Lisa Melonçon
@meloncon.bsky.social
Tech Comm. Health comm. UX. Workplace writing. RHM. Cajun. Sports fanatic. Dr. Martens wearer. She/Her. Posts my own. http://tek-ritr.com
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New post on #FindTheMidwife today. Sasha Turner talks with us about a 17th century enslaved Barbadian midwife. www.findthemidwife.com/sasha-turner. Thanks Dr. Turner!
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
New post on #FindTheMidwife today. Sasha Turner talks with us about a 17th century enslaved Barbadian midwife. www.findthemidwife.com/sasha-turner. Thanks Dr. Turner!
#FlowerReport #TulipTuesday Amsterdam, early spring, 2025.
November 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
#FlowerReport #TulipTuesday Amsterdam, early spring, 2025.
update: oh hey, the review was so bad cause AI "wrote" it. "colleague" who had accepted the review admitted it. The purpose of peer review is to engage with the research and ideas which is a decidedly human activity. Sad days indeed.
When two weeks later, you're still annoyed at how bad a reviewer just didn't read the words you wrote.
Sigh. (Totally first world academic problems.)
Sigh. (Totally first world academic problems.)
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 AM
update: oh hey, the review was so bad cause AI "wrote" it. "colleague" who had accepted the review admitted it. The purpose of peer review is to engage with the research and ideas which is a decidedly human activity. Sad days indeed.
Pope Leo enters the AI chat.
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Pope Leo enters the AI chat.
There is no such thing as AI literacy. It's just another form of technological literacy and fluency and it's a damn shame so many people in my own field who are supposed to be critical users of technology don't understand this basic premise.
November 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
There is no such thing as AI literacy. It's just another form of technological literacy and fluency and it's a damn shame so many people in my own field who are supposed to be critical users of technology don't understand this basic premise.
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The faculty who say we should use AI to grade/give feedback because it's a way for us to "reclaim our time."
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
November 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The faculty who say we should use AI to grade/give feedback because it's a way for us to "reclaim our time."
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
Line in the sand.
It isn't our time. It's theirs. If you have such little respect for your students and their time, quit.
Disrespectfully, the rest of us.
Student views on the TPC service course: tek-ritr.com/student-view... Part of an in progress research project.
Student views on the service course – Lisa Melonçon
tek-ritr.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Student views on the TPC service course: tek-ritr.com/student-view... Part of an in progress research project.
the google doodle today is just fabulous: g.co/doodle/93vp2...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
the google doodle today is just fabulous: g.co/doodle/93vp2...
Yeah, no, LinkedIn, it is not better on the app.
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yeah, no, LinkedIn, it is not better on the app.
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Same, girl, same.
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Same, girl, same.
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We need to repost this with the rapidity and consistency of Tom Holland's Umbrella dance.
October 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
We need to repost this with the rapidity and consistency of Tom Holland's Umbrella dance.
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I’ve said since LowerEd is that neoliberal credential expansion usually starts by producing a degree to solve a short term employment bottleneck, for example in nursing in 2000s. The degrees get predatory once demand is met
The AI labor market doesn’t even have the short term labor market demand!
The AI labor market doesn’t even have the short term labor market demand!
October 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I’ve said since LowerEd is that neoliberal credential expansion usually starts by producing a degree to solve a short term employment bottleneck, for example in nursing in 2000s. The degrees get predatory once demand is met
The AI labor market doesn’t even have the short term labor market demand!
The AI labor market doesn’t even have the short term labor market demand!
Ding. Ding. Yes. Indeed.
The problem with these shiny mirages is that, not unlike AI capital investment right now, the credentialing in “artificial intelligence” is completely decoupled from demand.
October 20, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Ding. Ding. Yes. Indeed.
And oy, I have finally muted all you "gotta put AI in all the (writing) classrooms" people. No time for that. Need my energy to actually engage the students in learning.
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
And oy, I have finally muted all you "gotta put AI in all the (writing) classrooms" people. No time for that. Need my energy to actually engage the students in learning.
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These tech bros out here ruthless, reckless, and regardless.
October 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
These tech bros out here ruthless, reckless, and regardless.
Why yes, I do indeed judge you by how you interact at the stage of copy editing and proofs.
October 14, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Why yes, I do indeed judge you by how you interact at the stage of copy editing and proofs.
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Hypothesis: The disconnect between US news media coverage of causes of death and what Americans actually die from is then reflected in what people are scared of & what politicians invest in, or defund. Refocusing attention on causes will help all of us reduce harm.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Hypothesis: The disconnect between US news media coverage of causes of death and what Americans actually die from is then reflected in what people are scared of & what politicians invest in, or defund. Refocusing attention on causes will help all of us reduce harm.
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
Yeah, no. I do not want to download your app.
October 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Yeah, no. I do not want to download your app.
Totally scalloped.
October 6, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Totally scalloped.
oh, hey, hanging by a thread. I see you there.
October 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
oh, hey, hanging by a thread. I see you there.
overheard on my recent trip to Europe: "You Americans need to get your act together."
September 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
overheard on my recent trip to Europe: "You Americans need to get your act together."
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"Anger at AI, smartphones, and social media—and more specifically, at the exploitative practices of the companies operating them—has galvanized people all over the world, from the youth above, to artists and advocates and academics." www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-luddit...
The Luddite Renaissance is in full swing
This fall, the new luddites are rising
www.bloodinthemachine.com
September 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"Anger at AI, smartphones, and social media—and more specifically, at the exploitative practices of the companies operating them—has galvanized people all over the world, from the youth above, to artists and advocates and academics." www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-luddit...
#FlowerReport Yellow tulips. Some of the first that were getting ready to bloom in Amsterdam, early spring, 2025.
September 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#FlowerReport Yellow tulips. Some of the first that were getting ready to bloom in Amsterdam, early spring, 2025.