Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockAlex Norris @acxn.bsky.social · 2hI was just talking about how small the center of the skeptical of AI/uses AI Venn diagram is, happy to have this in there! 122
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 2hWhether you're a cautious AI adopter or trying to avoid AI artifacts, this newsletter is for you. I know academics are cautious because I am, too. And it's tough to stay hype-free! scholarintheloop.comscholarintheloop.comScholar in the Loop | SubstackScholar in the Loop keeps you up to date on the latest news in AI and other technological advances in academia. Written by a human, Dr. Aure Schrock, for Indelible Voice (indeliblevoice.com). Click to... 283
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockKate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 18hI wrote for @thecut.com about the Cornell case and what it says that, at my institution and many others like it, protesters are often punished more harshly than sexual assailants www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 511789593
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There's so much happening with AI in academia that I've spun off a free weekly newsletter! Sign up to get grounded reflections on: · News on AI for working academics · Dangers of AI tools for writing and research · Ethically using AI-enabled writing environments Sign up at scholarintheloop.com!scholarintheloop.comScholar in the Loop | SubstackScholar in the Loop keeps you up to date on the latest news in AI and other technological advances in academia. Written by a human, Dr. Aure Schrock, for Indelible Voice (indeliblevoice.com). Click… 102
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockDr Darren Gray @drdarrengray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s alive! Unwrapping my author copy of Horror and Disability. Published by @uniwalespress.bsky.social #HorrorSky #Books #Disability #academia #horroranddisability 2226
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026New, from me: Once memory-holed, DOGE is now the subject of revisionism. To better understand why DOGE failed, I talked to people in the civic tech movement that DOGE displaced, who continue to offer the alternative model for how to modernize govt. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/doge-vs-ci...donmoynihan.substack.comDOGE vs. Civic TechAs DOGE revisionism picks up, a contrast with the civic tech movement it displaced illuminates its failure 19791258
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockJer Thorp @jerthorp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026One last plea: The morning cohort of my strange and wonderful birds + data + art class starts tomorrow at 9am ET. There are still SIX spaces left to fill. If you're looking for a creative kickstart and/or a way to get outside more... join me? 044
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Happy caturday! How could you not love my cat? 082
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Oops, I forgot to hype this week's Academic Writing Talk podcast episode! 😬 In it, I talk about critiques of AI and the slightly different issues I see emerging among students today, from my perspective as an interpretive scholar and writing coach. 🤖 www.indeliblevoice.com/podcast/rbhy...indeliblevoice.comAdjusting Our Concerns About AI: Notes to Critical AI Scholars From a Writing Coach — Indelible VoiceScholars are justifiably critical of AI. I have a slightly different perspective as an interpretive researcher and writing coach. In this episode, I talk about how students are really using AI… 010
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Here’s the thing… AI literacies are speculative at best. We know that advanced learning is based on foundational literacies. That’s why lesson plans “scaffold” and bloom’s taxonomy exists. All Huang is talking about is deskilling, and he’s… proud of it? 161
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026Y'all it's getting increasingly hard not to cry and smoke in front of my students. 26581112
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockFuturism @futurism.com · 24/09/2026"The paper is not written for humans."trib.alMathematicians Can't Make Sense of How OpenAI's Agents Solved One of the Toughest Math Problems Because the AI's "Proof" Is Borderline IncomprehensibleMathematicians say they're still unpacking OpenAI's solution for the Navier-Stokes problems because the AI's proof is nearly incomrehensible. 4229
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"The Social Media Collective Comes to a Close" What an end to an era. Nearly twenty years of supporting research by top scholars... a good run. Still, I can't help but be wistful. Everyone there was exceedingly generous 😢socialmediacollective.orgThe Social Media Collective Comes to a CloseIt is with both celebration and sadness that we announce that the Social Media Collective, our research team of critical, humanistic social sciences at Microsoft Research’s New England lab, is comi… 010
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Good morning to fellow nebulous bi and pan folks on this, the yearly bisexual day of visibility! 💙💜🩷 Whether you're reading this and just thinking "that's me too," or you've been out for decades, I hope you feel seen and loved 🥰 🏳️🌈 #bidayofvisibility #bisexualdayofvisibility 030
Reposted by Dr. Aure Schrockdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I'm really sad about the death of one of my favorite wikipedia editors so here's a thread of some of the greatest articles he wrote 81659312
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026"How are Editing Associations Responding to AI Writing Tools… and What is the Future of Writing Services?" In this blog post, I consider why editorial associations have been placed in a tough spot and present several paths forward for writing professionals. www.indeliblevoice.com/blog/how-are...indeliblevoice.comHow are Editing Associations Responding to AI Writing Tools… and What is the Future of Academic Writing Services? — Indelible VoiceIn this blog post, I consider why editorial associations have been placed in a tough spot and present several paths forward for writing professionals. 011
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026One thing I like about the queer dating scene is that even if a first date doesn't lead to a romantic relationship, you can still gain a board game buddy. 030
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Just another morning I have to talk with my cat about boundaries 020
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 21/09/2026Perhaps the best piece I've read yet on this emergent politics ⬇️ 110334
Reposted by Dr. Aure Schrockc3rmen @c3rmen.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Losing my mind while doing some research for my creature design lecture that the closest relative to the maned wolf is the bush dog. Like there has gotta be a fable where the maned wolf took all the leggie from its cousin 14178402090
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026When the powerful playact powerlessness it is always a ploy to avoid accountability. 91318413
