Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026static.klipy.comDrinks I Give UpALT: Drinks I Give Up 031
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeJed Brown @jedbrown.org · 16/09/2026Oh. That's a heck of a subsidy. 35702188
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"Monday, September 14, at 7 p.m. ET, the Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom will be hosting “Accreditation and You,” a webinar to learn about the far right’s attempt to capture higher ed accreditation, what is changing and why it matters, and how you can join in the fight and take action." 011
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreePause AI in BC Schools @aicaution.ca · 11/09/2026Every single time there's an article saying that AI bans are not the answer, check who it's written by. @science.org published this article from someone who works at an AI company. Maybe they might have a vested interest in AI? The article should be listed as an advertisement. 2199
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 03/09/2026“We’ll never solve the feminization of power until we solve the masculinity of wealth.” - Gloria Steinem 010
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeCatherine Prendergast @badtoss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Reading the ARC of it now and Sherlock Holmes fans--you are going to love it. 0163
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeAlex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 01/09/2026"There's an ineffable aspect to my favorite pieces of software where I don't think of it is as feature matrix but rather as an interface made by a human for humans that's a joy to use. And when you build software with AI, it leads to worse software." brettcodes.com/im-done-usin...brettcodes.comI'm done using AIWhy I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels. 06414
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 31/08/2026“Optimisation is so seductive because it’s framed as a rare opportunity to exercise freedom – the freedom to make your own choices and control your own outcomes – but it’s a suspicious freedom that enriches companies through the collection of your sensitive information.” #LuxurySurveillance 1306
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2026In honor of Tim Curry, drop your favorite scene or moment.static.klipy.comTim Curry's Iconic 'Frankly, Scarlet' MomentALT: Tim Curry's Iconic 'Frankly, Scarlet' Moment 020
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Something new from me that isn't a laptop review or a deep dive into hardware architecture; it's incredibly human. This is for you, dad. You were punk against the machine before everyone else realized there was a machine. 0113
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeRolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...rollingstone.comTurning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination LibraryCore team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world. 128190428283
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 23/08/2026This is what I’m talking about! Our institutions should be doing the work for us and not leaving us to jury rig together the collapsing infrastructure around us. More of this. chicagomaroon.com/53262/news/s...chicagomaroon.comSosc Core to Institute AI Ban, Technology-Free Classrooms This FallAll social science Core classes will transition to an “analog” approach for the upcoming academic year, restricting in-classroom technology use and banning AI-assisted writing and grading for students... 623270
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeDr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 08/08/2026Arguing that LLMs are anything more than a load of numbers going into a complicated mathematical function and spitting some more numbers out. Yes they simulate. But they simulate *language*. They do not simulate the cognitive processes underlying communication. 321024230
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 13/08/2026While I wholeheartly believe that knowledge work is not, nor will ever be, pointless, my newfound passion for gardening (an old-timey hobby) was born from a deep, personal existential crisis. But an "indescribable melancholy" is something I've felt for most of my life. 010
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-Freelincoln carpenter, skeleton @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 13/08/2026As part of our experimentation with new post formats at PC Gamer, I'm pleased to present this Causality Chain, which chronicles how Stephen King's childhood trauma led to Kiefer Sutherland ordering a fake horse to perform tactical shitting 64 years later:pcgamer.comHow Stephen King watching a train hit a kid led to Kiefer Sutherland making his videogame horse crap on command: A PC Gamer Causality Chain™Many of our greatest works are downstream of terrible woe. 44811
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeMitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026this CEO comment is how you know with 1000% certainty Stella is right 38392592263
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeJoy Brennan @joybrennan.bsky.social · 10/08/2026In the future I want an academic discipline, and maybe also a religion, devoted to understanding and correcting whatever delusion we've sustained that allows so many to believe that because a computer program can churn out some complex prose, it must have cognition, subjectivity, & agency. 2145
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 11/08/2026So... does the Tdap I'm required to get as a teacher make me more autistic or does it just refresh my autism every 10 years? 🙃 000
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-Freedepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026not to be confused with quesadilla 5581021803
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Re GTA 6 trailer news: just when ya think Capitalism can't Capitalism any harder... 020
