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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 20h

“One of the negative consequences AI is having on students is that it is hurting their ability to develop meaningful relationships with teachers, the report finds. Half of the students agree that using AI in class makes them feel less connected to their teachers.”

Rising Use of AI in Schools Comes With Big Downsides for Students

A report by the Center for Democracy and Technology looks at teachers' and students' experiences with the technology.

www.edweek.org

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Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · 19h

Crowd-sourcing: any recommendations for a student interested in pursuing a UX/technical communication/rhetorical analysis of patient portal design (in this case, MyChart)?

#TeamRhetoric
#TechComm
#AcademicSky

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Dustin Edwards @dustinedwards.bsky.social · 1d

Very much looking forward to this whole event including the discussion of my book on Dec 10th! I wanted to share again that the book is available for preorder and the discount code “DAMAGE” will reduce the cost by 30 percent if ordered from the press website.

www.uapress.ua.edu/978081736219...

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American Museum of Natural History @amnh.org · 5d

Join us on Wednesday, October 8, for SciCafe: Mapping the Costs of AI. Kate Crawford (@katecrawford.bsky.social), research professor at the University of Southern California, will explore the environmental and human cost of AI systems.

SciCafe is 21+ and free with RSVP. Get tickets: bit.ly/4nB7w33

The Hidden Costs of AI: SciCafe October 8 | AMNH

Kate Crawford will explore the hidden costs of artificial intelligence and how its vast infrastructure reshapes our physical world.

bit.ly

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 4d

More like this, please.

Daniel P. Moriarity @dpmoriarity.bsky.social · 4d

Dartmouth response to the Trump Administration Compact

president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10...

Response to the ‘Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education’ | Office of the President

president.dartmouth.edu

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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 6d

New blog post by Kelly L. Keel:

"It should be absolutely concerning to all of us that these companies are trying to take up space and resources in our towns without even having to be identified or named."

refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/r...

Refusing Gen-AI: Seeing the Signs that are Hiding in Plain Sight

Kelly L. Keel, West Virginia University Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com A year ago I was a first time college composition instructor. I came to WVU to pursue a second master’s degree in creati…

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NPR @npr.org · 7d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 8d

NEW: Sen. Tammy Duckworth is calling for Pete Hegseth to resign.

"If this PR stunt proved anything, it's that the best thing Pete Hegseth can do to strengthen our military is resign in disgrace immediately."

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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 8d

The CCCC Fall Virtual Institute Conference Program is now live! cccc.ncte.org/cccc/2025-cc...

This year's Virtual Institute will take place on Monday, November 3, 10:30 AM–7:30 PM ET.

Rates: $60 CCCC members; $30 Students; $155 Nonmembers.

Register here: my.ncte.org/event-inform...

2025 CCCC Fall Virtual Institute Program - Conference on College Composition and Communication

Registration for the 2025 CCCC Fall Virtual Institute will close at 9:00 a.m. ET on Monday, November 3. All registrants will receive an email with connection information on the evening prior to the In...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 8d

Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more private-sector usage of AI and fast tracking permits for more data centers after Big Tech companies donated huge amounts to his inauguration.

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 8d

Today, 33% of all the electricity used in Oregon is attributed to data centers.

In Virginia, it’s 37%.

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

AI Data Centers Use a Lot of Energy. You May Be Paying for It

AI data centers are pushing up energy costs all over the US. On today’s Big Take podcast: an investigation into who's footing the bill.

www.bloomberg.com

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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 8d

Join Carmen Kynard and Cindy Tekobbe for a discussion of @karenhao.bsky.social's Empire of AI!

Thursday, October 16, 5:30 PM ET, free for all CCCC members.

Join CCCC: ncte.org/college/cccc....

Register: my.ncte.org/event-inform...

Enter our book giveaway: ncte.org/cccc-fall-20...

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Flyer for CCCC Fall 2025 Reading Circle, Labor, Land, Water & Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom. Book Discussion: Empire of AI by Karen Hao, Thursday, October 16, 2025, 5:30–6:30 PM ET.

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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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Emma Evans @trance.bsky.social · 11d

the power required for increasingly sophisticated generations doesn’t scale linearly

Researchers Just Found Something Extremely Alarming About AI's Power Usage

The carbon footprint of generative AI-based tools that can turn text prompts into videos is far worse than we thought.

futurism.com

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 12d

BREAKING: The FBI has fired agents photographed kneeling during a 2020 racial justice protest that followed the death of George Floyd, AP sources say.

FBI fires agents photographed kneeling during 2020 racial justice protest, AP sources say

The FBI has fired agents who were photographed kneeling during a racial justice protest in Washington that followed the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers.

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Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 12d

Camden had zero homicides this summer. City and county leaders credit the 2013 disbandment of its police department.

Violent crime is at a 50-year low.

This is amazing.

www.inquirer.com/news/camden-...

