Lila Byock
@lbyock.bsky.social
đ¤ 4223
đĽ 809
đ 1418
Writer of television, hater of Big Tech in schools
pinned post!
Oooh your chatbot is becoming sentient and may pose a threat to humanity? Should we throw a party? Should we invite all your most gullible investors?
9 months ago
4
235
24
Well we no longer have a constitution, but thank god we still have Rob Schneider
2 days ago
1
5
1
A month after the LAUSD Superintendent's home & office were raided during an investigation into tech contract fraud, a former LAUSD employee was indicted on charges relating to tech contract fraud.
www.dailynews.com/2026/03/26/e...
loading . . .
Ex-LAUSD employee, tech vendor charged in alleged $22 million contracting scheme
The case first come to light in April 2022. Since then, LAUSDâs Office of Inspector General and the DAâs Bureau of Investigation have been actively working on it, the D.A. says.
https://www.dailynews.com/2026/03/26/ex-lausd-employee-tech-vendor-charged-in-alleged-22-million-contracting-scheme/
5 days ago
1
3
1
Hey
@rweingarten.bsky.social
, howâs that partnership with Open AI working out for you?
add a skeleton here at some point
6 days ago
0
8
1
A British man just bragged to me that âwe never had slavery in this country.â
12 days ago
3
11
0
The whole internet loves Claude, the official LLM of the Resistance! *5 seconds later* We regret to inform you that Claude bombed an elementary school.
about 1 month ago
0
14
2
reposted by
Lila Byock
nitasha tiku
about 1 month ago
WSJ reporting that the U.S. used Claude for the air strikes in Iran. Centcom has been using Claude "for intelligence assessments, target identification and simulating battle scenarios"
www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
152
2278
1330
reposted by
Lila Byock
John Halloran
about 1 month ago
These are criminal acts, and there is no way to find the other side of this without meaningful accountability for thisâlike âin the dock at The Hagueâ accountability.
add a skeleton here at some point
6
594
189
Sorry if this is controversial, but itâs my opinion that Donald Trump sucks absolute shit.
about 1 month ago
0
24
1
reposted by
Lila Byock
Schools Beyond Screens demands an emergency audit of all tech contracts awarded during Superintendent Carvalhoâs tenure at LAUSD. Please sign & share:
www.fournorms.com/campaigns/ge...
loading . . .
Get Big Tech Off Kids' Desks | Schools Beyond Screens | powered by Four Norms
Four Norms makes collective action possible for parents â with the tools, language, and support to push back on tech's influence and rebuild what childhood should be.
https://www.fournorms.com/campaigns/get-big-tech-off-kids-desks-55803a5a-fb5d-49a5-8aa0-718fe59dbba1
about 1 month ago
0
9
2
reposted by
Lila Byock
Two days ago, I was told that Superintendent Carvalho privately refers to me & my advocacy group as âthose Schools Beyond Screens bitches.â Yesterday, he learned that karmaâs a bitch, too.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...
loading . . .
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/fbi-raid-lausd-alberto-carvalho.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
about 1 month ago
4
27
4
AI CEOs are like, âWhat if we reoriented the entire global economy around a massive version of the Wu-Tang name generator.â
about 1 month ago
1
16
1
Among the many nauseating aspects of this story, Google is using its philanthropic arm to foist its products into schools, with the intention of creating a âpipeline of future customers.â
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
0
10
3
My spouse is introducing the 10yo to I Think You Should Leave. Please circle back in 5 years to find out how badly weâve messed up our kid.
about 1 month ago
18
152
6
reposted by
Lila Byock
Mark Hurst
about 1 month ago
Now THAT's a headline. "The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents"
fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...
loading . . .
The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune
Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations âscrewed upâ giving students access to so much technology: âI genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.â
https://fortune.com/2026/02/21/laptops-tablets-schools-gen-z-less-cognitively-capable-parents-first-time-cellphone-bans-standardized-test-scores/
80
2629
1375
One of my most visceral childhood memories is seeing Jesse Jackson speak during his â88 presidential run at a pow wow in Arlee, Montana. Not a lot of other presidential candidates showed up in Arlee.
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 month ago
0
29
6
What if⌠the American Pope⌠runs for PresidentâŚ
about 2 months ago
3
7
0
reposted by
Lila Byock
Lilly Irani
about 2 months ago
Sign and share this call on CSU to cancel its multimillion dollar OpenAI contract. CSU is in a budget crisis, OpenAI wants to reduce us all into tools of AI, and our public money should be invested in humans!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
loading . . .
Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans.
In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a lar...
https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/cancel-chatgpt-edu-invest-in-humans/
3
61
32
reposted by
Lila Byock
Jeffrey Epstein was working to replace teachers with computers and subvert traditional education with video games. In case you needed further confirmation of the rot at the center of the EdTech industry.
about 2 months ago
1
264
101
âThe director Brett Ratner cozied up to the Trumps after spending years in movie-biz exile amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment and assault.⌠For his comeback, he has summoned all the artistic ambition of a local Realtor who just got a drone.â
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
0
7
2
reposted by
Lila Byock
Evan Urquhart
about 2 months ago
I read this, and I almost regret it. What do you even do with the knowledge that Epstein wanted and was trying to engineer societal breakdown via far right populism bc he thought it would benefit his sex trafficking business?
add a skeleton here at some point
52
2859
868
Itâs amazing how quickly the entire discourse around AI has pivoted from âLook at this miraculous new technology!â to âLook, this is happening whether you want it or not.â
add a skeleton here at some point
about 2 months ago
0
10
0
Jeffrey Epstein was working to replace teachers with computers and subvert traditional education with video games. In case you needed further confirmation of the rot at the center of the EdTech industry.
about 2 months ago
1
264
101
The last four words you hear before you die: âDavid Brooks video podcast.â
add a skeleton here at some point
2 months ago
0
9
0
Our elementary school booster club has stricter bylaws around budget appropriations.
add a skeleton here at some point
2 months ago
26
720
145
Endeavor to lead a life that will not prompt Bruce Springsteen to record a soaring anthem about how much you suck.
