iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 08/09/2026

Accusing AI critics of not doing the reading is funny because usually it’s AI users are the most likely to have not done the reading So what now then

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tunes to make you run away @whippoorwont.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"people are anthropomorphizing LLMs because they are so astonishingly good at processing human thought and language" people will anthropomorphize a chair if you put the stitches in the right place.

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jess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Please be vocal about not using AI. We have to normalize it. No "I'm not going to say that because it should be assumed. I'm not going to give them this". We don't have time for that shit ideological shit right now. NOW is the time to capitalize on waning favorability. Ppl want human made

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🎮 Dr. Gremlin 😈 (they/she/any) @colorless.green · 29/08/2026

unions are for all workers. don't let the anti-union propaganda convince you otherwise. union workers get better pay, better working conditions, and better rights. important also to emphasize that they are using mentor in the article as a term of art to obfuscate the fact that your PI is your boss.

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babs ✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

made some art inspired by and made of my scrolling this week. you can do something to prevent this, and you should. #summer2026

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Chanel Meyers @chanelkmeyers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Literally every university: "we are in a deficit and must shut down programs and fire faculty/staff" At the same time: "let's pay millions for this AI contract that no one asked for!" *SCREAMING INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY*

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 24/08/2026

This piece is great and I wish to staple it to several scientists' foreheads. And while it's about the creation of text, I think it also applies to writing codes, since many (for example, cosmological) codes are publicly available, which means LLMs have vacuumed them up.

carlsonlab.bio

The only reason you’ll ever need not to write with AI — The Carlson Lab

Over the last year, our lab has been developing a policy on AI use. To do this, we did three main things: We read a lot of academic publications and tech news. We set up an #ai channel on our la...

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Dr Susan D Blum @susandblum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Here’s a Substack piece with some thoughts about the upcoming academic year... susandblum.substack.com/p/inching-to...

susandblum.substack.com

Inching toward Fall 2026 with So Many Thoughts

Updating My 2025 Manifesto

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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This sign is a great example for helping to explain why chatbots present such a potent illusion. A probably not short thread 🧵>>

Photo of a sign with a doorbell attached. The printed sign reads:

CURRENT GUGGENHEIM ACCES BY HUSKY CARD ONLY
[Logos for Amazon, FedEx, UPS]
DELIVERIES/VISITORS
PLEASE RING THIS DOORBELL

Delivery hours M-F 9:00am-(obscured)
University of Washington

Taped next to the doorbell is a hand written note that reads:
yes! it rang! Pelase wait 30 seconds before pressing again.
thanks!

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Anne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Woke up, made coffee, and sat at my laptop where companies gathered and shared information about my news consumption, entertainment preferences, shopping habits, and more. When I left the house, my departure time was recorded by my smart lock and my doorbell camera captured what I was wearing. 🧵

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Christian DiCanio @cdicanio.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Looking for articles (for undergrads) that provide an overview of all of the following topics: (a) kinship/address terms in linguistics (b) conversational structure (c) speech acts (d) multilingualism and code-switching/mixing (e) language and public policy #linguistics

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 21/08/2026

The most crucial part in each "AI Winter," & the thing that I genuinely think cannot come soon enough, is when we as a culture remember that we're able to disambiguate the term "AI" & we go back to actually descriptively naming the process(es) we mean. Really can't wait for that to come around again

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Leonore (Lee) Carpenter @leecarpenter.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

In case you are an academic who is currently being gaslit into believing that you're a caveman who wants their students to be jobless if you resist allowing AI in your classrooms... I present to you Berkeley Law's response, which can be summarized as "Fuck off directly into the sun."

law.berkeley.edu

Artificial Intelligence Policy

Effective Summer 2026 Purpose Future lawyers may need to use artificial intelligence (“AI”) fluently. But the current state of the technology requires that AI use be coupled with the cognitive […]

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 17/08/2026

If you're wishing you could go back to school for linguistics, here's your annual reminder that Crash Course Linguistics @thecrashcourse.bsky.social exists! I worked on it with linguists @superlinguo.bsky.social and @jessgrieser.com, host Taylor Behnke, @complexly.org and @thoughtcafe.bsky.social!

