Dr. Jennifer Bernstein
@jennbernstein.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief, Case Studies in the Environment. Adjunct Faculty, GEOG/ENVS, Tarleton State & Texas Tech.
Snake bites are contagious if you take the snake with you.
CV: https://bit.ly/3JM5Q89
Snake bites are contagious if you take the snake with you.
CV: https://bit.ly/3JM5Q89
He tries so hard to help :)
November 30, 2025 at 3:22 PM
He tries so hard to help :)
Gah, this is SO refreshingly good
(by the one and only @matthuber.bsky.social)
damagemag.com/2025/11/12/w...
(by the one and only @matthuber.bsky.social)
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Of, By, and For the Left
Malcolm Harris’s new book represents the misguided hope that the scattered parts of what passes for “the Left” today can somehow unite and gain power. What’s missing is any confrontation with the fact...
damagemag.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Gah, this is SO refreshingly good
(by the one and only @matthuber.bsky.social)
damagemag.com/2025/11/12/w...
(by the one and only @matthuber.bsky.social)
damagemag.com/2025/11/12/w...
I'm just thinking about how weird grading is. Why should a student be penalized for a gap in understanding when that's the whole premise of learning? Students take a course precisely because they haven’t mastered the material. Learning is not proving mastery on the first try.
November 30, 2025 at 10:11 AM
I'm just thinking about how weird grading is. Why should a student be penalized for a gap in understanding when that's the whole premise of learning? Students take a course precisely because they haven’t mastered the material. Learning is not proving mastery on the first try.
I grew up with viruses and losing entire final projects when Microsoft word crashed. I'd like to take a moment to appreciate that GOSH computers work nicer now
November 30, 2025 at 10:03 AM
I grew up with viruses and losing entire final projects when Microsoft word crashed. I'd like to take a moment to appreciate that GOSH computers work nicer now
"The project made the point that Wikipedia exemplifies a non-commercial, bottom-up model of knowledge creation that operates differently (and quite successfully) when compared to the opaque, for-profit, AI-dominated information systems currently reshaping education."
wikiedu.org/blog/2025/11...
wikiedu.org/blog/2025/11...
Wikipedia Editing as Public Scholarship in an AI-Shaped Information Landscape
Dr. Jennifer Bernstein is Editor-in-Chief of the University of California Press journal “Case Studies in the Environment” and adjunct faculty at Texas Tech and Tarleton State Universities. A Gradua…
wikiedu.org
November 27, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"The project made the point that Wikipedia exemplifies a non-commercial, bottom-up model of knowledge creation that operates differently (and quite successfully) when compared to the opaque, for-profit, AI-dominated information systems currently reshaping education."
wikiedu.org/blog/2025/11...
wikiedu.org/blog/2025/11...
Roses are red
The world is burning
The world is burning
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Roses are red
The world is burning
The world is burning
Why does everyone working at Trader Joe’s seem like they are actors in a sitcom playing someone working at Trader Joe’s
November 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Why does everyone working at Trader Joe’s seem like they are actors in a sitcom playing someone working at Trader Joe’s
“Technology is at its best when it helps us be more human” is a great line and so is “ragebait memeslop”
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
Marc Andreessen as Avatar for Societal Decay
How one venture capitalist represents everything wrong with social media
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“Technology is at its best when it helps us be more human” is a great line and so is “ragebait memeslop”
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
Man, all that was solid really did melt into air amirite
November 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Man, all that was solid really did melt into air amirite
How are there self driving cars but a human subjects IRB review still takes 3 months
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
How are there self driving cars but a human subjects IRB review still takes 3 months
Sometimes when I have a sequence of documents to download I do it in the opposite direction so it's like New Years eve or a rocket launch
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Sometimes when I have a sequence of documents to download I do it in the opposite direction so it's like New Years eve or a rocket launch
This expert in the medical field WILL be in [city]!
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This expert in the medical field WILL be in [city]!
If an author lists a "reviewer to avoid", I want to require that they spill the tea
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
If an author lists a "reviewer to avoid", I want to require that they spill the tea
“Oh trust me. They’ll click.”
November 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
“Oh trust me. They’ll click.”
“I learned today that life is very precious. Even when we’re determined to block the magic, it will get through and wake us up.”
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 AM
“I learned today that life is very precious. Even when we’re determined to block the magic, it will get through and wake us up.”
It’s all just a billion competing thirst traps now
November 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It’s all just a billion competing thirst traps now
Did a little thinking with objects a la @earthfutures.bsky.social with my daughter’s 5th grade class
November 20, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Did a little thinking with objects a la @earthfutures.bsky.social with my daughter’s 5th grade class
The Wikipedia assignment has been a fantastic teaching tool wrt neutrality, lit reviews, citations & clear writing. Students REALLY liked it.
Apply by Dec. 1 to use the assignment in your course! Modifiable to all topic areas. DM with Q's.
@wikipedia.org
wikiedu.org/teach-with-w...
Apply by Dec. 1 to use the assignment in your course! Modifiable to all topic areas. DM with Q's.
@wikipedia.org
wikiedu.org/teach-with-w...
Teach with Wikipedia
A high-impact, real-world assignment Take your students beyond the classroom with the Wikipedia assignment! You’ll bring your subject expertise, we’ll bring ours in Wikipedia, and together we’ll em…
wikiedu.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Wikipedia assignment has been a fantastic teaching tool wrt neutrality, lit reviews, citations & clear writing. Students REALLY liked it.
Apply by Dec. 1 to use the assignment in your course! Modifiable to all topic areas. DM with Q's.
@wikipedia.org
wikiedu.org/teach-with-w...
Apply by Dec. 1 to use the assignment in your course! Modifiable to all topic areas. DM with Q's.
@wikipedia.org
wikiedu.org/teach-with-w...
Library appreciation post
November 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Library appreciation post
Kids books today are so EDUCATIONAL. When I was a kid it was like, "oops, Lowly worm spilled the apples!" the end
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Kids books today are so EDUCATIONAL. When I was a kid it was like, "oops, Lowly worm spilled the apples!" the end
"The question of what shapes pro-environmental behavior is such a complex one that it cannot be visualized through one single framework."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Mind the Gap: Why do people act environmentally and what are the barriers to pro-environmental behavior?
Numerous theoretical frameworks have been developed to explain the gap between the possession of environmental knowledge and environmental awareness, and displaying pro-environmental behavior. Alt...
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November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
"The question of what shapes pro-environmental behavior is such a complex one that it cannot be visualized through one single framework."
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
AI is more than therapy bots and doom headlines- some of the most meaningful progress is quiet and boring.
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
In Defense of AI
It's not just chatbots and video slop
open.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
AI is more than therapy bots and doom headlines- some of the most meaningful progress is quiet and boring.
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
open.substack.com/pub/infinite...
No lights where I was. More like the Aurora BORING-alis. The Aurora Boreal-LESS. I'll see myself out.
November 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
No lights where I was. More like the Aurora BORING-alis. The Aurora Boreal-LESS. I'll see myself out.