Reed C. Hepler
@bringthehuman.bsky.social
Digital Initiatives Librarian, Copyright Agent, Archivist, Instructional Designer, Pianist, AI Consultant. #mormonsky #musicsky #aisky #edusky #frasier #infolit #skybrarian #tolkien
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Reed C. Hepler
@bringthehuman.bsky.social
· Dec 12
If you try to use #ChatGPT, EVEN the "SearchGPT" function, with #Boolean keywords, you will utterly fail. It is a whole different type of searching the web (and again, you ONLY do that with " #SearchGPT," NOT regular ChatGPT). #onlineliteracy #infolit
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[plays fanfare exactly as before]
"There, you see? That's what good conducting can do."
#frasier #frasiersky #music #musicsky
"There, you see? That's what good conducting can do."
#frasier #frasiersky #music #musicsky
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 PM
[plays fanfare exactly as before]
"There, you see? That's what good conducting can do."
#frasier #frasiersky #music #musicsky
"There, you see? That's what good conducting can do."
#frasier #frasiersky #music #musicsky
If you all want to practice @mikecaulfield.bsky.social's Three Steps for AI-Enhanced Research, and the #SIFTMethod, there are two resources that I can recommend:
1. Search Research blog by Dan Russell
2. The Bellingcat challenge site
1. Search Research blog by Dan Russell
2. The Bellingcat challenge site
November 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
If you all want to practice @mikecaulfield.bsky.social's Three Steps for AI-Enhanced Research, and the #SIFTMethod, there are two resources that I can recommend:
1. Search Research blog by Dan Russell
2. The Bellingcat challenge site
1. Search Research blog by Dan Russell
2. The Bellingcat challenge site
Hello all! Do you remember the Pedagogical Promptbook? Well, now I am looking for learners of all ages and types to test out the Project-Based Learning custom bot OR the actual prompt in whatever AI tool they wish.
November 24, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Hello all! Do you remember the Pedagogical Promptbook? Well, now I am looking for learners of all ages and types to test out the Project-Based Learning custom bot OR the actual prompt in whatever AI tool they wish.
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Climb to the sun.
Your frozen boughs
Shimmer across the sky.
Your work is done.
Decades digging roots
Deep
In unforgiving soil.
Shine on, wild one.
Your legacy:
A forest
Of grit and grace.
#ImageAndVerse #Stunday
#EastCoastKin #nature #poetry
#PhotographersofBlueSky
#PhotographersUnited #photo
Your frozen boughs
Shimmer across the sky.
Your work is done.
Decades digging roots
Deep
In unforgiving soil.
Shine on, wild one.
Your legacy:
A forest
Of grit and grace.
#ImageAndVerse #Stunday
#EastCoastKin #nature #poetry
#PhotographersofBlueSky
#PhotographersUnited #photo
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Climb to the sun.
Your frozen boughs
Shimmer across the sky.
Your work is done.
Decades digging roots
Deep
In unforgiving soil.
Shine on, wild one.
Your legacy:
A forest
Of grit and grace.
#ImageAndVerse #Stunday
#EastCoastKin #nature #poetry
#PhotographersofBlueSky
#PhotographersUnited #photo
Your frozen boughs
Shimmer across the sky.
Your work is done.
Decades digging roots
Deep
In unforgiving soil.
Shine on, wild one.
Your legacy:
A forest
Of grit and grace.
#ImageAndVerse #Stunday
#EastCoastKin #nature #poetry
#PhotographersofBlueSky
#PhotographersUnited #photo
November 22, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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..live for now..
—for creative. artistic. thinking. philosophical minds—anyone 'alive' seeking..
©️dww
#thenow #quotes #thoughts #zen #philosophy #spirituality #writesky #nature #art #substack #music #micro #bluesky #humansofbluesky #blogger #life #writingcommunity #photography #artist #mystical
—for creative. artistic. thinking. philosophical minds—anyone 'alive' seeking..
©️dww
#thenow #quotes #thoughts #zen #philosophy #spirituality #writesky #nature #art #substack #music #micro #bluesky #humansofbluesky #blogger #life #writingcommunity #photography #artist #mystical
November 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
..live for now..
—for creative. artistic. thinking. philosophical minds—anyone 'alive' seeking..
©️dww
#thenow #quotes #thoughts #zen #philosophy #spirituality #writesky #nature #art #substack #music #micro #bluesky #humansofbluesky #blogger #life #writingcommunity #photography #artist #mystical
—for creative. artistic. thinking. philosophical minds—anyone 'alive' seeking..
