Andrew Longhofer
@andrewlonghofer.bsky.social
I read things. I write things. I repeat things. 🏳️🌈
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Been holding onto this one for a while
March 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Been holding onto this one for a while
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When I ask them: "What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to?" Often, the answer is: nothing. Which has a direct effect on their over-use of prompts and AI, because they can't think of ideas, because they are literally not engaging with a single figurative thing.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
When I ask them: "What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to?" Often, the answer is: nothing. Which has a direct effect on their over-use of prompts and AI, because they can't think of ideas, because they are literally not engaging with a single figurative thing.
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I don't know how to teach students who hate reading/writing, when reading/writing are the foundations of what I'm supposed to teach. Yes, I engage with audio technologies, digital narratives, cinema, material culture...but it's all forms of reading. I just don't know what they want out of this.
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I don't know how to teach students who hate reading/writing, when reading/writing are the foundations of what I'm supposed to teach. Yes, I engage with audio technologies, digital narratives, cinema, material culture...but it's all forms of reading. I just don't know what they want out of this.
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It's like they just keep...forgetting? Or they read the instructions and completely disregard them, even knowing that they can't pass the assignment without demonstrating really clear skills (citing material, writing on a course text, etc.). They just...don't do it. And don't seem to care.
November 28, 2025 at 10:26 PM
It's like they just keep...forgetting? Or they read the instructions and completely disregard them, even knowing that they can't pass the assignment without demonstrating really clear skills (citing material, writing on a course text, etc.). They just...don't do it. And don't seem to care.
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We're seeing possibly the worst attendance in history. Even in creative writing classes, where students generally want to participate and have their voice heard--they're not showing up, ignoring guidelines and feedback, and either describing expectations as "unclear" or simply refusing to comply.
November 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
We're seeing possibly the worst attendance in history. Even in creative writing classes, where students generally want to participate and have their voice heard--they're not showing up, ignoring guidelines and feedback, and either describing expectations as "unclear" or simply refusing to comply.
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An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
An issue we're seeing at all levels of university is that many students are simply refusing to do *anything*. They aren't reading the syllabus, aren't following assignment guidelines, aren't engaging with material, ignoring deadlines. And this might seem like old news, but it truly has ramped up.
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We keep adjusting our goalposts, trying to meet students where they're at--but for some, that place is a kind of non-place, where they don't complete any work or engage with the class, but still receive a high grade. Emails are ignored. They can't meet a deadline or keep an appointment.
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We keep adjusting our goalposts, trying to meet students where they're at--but for some, that place is a kind of non-place, where they don't complete any work or engage with the class, but still receive a high grade. Emails are ignored. They can't meet a deadline or keep an appointment.
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
it's so funny (read: infuriating) that I can't see more than three things in a row in my LinkedIn feed that were either posted by or interacted with by someone I follow before a suggested or promoted post a) about AI, b) transparently written using AI, or c) illustrated with an image generated by AI
November 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
it's so funny (read: infuriating) that I can't see more than three things in a row in my LinkedIn feed that were either posted by or interacted with by someone I follow before a suggested or promoted post a) about AI, b) transparently written using AI, or c) illustrated with an image generated by AI
finally catching up on The Morning Show and I can't express how good it is every time Marion Cotillard and Billy Crudup are on screen at the same time. They (along with the chemistry between them, Al Finney, and Jessica Lange) are the reason I love Big Fish so much.
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM
finally catching up on The Morning Show and I can't express how good it is every time Marion Cotillard and Billy Crudup are on screen at the same time. They (along with the chemistry between them, Al Finney, and Jessica Lange) are the reason I love Big Fish so much.
England has had juries for a thousand years, at least. Arguably the things, when investigating and sitting in judgment, were proto-juries, pushing it back another 300-400 years.
Seems like a bad idea to roll that kind of local democracy in judicial processes back with a bare majority
Seems like a bad idea to roll that kind of local democracy in judicial processes back with a bare majority
EXCLUSIVE: Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog - in @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Jury trials to be scrapped in most cases to tackle court backlog
David Lammy, the justice secretary, is proposing that judges hear cases alone for crimes that could result in a sentence of up to five years
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
England has had juries for a thousand years, at least. Arguably the things, when investigating and sitting in judgment, were proto-juries, pushing it back another 300-400 years.
Seems like a bad idea to roll that kind of local democracy in judicial processes back with a bare majority
Seems like a bad idea to roll that kind of local democracy in judicial processes back with a bare majority
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This will live rent-free in my head until she’s inevitably fired.
I’m still thinking about Bari Weiss saying that Hasan Piker (extremely popular influencer) is less of a measure of where Americans are than Alan Dershowitz (extremely unpopular Epstein associate, his own neighbors won’t sell him a pierogi)
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
This will live rent-free in my head until she’s inevitably fired.
