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Just a mom in Brooklyn writing stories and trying not to lose her mind. | St. John’s fan 🏀🌩️ | NBK 🌹 |

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
“Let’s say there’s a world or time line I exist in where A.I. has been subject to regulation. It is ethical. It has no footprint environmentally,” the novelist Jeff VanderMeer, a prominent critic of A.I., told me over the phone. “With those guardrails in place, would I read an A.I. book? All I can say is no. And the reason is, in part, because I want to read something coming from a particular mind.” Using A.I., he said, “feels like a betrayal of the whole point of why you’re a writer.”
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Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
His platform was never really radical, despite all the fear-mongering. He pointed out issues that were fixable and he’s fixing them! He also happens to be good at the videos.
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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The idea is like grass. It craves light, likes crowds, thrives on crossbreeding, grows better for being stepped on.
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Jodi Carreon @jcarreo22.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hear, hear! “We have now reached a critical mass of parents that have seen the promises of internet liberation that suffused our youth curdle into the technofascism that has defined our early middle age. We want better for our kids.” - @andyliddell.bsky.social
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Tech Policy Press @techpolicypress.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
On the Tech Policy Press podcast, Justin Hendrix talks with reporters Chris Mills Rodrigo and Laura Karpas about how US school districts are setting classroom AI policy—from cautious "AI literacy" guardrails to New York and LA's one-year moratoriums.
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Across the US, School Districts Wrestle With Classroom AI Policy
A conversation with Tech Policy Press fellow Chris Mills Rodrigo and audio reporter Laura Karpas.
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Breaking News: UFT & AFT making an announcement about AI safety for kids with Microsoft is like the sheep making an announcement about sheep safety with a pack of wolves. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 @comixaction.com @schoolsbeyond.bsky.social @gregpak.net @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social
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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art · 05/09/2026
we have strayed so far from god's light
an image of an RCA cassette to 3.5mm jack audio adapter
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
For the night crowd: the wins you’re seeing in NYC and LA this week did not fall from the sky. They are the result of literally thousands of hours of organizing by parents, teachers, advocates in both communities. These wins belong to them - and the millions of kids in both cities who will benefit.
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gita “the formalist” jackson @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Cursed thought: Succession pinball machine
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Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I hope this inspires more advocacy around the country. We made noise, we presented the data, we spoke at city hall, we testified before the PEP. We were heard! It’s not perfect but it’s a big step in the right direction. Thank you for listening @mayor.nyc.gov
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hi fam...so we have a new AI policy in New York City! It's a testament to ALLL of the work that organizers like you have done in the past year. It's not perfect--but it's a start! 🔥❤️🔥 Flip through to see our response! xoxo @gregpak.net @climatefamsnyc.bsky.social @comixaction.com
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
"'The fact that this policy exists at all is due to the enormous work of parents across the city who spoke out against the overreach of A.I. into their kids’ classroom,” @kellyclancy.bsky.social said."
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A.I. Is to Be Banned in N.Y.C. Elementary and Middle Schools
A new policy to be announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using A.I., but stops short of a moratorium.
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Politico @politico.com · 02/09/2026
NYC school system to ban AI for elementary, middle school students
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NYC school system to ban AI for elementary, middle school students
The Department of Education is unveiling new guidelines following backlash.
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Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I guess wandering Green-Wood Cemetery with my son was the right place to learn about Dolly’s death
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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
the average well-off DSA organizer is basically organizing to pay higher taxes the rest of their life and in a society where that level of selflessness is pretty rare I don't think anyone should be giving them shit for it
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Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
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Using 30 months of panel data on 26,811 Chinese students in grades 7-12, we study how generative Al affects homework productivity and learning. The data combine monthly closed-book exams, high-school and college entrance exams, and homework scores and completion time across nine subjects. We exploit staggered Al adoption in a difference-in-differences design. Al adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months.
High-stakes entrance-exam scores fall by 18 and 24%, with the full penalty emerging only after about two years. The losses are largest in social science subjects, followed by STEM and languages, and are especially large for junior students, high-achieving students, and boys. The learning losses are concentrated among roughly 80% of Al users whose behavior is consistent with homework outsourcing, as indicated by exceptionally short homework completion time coupled with high homework scores. Al users who maintain similar homework completion time as non-Al users experience small learning losses.
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Alex A. Pagliuca @alexpagliuca.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
They're not AI artists. They're slop jockeys.
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Post Season Betsy 💙 @baseballfrank.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
My mom has had two open heart surgeries due to Congenital Rubella Syndrome and then had a hemorrhagic stroke due to issues with blood thinners and is now unable to live alone. All because she was unlucky enough to be born before MMR was available.
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Louis Peitzman @louispeitzman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We need to be saying this loudly and clearly: These people have lost their fucking minds.
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 07/08/2026
Hey, I made a video for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social! Please, @mayor.nyc.gov, don't let the billionaires get their hands on our kids! Give us a full 2 year "A.i." moratorium for the schools - for students and teachers, 2K-12! (PLEASE share - and tell the mayor what YOU think at HeyMamdani.fyi !)
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inthefade @ihavethatonvinyl.com · 05/08/2026
fuck benji madden, fuck good charlotte. they should be run out of the industry for this
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 01/08/2026
Hey, friends! I put my big face in a video like the kids do! Time to join the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social and tell @mayor.nyc.gov to enact a moratorium on "A.i." in the schools! Please share - and please tell the mayor you want a moratorium! www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Love the energy of the advocates and especially love the extremely NYC vibe of this photo of @dianaforqueens.com and her pizza baby 🤌
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We officially hit 700 artists on our petition to @nycmayor with the great Dave Eggers, who agreed to sign on in this handwritten letter. He wrote back to a NYC parent who wants to see a moratorium on AI in NYC schools. See the full list of signers and become artist 701!
A handdrawn monster + a letter from Dave Eggers supporting the moratorium on AI
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 27/07/2026
Big reminder, NYC! This Wednesday at 5:30 pm in Chelsea, we're rallying with the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social and @comixaction.com against "A.i." in the public schools! Come join!!! actionnetwork.org/events/ai-ou...
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AI Out of Schools PEP Rally
Join the AIM Coalition for a brief rally outside and testimony inside at the July PEP (Panel for Educational Policy) meeting to demand a FULL moratorium on AI in NYC Schools.
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cass city @heavenlygrandpa.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
this came to me in a dream last night
a comic with two panels. the first panel has Calvin from Calvin & Hobbes yelling “I DON’T GOT NO TYPE!” and the second panel has Calvin yelling “BAD BITCHES IS THE ONLY THING THAT I LIKE!”
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PBS News @pbsnews.org · 18/07/2026
Child safety advocates are sounding the alarm about artificial intelligence features now being used by millions of students in classrooms that rely on education tools made by Google. to.pbs.org/4yn3vVt
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Google's AI search features pose 'unacceptable risk' to children, new report finds
Common Sense Media found that across more than 2,600 test interactions, Google’s two built-in AI search functions routinely failed to recognize risky and harmful behavior.
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Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
The tell with all of this is your kids can be taught by sex bots dressed up like John Oliver, but the tech barons send their kids to schools where they don't allow phones and there is an art AND music teacher.
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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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Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
He’s sitting in a hospital bed, propped up with pillows, wearing JEANS. Dungarees! Hard pants! Cmon now.
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Esme Weatherwax 📚🧶🦉🌳🔬📸 🌈 ally @esmeweatherwax8.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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talia jane @taliajane.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
ICE has increased operations in NYC, with an uptick in reported sightings across Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Most recent sightings were in Coney Island (BK), Corona (QNS), Jackson Heights (QNS), and Bushwick (BK). The ICE hotline is back online after being down for a month: 229-304-8720
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NYC ICE HOTLINE

