Elizabeth Rambo
@elrambo.bsky.social
Medievalist, ATCK, pop-culture scholar-fan. Mostly retired. Opinions my own. Yes.
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In January, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services will roll out a pilot program that will use AI to review Medicare patients' requests for care.
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
In January, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services will roll out a pilot program that will use AI to review Medicare patients' requests for care.
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
Insurers will get rewarded when they deny care.
What could go wrong?
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A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
He Spent Funds Meant For Native Hawaiians On Polo And Porsches. The Federal Government Failed To Stop Him
A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
dlvr.it
December 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
A small business program allowed Christopher Dawson to win big contracts if he promised to uplift Native Hawaiians. Instead, federal prosecutors allege, he used the money to line his own pockets.
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Today marks six months since nearly 70% of staff at the National Endowment for the Humanities were fired without cause.
If you do nothing else today, please read and *share* this recent article outlining what this year, mostly without us, has looked like at #NEH.
archived: archive.is/LgVyh
If you do nothing else today, please read and *share* this recent article outlining what this year, mostly without us, has looked like at #NEH.
archived: archive.is/LgVyh
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Today marks six months since nearly 70% of staff at the National Endowment for the Humanities were fired without cause.
If you do nothing else today, please read and *share* this recent article outlining what this year, mostly without us, has looked like at #NEH.
archived: archive.is/LgVyh
If you do nothing else today, please read and *share* this recent article outlining what this year, mostly without us, has looked like at #NEH.
archived: archive.is/LgVyh
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The existence of speech-imitating bots cannot destroy universities or learning. Those that cannot figure out what learning is at its core and how to foster it in a world with this technology, on the other hand, are in serious trouble.
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The existence of speech-imitating bots cannot destroy universities or learning. Those that cannot figure out what learning is at its core and how to foster it in a world with this technology, on the other hand, are in serious trouble.
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Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
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Too on the nose for comfort:
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Too on the nose for comfort:
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles was detained by ICE. She says ICE called her tribal ID “fake.”
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Small practice, especially if you feel anxious or sad: On a nightly basis, try to recall 5 things you are grateful for. Write them down if you can. If you are religious consider: where did I see God at work today? If you are not, consider: where did I see goodness at work today? #healthyandwhole
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Small practice, especially if you feel anxious or sad: On a nightly basis, try to recall 5 things you are grateful for. Write them down if you can. If you are religious consider: where did I see God at work today? If you are not, consider: where did I see goodness at work today? #healthyandwhole
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Gratitude is good for us. Even - or especially - in times like these.
How to Be Grateful Despite Trump
Counting our blessings has never been more vital.
lnk.thebulwark.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Gratitude is good for us. Even - or especially - in times like these.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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War on Christmas
"Agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, including ICE, ERO, and CBP intend to implement a comprehensive plan to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season between Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, and Christmas, Dec. 25."
Exclusive: Trump DHS Plans Immigration Raids on Churches Over Holidays
The Trump Dept. of Homeland Security is briefing federal agencies on plans for immigration enforcement operations inside churches over holidays.
thisweekinworcester.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
War on Christmas
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One of my student-interns is looking for a Philly-area writer (any kind of writer (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc.), any genre) to interview for Write Now Philly. If you're interested, please let me know.
writenowphilly.com
writenowphilly.com
Home - Write Now Philly
writenowphilly.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
One of my student-interns is looking for a Philly-area writer (any kind of writer (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, etc.), any genre) to interview for Write Now Philly. If you're interested, please let me know.
writenowphilly.com
writenowphilly.com
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"Ich askid ChatGPT." Well *Ich* askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
"Ich askid ChatGPT." Well *Ich* askid the stones, and the forest, and the starres, and the mountaynes, and what thei seyde was learninge, and dreames, and growinge thinges, and makinge art, and a worlde wher we talke to each othir and care about each othir.
Anya #Cat in a cave. She tried it out for about 10 minutes, and departed soon after this pic was taken. #CatsOfBlueSky
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Anya #Cat in a cave. She tried it out for about 10 minutes, and departed soon after this pic was taken. #CatsOfBlueSky
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Did you wake up irrationally angry at how much energy is being used - and CO2 is being emitted - to foist upon us AI technology that most of don't even want?
