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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now that I've been thinking about this (and maybe I need to put a tinfoil hat on), is this the work of AI humanizers? I've never seen such slop turned in before this last year. Names of main figures in the paper misspelled throughout, in multiple different ways, random words capitalized, all of it.

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cmrn knzlmn @ckunzelman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If you are a graduate student in the humanities (construed as broadly as possible), what is the MOST EXCITING book published in the last five years to you? Please repost if you’re not a graduate student!

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Small, but consistent, errors I've noticed that have become commonplace in undergrad writing: - titles not in italics or quotation marks; they're just hanging out in the text - no capitalization; not of names, places, titles, etc. - so little punctuation

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Caught a student writing a paper with AI. They owned up to it and then noted in their email with the resubmission: "Everyone thinks they're slick until they actually get caught." He learned his lesson, it seems. The kids are gonna be alright.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Saw James Taylor in concert last night and plan to ride that calm high for a while.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve hit the “dgaf” phase apparently. Told my students today we were doing an activity that was NOT busywork, but is meant to help them with their journals bc “it’s absolutely clear to me that a lot of you are waiting until the due date to write weeks worth of journals” - lots of nervous laughter.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So, friends of #Medievalsky and #Skystorians. What's our thoughts/policies/practices for smart glasses and class?

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In this week's "how am I supposed to also teach that"?!" we have: Thesis Statements I've added in a "how do we read academic articles" portion to my intro class, using the general "three pass" method. Part of the first pass is finding the thesis.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

tfw you watch a student asking AI for the answer to a question on a viewing guide for Nosferatu WHILE WE’RE WATCHING NOSFERATU IN CLASS.

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Calvinball Congress @emericanjezebel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

the tech bros telling you LLMs are conscious don’t think women are people.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

tfw you watch a student asking AI for the answer to a question on a viewing guide for Nosferatu WHILE WE’RE WATCHING NOSFERATU IN CLASS.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Started my day int least favorite way possible. At the dentist. But, teeth health is important. And today can only get better.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Showed my students Nosferatu (1922) in class today. They started off twitchy with the silent film, but ended up loving it. Some even suggested that movies today should be made like this because “DUDE I ACTUALLY WATCHED A MOVIE”

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The debate, small as it is, has gotten interesting. No, I’m not here to police my students work. But I am here to ensure academic integrity & fairness for my students. As it turns out, my students want that fairness. They want to do their own work, but also hate seeing cheaters get better grades.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Friends, thoughts on this method: #academicsky #skystorians #medievalsky

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Codify Baseball @codifybaseball.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

the most unique strikeout you'll see today

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Zoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Whoops. This is turning into a reputational catastrophe for them.

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Periwinkle Pachyderm @periwinklep.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

When I was just learning the basics of math, the teachers didn't let us use calculators. Calculators were available, but the teachers recognized that using them would keep us from learning. Now, I can add and subtract, and I understand basic things about how numbers work

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Growing more and more concerned the more I see from a number of universities out there who are prioritizing student feelings/experience over maintaining academic integrity.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Why do 35% of these essays have cover pages with (uncited) images on them? Is this a new AI thing? A new “taught in K12” thing?

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I really, really love people talking through the process of their research and writing, and love @herberthistory.bsky.social taking us through his. Give it a read! jasonherbert.substack.com/p/the-sinkho...

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The Sinkhole that shaped America

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Why do 35% of these essays have cover pages with (uncited) images on them? Is this a new AI thing? A new “taught in K12” thing?

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 07/09/2026

professors are workers

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/09/2026

A decade ago, Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexually abusing a 16-year-old. Last year, she opened a private school there with ease. As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are choosing not to closely regulate who runs them or what they teach:

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Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars

As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Researching this book, the historical lack of change astounded me. “High school football was celebrated as a “moral” sport for young boys, one that promised and celebrated the creation of the honorable male citizen… These deep-rooted beliefs continue to shape the safety debate”

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No Game for Boys to Play

From the untimely deaths of young athletes to chronic disease among retired players, roiling debates over tackle football have profound implications for more...

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Growing more and more concerned the more I see from a number of universities out there who are prioritizing student feelings/experience over maintaining academic integrity.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Anyone know if there’s an app that can mass forward emails from outlook? #academicsky #techsky

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Is a conclusion starting with “Overall,…..” a new AI tell?

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

For those who saw, this is exactly it. I had a “revisit the syllabus” talk with my classes & despite going over it the first day of class, they TRULY did not get that readings would not be on Canvas. Or that they needed to get a book. Or that they needed to regularly look at the syllabus.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A colleague shared a prompt for a type of primary source analysis (for a required 1st yr class, content varies by instructor). While I edited it to fit my class, I edited it in the document they sent, which apparently had an AI prompt. It took my students discovering it for me to know about it.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

First round of papers (brief, primary source analysis) coming in. Already 3 AI papers. I'm ... heartbroken?

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Anyone else experiencing a massive uptick in students not understanding that their readings, assignments, & other important dates for a course are on the syllabus? That the syllabus is the blueprint for the class? And that readings from the textbook will be noted there, & not on the course webpage?

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Thanks y'all. This helped a lot more than I can express! I'd heard that adjunction was (essentially) embarrassing to put on a CV for a FT/TT position. It felt wrong. And y'all proved that feeling was correct! Adjuncts are what allows a university to tick, and we should respect that work!

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

So, job application question: Do y'all list your Adjunct Professor positions on your CV when applying for FT and/or TT Positions? #Skystorians #MedievalSky #AcademiaSky

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

It’s interesting to think about historical figures as people with jobs who also sometimes had ideas. Isaac Newton (warden of the mint), Joseph Conrad (first mate on the last era of sailing ships), Byron (being Byron)

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Christopher W. Jones @cwjones.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayas...

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Kobayashi Maru - Wikipedia

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Has anyone crafted a “failure” assignment? Or something similar? Something impossible? Something students know they won’t do well on initially and that’s the whole point of it? If yes, are you willing to share?

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A surprising find on this year’s “what course policy would you enact” question (beyond the fact that they don’t seem to know what “policy” refers to): At least 1/4 of my 130 students have suggested group projects of varying kinds.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A student, knowing I was standing next to them (I was talking to another in his small group), dragged my primary source worksheet AND THE PRIMARY SOURCE into ChatGPT and asked it to complete it for them.

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A student on Pliny the Elder's Natural Histories: "It's giving ... Marco Polo."

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A student on Pliny the Elder's Natural Histories: "It's giving ... Marco Polo."

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It’s my birthday! What are the special things I need to capitalize on today? (Looking at you, free cake from Publix 👀)

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It’s my birthday! What are the special things I need to capitalize on today? (Looking at you, free cake from Publix 👀)

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Courtney (Dr. Version) @cakrolik.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Every semester on my "Syllabus Quiz" I put a True/False question that says "There is a discussion board component to this class that you will be graded on." Every semester I am surprised how many get it wrong by picking "True." Reader, I haven't ever had a discussion board in one of my classes.

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