Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 05/10/2026> Why should I use this technology? Does this technology help me solve a real problem in my work? Are there external factors (e.g., financial incentives) pressuring me to use this technology? 14010
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieLawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 04/10/2026“Students want to be involved in climate action, in environmental literacy, in green careers…They’re often doing the work already but don’t have the recognition. They didn’t see a sort of pathway to continue that work and embark on that as a potential career.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comMore than 1,200 Colorado students have earned a climate ‘seal’: ‘We’re the ones growing up in this world’A statewide initiative pairs climate-focused coursework with community service – and is spreading to other states 063
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieElizabethwithaZ @elizabethwithaz.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"If you set up a machine such that any question you put in will lead to an answer coming back out…you are setting up a view of the world and of knowledge that says, 'All questions have a discrete, knowable, objective answer,' and that's just not true and has no place in education." ❤️😍💯 14817
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieR Worthen 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 🏳️🌈 💗📚️ @rworthen.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Banned Books Week 2026 - Unite Against Book Bans uniteagainstbookbans.org/banned-books...uniteagainstbookbans.orgBanned Books Week 2026 - Unite Against Book BansOctober 4 – October 10 is Banned Books Week 2026! Banned Books Week 2026 is an opportunity to inform communities about this escalation in censorship while also highlighting the importance of the right... 0124
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieInstituto Universitario de Estudios Feministas y de Género @ifemgen.bsky.social · 01/10/2026POSTERS: Have you considered NOT using AI? zenodo.org/records/1711... Thanks, @olivia.science 🫶 olivia.science/ai/#activism 02510
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieErika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social · 01/10/2026This is your reminder not to let those joyless fucks convince you that human experience, knowledge, intellect, and art can be reduced to a pre-chewed paste of stolen labor. 217959
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieNatalie Brender @nataliebrender.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just because you/I don't understand AI doesn't mean that no one does. So many people buy into this 'poorly understood' line that lets commercially-motivated tech companies off the hook for harms & near-catastrophes. Kudos to @emilymbender.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.blacksky.app for this. 28926
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieEd Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social · 30/09/2026There's a real and important dividing line between people who want to write, and people who want to be A Writer. AI is a gift from heaven for the latter, letting them skip the part where they have to think thoughts and write sentences and go (they hope) directly to the book tour. 915727
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 18/09/2026This is such an important point: > AI boomers vs. doomers: A false dichotomy It's exhausting within academia too with people who claim that the technology has good purposes we're ignoring, when everybody sensible knows so-called desirable properties are a function of the labour and days theft. 110523
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieAnnie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“The goal was to destabilize U.S. educational infrastructure and carve out a large space for reactionary indoctrination within it.” When you don’t have a teacher—a thinking person—in a classroom, endless ideological reproduction is easier. 417264
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieNicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m seeing a lot of posts about talking to your sons in light of the Cornell article. And yes. Talk to your sons. Here are some things you should say, based on anti-violence research about what they need to hear: 81167550
Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026How do we design online courses using biomimicry? I explore this topic and share an example of using a tree as my muse and branching as personalized learning medium.com/@heatherlesl...medium.comDesigning with Biomimicry: Branching as Personalized LearningDesigning with Biomimicry: Branching as Personalized Learning The seasons wheel is now spinning into autumn where trees and plants slow their growth, the sun sinks lower into the sky, the air begins … 000
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 27/09/2026These are the same weirdos who are trying to take over the process of regulating AI and setting US tech policy. little-flying-robots.ghost.io/why-we-cant-...little-flying-robots.ghost.ioWhy We Can't Let Enormous Weirdos Regulate AIImagine if instead of regulating drones via the standard lengthy, boring, and bureaucratic process - which we did - we instead decided, in the name of fostering all-important American drone innovation... 561682
Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Happy Autumn Equinox 🍂🍁✨ I’ve been doing some research on regenerative schools and programs and thought I would share some examples that stood out to me, and that I have personally had the opportunity to collaborate on. medium.com/@heatherlesl...medium.comRegenerative Education Schools and ProgramsI have been researching regenerative schools and programs, that is, schools and programs designed using regenerative principles, immersive… 000
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieDr. Liz Norell @liznorell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Join @cjdenial.bsky.social @josheyler.bsky.social @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and me for a free webinar on Resisting the Use of AI in Education on October 13, 1:00-2:00 pm ET. Register now! olemiss.zoom.us/webinar/regi... 16528