2 months ago
1
33
2
reposted by
Lila Byock
Jamie
2 months ago
"Take a second and think about it. Would you rather really grow from an experience of actually doing some work and critically thinking about the things you're writing or talking about, or just taking nothing away from it and just use a robot?" Listen to the students, not the tech companies.
add a skeleton here at some point
0
58
16
add a skeleton here at some point
2 months ago
0
11
1
I never thought the leopards would start eating faces, say employees at the face-eating-leopard factory
add a skeleton here at some point
2 months ago
0
10
0
reposted by
Lila Byock
Andrew Lawrence
2 months ago
hey folks, six figure opinion columnist here and gotta say, made a big olâ whoopsie on the most consequential and honestly, probably the most obvious opinion of my life. thats my bad. anyway, guess Iâll just keep getting paid to give my opinion, thanks for reading
116
8869
1252
Did... did Brett Ratner write this?
2 months ago
5
22
1
reposted by
Lila Byock
Hetan Shah
2 months ago
Blistering piece on ed tech in
@economist.com
. âAlthough ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schoolsâand often impairs it.â
economist.com/united-state...
loading . . .
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
https://economist.com/united-states/2026/01/22/ed-tech-is-profitable-it-is-also-mostly-useless
13
517
306
Insane headline
2 months ago
2
9
1
SchrĂśdingerâs Air Force One
2 months ago
1
118
14
reposted by
Lila Byock
Benjamin Riley
2 months ago
Students know whatâs up. This sharp seventh grader raises the obvious question about what teacher use of AI implies for student usage.
add a skeleton here at some point
7
189
67
reposted by
Lila Byock
Maria Bustillos
2 months ago
This is the fucking limit. I had no idea that Amazon drivers AREN'T ALLOWED TO SING wat CRUSH this monopoly wtf my levels were already redlining
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
98
4319
1578
reposted by
Lila Byock
Shell
2 months ago
I do wish that the media would pick up on the harms of edtech too. We occasionally see it but the screen free phone ban groups wonât touch it- and thatâs telling. The entire edtech ecosystem is surveillance and people need to know that. And refuse it. Schools are catalysts for data rights abuse
1
4
1
To create future customers and to monetize childrenâs data.
add a skeleton here at some point
2 months ago
1
7
0
reposted by
Lila Byock
Kim, Bestie of Bunzy, Co-CEO Execubetchâ˘ď¸
3 months ago
I can't believe that this has been an option the entire time *sets up school for raccoons against racism*
74
2723
884
reposted by
Lila Byock
Last night I heard a man whoâd fled the Salvadoran civil war describe ICE as a paramilitary army aligned with an authoritarian government, and I thought⌠oh.
5 months ago
0
71
23
Letâs not lose sight of the fact that schools are using Grok as an AI tutor.
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
0
7
1
Top story on BBC vs top story on NYT:
3 months ago
0
12
0
reposted by
Lila Byock
Anne Lutz Fernandez
3 months ago
Rethinking Schools published my article about pushing back on some of the arguments made by those seeking to rush AI tools into schools.
loading . . .
Resisting AI Mania in Schools
A former English teacher takes on many of the arguments of AI promoters.
https://rethinkingschools.org/articles/resisting-ai-mania-in-schools/
13
234
103
Trumpâs foreign policy doctrine: Fyre Fest Destiny
3 months ago
0
5
0
With news of Grok generating csam on X, Iâm once again asking
@lausdsup.bsky.social
to answer for the fact that LAUSD students are being exposed to sexually explicit AI slop at school.
add a skeleton here at some point
3 months ago
0
29
12
Shot / chaser
3 months ago
0
8
1
reposted by
Lila Byock
Anne Lutz Fernandez
3 months ago
The techbros producing AI products are not doing so responsibly. The politicians funded by techbros are not regulating them responsibly. But sure, the teachers can figure out how to get children to use it responsibly.
loading . . .
Asking Students to Use AI Responsibly When The Adults Aren't
Kids can't be expected to learn what adults haven't â or can't â learn
https://nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/asking-students-to-use-ai-responsibly-when-the-adults-arent/
0
27
8
reposted by
Lila Byock
Anne Lutz Fernandez
3 months ago
So much to say here but it's yet another reminder that it is kind of a sick joke to suggest that the kids can be taught to "use AI responsibly" when the adults are and can not.
loading . . .
'Do Not Look': Netizens Warn Grok's X Profile Is Saturated With AI-Generated Nude Images
Social media users are issuing an urgent plea to stay away from the official Grok account on X as the platform struggles to contain a surge of graphic, synthetic imagery.
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/do-not-look-netizens-warn-groks-x-profile-saturated-ai-generated-nude-images-1767275
3
50
18
reposted by
Lila Byock
nitasha tiku
3 months ago
hereâs a gift link to the piece
wapo.st/49uy2q1
loading . . .
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raineâs ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
https://wapo.st/49uy2q1
9
193
98
Load more
feeds!
log in