Reposted by KnittaPhDDave Wiskus @dwisk.us · 09/07/2025Happy puffin sweater season to those who celebrate 736256
Reposted by KnittaPhDNatasha Singer @natashanyt.bsky.social · 07/06/2025OpenAI, the company whose ChatGPT tool helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of university life. Here's what the company told me about its plans to conquer campuses. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technology/chatgpt-openai-colleges.htmlnytimes.comWelcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT. 1312943
Reposted by KnittaPhDJohnny Normality @probgobl.in · 06/06/2025I know posting "the girls are fighting" seems funny, but it's actually insensitive and shitty. My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera. 236202123877
Reposted by KnittaPhDCarol Feller @stolenstitches.bsky.social · 04/06/2025New to knitting (or know someone who is)? I’ve put together a video tutorial that covers everything you need to get started. It’s a great resource for #beginnerknitter or anyone needing a refresher: youtu.be/f3xQ90TFhyc Tag a friend who’s ready to pick up the needles! 👇 #Knitsky #knittingtipsyoutu.beLearn How to Knit | Easy Step-by-Step Knitting Tutorial for BeginnersYouTube video by Carol Feller 04811
Reposted by KnittaPhDThe New Republic @newrepublic.com · 05/06/2025Texas teachers are quitting at a rate that’s 25 percent above the national average. In Tennessee, the vacancy rate for all public schools is 5.5 percent, compared to a national average of 4 percent. From November 2023: trib.al/35k5Qnktrib.alThe Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags. 1815157
Reposted by KnittaPhDTrey @treydayway.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Twitter was at its best when Game of Thrones was at its peak 2224
KnittaPhD @knittaphd.bsky.social · 03/06/2025Hey so my oldest kid just drove alone for the first time after getting her license this weekend and I'm currently disassembling their childhood clubhouse they built with their dad so don't mind me weeping with a crowbar 😭 2230
Reposted by KnittaPhDJason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 02/06/2025I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives: www.404media.co/teachers-are...404media.coTeachers Are Not OKAI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching." 1022564948
KnittaPhD @knittaphd.bsky.social · 31/05/2025I'm laying in bed watching moonlight come through the slats in the blinds while my fan spins and it looks like an old timey black and white gangster movie scene in the detective's office at night. I'm very high right now. 1100
Reposted by KnittaPhDEmily Hamilton @ebwhamilton.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Interesting post on the declind of work happy hours. “'Why would you drink with co-workers when you could hang out with your friends or family, anyway?'” slate.com/life/2025/05...slate.comNo One Goes to Happy Hour After Work Anymore. The Reason Why Is Grim.RIP to the one thing that made work even semi-enjoyable. 12607
KnittaPhD @knittaphd.bsky.social · 30/05/2025She did it again tonight! This is her new go to sleep spot. 190
Reposted by KnittaPhDEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/05/2025You can think about what others think about you and have whatever emotions you want, but know who you are and believe in it and have rigorous reasons for doing so, loving your friends and those closest to you is the only counterbalance to being a gigantic hater. 1250544
KnittaPhD @knittaphd.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Got up, turned around, and found Purl laying like this. 2120
KnittaPhD @knittaphd.bsky.social · 25/05/2025Took my 15 yr old and her friend to a concert in Seattle. Audiobook and knitting through this. 😂 3591
Reposted by KnittaPhDChristian Schneider @anti-knowledge.com · 23/05/2025Even after @jaketapper.bsky.social's new book, people are claiming they had no idea Joe Biden's condition was so bad. But SNL was never fooled - they had been pointing it out for years. Here are the receipts: www.anti-knowledge.com/p/snl-knew-a...anti-knowledge.com'SNL' Knew About Joe Biden All AlongThe president's mental condition was no secret to comedy writers. 221
Reposted by KnittaPhDErin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 23/05/2025Hey folks, I have a HUGE request from the Trevor Project and would appreciate help getting the word out. Trevor is now recruiting for it's 2025 National Youth Survey. They need people 13-24, LGBTQ+, in the United States to take it. This research is critical to LGBTQ+ rights. Take it here:trevorredcap.trvr.orgTo proceed to the survey, please check off the box and click the button below. 3324121952
KnittaPhD @knittaphd.bsky.social · 23/05/2025www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...theatlantic.comWhat Are People Still Doing on X?Imagine if your favorite neighborhood bar turned into a Nazi hangout 060
Reposted by KnittaPhDEvan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · 05/01/2025I'd like to think of "dark academia" as "I, a brooding professor who wears all black, have [these clothes] on while I send many emails and update Canvas assignment due dates" 518212
Reposted by KnittaPhDJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 21/05/2025CHEERS: 🎶 making your way in the world today takes everything you got ME: already in tears 433311
Reposted by KnittaPhDDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 21/05/2025You have three days, starting today, to leave a public comment with the FDA about, say, why COVID-19 boosters should remain available to everyone and also free. "Individual consumer" is the category you most likely want (unless you are one of the other categories; if so, choose that).regulations.govRegulations.gov 14537533082
Reposted by KnittaPhDThe Onion @theonion.com · 21/05/2025Teacher Asks What First Graders Want To Be Once Child Labor Laws Repealedtheonion.comTeacher Asks What First Graders Want To Be Once Child Labor Laws RepealedLIBERTY, MO—After reading aloud a picture book about a puppy that works in a coal mine, local first grade teacher Brianna Montgomery asked her students Thursday what they want to be once child labor l... 443669580
Reposted by KnittaPhDKelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 21/05/2025When mask mandates were enacted to try and save lives, the right screamed about freedom. When mask bans were passed? They celebrated. Because it’s not about freedom. With vaccine mandates, they screamed about autonomy. When vaccines get restricted, they cheer. Because it’s not about autonomy. 151045300
KnittaPhD @knittaphd.bsky.social · 20/05/2025In case you're wondering how exciting my life is I my husband just said "want to watch that new Yellowstone volcano documentary?" and I replied "omg yes obviously! Let me go get four ibuprofen and my heating pad. I'll be right there!" 4280
Reposted by KnittaPhDKristi Yamaguccimane @wapplehouse.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Me, hitting on a Salvadoran baddie: “So like, is there a MR-13 or…” 1190670
KnittaPhD @knittaphd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025I've been married 19 yrs & most of my conversations w/my husband sound like: So do you want to go [loud exhale] Yeah no I get it It's just Right Ugh I know But maybe I mean tomorrow? There's the Oh right Uh... It's fine But like Yeah no Okay I could go for Ice cream? Yeah but from They're open 070
Reposted by KnittaPhDBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 19/05/2025I don't know if there's ever been a culture more in love with charlatans than ours. "Success" defined entirely by how good you are at tricking people into giving you money. An entire country of aspiring slop merchants 203171743268
KnittaPhD @knittaphd.bsky.social · 19/05/2025Spent the weekend landscaping. Enjoy some before and after goodness ✌🏻 2111
Reposted by KnittaPhDFᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF @sofarrsogud.bsky.social · 18/05/2025My kids and I have an arrangement where I'm allowed to participate in conversations with their friends as long as I get out if I feel a 'back in my day' coming on. 720645