Reposted by Jim Kosmicki🐭 Danielle Williams 🐹 @okaydaniellle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026My history of AI poster's updated! It now features notable prehistory, the 1930s, + about 40 additional nodes in the 40s-2020s (including a new McCarthy quote from 2005). you can download it from my website and if you find any typos I don't want to know www.daniellejwilliams.com/posters 29432
Reposted by Jim KosmickiJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 02/08/2026I wonder if students today would be less likely to lean on AI for writing assignments if schools had made sure they could touch-type (at least 60wpm) before having them submit all their assignments online. 1/🧵 50822158
Reposted by Jim KosmickiIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 13/07/2026This is a really useful post about what you need to know about Cyclospora. I learned things. You will tooyourlocalepidemiologist.substack.comExplosive foodborne outbreakIt's a real shit show out there: What we know, don't know, and what it means for you. 141078460
Reposted by Jim Kosmickisirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 12/07/2026the problem is that AI cannot generate new ideas or new solutions. For that you need to be able to think. 0219
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Why i am thankful i don't teach any classes that need quizzes anymore 010
Reposted by Jim KosmickiCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 05/07/2026Skill sets students should acquire: - think critically and evaluate lines of evidence - write and present creatively and professionally - negotiation, collaboration and healthy group dynamics - what Computer can/can’t/should/shouldn’t do - domain expertise - when/how to post vs. touch grass 1033669
Reposted by Jim KosmickiLauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 04/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o... 492097456
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Anyone who has done committee work recognizes this 020
Reposted by Jim KosmickiJD Eames @jdeames.com · 02/07/2026bell hooks book sales went up thx to JD Vance. Gift article NYT: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/b...nytimes.comHow JD Vance’s New Book Helped Put bell hooks Back on the Best-Seller List 04412
Reposted by Jim KosmickiChronicle of Higher Education @chronicle.com · 22/06/2026Readers react to Tyler Jagt's essay, "My Students Can't Read." chroni.cl/43Qb1dDchroni.clOpinion | How Bad Is the Student Reading Crisis, Really?Readers react to Tyler Jagt’s essay, “My Students Can’t Read.” 063
Reposted by Jim KosmickiMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 23/05/2026Tech abuse is a global emergency. Technology that should make life easier is being misused to monitor and control women and girls. City Hall will deliver a new £6m fund to support victims and survivors and I'll continue to call on big tech to make products safer by design.lbc.co.ukSmart fridges, glasses and Bluetooth speakers used to abuse women, as tech firms told to 'step up' | LBCInternational academics, victims, social media companies and industry bosses have come together to discuss how to tackle tech-enabled abuse. 013644
Reposted by Jim KosmickiDavid Bailey @drgdave.bsky.social · 22/05/2026I agree with the folks suggesting an alternative search engine (I use Startpage myself). But it actually is possible to force Chrome to shut off the AI nonsense: www.online-tech-tips.com/how-to-turn-...online-tech-tips.comHow to Turn Off Google AI Search: Get Back to Classic Search ResultsTurn off Google AI search with these easy steps for Chrome and Edge. With a few simple adjustments, you can clear away search clutter and unwanted AI Overviews. 0144
Reposted by Jim KosmickiRewire News Group @rewirenewsgroup.com · 22/05/2026To mark the occasion, disability advocate Rebecca Cokley of @fordfoundation.org wrote about how “special needs mommy” influencers often exploit their disabled children’s autonomy and privacy in using their lives for content without consent.rewirenewsgroup.comWhat 'Special Needs Mommy' Influencers Get Wrong About Parenting Disabled Kids: OpinionOversharing about your child’s disability has become a lucrative trend on social media. For disability justice advocate Rebecca Cokley, these videos look an awful lot like a modern-day version of the ... 255
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 22/05/2026My students have difficulty with editing - primarily because they have never really learned the grammar and syntax to begin with 010
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I will be adding this to my research writing course this summer 010
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 14/05/2026My students do not understand this because their entire high school career, it has only been about gilling on blank spaces 000
Reposted by Jim KosmickiAndrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 09/05/2026You may have heard the phrase ‘surveillance capitalism’. The site in the quoted post below doesn’t cover all of what that means, but trust me, unless you work in this field you will be surprised by what it tells you in plain English. Seriously, click on the link, and read. 16441
Reposted by Jim KosmickiPhil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Maybe allowing third-party platforms to become load bearing infrastructure for K-16 education was a bad idea? (See @ezekieldixonroman.bsky.social and I on “platform governance“ in education: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...)journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 02311
Reposted by Jim KosmickiPatrick McCray @patrickmccray.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Can't Access Nothin' Vandals Ate System 012836
Reposted by Jim KosmickiBrendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 06/05/2026If you think administrative bloat or similar concerns is the cause of higher education’s financal woes, you should read this essay by @robertkelchen.com. Its among the most important essays on higner ed written in recent years www.chronicle.com/article/how-...chronicle.comOpinion | When Colleges Make Cuts, Here’s What’s Most at RiskAcademics, facilities, and general administration budgets are often slashed. 1188
