Dr Karin
@karinswriting.bsky.social
CC writing prof in blue midwest. Ungrading, inclusive pedagogy, OER, AI refusal. Married my beloved tandem cycling partner.
Profile/banner photos from the 70s - Dad at the VW van loaded with bikes and kayaks, and me on the beach, west side of FL.
Profile/banner photos from the 70s - Dad at the VW van loaded with bikes and kayaks, and me on the beach, west side of FL.
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Dr Karin
@karinswriting.bsky.social
· Jun 28
I see so many heartbreaking pleas for support from people in Gaza. Their lives are ruined, their homes are destroyed, their children are at terrible risk from disease and starvation.
Every Saturday I make one donation to one of them. It's not nearly enough. But it's not nothing 💔
Every Saturday I make one donation to one of them. It's not nearly enough. But it's not nothing 💔
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It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
November 28, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It's only a matter of time before humanities departments will be forced to accept AI-authored assignments, as part of revised university policy to cooperate with these billionaires. It's already happening, and our response needs to be decisive. Because our students' ability to *think* is at stake.
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
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The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Glad people are talking about reducing consumption. Our economy provides us with so much of the wrong kinds of stuff, made in the wrong kinds of ways, out of the wrong kinds of materials. Christmas lists give me hives. I hate shopping.
I think I will ask for homemade poems this year.
I think I will ask for homemade poems this year.
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Glad people are talking about reducing consumption. Our economy provides us with so much of the wrong kinds of stuff, made in the wrong kinds of ways, out of the wrong kinds of materials. Christmas lists give me hives. I hate shopping.
I think I will ask for homemade poems this year.
I think I will ask for homemade poems this year.
This is 100% my approach.
If only I could persuade certain of my students that I am serious about them not using it as well - at least in my courses.
A good number of my students are just as disaffected as I am though. I'm proud of their discernment.
If only I could persuade certain of my students that I am serious about them not using it as well - at least in my courses.
A good number of my students are just as disaffected as I am though. I'm proud of their discernment.
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is 100% my approach.
If only I could persuade certain of my students that I am serious about them not using it as well - at least in my courses.
A good number of my students are just as disaffected as I am though. I'm proud of their discernment.
If only I could persuade certain of my students that I am serious about them not using it as well - at least in my courses.
A good number of my students are just as disaffected as I am though. I'm proud of their discernment.
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Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Utterly ludicrous framing from @nytimes.com here, treating Pete Hegseth's arguments as if they're legitimate. The casual reader will be left with no inkling whatsoever of how unusual and corrupt an abuse of the process this truly is:
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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LInk to Starbucks Workers United strike fund. If you go there, consider giving the money you'd have spent their directly to striking workers instead.
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
LInk to Starbucks Workers United strike fund. If you go there, consider giving the money you'd have spent their directly to striking workers instead.
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/...
Don't cross a picket line!!
Imagine a picket line in front of EVERY *bux.
Imagine a picket line in front of EVERY *bux.
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Don't cross a picket line!!
Imagine a picket line in front of EVERY *bux.
Imagine a picket line in front of EVERY *bux.
Yes indeed. All the ones who depend on big donors instead of deep connections with voters.
In addressing whether removing Senator Schumer as leader should be an issue in Democratic primaries, Senator Sanders broadens the focus: "We need to take on the Democratic establishment all over this country."
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Yes indeed. All the ones who depend on big donors instead of deep connections with voters.
I wrote to my Caving Senator, @durbin.senate.gov, and told him to resign. JB can appoint someone who still has teeth.
I've read a dozen pieces on the Cavers and their votes today; especially appreciated comments from furloughed federal workers in this piece: www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
I've read a dozen pieces on the Cavers and their votes today; especially appreciated comments from furloughed federal workers in this piece: www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
'A Slap in the Face': Federal Employees Feel Betrayed by Democrats' Shutdown Cave
"I would rather be an actual pawn. At least pawn sacrifices are calculated and achieve something."
www.gravityisgone.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I wrote to my Caving Senator, @durbin.senate.gov, and told him to resign. JB can appoint someone who still has teeth.
I've read a dozen pieces on the Cavers and their votes today; especially appreciated comments from furloughed federal workers in this piece: www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
I've read a dozen pieces on the Cavers and their votes today; especially appreciated comments from furloughed federal workers in this piece: www.gravityisgone.com/a-slap-in-th...
