iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Senator Patty Murray @murray.senate.gov · 09/09/2026

If we are smart enough to create such powerful AI, then we are smart enough to regulate it. America can meet the moment, but the clock is ticking. Congress needs to step up and move NOW to protect American lives and safeguard our future.

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Anthropic researcher says more than 10% chance AI "could kill all humans"

A top Anthropic researcher says there's more than a 10% chance AI "could kill all humans," after a colleague resigned over similar concerns.

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Third Act Upstate New York @thirdactupstateny.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Emily Atkin, in Heated, reports on the responses of Big Tech to her questions about new research on how the fossil fuel industry is using AI: Microsoft and Google: non-responses Amazon, Atkin notes, responded with "misdirection and greenwashing." heated.world/p/we-asked-b...

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We asked Big Tech about AI’s fossil fuel problem. The responses were atrocious.

Responses from Microsoft, Google and Amazon raise serious questions about their stated commitments both to responsible AI and a livable planet

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 21/08/2026

We live in a culture obsessed with individual action. Because of that - and fossil fuel companies promoting carbon calculators - we’re convinced the most important thing we can do is to watch what we eat, how we travel, or what we use. Yes, those things do matter. But this is what matters MORE ⬇️

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

With each daughter, it was very emotionally intense for all of us. Poignant, bittersweet, powerful. A practical tip: skip the box stores as much as you can (since they are heavily picked over) and try to get all essentials for getting them set up at Ace Hardware, kitchen & office supply stores.

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thanks to all for this helpful resource! We work with K-12 educators & ed leaders and developed this "practice brief" to support the deepening of conversation and to cultivate resistance. The idea is that it can be read in 5 minutes and discussed or explored for hours… bsky.app/profile/phil...

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

sunday mid-august is just about the sundayest. balm for the sundays: this solidarity guide to back-to-school support for the wide refusal movement updated w new assignments, teachable readings, labor resources +more after launch 1 year ago send us your updates! bon courage! against-a-i.com

against-a-i.com

AGAINST AI -

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Tim Newman @tnewmsblues.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Her mind! This from @karenhao.bsky.social should be one of those inspirational quotes that a crafter does in needlepoint. www.bloomberg.com/features/202...

Finally, Claude or ChatGPT — what do you use?
Neither.

Really? What is the alternative in your life?
None. My mind.

You don’t feel it holds you back?
It actually liberates me.

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Paul Bleicher @pbleic.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Astonishing. RFK Jr. adds 8 members to a 6 member FDA advisory panel. 6 of them were sellers of peptides, and the 7th a compounding pharmacist. In an 8-6 vote with all 8 votes coming from these new panel members, the panel approved 4 peptides against the objections of FDA scientists.

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FDA Panel Supports Lifting Restrictions on Four Peptides (Gift Article)

In an all-day hearing, the agency’s scientists argued against allowing broad access to unproven drugs that the agency had banned three years ago.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🚨 New publication alert 🚨 In which I join an all-star group of scholars to discuss the problems with what we call "critical optimism" about AI in education and offer instead three forms of AI refusal: curricular, bureaucratic, and administrative. The article is paywalled, so DM me for a copy.

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Refusing Educational Technology: Artificial Intelligence, Inequity, and the Problem of Critical Optimism - Niral Shah, David Stroupe, Aman Yadav, Tess Bernhard, Charles Logan, Elizabeth B. Dyer, Peng ...

Artificial intelligence (AI)—like many technologies before—comes with hope and worry about its implications for education. In this essay, using generative AI as...

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Hi @mnewfarmer.bsky.social — We are 100% on board with the OER move! All of our climate resources are here… stemteachingtools.org/sp/climate-l... This is generally true around all of our @stemteachingtool.bsky.social collection… stemteachingtools.org/tools After this event, we will loop around!

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pd overview : StemTeachingTools (en-US)

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Our climate book table that faculty can use in teacher education is always a crowd favorite! 😀

Picture of a few dozen books on climate change, climate justice, and climate change education.

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

🧵 Our team is about to launch our 4th Annual Summer Design Institute for Climate Teacher Education. We will have 30+ faculty & instructors from dozens of teacher ed programs in WA state working to integrate #ClimateJustice into their courses & programs. You can learn more here: climateteaching.org

Title slide for the linked project for "The Climate Teacher Ed Collaborative" with text: Institute for Science + Math Education • UW Seattle (Funded by Washington State Legislature & the Shauna C. Larson Endowment) STEMTeachingTools.org

Image shows abstract images of a sun, clouds, mountains, trees, waves, river, and buildings.

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I’m looking to speak with people who are resisting the erosion of human thought, creativity, skill, and relationship through AI. 🧵

Text written on a book page reads: Looking to hear from people who are resisting the erosion of human thought, creativity, skill, and relationship through AI. If that sounds like you, reach out via kellyhayes.org.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

"A mature university response will protect the right to refuse, cultivate the duty to understand, and treat refusal as evidence that the purposes of learning, teaching, scholarship and governance remain open to public deliberation."

