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I'm currently prepping a lesson for writing fellows on how to support student researchers and was looking to this thread for inspiration for various anti-AI talking points, so thanks for putting it all together (I'll be sharing with some faculty as well)

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 2h

they don't actually KNOW what their topic is, why they "chose" it, and what they want to find. I recently worked with a student who was dead-set on narrowing the focus of their research by looking into a 20-year-old apartment development in a wealthy suburb... because that's what ChatGPT recommended

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 2h

I just came to your profile looking for this thread because I have been thinking about it since you first posted it (and trying to write out my own thoughts). I keep encountering students who show up for research appointments with genAI-generated topics/questions and we immediately get stuck because

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Meg Elison @megelison.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Please remember that for every VE Schwab and Stephen King, there are a lot of banned Black, queer, and POC writers you've never heard of, to whom it is maybe not a badge of honor but a denial of their voice. Being banned is not a marketing opportunity, unless one is already rich.

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Of all the things that make TSA unamiable, the fact that agents are allowed to sit is nowhere near the list.

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Violating the consent of someone you interviewed about sexual violence is just… I don't even have words

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A conservative colleague once framed his opposition to the death penalty as "a government should not be in the business of killing its citizens"

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I do remember my (entirely unimpressive) SAT score, but in the way I remember the combination for my mailbox in college; I don't *want* to be wasting brain space on this, but I do not appear to have that option.

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I had heard his name (I think?) but in the way I hear a million other names of niche content creators so he just got sorted into the "some guy on the internet" file in my brain

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Eugenics 🤝 ai www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/h...

One of the things that is going to change is that we’re never ever again going to be able to be dominated by public officials who tell us, ‘Trust the experts,’” Mr. Kennedy said during the Tuesday session.

“If somebody tells you, ‘Masks work, trust the experts,’ A.I. may tell you otherwise,” he added. “If somebody tells you, ‘Social distancing works, trust the experts,’ A.I. may correct that. And if somebody tells you that a vaccine will prevent transmission and infection, or you need to take it to protect your grandmother, A.I. may say it actually doesn’t do that.”

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The Onion @theonion.com · 29/09/2026

Cornell Vows That Rapists Will Be Forced To Write Much Longer Essays In The Future theonion.com/cornell-vows...

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 20/06/2025

This is your reminder that nothing human-made is inevitable and you hereby have all the permission you need to reject bad/harmful social, technological, and political paradigms and to work toward something better.

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Which skills don't matter? I want a list. (Also, "you'll forget your address and phone number" is not exactly a selling point for me.)

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I am wearing the socks I got in Iceland in solidarity/on the off chance they can somehow magically help

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

"We're being asked this enough to include it in the FAQ, but somehow not enough that we've made it possible to turn it off. We value your feedback."

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Is making them pose with the toilet paper a hazing ritual? Because it seems like a hazing ritual

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I recommend Vibe Check to pretty much anyone who gives me an opening. Thank you for always having such thoughtful, nuanced conversations

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Listened this morning and immediately added it to our recommended reading/listening for the Critical AI Literacy workshop we're doing today (aka "AI for Haters")

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Ken Burnside @kenburnside.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The economists and boring people who study cash flow are saying: AI is a bubble, its burst is imminent, and it's going to wash away most of economic growth of the last decade when it happens. The historians are saying: What they said. Don't ask AI how to make guillotines. Use primary sources.

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 31/08/2025

why can't the democrat messaging on trans people be "no, we are not going to force children to undergo genital inspections in order to play sports"

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Jesse Raub @jesseraub.online · 08/09/2026

more than anything, i think we’re all learning that people who spent their professional life learning how to talk to computers were completely unprepared for a situation in which it appears that the computer is talking back

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Believing that other people are real is antifascist praxis.

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Uncanny valley as a service (UVaaS)

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I have watched the language around education become increasingly transactional over the course of my career and this feels like its natural endpoint. It's as if they watched the "I know kung fu" scene from the Matrix and said "we can do that"

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

One of the most fascinating/depressing aspects of Alpha School is how everyone involved seems actively antagonistic towards the idea of learning

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I want interviews with the hosts of every party he's ever been to

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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 02/09/2026

Everywhere he went, Ed Markey's biggest applause line was about protecting trans people. The Massholes yearn for trans liberation.

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Amy (not spooky yet, but hopefully getting there) @spooloflies.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

We have GOT to get better at saying "this text meant something to you, and nothing is going to easily replace it, but it's still better than facilitating bigotry" rather than pretending it's easy because Actually They're Bad.

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I would also settle for a pair of novelty frames that have neon letters spelling out "Pervert Glasses" attached to the top

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Oooh, me! I've been wanting to dip my toes into Wikipedia editing (with a longer-term goal of getting interested students involved) but I find it a little overwhelming

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

I lived in western CT for many years and am familiar with its specific kind of weird and STILL

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I have so many things I want to write about! But my brain refuses to make sentences. It's so frustrating

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This is actually something I want to start doing as a way to get myself back into the habit of writing generally

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Chef Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedy.northsky.social · 20/08/2026

Mid Century Modern tableware and where I think it would stand on trans issues, a thread

A Mid Century Modern ad for tableware, quirky hanging laps, weird wood paneled kitchen bar, oh yeah it's MCM as hell up in here (kinda love it)

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Definitely! DM me an email address and I can share them

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I've added a standard "why we recommend against genAI for research" slide to my deck, but students are getting extremely mixed messages from instructors and the college. And none of it is helped by the AI "features" that keep showing up in databases

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Whenever I encounter the "frees up time for more meaningful work" framing I want the person using it to list, specifically, which parts of my work they think I'm wasting my time on and what more meaningful work they think I should be doing instead.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Meta using disabled students for cover. Absolutely positively despicable.

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Anna Holmes @annabookwriter.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hey, guys, when the librarians get pissed about the destruction of books, it’s time to put those listening ears on. Because we are very comfortable with the idea that books are tools that can be retired. What’s happening right now is not that.

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.com · 11/08/2026

We argue constantly and at length about if certain groups actually deserve to be made fun of, but there is one true and unambiguously morally and ethically correct answer, and that is “people who remember 9/11 who still root their self identity in being a Slytherin”

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A book of matches that is so flimsy (and the strike area so dull) that they are functionally unusable

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

"Willing to give it up" assumes I haven't already been hunting through levels of settings looking for ways to turn off every butthole-looking logo popping up in everything I use

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Thank you! I will send you something.

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Do I know anyone who could help me troubleshoot an H5P/Canvas integration issue? @vfo.bsky.social this feels like something you might have experience with?

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

"Well, well, well. Looks like..." is such a unique turn of phrase it has only been used literally millions of times.

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I have four uncles who are in different stages of turning into their father/each other

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

With a name like Murder Bimbo, it's got to be good

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Sara K-M @sarakm.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Murder Bimbo by Rebecca Novack. I think you'd like it

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