Reg
@rnot.bsky.social
English and AfAm Studies prof. Hobbyist board and video gamer. Kentucky transplant. Floridian forever. ZPhiB💙. Traveler. All around curious person.
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If you give a student a bad grade, you will immediately get a grade appeal. If you uphold that bad grade, there's a good chance it gets appealed over your head. If you uphold it still, you will get reamed in the Yelp-ass evals that you need to keep your job, get another job or get a promotion.
My experience as an adjunct is even if your school stands behind you vis-a-vis grades you’re always “temporary, contingent” (perfect way of saying it) and paid by the class so you’re piling on more classes to make ends meet, and some students trying to game your lack of time
December 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If you give a student a bad grade, you will immediately get a grade appeal. If you uphold that bad grade, there's a good chance it gets appealed over your head. If you uphold it still, you will get reamed in the Yelp-ass evals that you need to keep your job, get another job or get a promotion.
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Education works when an instructor is an authority figure over a student. But when that person is just there to facilitate a $50,000+ experience and a signaling mechanism that traffics in decades old reputations, you no longer have a university--you have a summer camp/luxury resort.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Education works when an instructor is an authority figure over a student. But when that person is just there to facilitate a $50,000+ experience and a signaling mechanism that traffics in decades old reputations, you no longer have a university--you have a summer camp/luxury resort.
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This didn't make it in, but I tried telling the reporter that the reason students use LLMs with impunity is that 70% of faculty are temporary, contingent workers who require perfect student evals to continue having a job.
Cheating is a problem we chose to have and pretend to be mad about.
Cheating is a problem we chose to have and pretend to be mad about.
Does anyone else bristle at this framing? WSJ says blue books are “torturing” students with hand cramps, and “nobody likes them.”
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
Listen, students have been outsourcing everything to AI and cheating their way through college. Blue books should be celebrated as a return to authentic human learning.
They Were Every Student’s Worst Nightmare. Now Blue Books Are Back.
Cheating with ChatGPT has become a huge problem for colleges. The solution is painfully old-school.
www.wsj.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This didn't make it in, but I tried telling the reporter that the reason students use LLMs with impunity is that 70% of faculty are temporary, contingent workers who require perfect student evals to continue having a job.
Cheating is a problem we chose to have and pretend to be mad about.
Cheating is a problem we chose to have and pretend to be mad about.
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Malicious compliance
So apparently there are many Epstein files on the DOJ website where you can highlight the redacted text, copy it, and paste it onto another document to read the redactions
December 23, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Malicious compliance
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The @hrw.org report from March about illegal deportations and conditions in Venezuelan prisons
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
Human Rights Watch declaration on prison conditions in El Salvador for the J.G.G. v. Trump case
I, Juanita Goebertus, declare the following under 28 U.S.C. § 1746, and state that under penalty of perjury the following is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief:
www.hrw.org
December 23, 2025 at 1:33 AM
The @hrw.org report from March about illegal deportations and conditions in Venezuelan prisons
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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I've already been hearing faculty discussion adapting to this policy by basically writing stripped down syllabi that include *only* the required boilerplate and nothing else, with things like course themes, reading schedules and such kept in separate documents to avoid the university owning them.
The UNC system just released its final policy on mandatory syllabi disclosure, stating that syllabi are university (not faculty) IP and certain course info must be posted on new, publicly searchable databases before every semester.
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
A thread about what's changed from the draft I reported on earlier:
NEW: Public universities in red states, from Texas to Florida, are increasingly required to make their syllabi public. The University of North Carolina may be next. Does "syllabi transparency" help combat distrust in higher ed, or feed ill-informed suspicions of it? www.chronicle.com/article/when...
December 20, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I've already been hearing faculty discussion adapting to this policy by basically writing stripped down syllabi that include *only* the required boilerplate and nothing else, with things like course themes, reading schedules and such kept in separate documents to avoid the university owning them.
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Do people realize that this is also happening with case law?
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
December 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Do people realize that this is also happening with case law?
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
Like Do You Understand What That Fucking Means???