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AI refusal in higher education: the right to refuse, the duty to understand and the diagnostic value of non-use

Generative artificial intelligence has made refusal newly visible in higher education. Students, academics, researchers, professional staff and institutional leaders may reject, restrict, contest o...

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Today is a good day to donate to The Trevor Project. Trans kids deserve a world that loves and accepts them fully and unconditionally, just as they are.

thetrevorproject.org

Support Homepage

The Trevor Project is a non-profit suicide prevention organization that provides 24/7 crisis support services, research, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ young people.

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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/06/2026

BREAKING: The Supreme Court ruled that states can ban transgender girls from school sports. This is a devastating ruling for trans students across the country who simply want the freedom to play with their friends.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

To feel the real essence of an Irish rainforest, go to one in the rain. You'll find yourself immersed in an alternate, magical realm of dripping, lush exuberance.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Today on the @civicsoftech.bsky.social blog: Heidi Reed with a lesson that "helps demystify AI as a sociomaterial construction of natural resources, human labor, habitats of non-human animals, government legislation, toxic chemicals, computer codes, and techno-capitalist ideologies.”

civicsoftechnology.org

What is AI made of? A two-part lesson plan on asking critical questions about technology — Civics of Technology

Civics of Technology Announcements Book Club this week: Techno-Negative: A Long History of Refusing the Machine by Thomas Dekeyser. Join us on Wednesday, June 24th at 7:00 PM Eastern Time. Re...

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Peter J Woods @awasteofredmeat.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Conference Organizer: Do you want to be a part of a panel on AI? Me: oh I would love to do an impression of Dave Phillips! Organizer: wut? #ISLS26

A dr house lookin mother fucker in front of a large projection screen that says “GEN AI LIVES OFF THE THEFT OF YOUR INTELLECTUAL LABOR”

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

You can find all of our open source Climate Learning Resources at the following link. It includes webinars, briefs, lesson plans, practitioner articles, background readings, assessments, PD sessions & more… 🌿 stemteachingtools.org/sp/climate-l... #TeachClimate #ClimateJustice #ShowYourStripes

Picture of the linked page from the STEM Teaching Tools site. It includes the sun diagram for Climate Justice Learning described here: https://stemteachingtools.org/brief/97

Pictures shows the bottom part of the linked page with buttons linking off to a variety of our climate resources.

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Since Climate Stripes are intended to spark conversations and build climate literacy, I also thought I'd share a resource authored by colleagues on How to Talk Climate… RESOURCE: Let’s Talk Climate! 🌿 Web page: stemteachingtools.org/brief/84 🌿 PDF link: stemteachingtools.org/assets/lands...

Classroom of students listening to an Indigenous speaker with all of their arms raised up in gratitude. A poster on the wall reads "Our Climate". The title is listed: "Let’s Talk Climate! Bridging Climate Justice Learning and Action Across School, Home, and Community" as is the source of "STEM Teaching Tool #84"

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

We used the global Climate Stripes as the lead image in our resource summarizing and linking off to the 2024 U.S. Climate Literacy guide… RESOURCE: What is Climate Literacy? 🌿 Web page: stemteachingtools.org/brief/102 🌿 PDF link: stemteachingtools.org/assets/lands...

Global climate stripes from blue vertical stripes on the left (deep into the data record) to deep red stripes on the right (present day) with the title "What is Climate Literacy?" and the source "STEM Teaching Tool #102"

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Today is #ShowYourStripes day! Created by climate scientist @edhawkins.org, the warming stripes show how temperature has changed over time. You can find the stripes for where you live here: showyourstripes.info Here are Climate Stripes for Seattle where I live & some related educational resources…

Vertical climate stripes for Seattle WA going from mostly blue on the left (in history) to mostly red on the right (for recent times)

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Climate Central @climatecentral.org · 20/06/2026

Today is #ShowYourStripes Day! The warming stripes visualize more than a century of temperature trends. Each stripe represents a year: 🔵 Cooler years 🔴 Hotter years Share custom stripes for U.S. states, cities, & more with #ClimateCentral's new Dashboard: app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/warm...

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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 20/06/2026

No surprises here - #Arctic Ocean stripes are off the scale. The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else in the world. #ShowYourStripes ➡️ Explore your own climate change stripes: showyourstripes.info (Global) and app.climatecentral.org/dataviz/warm... (U.S.) What's it like in your area?

Visualization showing vertical colored lines corresponding to temperature anomalies from 1921 to 2025 for the Arctic Ocean. The colors have year-to-year variability, but generally go from blue to red through time, especially in recent years.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Next week I’m leading a three-day professional development for local educators on teaching about, against, and with AI technologies, and as I work on the slides and activities, I’m once again grateful for @betterimagesofai.bsky.social:

betterimagesofai.org

Better Images of AI

We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as insp...

