Stentor Danielson
@chefstentor.bsky.social
Cartographer, podcaster, academic studying wildfire, Q method, and fantasy maps. Settler in Jaödeogë’ (Pittsburgh). They/them.
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I’m still owed the settlement money for the book of mine Open AI plagiarized — the book I wrote while raising two babies
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 3:54 PM
I’m still owed the settlement money for the book of mine Open AI plagiarized — the book I wrote while raising two babies
Do any #academicsky friends have experience with Yuja Panorama? My school is integrating it into our LMS starting this winter, and I am simultaneously very supportive of its purpose (checking course materials for accessibility) and very skeptical of ed tech in general. Any tips/warnings/etc?
December 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Do any #academicsky friends have experience with Yuja Panorama? My school is integrating it into our LMS starting this winter, and I am simultaneously very supportive of its purpose (checking course materials for accessibility) and very skeptical of ed tech in general. Any tips/warnings/etc?
A good step, but it's absurd that they are resisting having ASL interpreters for all public events. Just another example of the MAGA belief that anyone different is lesser and undeserving. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5-C...
Trump White House establishes new channel with ASL interpreters
YouTube video by The Daily Moth
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
A good step, but it's absurd that they are resisting having ASL interpreters for all public events. Just another example of the MAGA belief that anyone different is lesser and undeserving. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5-C...
Nobody has seen fit to make any gifs from Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, but they did show a version of this animated map of cane toad spread.
December 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Nobody has seen fit to make any gifs from Cane Toads: An Unnatural History, but they did show a version of this animated map of cane toad spread.
Re-upping my public pledge not to vote for this racist piece of shit under any circumstances. If it's Newsom vs Trump in 2028, I'm voting third party. Dems, you have *three whole years* to find a non-fascist candidate, I'm sure in a nation of 300 million people you can find one.
Culturally normal is a dog whistle.
Gavin Newsom Urges Democrats to Be ‘More Culturally Normal’
YouTube video by The New York Times
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Re-upping my public pledge not to vote for this racist piece of shit under any circumstances. If it's Newsom vs Trump in 2028, I'm voting third party. Dems, you have *three whole years* to find a non-fascist candidate, I'm sure in a nation of 300 million people you can find one.
1. Stop letting this administration pretend that they just care about undocumented immigrants when they've made their racism obvious.
2. Stop acting like this administration's gestapo tactics would be somehow justified if they really were only targeting undocumented people.
2. Stop acting like this administration's gestapo tactics would be somehow justified if they really were only targeting undocumented people.
BASH: The vast majority of Somalis in Minnesota are US citizens or legal residents. So why send ICE there?
HOMAN: There's a large illegal Somali community there. There's a large illegal alien community there. If you're a US citizen, you have nothing to fear.
HOMAN: There's a large illegal Somali community there. There's a large illegal alien community there. If you're a US citizen, you have nothing to fear.
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
1. Stop letting this administration pretend that they just care about undocumented immigrants when they've made their racism obvious.
2. Stop acting like this administration's gestapo tactics would be somehow justified if they really were only targeting undocumented people.
2. Stop acting like this administration's gestapo tactics would be somehow justified if they really were only targeting undocumented people.
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
If you see this, repost with your model of positive masculinity.
Thoroughly endorse Chuck's recommendation to make your stuffing meatless if you're having any vegans or vegetarians at your holiday meals. You shouldn't be cooking it inside the bird anyway, and it tastes just as good made with veggie stock.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Thoroughly endorse Chuck's recommendation to make your stuffing meatless if you're having any vegans or vegetarians at your holiday meals. You shouldn't be cooking it inside the bird anyway, and it tastes just as good made with veggie stock.
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Academic freedom is applicable to anyone with a teaching role. You can’t ask graduate students to teach, advise students, and evaluate student work with granting them academic freedom. The recent debacle at OU and a previous one in the School of Social Work at UT Austin illustrate this.
Pitt’s graduate student union sees bargaining for academic freedom as a “no-brainer.” The university sees it differently: “Graduate students are not faculty members and therefore academic freedom is not applicable.”
Why academic freedom is a heated topic in Pitt grad union negotiations
As the University of Pittsburgh embarks on union negotiations with graduate students, bargaining over the concept of academic freedom has been contentious.
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Academic freedom is applicable to anyone with a teaching role. You can’t ask graduate students to teach, advise students, and evaluate student work with granting them academic freedom. The recent debacle at OU and a previous one in the School of Social Work at UT Austin illustrate this.
