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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Excited to share our introduction to the new JLS special strand on Humanizing AI, written by myself, Haesol Bae, and Ingo Kollar! Keep an eye out for our first handful of articles under the new strand, as well as a call for more submissions! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Humanizing AI for education: A learning sciences lens on emerging technologies

Published in Journal of the Learning Sciences (Vol. 35, No. 2, 2026)

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Does anyone have a mobile carrier that they actually like? I'm absolutely not staying with T-Mobile after this nonsense. They promised "we'll never raise your rates!" And now this is the second time they've raised my rates, they're forcing me off my existing plan, AND (1/2)

An automated text message from T-Mobile saying that the user's mobile plan is being retired and their rates are being increased in two weeks.

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Okay Bluesky, I'd love to hear your stories - what's one assignment a teacher gave you that you still think about today? I'll go first - I took an Intro to Poetry class freshman year and we were told to bring in a song we like to play a segment for the class and analyze together as poetry (1/2)

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I'm going to start walking around wearing a shirt that says "if your ed tech doesn't work in a school with shaky Internet access and old laptops, then your ed tech doesn't work" We need to stop designing for the "classroom of the future" and start designing for the classrooms we actually have.

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

😵‍💫😵‍💫 at this point in Indiana we've had: Fool's Spring Fool's Spring 2: Electric Boogaloo Fools 3: It's Summer Actually And then whatever this is:

Screenshot that says it will be "47 degrees fahrenheit in Bloomington tomorrow, 37 degrees colder than today"

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...

Mia Valentina Paz Faria
A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas
Detained for 70 days

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”

UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by
@micarosenberg
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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

I'm very proud to share our newly published design paper about SciStory: Pollinators! SciStory is a visual novel that I designed and built to help students learn about solving complex socioscientific issues in their community 🐝🌻 Big thanks to the whole team 💙 scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/ind...

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View of SciStory: Designing AI-Supported Inquiry in Science Learning Games

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I wrote the first draft of this paper six years ago, and now it is at long last out in the world! 1.5 years ago, I asked bsky folks "at what point do you give up on a paper even if you love it?" This was that paper - I gave it one more go, and I'm thrilled I can finally share it with you all 🙌🙌

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Living in a small town with an overburdened healthcare system is fun, because you call your doctor to schedule an annual exam and they go "we can fit you in tomorrow in the middle of your work day because someone cancelled, or in six months"

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Saw John Green at the Buskirk tonight, and it was delightful as always to hear his thoughts on the world. When asked why he stays in Indiana, he said what many of us feel: "we have challenges, but leaving won't make it any better for the people who are still here."

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Bloomington is going to have an LGBTQ+ community center and I am so excited to see it flourish. They're currently fundraising to support the creation of the center if anyone feels called to donate! www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...

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Bloomington LGBTIQ+ Community Center

🌈 Join Protect Our People: Connect Today! 🤝At Protect Our People: Connect, we are dedicated to creating safe, inclusive spaces for everyone, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.S...

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Okay fellow readers, I need more friends on Storygraph!! I love seeing what everybody is reading and getting suggestions for my never ending TBR. I am a big fantasy and sci-fi girlie but I love seeing recs from all genres! app.thestorygraph.com/profile/humb...

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

The academia version of "poob has it for you" is getting emails about the university changing tech providers. "We're switching from Machforms to Fireforms" "the whole website is down while we change from SiteHost to SiteKube" "Chrome River is now Emburse Enterprise" neat! idk what any of that is

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Having an absolute blast doing music league with a group of friends - this week's category is songs from our teen years and given the age range of this group, I just KNOW the submissions are gonna be chaotic

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Day 3 of a broken A/C during the heat wave in Indiana. The cats, who usually disappear to their various nap spots, are sprawled out under the living room fan. Placing bets on how many times we have to call maintenance before our management company agrees to replace the ~25 yr old failing unit 🫠

Two cats snoozing on a couch piled with pillows

A cat laying near a small fan, which is blowing at containers filled with ice

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

I resisted the demons and stayed up until 9:30 pm 🥱 I have never been so excited to go to bed But while trying to stay awake we found the best lasagna I've ever had in my life - if you're in Helsinki, go try La Lasagna, the staff are lovely and the food brought me to hangry sleep deprived tears

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Me: You have to stay awake until nighttime so you don't feel like trash all week on this trip Also me: But I could just take an hour nap? Just a little one? Just a quick snooze?

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a cartoon character from the emperor 's new groove is standing next to a devil and a cloud of smoke .

Alt: Kronk from the emperor's new groove with a devil and angel on his shoulders

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I know we already had these conversations at the peak of zoom pandemic use, but feels like some people did not learn the lessons about the accessibility concerns that "everyone must have their cameras on" brings to a meeting situation.

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

I am so obsessed with the murderbot books (currently listening to #6 on GraphicAudio) and now absolutely loving the show and how faithful it is to the energy of the books. Highly recommend either/both!

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

We were saying goodbye to my 2 yr old nephew after meeting up for breakfast, and as we're walking away my spouse throws up a peace sign and says "Peace!" Nephew excitedly throws his little hand in the air (all five fingers splayed) and calls back "Two!!!"

