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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 6h

It honestly never even occurred to me before a couple weeks ago that my lecture slides and other study materials I freely give to my students would be used to train AI. I also don’t think I could stop any student from doing it.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 6h

But I’m genuinely worried about how students are using AI in a way that is tricking them into thinking they are learning complex concepts and skills, when at best they are just reading and re-reading a deceptively superficial summary in a peppy tone.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 7h

Bottom line: I’m learning that AI has become a pervasive study tool (and perhaps I am naive that I didn’t know about the extent of this earlier). But I really think that students need to hear how AI is not really helping them gain learning and mastery of much of anything.

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Jenn | Reappropriate @reappropriate.bsky.social · 7h

I have been learning over the last few weeks about how my students are relying on generative AI for their studying, and I am genuinely frustrated.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 7h

Someone should tell this not only to Democrats, but also to every other center-left party in the developed world. See also: free trade & international cooperation. Mercantilism & isolationism, but with a human face, has been an abject policy & political failure.

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Bitch.io: Don't Play WIth Me @nanicoolj.blacksky.app · 7h

So when are we going to understand that the plan isn't just to strip her of citizenship. They are going to try and cause physical harm to this woman. People should be more concerned and should have been more concerned this entire time.

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Laura Martínez 🥑 @miblogestublog.bsky.social · 12h

The perfect Halloween costume doesn't exi...

a photo of a little kid wearing a costume of what wuold be a boiling pork carnitas casserole

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 7h

All the “if Talarico wins it will be because of Paxton” blather ignores the polls that showed Talarico in a tight race against Cornyn. And if Abbott loses—an increasingly plausible outcome—they can’t put that entirely on Paxton.

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Garnet Henderson @garnethenderson.com · 9h

NEW: HHS has awarded an additional $3.9 million to Duquesne University to research a "body literacy" education program. The principal investigator on the grant is Marguerite Duane, whose nonprofit is separately getting $4.5 million to create a national infertility training center.

autonomynews.co

‘Destructive’: Nearly $13 Million in Family Planning Grants Go to Anti-Abortion Doctors

Millions in federal funds earmarked to train health providers will go to doctors with links to crisis pregnancy centers and the Heritage Foundation for programs focused on infertility and “body litera...

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Simon Rosenberg @simonwdc.bsky.social · 8h

We are lucky that so many remarkable people have decided to run this cycle in this time of great crisis for the country.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15h

When it comes to Black people/ Africans and AI... Major tech companies have been paying Africans slave wages to do the traumatizing, digital grunt work of cleaning up AI models for use in the West. Meanwhile, people in the West use AI to destroy African/Black writers' reputations. NASTY WORK.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 8h

A public, plain-language record of how the Court of Appeals and each of its judges have ruled, sorted by the issues that shape life in this state. www.scrutinize.org/research/new...

scrutinize.org

New York's Highest Court, Decoded | Scrutinize

A public, plain-language record of how the New York Court of Appeals and each of its judges have ruled, sorted by the issues that shape life in this state.

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hilzoy @hilzoy.bsky.social · 8h

Stripping people of their citizenship should be vanishingly rare. If someone said he was a garage mechanic in Germany when in fact he ran Auschwitz, fine. But that’s not what’s at issue here. This is a danger to every citizen.

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 10h

The Heritage Foundation is effectively planning indentured servitude for everyone, except those who are legacied into the private elites. No more social mobility at all. Make the Taliban look moderate. They need to be dismantled and prosecuted.

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Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 11h

it's not that mass politics and public opinion don't matter any more -- they just matter in different ways and configurations against state power in unconsolidated competitive authoritarian states, and pretending they're still playing the democratic role is bad news

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11h

It's a very good question. bsky.app/profile/tres...

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 10h

So, if this is a Minnesota grand jury and the Minnesota U.S. Attorney's Office, I feel like we really should be knowing more about what is happening here, if for no other reason than that legal reporters are more well-sourced in this region due to Operation Metro Surge. That said, reach out to me!

