i like following international news as a reminder that ALL of this [waves hand at everything] is optional

I don't have imposter syndrome, I have a paycheck problem

Every time I see one of my colleagues teach I'm like "damn we're so good at teaching we should make a living salary"

43% NBA fans are women 47% NFL fans are women 37% NHL fans are women 45% MLB fans are women And women’s professional sports fandom is growing EXPONENTIALLY. Women love sports! It’s only a matter of minutes before women/men fandom is equally 50/50 QUIT ACTING LIKE MEN OWN SPORTS

New AI syllabus policy just dropped: "the subject of knowledge cannot exist independently from the object of knowledge. To see is to see something. To hear is to hear something...When the object of knowledge (the something) is not present, there can be no subject of knowledge" Thich Nhat Hanh, 1975

Just FYI there’s an account on here called @redditspaceviewes.bsky.social (with over 200k followers) that is posting a bunch of AI slop (including a “Saturn polar hexagon” with 8 sides) and claiming it’s NASA imagery. If you see anything posted by them, it’s likely fake.

A good challenge these days is to look at how universities portray their humanities degrees to potential undergraduates. At the same time as core modules are being hollowed out and made identical to everywhere else, departments are barred from championing specific expertise and unique offerings.

A lot of people don’t realize that the Big Tech companies are, in many cases, drafting district-wide tech policies, installing friendly administrators, and awarding themselves lucrative contracts.

EdTech is a $250 billion industry that’s expected to triple by 2027. If you want to fight the technofascist takeover of America, raising hell at your next school board meeting is a great place to start.

567 years ago, on the 24th of April 1459, Fra Mauro completed his world map. It was the most detailed and accurate world map at the time. The map is 2.4 by 2.4 metres (8 by 8 feet). It includes a lot of text and illustrations. (Note that the map depicts the South on top.) #otd #history 🗃️

“We can't just give someone a self-help book,” says Plante. “We can't just give someone a block on a few apps, tell them to chain their iPhone to the wall, when really what they're looking for is to be propped up in a community of people." www.usatoday.com/story/life/h...

Yes, I think the enormity of Elon Musk racking up Pol-Pot levels of mass killing is so hideous to contemplate that many people just….aren’t.

I’ve been in tech for 33 years, in email and marketing tech for 26. The amount of stupid over AI is off the charts.

This makes it clearer to me that it is the folks (CEOs, investors, admins) who are the most out of touch with actual job skills and practice that are the most likely to be the most excited about AI. Of course they don’t know anything about “AI” either. A perfect match.

“If you ask tobacco companies to help write your school’s policy on cigarettes…you’re going to end up with guidance on how to smoke responsibly in school.”

1. In a draconian new policy, Texas Tech is banning writing about LGBTQ+ topics. The ban is the first don't say gay or trans policy to apply to students themselves. It applies to any thesis/dissertation moving forward. They are using AI to scan everything. Subscribe to support our journalism.

This Earth Day, AFT and @aaup.org called on TIAA to divest from the fossil fuel industry and instead reinvest funds in renewable energy and climate solutions. Our call for divestment is both out of financial prudence and a commitment to the public good. www.aaup.org/news/aaup-af...

The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The fifth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

Yesterday, journalist Amal Khalil was struck by an IDF airstrike while she was reporting in southern Lebanon. As rescuers tried to save her life, they were fired upon.

Khalil is the 9th journalist killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon this year. [1/2]

They could just do good things that make sense and make people happy instead of bad things that hurt people?

Can’t think of a more unifying issue than “a single, free service where fans can watch all sports games played by a team in their state”. This is excellent. www.dataforprogress.org/insights/202...

Ypsilanti Township's board of trustees voted to put a moratorium on water for data centers. Los Alamos and UoM are set to break ground on an AI/ nuclear weapons data center on Monday

“Making incarcerated people pay for communication has a regressive effect on their well-being, on their improvement in prison, and after they are released,” says Wanda Betram, a spokesperson for the Prison Policy Initiative.

heated chivalry

this shows that these companies CAN actually build safer systems that don't prioritize engagement over safety. but engagement = money, and hitting the brakes when things get distressing is antithetical to engagement www.404media.co/delusion-usi...

