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Jason Mittell @jmittell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Kudos to @acls1919.bsky.social for stating this explicitly in their request for reviewers. That stance & explanation definitely made me more eager to accept the invitation to review!

Please note that due to privacy concerns, we do not allow peer reviewers to use generative AI tools for this work. ACLS applications contain both personal information and intellectual property and must be kept confidential by both ACLS and reviewers. You may not upload any applicant materials into AI-enabled digital tools, and you may not query AI for assistance during the process.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”

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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life. If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...

One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”

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Mollie Katzen @molliekatzen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There are more Cornell frat boys accused of raping one woman than there are trans athletes competing in all of NCAA sports.

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’ve never used it for anything I’ve ever written (or anything else), not even an email, not to “brainstorm”, never for any aspect of of the research or writing process.

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InclinedPlane🏳️‍🌈 @inclinedplane.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Imagine if a gang of retail shoplifters stole $131 million worth of stuff over a few years, it would be the biggest story in news for quite some time. But when a gang of hyper wealthy business owners steal from some of the poorest working class folks we call that "Tuesday".

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Warren Terra @warrenterra.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I'm convinced the writer of that article doesn't know the difference between Old English*, Olde English**, and Elizabethan English***. * A language replaced by Middle English in the 12th Century CE ** A malt liquor brand owned by Miller Brewing *** The language of Shakespeare and "Romeo and Juliet"

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

if you are reviewing an unpublished manuscript and you have the sheer unmitigated audacity, cheek, gall and laziness to upload it into an LLM to generate a review, let me tell you, you should be shunned and tarred and feathered

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Dilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽‍♀️

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Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“Langston Hughes’ literary estate now belongs to International Literary Properties, which says a Harlem Renaissance licensing program is next on its list.”

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Private Equity Is Coming for Authors, Dead or Alive - The Ankler

Like music catalogs, literary estates are now targeted by investment firms and changing how Hollywood will deal with IP

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Alex Amadeo @alexamadeo.com · 17/09/2026

things like this make me proud to be a BU alum

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BREAKING: 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."

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New Learning Outcomes Announced | English

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is a powerful story from a trans Texan (who's also quite a talented independent journalist). I've been arguing that trans people have the right to be upset with Talarico, and I think we do. This is the case for vote for him anyway, eloquently made, and by someone with the standing to make it.

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Hell Frasier: Bloodline @babadooknukem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ok I've seen enough. The ai guys are in a millenarian apocalyptic cult. They convinced themselves they were too smart for religion and then looped right around into creating a machine god. No more to it than that.

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Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5) @gauthamrao.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tired: Scholar One is ruining my life Wired: Workday is ruining my life

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Fansplaining @fansplaining.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Large publications like the Times are well known for taking what they want from the little guys with no credit—and we're no exception. The story of two similar pieces on a flashpoint in fandom—with a paper trail—and what the incident says about our beat and industry: fansplaining.com/lessons-from...

Text reading: “To some, this might not seem like a big deal,” Kayti Burt writes. “This is an article about Heated Rivalry fanfiction, not Watergate. But as journalism struggles to figure out how to survive in a shifting internet landscape and in a hostile political environment, I believe it is more important than ever for those of us left hanging on to maintain fair and ethical practices.”

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Adam Chapman @adamchapman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This is a very interesting new resource, The Register of British Slave-Traders. 'The Register focusses on the individuals who sought to profit from the enslavement of over 3 million African men, women, and children, whose identity was – for the most part – erased from the historical record.' 🗃️

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The Register of British Slave-Traders

The Register of British Slave-traders compiles and presents information on all known slave-traders in Britain who invested in the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807.

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Seth @sethjmeyer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Shanah tova. May we all have a sweet, healthy, and happy new year.

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Shanah Tovah! Apple Juice Pool

Alt: Shanah Tovah! Apple Juice Pool

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

It’s true not only for humanists and social scientists, but across disciplines. Note this recent statement from many of the world’s leading mathematicians, with regard to ChatGPT’s claim that their AI solved a long-standing mathematical problem:

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Original Berf of Chicagoland @kdc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Everything these days feels like a direct attack on imagination/creativity

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As both an academic and a writer, I am repelled by the "this looks like a long document. Would you like me to summarize it for you?" that seems to appear at the top of every pdf viewer now. NO. The *entire point* of good writing (either books or journal papers) is that every sentence has a purpose.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 09/09/2026

we keep having this debate on whether AI is a real problem or a bunch of marketing schemes in a trench coat. but we SHOULD be focused on the resource drain: we don’t need LLMs! we need water! we need energy! we don’t need datacenters running diesel generators to make dancing pug videos!

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 22/06/2026

Make stuff. Do your hobbies. Geek out with your weird friends. Practice arts and crafts. Every society that ever burned to the ground left behind only the handicrafts, and every society saved from the brink was saved only by arts. Do not give up the joy of creating.