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeChuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Professional writer organizations should not send out pro-AI propaganda in the form of tantrum-having "essays" to their members, and I don't think that's controversial.terribleminds.comRegarding The Pro-AI Tantrum In The HWA NewsletterToday I, and every other HWA member, received the HWA newsletter in our inboxes. In that newsletter was an essay (“essay”) of pro-AI propaganda that made a number of specious points in … 26670192
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Us teachers don't need another reason to be anti-AI in the classroom, and yet... 010
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeEtch @etchfilm.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Some stories stay with you. Others follow you home. @stephengrahamjones.com shares a real midnight encounter that feels like it wandered out of one of his novels...except it actually happened. 1296
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Yes. Once again thinking about Kate Losse’s work: modelviewculture.com/pieces/the-m...modelviewculture.comThe Male GazedSurveillance, Power, and Gender 425497
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Gardening level unlocked: Watermelon. 000
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-Free404 Media @404media.co · 24/07/2026This is how cops are using Flock to track actual people, not just cars, with searches like “male with tattoos.” @josephcox.bsky.social breaks it down. Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xSe... 317973
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreePatrick Pittman @patrickpittman.bsky.social · 24/07/2026When my brain broke, I set about trying to fix it the same way I do with anything — by pulling it apart to figure out what's jammed. This started as a cultural history of writer's block, and ended up in the neuroscience of how creativity itself works (or doesn't): thestory.au/articles/wri...thestory.auGrief Breaks the Brain: A Writer's Long Journey Back to the PageWhen tragedy destroyed his ability to write, Patrick Pittman went looking for a way back to the page. But is the cure for writer’s block in your heart, or in your head? 1133
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeRabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 24/07/2026This page on the AI bubble -- the bursting of which is a "when," not "whether," -- is key reading. I'm including Erin Brokovitch's data center map under it. Looks like this is a project of @thefarce.org !stopthetrillionaires.comHow Big Is the AI Bubble, Actually?$2.53 trillion in global AI spending this year. Live math on what's riding on it, and what's actually inside it. 417950
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Moving into a 100-year-old house is great until it's the middle of summer and you realize it doesn't have any insulation and that's why your power bill is so high 🫠 010
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeDorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · 22/07/2026This is a great student-authored short piece about, in my read, how the allure of innovation/problem solving/bragging rights has led a lot of smart people to ignore the work of archivists and historians when developing historical, archive driven tools. 18223
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-Freesky @iamspacegirl.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Finally dug up my favorite Odyssey tweet ever 2379831641
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 22/07/2026The Right to Repair movement is bigger than fixing your phone. It's a community of everyday people pushing back against corporate control. Join EFF, Adam Savage, and iFixit CEO Kyle Wiens TOMORROW, July 23, to learn how to get involved. Live Q&A included! eff.org/livestream-r2r 08723
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 22/07/2026A couple years ago I wrote about the history of surveillance on campus:wordsinspace.netSurveillance SpaceWords in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern. 06427
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 22/07/2026When people ask me why I haven't gone on my honeymoon yet, I'm going to show them this: 000
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 21/07/2026"Emerging guidance on the use of ChatGPT and other large language models reflects the growing need for instructors to consider thoughtfully integrating artificial intelligence into English and writing classrooms." Absolutly not, @ncte.org. I won't be reading your latest College English issue. 000
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-Freethe beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Calling on parents as well as librarians and other book-world people who have encountered the new trend of personalized AI slop children's books that insert your kid as the main character. Has your child gotten one of these as a gift? What did they think? DM or hit me at miles_klee@wired.com 2117934
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeSam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026wrote for the magazine about the open source software that underpins our digital lives, how it is being upended by AI code tools, and about maintainers as.ft.com/r/b7f62212-9...ft.comWho cleans up after the vibe-coding party?Our obsession with AI code-writing tools is overwhelming the web’s unsung human caretakers 1825280
Joanna Nelius-Free @joannafreewrites.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Would love to live in a world where we don't use the word "consume" in place of "read," listened," "watched," or "played." We are purveyors of art," not "consumers of media." The former implies deliberate interaction. The latter implies passivity. 082
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeDoug Mack @douglasmack.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This is genuinely moving 51123258
Reposted by Joanna Nelius-FreeDavid J. Bier @davidjbier.bsky.social · 16/07/2026The most anti-legal immigrant administration ever just made it illegal for international students to transfer schools or change majors or shift any "educational objective" in their 1st year and for graduate students **at any point** ever, at all. There is no legal basis for this 19987429