Dimitris C. Papadopoulos
@dcphq.bsky.social
Educator working on learning environments and knowledge infrastructures. Instructional design @RISD Teaching & Learning Lab. Providence, RI. Interested in creative + educational technologies, digital + material culture, place + pedagogy. Own views.
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New from 404 Media: police have unwittingly unmasked millions of their surveillance targets because of a Flock redaction error. Police didn't redact specific license plates in public record releases. A site is now making that information searchable, 2.3 million plates www.404media.co/police-unmas...
Police Unmask Millions of Surveillance Targets Because of Flock Redaction Error
Flock is going after a website called HaveIBeenFlocked.com that has collated public records files released by police.
www.404media.co
January 13, 2026 at 3:54 PM
New from 404 Media: police have unwittingly unmasked millions of their surveillance targets because of a Flock redaction error. Police didn't redact specific license plates in public record releases. A site is now making that information searchable, 2.3 million plates www.404media.co/police-unmas...
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Who are the experts / journalists / researchers you turn to for critical perspectives on AI & the tech world? I created a feed of experts who watch AI developments with a skeptical & critical (but *informed*) POV. I'd love more people to follow it, but I'm also looking to add people - recs welcome!
January 7, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Who are the experts / journalists / researchers you turn to for critical perspectives on AI & the tech world? I created a feed of experts who watch AI developments with a skeptical & critical (but *informed*) POV. I'd love more people to follow it, but I'm also looking to add people - recs welcome!
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Reports of active shooter at Brown University.
HOWEVER, news is VERY unreliable rn. Officials mistakenly announced a shooter was in custody. It was wrong; but, that was the headline on TV news stations across the country and CNN too.
Stay skeptical for a while, including about casualties.
HOWEVER, news is VERY unreliable rn. Officials mistakenly announced a shooter was in custody. It was wrong; but, that was the headline on TV news stations across the country and CNN too.
Stay skeptical for a while, including about casualties.
Police respond to shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island. Multiple victims reported
Authorities say police have responded to an active shooting at Brown University near an engineering building on the campus in Providence, Rhode Island.
apnews.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Reports of active shooter at Brown University.
HOWEVER, news is VERY unreliable rn. Officials mistakenly announced a shooter was in custody. It was wrong; but, that was the headline on TV news stations across the country and CNN too.
Stay skeptical for a while, including about casualties.
HOWEVER, news is VERY unreliable rn. Officials mistakenly announced a shooter was in custody. It was wrong; but, that was the headline on TV news stations across the country and CNN too.
Stay skeptical for a while, including about casualties.
Good thread on the need to separate corporate myths and fictional stories about AI in education from the messy and often problematic realities of how AI actually works in classrooms. We need clarity on claims vs. cost and labor, who benefits, and who gets to decide.
Can I quietly ask we stop talking about what "AI" *could* do in education and identify instead what's actually happening with AI in education? I'll start...
November 15, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Good thread on the need to separate corporate myths and fictional stories about AI in education from the messy and often problematic realities of how AI actually works in classrooms. We need clarity on claims vs. cost and labor, who benefits, and who gets to decide.
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You can never bend the knee enough to appease an authoritarian bully.
This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia.
Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.
This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia.
Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.
Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
You can never bend the knee enough to appease an authoritarian bully.
This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia.
Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.
This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia.
Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.
Not surprising of course. So much to unpack here. But I am not at all convinced that teachers are 'in the driver's seat', as posted by OpenAI, especially AI-critical folks who will feel additional external pressure to use corporate AI tools for accelerated or 'optimized' course design.
“On Wednesday, OpenAI and edtech company Instructure announced a partnership that brings generative AI into the heart of classroom instruction.” 💀
ChatGPT was a homework cheating tool. Now OpenAI is carving out a more official role in education.
A new partnership weaves the startup's powerful AI models into a learning app used by thousands of schools and colleges.
www.businessinsider.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Not surprising of course. So much to unpack here. But I am not at all convinced that teachers are 'in the driver's seat', as posted by OpenAI, especially AI-critical folks who will feel additional external pressure to use corporate AI tools for accelerated or 'optimized' course design.