Some truly puke-worthy ableism from the fine folks over at Reason. Having a learning disability or mental health condition does not have anything to do with whether you're "smart" or "promising" or whether you deserve to attend an elite university.
December 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Some truly puke-worthy ableism from the fine folks over at Reason. Having a learning disability or mental health condition does not have anything to do with whether you're "smart" or "promising" or whether you deserve to attend an elite university.
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Cutting lines or even whole departments is the frontal assault on higher ed, but another low key war of attrition is the slow accumulation of grinding, meaningless additional tasks concerning syllabus templates, learning outcomes, institutional pablum, and ever more intricate evaluation hoops.
June 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Cutting lines or even whole departments is the frontal assault on higher ed, but another low key war of attrition is the slow accumulation of grinding, meaningless additional tasks concerning syllabus templates, learning outcomes, institutional pablum, and ever more intricate evaluation hoops.
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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This is the thing; we should be able to analyze accommodations as threatening not only established and well defended hierarchies of ability but also race, gender and class.
What people allegedly worried about ‘too many accommodations’ are really concerned about is the dilution of their privilege
What people allegedly worried about ‘too many accommodations’ are really concerned about is the dilution of their privilege
they got there by using a system intended to help able bodied and wealthy white men
they've been getting a lot of accommodations for a very long time
they've been getting a lot of accommodations for a very long time
December 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is the thing; we should be able to analyze accommodations as threatening not only established and well defended hierarchies of ability but also race, gender and class.
What people allegedly worried about ‘too many accommodations’ are really concerned about is the dilution of their privilege
What people allegedly worried about ‘too many accommodations’ are really concerned about is the dilution of their privilege
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It is this need of early Christians to make him exceptional that begins the slide into shaping the anti Jewish narratives in the gospels. Contemporary Christians will emphasize his Jewishness, but only as an exceptional, model minority Jew.
The way I heard it, his fights with the other Pharisees was part of the gig. You had arguments with your peers over religious practice, interpretations of the Law and so on. He wasn’t exceptional in that regard. Pauline Christianity’s tradition is that he was this lone voice going against the grain.
December 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It is this need of early Christians to make him exceptional that begins the slide into shaping the anti Jewish narratives in the gospels. Contemporary Christians will emphasize his Jewishness, but only as an exceptional, model minority Jew.
Imagine if we had a food system based on scientific evidence about the health effects of specific ingredients, instead of how easy it is to pronounce the ingredients.
“He picked up a box of Lunchables...Mr. Chiu struggled to pronounce the ingredients...diglycerides, xanthan gum, calcium propionate..."
🙄 diglycerides are emulsifiers to prevent separation, xanthan gum is a thickener I use all of the time, calcium propionate inhibits the growth of mold & bacteria
🙄 diglycerides are emulsifiers to prevent separation, xanthan gum is a thickener I use all of the time, calcium propionate inhibits the growth of mold & bacteria
SF City Attorney Sues Ten ‘Ultraprocessed Food’ Companies, Claiming Their Products Area Causing Widespread Disease
The Nanny State is coming after the Coca-Cola Company and other ‘Big Food’ brands right here in SF, as City Attorney David Chiu has sued the manufacturers of ultraprocessed foods, saying they’re behin...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Imagine if we had a food system based on scientific evidence about the health effects of specific ingredients, instead of how easy it is to pronounce the ingredients.
I've been teaching politically sensitive topics at a very politically diverse university for 16 years. The key question is always "did you complete the requirements of the assignment."
Expressing your personal views or religious beliefs does not excuse you from having to complete the assignment.
Expressing your personal views or religious beliefs does not excuse you from having to complete the assignment.
Turning Point at OU posted this girl's essay in full and man is it rough
December 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I've been teaching politically sensitive topics at a very politically diverse university for 16 years. The key question is always "did you complete the requirements of the assignment."
Expressing your personal views or religious beliefs does not excuse you from having to complete the assignment.
Expressing your personal views or religious beliefs does not excuse you from having to complete the assignment.
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I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
I have zero respect for the "warriors" committing these war crimes. 🖕
I made it through the whole 2000s listening to "but don't you support the troops????" bullshit, so I'm certainly not going to be cowed by a bloviating fartbag like Hegseth.
I made it through the whole 2000s listening to "but don't you support the troops????" bullshit, so I'm certainly not going to be cowed by a bloviating fartbag like Hegseth.
