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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The former Secretary of State, who took Kim Jong Un uncritically at his word, who got irate that Mary Louise Kelly could find Ukraine on a map and he couldn’t, is getting a teaching fellowship at an Ivy League school. Hm.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Imagine that… the most comprehensive surveillance network in the US doesn’t itself want to be surveilled. 🙄🙄🙄

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I suppose this bribe should be categorized as a lie. He never pays out or keeps a promise. I’m sure he’ll still find other ways to plunder the US over the next two years though.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

There’s something about the first week of September when the afternoon sunlight is just perfect.

Light clouds and blue sky, a creek, trees, and sunlight.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

This is much easier said than done.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Two faculty meetings this week at two different schools and I’ve learned that Zoom has really gone downhill.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

lol, Collins is not just a convicted felon but a carpetbagger now too! He was a terrible congressman.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The Narrative™️, though. It cannot fail. It can only be failed.

2017 tweet, I swear to you, if we had the power to indoctrinate we would start by indoctrinating our students to read the syllabus

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 07/08/2026

I was in one of these recently and it was no big deal. I'm still a closed loop individual of individual sapience. There's definitely no humming of the collective mycelium spirit in the back of my mind. Don't worry about these

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This seems like the worst kind of predatory corporate bullying. Buc-ee’s should just buc off.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Finally watching Severance and really enjoying it. Feels like if Office Space had been written by Philip K. Dick.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I’m starting to think Defense Secretary Hegseth considers Jack D. Ripper the good guy in “Dr. Strangelove.”

"Dr Strangelove"
General Jack D Ripper:
"It's incredibly obvious, isn't it?
A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual.
Certainly without any choice.
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That's the way your hard core Commie works."

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Julie Carpenter, PhD @jgcarpenter.com · 16/07/2026

As a robotics researcher, learning scientist, and author who has followed Realbotix for years, I'm compelled to do a Bluesky thread on this whole pivot that Realbotix is now trying, turning from humanoid sex robots to classroom "education" robots. Buckle up. nysfocus.com/2026/07/14/n... 🧵

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Rural NY School To Launch Humanoid Robot Teacher

Plans to deploy a "lifelike" robot and avatar teaching assistant at Salamanca High School have sparked debate over the role of technology in schools.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I get that part of NPR’s mission is to interview and report on significant trends. I listened to this interview with dismay, though, that NPR let this theocrat expound his gay-hating, anti-women, bigoted views. I decided to screenshot instead of link so as not to perpetuate his views.

Screenshotted NPR page for interview with Christian nationalist.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I spoke with Mitch McConnell for twenty minutes this morning. He said he was getting better. He didn’t want to go on the cart. He said he was thinking of going for a walk. Then he began chanting, “I feel happy, I feel happy.”

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Anyone else ever have that dream where you show up to teach on the first day of the semester only to realize you’re in front of a class in your bathrobe, with no syllabus or lecture notes, and aren’t really even sure what course it is? Anyone? No?

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

One of the joys of being a professor is that, in addition to last minute requests for extensions, sometimes when a paper is due you get a student panicked b/c they don’t know how to write a paper when they don’t understand how to reconcile evil in the world with an all-powerful and good Creator.

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Converting to Catholicism so I can tell my bosses using unregulated AI is against my religion and I will sue them like that cake lady who hated gay people if they make me use it

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Who is modernizing books? Part of reading is being able to imagine other people, lives, even cultures and times.

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CREW @citizensforethics.org · 18/05/2026

President Trump's $1.776 billion settlement with the IRS is one of the single most corrupt acts in American history. They moved fast to avoid the scrutiny of the judicial process, and very likely violated the Constitution. This is an outrage.

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CREW statement on Trump-IRS settlement - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

Trump plans to use nearly $1.8 billion in taxpayer money to pay off his friends and allies—including potentially January 6 insurrectionists.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This is a serious IP issue for faculty. If you teach a college course, please protect your work. The best advice I can tell you is not to put your work in college LLMs. Find workarounds.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

When I worked as an instructional designer for online courses I’d always give a spiel to the faculty I was working with about intellectual property and ownership and how to retain control of their lectures if they were adjuncts.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Take the wrong lesson from a movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is a perfectly valid basis for a system of government.

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Christopher Hale @christopherjhale.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

BREAKING: The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching authority on just war doctrine — less than twelve hours after JD Vance told a Turning Point USA crowd the pope should “be careful” talking theology. This is a serious escalation.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

This jogged a memory: in fifth grade I wrote an essay about wanting to be an astronomer with a radio telescope when I grew up.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

An eclipse and photos of a crescent Earthrise. From the Artemis 2 mission. From here: www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I think the reason AI propagandists are so flustered by the fact that no real writer wants to use their idiotic tools is that they themselves don't enjoy writing. They see it as a boring arduous chore to be avoided, while real writers actually enjoy writing and actually care about the quality of it.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

A student doing a site visit to observe a Catholic service just commented that when they started Mass he thought it was a snack break in the middle and I’m just dying here.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Back home from Breakout Con in Toronto, and all ready to apply what I’ve learned to TPK my players. Seriously, though, gaming cons are great not just for fun but to spark creativity and new ways to think about gaming.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

And I end the night with a misunderstanding. Forgot to eat dinner, so stopped for some slices of pizza. Apparently they don’t just have slices, and I brought two pizzas back to my hotel. I know what I’m eating for breakfast.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

In other news, I found an Iraqi restaurant to eat lunch at today. I had the chicken tikka, with roast veggies and garlic sauce, plus lentil soup and some fluffy sesame bread. Excellent food.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

I’m in Toronto and had a weird Tim Hortons experience earlier. First, one of the employees complimented me on my hair. Now, guys don’t usually compliment my hair, but that’s not the weirdest part. 1/6

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Gaming night quote: “that guy’s ego is like a Bag of Holding.”

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Older man stumbled on the stairs near me at the coffee shop and said, “Don’t get into your nineties!” “I’m not sure I like the alternative!” I replied.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Don’t drag professors into this. Most of us hate AI and what it’s doing to our students and profession. Yell at the tech lords.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Now this brings back memories. My best friend’s dad had a PCjr with this game. First (and only) person I knew at the time who had a personal computer.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I’m not here to defend AI, but when I’m playing war games, if I get nukes, I recommend using them too.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I know it’s heresy to criticize Wegmans in WNY but I’m peeved they abruptly canceled a cake order I was supposed to pick up today. Now I have to add “bake a cake” to my to-do list.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The Jock, the Goth, the Nerd, the Drama Queen.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 24/02/2026

I understand why chatbot cheating happens but every time I read about it I want to gently remind everyone that the point of schoolwork is not for the submission to exist. Teachers are not just greedy for more essays or solved equations. The point is to do the work WITH YOUR OWN BRAIN, FOR LEARNING.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

The trick is to get students to learn from meaningful experiences when what has have is the output of that experience and the evidence they provide. Those outputs and evidence are unfortunately increasingly easy for AI to fake.

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Orc Wizard @orcwizard.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

“Why don’t people love AI more? Sure it will replace you at work and make you dumber and it’s bad for the environment and raises electricity prices. I just don’t get why people don’t embrace it??”

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