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What is Linguistics?: Crash Course Linguistics #1

YouTube video by CrashCourse

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Dr. Jeroen W.P. Wijnendaele @drdragases.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

No longer content with pillaging intellectual work and dismembering our environment (already critically weakened), AI companies are now hellbent on destroying books galore including rare editions. Shut down these nefarious enterprises already.

news.com.au

AI labs buy, scan, shred millions of rare books

If you have retreated to physical books because the internet is too full of AI slop, bad news — now they’re shredding the books to feed their AI slop machines.

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California Faculty Association @cfaunited.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

CFA Bargaining Update: CFA has won the next step after declaring impasse last week. PERB recognized that our arguments for declaring impasse were sound, over management’s objections. So CFA and CSU management are moving to mediation. Get involved today: www.cfabargaining.org

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California Faculty Association @cfaunited.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Our proposals on salary, AI, Academic Freedom, workload, and appointment would improve compensation and working conditions for all faculty. But management has rejected nearly all of our proposals. Swipe to know about our differences on CFA's core fight package. #FundTheClassroomNotTheBoardroom

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/06/2026

NEW from me in @pnas.org on the risks of data sharing with qualitative research: "Today, confidentiality risks are amplified by social media, surveillance, and AI tools, which make ample data about people publicly available, thus making deidentification less effective" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: "With qualitative research, the risks of data sharing can outweigh the rewards." June 5, 2026.

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Jo VanEvery @jovanevery.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I was saddened to learn of the death of Raul Pacheco-Vega earlier this week. I’ve known Raul for a very long time. I’ve written something for my website. Read here: jovanevery.co.uk/in-memoriam-...

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In memoriam: Raul Pacheco-Vega

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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Laptops don’t improve outcomes. iPads don’t improve outcomes. AI doesn’t improve outcomes. What improves outcomes? More and better trained teachers!! Smaller classrooms! We’ve KNOWN this FOREVER

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Morro @manzanarez.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Conocí a Raúl Pacheco Vega @raulpacheco a través de su blog por recomendación de mis asesor. Si pueden, lean todo lo que nos dejó para aprender de sus métodos. raulpacheco.org/blog/

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Blog – Raul Pacheco-Vega, PhD - Understanding and solving intractable resource governance problems.

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Noella Gray @noellagray.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

I am so saddened by this news, as I know so many on here will be. I cannot think of a more generous or influential presence in the online scholarly community than Dr Raul Pacheco Vega. Sending condolences to all of his family and friends.

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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I'm completely gutted by this news. @raulpachecovega.bsky.social has passed. I never met but we talked so much online. He was so incredibly kind and generous. One of the best of us.

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Nadxieli Toledo Bustamante @nadxielitb.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I got my final review letter today: tenured and promoted coming Fall 2026!!!

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

UC Berkeley Law creates new AI policy that bans AI for "conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising, translating, or editing any work submitted for credit" or exams because "thinking remains the sine qua non of good lawyering (and of a quality legal education)." That's what I'm talking about.

Rule:
The use of AI is prohibited for aid in conceptualizing, outlining, drafting, revising,
translating, or editing any work submitted for credit. AI use is prohibited for any use for
any purpose in any exam situation. Students may not upload course
materials—including assignments, readings, slides, class recordings, or other class
content—into generative AI systems. AI can be used for research on papers ONLY for the
limited purpose of identifying sources, such as cases, statutes, or secondary sources.
Students are responsible for the accuracy of their research and all other aspects of their
submitted work. Citations to sources that do not exist will raise a presumption of
prohibited AI use

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Nadxieli Toledo Bustamante @nadxielitb.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Our real zombie apocalypse is people trying really hard to convince other people to just embrace AI 🧟‍♂️

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Oh my god I almost fell out of my chair when a senior colleague told me he was using ChatGPT to evaluate a tenure file as an external reviewer because he wanted to help the candidate but didn’t have the time to read all the work.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

TBH would love to see booing AI boosters spread to other contexts beyond graduation. Attending a professional development session led by some dude spewing AI hype? BOOOOOO. Enjoying a serene late spring/early summer family BBQ and Cousin Chad starts sharing his Claude life hacks? BOOOO, Chad, BOOOOO

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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

You could just read scholarship before you cite it and only coauthor pieces with other people who do the same.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This is actually true, imo. And also, COVID reminded people of their own vulnerability, the porosity of their own skins and bodies, their mortality and they HATED it. They still hate it. Thats why they scream about masks, about COVID and any reminder of that vulnerability.