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockTim Watson @timwatson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Should we be talking more about AI as infrastructure? Modern infrastructure is "collective intelligence," as @debcha.bsky.social argues. I'm thinking about this today because of @tressiemcphd.bsky.social's great NYT piece, and great threads here by @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social & @eryk.bsky.social. 3113
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Today's AI Tips for academic writers video: How to Turn Off Copilot in Microsoft Word Are you trying to regain control over your writing? Start by turning off Copilot! In this brief video, I’ll show you how. www.indeliblevoice.com/videos/v/how... 141
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockWill Burrows 🖖🥖🥀 @reforest-kelley.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I wonder if making phone calls would suck less if we still called it getting on the horn 4254
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockI Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 17/09/2026“New students enrolling at the University of Texas at Austin can no longer major in studies focusing on Africans and the African diaspora, Mexican Americans and Latinos, or women and gender.” Puts a lot of “regain trust” rhetoric into proper relief.texastribune.orgMajors related to race, gender cut at University of TexasThe University of Texas at Austin rejected a department’s plan to keep the majors, a decision that came without public knowledge, an interim department chair told faculty. 24679283
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockThorne 🌸 @ens0.me · 17/09/2026"transgender ideology" is a phrase that should be treated with the same revulsion as "woke mind virus" 341723287
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockThomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I had the great pleasure to join @jpygold.bsky.social on the RaceClass podcast. This was a wide-ranging conversation about MAGA and the AfD, the rise of a far-right international, and where we stand in the broader struggle between authoritarian ethnonationalism and democratic pluralism.podcasts.apple.comEp. 70 | Thomas Zimmer On The Links that Bind AfD & Today's Republican PartyPodcast Episode · #RaceClass · September 17 · 1h 26m 05418
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockMel Woods @melwoods.me · 17/09/2026In this current Macklemore resurgence (dare I call it a “Mackle-moment”?), today in @xtramagazine.com I argue that it’s worth revisiting the rapper’s famously cringe “love is love” opus and acknowledging that it actually might be good. xtramagazine.com/culture/mack...xtramagazine.comMacklemore’s “Same Love” was good, actually | Xtra MagazineAfter being dropped by Ed Sheeran’s tour for pro-Palestine comments, the public is waking up to how legit Macklemore actually is 3194
Reposted by Dr. Aure Schrockjon christian @jonchristian.net · 17/09/2026NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News futurism.com/artificial-i...futurism.comHow Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per MonthBrown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism. 401324686
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New Sylvan Esso ("Ow") is their best album in a decade. My fave after their first one. Heck, it may be a dead heat. 000
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026JORB!! Tenure-Track Position - Communication Studies (Environmental Communication) at Wilfrid Laurier University careers.wlu.ca/job/Waterloo...careers.wlu.caTenure-Track Position - Communication Studies (Environmental Communication)Tenure-Track Position - Communication Studies (Environmental Communication) 001
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockTimnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026So imagine how pleasantly surprised I was when I found out the other guest on this Bloomberg segment was none other than the OG @alondra.bsky.social. We had to go to the show talking about wall street to have 2 Black women be the ones discussing AI. (not sure where Alondra's Dr/Prof. title went tho) 229737
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockCatherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026government efficiency www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...nytimes.comFederal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE EffortAs part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave costs rose by 435 percent. 19514206
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026When I was trying to conceptualize "the trust trap" my examples were RFK and HHS, Bezos at the Post, and Bari Weiss at CBS. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-trust-... 1627252
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 15/09/2026We wrote about the rights trans kids still have at school 👇 118653
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockMatt Henry 🥄 @matthenry.fyi · 15/09/2026It's had a lot of near misses in the DOGE era, but in the last few hours, the new head of GSA's Technology Transformation Service removed all of the open source community contributors from USWDS's github org. 211336
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockMatt Hodges @matthodges.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It’s kinda funny that the AI people on here are posting Wittgenstein and Hume and Descartes and Rorty and Russell to argue about mind, language, knowledge, and intelligence, while the anti-AI people are posting NO IT’S NOT LEARN SOMETHING JFC 615114
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockClaes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 14/09/20265️⃣ quick thoughts on letters, leaders, and the dangers of AI. Last point: If you direct a company that develops and deploys a technology, you are responsible for it. If you are not in control, you are irresponsible and in breach. 0218
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 15/09/2026They’re going to claim that trace amounts of birth control in drinking water is a public health risk, and then make birth control pills illegal, aren’t they? 1192028618
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year 10732631549
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I just realized that I may be able to watch BritBox crime dramas in perpetuity, because by the time I finish watching them, I will have forgotten the first ones. Just queue them up forever basically 150
Reposted by Dr. Aure SchrockAaron Trammell @aarontram.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Huge thanks to my developmental editor @aschrock.bsky.social who worked word by word with me for this whole book. Can't believe this puppy is actually out in the world!!!! 191
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Aaron, it was an honor to work with you. You rolled a 20/20 on this book… and I’m thrilled to see it in the hands of both game studies scholars and dnd enthusiasts! 🧙 052
Reposted by Dr. Aure Schrockthe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026ME AGE 11: pirates were cool, they found treasure and swore and had eyepatches and parrots ME AGE 41: pirates were cool, they were multiracial, distributed resources and responsibility, got drunk all the time, and turned the boomerang back against mercantilist empire, often killing the English 12783139
Dr. Aure Schrock @aschrock.bsky.social · 10/09/2026My dwarf Brazilian banana plant is producing! In just a few months, I will have more bananas than I know what to do with. I'm now the fearless leader of a banana republic 🫡 🍌 230