©️dww
#thenow #quotes #thoughts #zen #philosophy #spirituality #writesky #nature #art #substack #music #micro #bluesky #humansofbluesky #blogger #life #writingcommunity #photography #artist #mystical
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Thrilled to be SHORTLISTED for @walklistencreate.org's WALKING IN THE DARK competition supporting the great 'Women Walking, the City, at Night' cause. My thanks to judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & Damaris West. Shortlist below. My poem Devon Gothic in the thread #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
November 20, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Thrilled to be SHORTLISTED for @walklistencreate.org's WALKING IN THE DARK competition supporting the great 'Women Walking, the City, at Night' cause. My thanks to judges @marcellenewbold.bsky.social & Damaris West. Shortlist below. My poem Devon Gothic in the thread #poetrycommunity #poetsonbluesky
I had an absolutely enlightening experience at the Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2025 Conference! It paired perfectly with the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) 2025 International Convention that I went to in October.
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
Preparing for the small-"s" singularities
This presentation has been given three times with varying success. It attempts to simulate a dialogue between professionals, practitioners, and academics about applications of generative AI. It is evi...
oercommons.org
November 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I had an absolutely enlightening experience at the Online Learning Consortium Accelerate 2025 Conference! It paired perfectly with the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT) 2025 International Convention that I went to in October.
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
oercommons.org/courseware/l...
Come see me in half an hour as I keynote the #AISummit at the @onlinelearningconsortium.org Accelerate 2025 Conference! Southern Hemisphere 2!
November 19, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Come see me in half an hour as I keynote the #AISummit at the @onlinelearningconsortium.org Accelerate 2025 Conference! Southern Hemisphere 2!
Educators/Librarians: We are responsible to teach students/the public to be critical, literate, and prepared to question and propose, to love and be loved, to BRING THE HUMAN to Human-AI Interactions.
Are you earnestly prepared?
reedhepler.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
Are you earnestly prepared?
reedhepler.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
The Rise of the Machine-Centered World: Postman's TECHNOPOLY and the Development of AI-First Education
Another whole-book summary
reedhepler.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Educators/Librarians: We are responsible to teach students/the public to be critical, literate, and prepared to question and propose, to love and be loved, to BRING THE HUMAN to Human-AI Interactions.
Are you earnestly prepared?
reedhepler.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
Are you earnestly prepared?
reedhepler.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
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#vss365 #transport
The medium of transport
will be immediate; a wish
upon a star fully outfitted
without your bike or car.
The medium of transport
will be immediate; a wish
upon a star fully outfitted
without your bike or car.
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 AM
#vss365 #transport
The medium of transport
will be immediate; a wish
upon a star fully outfitted
without your bike or car.
The medium of transport
will be immediate; a wish
upon a star fully outfitted
without your bike or car.
C5 F#4 F4 E4 D#4 D4
[Six Se-e-ve-e-en]
Incidentally, that is SIX tones ;)
[Six Se-e-ve-e-en]
Incidentally, that is SIX tones ;)
hey babe, wake up, new time signature just dropped
November 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
C5 F#4 F4 E4 D#4 D4
[Six Se-e-ve-e-en]
Incidentally, that is SIX tones ;)
[Six Se-e-ve-e-en]
Incidentally, that is SIX tones ;)
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Welcome to the Poetry Feed
Poetry - BlueSky Art Feed
A BlueSky art feed showcasing poetry from across the platform. Sorted by a combination of trending, discover and new.
bsky.art
February 2, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Welcome to the Poetry Feed
Right after I graduated (May 2022) IU started doing crazy stuff like this... I have never set foot on campus (I was completely online), and yet I am embarrassed by this.
Something strange is happening at Indiana University...
The school removed its respected director of its renowned Jewish studies program without explanation and replaced him with a professor focused on contemporary antisemitism known for vocally supporting Israel. 🧵
forward.com/news/783205/...
The school removed its respected director of its renowned Jewish studies program without explanation and replaced him with a professor focused on contemporary antisemitism known for vocally supporting Israel. 🧵
forward.com/news/783205/...
Indiana University removed its Jewish studies director. His replacement has ignited a firestorm over Israel.
How turmoil at Indiana University's prestigious Jewish studies program has exposed the tensions plaguing those studying Jews and Judaism.
forward.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Right after I graduated (May 2022) IU started doing crazy stuff like this... I have never set foot on campus (I was completely online), and yet I am embarrassed by this.
