Y’all. Chatbots aren’t people. Until they can show up to brunch with me and decide, actually this place isn’t as good as the other place so we go to the other place, but the wait is over an hour so we go back to original place, only to find that it now has an hour wait too…

“It actually doesn’t take much to be considered a difficult woman. That’s why there are so many of us.” ― Jane Goodall 💙 RIP to a real one. My childhood hero

It is tearing through my schools right now. Mask up and get your booster (or first! It’s not too late!)

if you aren’t super tuned into COVID news it is unlikely you know just how easily the newest variant spreads. vaccinate. mask. act like it is 2021. or you are probably going to get it. (ask me how i know!)

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

"i just use it to generate ideas"

Dude recalled military brass from around the globe in order to call them fat and let them know he’s resegregating the service.

“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.

I think one thing educators can do is to help youth analyze how they’re already being socialized into these systems through student monitoring software, online proctoring, etc and then develop ways for challenging these systems at different scales, from the classroom to school to district.

CHOTINER: Some people say your unorthodox medical practice can be harmful. ME: You're talking about-- CHOTINER: Pagliacci. ME: I think, sometimes there's a reflex to reach for meds when what we really need is to laugh. CHOTINER: Of course. ME: If I had known, obviously. CHOTINER: Obviously.

I want to believe I’m Doc, but I might actually be Japonica.

t's hot pynchon fall, where almost everyone in the news has a stupid name, the grift is on, and we're all either deteriorating from paranoia or seeing reality in all its firework against a night sky sharpness

PUT A POWER BUTTON ON THE TV

I played Duke Orsino in my HS’s rendition of Twelfth Night, and it was life-changing in many ways. Access to public arts, both on stage and in the audience, is such an important part of civic life. It must be preserved. “If music be the food of love, play on. Give me excess of it…”

Just submitted my comment as an executive of a non-profit (tiny though we are). Please comment if you can; the linked comment guide is really helpful. www.councilofnonprofits.org/files/media/...

When I was placed on the Professor Watchlist in 2021, people sent death threats about my children. I had security officers monitor my 8yo at school. Where is all the outrage for those of us who have been targeted for years? Where is the outrage for our families? My own colleagues are silent.

a question I often find myself asking these days: "are these the moves of a movement that feels that it's winning or one desperately afraid that it's about to lose everything?"

None of the young male mass shooters and now political assassins I've written about in recent years had stayed in higher education and pursued a bachelor's degree. Crazy enough, it's almost like college is a positive socializing force, not a radicalizing one

Time to break out the chart

I mean this sincerely—Malcolm X tried to tell us something deeper about violence in our society in November 1963, as did MLK when he spoke out against the Vietnam War at Riverside in 1967. And folks got mad at them for their analysis…

This is a violent country. The narratives we tell ourselves to the contrary make it a uniquely violent country. Opportunity after opportunity have been presented for change, which have served only to bolster the violence and the narratives.

I love how the second part of Banksy's newest mural, which is a comment on censorship and oppression, was done by the very people he is critiquing. Their response was predictable, and relied upon, and imho has created a masterpiece.

*looks at camera* But shhhh I’m not supposed to notice or be respected for pointing out how letting white women be the shepherds of feminist voices in tech And my specific analytical contributions being mocked was part of a larger distrubing trend And AI is a lack of consent machine

Age verification? I had a popular sub profile on AIM.

It is a job of mine to figure out how to engage students in the content. It is NOT my job to make content engaging. There’s a difference and a lot of administrators and evaluators don’t know that.

Ah, so here’s the thing -

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I just ran into a trapped peacekeeper in Hell Is Us who was about to run out of their diabetes medication, and damn, you just don’t see diabetes in video games much. Finding this medication has become my number one priority. #insulin4all #eveninvideogames

If you see this, reskeet with a vampire that is not Dracula.

With alt text:

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

Gavin Newsom vetoed a UNANIMOUS bill to cap the price of insulin to $35. So, he also hates people with diabetes I guess. I forgot about that one. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...

When I used to sing along to smash mouth saying “the days keep coming and they don’t stop coming” I really was not prepared for what that actually meant

"Be loud for America."

boss would be one thing, I'm increasingly certain he sees himself as the owner of the country and everyone in it

Actually, Frankenstein is a doctor success at the Venice film festival

I’d like to do a book club with my English teachers this semester. It will be optional, and I’d like it to be something we can use as framing for discussion about teaching. Any book recommendations?

Writing teacher advice for Democratic strategists: Your audience is NEVER everyone, and acting as though it is will lead to generalities that appeal on average but not in specific. You find your audience through specificities. Relying heavily on polls and consultants leads to tepid messaging.

The pentagon is reinstating an image of Robert E. Lee AND AN ENSLAVED PERSON. He was a traitor responsible for killing hundreds of thousands of Americans. He was a slave owner. Explain this without using the phrases “white supremacy” and “racism”

A big difference between Republicans and Democrats is that Republicans understand the science of political communication. Republicans dictate the topics/terms of debate while Dems (and the left) usually burn energy in constant response. Thiel and Co call this mimetics, Lakoff calls it framing.

When I see gratitude in these contexts, I always hear them saying, “Just be glad we didn’t wipe you off the face of the earth,” which is especially rich when they’re actively trying to wipe people off the face of the earth.

Then why are you partnering with AI companies? Why are you taking their money to bring AI into classrooms? I’ve been a union member since I was five. AI companies have stolen my work. This is a workers’ rights issue.

Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title A Farewell to Tom Clancy's Arms

To those looking for permission to use AI - “Stop. You’re embarrassing yourself. I am embarrassed for you.” God, this is good.

I’ve told the teachers I work with to insist that drafts be written by hand. It’s different.

I don’t always have money to support the things I enjoy, but when I do, I buy a shirt. @mattseybold.bsky.social @allgrim.bsky.social

what the fuck is a hamas camera?

Don't be too fast of a learner, or too slow. Don't have any disabilities! Don't daydream. Don't socialize. Don't get bored. Don't get upset. Don't have questions. Don't think.