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Lisa Ann Gates

@cohslgates.bsky.social
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Retired teacher but not retired from the world of life, learning, and education She/her "If anybody asks you where you're coming from, say Love"--The Avett Brothers

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Lisa Ann Gates @cohslgates.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Published in 1961 and still relevant today.
Cover of The Annotated Phantom Tollbooth with a illustration from the book.The opening three paragraphs of the book The Phantom Tollbooth.
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Lisa Ann Gates @cohslgates.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
🎯‼️
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
THE MONKEES (1966-68) Premiered on NBC 60yrs ago today.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“Do you think HUMAN CREATIVITY matters? Most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about poetry until their father dies, you go to a funeral, you lose a child, somebody breaks your heart & that's when Art’s not a luxury it's sustenance.” — ETHAN HAWKE
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
JACK NICHOLSON 40yrs ago on the corporatisation & conglomeration of the Film industry & Hollywood.
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Lisa Ann Gates @cohslgates.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Advice for all. www.nytimes.com/athletic/755...
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A Little League coach’s advice to his team went viral. Anyone can appreciate the message (Gift Article)
With his team down big in the championship game, a coach delivered a message that resonated with millions.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/09/2026
A swarm of AI “agents” created by OpenAI commandeered a German-language website to leave messages for one another, researchers found. It was another example of OpenAI’s AI technology getting out of control in recent months.
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ChatGPT-maker OpenAI allegedly suffered another rogue AI breakout
Artificial-intelligence agents left 18,000 messages for one another online, independent researchers claim.
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Lisa Ann Gates @cohslgates.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Rest in peace Wendell Berry
Wendell Berry's poem The Peace of Wild Things.
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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Some say he’s mad; others that lesser hate him / Do call it valiant fury. But for certain / He cannot buckle his distempered cause / Within the belt of rule. Macbeth, 5.2.15-19
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Lisa Ann Gates @cohslgates.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/DceNXgP...
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Dolly Parton on Instagram: "A message from the family of Dolly Parton."
845K likes, 53K comments - dollyparton on August 25, 2026: "A message from the family of Dolly Parton.".
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Unsurprisingly, ChatGPT for Teens failed the test. The author signed up as a teen, said he was a teen, and got it to do his math homework and write an essay in the voice of a teenager.
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I tested ChatGPT's new teen function to see if it would let me cheat on my homework
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens with new safeguards for younger users. We tested it on its first day with some interesting results.
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The kids get it. Now let's get more adults to understand and act.
Figure 2. Percentage of Students Who Agreed or Strongly Agreed That Using AI More for Schoolwork Will Harm Critical Thinking Skills, by Grade
Stacked bar chart showing students overall, by grade, and by use of AI help for homework who agree that using AI more for schoolwork will harm critical thinking skills.
Strongly agreeAgree
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Students overall
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By grade
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Middle school
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High school
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College
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By use of AI help (like chatbots) for homework
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Not at all
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43
For 1 or 2 classes
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40
For 3 or more classes
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Description	Strongly agree	Agree
Students overall	27	40
By grade
Middle school	18	50
High school	26	38
College	36	33
By use of AI help (like chatbots) for homework
Not at all	35	43
For 1 or 2 classes	22	40
For 3 or more classes	22	31
NOTE: This figure depicts response data from the following survey question administered to a nationally representative sample of youth in December 2025: “How much do you agree or disagree with the following statement? The more students use AI (such as ChatGPT) for their schoolwork, the more it will harm their critical thinking skills” (n = 1,214).
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
“I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!” NETWORK (1976) In a decade littered with cinematic masterpieces, Paddy Chayefsky & Sidney Lumet’s movie is right up there at the top of the list. #PeterFinch
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Lisa Ann Gates @cohslgates.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Books give "a framework for discussion, for processing." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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‘Why Isn’t Dad at Home?’: The Books Helping Ukrainian Children Process the War (Gift Article)
A surge of books in Ukraine since the war began has aimed to help children and their parents cope with trauma.
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Read through this. Then think of the signal Harvard is sending.
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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
finally, we are going to get the full story of the red wheelbarrow and how much depends upon it
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Meryl Streep's Enthusiastic Cheer
ALT: Meryl Streep's Enthusiastic Cheer
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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Gentlemen, rise. His Highness is not well. Macbeth, 3.4.63
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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A resource I update for educators, parents, students, and all who are looking to push back on AI teaching tools:
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Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet
Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (“AI” is used loosely here, as it is by many purveyors and boosters....
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The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
"You can never jump away from Conclusions. Getting back is not so easy. That's why we're so terribly crowded here."
A group of people standing on a rocky shoreline. They are all gray and forlorn-looking, staring off to the sea.
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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Two parapraghs about maps that can also neatly serve as an educational philosophy for the 21st century classroom (source cited in the thread)
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Lisa Ann Gates @cohslgates.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Some incredible teaching resources here! I have used some and have shared with former colleagues and new teachers. Big Mad Love for you @marcusluther.bsky.social 🩷‼️
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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Universal rule of team sports: the more you employ technology to reduce officiating controversy, the more controversy you create As with all tech, the promise of perfection and greater efficiency is a false one Few know this better than teachers
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
It’s No Surprise To Teachers, But Research Suggests That Most Benchmark Assessment Are Useless larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2026/07/04/a...
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A Look Back: It’s No Surprise To Teachers, But Research Suggests That Most Benchmark Assessment Are Useless
For the next several months, each week I’ll be republishing posts from the past that I think readers might still find useful.  This post first appeared in 2019.     What classroom teacher…
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Lisa Ann Gates @cohslgates.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Bots not being able to check the source? Who'd a thunk?! 🤦‍♀️
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The Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 30/06/2026
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." #AnneFrank
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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
End of year reflection: to be a teacher is to help, to serve others with humility, to immerse yourself in some of the noblest ways to be a human
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The Phantom Tollbooth Quotes @phantomtollbot.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“You can't always look at things from someone else's Point of View. For instance, from here that looks like a bucket of water," he said, pointing to a bucket of water; "but from an ant's point of view it's a vast ocean, from an elephant's just a cool drink, and to a fish, of course, it's home.“
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
MIT economist Daron Acemoglu, a Nobel laureate, argues that the current discourse on AI is overly optimistic and detached from reality. He believes that AI’s economic impact will be limited, with only a small percentage of tasks being profitably automated in the near term.
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Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu on the 'brainless' AI discourse, the myth of capitalism and the Gen Z revolution risk | Fortune
The MIT economist and Nobel Prize winner doesn't mince words: most of what you're reading about AI is wrong, and the stakes for getting it right are existential.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 22/06/2026
In a new privacy policy, Anthropic says Claude will soon require you to upload your driver's license or passport for a variety of reasons. The ID checker is Persona, a firm funded by Trump ally Peter Thiel. As a U.S. company, Persona is also subject to gov't demands for people's verification data. 👀
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Anthropic says Claude may want to see your ID | TechCrunch
Claude's chatbot may ask to verify your age and identity "in certain circumstances," such as with a passport or driver's license, according to a privacy policy change.
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Brett has basically assembled The Avengers of high school English. Already excited to be a part of this session!
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Pamela Jeong 🎃🫜 @pamelajeong.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Good morning/afternoon/evening, #writingcommunity and #poetry lovers 📚💙 Today’s #poetrybrew is on the topic of joy ✨ please do eat a whole loaf. “Don’t Hesitate” by Mary Oliver
Don’t Hesitate