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BDG feature: Why Tangut Studies Matters: Thoughts About a Newly Thriving Field from Tangutologist Zhouyang Ma
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/ebzsx5bd
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #BuddhistHistory #BuddhistStudies #ChineseHistory #TangutHistory #Tibetology
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/ebzsx5bd
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #BuddhistHistory #BuddhistStudies #ChineseHistory #TangutHistory #Tibetology
Why Tangut Studies Matters: Thoughts About a Newly Thriving Field from Tangutologist Zhouyang Ma - Buddhistdoor Global
The study of a long-lost Buddhist civilization is experiencing a revival thanks to a new cohort of passionate scholars
tinyurl.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:48 PM
BDG feature: Why Tangut Studies Matters: Thoughts About a Newly Thriving Field from Tangutologist Zhouyang Ma
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/ebzsx5bd
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #BuddhistHistory #BuddhistStudies #ChineseHistory #TangutHistory #Tibetology
🔗 Read more: tinyurl.com/ebzsx5bd
#Buddhism #Vajrayana #TibetanBuddhism #BuddhistHistory #BuddhistStudies #ChineseHistory #TangutHistory #Tibetology
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Some coverage of our recent work in Remote touch in humans …….✋ www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-n...
Scientists discover humans 'have seventh sense' called 'remote touch'
We're told we have five senses – sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch – but now scientists at a London university have discovered a mysterious new ability they call 'remote touch'
www.dailystar.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Some coverage of our recent work in Remote touch in humans …….✋ www.dailystar.co.uk/news/weird-n...
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What emotion has been the hardest for you to sit with lately — and what happens when you stop fighting it?
Share below. Your answer might help someone else breathe easier today.
#TheModernTaoist #DaoAnanda #Mindfulness #Taoism
Share below. Your answer might help someone else breathe easier today.
#TheModernTaoist #DaoAnanda #Mindfulness #Taoism
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
What emotion has been the hardest for you to sit with lately — and what happens when you stop fighting it?
Share below. Your answer might help someone else breathe easier today.
#TheModernTaoist #DaoAnanda #Mindfulness #Taoism
Share below. Your answer might help someone else breathe easier today.
#TheModernTaoist #DaoAnanda #Mindfulness #Taoism
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Can you get there reading only recent YA fiction? I don’t know. I don’t think that’ll help you get better at Brontë or Shakespeare or Paul Muldoon. I think a teacher’s job is at least in part to put challenges in the students’ paths. It helps if the teacher enjoys (and gets) the hard stuff too. (/7)
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Can you get there reading only recent YA fiction? I don’t know. I don’t think that’ll help you get better at Brontë or Shakespeare or Paul Muldoon. I think a teacher’s job is at least in part to put challenges in the students’ paths. It helps if the teacher enjoys (and gets) the hard stuff too. (/7)
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One of the things I wind up telling college students (bear with me) is that although they are fluent readers of English, their reading skills have not stopped improving. If they keep reading things that challenge them, they will be better readers from year to year.
Part of what improves is … (1/7)
Part of what improves is … (1/7)
1. We shd ask HS students to read old books. Some love them. Many learn. 2. No book fits all readers. 3. Old language more often alienates young readers. 4. Where possible HS & intro college English classes can mix old & new books. 5. Alas, that means short books.... but it also means poems!
One might even argue that the Scarlet Letter not being for you is a life lesson.
November 2, 2025 at 8:05 PM
One of the things I wind up telling college students (bear with me) is that although they are fluent readers of English, their reading skills have not stopped improving. If they keep reading things that challenge them, they will be better readers from year to year.
Part of what improves is … (1/7)
Part of what improves is … (1/7)
A quite energetic conversation going on LI about copyright, AI, #stablediffusion, etc. Is it the responsibility of the tool or the user?
www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-ma...
www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-ma...
Munich court rules against OpenAI in GEMA copyright case | Ben Maling posted on the topic | LinkedIn
🎶 Striking a chord, or a duff note? 🎶
A Munich district court just found against #OpenAI in GEMA's copyright lawsuit against them 😯
According to Reuters' reporting, "the court found that both memo...
www.linkedin.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
A quite energetic conversation going on LI about copyright, AI, #stablediffusion, etc. Is it the responsibility of the tool or the user?
www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-ma...
www.linkedin.com/posts/ben-ma...
Which of the following is the most concerning?
I have 70 hours of Gregorian Chant and the vast majority of FRASIER on my phone.
I start listening to Christmas music on August 31st at 10 a.m.
I have an antisocial comm style, too many !s and ...s
I am not warm at all, but I am competent (mean?).
I have 70 hours of Gregorian Chant and the vast majority of FRASIER on my phone.
