Claire Jackson
@claire.northsky.social
assistant professor of writing studies / wpa & wcd
writing program administration | writing assessment | language & literacy ideologies | trans rhetorics
writing program administration | writing assessment | language & literacy ideologies | trans rhetorics
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i'm way less scared of civil war ii erupting than i am of absolutely nothing changing as things get worse and worse & the entire media apparatus pivots to pretending that using 5-year olds as bait to try and lure people out of their houses before also arresting the 5-year olds is normal
January 22, 2026 at 1:37 AM
i'm way less scared of civil war ii erupting than i am of absolutely nothing changing as things get worse and worse & the entire media apparatus pivots to pretending that using 5-year olds as bait to try and lure people out of their houses before also arresting the 5-year olds is normal
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So all colleges and universities will bring back the DEI stuff they cut when obeying in advance right...............................................................................................................................................right?
Re the February Dear Colleagues letter that threatened funding for schools & universities over DEI-related efforts:
‘[Ed Dept]…moved to dismiss its appeal. It leaves in place a federal judge’s August decision finding that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment & federal procedural rules.’
‘[Ed Dept]…moved to dismiss its appeal. It leaves in place a federal judge’s August decision finding that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment & federal procedural rules.’
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:42 PM
So all colleges and universities will bring back the DEI stuff they cut when obeying in advance right...............................................................................................................................................right?
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"abolish ICE", "abolish the police", yeah these are good but have you no ambition ?? Abolish Government
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"abolish ICE", "abolish the police", yeah these are good but have you no ambition ?? Abolish Government
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It's a spectacle of torture. That's it. That's all it's ever been.
Torture them in plain view of everyone to set an example of what happens to *you* if you stand on the sidewalk with your phone out
Torture them in plain view of everyone to set an example of what happens to *you* if you stand on the sidewalk with your phone out
Minneapolis, today.
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
It's a spectacle of torture. That's it. That's all it's ever been.
Torture them in plain view of everyone to set an example of what happens to *you* if you stand on the sidewalk with your phone out
Torture them in plain view of everyone to set an example of what happens to *you* if you stand on the sidewalk with your phone out
hi I'm on northsky
January 21, 2026 at 10:52 PM
hi I'm on northsky
today was my first teaching day and one of my students said in the first 10 minutes of class that he thinks AI should be thrown into a fire
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
today was my first teaching day and one of my students said in the first 10 minutes of class that he thinks AI should be thrown into a fire
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If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
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Call on California State University Chancellor Mildred García not to renew the CSU’s $17 million contract with OpenAI and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans.
In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a lar...
actionnetwork.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Call on California State University Chancellor Mildred García not to renew the CSU’s $17 million contract with OpenAI and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
I'm both a hater and very annoying so this is my time to shine
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 21, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm both a hater and very annoying so this is my time to shine
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"Drawing on a 20.3-million-query audit of ChatGPT, we map systematic biases in the model's representations of countries, states, cities, and neighbourhoods. From these empirics, we argue that bias is not a correctable anomaly but an intrinsic feature of generative AI”.
ht: Dagmar Monett
ht: Dagmar Monett
The silicon gaze: A typology of biases and inequality in LLMs through the lens of place - Francisco W. Kerche, Matthew Zook, Mark Graham, 2026
This paper introduces the concept of the silicon gaze to explain how large language models (LLMs) reproduce and amplify long-standing spatial inequalities. Draw...
journals.sagepub.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"Drawing on a 20.3-million-query audit of ChatGPT, we map systematic biases in the model's representations of countries, states, cities, and neighbourhoods. From these empirics, we argue that bias is not a correctable anomaly but an intrinsic feature of generative AI”.
ht: Dagmar Monett
ht: Dagmar Monett
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love to see it
Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel’s announcement to evict the ICE agents came shortly after the county’s financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent.
www.mcall.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:24 AM
love to see it
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Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
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*has sex with you in a way that both advances the plot and reinforces the themes of your narrative arc*
January 21, 2026 at 12:03 AM
*has sex with you in a way that both advances the plot and reinforces the themes of your narrative arc*
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I really think Hubert Dreyfus nailed this in On The Internet (2002) and I’ll keep posting this page until everyone has seen it. Key para in alt text.
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 AM
I really think Hubert Dreyfus nailed this in On The Internet (2002) and I’ll keep posting this page until everyone has seen it. Key para in alt text.