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Her profile Pic was smiling holding a print copy of USA Today blaming her for bomb threats against schools. Then she made her Twitter account header a bomb logo.
It's all a fucking game to her.
It's all a fucking game to her.
December 20, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Her profile Pic was smiling holding a print copy of USA Today blaming her for bomb threats against schools. Then she made her Twitter account header a bomb logo.
It's all a fucking game to her.
It's all a fucking game to her.
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Oh, so now bomb threats are bad. She didn't seem to give a shit when she incited them against schools and Children's hospitals.
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Oh, so now bomb threats are bad. She didn't seem to give a shit when she incited them against schools and Children's hospitals.
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It's that time of year, when we highlight some of our favorite new voices in romance! This week, we're talking about eight new writers who are making us excited about what's to come in historical, contemporary, cozy fantasy and more. Here's to reading them all for years to come!
Terrific 2025 Romance Debuts — Fated Mates: Romance Books for Novel People
It's that time of year, when we highlight some of our favorite new voices in romance! This week, we're talking about eight new writers who are making us excited about what's to come in historical, con...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's that time of year, when we highlight some of our favorite new voices in romance! This week, we're talking about eight new writers who are making us excited about what's to come in historical, contemporary, cozy fantasy and more. Here's to reading them all for years to come!
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I honestly feel
Bad for people
That don’t read romance. They have no idea that they could feel this way ALL THE TIME.
Bad for people
That don’t read romance. They have no idea that they could feel this way ALL THE TIME.
December 19, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I honestly feel
Bad for people
That don’t read romance. They have no idea that they could feel this way ALL THE TIME.
Bad for people
That don’t read romance. They have no idea that they could feel this way ALL THE TIME.
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Two more deaths in ICE custody were confirmed today, bringing total to 25
These are just the ones we know about
There’s others, like Randall Esquivel, who become deathly ill in custody but get deported before they die
He was in a vegetative state when they deported him.
He died in Costa Rica
These are just the ones we know about
There’s others, like Randall Esquivel, who become deathly ill in custody but get deported before they die
He was in a vegetative state when they deported him.
He died in Costa Rica
Family speaks out after death of man deported by ICE in vegetative state
Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel’s family alleges negligence and inhumane treatment
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Two more deaths in ICE custody were confirmed today, bringing total to 25
These are just the ones we know about
There’s others, like Randall Esquivel, who become deathly ill in custody but get deported before they die
He was in a vegetative state when they deported him.
He died in Costa Rica
These are just the ones we know about
There’s others, like Randall Esquivel, who become deathly ill in custody but get deported before they die
He was in a vegetative state when they deported him.
He died in Costa Rica
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I always supported legal assisted dying until I watched “Better Off Dead?” on BBC and seen how it’s weaponized against POC, the poor, the mentally ill, etc. Totally changed my perspective.
A woman in Saskatchewan needs surgery for a parathyroid issue and is being offered MAiD instead.
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
There’s no one in the province who can perform the procedure and the government won’t pay to send her elsewhere.
This is why disability advocates warn about assisted dying
🧵
Sask. woman considers MAID because she can't get needed surgery for rare disease | CBC News
For the past eight years Jolene Van Alstine has suffered from a rare form of parathyroid disease, normocalcemic primary hyperparathryroidism (nPHPT). It causes extreme bone pain.
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I always supported legal assisted dying until I watched “Better Off Dead?” on BBC and seen how it’s weaponized against POC, the poor, the mentally ill, etc. Totally changed my perspective.
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Girl I guess.
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Girl I guess.
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I hate this deal but it's better for Netflix to get WBD than the Ellisons. I just need them to lose.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix Enter Exclusive Deal Negotiations
The move comes after the latest round of bids for the media company. Paramount and Comcast also made offers.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:34 AM
I hate this deal but it's better for Netflix to get WBD than the Ellisons. I just need them to lose.
www.wsj.com/business/med...
www.wsj.com/business/med...
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It seems as though Netflix has won the bid for Warner Bros.
Paramount tried, and based on the last couple of years lets not assume anything.
But this is a big deal.
#StarTrek #WarnerBros #Paramount @trekculture.bsky.social
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Paramount tried, and based on the last couple of years lets not assume anything.