Reposted by Jim KosmickiMike Frank @mcxfrank.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Just wrote a new blogpost trying to summarize my thoughts on the question of how and whether to use AI for research in psychology and cognitive science: babieslearninglanguage.blogspot.com/2026/04/usin...babieslearninglanguage.blogspot.comUsing AI to improve (not automate away) academic researchBlog about fatherhood, langauge, developmental psychology, and cognitive science. 55428
Reposted by Jim KosmickiKelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Years ago @mikeduncan.bsky.social told me "you can rewrite shit but you can't rewrite nothing" and it's made every draft easier since. 1035473
Reposted by Jim KosmickiKendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/04/2026Oh: A 2022 study found that children in households that used voice commands with tools like Siri and Alexa became curt when speaking with humans, often calling out “Hey, do X” and expecting obedience, especially from anyone whose voice resembled the default-female electronic voices.theguardian.comAI learns language from skewed sources. That could change how we humans speak – and think | Bruce SchneierLarge language models aren’t trained on real-life conversations. As we encounter their language, it could affect our own 692178829
Reposted by Jim KosmickiWolfie Christl @wchr.bsky.social · 14/04/2026The vendor claims to obtain location records tied to device IDs from "providers who obtain user consent for location data sharing through SDKs", i.e. through third-party tracking software embedded in mobile apps; we don't know whether directly or indirectly via data brokers or other intermediaries. 141
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 10/04/2026I don't know if i am more pleased with this man's collapse or Lindell 000
Reposted by Jim KosmickiJane Rosenzweig @janerosenzweig.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Fascinating quote from the article: 2123
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 07/04/2026I try so hard to convince my writing students to do this, but their young digital brains just can't see the value 110
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 06/04/2026This is so cute even I smiled, but not as goofy as the zebra 020
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 06/04/2026This is a great way of describing this part of the Research Process 020
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 01/04/2026What a concept - AI tools designed by writing instructors instead of people who dislike writing 000
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Guess I need to stop using Ariely's material as an example in my citation lectures 000
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I do think part of this is about driving long time professionals out so that when AI fails to work, the new hires are cheaper and less likely to unionize 04614
Reposted by Jim KosmickiDr. Edward A S Ross (he/him) @edwardasross.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Thrilled that this article in now out! 0104
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 12/03/2026This is such a good assignment, but I struggle to get my first year students to find what HAS been researched, much less identify gaps 100
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Amen - my students always want to just re-present other people's arguments with no original thought or question. That's what was expected in high school, if they even did papers 0142
Reposted by Jim KosmickiJennifer Sano-Franchini @jsanofranchini.bsky.social · 09/03/2026College writing teachers have spoken, y'all. The CCCC resolution affirming students' and teachers' right to refuse generative AI in the writing classroom passed by an overwhelming majority at the #4C26 Annual Business Meeting this past Friday, March 6. Link to the full resolution below. 6525159
Reposted by Jim KosmickiSage Deviant 🏳️⚧️ @trans.bsky.social · 08/03/2026I’ve been getting increasingly fixated on the importance of literacy programs as a critical component of progressive & leftist political projects. 47924
Reposted by Jim KosmickiAnna Mills @annamillsoer.bsky.social · 08/03/2026If you're curious what the Peer & AI Review + Reflection @pairrfeedback.bsky.social approach consists of, how we got started, what we've learned so far, and how you can view, try, and/or adapt our materials, check out the slides for our recent #4C26 session. Slides: pairr.short.gy/4C26pairr.short.gyPeer and AI Feedback as Ongoing Conversation.pptxIntros – all 1 Peer and AI Feedback as Ongoing Conversation: Using PAIRR to Shape Students’ Revision Processes and Critical Engagement with Generative AI Hogan Hayes, Sacramento State Anna Mills, Coll... 355
Reposted by Jim KosmickiOlivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 29/07/2025I split AI into 3 non-mutually exclusive types (see Table 1 above): displacement (harmful), enhancement (beneficial), and/or replacement (neutral) of human cognitive labour. More later possibly, but see Tables 2 to 4 (attached or here: arxiv.org/pdf/2507.19960) for the worked through examples. 2/n 16401118
Jim Kosmicki @jkosmicki.bsky.social · 07/03/2026I get that Markwayne Mullin is unqualified and inappropriate for the position, but as a 30+ year community college instructor, fuck all y'all on outright saying his Associate's Degree is meaningless. It is a degree - it may not be in a relevant area, but it IS a degree. 040
Reposted by Jim KosmickiJoshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 05/03/2026Why tenured academics and administrators insist that using this technology is unproblematic and just how the future should work with none of our input is baffling to me. Feels like a modern cargo cult.nature.comHey ChatGPT, write me a fictional paper: these LLMs are willing to commit academic fraudMainstream chatbots presented varying levels of resistance to deliberate requests for fabrication, study finds. 441488
Reposted by Jim KosmickiChris Levesque @levesque-chris.bsky.social · 03/03/2026This completely misunderstands the research process including the point of doing literature reviews. Claude’s “analysis” treats research as paint by numbers regurgitation of pre-existing work. Kustov & folks who share these views need to give up their jobs in favor of those who want to research. 25818
Reposted by Jim KosmickiRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The Conference of Catholic Bishops is... not playing around in this brief. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...supremecourt.gov 11532331072