iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Midterms are about a month away. Early voting has already begun in some states. Mail-in ballots start circulating soon. Some of the usual suspects are already pushing the same "rigged election" rumors we've all heard before. This year, you can play along at home: uwcip.substack.com/p/use-rigged...

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Use "Rigged Election" Bingo to Spot Familiar Election Rumors and Tropes

Election Day is a month away. Play along with your friends, students, and communities!

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

They're holding up a major escalation in Iran and a crackdown on abortion until after the midterms to limit political damage. To the extent that the last two years have been a right-wing smash-and-grab operation, the next two will be worse.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

King of the Hill warned us about social media (she writes on social media)

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Gloria Miele, PhD @gloriamiele.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

If you work in higher education, this thread is a must read. 🧵

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

My yoga instructor tested my commitment today, starting class with 2 strikes, 2 outs in the bottom of the 10th on the Phillies wild card game.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Daily post for the past decade, at least.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is so disappointing. I'm part of a group on my campus dedicated to alternative grading, and we were excited to see institutional support for something that genuinely increases student engagement and learning.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Every day, I ask myself if it's my phone that sucks, or every single app I have to use. At this point, it could honestly go either way.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A lot of universities will be facing big deficits and looking to cure what ails them. I just want them to be thoughtful about it.

Screenshot of article which reads: At the same time, new job-focused majors may not be sustainable — and can even backfire. Dominique Baker, an associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Delaware, pointed to the rise in computer-science degrees in the 2010s. At the time, they seemed like the best way to secure a high-paying salary after graduation, she said. But with the rise of generative artificial intelligence, computer-science jobs are increasingly hard to find, and enrollment in such programs is falling significantly.
“When you tie the viability, the financial viability in particular, of an institution really tightly to jobs creation on that scale,” especially as a four-year institution, she said, “you have to be really careful, because you can find that in 10 years that program that you poured all your money into — worthless.”

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

That game was *painful.* (Yes, I was booing, but it was mostly at Alvarado.)

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that in Canada upon becoming an engineer you get an iron ring made of a collapsed bridge, purposely designed to be uncomfortable, to remind you that your ethics demand you give a fuck even about the boring grudgework of such as double-checking your math. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Ring

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Iron Ring - Wikipedia

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

First day of fall = first day of my beloved Byredo Eleventh Hour for the season. I am ready to smell like a spicy candle for the rest of the year 😄

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⚡⚡MAD DOCTOR IMPOSSIBLE⚡⚡ @impossiblephd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Hey, #teamrhetoric, theres an active vote of no confidence vote against NCTE's utter failure of leadership and its blatant lies on shutting down C's. Please sign it. theorganizationformerlyknownascccc.com

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Visit the post for more.

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Patrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Muppets have to put on a show to save the Kennedy Center. There you go, Disney, that's your premise.

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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 17/09/2026

NEW: 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...

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How 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 Month

Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.

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Dr SpookyGoth @ghostingdani.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

AI is just exploited human labor. Who would have guessed

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AAUP @aaup.org · 13/09/2026

“You have people who are furthest from the classroom, curriculum design, and the subject area of a subject saying all students must take this thing. How is that good for students? How does that suggest they will get the best education?” #academicsky

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Protesters speak out against ‘climate of fear’ after Auburn University dissolves faculty senate

Auburn’s decision came after the Alabama Legislature put limits on the powers of faculty senates.

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

MMR is 97% effective. BUT: - Some may not mount a robust enough immune response to vax for a variety of reasons - Protection CAN wane if there's been a major immune disruption, though this is rare - Most pertinent: intense, prolonged exposure to someone with measles can supersede protection

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

it's two things, to me: 1) trans rights matter because trans people matter and deserve rights, not just because failing to stand for trans rights is a bellwether for inauthentic progressivism more broadly 2) if you can't be trusted on trans rights you can't be trusted on anything

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I genuinely love getting to go to the campus rec center as a faculty member. Some days, I feel on top of the world: I can keep up with the Youths! I am awesome! Other days? I fall flat on my face & the Youths have to check on me (happened Monday, I am perfectly fine). Just keeps me humble, lol.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I am a department chair, and I endorse this message

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Me: "often when states order a tuition freeze, they don’t also give more money to colleges to supplement that revenue loss...'[functionally] you are seeing a decrease in the amount of resources available to provide a quality education.'" mirrorindy.org/indiana-tuit...

mirrorindy.org

Indiana public colleges froze tuition. What does that actually mean?

We talked to experts to understand what the tuition freeze means for you.

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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️

8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I am just thinking of the horror that I would feel (or will feel), seeing AI post wearing the online persona of my mother (who died in 2021). I had left her account up solely as a legacy page for my family, because it brought them comfort, but... I do not want this to happen.

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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Fact check: Pfizer has been approved as well as novovax. Looks like they’ll all be shipping “within days” Up to 60% of Americans will likely qualify Here is the HELLA LONG list of “preexisting conditions” which includes stuff like depression or simply being physically inactive.

