Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
@smittermeier.bsky.social
Largely unknown historian @ Uni Kassel Versität. Americanist. „Smart heavy hitter” doing work on pop culture (Disney, TV) & queer history. Does stand up comedy. Frustrated idealist. Podcast @infrontofira.bsky.social.
https://linktr.ee/sabrinamittermeier
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Actually very proud to announce that I am doing a thing: a new book series called "TV Matters" with Intellect! Television / media / pop culture scholars, take note and get in touch if you wanna write about TV! Please share far and wide.
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Offener Brief gegen die zunehmende unkritische Nutzung von KI an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - bitte teilen! openletter.earth/gegen-die-un...
Gegen die unkritische Anwendung und Implementierung sog. Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der deutschen Wissenschaft und im Hochschulalltag
openletter.earth
November 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Offener Brief gegen die zunehmende unkritische Nutzung von KI an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - bitte teilen! openletter.earth/gegen-die-un...
Tbf that‘s what everyone online is doing anyway
It’s too much trouble to explain myself. Just assume the worst
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Tbf that‘s what everyone online is doing anyway
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Please sign and share widely, the Trump admin is trying to get lists of Jewish people at Penn and I probably don‘t have to explain where this usually ends. These are bleak times.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stand with Penn Against the Trump Administration's Demand for a List of Jewish Community Members
We are deeply concerned by the Trump Administration's lawsuit, which demands that the University compile and provide the names, personal emails, phone numbers, and addresses of Jewish members of the P...
actionnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Please sign and share widely, the Trump admin is trying to get lists of Jewish people at Penn and I probably don‘t have to explain where this usually ends. These are bleak times.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Warum verhalten sich Deutsche online eigentlich immer so als würde sie alle 5 Minuten jemand verklagen („privat hier“)
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Warum verhalten sich Deutsche online eigentlich immer so als würde sie alle 5 Minuten jemand verklagen („privat hier“)
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reminder if you're german/germany-based, please consider signing!
Offener Brief gegen die zunehmende unkritische Nutzung von KI an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - bitte teilen! openletter.earth/gegen-die-un...
Gegen die unkritische Anwendung und Implementierung sog. Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der deutschen Wissenschaft und im Hochschulalltag
openletter.earth
November 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
reminder if you're german/germany-based, please consider signing!
My pleasure!
So grateful for Angela Pinholster, Jenny Kokai @jkokai.bsky.social, Sabrina Mittermeier @smittermeier.bsky.social, Tamarah Tucker Gonzalez, and Priscilla Hobbs @mythinginaction.bsky.social zooming into my Disney Performance class. It heightened our discussions and broadened their understanding!
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 AM
My pleasure!
Please sign and share widely, the Trump admin is trying to get lists of Jewish people at Penn and I probably don‘t have to explain where this usually ends. These are bleak times.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
Stand with Penn Against the Trump Administration's Demand for a List of Jewish Community Members
We are deeply concerned by the Trump Administration's lawsuit, which demands that the University compile and provide the names, personal emails, phone numbers, and addresses of Jewish members of the P...
actionnetwork.org
November 23, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Please sign and share widely, the Trump admin is trying to get lists of Jewish people at Penn and I probably don‘t have to explain where this usually ends. These are bleak times.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...
„Cats are so aloof“
My cat regularly comes crashing through the bathroom door to sit on my lap when I pee because I left the room for more than 3 minutes
My cat regularly comes crashing through the bathroom door to sit on my lap when I pee because I left the room for more than 3 minutes
November 23, 2025 at 3:55 PM
„Cats are so aloof“
My cat regularly comes crashing through the bathroom door to sit on my lap when I pee because I left the room for more than 3 minutes
My cat regularly comes crashing through the bathroom door to sit on my lap when I pee because I left the room for more than 3 minutes
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You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Reposted by Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier
Also this bsky.app/profile/iris...
You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
www.youtube.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Also this bsky.app/profile/iris...
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With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
#ScholarSunday Thread 251 (11/23/25) – Black and White and Read All Over
With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week...
blackwhiteandread.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
With the semiquincentennial behind us, launching the next 250 with my 251st #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the last week. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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Btw die Email landet gerne im Spam, muss aber bestätigt werden damit die Unterschrift öffentlich sichtbar wird!
November 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Btw die Email landet gerne im Spam, muss aber bestätigt werden damit die Unterschrift öffentlich sichtbar wird!
Das Ganze wurde bisher viel öfter hier geteilt als bisher unterschrieben - da geht noch was! Und unterschreibt auch noch das original mit!
Offener Brief gegen die zunehmende unkritische Nutzung von KI an deutschen Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen - bitte teilen! openletter.earth/gegen-die-un...
Gegen die unkritische Anwendung und Implementierung sog. Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) in der deutschen Wissenschaft und im Hochschulalltag
openletter.earth
November 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Das Ganze wurde bisher viel öfter hier geteilt als bisher unterschrieben - da geht noch was! Und unterschreibt auch noch das original mit!
Finally something on this argument current and future school teachers keep throwing at me - no, underserved groups are not currently or ever going to benefit from LLMs.
They love to say it's a way to help underserved groups of children too. Extra scary.
Forbes, S. H. & Guest, O. (2025). To Improve Literacy, Improve Equality in Education, Not Large Language Models. Cognitive Science. doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
PDF: philpapers.org/archive/FORT...
Forbes, S. H. & Guest, O. (2025). To Improve Literacy, Improve Equality in Education, Not Large Language Models. Cognitive Science. doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
PDF: philpapers.org/archive/FORT...
