I finished writing it all up: Generative AI ∉ (Teaching ∪ Learning). I'm going to keep using this as a reference, incomplete as it is www.peter-keep.com/2026-02-06-g...

This is insane. Under absolutely no circumstances should a prof ever discuss the physical appearance of a student in a rec letter! I can’t believe I even have to say that!

MacKenzie Scott has the chance to do the funniest thing right now.

What if colleges and universities hired leaders that didnt throw their faculty, staff, and students under the bus and sell out their institutions to the fascist dictator?

Don't you f**king dare.

"I can't talk about math right now, and I refuse to say anything political, so I am going to talk about not talking" is an incredibly cowardly take in these times.

There is a case to be made that any board of a university that signed an agreement that required paying a fee has breached their fiduciary duty and I think somebody should explore it

“All things considered, ‘Teaching with AI’ is not without value; it is a case study in how even well-meaning educators operating in good faith can become inadvertent agents of a pedagogical de-skilling and institutional dehumanization.”

sure they’re tear-gassing toddlers but what do the polls say

Imagine if information like this informed the decision making of those so focused on forcing AI assistance upon the rest of us

This does a great job of explaining why so many of us are fed up with Schumer and Jeffries. They are very bad at their jobs, in this case in a way that will lead to more people being abducted, hurt, and/or killed by the fascists

GTFO with this "leadership"

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Thursday said House Democrats will demand that CBP be banned from squaring the circle, trisecting angles with straightedge and compass.

This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.

Please don't call this "writing a paper". You may end up producing something that resembles a paper, but this is not writing.

I am glad this came across my feed this morning because they (or rather, their system... it was not signed by a human) just sent me something to review.

a phd

During the Soviet era, at times of govt instability, the state broadcaster would typically preempt scheduled broadcasts by airing performances of Swan Lake

Made a hot cocktail tonight, because Fuck ICE

The altnps account is the 13th most followed account on Bluesky and has more followers than every single news outlet other than the NYT, NPR and Meidas Touch on here. They actively spread misinformation and exploit gullible old people for cash. Accounts this unethical do not deserve to exist.

The largest nurses' union is calling for the abolition of ICE and pledges to work to vote out any official who votes to fund them.

In some countries the outbreak of bloodshed inspires the opposition party to call for the leader to resign

I noticed this this morning. Why companies choose to actively make their products worse because of AI is beyond me.

once again i am asking literally anyone in a position of power to do literally anything so that our neighbors stop getting fucking murdered in the street

Once again: Focusing on their lack of training is a mistake. With "better training," their violence would simply cost more, and they would still kill whoever they wanted, but make it look more professional — to make people more comfortable, the way many of you are at ease with local police violence.

Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways

YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

It’s the define-a-sandwich activity! In its full, peer-reviewed glory.

The culmination of many years of #HoagieHomies chat is now available for you to read in PRIMUS!

My newest paper about defining sandwiches is out! @drew-lewis.com @sbagley.bsky.social @annemho.bsky.social Mary, Jessica, Bill, @matthematics.com Kate, Sarah www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

"This isn’t typically the station of a journalist. I was brought up in a culture where divorcing yourself from the subject matter was required to be good at your job. But—and pardon the continued cursing—fuck that."

7th grader was complaining about her math problem being illogical because a broken tank could not possibly drain at a constant rate. I told her this was just like the spherical cows in physics to make the math easier (there will be plenty of time for related rates later...)

🚫 Grok / ChatGPT undressed her ✅ a man used AI as a tool to violate her AI is not a person that makes choices or acts independently nor is it able to "apologize" for what men (people) use it to do thank you for your attention to this important matter

"the most widely accepted definition of the working class" !!!! wow my eyes just bulged out of my head lol and on MLK Day? right in front of my March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?

Feeling a bit down about the state of the world, so went to visit some trees and look at the ocean.

The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.

Is there a petition for California citizens to sign? Because this sounds pretty great to me.

I know theres a lot going on but its absolutely wild to me that we are about to send people to the moon and hardly anyone is talking about it.

I wish I could feel comfortable reading and sharing people's substacks, as there are really passionate people posting articles that are in my wheelhouse. But, I've not seen anything to say that they're combating their nazi bar status, only being fine with it and seeing them as 'thought leaders'.

Probably the best endorsement I can give of this book is that I read the whole thing today after it showed up. This is a must read for educators. But here are a few things I really liked about it. 🧵

I didn't think it was releasing until the end of the month but @karencosta.bsky.social 's new book showed up today 🤩

Join us Feb 27-28, 2026 at Harvey Mudd College (@hmc.edu) for the Driving the Impact of Data Science (DIoDS) Conference! We have a wonderful lineup of speakers! There are different ways to contribute! Registration & information in the link below. #mathsky www.hmc.edu/dssi/diods-c...

There is no amount of training that will turn racist secret police into anything other than racist secret police. ICE as an agency is illegitimate, full stop.

I don't know how to just grade my little papers and clean my little apartment and go on doing all the mundane things while all the other things are collapsing and imploding and falling apart

Are you interested in incorporating #PreTeXt into your courses this semester? Join the @mathtech.org drop-in today mathtech.org/events/ where we will have a special "getting started with PreTeXt" office hour! We'll be helping helping folks with the first document anyone writes, their syllabi!

How can we direct students away from using AI on course assignments and activities? Here's a recap of a workshop I led in November on the topic of "avoiding" AI: cte.virginia.edu/news/avoidin.... We talked about oral exams, alternative grading, intrinsic motivation, and more.

Or conferences organized by international professional societies

A right wing proposal would force public universities to gather/publish standardized test scores (SAT, GRE, etc.) for every faculty applicant across stages of a faculty search, to “restore meritocracy.” 👀 My op-ed today explains one of the many reasons this is nonsense: bad statistics. #AcademicSky