I start listening to Christmas music on August 31st at 10 a.m.
I have an antisocial comm style, too many !s and ...s
I am not warm at all, but I am competent (mean?).
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Which of the following is the most concerning?
I have 70 hours of Gregorian Chant and the vast majority of FRASIER on my phone.
I start listening to Christmas music on August 31st at 10 a.m.
I have an antisocial comm style, too many !s and ...s
I am not warm at all, but I am competent (mean?).
I have 70 hours of Gregorian Chant and the vast majority of FRASIER on my phone.
I start listening to Christmas music on August 31st at 10 a.m.
I have an antisocial comm style, too many !s and ...s
I am not warm at all, but I am competent (mean?).
If they can do it to Shakespeare...
I remember reading about a production of Zauberfloete in which QotN was Harriet Tubman, Sarastro was a slave owner, etc., to subvert the original (sexist, racist) messages of the opera.
But people didn't quite get it and got mad, understandably.
I remember reading about a production of Zauberfloete in which QotN was Harriet Tubman, Sarastro was a slave owner, etc., to subvert the original (sexist, racist) messages of the opera.
But people didn't quite get it and got mad, understandably.
At what point does an opera become a bait and switch? What do you think? 🤔
Let me know in the comments. And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#operasky #booksky #nonfiction #opera #regietheater
Let me know in the comments. And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#operasky #booksky #nonfiction #opera #regietheater
November 13, 2025 at 3:39 PM
If they can do it to Shakespeare...
I remember reading about a production of Zauberfloete in which QotN was Harriet Tubman, Sarastro was a slave owner, etc., to subvert the original (sexist, racist) messages of the opera.
But people didn't quite get it and got mad, understandably.
I remember reading about a production of Zauberfloete in which QotN was Harriet Tubman, Sarastro was a slave owner, etc., to subvert the original (sexist, racist) messages of the opera.
But people didn't quite get it and got mad, understandably.
I think I'm a moderate opera lover. But then again, I CHOSE to turn on the Met when I got back from a conference in my hotel room and watched Barber of Seville for 3 hours, so maybe not
This ticks off all my boxes: music, history, public interpretation, religion (I would bet)
My bday is Monday ;)
This ticks off all my boxes: music, history, public interpretation, religion (I would bet)
My bday is Monday ;)
“Opera breeds fanatics. There are opera groupies. Opera diehards. Opera obsessives. I’m not one of them.”
OPERA WARS is coming…Available January 13, 2026.
bit.ly/4lXyK39
📚💙 #operasky #musicsky #booksky
@scribnerbooks.bsky.social
OPERA WARS is coming…Available January 13, 2026.
bit.ly/4lXyK39
📚💙 #operasky #musicsky #booksky
@scribnerbooks.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I think I'm a moderate opera lover. But then again, I CHOSE to turn on the Met when I got back from a conference in my hotel room and watched Barber of Seville for 3 hours, so maybe not
This ticks off all my boxes: music, history, public interpretation, religion (I would bet)
My bday is Monday ;)
This ticks off all my boxes: music, history, public interpretation, religion (I would bet)
My bday is Monday ;)
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You know this, but I just want to say as a straight white man that the most terrifyingly competent people I have ever met have been overwhelmingly women.
They are all over the place, feeling like imposters while having amassed tremendous expertise. I see it over and over.
They are all over the place, feeling like imposters while having amassed tremendous expertise. I see it over and over.
November 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
You know this, but I just want to say as a straight white man that the most terrifyingly competent people I have ever met have been overwhelmingly women.
They are all over the place, feeling like imposters while having amassed tremendous expertise. I see it over and over.
They are all over the place, feeling like imposters while having amassed tremendous expertise. I see it over and over.
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GREAT post by @elissamalespina.bsky.social on new AI tools that supercharge censorship.
The question is not, "What CAN AI make a mess of?" It's, "What CAN'T AI make a mess of?"
#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...
The question is not, "What CAN AI make a mess of?" It's, "What CAN'T AI make a mess of?"
#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...
The Most Dangerous AI Tool for Libraries Yet
How Class-Shelf Plus v3 quietly turns censorship into an automated workflow and why every librarian should be alarmed.
aischoollibrarian.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
GREAT post by @elissamalespina.bsky.social on new AI tools that supercharge censorship.
The question is not, "What CAN AI make a mess of?" It's, "What CAN'T AI make a mess of?"
#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...
The question is not, "What CAN AI make a mess of?" It's, "What CAN'T AI make a mess of?"
#AiIsTheProblem #TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians
aischoollibrarian.substack.com/p/the-most-d...