all of Possible Futures is basically

Give folks their flowers No, I mean right now. Go tell someone you loved their work right now. They're on social media just say it, it has never been easier "They know how much people love--" no they don't go say it right now to a composer or artist or game dev or writer or anyone AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

READING RAINBOW AHHHH!!! 📚🌈 What great news on a Monday.🥹 And Mychal seems like such a fabulous fit for this - how exciting! 🎉

I want our young people to know that there is a path forward, that a better world is possible. I don't want them to give up, to become cynical. They deserve to be young and full of optimism. They are owed a world that supports and sustains optimism.

Something I see often in defenders of "AI" in the classroom (especially those who discuss "responsible" uses) is that, in using LLMs and then "critiquing" its output, we can then teach students to become more AI literate. This irks me to no end. 1/

I know my position within the academy is different. I’m keenly aware. I know what the attacks on HE look like and that we are in no way suited to defend them. I’ve tried to hold my mule. But this? This makes me want to pop out so badly. You don’t have an ethical responsibility to use A.I.

A great read today!! 💖 "To resist is to live imaginatively, and to be imaginative is to be curious."

my daughter came home from her first day of 10th grade and said that her history teacher told her that if she refuses to use AI for assignments, she has to cite her sources. i asked how she’d cite it if she used AI, and she said, that’s not required. i’m still internally fuming up about this.

writing is thinking, drawing is thinking, telling stories is thinking. i understand the earnest impulse to get rid of "the boring stuff", but even the boring stuff is thinking. depriving yourself of time to think about things is sad, but depriving kids of time to think about things is just cruel.

Also, no one starts off knowing how to draw well. YOU HAVE TO DRAW BADLY FIRST TO GET BETTER. You have to draw daily, badly, before you ever get better. And its fun, sometimes, and painful, sometimes. Why are we teaching our students that none of this matters because "the machine will do it"

What gets me here is that "hallucination" implies a discrete error. But in fact the system is doing exactly the same thing it does when it gives a correct answer. The distinction between right and wrong is entirely down to the user's critical wherewithal - the very thing being corrupted

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"These are the times to grow our souls. Each of us is called upon to embrace the conviction that despite the powers and principalities bent on commodifying all our human relationships, we have the power within us to create the world anew." - Grace Lee Boggs

My adviser's retirement party was filled with SO much care and joy - it was wonderful to be part of. AND I got to make art for it! 💖 The weather has been lovely. In the last 48 hours I saw baby ducklings, a turtle, and deer. I can hear the birds singing happily. 💝 What has brought you joy lately?

Good things are still possible. In spite of every horrible thing.

I like an unoptimized life. I like to meander. love to dilly dally. to wander. a bitch loves to peruse. I don’t need you to make things faster, I’m trying to slow down

My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.

i think that people are confusing "the LLM contains ground truths about the world" with "the LLM contains contingent truths about language which are a low-dimensional map of certain known ground truths about the world."

*stares in Octavia Butler*

'It's happening anyway' is so frustrating to run up against. "What will this make you complicit in?" is a question I'm holding with every collaboration now.

#LavarBurton #savesesamestreet #Blacksky

Let's add: Dr Brandeis Marshall, Aerica Shimizu Banks, Dr Emily Bender, Dr Sasha Luccioni, Dr Ruha Benjamin, Dr Sasha Costanza-Chock, Adrienne Williams, Tawana Petty

a thing I’ve noticed in my time in research: many people really want to believe that Data™ is some sort of magical object that contains objective truth but the thing is, just like everything else, data is _produced_ via processes and mechanisms that profoundly affect the shape of the data

The solution proposed by generative AI boosters is to devote more and more class time to learning about their product, its uses, its limits (if any) — and less and less to the substance, the subject matter of the course. Solutions, problems — what’s the difference? None, as long as you’re using AI.

I've been calling this "public utilit-tech" in my classes - the ways in which computing tech has become essentially a requirement to access societal services, utilities, and processes. This is SUCH a key example of the frustrating, inaccessible, time consuming, & prohibitive space this can create.

This shit is so common and so despicable. It takes zero effort to cite the original source too!

you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you

Watching @drtanksley.bsky.social and Angela D. R. Smith present their work done with Saloni Sharma and @earlhuffjr.bsky.social (proudly taking pictures in the audience 🥹) at #CHI2025. The desire to redirect & not add to carceral systems; power of resistance - love it!! 💖 Wonderful presentation! ✨️

This video, on Meta's data center in Mansfield, Georgia, is really good public communication from @moreperfectunion.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/cKUR2...

ridicule! as! praxis!

