Reposted by Kristen KoopmanShaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 7hand somehow, the vice president calls professors the enemy. all that power over us, and y’all still need to hire conservatives via some fucked up inversion of affirmative action. all that power, and you’re still afraid of grown people who carry flash cards. sounds real beta, ngl. 0183
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanShaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 7hif conservatives have been expunged or cancelled in higher ed spaces, how come BOVs and policymakers are censoring protected academic speech, funding grants via ideological litmus tests, shutting down entire fields of study, eroding expertise, punishing dissent, *arresting and violencing students*? 1253
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanShaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 7hso tired of this take. ask some conservatives if they want to make adjunct salaries and see how eager they are. gosh, i wonder why lots of left-leaning folks choose professions like teaching, counseling, and care work? must be indoctrination! no, we just give a shit about others and our world. 27914
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanKevin Moorebidity @kevinwmoore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026From this day on 2012: probably the most popular thing I’ve ever drawn. 111751460
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanZachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social · 27/08/2024Nathan Ballingrud: 826672
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanLittledigits @littledigits.bsky.social · 29/09/2026being in animation, its not from AI. the streaming bubble bursting cuz everyone hopped on the grain cuz it undermined unions, less regulations and more mergers are what lead to the loss. AI is just what people think but it started way before that 111352502
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanManisha Sinha @profmsinha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Academic here, yeah I know it’s September still! 535885
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 29/09/2026the world is a rough place these days, but there are tiny glimmers of light everywhere if you know where to look for example, my sister just texted that their youngest decided to take up the trumpet and was honking away all evening in the garage, driving them nuts, and that did bring me real joy 581054
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanNicole Chung @nicolechung.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Periplus, a mentorship collective serving US-based early-career writers of color, is now accepting applications for our 2027 class of fellows! Apply by Oct. 11: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... You can learn more about Periplus (including fellowship eligibility requirements) at bit.ly/periplusfaqdocs.google.com 1170184
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanRevolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Bad news for Exxon, and a win for the power of public pressure calling out the blatant corruption of the Roberts Court: Justice Alito is stepping down from further participating in Suncor v. Boulder, a week before oral arguments. We've been calling for his recusal from this case for YEARS: 🧵 720366
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanSorrowscopes @sorrowscopes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Taurus: You remember that scene from Alien where the guy thinks he is not feeling well, but then a creature bursts out of his chest and kills everyone? That's the best way I can describe what is happening inside of you right now, only emotionally. 729472
Reposted by Kristen Koopmanrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 25/09/2026there are only three narratives in fiction: 1) the hero's journey 2) a stranger comes to town 3) a greedy developer is going to tear down our beloved community center...UNLESS we put on the greatest breakdance show this town's ever seen 743214445
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanGwen Marshall @drgwenmarshall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Onion ran this amazing article and thought, I wanna play this! So I made it! 38 pps, PbtA, plus every mechanic mentioned in the article, and a bunch of Rodrigo song references. And it's free! Enjoy! #OliviaRodrigo @theonion.com #theonion #ttrpg #itch.io drgwenmarshall.itch.io/high-winter-...drgwenmarshall.itch.ioHigh Winter Elves of Girlville by Gwen MarshallA satirical game based on an Onion article about Olivia Rodrigo making a TTRPG! 482195770
Kristen Koopman @kkoopman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Question for folks with a better grasp of the Cuban diaspora as a group - are the impacts of this going to be equally felt across the different migration groups? I can see, for example, the Marielitos having a different reaction than folks who left as kids at the start of the Revolution. 000
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanSteve McKerrall @photosteve.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is pretty cool, Audobon picked one of my photos for their top 100 as part of their 2026 photography awards! It’s an incredible honor to be showcased alongside these phenomenal photosaudubon.orgThe 2026 Audubon Photography Awards: The Top 100These jaw-dropping images and behind-the-scenes stories showcase the photographers’ artistry and the beauty of birdlife from Canada to Chile. 2326944
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanScoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 23/09/2026@mikeblack114.bsky.social pointed me towards Downer’s Rational Accidents, which explores this in detail (going beyond Normal Accidents) and it’s definitely a “once you see it you can’t unsee it” sort of thing. mitpress.mit.edu/978026254699...mitpress.mit.eduRational AccidentsNuclear reactors, deep-sea drilling platforms, deterrence infrastructures—these are all complex and formidable technologies with the potential to fail cata... 06318
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made 242612612
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanSarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 22/09/2026We have *six days* left until the Academy of Natural Sciences, North America's oldest Natural History museum, is scheduled to close it's doors. Here are *six reasons* why we cannot - and will not- let that happen. 1461380
Kristen Koopman @kkoopman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026BREAKING NEWS: brain is actually two brains in a trenchcoat 152
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Precisely this—the power attributed to technology makes it incredibly useful for laundering responsibility 12539183
Kristen Koopman @kkoopman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Said a Boeing 737, "omg sorry, that text was so random, are you angry at me 👉👈" 021
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanPatrick Andelic @pkandelic.bsky.social · 18/09/2026The Muppets have to put on a show to save the Kennedy Center. There you go, Disney, that's your premise. 263125692
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanJason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Eye popping. Court just unsealed Summary Judgment motions in New York Times v OpenAI / Microsoft. Easy to see why the AI companies had so many redactions (pink). Their own people wrote the lede for NYT, the "largest theft of labor in human history"... "more and more substitutive..." /1 4253582335
