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@ejroberts.bsky.social
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Educator, thinker, writer, wonderer, wanderer, AI proponent, improvement science advocate | moderate Republican | #NeverTrump

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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Truth By the great @dennisgoris.bsky.social $1.8 Billion Felon to Felon Slush Fund
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
I'm catching up on a lot of podcast episodes & this is one I want to share. This particular link is about Article 1 of the Constitution & I learned SO MUCH about how things work. This is Constitution Breakdown #2.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
They raided their own concentration camps. Let that sink in.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
A Reflection on February 18 ejroberts.substack.com/p/a-reflecti...
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A Reflection on February 18
As it has been for other, 2026 has been rough.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
"If it were easy everyone would do it." A reflection on #creativity & #AI and an episode of Music & Meaning with Charlie Peacock. ejroberts.substack.com/p/if-it-were...
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"If it were easy. . ."
Reflection on a podcast episode about music and AI
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
@developers.google.com and @adobe.com. I'm happy to use AI when I want to use AI. Stop, please stop, being so intrusive to suggest I'm incapable of summarizing a document or crafting an email. You want employees incapable of critical thinking? Keep it up.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Um, what? This feels like a parallel universe moment. www.huffpost.com/entry/laura-...
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Fox News Host Admits Michelle Obama Was Right: 'We Take It All Back'
The Fox News host made the confession Wednesday while discussing the new dietary guidelines unveiled at the White House.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
So car manufacturers aren't really interested in supporting the reduction of driver distraction? Got it. www.thecooldown.com/green-busine...
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Driver sparks outrage with photo of alarming feature in new vehicle: 'Cars are becoming smartphones with wheels'
One Jeep driver took to Reddit to share their dissatisfaction with the current state of newer cars.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Dear World: Please don’t assume the current administration of the country reflects all Americans. It does not.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Some thoughts on the U.S. DOE & "lower earnings" colleges. elainejroberts.substack.com/p/us-doe-and...
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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On "Improving" GPA and Writing
I just read a sales pitch email about how a particular AI-assisted tool has helped students improve their GPAs and complete tasks on time.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Yet another performative feint by rich people & kowtowing financial organizations looking to make more money. fortune.com/2025/12/03/w...
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Why the government is really going to give your baby $1,000, collecting interest until they turn 18 | Fortune
After a parent opens an account, the U.S. Treasury will contribute $1,000 for newborns.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Form and State Hollis Robbins @anecdotal.bsky.social hardly needs my help, but I love her take on poetic forms. I plan to use this article in one of my classes next semester. open.substack.com/pub/hollisro...
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Form and State
What your poetry preferences say about you
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
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Ghostlearning, not really a student stamina issue.
I teach college freshmen, at least until May 2026 when I intend to resign from adjunct teaching.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
#Ghostworking. A thing again, and still. open.substack.com/pub/ejrobert...
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
On this #Thanksgiving, 2025. Sometimes finding that joy, sensing that joy is just hard. We don't all do holidays well. elainejroberts.substack.com/p/on-this-th...
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
What happens when pumpkin pie meets deep-dish pizza? I did not see this before #Thanksgiving but I believe #pumpkin pie is an any time go-to dessert in fall/winter so there’s plenty of time. apnews.com/article/pump...
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What happens when pumpkin pie meets deep-dish pizza?
Baking pies can be a way to connect with emotions and celebrate moments. For her cookbook “50 Pies, 50 States,” Stacey Mei Yan Fong decided to learn about America by creating a pie for each state usin...
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Every Brilliant Thing. A powerful play I get to share with my students. elainejroberts.substack.com/p/every-bril...