THE HOTLINE IS BACK
CALL OR TEXT

SEE ICE?
TAKE A PICTURE & TEXT US THE INFO
+1(229) 304-8720
EVERYDAY FROM 6 AM to 8 PM
ENGLISH & SPANISH
PROTECT YOUR NEIGHBORS
NYCHOTLINE.NET
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 08/07/2026
How AI is ruining education, in one handy chart aftermath.site/ai-education-i...
A keyboard with a key labelled "AI." Photo by BoliviaInteligente on Unsplash
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Omelet Style @omeletstyle.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Couldn’t have seen this coming
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
marked safe from having any idea of what people are talking about
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Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I said… BRR! It’s cold in here! There must be a rent freeze in the atmosphere!
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 26/06/2026
Proud to stand with the @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social and @comixaction.com against "A.i." in schools. I said that "A.i." in education is a form of child abuse. Shame on anyone that tells a kid that they are less than by suggesting they generate slop instead of writing and drawing on their own.
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Alex Segura @alexsegura.com · 25/06/2026
www.cityandstateny.com/opinion/2026...
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Opinion: Dems and GOP agree, we need an AI moratorium
The school year ends this week. Let’s start the next year without it.
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Claire Valdez @claireforny.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
⚡❤️
Claire Valdez sits on a stoop outside a building holding the front page of the New York Daily News, which reads: "Shock From the Left" with a photo of her waving on it.
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tekla 💜✨ @tekla.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
static.klipy.com
Zohran Mamdani
Alt: Zohran Mamdani looking all cute saying “welcome to the transition”
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Omelet Style @omeletstyle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
WHAT A TIME TO BE ALIVE!
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Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
YEAHHHHH!!!!
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VoteHub @votehub.com · 24/06/2026
Claire Valdez is winning Hispanic precincts in NY-07 by 30 points. Hispanic voters in the district are backing the DSA and Mamdani backed candidate strongly.
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Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
We can do this here, too! AI is not inevitable and it does not belong in our schools.
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Amber Sparks @ambersparks.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I know I sound like a crazy person because we all worship cars now but I actually don’t think it should be legal to drive a vehicle with a hood taller than most women and all children in a heavily pedestrian city
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The Deadly Rise of Giant Trucks and S.U.V.s (Gift Article)
The vehicles on American roads have grown larger — and they are killing thousands more pedestrians, a Times investigation found.
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AI Moratorium for NYC Schools @aimoratoriumnyc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Mayor Mamdani, New York's Artists Demand: Keep AI Out of Our Schools. https://bit.ly/ArtistsSayNoAI4Schools
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Rick Paulas @rickpaulas.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Wow.
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Shan (help I’m alive) @shan614.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I’ll be there and you should be too!
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Claire Valdez @claireforny.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
If you're going to start taking big real estate money, at least be honest about it.
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