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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · Jul 8

I, a very fancy professor at the state flagship university with a named lil mini endowment, teach in a room where my only option is to use chalkboards or a quite old manual projector and I must bring my laptop from home because there is no computer in the room. But sure, do this.

Randi Weingarten 🖇️📚✊🇺🇸 @rweingarten.bsky.social · Jul 8

This will be an innovative new training space where educators will learn not just about how A.I. works, but how to use it wisely, safely and ethically. It will be a place where tech developers and educators can talk with each other, not past each other. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/08/t...

OpenAI and Microsoft Bankroll New A.I. Training for Teachers

www.nytimes.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Jun 20

Worth thinking through!

Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Jun 17

People who don’t like AI aren’t in denial about how useful it is. People who like AI are in denial about how useful it is

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Mia McKenzie @miamckenzie.bsky.social · Jun 14

I don't want to hear another fucking word about graffiti.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jun 14

Gov. Tim Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed last night in “a political assassination.”

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Anne Gulick @annegulick.bsky.social · Jun 12

Wait, what

Laura Seay @texasinafrica.bsky.social · Jun 12

I'm sorry; Mahmood Mamdani's kid is running for mayor of New York?!? What a time to be alive.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Jun 10

I would love to see orders of magnitude more discussion about what "swing voters" should figure out, deal with, suck up, get a clue about, etc and orders of magnitude less discussion about how protestors should coddle random third party's hallucinations about this section of the electorate

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Shannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · Jun 10

Great recs from @mattseybold.bsky.social on resisting technofeudal education: prioritize print, practice ungrading, "Luddify" the classroom; de-mobilize computer infrastructure (root technology in social place!); faculty governance over SaaS subscriptions; instructor choice re: ed-tech

Against Technofeudal Education

Pillars For Protecting Our "Core Infrastructure" From OpenAI

theamericanvandal.substack.com

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Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · Jan 27

If y'all haven't caught on I'm going to annoy the shit out of y'all with examples on how democracy is being fought for and saved on the local level.

I want to unshackle y'all from the thinking that only the national horse race matters.

Danny Cherry Jr (twitter/Insta/tiktok: @Deecherrywriter) @deecherrywriter.bsky.social · Jan 27

The GOP in Minnesota tried to steal a state house seat, with the house split evenly.

Lawsuits were filed, and it got kicked up to the state Supreme Court, who sided against the GOP.

apnews.com/article/minn...

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Anne Gulick @annegulick.bsky.social · May 27

Writers: back up your work. Love, victim of laptop crash who could have used this reminder a week ago and may have to add “Rewrite first half of Ch. 4” to the summer task list.

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spooky mental haunted house @jesseltaylor.bsky.social · May 5

Timothy McVeigh raised the profile of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building

NBC News @nbcnews.com · May 4

In just two months on the job, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has raised the profile of autism.

But many autistic people say Kennedy is perpetuating harmful stereotypes.

Many in autism community say Health Secretary Kennedy doesn’t understand their needs

Advocacy groups say it’s important to tell parents of newly diagnosed children about the many possibilities open to their kids.

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Catherine 🌷 @catebridget.bsky.social · Apr 24

we need a slew of witty clapbacks for when we hear that

“i wrote that with AI”
“i was going to ask, do you also cut your own hair?”

“i wrote that with AI”
“what does the word ‘wrote’ mean to you?”

“i wrote that with AI”
“i’ll have my robot assistant throw it in the trash”

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Anne Gulick @annegulick.bsky.social · Apr 18

Teen Vogue, once again running laps around NYT.

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Apr 18

“Meanwhile, the real threat to college campuses are people like the FSU shooter, who, a fellow student told NBC, had been kicked out of a campus debate club over his white supremacist views.” — @leximcmenamin.com

www.teenvogue.com/story/fsu-sh...

Radicalized White Men Like the FSU Shooter Are the Real Threat to College Campuses—Not Peaceful Student Protesters

"The alleged gunman is a quintessentially American school shooter."

www.teenvogue.com

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Anne Gulick @annegulick.bsky.social · Apr 5

I hope this school gets like 5 applications next admissions season.

