Jocelyn Leitzinger
@jocelynl.bsky.social
I research movements and markets (renewables, urban ag in Detroit, river conservation in Ireland) & corporate disinformation campaigns. UF & UW alum
Also: rock climber, forager, ceramicist, gardener, ADHD hobby collector
https://linktr.ee/leitzinger
Also: rock climber, forager, ceramicist, gardener, ADHD hobby collector
https://linktr.ee/leitzinger
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Jocelyn Leitzinger
@jocelynl.bsky.social
· Oct 17
ChatGPT gave a significant portion of my students the wrong answer to an easy quiz question that everyone used to always get right
I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed
I had two groups of students turn in annotated bibliographies that were ChatGPT generated - not a single citation actually existed
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This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
🧵 Sadly, this doesn't surprise me in the least
Lots of stories about social media execs not allowing their kids to use it. Tobacco & junk food executives famously don't use their own products
Most of these companies use strategies designed to increase consumption of products they know are harmful
Lots of stories about social media execs not allowing their kids to use it. Tobacco & junk food executives famously don't use their own products
Most of these companies use strategies designed to increase consumption of products they know are harmful
A Campbell Soup VP is on leave after secret recording appears to show him mocking 'poor' customers, '3D-printed chicken'
An audio recording shows an apparent Campbell soup executive insulting company products, making racist comments, and claiming the meat is 3D-printed.
www.businessinsider.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🧵 Sadly, this doesn't surprise me in the least
Lots of stories about social media execs not allowing their kids to use it. Tobacco & junk food executives famously don't use their own products
Most of these companies use strategies designed to increase consumption of products they know are harmful
Lots of stories about social media execs not allowing their kids to use it. Tobacco & junk food executives famously don't use their own products
Most of these companies use strategies designed to increase consumption of products they know are harmful
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NEW — South Shore residents who still live in the apartment building that was raided by ICE nearly two months ago in Chicago spoke out about the unlivable conditions there.
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
Building raided by ICE now ‘falling apart from the inside out,’ South Shore residents say • The TRiiBE
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and r...
thetriibe.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW — South Shore residents who still live in the apartment building that was raided by ICE nearly two months ago in Chicago spoke out about the unlivable conditions there.
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
You can only consider it a failure if you buy the sales pitch of DOGE - which at best is a naive take
The goal was never to reduce government waste and fraud, and for a Dem strategist to be pushing that rhetoric says much more about the state of the party than it does about DOGE's supposed failure
The goal was never to reduce government waste and fraud, and for a Dem strategist to be pushing that rhetoric says much more about the state of the party than it does about DOGE's supposed failure
DOGE is one of the greatest failures of the Trump administration. The next Democratic administration should pick up that issue and actually work to cut government waste, fraud, and abuse. I’d suggest starting by taking a look at Elon Musk’s government contracts.
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
You can only consider it a failure if you buy the sales pitch of DOGE - which at best is a naive take
The goal was never to reduce government waste and fraud, and for a Dem strategist to be pushing that rhetoric says much more about the state of the party than it does about DOGE's supposed failure
The goal was never to reduce government waste and fraud, and for a Dem strategist to be pushing that rhetoric says much more about the state of the party than it does about DOGE's supposed failure
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Two Palestinian children have been killed on average each day since the cease-fire began, according to Gaza Health Ministry data and a UNICEF report.
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
Airstrikes, hunger, waiting for evacuation: Gaza's children face a fragile cease-fire
Two Palestinian Children Have Been Killed on Average Each Day Since the Cease-fire Began, According to Gaza Health Ministry Data and a UNICEF Report. The UN Says About 4,000 Children in the Enclave Ur...
www.haaretz.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Two Palestinian children have been killed on average each day since the cease-fire began, according to Gaza Health Ministry data and a UNICEF report.
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
www.haaretz.com/gaza/2025-11...
Love that those Nigerian princes desperate to transfer money out of their country due to political turmoil spend their downtime running Ivanka Trump fan accounts
Many prominent Maga personalities on X are based outside US, new tool reveals
Users posing as rightwing Americans are operating internationally, per the platform’s transparency feature
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Love that those Nigerian princes desperate to transfer money out of their country due to political turmoil spend their downtime running Ivanka Trump fan accounts
As someone who studies social movements and also enjoys a good protest, I am absolutely loving the different flavors of resistance popping up as ICE targets various parts of the US. Salt isn't the only way to melt ICE 😉
“YeeHawFuckTheLaw” trending because NC folks keep running ICE into the woods is exactly the kind of Appalachian abolitionist energy I didn’t know I needed 😭🔥
November 22, 2025 at 6:14 PM
As someone who studies social movements and also enjoys a good protest, I am absolutely loving the different flavors of resistance popping up as ICE targets various parts of the US. Salt isn't the only way to melt ICE 😉
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Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Before the midterms of 1866, President Andrew Johnson called his congressional opponents traitors and said they should be hanged.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
Voters were so profoundly moved by his words... that they gave his opponents a supermajority in Congress, and the nation got the Fourteenth Amendment.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
I know more people who have been sexually assaulted and/or harassed than people who have not - and with 81% of women and 43% of men reporting at least one incident of abuse, odds are you do, too
www.nsvrc.org/statistics/
www.nsvrc.org/statistics/
What this whole Epstein files saga has shown us is that despite the deep and bitter political divide within our country, a sad and sobering common denominator exists among all Americans—so many people have suffered sexual abuse.
