Aparna Nair
@disabilitystor1.bsky.social
Historian, occasional anthropologist, working on disability, race and Empire; histories of public health. Eternal immigrant, writer, teacher. Indifferent cook. There will be many dogs on this feed. Luddite, yes, in the best way.
Lives with epilepsy.
Lives with epilepsy.
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It can't just be on the teachers and professors. Parents and other members of the community need to stand with them.
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It can't just be on the teachers and professors. Parents and other members of the community need to stand with them.
It’s snowing lightly outside
I have a nice cup of London fog going.
The dogs are hogging the electric blanket.
And there is maybe nothing better than two dogs lying on your lap (except maybe three dogs)
I have a nice cup of London fog going.
The dogs are hogging the electric blanket.
And there is maybe nothing better than two dogs lying on your lap (except maybe three dogs)
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It’s snowing lightly outside
I have a nice cup of London fog going.
The dogs are hogging the electric blanket.
And there is maybe nothing better than two dogs lying on your lap (except maybe three dogs)
I have a nice cup of London fog going.
The dogs are hogging the electric blanket.
And there is maybe nothing better than two dogs lying on your lap (except maybe three dogs)
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My employer sent us a document that promises to make sure we take all of our vacation time, get enough rest, get paid enough, use our benefits, and let them know if we need more.
My other employer offered to babysit for our disabled kids so we can get some alone time.
Very thankful. Sadly rare.
My other employer offered to babysit for our disabled kids so we can get some alone time.
Very thankful. Sadly rare.
Id rather go for work-life balance than be "successful" by the metrics society tells me are important.
Id rather take the sick days to get my bodymind back on track (and thank heaven for sick leave).
Id rather be perceived as middling or unmemorable.
Id much rather have a lifetime of happiness.
Id rather take the sick days to get my bodymind back on track (and thank heaven for sick leave).
Id rather be perceived as middling or unmemorable.
Id much rather have a lifetime of happiness.
November 27, 2025 at 7:58 PM
My employer sent us a document that promises to make sure we take all of our vacation time, get enough rest, get paid enough, use our benefits, and let them know if we need more.
My other employer offered to babysit for our disabled kids so we can get some alone time.
Very thankful. Sadly rare.
My other employer offered to babysit for our disabled kids so we can get some alone time.
Very thankful. Sadly rare.
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That woman blocked me on Twitter because I said “white women” 🙄
November 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
That woman blocked me on Twitter because I said “white women” 🙄
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Brianna Wu is having a prolonged tantrum on Twitter because she asked a Palestinian in exile if he has been to an Israeli Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank after he had said they were illegal
November 27, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Brianna Wu is having a prolonged tantrum on Twitter because she asked a Palestinian in exile if he has been to an Israeli Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank after he had said they were illegal
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In Kochi, taking bad photos of the moon over the light garlanded waters whilst travel sleep deprived and lightly inebriated off litfest booze. Reach out, come by my event on Saturday etc. if you're here.
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
In Kochi, taking bad photos of the moon over the light garlanded waters whilst travel sleep deprived and lightly inebriated off litfest booze. Reach out, come by my event on Saturday etc. if you're here.
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Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
also, please shut up and let people enjoy Thanksgiving weekend in the US, Donna, you weirdo
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
also, please shut up and let people enjoy Thanksgiving weekend in the US, Donna, you weirdo
Id rather go for work-life balance than be "successful" by the metrics society tells me are important.
Id rather take the sick days to get my bodymind back on track (and thank heaven for sick leave).
Id rather be perceived as middling or unmemorable.
Id much rather have a lifetime of happiness.
Id rather take the sick days to get my bodymind back on track (and thank heaven for sick leave).
Id rather be perceived as middling or unmemorable.
Id much rather have a lifetime of happiness.
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Id rather go for work-life balance than be "successful" by the metrics society tells me are important.
Id rather take the sick days to get my bodymind back on track (and thank heaven for sick leave).
Id rather be perceived as middling or unmemorable.
Id much rather have a lifetime of happiness.
Id rather take the sick days to get my bodymind back on track (and thank heaven for sick leave).
Id rather be perceived as middling or unmemorable.
Id much rather have a lifetime of happiness.
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NYT: "you might think you're sleepy because you ate a bunch of turkey. In fact it's probably because you overate"
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So many food myths.
Sugar makes kids hyper? Nope.
You need 8 glasses of water a day? Nope.
Turkey makes you sleepy? Nope.
No, the Tryptophan in Turkey Won’t Make You Sleepy www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/s...
Sugar makes kids hyper? Nope.
You need 8 glasses of water a day? Nope.
Turkey makes you sleepy? Nope.
No, the Tryptophan in Turkey Won’t Make You Sleepy www.nytimes.com/2015/11/26/s...