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Tornadoes in Bloomington tonight. Feeling extra grateful for this little community, because there's an atmospheric scientist who lives in town who always posts on here to update all the locals with precise warning info. He's on vacation abroad but stayed up late to keep us informed anyway 👑🙌

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

About to just drive the eight hours to go see my friends next week, because Southwest airlines is so deeply infuriating. Tried to book a flight yesterday, system was down with vague error messaging. Sat on hold, got a customer rep to put a 24hr hold on my flight. Wake up this morning, flight is gone

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Got blocked by someone for the first time today for *checks notes* gently encouraging them to read an article they were critiquing before sharing false statements about the author's claims. But we're not allowed to research misinformation anymore 🫠

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Because it's #EarthDay, I'm resharing my open library Against AI and Its Environmental Harms at: pad.riseup.net/p/Against_AI... Educators, as we consider our work and commitments to our students and their futures, how are we teaching about AI's climate impacts? How are we resisting AI hype? #EduSky

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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 18/04/2025

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

Photo of Senator Chris Van Hollen with Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

This is the energy in the house during work from home today 😮‍💨 I am *~*overstimulated*~*

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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

ELECTION RESULT: A team of city council members in Rolla, Missouri, have been pushing anti-LGTB policies, including a ban on drag shows and book censorship. Voters just ousted all three of these city councilors who were running for reelection, backing candidates backed by a local LGBT group.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 09/04/2025

If you abduct someone and send them involuntarily and without recourse to a country where they've never lived to be imprisoned, that isn't deportation, it's human trafficking

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Mike Caulfield @mikecaulfield.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

This is a video of PBS travel guy Rick Steves at the Edmonds WA Hands Off event, giving a speech which I think is one of the BEST explanations I've seen for the average person of what is going on now and it is 🔥🔥🔥. You are going to want to watch this. youtu.be/86hnPrWozUo?...

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Hands Off National Day of Protest - Edmonds, WA

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

@ everyone who judged the pile of squishmallows in the background of my zoom calls 😂 This is so real though: "If it helps you with stress, it’s a much better alternative than taking a tranquilizer or drinking a glass of wine. It hurts nobody."

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I've been telling anyone who will listen how fantastic GraphicAudio productions are, but I just finished Morning Star (book #3 of Red Rising) and I am actually in awe of the voice actors on this one. The depth of emotion, the immersion?? I don't think I can ever go back to regular audiobooks

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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 26/03/2025

“Everyone has the fundamental right to disagree with the government: Full stop.”

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

The Massachusetts governor, the city, and the university needs to drop everything to locate and free this girl and make sure this doesn't happen again. This is DEFCON-1. If they do this to someone who wrote an op-ed in a college newspaper, they will do this to anyone they don't like.

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

A little moment of joy - we have the first true spring week in Bloomington, and the cats are overjoyed that deck time is back

A black cat with white paws laying on a deck, under the shade of a patio chair

A tan and white cat laying in the shade on a deck, looking out into the yard

The view sitting at a patio table with a patterned green and blue umbrella, with a laptop and a drink on the table, looking out into a backyard with a bright blue sky

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

It's not for everyone but this song is a journey that is worth every second open.spotify.com/track/2Gt7fj...

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Take Me Back To Eden

Sleep Token · Take Me Back To Eden · Song · 2023

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

One of my favorite things about faculty writing group (other than it helping me get articles out quicker) is that after every session we all put a silly sticker on our name cards as a reward. A bit of whimsy that reminds you at the end of the semester how much you showed up & how hard you worked 😄

A paper name tag with the name "Megan" and four stickers on it, each with a different food or animal pun.

A paper name tag with the name "Megan" and a ton of stickers on it, each with a different food or animal pun.

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

I don't know what it says about me that my measure of a good book is whether I have to clean the tear spots off my glasses when it's over. But I just finished Onyx Storm and my glasses were spottyyyy 😭

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Every day (every hour?) brings fresh horrors so tonight I did what I always do when life feels scary and overwhelming - cuddled under a blanket and watched an animated movie that makes the world feel beautiful for a little while. Highly recommend The Wild Robot for anyone who needs a soothing cry

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a small bird sitting on top of a robot looking at it

Alt: a baby goose pressing its head to a robot's forehead. The robot slowly glows pink

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/01/2025

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Thinking about this a lot tonight. However you feel about tiktok as a form of social media, it's a haunting reminder that Congress is perfectly capable of working together across the aisle, but chooses to do so not to help the public, but to control online speech and line billionaires' pockets.

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Websites that log you out without telling you that you've been logged out (and without saving your progress) are the pinnacle of terrible design. The number of times I've hit "submit review" for a journal only to be told I've been logged out and all my progress is reset 🤬

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Erica Wilkinson @everywhereerica.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I don't know how many of y'all are watching the migration of American TikTokers to RedNote, but it's the most fascinating thing I've EVER SEEN HAPPEN ONLINE. 🧵

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

I hope the people who string their balconies in twinkle lights or have purple/blue lights glowing from their windows know that I look at their lights fondly as I drive by and thank them for the moment of beauty they've shared with me

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

"We have set up a system of interlocking ninth circles of hell for all of our basic needs. Housing is a noose of landlord interests, developer exploitation and rising costs. ... Our moral economy is trash." Whew, this is a great read.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 09/12/2024

The paper, The Unpaid Toll: Quantifying the Public Health impact of AI, “finds that the generation of electricity for data centers hosting artificial intelligence applications could pollute the air so much that by 2030 an additional 1,300 people may die prematurely each year as a result.”

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AI's $20 billion air pollution problem

Researchers find AI-related emissions will soon rival that of all the cars in California and cause asthma deaths to spike.

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Dr. Megan Humburg @bahhumburg.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Meeting someone else who has lost a parent at a younger age is such a comforting yet devastating experience, equal parts "I'm so relieved to find someone else who understands this feeling" mixed with "I am so deeply sad that you understand this feeling"

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