Amy Wood
@amyrwood.bsky.social
Curious writer, perpetually learning, finding joy in community; she/her. I repost a fair bit because I like sharing interesting information.
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Lmfao every AI defense piece is like "AYY I FUCKIN SUCK BRO HOPEFULLY THIS FUCKIN STEAL YOUR SHIT MACHINE WILL MAKE ME SUCK SLIGHTLY LESS OK"
December 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Lmfao every AI defense piece is like "AYY I FUCKIN SUCK BRO HOPEFULLY THIS FUCKIN STEAL YOUR SHIT MACHINE WILL MAKE ME SUCK SLIGHTLY LESS OK"
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Tis' the Season 🎅🔭
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Tis' the Season 🎅🔭
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Everything about the shooting at Brown is horrific & should make America ashamed of the slaughterhouse we’ve become. But I’m especially holding in my heart the parents who were eagerly planning for their kids to get home for break. Getting them holiday gifts. Planning to cook their favorite meals.
December 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Everything about the shooting at Brown is horrific & should make America ashamed of the slaughterhouse we’ve become. But I’m especially holding in my heart the parents who were eagerly planning for their kids to get home for break. Getting them holiday gifts. Planning to cook their favorite meals.
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We need more publicly owned 3rd places.
December 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
We need more publicly owned 3rd places.
Showed my wife and she said “jeez everyone’s eating their Wheaties on this team”.
South Carolina State player starts cramping so his teammate picks him up and carries him to the sideline.
December 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Showed my wife and she said “jeez everyone’s eating their Wheaties on this team”.
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This recent study found learning management systems sold to schools since the 2010s as time-savers (e.g. Google Classroom, Canvas) tend to be burdensome and contribute to burnout.
December 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
This recent study found learning management systems sold to schools since the 2010s as time-savers (e.g. Google Classroom, Canvas) tend to be burdensome and contribute to burnout.
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Who could have predicted?
Exclusive: Washington Post’s AI-generated podcasts rife with errors, fictional quotes
Errors in the Post’s new AI-generated podcasts have frustrated the paper’s journalists.
www.semafor.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Who could have predicted?
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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The 2017 Tubbs Fire changed our understanding of how wildfires could impact water systems. Now, due largely to the LA fires, we’re building an understanding of what can realistically be done. Was an honor to talk with a fire chief ahead of his time for a concrete example ucanr.edu/blog/conflue...
Rethinking Water Systems in a Fire-Prone West: A Fire Chief’s Approach | The Confluence
Image Firefighters on the 2019 Kincade Fire in northern California.
ucanr.edu
December 11, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The 2017 Tubbs Fire changed our understanding of how wildfires could impact water systems. Now, due largely to the LA fires, we’re building an understanding of what can realistically be done. Was an honor to talk with a fire chief ahead of his time for a concrete example ucanr.edu/blog/conflue...
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Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
December 11, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Just discovered an insane new form of co-intelligence where you briefly share the mind of a great thinker in history and then a portion of their mind travels in yours for the rest of your life. Calling it a "book."
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This is a ploy to get around the Flores settlement, which requires that children be removed from immigration detention after 20 days. Building a school in the detention center makes it look like it's a licensed facility for child care but it's not.
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
December 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is a ploy to get around the Flores settlement, which requires that children be removed from immigration detention after 20 days. Building a school in the detention center makes it look like it's a licensed facility for child care but it's not.
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
prospect.org/2025/12/10/f...
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San Diego Unified’s board will tonight vote on the largest slate of education workforce housing projects ever considered in California. Some are pushing them to ignore a staff recommendation and go even bigger. Tonight, they might vote to do just that.
San Diego Unified’s Housing Push Is a Big Deal. Should It Be Even Bigger?
With a slate of new projects, San Diego Unified could nearly double the number of education workforce housing units built on school property across California. Now, as district leaders prepare to gree...
voiceofsandiego.org
December 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
San Diego Unified’s board will tonight vote on the largest slate of education workforce housing projects ever considered in California. Some are pushing them to ignore a staff recommendation and go even bigger. Tonight, they might vote to do just that.
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This is a really cool find, and I was so surprised by how on-board outside researchers were with calling this solid evidence for hominins *making* fire, 400,000 years ago 🧪 🏺 www.scientificamerican.com/article/anci...
Ancient Humans Were Making Fire 350,000 Years Earlier Than Scientists Realized
Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose has been difficult for scientists to pin down
www.scientificamerican.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This is a really cool find, and I was so surprised by how on-board outside researchers were with calling this solid evidence for hominins *making* fire, 400,000 years ago 🧪 🏺 www.scientificamerican.com/article/anci...
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
*REGGAETON AIR HORN*
I can't believe I have to say this, but if you have COVID don't go to public gatherings/events.
December 10, 2025 at 4:36 AM
*REGGAETON AIR HORN*
Sitting in a high school parking lot waiting for my kid to finish their event and a HUGE coyote just trotted by. RIP campus bunnies.
December 10, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Sitting in a high school parking lot waiting for my kid to finish their event and a HUGE coyote just trotted by. RIP campus bunnies.
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Care is the holy grail of automation. Because we need it to survive, but it's too labor-intensive to be profitable, even as it gets more expensive. And because we could make it a public good, but only by raising taxes on billionaires.
So, be *very* skeptical when they claim AI can replace care.
So, be *very* skeptical when they claim AI can replace care.
December 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Care is the holy grail of automation. Because we need it to survive, but it's too labor-intensive to be profitable, even as it gets more expensive. And because we could make it a public good, but only by raising taxes on billionaires.
So, be *very* skeptical when they claim AI can replace care.
So, be *very* skeptical when they claim AI can replace care.
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Skill issue
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Skill issue
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My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My colleague points out here that possibly one in seven requests to our library now may be assisted by LLMs.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
When those point to fictional documents, that's a huge staff time drain. There's often no quick way to check if an undigitized primary source doc exists beyond physically pulling some boxes.
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The way student loans are meant to limit your options in general is truly unhinged. I have fully paid off the amount I took out twice and still owe more than I took out.
December 8, 2025 at 8:47 PM
The way student loans are meant to limit your options in general is truly unhinged. I have fully paid off the amount I took out twice and still owe more than I took out.
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It's the same problem as "childcare is insanely expensive and childcare providers are woefully underpaid" and the solutions on both counts are systemic not individual
not sure how to square ‘no one person can be reasonably expected to pay for every media subscription’ with ‘sorely underpaid writers need to make a living’ but my inclination is not to locate that problem with any of the broke ass people on either end of the complaint
December 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's the same problem as "childcare is insanely expensive and childcare providers are woefully underpaid" and the solutions on both counts are systemic not individual
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Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
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People don't understand what is meant by "literacy" and the "literacy crisis".
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
October 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
People don't understand what is meant by "literacy" and the "literacy crisis".
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
Literacy isn't just not being able to physically read. Many people know how to see words and say words, which is basic reading. Literacy is being able to infer the correct information from what you read.
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Flu shot acquired!
I go by two rules: the best time to get a flu shot is around Halloween (flu before boo)
The second-best time is right now
I go by two rules: the best time to get a flu shot is around Halloween (flu before boo)
The second-best time is right now
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Flu shot acquired!
I go by two rules: the best time to get a flu shot is around Halloween (flu before boo)
The second-best time is right now
I go by two rules: the best time to get a flu shot is around Halloween (flu before boo)
The second-best time is right now