down the #HeatedRivalry fandom rabbit hole and joined an HR discord. Among their rules is that posting of anything AI generated (fanart, fanfic) is strictly prohibited.

I viewed the HBO Harry Potter trailer and Snape promo photo so no one else has to. Here is my review: Pale/faded/poorly lit imitation of the movies. The kids' hairstyles/wigs are distractingly awful. Snape with zippers instead of buttons is an immediate no. -394/10 👎

Such perfect timing. I finish my book and immediately fall headfirst into a new fandom. #HeatedRivalry

From the author's notes of a Heated Rivalry fanfic published February 2026 on Ao3: "there was no AI involved in this fic whatsoever. support real human artists and writers!"

In a further fanfiction update, I have now discovered a new trope that I want to read more of: Ilya Rozanov is one of the girls. Recs please!

A year ago, I gave a quick and dirty sneak peek powerpoint talk about my book (WIP) at the Sherlock Fan Con #221BCon. This year I am finally finished and next year I hope to share it in greater detail with fellow Sherlock fans!

I am happy to report that I binged 90,000+ words of fanfic last night. Time to find some more!

I was at a #NoKings rally yesterday and rather than writing another essay about why this matters I will just say that it is pure joy to meet the people who want to stand out and the people who are doing the work. Thank you.

after much deliberation and giving AI the benefit of the doubt, Wikipedia editors have had enough of AI slop. New policy bans LLM generated content, periodt www.404media.co/wikipedia-ba...

Almost finished reading Heated Rivalry. Headed over to Ao3 to check out the fic situation, and there is A LOT. 😍 Bookmarking has begun, and I'm excited. It's been a while since I felt that sweet urge to read ALL THE FANFICTION.

I keep encountering more things about German that make me super happy that I decided to study it way back in the day. Fabulous language. 10/10. Strongly recommend.

Going out to brunch with @shansauro.bsky.social

As an immigrant, I am fed up with the common refrain that I should be grateful to the country for letting me in and granting me citizenship. That's such bullshit. The country should be grateful I chose to commit to it and make it a better place.

Happy Tyrant Assassination Day to all who celebrate!

Happy Pi Day to all who celebrate

This haunts me: “AI can never be AI without humans. It is not artificial intelligence. It’s African intelligence,” Asia said. “Most of these are dirty jobs and most of these jobs have been done here in Africa. And then once you’re done, once a tool is functional, all the communication stops..."

It's fucking snowing again...😑

"You just wanted to steal, so you stole. You wanted to take things without permission, so you did. It’s wrong. It’s so enragingly wrong." This is so, so good. Like a cleansing fire.

Today is the official launch of our latest VE - this time linking Baltimore and Beijing around themes of Second Language Acquisition. I'm delighted to be partnering with Dr. Sumei Wu at Beijing Normal University.

I wrote about the first national book banning bill, which effectively seeks to erase trans people. At the end I include a link to let your reps know that you oppose this bill and all it stands for. lithub.com/why-we-must-...

Noem is FIRED! My money is on Patel for the chopping block next.

Sharing with my European colleagues interested in separating from US-tech. I will be supporting UNICollaboration in doing the same.

Speaking of transphobes being per formatively useless around women's sports (my last skeet), the author of the Harry Potter books is name-checked twice in my book on fan practices for language teaching and learning. Once is to mention why she isn't mentioned and once is in a student quote.

As an amateur female athlete (marathon runner), I'm deeply impressed by how Flavor Flav steps up to elevate women's sports in the US. This stands in contrast to the performative actions of transphobes and misogynists who act like banning and harassing trans women is doing anything useful.

As someone who grew up on (white) teen movies, I was struck by how much that Patel scene looked like something straight out of a spec script in the 1980s. The racialized minority over performing nationalism as white frat boys clearly broadcast to everyone but him that he is not really one of them.

LOL! but also, LMAO

Hellova state! 💪

I've officially submitted my book manuscript! There will be edits and I anticipate a lot of back and forth around the cover and other stuff, but the lion's share of the work is done. This means I now have more time to be a true menace on social media. You're welcome. 😘

I am still cackling over this. Another point for the humanities.

Keep fighting!

Someone has sure already made this observation but the fact they can convert all those empty warehouses into prison camps means they could have converted them into housing, community centers, job training centers or, hell, libraries or schools all along. It’s always a matter of will not resources.

Over on threads someone just use ai;dr and we all need to adopt that right quick

This is too cute not to share. Every Olympic team should have a plushie food mascot 😍

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