One thing we could do is stop sending public education dollars to private companies. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

BREAKING: our long international nightmare is ending. “Men” no longer needed.

These are the words of a cult follower. These people are not serious.

Before replying, always ask yourself

Studies tested ChatGPT with medical queries— they gave wrong answers half the time. Confidently. “Chatbots are not designed for health… They are designed for one thing: to mimic conversational fluency. They are just good at talking, like a salesperson when you try to buy a car.” wapo.st/4cqPEVx

An outstanding, comprehensive rebuke of AI mania in K-12 by @winterjessica.bsky.social that rounds out by highlighting the growing coalition of parents, educators, and other concerned humans that is working fast and hard to tamp it down.

This is such a good example of the lack of accountability and sense of impunity that has run the internet/socials for the last ten years manifesting in the real world. There’s a whole generation of folks who think being sexist, racist aholes is exactly how you profit and sustain clout.

And this is precisely why mandating an AI policy is punitive for educators, and not exclusively students.

So, we are at Herstasis.com, and here are some shots from there that are relevant to the discussion. Today we started the list of “Does This Paper Make It Into Our Zotero?” for us to include it in our references, and that is increasingly time-consuming to determine.

This is a very good resource. I don't know how @taniel.bsky.social does this but he makes highly technical stuff like this very easy to follow and use:

The number of Republicans crashing out about getting nakedly gerrymandered is, unironically, a sign that we need to do more of it. You guys are correct! This shit sucks! Welcome to the party, pals! We can all stop doing it any time you like!

Would love to see this article if anyone has it (I wasn’t able to comment in-thread). There have been some anecdotal comments from faculty baffled by this kind of behavior, so I’d like to see if there’s something there, there

"hey I heard you have problems understanding subtext. My machine, which will instead tell you to kill yourself and which has absolutely zero comprehension of subtext or correlation with physical reality, will help." These dipshits do not have to be taken seriously.

bsky.app/profile/pook... The miserable assholes who keep claiming genAI is a disability aid, are lying. They don't give a fuck about whether it makes life harder for the people they claim it can help. They should be treated like any jackass advocating bleach enemas.

I do think tech companies are underestimating the amount of - new account fatigue - new app fatigue - useless upgrade fatigue - terms of service fatigue

I would be so pissed if after years of work and thousands of dollars my university gave me the telemarketing treatment instead of at least pretending to care about the accomplishment. Having your professors or dean recognize you is part of the ceremony

🦧 Vast tracts of Indonesian rainforest home to endangered orangutans have been cleared for plantations supplying a maker of "carbon-neutral" packaging, an investigation by AFP and The Gecko Project has found. ➡️ u.afp.com/SEy2

You ever try to code switch at work and fail? 😂

Tomorrow is Earth Day! If you’re free and in the Bangor area, join me in helping Needlepoint Sanctuary with their clean-up project. Hope to see you there! #mepolitics

Amazing & terrifying how many ppl are willing to publicly announce that they are complete losers who are both hateful and bad at their jobs, and weirdly proud of being so awful? The impunity it speaks of is the terrifying bit.

Sigh, terrible that I don't even need sourcing, I know this quote so well. The cite for this is in the alt but you can also learn about it's context here. theintercept.com/2022/08/25/s...

what i like about following the mets is they are exactly like the sf giants in that a 3 run lead is a cause for concern not for celebration

if you sub AI for the horse people sorry to bother you is basically a documentary

WILD. Also, I’ve been trying to point this out to folks: the links/“sources” are nonsense. They often have no relation to the information in the “output” or sometimes directly undermine/contradict the information in the output. K-12 and GenEd need to prioritize information literacy.

I honestly don’t even know what this means. What is “truth” as an “output”? An output from what? With what? None of those words mean anything on their own without the context—also known as “process”