Meghan Wilson Duff
@mwduff.bsky.social
Psych prof, in tide pool when possible 🦑, excels at typos. (they/them)
All that commercial genAI is a tool of fascism, 🚫 genAI, IDIC 🖖 Author of HOW ARE YOU, VERITY? illustrated by the excellent @taylorbarron.bsky.social www.meghanwilsonduff.com
All that commercial genAI is a tool of fascism, 🚫 genAI, IDIC 🖖 Author of HOW ARE YOU, VERITY? illustrated by the excellent @taylorbarron.bsky.social www.meghanwilsonduff.com
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Oh, I need to get my planned obsolescence talk dusted off
November 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Oh, I need to get my planned obsolescence talk dusted off
Over 200 authors will be Zooming into classrooms & libraries for World Read Aloud Day on 2/4!
Teachers/librarians - Want to be first to see the list so you can book a free visit? It'll go out in my email newsletter in early December! Sign up here: katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
Teachers/librarians - Want to be first to see the list so you can book a free visit? It'll go out in my email newsletter in early December! Sign up here: katemessner.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Listening to Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research
November 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Listening to Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research
Random shout out for Bangor since the municipality comes round with a giant vacuum & hoovers leaves up off the curb.
You know what, I'm just gonna re-up this post
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Random shout out for Bangor since the municipality comes round with a giant vacuum & hoovers leaves up off the curb.
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A lion’s mane sea slug at the Monterey Bay Aquarium this past summer
#MarineLife #SeaSlug #Melibe #Nudibranch #Hooded #Predatory #Invertebrates #MBARI #California
#MarineLife #SeaSlug #Melibe #Nudibranch #Hooded #Predatory #Invertebrates #MBARI #California
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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ウメボシイソギンチャク！ウメボシイソギンチャク！？ youtube.com/shorts/Meh1E...
ウメボシイソギンチャク！ウメボシイソギンチャク！？
YouTube video by でんか@海洋生物観測所
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
ウメボシイソギンチャク！ウメボシイソギンチャク！？ youtube.com/shorts/Meh1E...
A1: I have difficulties with people arguing with them or expecting something
Q1: Do you have difficulties with recognising your own emotional states? Does this take you longer or work differently for you? #AutChat
November 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
A1: I have difficulties with people arguing with them or expecting something
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For the Sunday crowd: my novel, Muñeca, out June 2026, is Gothic historical fiction about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process.
You can pre-order it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
You can pre-order it! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/788211...
Muñeca by Cynthia Gómez: 9798217047574 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
A vivid, surreal Gothic about a queer, Latine, working class witch who sets out to rescue a bespelled heiress and loses control of her powers and her heart in the process. It is 1968 Oakland, and Nat...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Remember as you gear up for family gatherings this week, if anyone asks “are you still doing that writing thing?” you ARE entitled to challenge them to single combat.
November 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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“Authoritarian governments view culture as a threat because in the writing+ music +acting, you can sometimes glimpse alternatives to the current reality. We live in a timeline that says AI domination is inevitable, there will be no future except constant war.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
www.harpersbazaar.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
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Our panel at the #HowardZinnBookFair in SF is coming up! #socialjustice #picturebooks @annebroyles.bsky.social @innosantonagara.bsky.social @robliutrujillo.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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I’m speechless….
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! is a 2026 NCTE Charlotte Huck recommended read. Thank you NCTE for this honor! Congratulations to all the other authors and illustrators who received Charlotte Huck and Orbis awards yesterday!!!!!
#ncte #ncte25 #charlottehuckawards
MAYBE JUST ASK ME! is a 2026 NCTE Charlotte Huck recommended read. Thank you NCTE for this honor! Congratulations to all the other authors and illustrators who received Charlotte Huck and Orbis awards yesterday!!!!!
#ncte #ncte25 #charlottehuckawards
November 23, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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highly decorated 😹
November 23, 2025 at 3:50 PM
highly decorated 😹
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Researching nudibranches for my upcoming trip to Raja Ampat.
This is a Tropical Gasflame, Tenellia sibogae
(photo by Steve Smith)
This is a Tropical Gasflame, Tenellia sibogae
(photo by Steve Smith)
November 23, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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#KidLit folks, if someone is asking what you want for the holidays... Some AMAs and feedback on manuscripts here. 🎁
KW Scholarship Silent Auction
Silent auction 'KW Scholarship Silent Auction' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#KidLit folks, if someone is asking what you want for the holidays... Some AMAs and feedback on manuscripts here. 🎁
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Microsoft's latest warning has set off a familiar response from security-minded critics: Why is Big Tech so intent on pushing new features before their dangerous behaviors can be fully understood and contained?
Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data
Integration of Copilot Actions into Windows is off by default, but for how long?
arstechnica.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Microsoft's latest warning has set off a familiar response from security-minded critics: Why is Big Tech so intent on pushing new features before their dangerous behaviors can be fully understood and contained?
I've been thinking about Graeber's Bullshit Jobs and how people in them identified them as bullshit. Somehow the proliferation of these lobs is connected to our susceptibility to the push for genAI & everything should be easier because nothing really matters. It's pretend anyways.
November 23, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I've been thinking about Graeber's Bullshit Jobs and how people in them identified them as bullshit. Somehow the proliferation of these lobs is connected to our susceptibility to the push for genAI & everything should be easier because nothing really matters. It's pretend anyways.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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"Usually when you see this, you say, 'Oh, this is too good to be true.' But you know what? I think it’s true, and we should take advantage of it." New research found that mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 could enhance cancer treatments. To vaccine expert @erictopol.bsky.social, it's big news.
Study Finds COVID mRNA Vaccines Boost Cancer Treatment
New research found that mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 could enhance cancer treatments and help patients live longer.
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 10:41 PM
"Usually when you see this, you say, 'Oh, this is too good to be true.' But you know what? I think it’s true, and we should take advantage of it." New research found that mRNA vaccines for COVID-19 could enhance cancer treatments. To vaccine expert @erictopol.bsky.social, it's big news.
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After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
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Astonishing how much wealth these companies have to play their little circle jerk while so many human beings go hungry or suffer from the fallout of the resource extraction and consumption all this demands
WAPO jumps into the circular-revenue graphic game.
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
@washingtonpost.com $ORCL $NVDA
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
November 22, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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