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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026

folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Had convos w/ multiple people in the past 4 days who DID NOT KNOW that 1. AI doesn't "think" or know anything; it's a probability machine 2. It was created using massive amounts of work stolen from actual people including me 3. The environmental costs are astronomical Spread the word, every time!

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Nadxieli Toledo Bustamante @nadxielitb.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Next time they tell you to just not worry about software or “ai assistants” because they are ferpa or hipaa compliant you can roll your eyes and laugh with me

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aohsu @aohsusometimesy.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

if we survive canvas collapse, we should establish post-instructuralism. deconinstruct.

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Ty @tyanna.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

They’re always hacking grades and medical information but never hacking student loan debt smh

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Dr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Hard times bring lots of clarity. Take the clarity and build from there, with love.

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Also. things like "speaking into a mic" and "using alt text on social media" may seem small and you might not always know the impact. But these are VERY low-lift things you can do to get yourself in the habit of considering access. They'll help you build the muscle to do more.

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Nadxieli Toledo Bustamante @nadxielitb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Why do I have to keep disabling copilot multiple times a day??? 🤬🤬🤬Can’t these companies respect our settings choices?!?! 🤬🤬🤬 (and by the way I only use microsoft because that’s what my university provides and requires me to use and I resent that too 🤬🤬🤬)

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Lindsey B @lindsey.codes · 20/04/2026

Help I found this journal on amazon and the prompts in the image were clearly filled out by AI

product image from amazon where one of the answers is "to be fully transparent as an AI"

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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 09/04/2026

A painting of a bird beside the text "not today"

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Michael Schulman @michaelschulman.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I don't need a summary of what's available online, in biographies, or even in my own notes. I need to comb through and find the great details, decide what interests ME. No, it's not efficient. It's slow and painstaking. But I don't believe in efficiency as an ultimate good, especially in writing. /

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Nadxieli Toledo Bustamante @nadxielitb.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Me, in therapy: I don’t feel anything (I just know I have some feelings) Also me: sobbing non stop when a song I haven’t listened in years randomly shows in my playlist in the middle of a random task 😒🤷🏽‍♀️😩

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

My university: "Copilot is Microsoft's AI-powered productivity service that uses large language models (LLMs) to help you create content, analyze information, summarize documents, and complete tasks more efficiently." Microsoft: LOL

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Ghost in the Machine @ghostdoc2026.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

We are thrilled to announce GHOST IN THE MACHINE is available for IRL and virtual community screening events, and on-demand rental on Kinema! Watch today! kinema.com/films/ghost-... "If there is one documentary with the power to burst the AI bubble, it’s this one." - The Wrap

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Brenna Clarke Gray @brennacgray.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

There's very little procurement research out there so I read a lot of conference proceedings and anyway this one is super fun because it reinforces that, at least in the US regulatory environment, universities can't confirm anything vendors promise about data privacy. Neat!

dl.acm.org

Trust, Because You Can't Verify: Privacy and Security Hurdles in Education Technology Acquisition Practices

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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Strong recommendation to teaching faculty to just say no to this stuff, even if you are AI curious/enthusiastic. This is meant to reduce faculty autonomy and capture human labor with automation. You're selling out your future self and the profession as a whole. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...

insidehighered.com

Canvas Unrolls AI Teaching Agent

The new AI agent aims to save faculty time on “low-value tasks,” but stops short of fully automating grading. But some experts worry that the rise of agentic AI could lead to a dead classroom, where c...

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Mia Sato @miasato.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

this is completely insane: since when is it acceptable for a tech company to rewrite news outlets' headlines without their consent? especially at a time when audiences are sensitive to how stories are framed in headlines? (ie Israel/Palestine, the Trump admin, ICE) www.theverge.com/tech/896490/...

theverge.com

Google Search is now using AI to replace headlines

Let us know if you see more.

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