Less impressive but at the time kind of thrilling: I also spoke to him briefly once when he called the house (landline days!) and asked for her. She wasn't home so he said to say "M" had called. Lol what a douchecanoe

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I don’t know how I’m gonna break all the news at once

Students are going to learn how to write prompts no matter what, I don’t need to teach them. If they come to my classroom, they’re going to learn that saving time isn’t the only worthy goal.

And second, well, there’s this from @guinz.bsky.social. If we rely on non-sentient tech to do our thinking for us, we’re cooked. open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...

First, the “big terminology” in scholarly writing is there for a reason so students need to be taught how to parse it. It’s university, not middle school. If simplified explanations help someone get the big idea, great, but you can’t stop there.

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We didn’t either! We found it by accident while googling info about ER wait times. Terrible PR, excellent service.

That was exactly the argument our faculty association made and an arbitrator agreed. Now there are just a few meaningless questions (e.g., "Does the class start on time?"), I guess to preserve the illusion of customer satisfaction.

Geary St, pls. It's Wild West mayhem.

Loved hearing your thoughts on this. So smart, nuanced, and carefully considered. I especially love the phrase "synthetic text-extruding machines." Thanks so much!

People who don't create Zoom meetings to start with muted audio and video are chaotic evil