@halhinderliter.bsky.social
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In 2026 we have a choice: we can choose to be surprised by art, to be humbled by how difficult and insane and divine to create something new; or we can choose what we already know, the dull comfort of algorithms and AI prompts and well-trod paths, living shadow lives, anesthetized souls in Hades
December 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
In 2026 we have a choice: we can choose to be surprised by art, to be humbled by how difficult and insane and divine to create something new; or we can choose what we already know, the dull comfort of algorithms and AI prompts and well-trod paths, living shadow lives, anesthetized souls in Hades
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Good morning Blue Sky
December 31, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Good morning Blue Sky
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Tech evangelist claim: "Tech is going to transform the world and usher in a utopian period of peace and prosperity."
Reality:
Reality:
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Tech evangelist claim: "Tech is going to transform the world and usher in a utopian period of peace and prosperity."
Reality:
Reality:
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
December 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Y’all might not appreciate it, but it took him 87 moves and 14 hours to get here
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There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
December 12, 2025 at 6:23 PM
There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom
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Remember: There's always strength in a union. Solidarity.
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Remember: There's always strength in a union. Solidarity.
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This Christmas the real Scrooges are corporations that raked in record profits this year and paid their CEOs millions of dollars but still deny workers a living wage and benefits.
December 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
This Christmas the real Scrooges are corporations that raked in record profits this year and paid their CEOs millions of dollars but still deny workers a living wage and benefits.
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WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
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While the authorship of the famous #christmas #poem is open to debate, this is deffo my #cartoon 😊 #dippenandink #watercolour #tealover #merrymousemas
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
While the authorship of the famous #christmas #poem is open to debate, this is deffo my #cartoon 😊 #dippenandink #watercolour #tealover #merrymousemas
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Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
December 23, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Some of you have forgotten that only three years ago you were perfectly capable of writing a text, writing an email, telling a bedtime story to a child, and it should worry you that powerful companies have convinced us we can’t do things we’ve been doing since the dawn of time.
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It has made grading take twice as long because now I have to check every source and then explain why a student fails an assignment then I get an email wondering why they have a zero as if my policy isn’t explicitly laid out in two separate documents I have right on the front page of the class
suspect a big reason why many academics and others who work in areas where getting facts RIGHT is key are disinterested in using LLMs for research:
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
they’ve tried it, they keep noticing major errors in output, and they conclude that having to verify all that doesn’t actually save them time.
December 22, 2025 at 6:57 PM
It has made grading take twice as long because now I have to check every source and then explain why a student fails an assignment then I get an email wondering why they have a zero as if my policy isn’t explicitly laid out in two separate documents I have right on the front page of the class
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I don’t know how else to say this: It is *better* to write a shitty, under-sourced paper (by yourself) that includes only citations you have actually read, than it is to “write” an “okay” paper with fake citations using AI, or citations you haven’t read. Peer review exists for a reason!
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I don’t know how else to say this: It is *better* to write a shitty, under-sourced paper (by yourself) that includes only citations you have actually read, than it is to “write” an “okay” paper with fake citations using AI, or citations you haven’t read. Peer review exists for a reason!
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The AAUP is seeking transparency & accountability on the extent of Palantir’s role with the Department of Education.
Higher ed should not be treated as a security threat to be monitored by Palantir. Rather, it should be treated as a public good that strengthens our democratic values.
Higher ed should not be treated as a security threat to be monitored by Palantir. Rather, it should be treated as a public good that strengthens our democratic values.
December 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The AAUP is seeking transparency & accountability on the extent of Palantir’s role with the Department of Education.
Higher ed should not be treated as a security threat to be monitored by Palantir. Rather, it should be treated as a public good that strengthens our democratic values.
Higher ed should not be treated as a security threat to be monitored by Palantir. Rather, it should be treated as a public good that strengthens our democratic values.
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Ok, I have a strong opinion on this, perhaps you can convince me otherwise: if you need an LLM to understand a paper for reviewing, perhaps you should not be a reviewer.
And your argument is saved time, then perhaps you planned to not read all the details. Then again, you should not be a reviewer.
And your argument is saved time, then perhaps you planned to not read all the details. Then again, you should not be a reviewer.
December 12, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Ok, I have a strong opinion on this, perhaps you can convince me otherwise: if you need an LLM to understand a paper for reviewing, perhaps you should not be a reviewer.
And your argument is saved time, then perhaps you planned to not read all the details. Then again, you should not be a reviewer.
And your argument is saved time, then perhaps you planned to not read all the details. Then again, you should not be a reviewer.
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Just unfollowed a podcast I've listened to for years because it opened with one of the hosts justifying reposting AI-generated memes. Two reminders:
1. AI is a fascist tool.
2. Even if the numbers are fake, people really do want those numbers, and reposting their slop encourages them to make more.
1. AI is a fascist tool.
2. Even if the numbers are fake, people really do want those numbers, and reposting their slop encourages them to make more.
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Just unfollowed a podcast I've listened to for years because it opened with one of the hosts justifying reposting AI-generated memes. Two reminders:
1. AI is a fascist tool.
2. Even if the numbers are fake, people really do want those numbers, and reposting their slop encourages them to make more.
1. AI is a fascist tool.
2. Even if the numbers are fake, people really do want those numbers, and reposting their slop encourages them to make more.
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AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
AOC: I want to remind you where the real crime is. It's in the oligarchs taking $170 billion of our money from health care and food assistance and public programs and taking that and funneling it into a secret police program.
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One for you! bsky.app/profile/nsou...
My statement on Ai from the mini-comic as syllabus i made for new class I'm teaching that starts tomorrow! It robs you of your decisions & struggles - and the joy of being surprised. We won’t to be robbed of our learning - this is essential. This & the full mini at post:
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
bsky.app/profile/nsou...
December 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
One for you! bsky.app/profile/nsou...
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Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
December 6, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Couldn’t Sam Altman just ask ChatGPT how to make itself profitable
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Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
December 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Spotify has laid off thousands in recent years, while reportedly paying artists $0.003 per stream.
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
Spotify profits rose 28% in Q3. Its CEO is worth $9.8 billion. It's making money off ICE recruitment ads.
Don't you think it's time put a wrap on corporate greed and exploitation?
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There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
December 2, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There is a fifth wave of ska, beyond that which is known to rude boys
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Cyber Monday has become so commercialized
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Cyber Monday has become so commercialized
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A few new little updates here.
If there is some good research out there I should add, let me know!
If there is some good research out there I should add, let me know!
I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet
Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...
docs.google.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
A few new little updates here.
If there is some good research out there I should add, let me know!
If there is some good research out there I should add, let me know!
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We'll probably never know but I am putting a 100% probability both reviewers used a chatbot to generate some slop to review the slop
UPDATE: The publisher intends to retract the paper, but insists it went through two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the... by @jacksonwryan.com. No word on how they will make sure this sort of thing never happens again.
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
We'll probably never know but I am putting a 100% probability both reviewers used a chatbot to generate some slop to review the slop