I’m not in any way surprised: „The report offers a surfeit of evidence to suggest that students who use generative AI are already seeing declines in content knowledge, critical thinking and even creativity.“

Smithsonian Removes Label Noting Trump Impeachments www.nytimes.com/2026/01/10/a...

Also this is wrong (thanks AI) this is the scientific name of the American Robin, not the European robin pictured.

The Greenland fixation feels like a personal insult to anyone who's spent more than about five minutes thinking about national security. "Hey, let's demolish our most valuable alliance so we can get get access to arctic territory we already have access to!"

This is stunning. Listen to this in Philadelphia. Thousands singing “Hey-Oh, we won’t be silent while our friends are gunned down.” Really listen to it.

Where can I cancel my two weeks free trial of 2026 before the deadline?

I am both a grown ass adult and a middle schooler who giggles at this kinda stuff

It is likely that the United States is about to go to war with the NATO alliance.

The Constitution has failed, whether people want to admit it or not. This isn't meant as doomerism, it's meant to urge us to be clear-eyed and honest about where we are. We're living one--but only one--vision of what replaces that previous constitutional order. (1/5)

Slightly diminish a band Vampire Saturday

When will I stop feeling like a teenager cosplaying an adult?

I heard through the grapevine you guys don’t like AI slop. Might I recommend buying this shirt that says “FUCK AI SLOP”?? (made by @allgrim.bsky.social; cardboard Minecraft Steve and Creeper heads behind me not included) allgrimprints.shop/products/fuc...

I used to be cool but now I'm spending NYE wrapped up in blankets on the couch and obsessing over a lovely herbed chevre.

I’m teaching a course on Disability and C19 Fiction this semester. I’m anxious about having a brand new course but thrilled to be teaching such amazing novels.

If you hate a job you have to do, turn on the stop watch feature to see how long the job actually takes. Schools me every time.

Loose Ends in 60 Seconds 🩷

When Google's AI Overview, which I did not utilize and had no desire to use, actually located something I needed:

That’s exactly how forever war was designed: to be a perpetual wheel of misfortune

this was the cover of Time Magazine for the May 2014 issue. it was less than a dozen years ago but it feels like it happened in another lifetime.

When I lived in Ann Arbor (about a 5 minute walk from this place) my apartment was declared uninhabitable by the city. That was a few months before the front door literally fell off the hinges. Go Blue.

So. What are best strategies for us as researchers? How do we divert this sewage, what infrastructural elements help drain it out of the system? What are best—and by that I mean efficient, least effortful—practices whenever we encounter this kind of crap? We need public education in info hygiene.

You cannot reform this.

This includes François and Robbie. I don't see enough noise for them.

I think the assumption from the Jewish parents quoted in this article that if they had just taken their kids to Israel more often, their kids would not have voted Mamdani is... suspect. In my experience, that is not necessarily what happens when young American Jews spend time in Israel.

These little gay hockey player actors better win all the feckin awards.

Today, I had to explain what (the show) ER was to my student assistant. 🧓🏼

Walmart is here for all your gay nutcracker throuple tin needs.

This year is coming to a horrible end. My 5 year old fell off the couch and broke his arm on Thursday and I tested positive for COVID on Friday. 😬😬😬

We're like three days from the n-word

my weirdest flex that I’m actually pretty proud of is students generally aren’t sad when they fail my class?? they’ve always been pretty happy they get to come back ☠️

Adding this example to the guest lecture I routinely give on the politics of typography www.huffpost.com/entry/rubio-...

abolishing the private #adoption industry and ending the legal practice of plenary adoption—the irreversible rewriting of a child’s legal identity and falsification of their natal kinship relations—does *not* mean abolishing long-term custodial care for a child who needs it. +

I used to be young and cool and now I'm spending my Saturday night looking up deviled egg containers.

More of this everywhere.

Sure, I'm exhausted and there are a million things I could be doing. Of course, I also spent the night cutting out pieces to make a Halloween version of this Christmas decoration I love.

College Course Evals Question: Anyone know of a system that lets faculty create choose-your-own-adventure course evals? So maybe 5 questions for everyone in the college, but then you can select the performing arts question bundle, or the science lab bundle, or even add a few of your own questions.

enbies kissing

The thing to understand about "age verification" laws is that they are not just for kids The only way to "stop kids from doing xyz online" using age-gating is to demand a government ID (or invasive biometric face scan) from EVERYONE. This means associating your gov ID with EVERYTHING YOU DO ONLINE

I'm begging everyone making gufaw surface level comments about disability accommodations to read about universal design.

STOP PAST TENSING GENOCIDE. STOP PAST TENSING THE PANDEMIC. THINGS ARE NOT OVER BECAUSE SOMEONE SAID THEY WERE. THEY ARE NOT OVER IF YOU PRETEND THEY HAVE GONE AWAY. YOU ARE JUST NO LONGER PARTICIPATING IN REALITY.

When you see this, post an image from your gallery to describe your mental health (sticker from the amazing @aplante.com, weird yellow vibes courtesy of my phone camera).

Today is a great day to give to your local indigenous mutual aid organization. If you need an idea, consider The Thečhíȟila Collective who just successfully bought land to build their healing center in Detroit. www.thechihilacollective.com

There's a Vermont state police ad that uses the same AI voice as the doctor explaining things meme on tiktok/reels and it kills me. (ACAB)

Lil Jon and Toys R Us?! This is a direct hit to the millennial demographic.