Sheila Liming
@seeshespeak.bsky.social
reader | writer | professor | Edith Wharton impersonator
Champlain College (Burlington, VT)
HANGING OUT — hardcover / audiobook / paperback / ebook https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717263/hanging-out-by-sheila-liming/
Champlain College (Burlington, VT)
HANGING OUT — hardcover / audiobook / paperback / ebook https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/717263/hanging-out-by-sheila-liming/
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Sheila Liming
@seeshespeak.bsky.social
· Mar 25
I wrote about the history of Wharton film adaptations (and why we haven’t had a decent one of those in 25 years!) for Film Quarterly
Eating macaroni and cheese alone by candlelight—like my hero, Kevin McCallister
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Eating macaroni and cheese alone by candlelight—like my hero, Kevin McCallister
Aka how it feels to be building next semester’s Canvas courses while grading this semester’s finals
Hans Hauser, ca. 495
Woodcut with hand-colouring
Woodcut with hand-colouring
December 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Aka how it feels to be building next semester’s Canvas courses while grading this semester’s finals
“Lo, shining flowers upon my window-pane / The silver pencil of the winter draws.” (Stevenson)
December 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
“Lo, shining flowers upon my window-pane / The silver pencil of the winter draws.” (Stevenson)
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Normalize the dismantling of intrusive, nonconsensual surveillance technologies
December 5, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Normalize the dismantling of intrusive, nonconsensual surveillance technologies
In a dark cozy pub, cutting the pages of a novel open, like a wayward Wharton character.
December 5, 2025 at 10:20 PM
In a dark cozy pub, cutting the pages of a novel open, like a wayward Wharton character.
Thrilled about this essay cluster on modern ghosts (featuring our pal @jshelat1.bsky.social and others).
asapjournal.com/cluster/haun...
asapjournal.com/cluster/haun...
Hauntings - ASAP/Review
asapjournal.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Thrilled about this essay cluster on modern ghosts (featuring our pal @jshelat1.bsky.social and others).
asapjournal.com/cluster/haun...
asapjournal.com/cluster/haun...
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The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
My employer, Dartmouth College, today boasts it's 1st Ivy "to launch AI at an institutional scale." It is doing this by partnering--"more than a collaboration"--with Anthropic, a company that stole the books of many faculty, me included, which many of us are suing.
December 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The first school to market itself as AI free is going to corner the market on people interested in actually learning. And I would not be surprised if rich families and the children of people creating this tech were the first movers.
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Constantly reminded that for hundreds of years after the South American silver mines had essentially run out there continued to be vast resources pumped into the idea that previous regimes hadn’t been extractive enough rather than the idea that the value simply didn’t exist.
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Constantly reminded that for hundreds of years after the South American silver mines had essentially run out there continued to be vast resources pumped into the idea that previous regimes hadn’t been extractive enough rather than the idea that the value simply didn’t exist.
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Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
Students putting meetings on my calendar that are supposed to take place outside of office hours, without emailing / consulting me first: no
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Students putting meetings on my calendar that are supposed to take place outside of office hours, without emailing / consulting me first: no
Next semester I’m teaching 4 separate classes: all individual preps, all writing-intensive, all over-enrolled (20+ students per class).
Trying to pre-plan for burnout and overwhelm and the only one I can come up with is, Be worse at teaching?
Trying to pre-plan for burnout and overwhelm and the only one I can come up with is, Be worse at teaching?
December 3, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Next semester I’m teaching 4 separate classes: all individual preps, all writing-intensive, all over-enrolled (20+ students per class).
Trying to pre-plan for burnout and overwhelm and the only one I can come up with is, Be worse at teaching?
Trying to pre-plan for burnout and overwhelm and the only one I can come up with is, Be worse at teaching?
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„The irony couldn’t be starker: the very programs best equipped to study the social and ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted the use of OpenAI’s products across campus. This isn’t innovation—it’s institutional auto-cannibalism.“
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
„The irony couldn’t be starker: the very programs best equipped to study the social and ethical implications of AI were being defunded, even as the university promoted the use of OpenAI’s products across campus. This isn’t innovation—it’s institutional auto-cannibalism.“
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This comment on an NYT soup recipe is a banger
December 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This comment on an NYT soup recipe is a banger
There are apparently a lot of weird book publishing scammers out there, and a lot of them listen to the Ezra Klein show, and a lot of them have been emailing me since last week’s re-broadcast of my interview episode.
December 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
There are apparently a lot of weird book publishing scammers out there, and a lot of them listen to the Ezra Klein show, and a lot of them have been emailing me since last week’s re-broadcast of my interview episode.
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I’m struggling with my focus today. So I wrote out everything I’ve done this year, long hand and in a proper notebook.
I decided that the problem may be that I’ve done enough.
I decided that the problem may be that I’ve done enough.
December 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I’m struggling with my focus today. So I wrote out everything I’ve done this year, long hand and in a proper notebook.
I decided that the problem may be that I’ve done enough.
I decided that the problem may be that I’ve done enough.
A little slice of something pretty
November 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A little slice of something pretty
The great thing about a holiday like Thanksgiving is you can wear a string of pearls along with a novelty apron and no one can stop you.
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The great thing about a holiday like Thanksgiving is you can wear a string of pearls along with a novelty apron and no one can stop you.
Happy Thanksgiving from me and my pal Vincent
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from me and my pal Vincent
Not sure what she tastes like yet, but she’s the prettiest little dessert in the whole wide world.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Not sure what she tastes like yet, but she’s the prettiest little dessert in the whole wide world.
I have 50+ drafts to grade and comment on this week, and all I want is a BREAK and maybe also some pie
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I have 50+ drafts to grade and comment on this week, and all I want is a BREAK and maybe also some pie
Gave a few hours of my Sunday to finishing Stevenson’s THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE and boy, what a romp! From Culloden to the south seas to the shores of Lake Champlain!
November 23, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Gave a few hours of my Sunday to finishing Stevenson’s THE MASTER OF BALLANTRAE and boy, what a romp! From Culloden to the south seas to the shores of Lake Champlain!
Played a venue last night that looked and felt exactly like The Muppet Theater from The Muppet Show
November 23, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Played a venue last night that looked and felt exactly like The Muppet Theater from The Muppet Show
The “journey” in question is me updating my account details in Oracle.
Could we maybe just call things what they are not be all corporate-twee about it?
Could we maybe just call things what they are not be all corporate-twee about it?
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The “journey” in question is me updating my account details in Oracle.
Could we maybe just call things what they are not be all corporate-twee about it?
Could we maybe just call things what they are not be all corporate-twee about it?