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KMS Bezio

@kayemesbee.bsky.social
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Academic, aerialist, gamer, queer. I work on early modern drama, the history of spies, gender in gaming, and Shakespeare and social justice. I'm a trapeze clown on the side.

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KMS Bezio @kayemesbee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
But then when does the discussion happen? The discussion is when the learning actually starts to happen.
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mathletic.bsky.social @mathletic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I liked Ted Chiang's take on it from a couple years ago initiative.humanities.princeton.edu/news/2025/in...
Everyone should think carefully about using generative AI simply because the technology is built on environmental destruction, labor exploitation, and IP theft. College students should think extra carefully about it because, even if those other issues were magically resolved, using generative AI is largely incompatible with the purpose of education. In the talk I gave, I said, “When you’re a student at a university, you should think of yourself as an athlete in training, and the job you’ll do after you graduate is the sport you will compete in. You don’t know specifically which sport you will play, and neither do your professors. What your professors do know is that strength training will help you. That’s what essay writing is; it’s strength training for the brain. Using ChatGPT to write your essays is like bringing a forklift into the weight room; you are never going to improve your cognitive fitness that way.” Let me expand on that. Building strength requires exertion; if anyone offers you an exercise program that involves no exertion at all, you know it’s not going to be effective. The improvements that come from doing cognitive exercise are not as rapid as those that come from physical exercise, but they are just as real. Writing an essay is hard because it forces you to use your brain in ways you haven’t before, and that is precisely why it’s useful. Your job is not to turn in completed assignments; it’s to learn how to think. Turning in completed assignments can help you learn how to think, but only if you’re the one who completed them.
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KMS Bezio @kayemesbee.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Reading. As in, critical reading and annotating. While you could have a classroom full of people doing that, it's not a good use of that time.
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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I have just so much hate in my heart for digital access interfaces for books. Bottomless, deep, hate. Reformatting the shit out of a book instead of reproducing the chapters as they appear as printed.
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The Other Happy Place @theotherhappyplace.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Me: Michaels sucks now, Joanne's is gone, ac Moore is gone, local art shop is gone. Where can I shop for art supplies now? Person: Hobby Lob- Me: I will make art from my own sinew and bones first.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead
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Jen Wunder @jenwunder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Very much this👇🏼
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Matt ”read the syllabus” L @matt18l.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The kids are alright
Picture of sidewalk chalk: KEEP THE HUMANITIES HUMAN Boycott Slop
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Micah @rincewind.run · 02/10/2026
wonderful reminder of the funniest dynamic of the mayoral race, where sliwa clearly liked mamdani and was delighted to see him humiliate cuomo also, more politicians should do this! get your flu shots!
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KMS Bezio @kayemesbee.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Also voice.
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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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KMS Bezio @kayemesbee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I start teaching it next week! But how cool to have been there!
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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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Why Today? @winteroak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#Texas #txlege #MedicaidForAll
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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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Cat Kimbriel @catkimbriel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
airesistlist.org
airesistlist.org
The AI Resist List
A living directory of ways communities resist AI harms—and build alternatives worth fighting for.
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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I can't decide which snarky gif to use to accompany this piece of news
thegazette.com
Resignations follow no-confidence vote in Center for Intellectual Freedom
Casting a “vote of no confidence” in the Legislature’s Center for Intellectual Freedom at the University of Iowa, all but two of 13 out-of-state professors invited by Gov. Kim Reynolds to serve on the...
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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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KMS Bezio @kayemesbee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Remember this, Madison peeps?
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KMS Bezio @kayemesbee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I remember this, since I was a student there at the time. It was so embarrassing and horrifying.
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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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KMS Bezio @kayemesbee.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I will accept this.
buzzfeed.com
Everyone's Personality Can Be Described By Two Disney Characters, And I'm Willing To Bet They're Not The Two You Were Expecting
Not to be dramatic, but this quiz is gonna read you like a book.
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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.”
theankler.com
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."
bu.edu
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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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 14/09/2026
a scooby doo "unmasking" meme. it reads: 

highly capable, powerful, advanced super-intelligent AI 

army of humans hired by OpenAI to read real ChatGPT users' chats
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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.' 🗃️
britishslavetraders.org
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.
static.klipy.com
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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