JD Pirtle
@jdpirtle.bsky.social
Artist, educator, and researcher - currently: Electronic Visualization Lab @ UIC.
PhD student in Education Policy Studies @ UIC: critical pedagogy, maker ed, art, technology, and politics.
jdpirtle.com
PhD student in Education Policy Studies @ UIC: critical pedagogy, maker ed, art, technology, and politics.
jdpirtle.com
Chicago lately.
#chicago
#architecture
#photography
#photooftheday
#streetphotography
[shot on a Pixel 8]
#chicago
#architecture
#photography
#photooftheday
#streetphotography
[shot on a Pixel 8]
December 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Chicago lately.
#chicago
#architecture
#photography
#photooftheday
#streetphotography
[shot on a Pixel 8]
#chicago
#architecture
#photography
#photooftheday
#streetphotography
[shot on a Pixel 8]
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“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
December 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
“Like Prime, but with human beings.”
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The 2 sentences in this paragraph are not consistent with each other
December 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The 2 sentences in this paragraph are not consistent with each other
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filling out the gender critical membership card:
1) Name:
2) Age:
⏹️ 45-65
⏹️ 65+
3) I am a failed
⏹️ academic
⏹️ video game reviewer
⏹️ music reviewer
⏹️ fashion columnist
1) Name:
2) Age:
⏹️ 45-65
⏹️ 65+
3) I am a failed
⏹️ academic
⏹️ video game reviewer
⏹️ music reviewer
⏹️ fashion columnist
December 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
filling out the gender critical membership card:
1) Name:
2) Age:
⏹️ 45-65
⏹️ 65+
3) I am a failed
⏹️ academic
⏹️ video game reviewer
⏹️ music reviewer
⏹️ fashion columnist
1) Name:
2) Age:
⏹️ 45-65
⏹️ 65+
3) I am a failed
⏹️ academic
⏹️ video game reviewer
⏹️ music reviewer
⏹️ fashion columnist
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If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
December 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
If this doesn't motivate you to vote in the Midterms, nothing will.
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I'll think I'm used to seeing men wield sexual violence as a tool to reinforce their power, but it still manages to take my breath away. That's how I felt reading Epstein's letter to Larry Nassar about Trump. It's so transparent. So sick and twisted. And it's tolerated by far too many.
December 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'll think I'm used to seeing men wield sexual violence as a tool to reinforce their power, but it still manages to take my breath away. That's how I felt reading Epstein's letter to Larry Nassar about Trump. It's so transparent. So sick and twisted. And it's tolerated by far too many.
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And they are using this stuff because the TEACHERS are telling them to just fyi
I’m a lone voice at my school saying “that is dangerous” and I report every admitted use of LLM as a safeguarding issue. Because it is.
I’m a lone voice at my school saying “that is dangerous” and I report every admitted use of LLM as a safeguarding issue. Because it is.
"R began to sob and seemed frightened. 'Did you look at Character AI?' she asked her mom. H didn’t know what that was...At the time, H was far more focused on what her tween might have encountered on social media. In August 2024, H had never heard of Character AI..."
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
#GiftLink #GiftArticle
She thought a predator was grooming her daughter. It was an AI chatbot.
A majority of teens are interacting with AI companions, and many of their parents have no idea.
wapo.st
December 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
And they are using this stuff because the TEACHERS are telling them to just fyi
I’m a lone voice at my school saying “that is dangerous” and I report every admitted use of LLM as a safeguarding issue. Because it is.
I’m a lone voice at my school saying “that is dangerous” and I report every admitted use of LLM as a safeguarding issue. Because it is.
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via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
December 23, 2025 at 5:31 AM
via The New Yorker, Ellis Rosen cartoon
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It's like the 12 days of Streisanding.
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It's like the 12 days of Streisanding.
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I hadn’t thought about 60 Minutes in forever, but then they started hiding the news, like a cool scavenger hunt.
December 22, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I hadn’t thought about 60 Minutes in forever, but then they started hiding the news, like a cool scavenger hunt.
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WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
youtu.be
December 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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are you disgruntled by the current safety evaluation landscape? curious about what conceptual clarity, methodological soundness and rigour in AI evaluation might look like? if so, consider coming to dublin and doing a phd with me
apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a...
apply here: aial.ie/hiring/phd-a...
December 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Does Vance have any interest in boxing do you think?
December 22, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Does Vance have any interest in boxing do you think?
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
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Turns out the 1st Amendment doesn't work when regime allied oligarchs purchase the media and censor unfavorable content willingly.
December 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Turns out the 1st Amendment doesn't work when regime allied oligarchs purchase the media and censor unfavorable content willingly.
And as cover for the constant crises endemic to neoliberal capitalism - nonstop, increased precarity for most and socialism in the form of bailouts, tax avoidance, and police abolition for elites.
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:11 PM
And as cover for the constant crises endemic to neoliberal capitalism - nonstop, increased precarity for most and socialism in the form of bailouts, tax avoidance, and police abolition for elites.
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Congrats again to everyone for pretending the far right authoritarian party’s assault on higher education was really about fighting antisemitism
JD Vance: "Wouldn't you rather lead a movement of freethinkers who sometimes disagree than a bunch of drones who take their orders from George Soros?"
December 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Congrats again to everyone for pretending the far right authoritarian party’s assault on higher education was really about fighting antisemitism
Vance going fully fascist.
JD Vance: "In the United States of America you don't have to apologize for being white anymore"
December 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Vance going fully fascist.
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endorse
BRENNAN: What are you going to do to force DOJ to comply?
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
MASSIE: The quickest way and most expeditious way to get justice for these victims is to bring inherent contempt against Pam Bondi. That doesn't require going through the courts. We're drafting that right now.
December 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
endorse
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“‘My most daring idea is to refuse,’ she said to applause.”
Professor Warns That the Wealthy Are Trying to Use AI to Seize Control of Everything
Renowned sociologist Tressie McMillan Cottom says that AI is a tool for the rich to cement control over society.
futurism.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:03 PM
“‘My most daring idea is to refuse,’ she said to applause.”
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Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
December 20, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Nobody works this hard for this long to cover up something this bad unless they are guilty.
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This thread by a former NYT editor documents how the NYT came to push the Cass Review so hard over other reviews. It was dictated from the top by editors. They sidelined their own London reporter to put Azeen Ghorayshi on it.
How the nyt used the Cass report to restart its anti-trans propaganda campaign in the US:
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
Coverage of the report was initially assigned to a nyt UK correspondent, usual practice for a UK report. The story being prepared cited critics who called Cass a shoddy, political document that defied science
One reason the NYT has burned its credibility with trans people is that they still cite the discredited Cass report in reporting on trans healthcare. Never the German, Utah, or other systematic reviews supporting care. They also never provide the political context behind restrictions in care.
December 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This thread by a former NYT editor documents how the NYT came to push the Cass Review so hard over other reviews. It was dictated from the top by editors. They sidelined their own London reporter to put Azeen Ghorayshi on it.
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Americans - take that superfluous "s" that you add to Lego, and put it rightfully onto the end of Maths.
December 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Americans - take that superfluous "s" that you add to Lego, and put it rightfully onto the end of Maths.