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KJ Charles @kjcharleswriter.com · 08/09/2026

The problem with people is, there's a god shaped hole in our heads where we want Something Important to live, and we insist on filling it with *something*, which might be god or king or astrology or jumped-up autocorrect.

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WOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I cannot adequately express the extent to which I do not require an "AI Search Assistant" to navigate the Oxford English Dictionary

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

MAHA has been in power for two years. They have decimated basic science, gutted food safety surveillance and kicked millions of people off food stamps. *That* is their ideology, not their polite platitudes about corporate control of the food supply.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The ultra-wealthy keep trying to pit the rest of us against each other with scare tactics ("communists!" "men in the ladies room!!" "brown people!!!" "drag queens!!!!") to keep us from noticing that our real problem is THEM. They want us to fight *any* war—except a class war. Happy Labor Day.

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period.

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Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Hey friends! I am seeing that a certain Awful Lady and her unbroken record of sociopathic harm is back in the discourse. And boy. She really sucks. But maybe we can take this opportunity to highlight and celebrate children's authors who AREN'T transphobic pieces of shit. Great. I'll start...

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Rachel Storm @rachelsstorm.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Listen to Zoe, listen to trans people. Also, this is one of those rare times I'm going to say "don't check this out at the library" because if you keep doing that, we're going to have to keep buying it. Go to the library, but ask your librarian for OTHER magical fantasy kids books!

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 04/09/2026

Every time I say that food, or healthcare, or legal representation, or education, or housing, or water should be free at the point of service and available to everyone as a human right, people - even progressives - tell me we can't do that because some people don't deserve those things.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 03/09/2026

Hi there. Say, if you are a woman person of perimenopausal leanings, and you are going to see a doctor, go prepared for battle. YOUR SYMPTOMS ARE REAL. You are not to be dismissed. And I think the question ‘have you tried losing weight?’ Is a punchable offense.

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(VFP) Strategic Gravitas Reserve @braak.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

"maybe Scrooge was right" Scrooge wasn't real! He was invented specifically for the purpose of being wrong!

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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Hot Take Saturday: I think we are on the cusp of a MASSIVE humanities revival. I’m talking handmade, craftsmanship, maximalism, art collection for everyday folks, rich music, unfettered written masterpieces, deep thought experiments…all in rejection of AI and our corporate overlords.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 29/08/2026

…that means that YOU CANNOT PROMPT ENGINEERING YOUR WAY OUT OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ARCHITECTURE OF THESE SYSTEMS. They are GOING to output bullshit, because they are Bullshit Engines.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Sometimes I can’t even fully process the catastrophe that RFK Jr. has unleashed upon the United States. It is infuriating and demoralizing that tens of thousands of scientists and healthcare professionals banded together to oppose his confirmation, and Republicans just blithely ignored us all.

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 30/08/2026

a lot of folks on here need to read the first paragraph of this

Bouie: Sure. Before I do, I want to say two things, just to establish them right now and kind of to say where I stand on some of this stuff. The first thing is: "Woke" is a term that comes from African American vernacular. It has its origins in the 1930s, and it has traditionally meant something along the lines of: Be aware of the ways that this society is not built for you. Be aware of the ways that you may face disadvantage and oppression in this society.
Again, this is a term that emerged in Black vernacular in the 1930s. And that is, as far as I'm concerned, what the term means.
And the usage --
Cottle: You are exactly one of about 20 people who think that's what the term means.

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

If we must talk about “what’s wrong with higher ed,” surely this — fomo-based decisions about LLMs or other kinds of edtech, to say nothing of appeasement of anti-higher ed forces — is a much bigger deal than endlessly-trotted-out red herrings like “woke” and “ideological imbalance.”

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Yes. Those of us in the trenches are having to live in the destructive wake of higher ed policy by hype and fomo. It has fallen to us, instructors in the classroom, to figure all this out and mitigate the effects of this decision making — for no extra compensation.

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Some academics used AI to write op-eds. I spoke @chronicle.com. Making complicated things legible to broad audiences is the whole goddamn work and no, you can't outsource it to LLMs. www.chronicle.com/article/prof...

But to David Perry, associate director of undergraduate studies in the history department at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and the author of a book on public scholarship, using AI to “edit” or “condense” is synonymous with using it to write. Cutting down an article or generalizing it for a broader audience is “what writing and thinking is about,” he added.

“Writing complicated things that are accessible to a public audience and that are short enough for public-audience attention spans is hard — it is harder, in many ways, than writing at length and writing only for your 20 most compatible colleagues,” Perry said. “It’s just a practice. You have to decide to put in the work.”

The work of being an academic, Perry said, is to make complicated things coherent. Michael Socolow, chair of the communications and journalism department at the University of Maine at Orono, agreed, calling it a “cop-out” for a writer to say they “only” used AI for the basic mechanics of composition. He added that he’s concerned about what senior academics model for both junior academics and their students when using AI.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 25/08/2026

Yeah, it sucks to lose a brave person in an era of cowards. I think of her and want to be a little more brave.

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