DON'T BRING A NEW RECIPE TO THANKSGIVING
ever. but now especially.
ever. but now especially.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
DON'T BRING A NEW RECIPE TO THANKSGIVING
ever. but now especially.
ever. but now especially.
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Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
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I assume that getting steak and lobster dinners with 20,000 calories of appetizers for your whole family delivered by personal chauffeur is inexpensive again now that Uncle Joe Brandon is out of the White House at least
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I assume that getting steak and lobster dinners with 20,000 calories of appetizers for your whole family delivered by personal chauffeur is inexpensive again now that Uncle Joe Brandon is out of the White House at least
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“are people allergic to bees still massively against bees, or have they moved more towards embracing being stung by bees, perhaps actively encouraging bees to sting them”
Is this platform still massively against AI or has it moved more towards acceptance?
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
“are people allergic to bees still massively against bees, or have they moved more towards embracing being stung by bees, perhaps actively encouraging bees to sting them”
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people will come on this website and say anything. "Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg was a liberal". no he wasn't. that isn't true.
Yes, they literally did. Hindenburg was a liberal. Every liberal in Germany quietly turned fascist. Only the USSR had ideological differences with the Nazis. You didn't even join the war until you were personally attacked, lib.
February 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
people will come on this website and say anything. "Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg was a liberal". no he wasn't. that isn't true.
How long has it been since your last tetanus shot? If it's more than 10years, you're due, and you can get a Tdap instead of just tetanus or TD and help with this problem. No doctor visit required—just walk into any pharmacy, though with an appointment you can save some time.
Pertussis cases in Texas are 10x higher than all of 2023, and 2x as high as last year — 4x for the same period. The official count is higher by a 1k than it has been in more than a decade. Last time it was over 2k was 2014 with 2,576. It’s past 3,500 for 2025.
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/...
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
How long has it been since your last tetanus shot? If it's more than 10years, you're due, and you can get a Tdap instead of just tetanus or TD and help with this problem. No doctor visit required—just walk into any pharmacy, though with an appointment you can save some time.
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Are electrical outlets mad at me? Many users feel like they're looking at an angry little guy
November 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Are electrical outlets mad at me? Many users feel like they're looking at an angry little guy
can't help but think this is targeted at a particular Red School directly to the south of them
ready, set, go:
real schools seeing real market advantage in real classes with real brains
“Artificial Intelligence may be able to write you a song, develop a presentation or help you write a script...But MSU is real experts with real answers. No AI needed.”
bridgemi.com/quality-life...
real schools seeing real market advantage in real classes with real brains
“Artificial Intelligence may be able to write you a song, develop a presentation or help you write a script...But MSU is real experts with real answers. No AI needed.”
bridgemi.com/quality-life...
In world of AI, Michigan State University Extension bets on human expertise - Bridge Michigan
For 118 years, Michigan State University Extension has existed to serve the public with programs ranging from canning classes to soil testing and financial literacy workshops. Now, it aims to bill its...
bridgemi.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 AM
can't help but think this is targeted at a particular Red School directly to the south of them
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Yes! We have been in the business of discipline-specific pedagogy for years now. A field doesn't get upended over one new technology. Pedagogy isn't fragile!
It is amazing actually what good pedagogy can accomplish by guiding students, incl. in their very first year of university, through the substantive work of facing serious course materials head-on with discipline-specific approaches. Relying on synthetic text critique is really not it.
I will add the following: our students lack the research skills required to audit an LLM essay for errors. They don’t arrive on campus with these skills; we teach it to them over four long years. So throwing freshmen in the deep end and saying “swim your way to a shore of rectitude” is folly.
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Yes! We have been in the business of discipline-specific pedagogy for years now. A field doesn't get upended over one new technology. Pedagogy isn't fragile!
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There were people who thought ELIZA was "alive"; humans are amazingly susceptible to anthropomorphizing even the crudest simulation of a conversation partner, and that has suddenly become incredibly dangerous for both individual users and human civilization
This simple, fundamental point is apparently beyond the comprehension of our AI-hype-crazed tech overlords
"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build"
"LLMs are simply tools that emulate the communicative function of language, not the separate and distinct cognitive process of thinking and reasoning, no matter how many data centers we build"
Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
There were people who thought ELIZA was "alive"; humans are amazingly susceptible to anthropomorphizing even the crudest simulation of a conversation partner, and that has suddenly become incredibly dangerous for both individual users and human civilization
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My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
November 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My microwave sings a little song when my Hot Pocket is done. Should it have the right to vote?
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In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In America they arrest you if you tell someone else not to commit a crime
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The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented. Hear more on today's episode of "The Daily." nyti.ms/480eqtm
The Autism Diagnosis Problem
Autism rates have increased in recent decades, but the reasons are more complicated than what Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has presented.
nyti.ms
November 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
The story told here--one where anecdata suggests agency and autonomy have run amok and nameless activists are to blame--certainly rhymes with the NYT's disastrous panic about trans kids. Then you realize it's literally being written by the same author.