To Improve Literacy, Improve Equality in Education, Not Large Language Models
Huettig and Christiansen in an earlier issue argue that large language models (LLMs) are beneficial to address declining cognitive skills, such as literacy, through combating imbalances in educationa....
doi.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Finally something on this argument current and future school teachers keep throwing at me - no, underserved groups are not currently or ever going to benefit from LLMs.
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"It is noteworthy here that in all likelihood, the wealthy would still continue to receive high-quality personal instruction while the less wealthy would be taught by these potentially problematic LLMs due to resource constraints." — me and @samhforbes.bsky.social
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They love to say it's a way to help underserved groups of children too. Extra scary.
Forbes, S. H. & Guest, O. (2025). To Improve Literacy, Improve Equality in Education, Not Large Language Models. Cognitive Science. doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
PDF: philpapers.org/archive/FORT...
Forbes, S. H. & Guest, O. (2025). To Improve Literacy, Improve Equality in Education, Not Large Language Models. Cognitive Science. doi.org/10.1111/cogs...
PDF: philpapers.org/archive/FORT...
To Improve Literacy, Improve Equality in Education, Not Large Language Models
Huettig and Christiansen in an earlier issue argue that large language models (LLMs) are beneficial to address declining cognitive skills, such as literacy, through combating imbalances in educationa....
doi.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"It is noteworthy here that in all likelihood, the wealthy would still continue to receive high-quality personal instruction while the less wealthy would be taught by these potentially problematic LLMs due to resource constraints." — me and @samhforbes.bsky.social
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P.S.: Mir ist bewusst dass der Text - leider! - eine Handvoll Tippfehler hat. Die Plattform ist rudimentär dafür nicht corporate und ist mir beim Hochladen mehrmals abgeschmiert weshalb die letzten Korrekturen nicht mehr übernommen wurden; was mir erst aufgefallen ist, als es schon in Umlauf war. 🫠
November 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
P.S.: Mir ist bewusst dass der Text - leider! - eine Handvoll Tippfehler hat. Die Plattform ist rudimentär dafür nicht corporate und ist mir beim Hochladen mehrmals abgeschmiert weshalb die letzten Korrekturen nicht mehr übernommen wurden; was mir erst aufgefallen ist, als es schon in Umlauf war. 🫠
Not Ted Danson telling Mary Steenburgen she „looks familiar“ (Man on the Inside S2 is out)
November 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Not Ted Danson telling Mary Steenburgen she „looks familiar“ (Man on the Inside S2 is out)
Also how much longer are we giving Vance to publicly leave his wife for Erika Kirk and see the light of actual Evangelicalism instead of his Convert Catholic cosplay cause he hates everything the Pope does?
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Also how much longer are we giving Vance to publicly leave his wife for Erika Kirk and see the light of actual Evangelicalism instead of his Convert Catholic cosplay cause he hates everything the Pope does?
Like what are we supposed to take away from Mamdani‘s meeting with Trump like is it Donald‘s kink to be called a fascist by handsome men?
I am legitimately asking as a confused queer person
I am legitimately asking as a confused queer person
November 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Like what are we supposed to take away from Mamdani‘s meeting with Trump like is it Donald‘s kink to be called a fascist by handsome men?
I am legitimately asking as a confused queer person
I am legitimately asking as a confused queer person
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This made me giggle
November 22, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This made me giggle
Bzw halt einfach still daneben sitzen
Eine der enttäuschendsten Erfahrungen für #ichbinhanna ist immer wieder auch die mangelnde alltägliche Solidarität der Kolleg*innen. Manchen ist es wichtiger, sich Profs anzubiedern, als sich den Kolleg*innen gegenüber anständig zu verhalten. Ernüchternd.
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Bzw halt einfach still daneben sitzen
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Considering very seriously (again) to refuse to exchange emails with people who are using Gmail.
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Considering very seriously (again) to refuse to exchange emails with people who are using Gmail.
Does anyone know of any media/television studies conferences next year I should go to in Europe/UK? Given I won’t cross the US border I am once again cut off from a lot of big events..
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Does anyone know of any media/television studies conferences next year I should go to in Europe/UK? Given I won’t cross the US border I am once again cut off from a lot of big events..
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Everybody should see "The Star Wars Holiday Special," but I'm fundamentally opposed to it being EASY to see. Kids today who can just go to YouTube and choose between six versions can't POSSIBLY appreciate the effort that used to be required to see that piece of garbage, and for that, it suffers.
Cannot wait to unwrap The Star Wars Holiday Special with George Lucas Talk Show host @connorratliff.bsky.social on Sunday 12/7 at 3 pm. And be sure to come early, at 1, when we'll screen The Star Wars Holiday Special in full from the Paley Archive. More info: www.paleycenter.org/events/conve...
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Everybody should see "The Star Wars Holiday Special," but I'm fundamentally opposed to it being EASY to see. Kids today who can just go to YouTube and choose between six versions can't POSSIBLY appreciate the effort that used to be required to see that piece of garbage, and for that, it suffers.
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I keep saying this but it’s at least very interesting that many doctors didn’t think ADHD persisted into adulthood until you couldn’t buy Ritalin over the counter anymore and most people stopped smoking.
yeah tbh I’d really rather be on ADHD meds and NOT have to develop a two pack a day cigarette habit as someone who’s never smoked before just to function
I guess I can drink twelve coffees a day while chain smoking if you want me to do this in a socially acceptable manner, I just don't see how that's better for my physical or mental health than Vyvanse, y'know?
November 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I keep saying this but it’s at least very interesting that many doctors didn’t think ADHD persisted into adulthood until you couldn’t buy Ritalin over the counter anymore and most people stopped smoking.