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Jill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social · 7d

yes!

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 7d

My latest in my fight against the Washington Post.

I’ve filed a grievance against the Post through the WaPo Guild— and have sent a letter to Washington Post challenging my firing.

Proud to have @normeisen.bsky.social + @katiephang.bsky.social in my corner.

karenattiah.substack.com/p/the-washin...

The Washington Post Accused Me of “Gross Misconduct.” Here's My Response.

This fight isn’t just about my job — it’s about who gets punished for telling the truth, and who gets protected for spreading hate and violence.

karenattiah.substack.com

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Kirsten Weld @kirstenweld.bsky.social · 8d

An enormous legal victory for @aaup.org, MESA, and the Rutgers, NYU, and Harvard chapters of AAUP, in a case that Judge Young describes as "perhaps the most important ever to fall within the jurisdiction of this district court."

Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 8d

BREAKING: Judge William Young, a Reagan appointee, delivers the most scathing legal rebuke of the Trump era, ruling that Trump and his cabinet illegally targeted pro-Palestinian students for deportation to "strike fear" into First Amendment protesters. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 14d

Some news.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d

Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.

Karen Attiah Says Firing by Washington Post Violated Labor Agreement

The company fired Karen Attiah this month for her social media posts related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

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Tom Burton @twburton.bsky.social · 13d

Our university’s president was forced to resign. Our student publication responded. thebatt.com/opinion/edit...

Editorial: Texas A&M students first, not politicians

Walking down the steps of the Administration Building as he looked onto a sea of support, a president descended step by step — Gig ‘em sign held high — as he ex

thebatt.com

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Vulture @vulture.com · 14d

Yesterday, Apple made the decision to pull The Savant from its release schedule due to politically sensitive topics. Now the show’s star Jessica Chastain speaks out: ‘We’re not aligned on the decision to pause the release.’

Jessica Chastain Disagrees With Apple Pulling The Savant

Yesterday, Apple made the decision to pull The Savant from its release schedule due to politically sensitive topics. Now the show’s star Jessica Chastain speaks out: ‘We’re not aligned on the decision to pause the release.’

www.vulture.com

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Jill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social · 14d

can't wait!

NAVSA 2025 @navsa2025.bsky.social · 15d

Looking forward to "Race, Empire, and the Speculative: Disrupting the Arc of Progress" which brings fresh perspectives by Jill Galvan, Sophia Hsu, & Kristie Schlauraff #NAVSA2025

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Alana Kinrich @alanakinrich.medsky.social · 16d

I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.

Caroline Dodds Pennock @carolinepennock.bsky.social · 16d

You have no idea how much I despite these anti-science dipshits for making pregnant women terrified of taking (safe, mild, proven) pain relief.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 18d

New from me:

There's a lot of misinformation around the reasons I was fired from WaPo.

Here's the official termination letter I got sent by Washington Post.

Read and judge for yourself.

open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

Why Washington Post fired me

Read the official termination letter for yourself.

open.substack.com

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Jill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social · 17d

It won't get better.

OpenAI's more advanced models produce *more* hallucinations.

The proposed solution: more human involvement (...hmm)

Prof Mike Yearworth @mikeyearworth.bsky.social · 17d

"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Johanna Winant @johannawinant.bsky.social · 26d

identifying themes is precisely what I tell undergraduates not to do

Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 26d

The imagined consumer on the landing page for Google's NotebookLM is a student in an upper-division literature course who has been assigned James Joyce's "Ulysses," and asks the software to summarize the novel and identify its themes.

Who is this advertising for?

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Jill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social · Sep 7

It'd be cool if they actually talked to "younger generations" about what they think.

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The Second Mrs. de ShinyGoth👻 @ghostingdani.bsky.social · Sep 7

Y'all are simply unprepared for me.

A pair of crochet ghosts. One has a purple bow tie and a tiny top hat and the other has a witch hat with a pink bow. It feels like Rankin and Bass over here.

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Jill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social · Sep 4

blurb: "Along the way, she calls on us to resist colonial approaches to space exploration and instead imagine a better path forward in our pursuit of humanity’s undeniable connection with the stars."

Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 4

My book is absolutely great. My book is absolutely great. This is my mantra as I read it for the nth time while doing copyedit corrections.

Please you guys preorder this book because I have suffered to deliver it to you lolsob (actually it really is great I’m just tired, please preorder)

The Edge of Space-Time by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein: 9780593701683 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

A fresh, charming, socially conscious tour of the mysteries of space-time, from the award-winning author of The Disordered Cosmos In her highly acclaimed debut, distinguished cosmologist and particle...

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Jill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social · Sep 1

AAUP-Ohio State @osuaaup.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · Aug 31

‘It feels like a betrayal.’ Ohio college students experiencing effects of new higher education law ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/08/25/i...

'It feels like a betrayal.' Ohio college students experiencing effects of new higher education law • Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio college students are navigating the ramifications of the state’s new higher education law that bans diversity efforts, prohibits faculty strikes and regulates classroom discussion.

ohiocapitaljournal.com

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Jill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social · Aug 30

That's a really cool cover

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Jill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social · Aug 30

But is this really training that couldn't take place on the job?

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · Aug 30

One of the things that drives me up the wall is when people say students “need to learn how to use AI” to succeed in the workplace. It is EXTREMELY EASY to use a chatbot. That’s the whole point of it! You do not need training to type in the box! What are you even TALKING about?? +

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Jill Galvan @jillgal.bsky.social · Aug 30

So my employer's little team is playing my alma mater today, and I feel dead inside about it.

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mattie lubchansky @mattielubchansky.com · Aug 30

you really couldn't make many movies from 40-50 years ago today. this is due to the unavailability of certain discontinued film stocks and the deaths of many principal actors, directors, and other various crew members

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AAUP-Ohio State @osuaaup.bsky.social · Aug 27

#SB1BLACKOUT

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · Aug 17

sunday mid-august is just about the sundayest.

balm for the sundays:

this solidarity guide to back-to-school support against the AI assault

against-a-i.com

AGAINST AI -

against-a-i.com

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AAUP-Ohio State @osuaaup.bsky.social · Aug 14

Just in time to welcome students to campus…

President Carter & OSU admin continue the assault on free speech by banning the time honored tradition of chalking on campus. Whether governments or administrators, once they start rolling back free speech, they don’t stop.

fod.osu.edu/news/2025/08...

Chalking Not Permitted on Campus | Facilities Operations and Development

fod.osu.edu

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Heather Chacon @wickettred.bsky.social · Aug 9

Periodic reminder that the Humanities are often financially in the black due to lower overhead.

Also freshmen composition/communication courses are cash cows for universities and that $ is often “disappeared” from the discussions of English or Rhet Comp budgets and needs.

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