No, the Tryptophan in Turkey Won’t Make You Sleepy (Published 2015)
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
NYT: "you might think you're sleepy because you ate a bunch of turkey. In fact it's probably because you overate"
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And if you reeeeally want to go in, watch her keynote at the 3rd Annual Civics of Technology annual meeting—a virtual convening I also highly recommend: www.civicsoftechnology.org/2024conference *scroll down for link
2024 Conference — Civics of Technology
www.civicsoftechnology.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
And if you reeeeally want to go in, watch her keynote at the 3rd Annual Civics of Technology annual meeting—a virtual convening I also highly recommend: www.civicsoftechnology.org/2024conference *scroll down for link
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Someone recently used AI to write something abt me & my work, & you’ll be shocked to learn that the major details were wrong or make-believe.
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Someone recently used AI to write something abt me & my work, & you’ll be shocked to learn that the major details were wrong or make-believe.
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My son’s teacher refuses to allow it in her classroom.
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
My son’s teacher refuses to allow it in her classroom.
This is also relevant as context for any discussion of ‘AI’ in education; the philosophical and intellectual cultures underlying it all and driving the technofascists in charge of many ‘AI’ companies. An STS/philosophy of tech understanding of genAI is crucial yet often missing.
The Yarvinite fanbois nicknamed their movement as "Endarkenment" for a reason.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
November 27, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is also relevant as context for any discussion of ‘AI’ in education; the philosophical and intellectual cultures underlying it all and driving the technofascists in charge of many ‘AI’ companies. An STS/philosophy of tech understanding of genAI is crucial yet often missing.
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The Yarvinite fanbois nicknamed their movement as "Endarkenment" for a reason.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The Yarvinite fanbois nicknamed their movement as "Endarkenment" for a reason.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
They see themselves as sole authorities and princes of "network states" with an eternal peasant class that is uneducated, miseducated and easy to lead by the nose.
They are training ppl to not think.
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I think it is 2 years since I've posted there. What's interesting to me is the number of people I followed who are still there, still posting (how?)
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I think it is 2 years since I've posted there. What's interesting to me is the number of people I followed who are still there, still posting (how?)
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Part of the problem is people think what persuades them is logic and facts.
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Part of the problem is people think what persuades them is logic and facts.
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
In reality, most people's opinions are shaped primarily what they perceive to be the views of the community they're in.
So if you hang out with Nazis all day, it starts to feel "normal."
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I have listened to or watched explicitly white nationalist propaganda for multiple hours a day, virtually every day, for nearly ten years now. I could not have done this without a huge amount of support from friends, etc. and I don't recommend anyone else do this themselves.
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I have listened to or watched explicitly white nationalist propaganda for multiple hours a day, virtually every day, for nearly ten years now. I could not have done this without a huge amount of support from friends, etc. and I don't recommend anyone else do this themselves.
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The irony for me is how Musk bought Twitter with the clear intention of capturing & manipulating the press culture there — something many journalists reported on — and yet they stay there because each assumes they can’t be manipulated… while totally getting manipulated.
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The irony for me is how Musk bought Twitter with the clear intention of capturing & manipulating the press culture there — something many journalists reported on — and yet they stay there because each assumes they can’t be manipulated… while totally getting manipulated.
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It's really worth noting that this has impact on literally anyone and everyone, including influential people (politicians, pundits, journalists, authors, editors, celebs, etc). It creates a feedback loop and is how we end up with fascist talking points and propaganda permeating spaces everywhere.
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
It's really worth noting that this has impact on literally anyone and everyone, including influential people (politicians, pundits, journalists, authors, editors, celebs, etc). It creates a feedback loop and is how we end up with fascist talking points and propaganda permeating spaces everywhere.
I also watched friends and family self radicalize into vicious Islamophobic bigots on Twitter (it’s not just an engine for White supremacist rhetoric and radicalization)
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I also watched friends and family self radicalize into vicious Islamophobic bigots on Twitter (it’s not just an engine for White supremacist rhetoric and radicalization)
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Staying on Twitter will turn you into a white supremacist, and that's not really a joke.
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Staying on Twitter will turn you into a white supremacist, and that's not really a joke.
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Acquaintance of mine with a PhD shared Candace Owen's bizarre assassination conspiracy FB post, and when gently challenged by her family member in the comments she said that with her brain mush as a new mom she hasn't been researching/verifying/reading much if at all
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Acquaintance of mine with a PhD shared Candace Owen's bizarre assassination conspiracy FB post, and when gently challenged by her family member in the comments she said that with her brain mush as a new mom she hasn't been researching/verifying/reading much if at all
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Except AI fails at knowledge acquisition. Pretty much every study done on the subject says it harms learning and critical thinking skills, the exact opposite of this salesman’s pitch
November 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Except AI fails at knowledge acquisition. Pretty much every study done on the subject says it harms learning and critical thinking skills, the exact opposite of this salesman’s pitch