But this is a big deal.
#StarTrek #WarnerBros #Paramount @trekculture.bsky.social
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Netflix Wins Bidding War For Warner Bros. Discovery, Will Start Exclusive Deal Talks
Netflix has emerged victorious with what appears to be the highest bid for Warner Bros. Discovery and the two sides are set to start exclusive talks.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
It seems as though Netflix has won the bid for Warner Bros.
Paramount tried, and based on the last couple of years lets not assume anything.
But this is a big deal.
#StarTrek #WarnerBros #Paramount @trekculture.bsky.social
share.google/gRH2Gq5OewFR...
Paramount tried, and based on the last couple of years lets not assume anything.
But this is a big deal.
#StarTrek #WarnerBros #Paramount @trekculture.bsky.social
share.google/gRH2Gq5OewFR...
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1. Why is there a long description of black holes in your book about sexting an anti-vaxxer.
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
1. Why is there a long description of black holes in your book about sexting an anti-vaxxer.
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
2. That is not what Hawking radiation is.
3. lol what
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Lord, I see what you've done for others......
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Lord, I see what you've done for others......
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No such thing as “too many books.” I’m gonna read them all.
Eventually.
Eventually.
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 PM
No such thing as “too many books.” I’m gonna read them all.
Eventually.
Eventually.
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Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
November 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Zohran Mamdani standing beside the President of the United States just said that the US is funding Israel's genocide and yet can't take care of its own unhoused children on live television.
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
I never thought I'd see something like that in my lifetime
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It is absolutely amazing and powerful that Zohran Mamdani said that the president isn’t taking care of Homelessness and funding genocides
but its not even teh first fucking time this year an elected politician has called this out in front of a mike with a camera
but its not even teh first fucking time this year an elected politician has called this out in front of a mike with a camera
November 21, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It is absolutely amazing and powerful that Zohran Mamdani said that the president isn’t taking care of Homelessness and funding genocides
but its not even teh first fucking time this year an elected politician has called this out in front of a mike with a camera
but its not even teh first fucking time this year an elected politician has called this out in front of a mike with a camera
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Does someone literally have to die before these “outbursts” merit a banner headline? Or even then, will they counsel us not to be alarmed—to consider the context? These people are going to help contextualize us into dictatorship. trib.al/LzJFnyZ
President Wants Legislators Hanged, and It’s Not Even the Lead Story
Donald Trump says he’d like to see lawmakers tried and executed, and The New York Times and The Washington Post just don’t seem to think it’s that big a deal. Why?
trib.al
November 21, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Does someone literally have to die before these “outbursts” merit a banner headline? Or even then, will they counsel us not to be alarmed—to consider the context? These people are going to help contextualize us into dictatorship. trib.al/LzJFnyZ
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New: How Kawhi’s "Uncle Dennis" helped spark the sports scandal of the year.
▶️ Steve Ballmer, Jerry West depositions
▶️ Private texts, Magic voicemails
▶️ An equity fight involving a Knicks star
▶️ Kawhi's private airport
Investigation w/ @samaha.bsky.social:
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
▶️ Steve Ballmer, Jerry West depositions
▶️ Private texts, Magic voicemails
▶️ An equity fight involving a Knicks star
▶️ Kawhi's private airport
Investigation w/ @samaha.bsky.social:
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
The rise of ‘Uncle Dennis,’ the adviser at the center of an NBA scandal
Kawhi Leonard’s uncle and adviser helped him build his business -- and courted controversy in the process.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
New: How Kawhi’s "Uncle Dennis" helped spark the sports scandal of the year.
▶️ Steve Ballmer, Jerry West depositions
▶️ Private texts, Magic voicemails
▶️ An equity fight involving a Knicks star
▶️ Kawhi's private airport
Investigation w/ @samaha.bsky.social:
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...
▶️ Steve Ballmer, Jerry West depositions
▶️ Private texts, Magic voicemails
▶️ An equity fight involving a Knicks star
▶️ Kawhi's private airport
Investigation w/ @samaha.bsky.social:
www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/...