Kristen Koopman @kkoopman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026My favorite bit of the Constitution is where it says that if the Executive Branch doesn't get what it wants, the remedy is to take its toys and go home. 000
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 15/09/2026"The ER can be a busy place, so out of respect for your time and our HMO cost-saving measures, you have been referred to take this class first. After two weeks of caring for your severe medical trauma at home, you may then visit the ER, provided you are still alive." buff.ly/a0JCRD9mcsweeneys.netYou Don’t Qualify for an ER Visit Until After You Attend This Online Group Class About How to Care for Your Giant Gaping Wound at Home“The ER can be a busy place, so out of respect for your time and our HMO cost-saving measures, you have been referred to take this class first. After two wee... 410326
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanJosh Habgood-Coote @impractknow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Ok hivemind (I'm still using social media like it's 2015). I'm writing something introductory about the epistemology of technology and the internet. What are some good things (topics, papers) which I should be including? 8134
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The Dean of Harvard College has been on a PR tour defending the institution's approach to AI and writing, but student testimony from inside the institution suggests that the school is retreating from human exchange as central to the learning experience. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...thecrimson.comI’m a Writing Tutor at Harvard. The College is Failing Us. | The Harvard CrimsonThe Writing Center’s dismantling evokes a broader pattern of institutions treating human learning and connection as costs to cut, not values to protect. 8292126
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this. 3324321155
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 14/09/2026“Now that’s a lotta trees!” 927291
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanCatherine Tavares @cjtavares.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Yes, this! Also, for those of us that get the full body muscle aches and spasms: light stretching and exercise works to reduce it. Last year the shots happened to be timed with my workout routine and the spasms were much easier on me. Going to try that again this year. 033
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanChaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Roses are redde Noble are the manatees For a bettir future Teach artes and humanityes 4457146
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 13/09/2026A short thread on "Rogue AI." About 5 yrs ago, just before "gen AI" hit the public didcourse, i wrote "I’m Not Afraid of AI Overlords— I’m Afraid of Whoever’s Training Them To Think That Way." It's mostly about how corporations seek to offload culpability for the harms of systemic prejudicial bias…afutureworththinkingabout.comI’m Not Afraid of AI Overlords— I’m Afraid of Whoever’s Training Them To Think That WayI’m Not Afraid of AI Overlords— I’m Afraid of Whoever’s Training Them To Think That Way by Damien P. Williams I want to let you in on a secret: According to Silicon Valley’s AI’s, I’m n… 3330116
Kristen Koopman @kkoopman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Sometimes I really hope that my students don't get immediate notifications when their letters of rec are submitted. I'd like to at least try to maintain the illusion that I do interesting things on Friday nights. 020
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Kimberly-Clark, one of the world’s biggest tissue makers, says it has made a “Goldilocks discovery”: hesperaloe, a spiky arid-climate plant that yields fibre stronger and softer than wood, with a fraction of the water and no felled trees. buff.ly/AZgB2Bp #ShareGoodNewsToowsj.comhttps://www.wsj.com/business/the-paper-in-your-paper-towel-is-a-candidate-for-a-radical-overhaul-4b90898c 527164
Reposted by Kristen Koopmanalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026look, the fact is, a lot of swing voters looooove torturing the omelas kid. they want to put more kids in the hole, actually, yeah. but not YOUR kid--oh, okay. well. still, big picture, thinking about the electoral map-- 112192330
Reposted by Kristen Koopmanalix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026sorry, but torturing the omelas kid is just a smart move, polling-wise. i personally wish there wasn't a kid in the omelas hole--of course i do!--but let's not get distracted by purity tests, here. 5949481463
Reposted by Kristen Koopman✪ Beware the Gray Ghost ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 10/09/2026RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period. 5339267
Kristen Koopman @kkoopman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Boosting for a neighbor: half-dog, half-Oreo-milkshake Billie got attacked by an unleashed dog yesterday and her owner is running a GoFundMe to help pay for her care. Billie is a Very Good Girl and has only stolen treats literally out of my pocket once. If you have some spare cash, donate here:gofund.meDonate to Billie’s Emergency Vet Bill, organized by Soleil SummerHi all; I am in the wake of experiencing one of most dog owners’ worst nightmare… Soleil Summer needs your support for Donate to Billie’s Emergency Vet Bill 000
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanPhiladelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com · 10/09/2026"The senator’s dysfunction has been well chronicled, but new revelations last week underscored his disregard for voters and his job," writes the Editorial Board.inquirer.comFetterman’s shiftlessness is an insult to his office and all Pennsylvanians | Editorial 913234
Kristen Koopman @kkoopman.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Anybody know of a good thorough-but-intro-level account of the teleconference the night before the Challenger launch? Vaughan's is obviously the GOAT but it's a bit long for my purposes (an in-class activity teasing out the factual argument about whether the O-ring would seal vs normative argument 100
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanWeeknight Writers @weeknightwriters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Sharing again for the afternoon crowd! We hope you'll come write with us this fall! 0138
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanMcSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 08/09/2026"Explain why the math teacher is getting yelled at by Mark to 'get out of here, freak' and 'move on, Bozo—it’s not a trial separation, the divorce is final, and Evelyn is with me now.'" buff.ly/7IH6Yzamcsweeneys.netA Math Exam, but Obviously Some Stuff Has Happened over the Summer in the Teacher’s Personal Life“Explain why the math teacher is getting yelled at by Mark to ‘get out of here, freak’ and ‘move on, Bozo—it’s not a trial separation, the divorce is final, ... 0132
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 21/12/2025Now would be a great time for a 10 episode, 20 hour prestige series about the ten years between 1916 and 1926, covering the establishment of the 8-hr work day & 5-day work week, in the US. Each episode would be one year & the middle episode should be entirely devoted to the Battle of Blair Mountain. 221135320
Reposted by Kristen KoopmanDr. Bucky Isotope, PhD, BOFA @buckyisotope.bsky.social · 24/09/2023Oh we're halfway there Oh oh running from a bear I pushed you down Accidentally I swear Oh oh eaten by a bear You were eaten by a bear 14748170