Kristen Hanley Cardozo
@khandozo.bsky.social
Last name is two words, one name: Hanley Cardozo. I teach writing and literature and study Victorian brutes. My views do not represent those of my employer. Website: khandozo.com
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NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.
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AI Delusions Are Leading to Domestic Abuse, Harassment, and Stalking
ChatGPT and other AI chatbots are reinforcing users' delusions about other people — fueling fixations linked to stalking and other abuses.
futurism.com
February 17, 2026 at 3:58 PM
NEW: ChatGPT and other chatbots are feeding users' fixations on real people, reinforcing users' delusional ideas and obsessions about others as they descend into unwanted harassment, stalking, and/or domestic abuse — traumatizing victims and profoundly altering lives.
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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“Readers should be able to assume that every word between quotation marks is what the speaker or writer said… The writer should, of course, omit extraneous syllables like ‘um’ and may judiciously delete false starts.”
-NYT ethical guidelines
-NYT ethical guidelines
Have you ever once seen the New York Times quote Trump like this?
February 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
“Readers should be able to assume that every word between quotation marks is what the speaker or writer said… The writer should, of course, omit extraneous syllables like ‘um’ and may judiciously delete false starts.”
-NYT ethical guidelines
-NYT ethical guidelines
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I’ve watched a very smart child try to encode what chaptgpt thinks is “human” so that her class assignments don’t get flagged for plagiarism.
I’ve heard expert professionals admit to self-editing so they don’t “sound” like an llm.
This is the kind of cultural flattening that accelerates fascism.
I’ve heard expert professionals admit to self-editing so they don’t “sound” like an llm.
This is the kind of cultural flattening that accelerates fascism.
“As some universities and journals adopt AI-text detectors, they risk creating a feedback loop that constrains how authors express themselves. I have seen colleagues intentionally simplify their grammar or break down complex rhetorical structures to avoid arousing algorithmic suspicion.”
Why artificial intelligence detectors could penalize academic writing - Nature Human Behaviour
Writing produced using artificial intelligence is becoming more common in academia, which has prompted institutions to look for ways to detect it. Bo Hu warns that an overreliance on fixed linguistic ...
www.nature.com
February 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I’ve watched a very smart child try to encode what chaptgpt thinks is “human” so that her class assignments don’t get flagged for plagiarism.
I’ve heard expert professionals admit to self-editing so they don’t “sound” like an llm.
This is the kind of cultural flattening that accelerates fascism.
I’ve heard expert professionals admit to self-editing so they don’t “sound” like an llm.
This is the kind of cultural flattening that accelerates fascism.
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My Trans Bill of Rights protects the freedom for all trans people to live as their full, authentic selves. It’s time to get this passed!
February 16, 2026 at 12:06 AM
My Trans Bill of Rights protects the freedom for all trans people to live as their full, authentic selves. It’s time to get this passed!
One of many Wuthering Heights pet peeves is how often people associate Branwell and Heathcliff when Hindley is right there.
February 16, 2026 at 7:53 PM
One of many Wuthering Heights pet peeves is how often people associate Branwell and Heathcliff when Hindley is right there.
Alt text added. When I’m teaching my students about transcription, I note that it’s usual to remove verbal clutter and when it’s left in, it’s often a sign that the writer wants you to regard the speaker with disrespect. Not great!
February 16, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Alt text added. When I’m teaching my students about transcription, I note that it’s usual to remove verbal clutter and when it’s left in, it’s often a sign that the writer wants you to regard the speaker with disrespect. Not great!
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It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
“We plan to hire an AI rewrite specialist to ingest the reporting by Hannah and others and use AI to convert it into stories.”
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
The editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it will use AI to ‘write’ its articles.
www.cleveland.com/news/2025/10...
February 16, 2026 at 2:45 PM
It’s easy to think writing is mainly the transcription of ideas you already have—that is, until you try to write something worthwhile, and you find what you thought were saying transform into something far more interesting in the process. This skips that last step, and that is *not* an improvement.
This! People are using LLMs to check whether work is produced by LLMs and the tech cannot do this! It’s the same tech that will confidently tell you to put glue on your pizza.
Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
February 16, 2026 at 6:27 PM
This! People are using LLMs to check whether work is produced by LLMs and the tech cannot do this! It’s the same tech that will confidently tell you to put glue on your pizza.
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Yo Harvard's being a little shit and trying to axe its Yiddish programme + refusing to bargain in good faith with the union. You can send a letter of support here (maybe edited a bit) saveharvardyiddish.org #yiddish #harvard
Save Yiddish at Harvard!
Please join us in sending letters. Share this campaign as widely as possible!
saveharvardyiddish.org
February 16, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Yo Harvard's being a little shit and trying to axe its Yiddish programme + refusing to bargain in good faith with the union. You can send a letter of support here (maybe edited a bit) saveharvardyiddish.org #yiddish #harvard
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Exactly this. "I'll vote for whichever candidate has a D next to their name no matter what their actual policy positions are!" sends a message to the politicians that they don't need to care about what you want at all. It's wild that people keep volunteering their unconditional support.
It's like sitting down in a negotiation and telling the person you're trying to get something out of that you're going to agree to the deal, regardless of what they put on the table. Even if that were true, it is obviously a bad idea to tell them that!
February 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Exactly this. "I'll vote for whichever candidate has a D next to their name no matter what their actual policy positions are!" sends a message to the politicians that they don't need to care about what you want at all. It's wild that people keep volunteering their unconditional support.
