Morbo is pleased but sticky

I’m so deep into the end-of-semester funk that even though I know the semester has a definite endpoint and I won’t be grading forever, it in no way feels like it.

Summer fun? Free time? I don’t know her.

I am forever saying that if refusal isn't a live option in any decision making process about "AI", then no ethical practice is possible. You've got to be able to stop if the thing is unacceptable.

Just that phrase “academic heartbreak” strikes something deep. It was already there for many of us, and then the AI push (combined with everything else) happened…

Propaganda: Engineering Consent A Nice Indian Boy Casablanca Sleeping with the Enemy

#LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched #filmsky #movies #Awaketooearlyagainandscrolling

Reposting 👇 since Bsky seemed to be broken this afternoon. Are the admins vibe coding, or what?

Call For Five-Year Pause on Gen AI in Schools As generative AI tools are rapidly expanding in schools, often based on their hypothetical “potential” to enhance learning, these products are posing risks to children’s development, mental health, pr...

A "pause AI" letter that I actually like (and signed)! Because it's not about imagined doomsday scenarios, but rather putting the brakes on the rush to impose synthetic text extruding machines in schools in particular:

actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...

Confidence Men: Peterson, Musk, Tate and the Duping of the American Mind Peterson, Musk, Tate and the Duping of the American Mind

My good friend and brilliant colleague Landon Frim wrote a book! I'm looking forward to reading this as soon as the semester wraps up. Knowing Landon, it's bound to be extremely well-researched, insightful, and witty.

Mansplaining to the Pope requires a pathological level of audacity.

The first one is suss, the second passage less so. I’ve found Wikipedia’s page helpful for spotting the syntax patterns.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

In my Composition II class, students learn how to use the library databases from a tutorial playfully themed around the Florida Skunk Ape, a cryptid.
I knew a student was using an LLM to generate her final paper’s topic pitch when she proposed an argument for Skunk Ape conservation.

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto SAN FRANCISCO—Following reports that a 20-year-old man had been arrested for throwing a Moltov cocktail at Sam Altman’s home, the suspect stated Monday that he only initiated the attack because he was...

“I’ve been using ChatGPT to help with cooking for a while now, so I didn’t think too much of it when the ingredients list included a bottle filled with gasoline and a cloth wick,” said the alleged attacker

this is why there’s been mass revolt and opposition to data centers being built in communities. it is genuinely a health hazard to live this close to something emitting this much sound. these need to stop being built

A petite tabby kitten sitting on a grey couch and looking slightly alarmed

Hilda does not care for the sounds coming from the washing machine.

#caturday #catsky #catsofbluesky

That’s a philosophy quote fit for the window, I dare say. 🔥

So proud of my former student Hannah for penning this piece!

“It may seem nice for FGCU to offer a reduced-cost option for its employees amid the rising cost of living across America, but to me, it seems dystopian for faculty to be forced to live in company-owned housing to afford a place to live.”

all these universities kept axing medieval history departments as if they thought tyrants beefing with the Pope was going to stop being relevant

Me to student: “Enjoy these last few weeks of the semester!
Student: “I’m not. I’m not going to enjoy them. They’re going to be really bad.”
Me: “I know. I think that’s just a thing people say. I hope you sleep enough?”
Student: “Yeah, me too.”

That’s one possible answer!

The Anglo-Saxon Exeter Book contains roughly 94 riddles, which were likely recited as a form of oral entertainment. Most of them are religious. But some of their answers are common objects, some are sexual, and some, like riddle 25, are both! #WyrdWednesday

I hope folks read this post with a great deal of skepticism and the understanding that AFT is receiving $23 million from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic to push AI onto educators via "trainings" and relentless AI inevitability nonsense

apnews.com/article/arti...

news.microsoft.com/source/2025/...

Share a GIF from a TV series.

Needs more consummate V’s, but they can work on it.
Millennial Lego builders, please vote!🙏

I did that once. Possibly worse, actually - I was volunteering at the door and asked the keynote speaker for their ticket. 🤦‍♀️

Until the universal cat distribution system blesses me again, I’m going to need to see pictures of everyone’s kitties. #caturday

Hell yes. This is the alternative to Harry Potter we need right now.

Agreed! The tension had me locked in immediately.

Same. It was fun, but the second half felt rushed and undercooked to me.

Hysteria (2) If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (4.5) The Banshees of Inisherin (3) Inglourious Basterds (4)

#LastFourWatched #letterboxdFriday #filmsky

Waiting for the AI bros to come in and well-ahktually this one.

It's bad to burn lots of carbon for absolutely no benefit, period.