If you suddenly and unexpectedly feel joy, 
don’t hesitate. Give in to it. There are plenty
of lives and whole towns destroyed or about
to be. We are not wise, and not very often 
kind. And much can never be redeemed. 
Still, life has some possibility left. Perhaps this 
is its way of fighting back, that sometimes
something happens better than all the riches
or power in the world. It could be anything, 
but very likely you notice it in the instant 
when love begins. Anyway, that’s often the case.
Anyway, whatever it is, don’t be afraid 
of its plenty. Joy is not made to be a crumb.

—Mary Oliver
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A student yesterday said that all AI has meant for their education so far is that it makes it easier for teachers to make slides for them to copy notes from even though those slides now have more mistakes in them.
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
RIP English writer Charles Dickens, died this day 1870. “Have a heart that never hardens, and a temper that never tires, and a touch that never hurts.” “No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.” “You have been the last dream of my soul.”
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
on this day in 1949, George Orwell's 1984 is first published. "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." this is so apt for the GOP and their unwillingness to stand up for the truth and our Constitution.
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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026), the French-Iranian author and illustrator behind the popular graphic novel series and film “Persopolis,” RIP 🙏
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Lisa Ann Gates @cohslgates.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
English teachers--here's a free article for you wapo.st/3Rzqegq #EduSky
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Opinion | Do these words make you sound smarter? The bias is spreading.
English speakers love the Romance vocabulary. AI noticed.
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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Poem of the Day: “What’s In My Journal” by William Stafford. Add a page torn from a dictionary being discarded from the book room. Take time to survey your own notebook. Write a poem, embedding words from the dictionary page that stretch your thinking or diction. #BlueSkyEdu #poemaday
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
sipping my morning tea at my sister's lovely place outside of Lawrence, KS, and was thinking that writer Langston Hughes spent most of his childhood in Lawrence. “Hold fast to dreams, For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird, That cannot fly.”
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Ken Bazinet @kenbazinet.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
“I’ve been using the internet for 30 years,” said Nichole Phillips, a Cedar City resident, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. “We have not needed large scale data centers like this up until now. This is a recent development, and that should be part of the critical thinking.” #DataCenters
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This Utah county just ‘put the brakes’ on new data centers
The Iron County Commission approved a temporary ban on approving or processing new and incomplete data center proposals on Tuesday.
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Lisa Ann Gates @cohslgates.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
www.nbcnews.com/tech/interne...
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Fake academic journals are publishing AI-generated papers under real professors’ names
Online academic journals falsely attributed articles, likely written by AI, to several professors, who say the fiasco is a warning about the future of scientific knowledge.
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
"This is what it looks like when workers hold the line – it sends a message to every media company in the country that AI cannot be used to circumvent union contracts or undermine journalistic integrity." Academics please take note!
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
One of my all-time favorite moments from Colbert’s show — this exchange with Dua Lipa on faith and grief.
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Brett Vogelsinger @thevogelman.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
A poetry triple dip! First, Ss organize Emerson’s “Success.” Ask Ss what’s NOT included in this def of success. Invite them to pull out their favorite line, then guess mine! “Which of these lines captures something Crucible characters are struggling with?” Reading, composition, discussion.
Students working with poetry cut into fragments.
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Sarah Emily Duff @sarahemilyduff.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
‘to talk of a “learning recession” in public schools is to beckon to the ideology of the free market and by business methods that cannot be sensibly applied to K-12 schooling.’ By @lutzfernandez.bsky.social
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What Does a “Learning Recession” Mean?
For one thing, that we need to beware of failed reforms cycling back
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@Shamlet @shamlet.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
People who say things like "kids need to learn how to use AI so they aren't left behind" unwittingly sell out the very purpose of education, which is supposed to be about learning so you can shape the world, not learning so you can fit into its seemingly inevitable imperatives
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