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 13h

this is key. the heart of the appeasement debate was not 1939. it was 1936. or even earlier. it was when hitler was weak. the reason appeasement looked so bad in retrospect is because by avoiding confronting him when he was weak they forced themselves to confront him at full strength. putin is weak.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 14h

I haven’t reviewed it in full yet but it looks like someone finally did us a solid by publishing a primer suitable for undergraduates.

Book with red cover. Title is ai snake oil what artificial intelligence can do what it can’t and how to tell the difference by ravine narayan and say ash kapoor.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 16h

People are claiming that Elon Musk messed with Starlink in Ukraine because Trump asked him. I think a more likely reason is that Ukraine damaging Russian data centers embarrassed Elon by showing how many of his Twitter followers are nonexistent and how much traffic on Twitter is driven by bots.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 14h

back in the olden days DOJ would investigate a particular crime it believed had been committed, rather than just poking around to see if anything was wrong

The investigation is seeking information to see where it leads, the source said. For example, if records, representations related to age and immigration status contain false information, that would provide material for investigators to scrutinize further. They could also examine communications related to such matters.

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Mark Ruffalo @markruffalo.bsky.social · 16h

Once again. Just like the Paramount Merger Gavin Newsom does what he always does. Sells out the working class people for the billionaires again and again. Not only that but endorses a bill that will make it impossible to tax the wealthy at all. www.commondreams.org/news/newsom-...

commondreams.org

Newsom Endorses Ballot Measure That Would Cancel Out Billionaire Tax—and Ban Future Wealth Taxes | Common Dreams

"He’d rather millions of children and families lose their healthcare than ask a couple hundred billionaires to finally pay their fair share."

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Jackie Powell @classicjpow.bsky.social · 17h

“You’re going to make money in these divisive ways because you’re tugging at real world conversations. Anger has turned into dollars for other people. The point is to sow division.”

rollingstone.com

New Report Says WNBA Trans Debate Is Being Pushed Online for Profit: 'The Point Is to Sow Division'

The trans athlete fight feels inescapable online. Data startup GUDEA says the data shows a different story

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Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social · 17h

It is noticeable that the BBC is prioritizing this story and is not trying to make the white woman Oxford lecturer who has recently been found to have child pornography in her computer into the next face of intellectual misconduct.

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Louis Römer @lromeranth.bsky.social · 17h

The Atlantic is part of the elite media trend of redirecting the anti-AI backlash toward Black, Caribbean, and African targets. I will also note here that much of the human intelligence that is training the AI models is Black laborers working in digital sweatshops in Africa and Latin America.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 19h

andrew sullivan getting the facts wrong while regurgitating braindead racist memes? crazy

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Glonzo the Bureaucrat 🇬🇱 🌹 @snarkranger.bsky.social · 17h

The only American car I would consider buying is the Rivian R3, whenever it comes out. The entire rest of the American auto industry is irrelevant to me.

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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

NEW: I wrote about why so many people wanted to believe that Ukrainian airstrikes on a Russian data center reduced troll and bot activity online, even though it's almost certainly not true. Featuring @noupside.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

motherjones.com

Drone strikes didn't take out a Russian bot farm, but we were primed to believe It

A viral rumor illustrates people’s hunger to make sense of the division we see online.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17h

this guy gets it. your typical voter just does not care about this shit. does not mean that they support trans inclusion, it just means that it is incredibly low on the bottom of things they even think about.

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Dana Houle @danahoule.bsky.social · 17h

Relieved that this year, bc stations must give federal candidates but not superPAC’s a discounted rate, that their cash advantage isn’t giving Repubs a big advantage in TV ads/GRP’s Dems should keep that hard $ advantage in 2028, so I expect SCOTUS to find the candidate discount unconstitutional

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Dr Mel T @drmel.bsky.social · 17h

This is defo on the Danish based ‘Ethics’ committee. This shit happens ALL THE TIME with researchers thinking local ‘approval’ in their own institutions is somehow a ‘Carte Blanche’ globally. Saw all sorts of dodgy nonsense myself, sitting on an Uni Animal Rescue Ethics committee.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 17h

yes but the acolyte didn't get a second season so it was worth it bsky.app/profile/stev...

