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Alyssa Harad @alyssaharad.bsky.social · 1h

The talking point “whatever you think of AI it’s here to stay” is a political position and a radical one, not a statement of fact.

britt hayes @britthates.bsky.social · 11h

Jason Blum's take on AI sucks. an AI takeover isn't inevitable, and treating it as such (while also referring to filmmaking as "content creation," smdh) helps AI companies promote the lie that their deeply unprofitable, destructive tech is more powerful and useful than it actually is.

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 4h

Came here to say this! I moved to Ohio shortly before he had been elected and that first state of the state, damn, absolutely CAME for teachers and unionized laborers. He was way in front of his party on this

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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 4h

"we are going to murder americans without due process"
~pam bondi, US attorney general

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 10h

hell yeah. we did it joe dot gif. well done everyone, pack it up.

William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 14h

"It is not hyperbole to say that the future of higher education in America requires that every university reject it. If any schools capitulate, the pressure will be enormous on all to fold. The only solution is solidarity and collective action against this effort at federal control over higher" ed.

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 4d

Chemerinsky: The Trump extortion demands are unconstitutional as well as odious (gift link). Me: Any school that signs must be shunned, faculty affected must walk. No room for this.

Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion

www.nytimes.com

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 14h

For The Masters Review, I got to interview @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social about his debut novel, RANGE OF MOTION, inspired by his life as twin to a brother with severe cerebral palsy, due out from Acre Books next week! Please check it out, and read Brian's book! mastersreview.com/a-conversati...

A Conversation with Brian Trapp, Author of Range of Motion - The Masters Review

Brian Trapp’s debut novel, Range of Motion, inspired by his life as twin to a brother with severe cerebral palsy, releases October 15 from Acre Books. In this interview, A.D. Carr talks with Trapp abo...

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 14h

does anyone on #teamrhetoric know when enculturation's server migration will be complete? they've had a book review from me for ~1yr now

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 4d

Oh yeah I do this one too.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 6d

Memorizing this

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 6d

whew, that is really something

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 7d

New post: Adam Shriver fact-checks some of the misinformation floating around about the Des Moines Public Schools and the district's former superintendent.
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/10/01/f...

Fact-checking the Dr. Ian Roberts situation

Adam Shriver corrects some misinformation floating around on right-wing spaces about the ICE detention of the Des Moines superintendent.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Split/Lip Press @splitlippress.com · 7d

Good morning to everyone, but especially NONFICTION WRITERS because we're open for your book submissions!

@athenadixon.bsky.social and her 25NF reading team are reading essay collections, memoirs, + nf/hybrid full-length book manuscripts over 125pg at splitlippress.submittable.com now through 12/1!

OPEN CALL: CREATIVE NONFICTION BOOKS

Reading period October 1 - December 1
Submit at splitlippress.submittable.com
125 page minimum

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · 9d

The state could have backed him but instead they demonstrated for the thousandth time that there is no level of respectability that will prevent white people from serving you up on a platter in order to appease powerful racists.

The Gazette @thegazette.com · 9d

State panel revokes Des Moines superintendent’s license following his arrest by federal immigration officers

State panel revokes Des Moines superintendent's license following Friday arrest

A state educational licensing board has revoked the license of Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent Ian Roberts following his arrest by federal immigration officers last week.

www.thegazette.com

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Seth Kahn (he/him) @badpacifist.bsky.social · 9d

I would struggle without a keyboard because I can't handwrite as fast as I type; last time I tried to handwrite anything longer than a grocery list, I got super-frustrated after about 30 minutes and gave up. Otherwise, I could do fine without most current writing technology, even stuff I use.

Leo C. Stein @duetosymmetry.com · 10d

Even more, university professors are teaching *how to think*. I am not interested in outsourcing my most human capability to a magic box.

Yes, I use calculators, computer algebra, etc. If those vanished tomorrow, I would still be able to do physics, because I learned how to do the integrals myself

Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 10d

I realize many people don’t quite get that not every single professor in every single university teaches computer science and might actually be trained in and invested in teaching other things, like let’s say, history? Or poetry.
Or sociology.
It is not our job to teach students how to use AI.

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 11d

“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.

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Le Caghoul @lecagle.bsky.social · 11d

Not at all the point, but my God, she's a real one.

The A.V. Club @avclub.com · 11d

Okatsuka posted the censorship rules for the controversial comedy festival, noting how many "You can’t say anything anymore!" comedians have signed on.
www.avclub.com/riyadh-comed...

Comedian Atsuko Okatsuka posts contract after turning down Riyadh Comedy Festival

www.avclub.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11d

It is, far and away, the most challenging thing I’ve encountered since entering the academy. And that is saying a lot. I might be working on this but I keep putting it aside because I’m not medicated enough to describe how demoralizing it all is.

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 11d

We have allowed the lazy, grifting Silicon Valley charlatans into the front door, & in doing so, we have learned just how many of our own colleagues & administrators simply are not interested in the actual business of education. It's incredibly demoralizing.

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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks so much for your reporting on this, Ben. I just got an email from my campus's IT office triumphantly advertising free student access to four different AI models -- at the same time as we have a hiring freeze, caps on grad enrollment, and a 7% budget cut -- and wanted to scream.

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 11d

Nightmare. Leave

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 12d

Updated post with more context. DSM school district says:
-"third-party comprehensive background check was conducted" when Roberts was hired
-Roberts "completed the I-9 employment eligibility verification form and submitted the required documentation" 1/
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts

Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 12d

The programming is high impact and focused on building understanding, empathy, and community. We are just about $7,000 away from our goal! All gifts help, no matter their size. Please RT!

adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 12d

Through JLI, I've taken students on a service trip to Midwest Books for Prisons, participated in a re-entry simulation to build awareness of the obstacles incarcerated folks face upon their release, and have been part of a team offering the first ever college courses @ a nearby state penitentiary.

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 12d

Hi friends, this wonderful fundraiser for my institution's Justice Learning Initiative has just 9 days left to reach its $25,000 goal. I care a lot about the mission of this initiative and I want it to have long-term impact in our community. Your gift can help alumni.coe.edu/g/justice-le...

Coe College Justice Learning Initiative - Alumni & Friends

alumni.coe.edu

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 13d

I totally agree! Though anybody could claim "sedentary lifestyle" and there would be no way to verify whether y/n since this is not a diagnosis or an insurance code...

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 13d

i got a covid vax @ walgreens in johnson county this week using the underlying condition of high BMI, which is on the CDC list. having to identify a "condition" is not universal access but i'm not sure anyone could look at that list and not find a "condition" that describes them.

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adc @horsdoeuvre.bsky.social · 13d

www.eater.com/food-culture... @caddiealford.bsky.social for your food rhetoric files, here's a great deep dive on food/foodie culture

Nobody Wants to Be a Foodie

How “foodie” went from badge of honor to cringey term to pejorative smear and all the way back again.

www.eater.com

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