White background with an image of the SLLN logo - Black text in a circle reads School Librarian Learning Network, surrounding a red book with the letters SLLN on the cover in gray lettering. Across the top, red text reads: Episode 75. "The POWer of Graphic Novels: Utilizing Comics in Classroom Instruction to Create Culturally Aware Youth" with Alexa Dumas. Toward the bottom, a picture of Alexa Dumas.

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Alexa Dumas @alexadoom.bsky.social shares how she Teaches teachers about the "POWer of Graphic Novels" in ep. 75 of the #SLLNPodcast!

Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here:
sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/075-the-powe...

#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLSkyChat

Stalking victim sues OpenAI, claims ChatGPT fueled her abuser's delusions and ignored her warnings | TechCrunch OpenAI ignored three warnings that a ChatGPT user was dangerous — including its own mass casualty flag — while he stalked and harassed his ex-girlfriend, a new lawsuit alleges.

“…legal pressure is now colliding directly with OpenAI’s legislative strategy: the company is backing an Illinois bill that would shield AI labs from liability even in cases involving mass deaths or catastrophic financial harm.”

@drkmattson.bsky.social

Thirding

I've updated the Against AI and Its Environmental Harms Library with a new section for data center toolkits created for community organizations and collective education and action. Visit the library - and add your resources - at: pad.riseup.net/p/Against_AI...

I get it. Living in my world is weird in and of itself. If you think like I do, you have to see every announcement by Anthropic or OpenAI as suspicious — which should be the default position of every journalist, but I digress — and any promise of spending billions of dollars as impossible without infinite resources. At the end of this era, I think we’re all going to have to have a conversation about the innate credulity of the business and tech media, and how often that was co-opted to help the rich get richer. Until then, can we at least admit how weird this all is?

The AI bubble is extremely weird, the way we talk about AI is weird, the way the media lies about AI is weird, and all of it is dangerously bizarre. When this all blows up, we’ll need to ask difficult questions about why nobody called bullshit sooner.

www.wheresyoured.at/ai-is-really-weird/

if you offload your thinking to a machine, you get worse at thinking without the machine

Scientists having a hard time kicking that habit called 'eugenics'

Maine Is Close to Passing a Moratorium on New Datacenters The proposed legislation would be the first of its kind passed in the country, but there are similar bills popping up everywhere this year.

The proposed legislation would be the first of its kind passed in the country, but there are similar bills popping up everywhere this year.

WOW Dozen: Picturebooks to Build Empathy for the Experiences of Immigrant and Refugee Children

Share: A dozen picturebooks that can touch the hearts and minds of young people (and their educators and parents): "Picturebooks to Build Empathy for the Experiences of Immigrant and Refugee Children." #TLSky #EduSky #kidlit
@worldsofwords.bsky.social WOW Dozen page: wowlit.org/blog/wow-doz...

The arguable fact that alcohol is “better” than generative ai is telling. 😬

Some folks don’t find the tools unethical. I assume they are talking about using the unethical tool in more or less “ethical” ways. Complex issue.

Ive been told that me driving a car, having a phone, a laptop… all unethical. “Why don’t these other unethical things bother you, James?”

Thanks!!!!

Today is National School Librarian Day. THANK YOU, school librarians & school library workers. We celebrate you. For so many library kids, the school library is the only place they have access to books. It is where they learn to believe that stories are for them. Thank you for your library joy 💛📚🥹🤟🏽

School librarians are vital

Support them

Fund them

Thank them

#NationalSchoolLibrarianDay

Graphic with a colorful stack of loosely drawn books. An open book at the top of the stack has sketched icons of rockets, planets, the sun, rainbows, flowers, and leaves coming out of it. The headline of the graphic is "Happy National School Librarian Day!" Beneath the books, the graphic says "A librarian's power is connecting people with the knowledge they seek."

Happy National School Librarian Day!

I've had many different roles during my 30+ years as an educator, but I can definitely say that being a librarian is the very best one, even with the current challenging circumstances.

#SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian: #9: Information and Media Literacy Skills School Librarians help students develop information and media literacy skills critical for analyzing content for credibility and accuracy, especially in today's world.

Top 10 Reasons Every School Needs a Librarian:

#9: Information and Media Literacy Skills
School Librarians help students develop information and media literacy skills critical for analyzing content for credibility and accuracy, especially in today's world.

#TLSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

I just made the call - will you?

One of the most effective ways to influence this debate is by calling your elected officials directly. Your voice matters, and together we can help protect the freedom to read. share.nwmd.social/s/5OxjQNR1

#TLSky #EduSky #SchoolLibrarians #TLChat

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Shoutout to GLMA member Sarah Sansbury for being featured on the Can’t Shelve This podcast! 🎧📚

In Episode 2.7, “If We Build It, They Will Read,” Sarah joins hosts Janette Derucki and Leah Gregory, along with special guest Pernille Ripp —

1/2 ⬇️

All the fing time

For good reason! Proud of them.

Keep pushing, everyone in academia and beyond...

This was only out in September and things have already changed and this is becoming a mainstream view. Keep moving the needle. Keep being strong. Taking breaks. Resting. Crying. Coming back. We can do it. ☺️

Resisting Dehumanization in the Age of "AI": The View from the Humanities, Emily M. Bender YouTube video by Simpson Center

On a related point, see:
youtu.be/T7Lc6QNxolQ?...

I’ve had the same sincere question

How LLMs Distort Our Written Language Large language models (LLMs) are used by over a billion people globally, most often to assist with writing. In this work, we demonstrate that LLMs not only alter the voice and tone of human writing, b...

How LLMs Distort Our Written Language

“LLMs [AI] not only alter the voice and tone of human writing, but also consistently alter the intended meaning”

Graphic from the Kentucky Association of School Librarians (KASL) celebrating April as School Library Month, featuring a smiling school librarian scanning a book, with the message "This School Librarian Makes a Difference!" and text noting that school librarians help students inquire, engage, explore, include, curate, and collaborate. Includes the KASL logo and website: www.kasl.us.

𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵! School libraries and the certified teacher librarians who make them vibrant places of learning are worth all the celebrating! Fun way to celebrate your own work (or a friend's) Use this template and share it. There are prizes!!
www.kasl.us/advocacy/sch...

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KY School Libraries - Advocacy Happy April, AND, Happy School Library Month! 🎉 I was working on this template for KASL folks, and decided to make one without the branding. If you are, were, or want to be.. a school librarian, than...

Happy School Library Month! 🎉 Was working on this Adobe Express template for @kasl.us and decided to make one without the branding. If you are, were, or want to be.. a school librarian, thank you for everything you do! (added Canva & Slides) readwhatyouwant.com/april #TLsky #SchoolLibrary

Copilot - Terms of Use

I thought this was an April 1 joke... nope. It's right there in the terms...

"Copilot is for entertainment purposes only. It can make mistakes, and it may not work as intended. Don’t rely on Copilot for important advice. Use Copilot at your own risk."

www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros... #tlsky