DCOber
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Nomad writing teacher plying my wares and services.
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I think if they really dump AI content onto Disney+ they'll find out real quick that NOBODY wants to see that shit. But it's so symbolic of the state of things that the name that once meant the very peak of hand drawn animation is now in league with the stock market scam anti-human garbage machine.
December 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I think if they really dump AI content onto Disney+ they'll find out real quick that NOBODY wants to see that shit. But it's so symbolic of the state of things that the name that once meant the very peak of hand drawn animation is now in league with the stock market scam anti-human garbage machine.
At my writing program's end of term meeting, one instructor shared an AI image they created for no reason and another suggested we use Claude to draft emails to our students. It was far more demoralizing than catching two students using AI.
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
At my writing program's end of term meeting, one instructor shared an AI image they created for no reason and another suggested we use Claude to draft emails to our students. It was far more demoralizing than catching two students using AI.
My freshmen are writing about internet culture, and it's so funny to see these 18 and 19 year olds shake their heads and talk about how the next generation's memes are all brain rot.
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My freshmen are writing about internet culture, and it's so funny to see these 18 and 19 year olds shake their heads and talk about how the next generation's memes are all brain rot.
I remember reading These Truths and thinking Lepore fell hard for the "intolerant left" narrative in the later chapters. For a book about the entire history of the U.S. she spent a lot of time on something that has turned out to be a mirage. But she just had it out for her uppity students!
Harvard's prosecutorial culture was "miserable," says Jill Lepore. Even so, she stayed, but has since come to regret her silence. https://chroni.cl/4ihof9O
Why Jill Lepore Nearly Quit Harvard
The prosecutorial culture was “miserable.” She stayed, but has come to regret her silence at the time.
www.chronicle.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:59 PM
I remember reading These Truths and thinking Lepore fell hard for the "intolerant left" narrative in the later chapters. For a book about the entire history of the U.S. she spent a lot of time on something that has turned out to be a mirage. But she just had it out for her uppity students!
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Today is probably the safest it will ever be for me to publicly express one of my most unpopular opinions on literature: memoir will always be a lesser form of literature.
November 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is probably the safest it will ever be for me to publicly express one of my most unpopular opinions on literature: memoir will always be a lesser form of literature.
Even NPR has to follow up "Epstein killed himself" with the caveat "authorities say."
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Even NPR has to follow up "Epstein killed himself" with the caveat "authorities say."
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
I brought up Sora with my students, and it was met immediately with collective groans. AI brings with it some frustration in the classroom, but overall I find most students are very skeptical of it.
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I brought up Sora with my students, and it was met immediately with collective groans. AI brings with it some frustration in the classroom, but overall I find most students are very skeptical of it.
Damn. Housing costs have been rough on everyone.
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will strip Prince Andrew of remaining titles and evict him from royal residence.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Damn. Housing costs have been rough on everyone.
Yesterday I noticed that Google Alerts was now sending me AI summaries of news stories rather than links to news stories. Who do they think will write the original story when they train everyone to go straight to AI?
October 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Yesterday I noticed that Google Alerts was now sending me AI summaries of news stories rather than links to news stories. Who do they think will write the original story when they train everyone to go straight to AI?
A friend apparently long believed the lyrics of "Rock and Roll All Nite" to be "rock and roll all night / and part of every day." And, honestly, that's much more sensible. I have to get my kid to school. I have a job.
October 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
A friend apparently long believed the lyrics of "Rock and Roll All Nite" to be "rock and roll all night / and part of every day." And, honestly, that's much more sensible. I have to get my kid to school. I have a job.
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The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
October 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
The thing that makes Star Trek utopian isn’t the end of scarcity or the harmony between all peoples it’s also that the guy on the ship who gets laid the most plays the trombone at work and periodically does community theater
The AWS outage that has crippled Canvas is weird. But even weirder is that my university hasn't sent a single email about it. Students obviously understand what's happening through other avenues, but you would think they could get some poor soul to type up an email about what's disrupting our day.
October 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The AWS outage that has crippled Canvas is weird. But even weirder is that my university hasn't sent a single email about it. Students obviously understand what's happening through other avenues, but you would think they could get some poor soul to type up an email about what's disrupting our day.
This morning a student mentioned that some of her teachers have incorporated AI into the classroom, so I asked her how. I figured there's probably some interesting ways you could reasonably incorporate AI that might have some benefits. They were using AI to grade and having AI generate prompts.
October 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This morning a student mentioned that some of her teachers have incorporated AI into the classroom, so I asked her how. I figured there's probably some interesting ways you could reasonably incorporate AI that might have some benefits. They were using AI to grade and having AI generate prompts.
My eight year old's No Kings sign. The cat is not only breaking a crown, but in my favorite detail, she has repurposed a crown for a food bowl.
#NoKings
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
My eight year old's No Kings sign. The cat is not only breaking a crown, but in my favorite detail, she has repurposed a crown for a food bowl.
#NoKings
#NoKings
I'm watching the 1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (which is excellent), and they're calling him Dr. "Gee-kull." What is happening?
October 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I'm watching the 1931 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (which is excellent), and they're calling him Dr. "Gee-kull." What is happening?
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A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
October 9, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.
Man, I sure would love to have Spider-Man's powers. Not sure about all that responsibility, though.
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Man, I sure would love to have Spider-Man's powers. Not sure about all that responsibility, though.
Hofstadter really nails this when he notes that conspiracy theorist set themselves up with an impossible task by inventing enemies who are absolutely evil and must be completely eradicated, but in a free society, you can't eradicate your political enemies. They will be perpetually aggravated.
It's the golden rule of grievance politics: you will never be happy. You are a permanent captive to the infinity goalpost.
October 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Hofstadter really nails this when he notes that conspiracy theorist set themselves up with an impossible task by inventing enemies who are absolutely evil and must be completely eradicated, but in a free society, you can't eradicate your political enemies. They will be perpetually aggravated.
I just discovered that Steve Guttenberg's memoir is titled The Guttenberg Bible. Well played, sir.
September 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I just discovered that Steve Guttenberg's memoir is titled The Guttenberg Bible. Well played, sir.
Post a horror movie everyone should see.
September 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Post a horror movie everyone should see.
Hey, girl! It's safe to come back to the theaters for Star Wars. We've learned our lesson after The Rise of Skywalker. We're no longer interested in playing it safe. That's why we got visionary director Shawn Levy.
September 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Hey, girl! It's safe to come back to the theaters for Star Wars. We've learned our lesson after The Rise of Skywalker. We're no longer interested in playing it safe. That's why we got visionary director Shawn Levy.