My kid, on their way out the door (and apropos nothing): “Sometimes people slander Strega Nona by attributing Big Anthony’s actions to her.”
February 15, 2026 at 8:36 PM
My kid, on their way out the door (and apropos nothing): “Sometimes people slander Strega Nona by attributing Big Anthony’s actions to her.”
I’ve been getting colonoscopies covered by insurance since my early forties and all I had to do was *checks notes* be hospitalized for almost a week with an inflamed digestive system and uncertain diagnosis. It shouldn’t take that to get good preventative care.
February 13, 2026 at 6:37 PM
I’ve been getting colonoscopies covered by insurance since my early forties and all I had to do was *checks notes* be hospitalized for almost a week with an inflamed digestive system and uncertain diagnosis. It shouldn’t take that to get good preventative care.
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Gavin Newsom would have put down the Bell Riots with tanks and napalm I can tell you that much
March 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Gavin Newsom would have put down the Bell Riots with tanks and napalm I can tell you that much
"abuse those people instead of other people" is not a solution to abuse, I don't know what to tell you
February 12, 2026 at 8:45 PM
"abuse those people instead of other people" is not a solution to abuse, I don't know what to tell you
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cannot believe it still needs to be said: suggesting sex workers should just fuck the misogynists is misogyny. you don’t “manage” male supremacy with sex workers’ lives and labor
February 12, 2026 at 1:00 PM
cannot believe it still needs to be said: suggesting sex workers should just fuck the misogynists is misogyny. you don’t “manage” male supremacy with sex workers’ lives and labor
ICE nonironically doing the "not involved in human trafficking" tweet
February 12, 2026 at 6:25 PM
ICE nonironically doing the "not involved in human trafficking" tweet
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Washington State has a weird dumb nonsense short legislative session for some reason so when people say NOW is the time to take action in the Washington State legislature they absolutely mean NOW is the time!
Y'all are amazing. We've generated more than 500 letters to pass this bill in the last 18 hours. Let's keep the momentum. If you're in Washington please send one, or if have friends/family in Washington, please ask them to join us to ban surveillance and surge pricing on groceries! bit.ly/WA2481
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Washington State has a weird dumb nonsense short legislative session for some reason so when people say NOW is the time to take action in the Washington State legislature they absolutely mean NOW is the time!
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SB6045, a bill to allow farmworker collective bargaining in WA state, will soon be voted on in WAs Senate. This bill is critical for WA farm workers like those at Windmill mushroom who have been fighting to get a contract since 2022. Take action today: act.seiu.org/a/waorganizi...
February 11, 2026 at 7:20 PM
SB6045, a bill to allow farmworker collective bargaining in WA state, will soon be voted on in WAs Senate. This bill is critical for WA farm workers like those at Windmill mushroom who have been fighting to get a contract since 2022. Take action today: act.seiu.org/a/waorganizi...
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whatever there is to say about what’s getting thrown in the bucket called AI, I can’t get past how it has been forced on us, breaking things that work. And given the state of things, I need tools that work. There’s no time to waste on something that maybe might work (enrich someone else, poison us).
February 11, 2026 at 10:13 PM
whatever there is to say about what’s getting thrown in the bucket called AI, I can’t get past how it has been forced on us, breaking things that work. And given the state of things, I need tools that work. There’s no time to waste on something that maybe might work (enrich someone else, poison us).
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can you imagine if we were historically obsessed with building statues that had realistic human hair and fingernails that grow in real time and needed to be maintained? this is what the vulgar imagination of AI is, basically, but it would have at least resulted in way more interesting art
one of the weird things about humanity is that we can in fact replicate ourselves in one extremely important and obvious fashion and yet for some reason we are enthralled by the idea of making a bunch of plastic and minerals into our doubles when they do not have to be and are frankly unlikely to be
intelligence is an extension of the body! thought does not exist independently of a material substratum! this substratum conditions all operations of "the mind" and anything with a meaningfully different substratum seems unlikely to develop intelligence in the way that term is generally used! okay!!
February 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
can you imagine if we were historically obsessed with building statues that had realistic human hair and fingernails that grow in real time and needed to be maintained? this is what the vulgar imagination of AI is, basically, but it would have at least resulted in way more interesting art
It drives me absolutely batshit when financial responsibility is framed around food treats that if given up would save people maybe a few hundred dollars a year. It’s never why people don’t have a house or stability. And you have to eat! It’s a necessity!
February 11, 2026 at 5:57 PM
It drives me absolutely batshit when financial responsibility is framed around food treats that if given up would save people maybe a few hundred dollars a year. It’s never why people don’t have a house or stability. And you have to eat! It’s a necessity!
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it rules that they're trying to make "grocery store chicken" into the new avocado toast
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
it rules that they're trying to make "grocery store chicken" into the new avocado toast
I don't want to see Ai slop anywhere, but especially not in craft feeds. Impossible crochet in impossible rooms that look like the Sears catalog circa 1986.
February 11, 2026 at 12:50 AM
I don't want to see Ai slop anywhere, but especially not in craft feeds. Impossible crochet in impossible rooms that look like the Sears catalog circa 1986.
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I love this. I’ve been yelling to burn your Ring cameras but yeah get that money back
People on Reddit are getting Amazon to refund their Ring products because of their partnership with Flock and that creepy Super Bowl ad
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February 11, 2026 at 12:31 AM
I love this. I’ve been yelling to burn your Ring cameras but yeah get that money back
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we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
February 10, 2026 at 8:18 PM
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad