Keith W. Mathias
@kwmathias.bsky.social
Associate Professor, English | first-year writing, embodied rhetorics, illness narratives, film studies, 20th Century American literatures | Living with Stage IV ALK+ lung cancer | he/him
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The Embodiment Of Embitterment, by Genevieve
1 track album
experimentalgenevieve.bandcamp.com
New Genevieve tune for you this Halloween! We’ve released a lot of one-offs this year and this is easily the one I’m most proud of. Had an absolute blast making this lush, spooky jam with my best buds. experimentalgenevieve.bandcamp.com/album/the-em...
It's my last day of classes, with our final exam week taking place immediately upon return from Thanksgiving break next week. Y'all, whoever wrote this academic calendar is very not ready for how disastrous this is about to be.
November 24, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's my last day of classes, with our final exam week taking place immediately upon return from Thanksgiving break next week. Y'all, whoever wrote this academic calendar is very not ready for how disastrous this is about to be.
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We at Prince George’s Community College are closing in on 600 days of bargaining without a contract in sight. I was extraordinarily proud to stand with my colleagues and read and present our petition demanding a fair contract at bargaining today.
#unionstrong
#unionstrong
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
We at Prince George’s Community College are closing in on 600 days of bargaining without a contract in sight. I was extraordinarily proud to stand with my colleagues and read and present our petition demanding a fair contract at bargaining today.
#unionstrong
#unionstrong
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Nobody wants this shit. Nobody.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Nobody wants this shit. Nobody.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
The hostile reaction has been so pronounced, in fact, that it feels like a company announcing it would never force AI into its products would carve out a pretty good chunk of the market.
I recently watched this again for the first time in a few years and it really holds up way better than I imagined it would. The sequels, not so much. But this is still very funny and so full of joy and creativity!
The original international man
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I recently watched this again for the first time in a few years and it really holds up way better than I imagined it would. The sequels, not so much. But this is still very funny and so full of joy and creativity!
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Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
November 19, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Few things bug me more than higher ed leaders saying that we lost our mission and lost the trust of the public, when we have actually been the target of a decades-long smear campaign by the right wing that worked. The moment we’re losing our mission is right now, in capitulation.
Hrmmm.... macOS Tahoe 26.1 seems to have broken my ability to use my MacBook Air (M4) in clamshell mode with an external display.
Anyone else run into similar issues?
Anyone else run into similar issues?
November 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Hrmmm.... macOS Tahoe 26.1 seems to have broken my ability to use my MacBook Air (M4) in clamshell mode with an external display.
Anyone else run into similar issues?
Anyone else run into similar issues?
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The best thing you can do for yourself next year is to join an organization if you can.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The best thing you can do for yourself next year is to join an organization if you can.
I take a rather silly amount of pride in how happy my dog is. My wife and I have tried really hard to provide him with a good and comfortable home and I find joy in knowing that he is comfortable and knows he is safe and oh so loved.
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I take a rather silly amount of pride in how happy my dog is. My wife and I have tried really hard to provide him with a good and comfortable home and I find joy in knowing that he is comfortable and knows he is safe and oh so loved.
Amazing, let’s do Baltimore County next!
Way to go TKPK and @montgomerycountymd.bsky.social 👏⚡️🍁
November 6, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Amazing, let’s do Baltimore County next!
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The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 AM
The lesson here is have good principles and stand on them. Stand for something that isn't power!
If, like me, you don't have local elections today, take a moment to figure out how you can plug-in locally. Organizations like DSA offer incredible opportunities for all kinds of community work. Or if that's not your bag, find a local mutual aid where you can donate. All kinds of ways to make change
If you’re distraught and horrified by the current direction of the United States like I am, I implore you to take a few minutes out of your day to look up what’s on your ballot and where your nearest polling place is, and go vote in your local elections. Change and progress happens at all levels.
November 4, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If, like me, you don't have local elections today, take a moment to figure out how you can plug-in locally. Organizations like DSA offer incredible opportunities for all kinds of community work. Or if that's not your bag, find a local mutual aid where you can donate. All kinds of ways to make change
I love this
November 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I love this
Sharing this again for today. I am very proud of this track and the way things came out. I hope you enjoy it if you like weird heavy jazz-infused black metal. FFO Kayo Dot, Imperial Triumphant
New Genevieve tune for you this Halloween! We’ve released a lot of one-offs this year and this is easily the one I’m most proud of. Had an absolute blast making this lush, spooky jam with my best buds. experimentalgenevieve.bandcamp.com/album/the-em...
The Embodiment Of Embitterment, by Genevieve
1 track album
experimentalgenevieve.bandcamp.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Sharing this again for today. I am very proud of this track and the way things came out. I hope you enjoy it if you like weird heavy jazz-infused black metal. FFO Kayo Dot, Imperial Triumphant
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More of this pls
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
More of this pls
New Genevieve tune for you this Halloween! We’ve released a lot of one-offs this year and this is easily the one I’m most proud of. Had an absolute blast making this lush, spooky jam with my best buds. experimentalgenevieve.bandcamp.com/album/the-em...
The Embodiment Of Embitterment, by Genevieve
1 track album
experimentalgenevieve.bandcamp.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
New Genevieve tune for you this Halloween! We’ve released a lot of one-offs this year and this is easily the one I’m most proud of. Had an absolute blast making this lush, spooky jam with my best buds. experimentalgenevieve.bandcamp.com/album/the-em...
Here’s hoping this is the version of the Ravens that shows up every week for the rest of the season.
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Here’s hoping this is the version of the Ravens that shows up every week for the rest of the season.
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No neede for expensyve consultinge firmes. Heere ys a planne for excellent higher education:
1) Hire manye facultye
2) Small class syzes
3) Emphasyze engagemente & delighte
4) Sustayne & cultivate a varietye of fieldes and disciplines, even currentlye unfashionable ones -- thys ys ed, not retail
1) Hire manye facultye
2) Small class syzes
3) Emphasyze engagemente & delighte
4) Sustayne & cultivate a varietye of fieldes and disciplines, even currentlye unfashionable ones -- thys ys ed, not retail
October 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
No neede for expensyve consultinge firmes. Heere ys a planne for excellent higher education:
1) Hire manye facultye
2) Small class syzes
3) Emphasyze engagemente & delighte
4) Sustayne & cultivate a varietye of fieldes and disciplines, even currentlye unfashionable ones -- thys ys ed, not retail
1) Hire manye facultye
2) Small class syzes
3) Emphasyze engagemente & delighte
4) Sustayne & cultivate a varietye of fieldes and disciplines, even currentlye unfashionable ones -- thys ys ed, not retail
With AI infecting every previously useful tool, it’s more important than ever for us to cultivate Luddite sensibilities. stimpunks.org/glossary/lud...
Luddite Sensibilities
Luddism is not about the machines per se; it's about machines in the hands of capitalists and tyrants — in the case of ed-tech, that's both the corporations and the State, especially ICE and the polic...
stimpunks.org
October 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
With AI infecting every previously useful tool, it’s more important than ever for us to cultivate Luddite sensibilities. stimpunks.org/glossary/lud...
If there's no way for institutions or LMS providers to simply block these browsers, then what are we even doing here?
No guardrails? AI agents haven't yet been told not to complete work on students' behalf in learning management systems.
Here, Perplexity Comet replies to a Canvas discussion on my behalf in a Canvas course where I'm a student.
Not okay. Time to pressure the AI companies.
youtu.be/vW6_G4PEaDo
Here, Perplexity Comet replies to a Canvas discussion on my behalf in a Canvas course where I'm a student.
Not okay. Time to pressure the AI companies.
youtu.be/vW6_G4PEaDo
No guardrails? AI agent browser Perplexity Comet replies to a Canvas discussion
YouTube video by Anna Mills
youtu.be
October 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
If there's no way for institutions or LMS providers to simply block these browsers, then what are we even doing here?
I love these! Where can I get a dozen to slap up around my campus?
The new Illinois Luddite Society have become regulars at @skeuomorphpress.org community hours. Their prints from last night are pretty sweet
October 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I love these! Where can I get a dozen to slap up around my campus?
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Not a hard question, except for the culture that pretends it's not the answer
1) right-wing media lies incessantly, so anyone truth-based doesn't trust it, and anyone who trusts it doesn't trust anything else
2) other media treats those lies as legitimate, for "fairness," getting trust from no one
1) right-wing media lies incessantly, so anyone truth-based doesn't trust it, and anyone who trusts it doesn't trust anything else
2) other media treats those lies as legitimate, for "fairness," getting trust from no one
October 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Not a hard question, except for the culture that pretends it's not the answer
1) right-wing media lies incessantly, so anyone truth-based doesn't trust it, and anyone who trusts it doesn't trust anything else
2) other media treats those lies as legitimate, for "fairness," getting trust from no one
1) right-wing media lies incessantly, so anyone truth-based doesn't trust it, and anyone who trusts it doesn't trust anything else
2) other media treats those lies as legitimate, for "fairness," getting trust from no one
These AI surveillance systems are going to get someone killed
AI mistake led to Baltimore County gun scare caught on body cam
With guns drawn, Baltimore County Police surrounded a group of students after the Omnilert AI Gun Detection System warned school leaders that a student had a gun.
www.thebanner.com
October 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
These AI surveillance systems are going to get someone killed