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I have zero respect for the "warriors" committing these war crimes. 🖕
I made it through the whole 2000s listening to "but don't you support the troops????" bullshit, so I'm certainly not going to be cowed by a bloviating fartbag like Hegseth.
I made it through the whole 2000s listening to "but don't you support the troops????" bullshit, so I'm certainly not going to be cowed by a bloviating fartbag like Hegseth.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Black Bear (with cubs)
Box turtle
Archerfish
Bald eagle eating roadkill 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Roadrunner
Black Bear (with cubs)
Box turtle
Archerfish
Bald eagle eating roadkill 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Roadrunner
introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
From the wilds of urban Amsterdam
Grey heron ("look there's a pterodactyl on our neighbor's balcony")
Jay (they're not blue)
Great tit
Rose-ringed parakeet
Grebe
From the wilds of urban Amsterdam
Grey heron ("look there's a pterodactyl on our neighbor's balcony")
Jay (they're not blue)
Great tit
Rose-ringed parakeet
Grebe
introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
bears (so many bears)
wild turkeys
iguanas (so many)
coral snake
moose
4 baby fisher cats
bears (so many bears)
wild turkeys
iguanas (so many)
coral snake
moose
4 baby fisher cats
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Black Bear (with cubs)
Box turtle
Archerfish
Bald eagle eating roadkill 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Roadrunner
Black Bear (with cubs)
Box turtle
Archerfish
Bald eagle eating roadkill 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Roadrunner
My brother in Moses, this is the exact thing people were saying about *your* ancestors a century ago, to justify sending boats of refugees back to the pogroms.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
My brother in Moses, this is the exact thing people were saying about *your* ancestors a century ago, to justify sending boats of refugees back to the pogroms.
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Every single thing happening in this country right now is triggering my ancestral holocaust trauma and it’s getting worse.
With ALT. This is legitimately terrifying. This is a MASSIVE escalation of violent anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies.
It’s almost as if they knew unleashing the military into American cities would lead to violence and they were already planning to use that violence to justify this.
It’s almost as if they knew unleashing the military into American cities would lead to violence and they were already planning to use that violence to justify this.
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Every single thing happening in this country right now is triggering my ancestral holocaust trauma and it’s getting worse.
Facts.
Happy 48th anniversary to the best adaptation of THE HOBBIT. You know I’m right.
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Facts.
"Your Holiness, people are really loving the Church's strong stance in favor of the rights of immigrants and standing up to fascism."
"Oh crap, better put something out to remind them that we're still homophobic and sexist."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/w...
"Oh crap, better put something out to remind them that we're still homophobic and sexist."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/w...
Vatican warns against rise in polyamory, saying ‘succession of faces’ does not rival exclusive union | CNN
The Vatican has issued a warning against the rise of polyamory, insisting marriage is the stable, lifelong and exclusive partnership between a man and woman.
www.cnn.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Your Holiness, people are really loving the Church's strong stance in favor of the rights of immigrants and standing up to fascism."
"Oh crap, better put something out to remind them that we're still homophobic and sexist."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/w...
"Oh crap, better put something out to remind them that we're still homophobic and sexist."
www.cnn.com/2025/11/25/w...
I wrote a book! It contains Mister Rogers, air pollution, and dinosaurs!
Also if you're not interested in Pittsburgh, the series includes books about Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Cincinnati, and the Great Lakes!
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Also if you're not interested in Pittsburgh, the series includes books about Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Cincinnati, and the Great Lakes!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I wrote a book! It contains Mister Rogers, air pollution, and dinosaurs!
Also if you're not interested in Pittsburgh, the series includes books about Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Cincinnati, and the Great Lakes!
www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/pit...
Also if you're not interested in Pittsburgh, the series includes books about Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Columbus, Cincinnati, and the Great Lakes!
www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/pit...
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I’ve talked before about how AI represents the inevitable outcome of techbros’ lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of relating to and interacting with other human beings
but I think the logical outcome of having that skill issue humored is becoming unable to relate to yourself, either
but I think the logical outcome of having that skill issue humored is becoming unable to relate to yourself, either
there's "lazy" and there's "not wanting to exist as a person in any meaningful sense" and a lot of sloppers are careening towards the latter category, if not already in it
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I’ve talked before about how AI represents the inevitable outcome of techbros’ lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of relating to and interacting with other human beings
but I think the logical outcome of having that skill issue humored is becoming unable to relate to yourself, either
but I think the logical outcome of having that skill issue humored is becoming unable to relate to yourself, either