snackowski
@snackowska.bsky.social
environmental humanities, urban / spatial studies, American studies, post-1945 literature. president of an imaginary Raymond Williams Fan Club
me, every spring: i'm going to get so much work done this summer!
weather: nope
weather: nope
July 14, 2025 at 5:21 AM
me, every spring: i'm going to get so much work done this summer!
weather: nope
weather: nope
hello fellow xennial
(1983 baby here)
(1983 baby here)
July 14, 2025 at 3:43 AM
hello fellow xennial
(1983 baby here)
(1983 baby here)
yeah, it's for sure not new. it just seems really obsessive at times, to the point of delusion
July 14, 2025 at 3:19 AM
yeah, it's for sure not new. it just seems really obsessive at times, to the point of delusion
oh of course, there are differences, because people have grown up in different contexts, with different experiences - i'm not denying that - and i'm not saying it's not worthwhile to study those differences. it's more the way social media encourages generational allegiances and animosities
July 14, 2025 at 3:14 AM
oh of course, there are differences, because people have grown up in different contexts, with different experiences - i'm not denying that - and i'm not saying it's not worthwhile to study those differences. it's more the way social media encourages generational allegiances and animosities
so tired of generational thinking. it's like it wasn't enough that people are divided into nation-states. we have to turn generations into nations too
July 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
so tired of generational thinking. it's like it wasn't enough that people are divided into nation-states. we have to turn generations into nations too
i didn't even like the "innovative teaching methods" - which somehow managed to take simple concepts and make them convoluted - so i'm sure AI would have made me hate math (one of my fav subjects in grade school)
July 14, 2025 at 2:36 AM
i didn't even like the "innovative teaching methods" - which somehow managed to take simple concepts and make them convoluted - so i'm sure AI would have made me hate math (one of my fav subjects in grade school)
the general vibe of the story was "some teachers are a little bit scared of AI, but they just need to figure out how to be friends with it"
July 14, 2025 at 2:34 AM
the general vibe of the story was "some teachers are a little bit scared of AI, but they just need to figure out how to be friends with it"
so pretty much they're doing propaganda for AI companies and administrators who insist on AI - by making it sound like a fait accompli
July 14, 2025 at 2:33 AM
so pretty much they're doing propaganda for AI companies and administrators who insist on AI - by making it sound like a fait accompli
*screams in former math student*
July 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
*screams in former math student*
also the CBC people are not questioning whether or not AI *should* be integrated into the classroom. they're assuming it will be, and it's just a matter of policies to make the integration good
July 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
also the CBC people are not questioning whether or not AI *should* be integrated into the classroom. they're assuming it will be, and it's just a matter of policies to make the integration good
they interviewed a math teacher who said he teaches his students how to turn ChatGPT into a tutor
July 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
they interviewed a math teacher who said he teaches his students how to turn ChatGPT into a tutor
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"Thanks to AI we can finally automate the stuff teachers do and have them focus on what really matters, filling out compliance paperwork"
July 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
"Thanks to AI we can finally automate the stuff teachers do and have them focus on what really matters, filling out compliance paperwork"
CBC is about to do a story about AI in education - about the "positive potential and lingering concerns." i bet it's gonna be an administrator's wet dream
July 14, 2025 at 2:28 AM
CBC is about to do a story about AI in education - about the "positive potential and lingering concerns." i bet it's gonna be an administrator's wet dream
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This is the weird things that subset a white men ponder all damn day unprompted.
July 14, 2025 at 2:15 AM
This is the weird things that subset a white men ponder all damn day unprompted.
is there such a thing as fan-noise+heat-induced psychosis
July 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
is there such a thing as fan-noise+heat-induced psychosis
and then it's supposed to get smoky later tonight. so much for enjoying summer
July 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
and then it's supposed to get smoky later tonight. so much for enjoying summer
even when i turn off the fans, it feels like my brain keeps buzzing and spinning
July 14, 2025 at 12:10 AM
even when i turn off the fans, it feels like my brain keeps buzzing and spinning
the ridiculous humidity (it's adding 14 degrees to the base temp) plus the constant noise of window fans and the smallness of the room is starting to make me feel like i'm stuck in some terrible submarine
July 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
the ridiculous humidity (it's adding 14 degrees to the base temp) plus the constant noise of window fans and the smallness of the room is starting to make me feel like i'm stuck in some terrible submarine
i’m guessing the US has a different humidity scale, because it’s regularly 100% humidity here - and, like, it has got to be more humid there?
July 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
i’m guessing the US has a different humidity scale, because it’s regularly 100% humidity here - and, like, it has got to be more humid there?
move to Ontario only if you want to spend your summers feeling like the air is secreting some sort of sticky air mucous
July 7, 2025 at 12:44 AM
move to Ontario only if you want to spend your summers feeling like the air is secreting some sort of sticky air mucous
i actually think this book is worse than Abundance, despite the actual writing being better
July 6, 2025 at 3:01 PM
i actually think this book is worse than Abundance, despite the actual writing being better
it sounds like it’s propaganda written for real estate developers. like, i have actually seen landlords use the very same arguments and images to sell demoviction as vitality and progress
July 6, 2025 at 3:00 PM
it sounds like it’s propaganda written for real estate developers. like, i have actually seen landlords use the very same arguments and images to sell demoviction as vitality and progress
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A lot of people in the US feel that as long as they can go on minding their daily lives of work and consumption that fascism has not arrived, but COVID, global warming, and Gaza has demonstrated that is precisely this desire to go on as if nothing is happening that drives contemporary fascism.
July 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
A lot of people in the US feel that as long as they can go on minding their daily lives of work and consumption that fascism has not arrived, but COVID, global warming, and Gaza has demonstrated that is precisely this desire to go on as if nothing is happening that drives contemporary fascism.
if you hated Abundance and now you’re looking for something new to hate, may i recommend Stuck by Yoni Appelbaum
July 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
if you hated Abundance and now you’re looking for something new to hate, may i recommend Stuck by Yoni Appelbaum
i read that a lot of his work was dictated to his wife, who typed it, and then it was never edited
July 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
i read that a lot of his work was dictated to his wife, who typed it, and then it was never edited