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gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 17h

Fascinating tidbit in this interview with former Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan (R-Beaumont), he says that Texas Republicans anti-transgender ads aren't "resonating." "What Republicans are talking about is just not what the swing voter is really interested in." www.texasmonthly.com/news-politic...

DP: We’re still running transgender ads. It’s just not resonating. $100 million in ads, $125 million in ads, and nothing’s moved the needle here in Texas in a month in the Senate race. Let’s be honest. The 8 to 10 percent of voters in the middle who are going to decide this election, when they hear stuff about boys in girls’ sports, they don’t even know what you’re talking about. This never happened in their communities, and they’ve been hearing about it for so many years, and so many other people have been accused of it. What Republicans are talking about is just not what the swing voter is really interested in.

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 19h

It is really chilling to see how quickly Black, Caribbean, and African writers and academics have become the global face of AI use and accusations of plagiarism. For such a serious charge, @vauhinivara.bsky.social's article rests on...a Pangram scan. www.theatlantic.com/books/2026/1...

theatlantic.com

Yet Another Literary Prizewinner Seems to Be AI

The prestigious Caine Prize, announced last week, went to a story with many red flags.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 17h

This is going to be what hurts the most.

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Ben Robins @benrobins.bsky.social · 17h

It's accepted that there are troll/bot accounts creating fake engagement on X, Facebook etc. but the accounts themselves reside on the servers of Meta, X, etc. Orchestration of fake accounts can therefore be done anywhere connected to the internet, and it's not difficult to relocate such a workload

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Annagrace K. @novalune.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

This is extremely my shit:

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Christian Meola @cmeola.bsky.social · 19h

The way these people are treated by “customers” is often times abusive. Not to mention the customer base runs has it all: entitled experienced business travelers, disoriented elderly people, children, drunks, random guy having the worse day of his life etc

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 19h

Full disclosure: my mom was a flight attendant, my auntie too. I was an airport baby. I hold flight attendants, gate agents, the folks who load luggage onto planes and the people who handle lost luggage (my mom all those jobs over the years) in such high regard. These are HARD jobs.

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elias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 19h

great review and this is totally right and it’s why a lot of people will always hate this movie

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 20h

"Today I want to consider how aspirational fascism never goes away in a society. It can only be politically beaten into submission..." no amnesty

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Marcsharp82 @marcsharp82.bsky.social · 21h

What is an episode of Star Trek that has a bad reputation but you genuinely enjoy? Any series, any episode. No judgement.

static.klipy.com

Star Trek Original Series: Kara's 'What is Brain?!?'

ALT: Star Trek Original Series: Kara's 'What is Brain?!?'

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Scott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

”Nobody [that I know] was talking about [these extremely incriminating allegations] so were cannot discuss them [even though they are material to the story and irrespective of whether they’re true]“ hacktacular!

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I Scare You Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 13/10/2026

Same logic that convinced the President he could topple Iran in a matter of weeks.

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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

NEW: The US theft of Venezuelan oil resources appears to bring the Pentagon its own source of money — something that should be understood as another milestone in the collapse of constitutional government.

forever-wars.com

The Dawn Of The Self-Funding Pentagon

It's not like the military is cash-starved from Congress. But it looks a lot like it's going to make money off Venezuelan oil

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

The Houston Chronicle endorses Gina Hinojosa, saying Greg Abbott is unfit to serve in public office. "After a dozen years under the leadership of a governor keenly attuned to the needs of the privileged and the powerful, we look forward to a successor dedicated to serving her fellow Texans."

houstonchronicle.com

Why Gina Hinojosa has our whole-hearted support for Texas governor | Endorsement

An offhand remark as Hinojosa prepared to leave the editorial board meeting stayed with us. “I think people are tired of fighting,” she said.

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

A lovely little promo for a true Hollywood classic — released 76yrs ago today. ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)

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