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Trump announced its AI Action plan for American AI dominance. What we really need is a People's AI Action plan to ensure Trump + Silicon Valley don't weaponize AI against working people, exacerbate the climate crisis and fortify the surveillance state.
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The White House released its AI Action plan this morning. We know where it came from: straight from Big Tech. But there’s another path available to us: we and over 100 other orgs called for a People’s AI Action Plan. Read it here: peoplesaiaction.com
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People's AI Action Plan
peoplesaiaction.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Trump announced its AI Action plan for American AI dominance. What we really need is a People's AI Action plan to ensure Trump + Silicon Valley don't weaponize AI against working people, exacerbate the climate crisis and fortify the surveillance state.
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Solidarity with every NEH employee who is part of the Reduction in Force, and whose separation from the agency is being enacted today.
We guess that Monday miracle for #NEH employees won't be happening after all. Tomorrow over 100 staff and public servants of the #humanities will be terminated from their positions. It's heartbreaking and so completely unnecessary.
June 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Solidarity with every NEH employee who is part of the Reduction in Force, and whose separation from the agency is being enacted today.
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I’ve noticed an uptick in dismissals of the concerns of teachers about AI. Some say that it’s *their* job to find a way to evaluate work that AI can’t replicate. I would just ask that you talk to real teachers and really listen. I’d also suggest reading a bit about writing and the brain.
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 2, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I’ve noticed an uptick in dismissals of the concerns of teachers about AI. Some say that it’s *their* job to find a way to evaluate work that AI can’t replicate. I would just ask that you talk to real teachers and really listen. I’d also suggest reading a bit about writing and the brain.
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Looking for more GenAI syllabus policies across higher ed! In particular:
STEM, Business, & Health courses
Gen Ed (Writing, Speech, Psych)
Prof/vocational programs
📥 Submit/update: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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#HigherEd #GenAI #Syllabi
STEM, Business, & Health courses
Gen Ed (Writing, Speech, Psych)
Prof/vocational programs
📥 Submit/update: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📚 Browse: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#HigherEd #GenAI #Syllabi
Classroom Policy/Guidance on AI Generative Tools
This form is to collect and share examples of policies/classroom syllabi that are instructors are using that focus on AI Generative Tools (e.g. ChatGPT, MidJourney, Dall-E, etc.). If you have one tha...
docs.google.com
May 31, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Looking for more GenAI syllabus policies across higher ed! In particular:
STEM, Business, & Health courses
Gen Ed (Writing, Speech, Psych)
Prof/vocational programs
📥 Submit/update: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📚 Browse: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#HigherEd #GenAI #Syllabi
STEM, Business, & Health courses
Gen Ed (Writing, Speech, Psych)
Prof/vocational programs
📥 Submit/update: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
📚 Browse: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
#HigherEd #GenAI #Syllabi
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📣 We’ve extended the abstract deadline to June 15! Send us your abstracts, one and all!
What does DH look like today? What a question, where to even begin! But Kelly Baker Josephs and I want you to help us find out. We are co-editing the next general volume in the Debates in Digital Humanities series from @uminnpress.bsky.social! Cfp below. Abstracts are due May 25.
CFP: Debates in the Digital Humanities 2028 | Debates in the Digital Humanities
Transforming scholarly publications into living digital works
dhdebates.gc.cuny.edu
May 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
📣 We’ve extended the abstract deadline to June 15! Send us your abstracts, one and all!
"Error 406 Tech Fascism not Acceptable." Super interesting call for creative projects and interventions challenging authoritarian systems and technologies. Open to artists, curators and collectives. Deadline: June 17 2025. error417.expectation.fail/406/tech-fas...
Call For Projects — Error 406 Tech Fascism Not Acceptable
We are looking for 10 scores against tech fascism. Artists, curators, and collectives worldwide are invited to apply with project ideas that must be realized as a set of instructions, scores, how-tos,...
error417.expectation.fail
May 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"Error 406 Tech Fascism not Acceptable." Super interesting call for creative projects and interventions challenging authoritarian systems and technologies. Open to artists, curators and collectives. Deadline: June 17 2025. error417.expectation.fail/406/tech-fas...