November 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Did you wake up irrationally angry at how much energy is being used - and CO2 is being emitted - to foist upon us AI technology that most of don't even want?
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gosh, wonder what would happen if the sector *started* with what students need and want…
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl
November 2, 2025 at 10:45 AM
gosh, wonder what would happen if the sector *started* with what students need and want…
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If only we could convince governments to *offer* them to people of all ages!
A systematic review of 511 studies showed that immunisation against COVID-19, RSV, and influenza was safe and effective in people of all ages.
November 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
If only we could convince governments to *offer* them to people of all ages!
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Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
October 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Our military is being paid by an anonymous donor.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Our WH East Wing was demolished for a ballroom - paid for by donors.
These aren’t acts of benevolence or patriotism.
This is the oligarchy assuming control, insidiously becoming part of how we function.
Every American should reject it.
Thankful for wombats today.
October 22 is International Wombat Day, the perfect time to celebrate one of Australia’s most endearing, yet often underappreciated, marsupials. With their chunky bodies, teddy bear faces, and famously cube-shaped droppings, wombats are truly one of a kind.
Why Wombats Deserve the Spotlight on International Wombat Day
Wombats aren't just cute — they're ecological engineers that shape the landscapes of Australia and deserve appreciation for all they do!
a-z-animals.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thankful for wombats today.
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Trump is illegally firing federal workers—including special education staff at the Department of Education.
He’s taking away opportunities for our kids to succeed in the classroom.
That’s a form of cruelty no leader should impose on the people he supposedly represents.
He’s taking away opportunities for our kids to succeed in the classroom.
That’s a form of cruelty no leader should impose on the people he supposedly represents.
October 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Trump is illegally firing federal workers—including special education staff at the Department of Education.
He’s taking away opportunities for our kids to succeed in the classroom.
That’s a form of cruelty no leader should impose on the people he supposedly represents.
He’s taking away opportunities for our kids to succeed in the classroom.
That’s a form of cruelty no leader should impose on the people he supposedly represents.
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As a young white man who grew up middle class (son of a public school teacher) and was very online ASAP and played sports, I was never Nazi-curious nor was anyone I know
None of this is “normal.” Shut up
None of this is “normal.” Shut up
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
As a young white man who grew up middle class (son of a public school teacher) and was very online ASAP and played sports, I was never Nazi-curious nor was anyone I know
None of this is “normal.” Shut up
None of this is “normal.” Shut up
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Student journalists in Appalachia! 🚨 PAID writing opportunity before end of the semester: 100 Days in Appalachia is assembling a series of dispatches on the biggest issues facing campuses. Pieces are short, not as heavy a lift reporting-wise. Email [email protected] & I'll share info.
October 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Student journalists in Appalachia! 🚨 PAID writing opportunity before end of the semester: 100 Days in Appalachia is assembling a series of dispatches on the biggest issues facing campuses. Pieces are short, not as heavy a lift reporting-wise. Email [email protected] & I'll share info.
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The only way to be "AI ready" in educational contexts is to think through the most effective (human-, non-AI-generated) ways of resisting and refusing and of persuading others to do so.
October 22, 2025 at 11:58 AM
The only way to be "AI ready" in educational contexts is to think through the most effective (human-, non-AI-generated) ways of resisting and refusing and of persuading others to do so.
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there are good & worthwhile historical & legal arguments for why the unitary executive is nonsense but to my mind the most straightforward argument is that it makes no logical sense that the president has absolute removal power over the people whose job it is to keep the executive branch accountable
The Inspector General system is basically broken now. Most IGs have been fired, most positions remain vacant. Those who remain or would take the job pose no risk to holding the regime accountable.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
Congress added more barriers to Trump firing IGs after his first term. He just ignored them.
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
there are good & worthwhile historical & legal arguments for why the unitary executive is nonsense but to my mind the most straightforward argument is that it makes no logical sense that the president has absolute removal power over the people whose job it is to keep the executive branch accountable