Camden had zero homicides this summer. City and county leaders credit the 2013 disbandment of its police department.

As of Monday, the city has seen a 43% decrease in homicides compared to this time last year. And violent crime has reached a 50-year low.

www.inquirer.com

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Jer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 13d

This video is really important.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

It connects the dots between A.I. and climate disasters and is just a perfectly crafted piece of investigation and exposition.

@katecrawford.bsky.social

Opinion | A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain

www.nytimes.com

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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · Sep 7

Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia
www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/cognitive-...

Cognitive scientists and AI researchers make a forceful call to reject “uncritical adoption" of AI in academia

A new paper calls on academia to repel rampant AI in university departments and classrooms.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Dustin Edwards @dustinedwards.bsky.social · 14d

To have my book mentioned in the same breath as Karen Hao's magnificent Empire of AI is a career highlight. Thank you to Jennifer Sano-Franchini for organizing a CCCC Virtual Reading Circle on Labor, Land, Water, and Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom.

Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 14d

Announcing a three-part CCCC Reading Circle Series:

Oct 16—Discussion of Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social!

Dec 10—Discussion of Enduring Digital Damage by
@dustinedwards.bsky.social!

Jan 12—Teaching Session on bringing these ideas to the writing classroom!

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CCCC Fall 2025 AI Reading Circle - Conference on College Composition and Communication

Labor, Land, Water, and Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom These events are free for CCCC members. Not yet a member? Join today! Join CCCC for a critical, nuanced, and though...

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Em Bee @emleebeebee.bsky.social · 14d

oh I'm HYPERVENTILATING !!

Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 14d

Announcing a three-part CCCC Reading Circle Series:

Oct 16—Discussion of Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social!

Dec 10—Discussion of Enduring Digital Damage by
@dustinedwards.bsky.social!

Jan 12—Teaching Session on bringing these ideas to the writing classroom!

cccc.ncte.org/cccc/cccc-fa...

CCCC Fall 2025 AI Reading Circle - Conference on College Composition and Communication

Labor, Land, Water, and Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom These events are free for CCCC members. Not yet a member? Join today! Join CCCC for a critical, nuanced, and though...

cccc.ncte.org

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Jennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 14d

Announcing a three-part CCCC Reading Circle Series:

Oct 16—Discussion of Empire of AI by @karenhao.bsky.social!

Dec 10—Discussion of Enduring Digital Damage by
@dustinedwards.bsky.social!

Jan 12—Teaching Session on bringing these ideas to the writing classroom!

cccc.ncte.org/cccc/cccc-fa...

CCCC Fall 2025 AI Reading Circle - Conference on College Composition and Communication

Labor, Land, Water, and Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom These events are free for CCCC members. Not yet a member? Join today! Join CCCC for a critical, nuanced, and though...

cccc.ncte.org

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Megan McIntyre @rcmeg.bsky.social · 16d

I wrote a little something about generative AI, plagiarism, and why detection and surveillance are not the answers.

Dr. Mag 🌿👾 @nobugsnous.bsky.social · 16d

A new blog from @rcmeg.bsky.social on Refusing Generative AI in Writing Studies about refusing plagiarism detection. refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/r...

Refusing Plagiarism Detection and EdTech Surveillance

Megan McIntyre, University of Arkansas Photo by Kadri Võsumäe on Pexels.com It’s week 6 of the semester here, and we have reached the end of the first major project for most of our first-year writi…

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Dr. Mag 🌿👾 @nobugsnous.bsky.social · 16d

A new blog from @rcmeg.bsky.social on Refusing Generative AI in Writing Studies about refusing plagiarism detection. refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/09/22/r...

Refusing Plagiarism Detection and EdTech Surveillance

Megan McIntyre, University of Arkansas Photo by Kadri Võsumäe on Pexels.com It’s week 6 of the semester here, and we have reached the end of the first major project for most of our first-year writi…

refusinggenai.wordpress.com

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Caddie Alford (she/her) @caddiealford.bsky.social · 19d

Check out the guest post I did for @dhandlib.bsky.social on what I read this summer, practicing the @disconetwork.bsky.social method of "technoskepticism" vis-a-vis critical AI and platformization.

dhandlib.org/recommended-...

#TeamRhetoric
#Academicsky
#CriticalAI

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 21d

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 20d

OK, I started this related critical AI list too here: olivia.science/ai#allies with allies & resources — @jsanofranchini.bsky.social @annakornbluh.bsky.social @ehayot.bsky.social (let me know if I failed to tag anybody)

and importantly, feel free to contact me to add more! 🤍

allies & resources
Here are some related academics' websites (feel free to contact me to add more):

Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies: A Quickstart Guide, by Jennifer Sano-Franchini, Megan McIntyre, & Maggie Fernandes
AGAINST AI, by Anna Kornbluh, Krista Muratore, & Eric Hayot

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