Okay, because I'm demanding ownership and control then I'll continue to abstain from AI products by big tech companies harvesting my data
AI sits in billions of phones. Refusing to engage won't stop it, just leaves vulnerable people without knowledge. Demand ownership and control, not abstinence.
Abstinence From AI Is Not the Answer
Opinion | Refusing to use AI won’t protect society. Responsible resistance must include gaining knowledge about it.
f.mtr.cool
January 20, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Okay, because I'm demanding ownership and control then I'll continue to abstain from AI products by big tech companies harvesting my data
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"You have to let us take you hostage, otherwise our ransom demands won't work."
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:13 PM
"You have to let us take you hostage, otherwise our ransom demands won't work."
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If only everyone had seen this coming
“One notable MIT study found that 95 percent of companies that integrated AI saw zero meaningful growth in revenue. For coding tasks, one of AI’s most widely hyped applications, another study showed that programmers who used AI coding tools actually became slower at their jobs.”
AI Completely Failing to Boost Productivity, Says Top Analyst
AI may or may not excel at a lot of things, but from an economic standpoint, it's definitely not making us more productive.
futurism.com
January 20, 2026 at 11:31 AM
If only everyone had seen this coming
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everything is gambling now
January 19, 2026 at 11:01 PM
everything is gambling now
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“The truth always lies somewhere in the middle” has to be one of my least favorite phrases. Sometimes, one side is actually truthful and one side is actually malicious and lying!
January 19, 2026 at 8:34 PM
“The truth always lies somewhere in the middle” has to be one of my least favorite phrases. Sometimes, one side is actually truthful and one side is actually malicious and lying!
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New research maps the campaign to erase trans people from UK data 🔢
This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID.
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID.
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
January 19, 2026 at 1:42 PM
New research maps the campaign to erase trans people from UK data 🔢
This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID.
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
This peer-reviewed article offers the first detailed account of how UK campaign groups have sought to define sex as strictly biological across the census, policing, healthcare and digital ID.
doi.org/10.1080/0958...
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this is an excellent example actually because just like Greenland, Hawaii should also rule itself
January 19, 2026 at 2:54 PM
this is an excellent example actually because just like Greenland, Hawaii should also rule itself
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I highly recommend educators of all stripes read 7th grade Micha's reviews/impressions of the edtech that he uses in his day-to-day activities for school. micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/is-educati...
Is Educational Technology All It's Cracked Up to Be?
A seventh-grader's perspective, part 2
micahblachman.beehiiv.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
I highly recommend educators of all stripes read 7th grade Micha's reviews/impressions of the edtech that he uses in his day-to-day activities for school. micahblachman.beehiiv.com/p/is-educati...
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The road to techno-facism is paved with people who are "just really excited about the possibilities AI offers"
Big announcement from @manchester.ac.uk today:
"The University of Manchester has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft, becoming the first university in the world to give Microsoft 365 Copilot access and training to every student and colleague."
#GenerativeAI #Research #Manchester
"The University of Manchester has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft, becoming the first university in the world to give Microsoft 365 Copilot access and training to every student and colleague."
#GenerativeAI #Research #Manchester
World-first AI partnership between The University of Manchester and Microsoft announced
The University of Manchester becomes first university in the world to provide Microsoft 365 Copilot access and training to all students and staff.65,000 staff and students will receive full Microsoft ...
www.manchester.ac.uk
January 19, 2026 at 11:46 AM
The road to techno-facism is paved with people who are "just really excited about the possibilities AI offers"
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Wow you’re telling me that you did a bunch of work and an A.I. company just stole it without asking or paying you, that’s so crazy
January 19, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Wow you’re telling me that you did a bunch of work and an A.I. company just stole it without asking or paying you, that’s so crazy
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‘“Will we, as scientists, no longer respect sources, where ideas come from? A university should value and prioritise intellectual property.”’
If I can’t confirm veracity and accuracy of sources, how can I ethically use them? And if I don’t read them myself, how do I know I understand the context?
If I can’t confirm veracity and accuracy of sources, how can I ethically use them? And if I don’t read them myself, how do I know I understand the context?
January 18, 2026 at 1:35 PM
‘“Will we, as scientists, no longer respect sources, where ideas come from? A university should value and prioritise intellectual property.”’
If I can’t confirm veracity and accuracy of sources, how can I ethically use them? And if I don’t read them myself, how do I know I understand the context?
If I can’t confirm veracity and accuracy of sources, how can I ethically use them? And if I don’t read them myself, how do I know I understand the context?