"to democratize art is not every person having a cute drawing made in seconds, to democratize art is every person having time and health to learn and make art if they chose to, and mainly to have the means to think and relate introspectively with art."

This is looking so so amazing! I'm so excited to attend - hopefully some of ya'll will be there too!! 💝

So excited, just signed up for this!!! 💖 I have class to teach class in the middle, but I know this is going to be a fabulous event and I'm happy to be able to hop on for a good portion of it!! ✨

The fact that I checked Neopets after seeing this just to find most of these stocks are still dipping from the current price in the screenshot makes it all feel way too real 😭

‼️ LAST CALL! 📣 The extended deadline for the ✨ inaugural #RESPECT2025 DC is 4/8 AoE! Now with clarified submission details, too! 🎉 If you're a doctoral student working @ computing ed & BPC intersections: come grow with peers & mentors. 🌱 📝 Application Details: respectconference.org/doctoral-con...

I get asked a lot during talks at universities how to integrate LLMs into the classroom "ethically". And the more I think about it, the more I'm affirmed the answer is "don't". This piece by @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social and Christopher Nygren on AI provides some excellent arguments as to why.

I have tariffed the penguins that are on Heard Island and which you were probably assuming did not export goods forgive me they were taking advantage of us so cunning and so cold

✨ Reminder: #RESPECT2025 's inaugural Doctoral Consortium's application deadline is EXTENDED to 4/8 AoE!! We've also updated/clarified submission details based on feedback. 🤩 Unsure about submitting before? Please check again! Come grow with us! 🌱 📝 Details: respectconference.org/doctoral-con...

Cory Booker as he breaks Strom Thurmond's speaking record: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful."

No Joke - IT'S A DEADLINE EXTENSION! 😲 The #RESPECT2025 inaugural Doctoral Consortium Deadline has been EXTENDED to 4/8 AoE. 📅 That's an extra week to get your submission ready! ✨ Come grow with us, we would love to see you at the DC! 🌱 Applicant Details👀: respectconference.org/doctoral-con...

Imagination by @ruha9.bsky.social is a fantastic read. "...the dominant story told by techno-utopianists...is that the world’s major crises can be solved with even more investment in their energy-intensive digital dreams, which usually also means less public participation and collective dreaming."

‼️Faculty! Do YOU 🫵 know an amazing student? Encourage them to apply! (& share this with your colleagues too!) We're looking forward to this inaugural DC and would love for your students to grow with us & their peers 🌱 at #RESPECT2025 ! Apply by 4/1 📝 Details: respectconference.org/doctoral-con...

📣 Submissions are due April 1st - no joke! 😲 That means ‼️ONE MORE WEEK‼️ for doctoral students to apply for the ✨inaugural✨ Doctoral Consortium at #RESPECT2025 ! We hope you'll come grow with us, your peers, and amazing mentors. 🌱 📝 Details and apply at: respectconference.org/doctoral-con...

So proud of my mascot design for my research lab! It has been a while since I sat to make some art 💖 I came up with a sticker concept and @scott.fail surprised me with some printed in my mailbox. 🐢💎 We don't "move fast break things" - we move with care to (re)design tech spaces differently here 💝

These are GORGEOUS and I had no idea they existed - I am SO excited to find out about them (and share that knowledge)💖 Now pondering ways these could be used for course or research lab activities 👀

So excited for the FIRST EVER Doctoral Consortium at the RESPECT conference! 🎉 If you are a student who is interested in joining us please consider applying! If you know one who might be, please share! 🌟 Hopefully we will see you soon at the #RESPECT2025 conference!! 💖

📣 Submission Call 📣 ✨ The inaugural SIGCSE 2025 Doctoral Consortium @ ACM RESPECT is coming! Doctoral students working @ comp ed & BPC intersections: come grow with peers & mentors 🌱 #RESPECT2025 Interested? Know someone who might be? 👀 Apply by 4/1 📝 Details: respectconference.org/doctoral-con...

✨ The inaugural SIGCSE 2025 Doctoral Consortium @ ACM RESPECT is coming! Doctoral students working @ comp ed & BPC intersections: come grow with peers & mentors 🌱 #RESPECT2025 Interested? Know someone who might be? 👀 Apply by 4/1 📝 Details: respectconference.org/doctoral-con...

I say this to myself every single day. 💛

It is ALWAYS such a joy and SO insightful to hear @ruha9.bsky.social thoughts! 💖 100% an amazing listen! 😍 (Testimonial: Partner came home from work, said "is that Trevor Noah?", heard Dr.Benjamin's response and went "oh, I gotta watch this later!" - that's how good any given moment of this is!)