November 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I know more people who have been sexually assaulted and/or harassed than people who have not - and with 81% of women and 43% of men reporting at least one incident of abuse, odds are you do, too
www.nsvrc.org/statistics/
www.nsvrc.org/statistics/
If you somehow still have a New York Times subscription, it's time for an upgrade
If you email us proof of cancellation of your New York Times subscription (send to [email protected]), we’ll give you a FREE year-long digital subscription to Current Affairs.
NYT continues its long history of publishing op-eds pushing criminal wars of aggression
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 PM
If you somehow still have a New York Times subscription, it's time for an upgrade
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THIS IS BIG
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
Per CNN, Elizabeth Warren is calling on Harvard to cut ties with Larry Summers after Jeffrey Epstein's emails released last week by House Dems featured Summers making sexist comments + asking for Epstein’s romantic advice.
November 18, 2025 at 12:43 AM
THIS IS BIG
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
For non-academics who might not understand why:
1. Sen. Warren is still a Harvard professor so this is a call coming from inside the house
2. As a tenured law prof, Warren knows it is a VERY big deal from a labor standpoint to call on Harvard to ignore tenure. The bar for this is HIGH.
I've lived in numerous cities, so I'm no stranger to the oddities one occasionally encounters in the course of urban life
But this is bizarre:
A solitary candle in a jar in the alley, sitting on the brick road. Lit - not battery operated, real flame. Nobody in sight
I have so many questions
But this is bizarre:
A solitary candle in a jar in the alley, sitting on the brick road. Lit - not battery operated, real flame. Nobody in sight
I have so many questions
November 18, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I've lived in numerous cities, so I'm no stranger to the oddities one occasionally encounters in the course of urban life
But this is bizarre:
A solitary candle in a jar in the alley, sitting on the brick road. Lit - not battery operated, real flame. Nobody in sight
I have so many questions
But this is bizarre:
A solitary candle in a jar in the alley, sitting on the brick road. Lit - not battery operated, real flame. Nobody in sight
I have so many questions
The New York Times is so unserious
November 17, 2025 at 2:34 AM
The New York Times is so unserious
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Rabbi here.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
Genuinely curious as to why Wu and others who argue along these lines are surprised that pro-Israel politics are on the back-foot in the United States.
November 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Rabbi here.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
The West Bank is absolutely occupied, in violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949, reaffirmed from the Fourth Hague Convention of 1907, Article 42.
It would be helpful if people who didn't know what they were talking about didn't open their uninformed mouths.
A great piece by Jermaine Fowler
I would add that our "immigration crisis" directly stems from our military invasions & extractive activities in Latin America. Our unending quest to feed corporate hunger creates the very conditions that leads people to flee their countries to preserve their lives
I would add that our "immigration crisis" directly stems from our military invasions & extractive activities in Latin America. Our unending quest to feed corporate hunger creates the very conditions that leads people to flee their countries to preserve their lives
Here We Go Again
America is preparing for war.
thehumanityarchive.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A great piece by Jermaine Fowler
I would add that our "immigration crisis" directly stems from our military invasions & extractive activities in Latin America. Our unending quest to feed corporate hunger creates the very conditions that leads people to flee their countries to preserve their lives
I would add that our "immigration crisis" directly stems from our military invasions & extractive activities in Latin America. Our unending quest to feed corporate hunger creates the very conditions that leads people to flee their countries to preserve their lives
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Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
New on the Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 newsletter: @deccamuldowney.bsky.social and I write about OpenAI's transparent attempt to shift accountability.
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
buttondown.com/maiht3k/arch...
OpenAI Tries to Shift Responsibility to Users
OpenAI is trying to shift the blame for bad legal and medical advice from its chatbot away from the company and onto users. We agree that no chatbot should be used for medical or legal advice.
buttondown.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
One of the biggest issues with the synthetic text extruding machines is that we have well-formed linguistic output with no accountability. Solution: OpenAI should be accountable for everything that comes out of ChatGPT, period. (And likewise for Google with Gemini, etc.)
This whole thread is so wholesome
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This whole thread is so wholesome
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
What a gift today is
November 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What a gift today is
I'm at the ADHD burnout stage where I'm bribing myself with jumbo chocolate chips to get things done. I'm so close to making myself a sticker chart
November 12, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I'm at the ADHD burnout stage where I'm bribing myself with jumbo chocolate chips to get things done. I'm so close to making myself a sticker chart
Wake up babe, new Epstein emails just dropped
The other two Epstein-related emails just released by Oversight Dems: exchanges between Jeffrey Epstein and Michael Wolff regarding Trump from 2019 and 2015.
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Wake up babe, new Epstein emails just dropped
I love when the truth is even better than the fiction
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 AM
I love when the truth is even better than the fiction