A striking thing about articles I’ve read claiming to “study the effects” of generative AI on student writing skills and consumption of information is that (1) they nearly always find the effects are negative and (2) most “conclusions” are still written assuming that we must use AI, for some reason.

Calling all magazine and anthology editors! Nominations are open for @monarch.gay's Queer Literary Awards until Nov 30.

🦋 Publications can nominate any work by a queer author you've published (like me!), whether or not that work specifically is about queer characters.

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No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
www.nokings.org

"Welcome to the age of fakery"-We've been here for a while www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/t...

Great piece as always from @himself.bsky.social, on authoritarianism as a competitive instance of the coordination problem.

Oh no, the thing that literally no creative wants, that is making people more stupid, spreading fake news, ruining careers, coaching children to take their own lives and destroying the environment all whilst losing its owners billions would tank if they had to stop the art theft that makes it work.

NEW: David Piccini, the minister whose office picks Skills Development Fund recipients, was in Paris this weekend at the wedding of a lobbyist whose clients received millions from that fund.

From me and @charliepinkerton.bsky.social.

www.thetrillium.ca/news/politic...

Halloween is almost here! Check out our latest blog post for some excellent 👻 pieces from our archives to get you in the spooky spirit. 🎃 buff.ly/sy2TDMD

I knew a Holocaust survivor who talked about the importance of notetaking under authoritarianism, to track what normal was and how it shifted. Here's that 🧵 with respect to disability, itself a canary in the fascist coal mine: www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/02/09/w...

Many things will affect how well a student will do in school. Some you can control, others you can't

One that affects every student (and teacher), and that we can control, is indoor air quality

In this video I walk through how and offer some solutions
t.co/sSU5efGhHr

A proposed 2% wealth tax in France would affect 1800 people, and bring in $20 billion a year. It’s overwhelmingly popular, but it seems that Macron would rather let the far-right take power than tax the super-rich. From Robert Kuttner: trib.al/Snv1jbR

COVID-19 and other viruses that spread through the respiratory route linked to the onset of vascular dementia.

Clean the air. Crosswords alone are not enough.

www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/cov...

Larry Ellison and his son David have rapidly assembled a potentially Trump-friendly tech & media empire that spans Hollywood, television, the cloud, new media and soon a chunk of TikTok.

We wrote about the rise of America's newest media barons: wapo.st/3KyaHtE by @ceodonovan.bsky.social & me

Two fully funded PhD positions in Public transit planning and operations.
 
Interested candidates can find more information about the position, and complete an expression of interest form here: surveys.mcgill.ca/ls3/156813

Please share! The ask is to help numerous families—mostly kids—who’ve been traumatically, forcibly displaced south in the past few days. They need every essential, including food. But we can help.

16 hours left—78/500 chuffed.org/project/hope...

Well gang, it's happened: OpenAI has built a platform filled exclusively with fake, AI content.

I've been playing with it for a few days, and I think it's safe to say we're basically kissing reality goodbye.

Here's the story: www.npr.org/2025/10/03/n...

And some thoughts 🧵

Thanks!💞

A reminder of something very much worth donating to, if you can.

5 years on

“Why good ventilation is key to stopping the spread of Covid-19

Clean air far more important than clean hands”

We had all of the scientific knowledge & tools to stop the pandemic in 2020 without lockdowns.. & they weren’t used
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/why-...

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

We're reading the stories that have already been submitted. We've got stories that make us laugh, gasp, think hard and occasionally be very puzzled (please read the guidelines!), and we're open for more. Submit your speculative fiction under 5000 words!

🧵9: And finally, here's last year's pinned thread with all 2024's fantastic & frightful fiction!👻

bsky.app/profile/kaie...

🧵8: I also do a ton of speaking and teaching—looking for spooky storytelling, creative workshops, or publishing professional development? Hit me up! kaie.space/bookings.html

🧵7: Also, I lead @cwillbc.bsky.social —so, shoutout to all BC-based kid-lit authors! Have you heard of cwillbc.org ?

We're the professional society/literacy nonprofit for BC's published (incl. indie!) writers & artists of books for ages 0-18 & offer a ton of benefits. Join us!