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Underlying Conditions and the Higher Risk for Severe COVID-19

Learn risk factors for severe outcomes from COVID-19 and actions to take.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"As much as she was proud of where she was from, Dolly also spent the latter part of her years preaching and living out loud a sermon to her native region. "Grounded in love, her message also came with an implicit challenge: You can do better." www.salon.com/2026/08/26/d...

salon.com

Dolly Parton embodied the best parts of Appalachia

Stereotypes have long defined the region. Parton showed the world its true heart — and offered a challenge

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This week needs to calm tf down. Dolly, now Tim Curry - who is next? 😭

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I hope Dolly is at peace, knowing how much she is loved and will be missed. She has done so much good in the world - may we all follow her example as we can.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Oof, here we go. Get your boosters if you can, colleagues!

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I horrified/entertained folks at the college kickoff meeting yesterday by recommending this as my "summer jam" during icebreaker time, lol.

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Fifteen years ago, in the classroom, wikipedia was annoying because it was hard to describe to kids who relied on it why it wasn't a good source to cite in a paper. Now, it's the final remaining example of citational responsibility any of them have ever seen.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My delightful neighbor has gifted me several of the extra tomatoes he is growing in his backyard this season, which has resulted in my diet becoming 95% tomato. I love my neighbors, and I love this time of year ❤️

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

faculty! Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas faculty! please answer this anonymous AAUP survey docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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2026 AAUP Faculty in the South Survey

The Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as...

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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 10/08/2026

"okay but even if the vaccines are no longer 'recommended', people can still get them!" yeah so lemme tell you which vaccines american insurance will pay for. recommended ones

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Green_Knight @green-knight.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This will make you weep. And it will restore your faith in humanity just a little bit.

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Amanda Marcotte @amandamarcotte.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

As @katemanne.bsky.social notes, it's reinforcing male entitlement to female deference. If men wallow in AI porn and bots saying "yes, sir," all day, they may react poorly when real women say no. It could lead to violence. katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...

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A Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female Sycophants

And we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

If you're not already familiar with the Linda Lindas, let me introduce you to what is surely the song of the summer, if not the entirety of the 2020s: youtu.be/k5yO2l93_S4?...

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The Linda Lindas - Burning Out (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by The Linda Lindas

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It will depress you! Sorry about that but it’s kind of my jam. I selected well-written books, some of them are even wryly funny at times — if you come from a culture with macabre humor. Still, the issue is big, complex, and scary. All the more reason for us to face it together.

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Rebecca Stone Gordon @meanlouise.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

“Thanks to an overabundance of time alone with my laptop and a growing pile of responsibilities that I wanted to push off, I found myself fixated on these photos recently.” Who among us 🤣🤣🤣 But seriously, this is ridiculously charming.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This trip home to Alabama has been bittersweet. My grandmother is thriving in her retirement home, after I have spent years worrying about her falls and growing isolation. At the same time, I can't escape the knowledge that this is almost certainly Marty pup's last trip here, and that sucks.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

If any of my colleagues were wondering, I wrote and deleted "Fuck NCTE" from this morning's department email at least ten times.

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Jeffrey Austin @jaustinedu.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

While I'm not in higher ed, NCTE's decision to shutter CCCC is another example of institutional and organization failure at a time when unwavering strength is necessary. It's also a bad omen for the future of our professional organization and another reason for K-20 solidarity moving forward.

Email from NCTE Executive Committee acknowledging messages received and the following:

For many years, the Conference on College Composition & Communication (CCCC) played a critical role in serving the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) & its mission. In recent years, however, CCCC has struggled with its fiscal sustainability, declining participation, & governance challenges. As a result, earlier today the Executive Committee of NCTE made the difficult decision to de-charter its special topics conference CCCC. To clarify, today’s decision to de-charter does not mean that NCTE has altered its commitment to supporting teachers at the college and university level. This is exemplified by the fact that the NCTE College Section is thriving. The process in making this decision spanned several years, with attempts to work collaboratively with CCCC’s executive committees across multiple iterations. While the organization appreciates the years of collaboration with CCCC, after deep evaluation and thoughtful consideration, the Executive Committee concluded this step was necessary to more effectively serve the college English and writing and composition community and NCTE membership as a whole.

Although this has been a very difficult decision, we are excited about the future. This change will allow us to provide better support to the college English and writing and composition community. In the coming days and weeks, we will be working hard to make this transition as smooth as possible. We thank CCCC, its leaders, and its members for its many years of contributions and look forward to continuing to involve the composition, rhetoric, and writing communities as we move forward. NCTE remains devoted to improving the teaching and learning of English and the language arts at all levels of education. As future planning takes place, NCTE will communicate updates.

A transition team focused on supporting composition, rhetoric, & writing studies will be named imminently.

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Charles Grimm @grimmprospects.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

If you're also annoyed at #NCTE for dissolving #4C27 or #CCCC, & you're a little petty, remember that they have a lot of social media presence to promote books and conferences. Comment on those posts - request accountability and transparency. Tell other NCTE members what happened.

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Ashley Patriarca @aspatriarca.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

People ask me all the time where my accent is when they learn I am from Alabama. I usually chalk it up to the moment in time when I thought about going into broadcast journalism and trained it out of my voice. That's partly true, but this is really most of it for me.

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