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doctor of softboyology @vea.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

At #ISLS26 I’m part of a symposium where learning scientists and computer-supported collaborative learning scholars propose provocations for the next decade of scholarship in our fields. Mine: None of this matters if we don’t stop authoritarianism. 💥 Link below

mborgepsu.github.io

Revisiting Wise & Schwarz's Provocations for CSCL

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Come join our team! The UW Climate Impacts Group is hiring an early career social scientist to support climate change adaptation projects with our federal, Tribal, state, and local partners. Applications due July 2. Please share widely! ➡️ cig.uw.edu/2026/06/join...

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ILSSA Committee @islsilssa.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

We are selling stickers to raise money for need based scholarships! We are near the registration table! They cost whatever you can afford, and whatever you think is fair for whatever you take! Not in person? Want to support the cause? You can donate here: donate.stripe.com/8x24gA9Nsd8i...

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Stripe Checkout

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

It does. Concern #10 frames issues with disruptions to social, cognitive, and metacognitive learning processes and related outcomes. Concern #8 is also relevant to outcomes as well around hallucinations, misinformation & disinformation. And there are 11 other concerns highlighted.

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

This one-pager includes over 70 embedded background links. It frames 13 social and ethical concerns about the use of AI in education that I think we SHOULD be talking about . It also links off to resources on how to resist AI and co-design less harmful approaches. Let me know what you think.

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

I've been piecing this new resource together over the past couple of years and have been workshopping the draft for a few months. I'm so grateful to the dozens of individuals who have provided feedback and resources to layer into it! Thank you, all!

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Grateful Word Art with Heart by D.Ohi

Alt: Grateful Word Art with Heart by D.Ohi

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

As with all of our STEM Teaching Tools, you can get to the more polished PDF formatted version from the landing page of the resource. It is a great format to share with others! Here's the direct link for the new resource: 🌿 stemteachingtools.org/assets/lands...

Screenshot of the front page of the linked resource.

Screenshot of the back page of the linked resource.

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Hi all: Given the quickly expanding use of AI in education, I am sharing a new @stemteachingtool.bsky.social that can help deepen our thinking about these efforts. IMO the stakes are too high not to! Please share as makes sense. 🌿 stemteachingtools.org/brief/109 #EquityFirst #AIinEd #SciEd #STEMed

Image from the linked resource titled "What concerns should we be discussing about using AI in Education?"

It is STEM Teaching Tool #109

The image is of a whiteboard with the word "AI?" written on it.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

"AI harm is not accidental but systemic and extractive. We call for rejecting AI inevitability and advancing community-led responses that disrupt algorithmic settler colonialism and reimagine intelligence beyond domination,” write Bronwyn Carlson and Tamika Worrell.

journals.sagepub.com

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I'm a big fan of the 2nd edition of The Science of Learning! Clear, practical implications for the classroom based on well-established principles - all presented in a very readable and usable way. Send it to your favorite educator, trainer, or learner today! @deansforimpact #TheScienceOfLearning2

deansforimpact.org

The Science of Learning | Deans for Impact (DFI)

Cognitive science research on student learning, applied to teaching practices.

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 30/05/2026

I’m a climate scientist. Let me fix this headline. “Nearly a century ago, scientists showed that burning fossil fuels warms the planet. Today, we know human emissions account for over 100% of the warming. Yet dark money and disinformation still work to keep Americans addicted to fossil fuels.”

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Tomorrow’s faculty meeting will be interesting. I’m putting 13 social and ecological concerns of AI use on the table for discussion — before people are then asked to nominate related strategic planning priorities for the future of the College. #AIKilljoysUnite #EquityFirst

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Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This is unbelievable. The AI boom is now piggybacking on green colonialism, eating up any contribution to emissions reduction while causing harm to Indigenous communities. The Yakama Tribe has been fighting this pumped storage project for years, only to learn it would primarily power…a data center.

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Recently I posted an article about books to read if you want to know more about the science of learning. @vijisathy.bsky.social recommended I make my own list. So here you go! I've intentionally made this list short, with a focus on consensus science of learning and more recent books. (1/n)

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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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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 23/05/2026

It’s #ClimateSolutionsWeek at @NPR.org, with stories about how cities, towns, and states are lowering emissions with renewable communities in Utah, Indigenous knowledge in Montana, and sewage as a heating and cooling solution (for real!) in Denver. Check them out!

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NPR's Climate Solutions Week

How does climate change affect decisions on where, and how, people live? NPR is dedicating a week to stories about solutions for living and building on a hotter planet.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

"But as Charles Logan, T. Philip Nichols, and Antero Garcia recently argued in Kappan, 'the future [educational technology vendors] selling has not arrived — and perhaps it never will. But de-skilling, surveillance, and extraction — all of that is happening now, in our classrooms, today.'"

jacobin.com

The EdTech Backlash Is Here, and It's Just Getting Started

Tech vendors promised personalized, frictionless learning. What American schools got instead was mind-numbing, data-hungry junk software that devalues teachers and shortchanges students. A growing mov...

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Philip Bell @philipbell.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

“As tribes, we’re not just thinking about ourselves, we’re thinking about the future. And it’s not just for ourselves, it’s for everybody. We’re advocating for clean water in the Columbia River,” Harvey said. “We’re advocating for clean air. We’re advocating for the wildlife to have habitat…”

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