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A new special report from Futuro Media follows the Trump administration’s federal immigration raids and the growing community resistance against them.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/6/ma...
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/6/ma...
“Taken: The Agents Raiding Communities and the People Trying to Stop Them”: Maria Hinojosa
A new special report from Futuro Media follows the Trump administration’s federal immigration raids and the growing community resistance against them. “Taken: The Agents Raiding Communities and the Pe...
www.democracynow.org
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A new special report from Futuro Media follows the Trump administration’s federal immigration raids and the growing community resistance against them.
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/6/ma...
www.democracynow.org/2025/11/6/ma...
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This is the very best thing about jury nullification, and you have to read it BEFORE you get called to jury duty.
beyondcourts.org/sites/defaul...
beyondcourts.org/sites/defaul...
November 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is the very best thing about jury nullification, and you have to read it BEFORE you get called to jury duty.
beyondcourts.org/sites/defaul...
beyondcourts.org/sites/defaul...
Great reporting on this.
FULL STORY: Finding that federal agents repeatedly used force that “shocks the conscience” and lied about their actions, a federal judge issued a sweeping injunction designed to permanently rein in agents’ use of tear gas and pepper balls. @wttw.bsky.social
news.wttw.com/2025/11/06/f...
news.wttw.com/2025/11/06/f...
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Great reporting on this.
Another salient detail in this epic thread.
Federal agents can only use force when it is "objectively necessary to stop an immediate threat of the person causing serious bodily injury or death to another person."
There must be two separate warnings given before force is used, Ellis rules.
There must be two separate warnings given before force is used, Ellis rules.
November 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Another salient detail in this epic thread.
another telling detail from this thread
Ellis rejects the DOJ's argument that plaintiffs are not protected by the First Amendment because they've "intermingled themselves with rioters."
"The unlawful activity by a few protesters does not transform a peaceful assembly into an unlawful assembly," Ellis says
"The unlawful activity by a few protesters does not transform a peaceful assembly into an unlawful assembly," Ellis says
November 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
another telling detail from this thread
Just one of the telling details in this thread.
Ellis: Federal agents described a number of protestors as "professional agitators" based on their use of whistles, in part.
"Describing neighborhood moms and rapid response groups as professional agitators shows just how out of touch these agents are and how incredible their statements are."
"Describing neighborhood moms and rapid response groups as professional agitators shows just how out of touch these agents are and how incredible their statements are."
November 6, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just one of the telling details in this thread.
Awesome thread.
Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs.
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social
Judge Set to Rule Thursday in Case Centering on Federal Immigration Agents’ Use of Force: ‘I Could See Inside the Barrel’
Protesters, clergy members and others who say they’ve been directly impacted by a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs will testify before a federal judge weighing wh...
news.wttw.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Awesome thread.
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the first muslim woman being elected to statewide office (in any state!) the day dick cheney died is beautiful
BREAKING:
NBC News projects: Ghazala Hashmi (D) wins Virginia Lieutenant Governor. Democrat Gain.
NBC News projects: Ghazala Hashmi (D) wins Virginia Lieutenant Governor. Democrat Gain.
November 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
the first muslim woman being elected to statewide office (in any state!) the day dick cheney died is beautiful
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Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous
November 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Two of the most significant politics editors in Teen Vogue’s history were working class trans people from Ohio and Philly, and their tireless, fearless work is a huge part of why so many people are mourning its demise now. @satansjacuzzi.bsky.social and @leximcmenamin.com you will always be famous
This is terrible news. And it's terrible *for news*. Teen Vogue has been outstanding for all kinds of political and cultural coverage.
Teen Vogue did some great journalism around immigration detention and enforcement. Sounds like corporate has now killed that off.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
The media landscape shrinks even further.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is terrible news. And it's terrible *for news*. Teen Vogue has been outstanding for all kinds of political and cultural coverage.
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ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ICE/CBP is rampaging through the burbs again this morning. Sightings and kidnappings reported across Bolingbrook, Summit, Addison, Bensenville, Melrose Park, Brookfield.
Speaker Johnson is the biggest liar in this country second only to POTUS.
November 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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