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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 4h

I’m aware, but it seems more extreme. Or appears to be even more marked against the context of this moment. Because where the US is right now is neither normal nor usual and yet..

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Steve Schwinghamer🇨🇦 @sschwinghamer.bsky.social · 5h

Culture coverage every bit as good as the politics and opinion sections.

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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Danny V @dmv8286.bsky.social · 4h

Yeah, nobody ever thought this guy was cool. Not once. Ever.

Johnny Cash throwing up an emphatic middle finger during a performance at San Quentin prison.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 4h

Watching 2025-2026 movie trailers and all I can see is American media oscillating between blatant military and cop propaganda and outright escapism.

Not really sure what to make of that. But somehow it makes sense.

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Brian Connolly @brianconnolly.bsky.social · 6h

It’s wild that there are people who are like “I’m scared my professor is anti-fascist”

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Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · 9h

Classic CBC. "Bill could lead to law enforcement acting more freely in Canada"

How does a US bill lead to this, without Canada actively allowing this? Can we use the active voice? Can we actually use words the way that journalists are supposedly able to?

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

U.S. bill calls for more integration between Canadian, American border agents | CBC News

The U.S. Congress is being asked to adopt legislation that could lead to Canada and the United States further integrating their enforcement of the border — including allowing U.S. officers to more fre...

www.cbc.ca

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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 8h

6 in 10 adults disapprove of Kennedy's work; even among MAHA supporters, 30% disapprove. via @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/h...

Trust in federal health leadership is failing under RFK Jr., new poll finds | CNN

Most of the American public does not approve of the way Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running the nation’s health agencies, according to a new KFF poll, and there’s erosion of trust in reliable vaccine inf...

www.cnn.com

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 5h

"School of AI" blech

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 10h

Hey, this sucks. Like... a lot. 📚

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UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

www.dailytarheel.com/article/univ...

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

www.dailytarheel.com

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8h

This is the genius of the Portland protests - they make the claims of lawlessness look not just wrong, but comical

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 10h

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 8h

i’ll never get over this

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Dee the KittyServant @mixitupdeedee62.bsky.social · 13h

‘Arm yourself’: Israeli right decries Gaza deal as Smotrich says war not over | Middle East Eye share.google/MNfSPUGBCVcY...

‘Arm yourself’: Israeli right decries Gaza deal as Smotrich says war not over

Israeli settler leaders urge Netanyahu to attack Gaza again as soon as the captives are freed

share.google

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Emissary Of Night | ليلى @diplomatofnight.com · 14h

Segal also said on Israeli television that there is no such thing as a phase two to the deal, and that the war will resume.

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 9h

Also, a lot of the hypothetical use cases people bring up about LLMs and writing assume that creative writing can be compartmentalized into high-level conceptual tasks and more rote tasks that you can farm out without losing anything substantial. This is absolutely not how writing works.

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Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 9h

I don’t want to generate or receive an email, document, manuscript, PowerPoint deck, post it note, grocery list, novel, film, or hit list that has been generated with AI.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 9h

I write because I love writing. I love writing even when I'm struggling with a writing problem that is killing me. Finding a way through that problem is both intensely rewarding and also helps me become a better writer. There is no reason for me to ever outsource that.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 9h

there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually

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Joshua Shapiro @josh.shapiro.foo · 7h

I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything by AI. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed with AI, or buy anything sold or processed with AI, or process anything sold, bought, or processed by AI, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed by AI.

Nancy Parmalee @nparmalee.bsky.social · 9h

I don’t want to generate or receive an email, document, manuscript, PowerPoint deck, post it note, grocery list, novel, film, or hit list that has been generated with AI.

Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 9h

I write because I love writing. I love writing even when I'm struggling with a writing problem that is killing me. Finding a way through that problem is both intensely rewarding and also helps me become a better writer. There is no reason for me to ever outsource that.

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Matt „Feind im Inneren" L @matt12l.bsky.social · 9h

Agreed. At my uni the people most interested in AI are the College of Business and the College of Engineering. The people most opposed are the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Math and Science.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8h

oh that doesnt need to be said even

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 13h

Every critical article on AI edtech is like this. We don't need to justify using something that is actively harmful!

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 19h

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.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8h

I don't have much patience for most Bollywood (with some exceptions; my mother tongue is Malayalam and I find Hindi film harder to follow/not quite as culturally resonant) I will admit and I watched Asoka once a long time ago, so don't remember it much?

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8h

Listen. Im Indian. Not even Bollywood could beat this level of cringe.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8h

omg I cant stop laughing at blue eyed blonde Kash Patel someone slap me

scaryssa walmart dog @meo.bsky.social · 11h

how do u even compete with this level of propaganda. and why tf do these vril guys love tatu so much

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8h

Given the handwriting, I would still read that as stunted growth

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8h

The way you know he deserves the Nobel Prize is that he is quite obviously going to punish and/or invade a country if he doesn't get it

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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Melissa Reynolds @melkatrey.bsky.social · 14h

I just keep coming back to this, the most obvious lacunae in every conversation about “incorporating AI” into our classrooms: no one—literally NO ONE—can explain how it improves the work of learning & knowledge-making. There is, in fact, overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

This whole thread.

Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · 19h

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.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 8h

I think we can all agree (and I say this as a profoundly uncool middle aged brown woman with an incredibly staid life), that Jon Fasman might not be the best arbiter of what cool is

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 9h

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, country-music legend Johnny Cash can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength, writes Jon Fasman.

Essay | Can We Finally Give Johnny Cash His Due?

Compared to Dylan and Springsteen, the country-music legend can seem deeply uncool. It took time for me to appreciate his profound, plainspoken strength.

on.wsj.com

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