"Workslop" is now firmly embedded in my vocabulary, and my sole regret in being retired is having fewer opportunities to put it to use.

I refuse to be lectured about political violence by a person who pardoned 1,600 people convicted of political violence.

The subtitle says it all: “There is no middle ground.” Generative AI has no place in education. It was developed through theft of intellectual property, trained through exploitation, powered by environmental destruction, and is intellectually damaging to its users.

If we bring generative AI into our K-12 classrooms, we are explicitly telling students that we don't care about global warming and its impact on their lives. Full stop. All projections show data centers dramatically increasing energy demand. What are we gaining that's worth mortgaging their future?

Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n

If you have a personal or family license to Office 365 and have been "upgraded" to include Copilot, here are the instructions on how to "downgrade" to Office 365 Classic without it. support.microsoft.com/en-us/office...

If House Republicans try to jam through a partisan CR without any input from Democratic members of Congress, and they suddenly find that they don’t have the votes they need from our caucus to fund the government? Well then, THAT is a Republican shutdown.

There are four main arguments for AI in education: 1. Efficiency, saving teachers time 2. Equity, making education inclusive 3. Improving outcomes by personalizing learning 4. It's inevitable Is it true? Nope. Micro 🧵

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

Message to the National Guard

The most remarkable thing about this morning’s raid on John Bolton is that he’s not a Black woman. I suppose he’s their DEI target for harassment this week.

Again: this is not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

I'm in Walla Walla today to hear from local health care providers about the consequences of Republican cuts to Medicaid and health care.   Democrats need to pound the pavement in rural areas to make plain WHO is responsible for longer wait times and higher costs.

As of today, thanks to Trump, Americans are paying the highest tariff rate since 1933. And the average household is going to lose out on $2,400 thanks to Trump's tariffs. You are paying more for almost everything because of Trump himself.

I am reading a lot about Ed tech and AI this month, to get caught up. And I want to say one thing — this is every previous wave of ed tech extraction at one time, on steroids. Not even the Apple/microsoft school wars comes close.

Microsoft says AI will transform how we use computers, but as of right now Outlook consistently puts error messages *from itself* into my junk mail folder, so I don't know when a message has bounced. If they can't make a 40-year-old technology dependable yet, I'm not holding much hope for AI.

People who keep posting guillotine memes need to remember that many, many more poor and middle-class French citizens were executed than the rich and royalty.

Every person who works in educational technology should read this at least twice a year.

As someone involved in educational technology for 40+ years, I strongly endorse this. Students absolutely should not be using generative AI, in school or at home. #edtech

Lots to unpack in this study, but to me the critical issue is in the last line of the abstract: "...strikingly, where they increased AI persuasiveness they also systematically decreased factual accuracy." arxiv.org/abs/2507.13919

I know these are trying times and venting can be helpful, but can we give these over-used comments a rest? “We’re cooked (or f***ed or doomed).” “Make it make sense.” “Got it.” “We live in the stupidest timeline” or “I hate this timeline.”

Just genuinely curious - how do schools in states/districts that have regulations requiring board approval of curriculum deal with using generative AI, which is creating curriculum materials on the fly? #edtech

Excellent article about how LLMs perform their feats of "magic" by exploiting the same psychological hacks that psychics do when performing cold readings. ::Chefs kiss:: softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...

A tale in two headlines. The second headline is just one of the reasons I am not the least bit interested in the first one.

I am cancelling my Paramount+ membership, and will be sending the money instead to support public broadcasting. If one out of eight Paramount+ subscribers were to do the same thing, it would make up for the federal budget cuts - not to mention make an important political message.

re: generative AI I have finally fully and accurately explained my problem with how it’s marketed and used. And now, you can use it, too.

I am pleased to see academics pushing back hard against the unquestioning adoption of AI. This quote captures all of my concerns in a nutshell.

We just released the Pew Research Center's 2024 validated voter report! This comprehensive analysis of the 2024 electorate examines turnout and vote choice by matching members of our survey panel to official state voter records. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

MERKLEY: How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of kids dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs? VOUGHT: I reject the assertion MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact

More than 50,000 new people have signed up to run for office since Trump's election in November, an unprecedented spike in young Democrats interested in seeking public office for the first time, says the progressive group Run for Something. www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

(sigh) A *lot* of the latest "Trump/Musk stole the 2024 election!" buzz surrounds a lawsuit regarding the results in Rockland County, NY, where people are claiming "Harris received 0 votes which is statistically impossible!" In fact, she received ~44% of the vote in Rockland County, NY. 1/

Another good article on the cognitive damage (or loss) caused by use of using AI. My only addition to it would be to emphasize that the skill of critical thinking requires holding content knowledge, and reliance on AI damages that as well. #edtech open.substack.com/pub/briankla...

@democrats.org have a new #DailyBlueprint and as always, I learned so much www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAId... 1. Republican Senator Josh Hawley (MO) is really not okay with the budget bill cutting rural healthcare. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL26... 🧵

Donald Trump and Republicans are trying to steal food from hungry people to give huge tax breaks to billionaires. @tokuda.house.gov shows just how difficult it is for thousands of Hawaiians – and millions more across the country – who rely on $6 a day from SNAP to feed their 'ohana (families).

Today in #Skrmetti, SCOTUS allowed Tennessee's cruel ban on necessary care for young trans people to stand—a devastating blow to the most vulnerable in our community. Today is a loss, but we won't stop fighting for full equality. Read our statement at the link in our bio.

We made our first (of what will be many) donations today. I stand with the LGBTQ+ community.

The title is intentionally provocative, but factually accurate. Brains are like muscles, and so it is entirely predictable that using AI to assist in writing weakens cognitive function. It should *not* be in K-12 classrooms. #edtech pivot-to-ai.com/2025/06/16/b...

Huge crowd in Seattle for #nokings today. By far the biggest demonstration yet, completely peaceful - but very, very determined.

#ProudBlue This video right here is INCREDIBLE! I applaud her bravery & appreciate every word she said. She lost her husband who was Special Forces & is standing up for immigrants. #OnYourSide Link to video: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8MKH3pN/

We feed you. They hunt us.

An outspoken vaccine conspiracy theorist just fired every last member of CDC's vaccine advisory committee. RFK Jr. is paving the way to reshape vaccine policy based not on decades of science, but on his own unhinged fanaticism. This is unprecedented, and unthinkably dangerous.

My statement on what's unfolding in Los Angeles.

Please stop arguing that Elon somehow rigged the 2024 election. The evidence for stealing the 2024 election is no more believable than the evidence for stealing the 2020 election. Every swing state uses voting systems that produce a paper ballot that the voter can use to confirm their vote. 1/

Good to meet with @mealsonwheelsus.bsky.social CEO Ellie Hollander. I've always fought to boost funding for Meals On Wheels, and I always will. I'll be ripping up Trump's budget and doing everything I can to protect Meals On Wheels. Seniors shouldn't go hungry in America. No one should.

Please check fear/rage bait posts before commenting or resharing. Keep in mind the primary goal of the right is to frighten and demoralize us. Don't help them with their efforts.

In the past 18 hours, Acyn with Meidas was up all night. He posted 32 clips of Democrats opposing the budget on the floor, 24 clips of Dems in the Rules Committee, and 18 clips of interviews we did of Dems off the floor. We also spotlighted many Dems who never get media airtime.

this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...

This is leadership. This is solidarity. This is good trouble. Democratic Senators Booker, Smith, and Schatz crash the House markup in protest of Medicaid cuts…