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Art, writing, research, coding, and mathematics are all increasingly work being delegated to AI. I think we’re going to miss our flow states. 4578
Reposted by Dr. Heather LesliePavel @spavel.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Every chatbot prompt box says "check answers for accuracy." But increasingly, "humans in the loop" refuse to do that. Instead, they become complicit in the AI industry's project of destroying the provenance of information. But you are person, and it is an app. It can't take responsibility for you.productpicnic.beehiiv.comAssigning agency to AI means surrendering your ownClaude is not a colleague, collaborator, or sentient being. It is a SaaS product. 825385
Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 18/09/2026When we finally have the tribunal for the tech oligarachs and techno-fascists, I think they should have to live out in the far depths of nature without any technology. Mother Nature will be their greatest teacher and humble them into realizing they can’t dominate her. 110
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieJoseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026BREAKING: Boston University's English department (my dept) recently voted to approve new learning outcomes for the English major, including an anti-AI provision that requires students to “craft and revise writing that is sustained, original, and generated without the assistance of AI."bu.eduNew Learning Outcomes Announced | English 402366471
Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Thank you to The Teaching Professor for publishing my article about designing for authentic over artificial learning. Lets center our human learners, not AI www.teachingprofessor.com/topics/stude...teachingprofessor.comGod Save the Keen: Designing for Authentic over Artificial Learning – The Teaching ProfessorGrowing up, I was drawn to punk rock because it effectively expressed the angst I felt with things like curfews and homework, to say nothing of the raging hormones of being a teenager. I loved how it ... 010
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieNeil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026CALLING @olivia.science & @irisvanrooij.bsky.social 093
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieAnil Dash @anildash.com · 09/09/2026In just the first week after the 9/11 attacks, 645 separate acts of hate against members of South Asian communities in America were documented. This site captures those stories, from across the country: post911.org and also compiles the narratives into a groundbreaking report.post911.orgWhat happened the week after 9/11?Documenting hundreds of hate incidents against Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and Sikh Americans in the week after September 11, 2001. 314975
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieM.J. Crockett @mjcrockett.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This summer I led a series of conversations in my lab about "AI" and our research. Some colleagues have shared "AI policies" for their labs and we discussed whether this would make sense for us. We decided it did not, and came up with a different approach. Please feel free to share & adapt!zenodo.orgCrockett Lab Statement on AI and Scientific Research 315950
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieAviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Here is a more useful take from my colleague Jordan Sand: www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...hnn.usAI Is an Anti-Primary Source MachineReal voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room. 014542
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieNick Covington @covingtonedu.bsky.social · 19/03/2026I got a library copy through interlibrary loan, but you can also read the entire book for free here via Bloomsbury Open Access: www.bloomsburycollections.com/monograph?do...bloomsburycollections.comPedagogies of Collapse 022
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieCharles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026👋🏻 The @civicsoftech.bsky.social is accepting proposals for our weekly blog on issues at the intersections of teaching, learning, (ed)tech, and society. Share ideas-in-progress, reflections on a classroom experience, research, and more. We’re also always happy to hear from students. More info 👇🏻docs.google.comBlog Post Proposal FormWe welcome guest contributions to our blog! Please use this form to propose your post. We will get back to you as soon as we can 11811
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieAjuna Soerjadi 🌸 @ethicsofai.bsky.social · 29/08/2026What a great illustration of the scam of technosolutionism! 👏 @ahoyuniverse.bsky.social 314269
Reposted by Dr. Heather LesliePuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 16/08/2026The idea of a Black academic being hounded to death for alleged acts of plagiarism in an era when universities are entering into contracts with AI companies and encouraging AI use among students, while Big Tech is stealing EVERYTHING humans write... 83146855
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Battles over evidence in education have raged for years. But with AI it seems "evidence" is now a matter of rapid implementation followed by accelerated scaling. Not so much "what works" but "make it work." My post on this: codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/08/10/e...codeactsineducation.wordpress.comEvidence experimentation in AI evaluation in educationPhoto by Bozhin Karaivanov on Unsplash The introduction of generative AI into school settings remains highly controversial almost four years after the launch of ChatGPT. One source of growing publi… 1159
