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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My department at Nazareth University is currently hiring tenure-track faculty in both English and communication. Find links to both ads at the link below, and feel free to reach out with questions.
jobs.naz.edu/postings/sea...
a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.
Pages from a mini comic
Pages from a mini comic
Pages from a mini comic
My drawn statement on Ai as standalone from my now finished minicomic as syllabus for new liberal studies class! As promised this is shareable, printable - all from my site, feel free to make use of it, cite me & let me know how it’s received. Share away all here! spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
Hi. Hello. GRAMMARLY IS NOT A WRITING TOOL. IT IS SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM AND LINGUISTIC HOMOGENIZATION IN A TRENCHCOAT.
The first (moderately) detailed explanation of how OpenAI partnership will be rolled out in Canvas, including assurance that all AI features with be "opt-in" (at least for now), but no mention of whether OpenAI will have access to Canvas courses for training purposes.
Ally Sentnor to Rose Lavelle! She's SO back 🙌
(via USWNT)
Michelle Cooper's breakout in 2025 won't come as a surprise to many inside the KC Current. Her work ethic, raw talent, coupled with brimming confidence, has brought more end product and a contract through 2028.
Here's how she got there:
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I wrote a roundup of my all-time favorite books about witches!
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What's YOUR favorite witch book?
But also, congratulations to you and Carlo!
✨ICONIC✨
where are my fellow roadside hawk gawkers?????
coming 6/6!
2025 Teal Rising Cup presented by Visit Missouri Schedule Saturday, July 12 Match 1: 4:30 p.m. CT | Chicago Stars vs. Corinthians SC Match 2: 8 p.m. CT | Kansas City Current vs. Palmeiras Tuesday, July 15 Match 3: 5 p.m. CT | Match 1 Loser vs. Match 2 Loser Match 4: 8 p.m. CT | Match 1 Winner vs. Match 2 Winner
Some of the first news about the #NWSL summer free-for-all break:
The Kansas City Current will host Brazilian clubs Corinthians and Palmeiras, and the Chicago Stars, in the "Teal Rising Cup" from July 12-15.
Riley Tiernan with some individual brilliance to shake her defenders and fire it home!
As long as someone is searching for (a) the fountain of youth, (b) Templar treasure, (c) a lost Shakespeare text, or (d) some ahistorical combination of all three, I will watch the movie.
We are seriously blessed with some amazing sff books lately. I just reviewed four brand new titles that take place in worlds that are utterly irresistible.
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Authors are:
@novarensuma.bsky.social
Neon Yang
@emilytesh.net
Sayaka Murata
On the next Mystery AI Hype Theater 3000 live stream, @alexhanna.bsky.social and I will look at claims of dizzying progress ... and help you get off the merry-go-round.
Monday, May 26, 2025, noon Pacifichttps://twitch.tv/dair_institute
Gender is mostly about doing bits
New blog post: Recognizing AI Hype Masquerading as Research (a reworking of my previous LinkedIn post) refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/05/21/r...
If you’re up for a reading list created by real humans who love books and have great taste, check out one of my fave traditions: NPR’s summer critics’ book list. It’s as great as ever and I’m proud to be a contributor. My pick: Great Black Hope by Rob Franklin.
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Olympique Lyonnais Feminin will now go by OL Lyonnes, club owner Michele Kang announced Monday.
The updated name comes with a new badge that reflects the team’s status as the most successful women’s soccer side in the world.
More from @aylinaslim.bsky.social ⬇️
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Hey all, here's a post at @ssrc.org about how anti-trans talking points are getting wrapped into Google's AI search results.
AI search not only cites anti-trans disinfo, but sanitizes it, making practices like conversion therapy sound legitimate and safe.
We had fun talking to the folks at Fiction Science podcast last week. Thank you Alan for this write up!
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A small yellow and white dog looks ahead at the camera while lying on a blanket alongside a black cat.
This duo is making it hard to focus on Murderbot. #catsofbluesky #dogsofbluesky
#cwcon25 morning keynote from MSU alum Jen Sano-Franchini, talking about AI, data centers, and critical interface analysis. Will be talking about refusal.blog which is a great resource for folks who take a critical stance toward genAI.
Colorado native, winningest World Cup alpine skier in history, and previous TWG guest Mikaela Shiffrin joins the ownership group for the NWSL Denver expansion team. The NWSL is lucky to have you 🎿 ⚽
📸 IG/MikaelaShiffrin @nwsldenver.bsky.social
The next time I teach digital research methods, I will absolutely be teaching this as a case study about the vast gulf between what IRB requires and what actually ethical research looks like.
Hi—I advise my university’s local chapter!