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Dear @Google: I cannot tell you how much I DESPISE your intrusive AI overview BS. It wouldn't even be different if you pulled from actually decent sites, but anything is so random & often not accurate. #google #AIoverview #notfeelingit
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
If I were an elementary teacher or librarian, I would get some of these. AND I would encourage my Ss to write their own books explaining certain things. So many ideas for how that could work. www.fastcompany.com/91439043/sim... #Teaching #EduSky #Books #kidscansomuchifweletthem
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This incredible book can explain physics to a 2-year-old
‘Simple Machines Made Simple,’ which raised more than seven times its target on Kickstarter, wants to demystify mechanical engineering for kids.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
I thoroughly despise that I cannot opt out AI for any software tool or resource. It is annoying like mosquitoes. At least there are sprays and such for getting rid of mosquitoes. Or, to misquote Lady Macbeth, "Get out you damned AI! Get out!" #AI
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
elainejroberts.substack.com/p/todays-boo... #booksky
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Today's Books Report: Nov 10
I think I’ve written before about Verify, but it’s worth mentioning again.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
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Microshifting and time poverty. They're related.
Microshifting
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Let’s go Blue Jays!!!!
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Let’s go Blue Jays!
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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Random Peregrinations: Oct 31
It’s been a while because the past couple of months have been harder than I ever imagined.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Seems to be a @GOP "let them eat cake" kind of moment.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
I know this phrase is taken out of context of Jamie Dimon's speech, but what does he even know about the education system? Stop talking about things you don't understand. ". . .an education system not aligned to the skills we need."
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
iOS 26 and liquid whatever? Yuck. #apple
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
*It’s Not a Box* with college kids. #edusky
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Delighted to have been able to chat with @mssackstein.bsky.social and @crystalfrommert.bsky.social about learning and using AI as a tool. #Edusky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Elaine Roberts teaches AI as a tool.
Podcast Episode · Learner-Centered Spaces · 09/21/2025 · 24m
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Zane Selvans @zaneselvans.org · 14/09/2025
I really need to edit the @wikipedia.org more. It's amazing what one focused person can do. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jess_Wade
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Wow @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. Really? Wow. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Because some messages are timeless. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QY7c...
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Brennan Manning Sermon: Kingdom Works 1999 Video
YouTube video by City Vision University
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Prayer has always been in school. HOW one prays is a different story because Muslims, Jews, & others have different rituals. But no one can stop anyone from praying from their spirit & that is true for ALL religions, not just the one implied. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
This US Men’s Tennis match! Wow.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Because reading is good for you. “Fiction builds the muscle memory for nuance, contradiction, and imagination.”https://www.businessinsider.com/ceos-business-leaders-books-fiction-not-nonfiction-2025-9
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/09/2025
Sen. Warren Daniel (R–NC, District 46) was caught trading stocks right on the Senate floor. Didn’t even wait for a break. Playing the market on the taxpayers’ time…pure abuse of power.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
US Women’s Open is DELIVERING!!
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Just sharing. www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-u-s-h...
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Mapped: U.S. Households on Welfare by State
The map compares the share of U.S. households on welfare, defined as temporary cash assistance or supplemental food assistance, as of 2023.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
No lies told here.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Just in case you want to track #ICE data, go here: www.ice.gov/statistics
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ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Statistics
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Thinking about community and human flourishing, two things we seem to be struggling with these days, as I prepare for this semester. open.substack.com/pub/ejrobert...
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Let me sum up: The purpose of education is to learn how to think critically. I submit the education system has failed catastrophically. open.substack.com/pub/ejrobert...
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Examining the Purpose of Education: Part 5
There are no easy answers
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Think of #Gloo as highly intrusive with little to nothing to do with building biblical community in the Church. www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/19/1...
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How churches use data and AI as engines of surveillance
Spiritual care and surveillance are converging across the country, reshaping the theology of trust.
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
www.forbes.com/sites/danpon.... And stop assuming "old" ppl don't know how to use tech or can't learn it. I mean, who do you think designed the earlier gens of what you're using now?
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It’s Time Leaders Started Talking About Age Debt In Their Organization
Does your organization suffer from age debt, the failure to plan for and value age, that results in capability loss and a weakened workforce?
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
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Random Peregrinations: Aug 18
Classes starting, AI, "Criminal," Sam Bankman-Fried
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wandering but not lost @ejroberts.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
I appreciate the sentiment, I do. But wouldn't it be amazing if companies just really meant that they value their customers and acted accordingly? Then the federal government could do more than run interference for customers. www.fastcompany.com/91381962/cla...
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