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Apr 5

what the actual fuck

jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · Apr 4

In a first for the Ivy League school, Columbia's new officers have the same powers of warrantless search and arrest as any other police officer under New York law. The state law permits the officers to use "physical force and deadly physical force in making an arrest or preventing an escape."

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · Apr 5

what the actual fuck

jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · Apr 4

In a first for the Ivy League school, Columbia's new officers have the same powers of warrantless search and arrest as any other police officer under New York law. The state law permits the officers to use "physical force and deadly physical force in making an arrest or preventing an escape."

Columbia University's new campus patrol officers appointed by New York Police Department

The 36 new special patrol officers announced last month by Columbia University were appointed by the New York Police Department and will be subject to the orders of the police commissioner, an arrangement confirmed by a Columbia spokesperson this week.

www.reuters.com

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Nate Blouin @nateforutah.bsky.social · Apr 5

This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Apr 5

The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people.

We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Apr 1

This pointless stunt by Cory Booker is accomplishing nothing but drawing attention to the Trump administration’s wrongdoing and delaying the work of the Senate and energizing the Democratic base and, wait, hang on, let me come in again

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Jennifer Blaylock @jennblaylock.bsky.social · Mar 16

In an effort to make scholarship on African film and media at #SCMS25 visible, please note and share widely these papers and panels with an African focus.

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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · Mar 10

RIP. Here's an homage from Zimbabwean artist Chaz Maviyane-Davies.

Graphic of a fountain pen whose nib is in the shape of a gray African continent with South Africa in black at the tip. The pen is coming down from the top of the image, dipping into a black inkwell. Background fades from peach to light green. Words say "ATHOL FUGARD 1932-2025"

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · Mar 10

If you’re writing a book right now you just have to pretend you’re a surgeon. Can’t look at your phone during surgery.

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Anne Gulick @annegulick.bsky.social · Mar 10

These bills are all “unlikely to pass” until one of them passes.

Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · Mar 10

I need y'all to sit with this headline and understand what is being done to our community. They're trying to criminalize our very existence.

This is a campaign of eradication.

www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/rcna...

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Camilo Pérez-Bustillo @cperezbustillo.bsky.social · Mar 2

A great loss for the Haitian people, and for Latin America, the Caribbean, and the world as a whole
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/w...

Frankétienne, Father of Haitian Letters, Is Dead at 88

A prolific novelist, poet, painter and soothsayer, he was inspired by the chaos of his country and published the first novel written entirely in Haitian Creole.

www.nytimes.com

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · Feb 22

This news about my book launch cancellation has been so disappointing.

But I’m grateful to share that Decatur Library will now host the event, and I’m even more thrilled to announce that I’ll be in conversation with the brilliant @malaikajabali.bsky.social.

Atlanta friends—hope to see you there!

Brian Goldstone – There Is No Place for Us | Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025 7:00 PM

Please note that this event has been moved from the Carter Library to the Decatur Library.Through the unforgettable stories of five Atlanta families, this landmark work of journalism exposes a new and...

www.acappellabooks.com

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Anne Gulick @annegulick.bsky.social · Feb 22

Oof. A great loss.

Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social · Feb 21

I am sad to learn of Jim’s passing. He was a great scholar, teacher, and mentor. RIP.

stanforddaily.com/2025/02/19/j...

James Ferguson, professor of anthropology and former department chair, dies at 65

James “Jim” Ferguson played a pivotal roles in the department's history and will be remembered for his remarkable character, kindness and contributions to the field.

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Anne Park @anneparkt.bsky.social · Feb 19

🙌 Made a flyer and card printouts with calls to action to fight this administration and care for our neighbors! I’ll be distributing these in my own neighborhood, and others are welcome to use if it seems helpful! Png files here drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Flyer with calls to action and QR codes related to civic engagement: calling representatives, toolkits and resources from organizers, and mutual aid ideas

Page of cards for printing, 10 cards on the page (front side). Each card includes the capitol switchboard number 202-224-3121, and a QR code to 5calls.org for call scripts

Page of cards for printing, 10 cards on the page (back side). Each card includes QR codes to resource docs for civic engagement and mutual aid

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · Feb 5

Proof that wokeness has run amok: Nearly 7% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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