iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

hi!! thanks @cyborggoddess.bsky.social! i think we were followers on the other site. it’s nice to think that similar things are possible here.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Thank you! Doubly useful as I think about systems of accountability in schools (specifically assessment and device monitoring) and how these fit into the conversation around connections and (pedagogical) relationships, and the types of connection we're making time and space for.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's also very nice to be able to deepen my own critiques as I write up the PhD, while also making new connections and creating new resonances that will extend well beyond submission. (Now I need to read Lindemann's book but I will wait until post-submission...)

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

contrast to 'cognitive offloading' which feels increasingly empty and which does not really address what's at stake. Valuing (and protection) forms of attention and forms of attentiveness are absolutely vital to living better, with each other, especially in education. Well worth a listen!

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

and gain currency, even among those take no other issue with the shovelling of gen AI into education, for example. @cyborggoddess.bsky.social brings in the (now old?!) idea of moral deskilling from @shannonvallor.bsky.social and the moral act of paying attention. It's an excellent reframe of and

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So refreshing to hear critiques of (gen) AI that start from the idea of interdependence. 'Cognitive offloading' may be a concern, but it is one that can be dealt with via 'critical intervention' at the level of the individual. I shy away from this idea, especially as it continues to circulate

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Cornell AAUP @cornellaaup.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Cornell students, faculty, and staff stand with survivors!

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And while I appreciate that Summerhall is a nice Fringe venue, the stories of local artists and their livelihoods is a bit more of interest one would think.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Developers who want to make Summerhall more ‘welcoming’ and ‘accessible’? I cannot roll my eyes enough in response.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

To think that there is nothing to be learned and innovated on from the safety practices of other industries is lunacy. AI tools are power. They are not magical or exempt from safety practices that work for other complex systems. Governing AI requires disenchantment; break the spell.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

and to remind everybody that, in fact, reading is interactive. ideal form of interaction imo given the times, the crises

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

bring back DEAR, 'drop everything and read' time in class, but append CAT, 'complex academic texts'

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

analogue, anachronistic forms of job creation + digital sovereignty.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

rip google reader. honestly, probably better it was sunset well before commercial llms arrived on the scene.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i think it's mostly that the biggest advocates of gen ai are the ones least interesting in writing for writing's sake -- or really for any other reason but accumulation of capital

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

we can value all of things things separately. writing is a very flexible technology. it's so odd to me that we have to writhe and contort ourselves to adjust teaching and learning in the 'age of ai' when ai is supposed to be some magically flexible technology.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

bit of a slip in the original headline, but I prefer it -- "Writing isn't as important as we think": yes, thinking is more important (as a necessary precondition for writing)

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Annie Abrams @annieabrams.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

i’d like to point out that this is a written argument

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This can't be said enough. While I of course agree with critiques of garbage gen AI, the problems run much deeper. There is no 'human in the loop' when we broaden the lens on what automation is

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

trying to optimise for 'academic benefits' (i.e. test scores) via class size seems like a dystopian exercise in control. ugh. surely we can imagine other benefits to smaller class sizes? even if they aren't *gasp* economically beneficial in the very short term?

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

TBH these high-level 'use' statistics, where the terms are intentionally under-defined, are only useful as forms of marketing for similarly under-specified uses cases. They seem to worsen structural problems by further shifting the responsibility for said problems onto individuals w/ the least power

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I would really like orgs to collectively think about what kinds of time they need to meet their medium and long-term goals. For orgs with social purposes (e.g. schools, unis, care facilities) it would be nice to shift the focus from saving time to *making* time and then see what tech might do

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This seems especially relevant when the discourse is all about efficiency and narrow views of saving time. This is all backwards IMO, especially as I near the end of the PhD. Time is imagined to be some sort of tradeable resource: shaving off a minute here or there leads to transformation. Magic!

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

(6) What forms of experience and expertise become less valued as a result? And the question that nobody seems to care about: (7) What are the long-term effects of the de- and re-valuation?

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's even worse when it comes to schools. So many Qs: (1) What is 'AI'? (2) What does 'use' mean in terms of frequency? (3) ... in terms of specific tasks? (4) How is 'use' distributed across an organisation? (5) What are possible secondary effects of such 'use' in workflows within organisations?

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Free bus travel, free school meals. No tech (e.g. fingerprint scanners) required at all.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Why isn’t there more children’s art exactly? When I was teaching walls were bare until children had enough time to create art.

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Amazing turn out from students and staff at the University of Edinburgh, in protest at senior management's greed and manufactured cuts. This is what solidarity looks like - as our campaign of industrial action begins this coming week in protest at the cuts. www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/student...

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900+ at inaugural Student & Staff Assembly! — UCU Edinburgh

More than 900 students and staff gathered for the inaugural Student-Staff Assembly on Thursday 24 September.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 24/09/2026

Just when I think I can’t hate OpenAI and Sam Altman any more, new details come out about how ChatGPT helped a shooter plan one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history in Tumbler Ridge, BC. OpenAI made an explicit decision not to report the user to authorities.

motherjones.com

ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals

OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Exactly this. Textbook example of what Joan Tronto calls “privileged irresponsibility.” All your everyday needs are met so you couldn’t possibly imagine the value of the work it takes to meet those needs.

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Gina Neff @ginasue.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Hey @nytimes.com I fixed this for you

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Jenn Borgioli Binis @jennbinis.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Do I know any educators who live in Georgia? I know of a very cool project that is looking for teacher advisors and pays generously!

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Right you are. Extremely disappointing. This is a labour issue, a social issue, an environmental issue. Lots of folks out there who would do a stellar job illustrating the brief.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library gifted more than 332,000,000 books since it was first created 31 years ago.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The asymmetries here are so telling — both about movement building and taking a stand. The choices we have are regressive cultural revanchism or technocratic instrumental progressivism pushing for college and career readiness?

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

You’d think investors might want novel approaches.

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Alfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Hey, here's a wild idea. What if some of the decision-makers *were* teachers?

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Mél Hogan / The Data Fix @melhogan.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

working on a talk for late fall and wanted to share some *older* texts that anyone writing about data centers today should know about!

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Fellow academics: I know a Haitian PhD student who due to TPS termination needs another institutional affiliation not in the USA. Do you or someone you know have an avenue for them? If so, DM me.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I tried joining but it was just so much 😭

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I certainly feel the risk cycling Edinburgh around having to dodge these hired bicycles. I also maintain that there is some risk to the taxpayer inviting private companies into transport infrastructure.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

cartographically related: i just learnt that the section of arthur's seat that recently suffered a fire is called 'galloping glen.' something very strange about learning place names in crisis.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

obviously the duck is wearing some sort of sunflower or daisy headpiece

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Libraries Connected @librariesconnected.org.uk · 26/07/2026

Great to see public libraries highlighted by the BBC as a low-cost way for families to make the most of the summer holidays. 🔗 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Five ways to make the most of the summer holidays with kids

The best tips and tricks to have a fun - yet affordable - summer break with the family.

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

good tip though on booking earlier for farther-afield train travel

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Ted Palenski @tedpal.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

oh i see. i have only done edinburgh - glasgow and no reservation required. this should be so much easier! basic infrastructure. maybe if we call it re/devolution we can get it done. 🚆🤝🚲

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