this platform is a LOT of accounts that I do not follow, have no interest in, and can't seem to expunge from my feed fast enough. Why can't I come here and just follow like the 100 ppl I want to hear from, whose only memes are out of date and make sense to about 100 ppl?

strong feeling a future headline is going to be this guy doing the thing he's accusing others of doing

Bluesky is Severance: It's my job to come here and mute accounts, and if I mute them all really well, one day something will happen.

i have this feeling that there are some professors out there who are receiving completely AI generated work, but because they don't see any spelling or grammar mistakes, they're response is "oh, this is great!" 😩

today in class, during a difficult convo about AI, I told my students that sometimes I see my typos in emails and just leave so that they can see that I am a human writer.

that's the first and likely last good laugh of the day.

a bald man is drinking from a cup that says ' coffee ' on the sleeve ALT: a bald man is drinking from a cup that says ' coffee ' on the sleeve

getting married in spite of all the bs around us. That's what we've been telling people. So I'm not saying this is a "spite wedding". But I'm not saying this is not not a "spite wedding".

went to a department meeting on AI today and I left feeling so...defeated. 😩 Weirdly, in response, I keep coming back to an essay idea about writing, AI, and...ceramics.

I think this convo needs to focus on even younger ages. My male students (many hs students taking college credit) are already way behind the young women. In my tenure materials, I said I couldn't include men in my discussion of pass rates because they were so far off the chart. The root is deep.

yesterday, a big sigh of relief as our maniac in the wh decided not to go full genocidal. but let's not forget the other genocidal maniac still going strong. fuck these guys. they're destroying peoples' lives—and for what??

Trump truth social post: A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again. I don't want that to happen, but it probably will. However, now that we have Complete and Total Regime Change, where different, smarter, and less radicalized minds prevail, maybe something revolutionarily wonderful can happen, WHO KNOWS? We will find out tonight, one of the most important moments in the long and complex history of the World. 47 years of extortion, corruption, and death, will finally end. God Bless the Great People of Iran!

Sickeningly evil. Donald Trump must be impeached. 

When will it be enough for my Republican colleagues to grow spines and remove him from office?

Okay! Now, is there anyone else who seems to, idk, flirt with nazis, post fascistic rants, threatens entire civilizations...ahem. If we're talking about people who are not "conducive to the public good," I mean, seems like a certain someone should also be banned.

This is disgusting. I imagine other nations already recognize that we are no longer a safe place, an ally, or even a trustworthy economic partner. But everyday that becomes much clearer.

a man with a beard is driving a car with his arm out the window . ALT: a man with a beard is driving a car with his arm out the window .

ride that wave, man

Make it legal, you cowards.

Enjoying the latest from @rcolesworthy.bsky.social! putting this in my stack for a new version of Engl102 next year: "Research, Readers, Writers, Publishers" (not 100% on the name yet 😅)

nice! making matzo fattoush salad, part II tonight 😂

screenshotting all the posts today on Trump's insane posts and the "sane washing" headlines vs. accurate headlines for next year's media class. Keep'em coming y'all!

re-watched it again for the millionth time on friday night. unfortunately, because i'm an old i fell asleep right after they introduce Deep Throat 😭

image of Sir Anthony Hopkins, face painted in blue, portraying Titus Andronicus (from the film directed by Julie Taymor [1999])

thinking about which Shakespeare play is the play of our times. thinking Titus Andronicus.
other contenders?

It’s not just Ms. Rachel.

The biggest names in children’s educational programming are coming out in force to call for kids to be freed from ICE detention.

Here’s “Reading Rainbow” host @mychal3ts.bsky.social outside the Dilley Immigration Processing Center.

great research, great guy!

i just heard that our school is going to *require* AI somewhere in the outcomes for all courses going forward...idk if that's true exactly or what the specifics are but...gross.

hey, take it up with Emily Dickinson!

r u kidding??? "I'm nobody! Who are you?" 😆

I know we receive what seem like rude emails from students all the time. We just have to take a deep breath, be cool, and reply with a little instruction.

It's a different medium and genre than they're used to. They have to learn it first. It's our job as instructors to usher them into this world.

Yay!!! Congratulations! Looking forward to reading this one! Not, like, in the perfunctory, obligatory way either!!! 😂

that sad part about being fired by Trump is not solely that you have lost your job: you have lost the only job where it was actually an asset to completely destroy your own integrity. Now that both are gone, what do you have?

that's the one! 😁

idk what my hair is doing today, but my god, i look like gary oldman's dracula on Zoom—and not the young handsome version! 😂