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieMarcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Even if you've already started your school year, sitting down and creating one of these document can still have value (template in post) and it also makes for a great activity to bring into the classroom to share with students, too! thebrokencopier.substack.com/p/a-vision-d...thebrokencopier.substack.comA Vision Document for Your Classrooma tool and template I used this year that I found really valuable as a teacher 152
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff! 251639390
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 08/08/2026exactly 💯 on LLMs: they simulate the output we call language, not the cognitive capacity we call language! 492511700
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieBethany Mannon @drbethany.bsky.social · 11/08/2026This is an incredibly good argument. Maybe not to first-year writing students, but to anyone whose reputation and maybe job is based on their writing 1172
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieAparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 09/08/2026do they sell tshirts because 112325
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieCate Denial @cjdenial.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Updated for the fall semester - my bibliography of readings, both academic and popular, about the many problems with and pitfalls in using Generative AI. catherinedenial.org/blog/uncateg...catherinedenial.orgAgainst Generative AI – Cate Denial 713365
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieBen Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The evidence about AI in education remains terrible as a basis for policy or practice. As schools in some places come back from summer next week (oh Scotland it's too early), here's a wee roundup on just how truly woefully AIED research has stood up and why educators shouldn't call on it 1/ 313753
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieFrank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 07/08/2026A theory of AI adoption: “those who control the technology will never allow it to eliminate their own positions. Instead, they'd rather weaponize it against everyone else, presenting it as inevitable progress.” collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr...collectivefutures.blogThe infrastructure of meaninglessnessListen, there are two realities that we should be aware of. AI exists to make your job obsolete because the alternative is that AI makes managers obsolete. Let me try to break down this theory, which... 26724
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026www.theamericanvandal.com/p/neuroplast... 221945
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieChris Chapman @cchapman.bsky.social · 03/07/2026100% same, when I learn someone is using LLMs routinely, it is a struggle not to impute all sorts of intellect and ethical questions And I share the aesthetic position. I wrote about the incommensurate claims re utility, ethics, aesthetics, and social power here: quantuxblog.com/four-areas-o...quantuxblog.comFour areas of (UXR) thinking about AI / LLMsThis post is my attempt to make sense (largely for myself) of various trends and responses about AI / LLMs, and thematic disagreements that I observe among UX Researchers discussing LLMs. I structure ... 142
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieJillian @nogoodwyfe.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Preprint broken down very clearly in the thread & version updates as they follow available at arxiv.org/abs/2604.04721 151
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieLabrys of Aëlla @aellalabrys.bsky.social · 04/08/2026The authors formalize the problem of hallucinations in Large Language Models (LLMs) and show that their complete elimination is fundamentally impossible. arxiv.org/abs/2401.11817arxiv.orgHallucination is Inevitable: An Innate Limitation of Large Language ModelsHallucination has been widely recognized to be a significant drawback for large language models (LLMs). There have been many works that attempt to reduce the extent of hallucination. These efforts hav... 55623
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieKate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Generative AI is catnip to the men who miss female sycophants katemanne.substack.com/p/a-culture-...katemanne.substack.comA Culture Hooked on Generative AI is a Culture that Misses Female SycophantsAnd we have missed a central reason why AI is a feminist issue 18441157
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieCorey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026again, it's the "sounds smart until it talks about something you have expertise in" phenomenon www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EA3...youtube.comHank Green is using ai but Knitters aren't surprisedYouTube video by Adelaide Ordell 1053057
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieEugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Fantastic paper demonstrating how LLM editing is gradually distorting our writing and the way we think to write: arxiv.org/abs/2603.18161arxiv.orgHow LLMs Distort Our Written LanguageLarge language models (LLMs) are used by over a billion people globally, most often to assist with writing. In this work, we demonstrate that LLMs not only alter the voice and tone of human writing, b... 317443
Reposted by Dr. Heather Lesliejessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126057997
Dr. Heather Leslie @heatherleslie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026How do you create community and authenticity in asynchronous online courses now that generative #AI has become so ubiquitous? Here’s my attempt medium.com/@heatherlesl...medium.comCome As You Are: Designing for Authentic Community in an Artificial EraCome As You Are: Designing for Authentic Community in an Artificial Era Lately I’ve been reflecting a lot on community. Now that generative AI has become more ubiquitous in online spaces such as … 021
Reposted by Dr. Heather LeslieAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 24/07/2026A resource I update for educators, parents, students, and all who are looking to push back on AI teaching tools:docs.google.comResisting School AI Mania Help SheetHelp 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.... 22915