Reposted by MeganMylo Minderbinder @duffomatic.bsky.social · 12/10/2026WaPo published my letter, but first they censored it. Here’s the story . . 1/ 8643351
Megan @thewritemegan.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Grieving as a teacher is a new experience for me. There are different layers to it, and it’s complicated. And it hurts. 000
Megan @thewritemegan.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I’m mostly seeing resources for helping students, but I did see a personal essay on Chalkbeat that helped me feel seen. 010
Megan @thewritemegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Sorry if this is intruding, but wondering if @mrneibauer.bsky.social @marcusluther.bsky.social @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @larryferlazzo.bsky.social might have supportive resources 210
Megan @thewritemegan.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Any teacher connections have resources for coping when a student dies? 100
Reposted by MeganCaroline Carlson @carolinecarlson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I love this thread, and actually feel a little proud that my books do tend to include these types of characters. They are very useful for comedy writing and for keeping your book out of High Fantasy territory. I prefer my fantasy to be Not Unreasonably Far From the Ground. 031
Reposted by MeganAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 28/08/2026And in the real world, I'm wearying of people IRL confessing their LLM use to me, professing guilt, and then moving quickly to weak justification. They want absolution from the most vocally anti-AI person they know. 3648
Reposted by MeganTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 28/08/2026The snot tides are high today, lapping against my ankles as the bell rings for first period. I stare out the window before booting up the panoptic surveillance assistant our school can somehow afford. 220014
Reposted by MeganTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Honestly wild that as a society we’ve settled on a “solution” to funding k-12 classroom supplies that is basically “please, for the love of god, send in tissues 🙏🙏🙏 your progeny are a never-ending deluge of unstoppable snot “ 945175
Megan @thewritemegan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Nothing like a welcome back email from a principal that is obviously 100% Ai generated. Wish they respected and cared enough to put their own words down for us, but oh well. 000
Reposted by MeganAlex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Impossible to put into words how useless Gmail search is. No wait, these guys did it! 512185640
Reposted by MeganJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Two Peloton instructors. Zero classroom teachers. 2152
Reposted by MeganAnne Lutz Fernandez @lutzfernandez.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Woke up, made coffee, and sat at my laptop where companies gathered and shared information about my news consumption, entertainment preferences, shopping habits, and more. When I left the house, my departure time was recorded by my smart lock and my doorbell camera captured what I was wearing. 🧵 19455185
Reposted by MeganNathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 21/08/2026It's very strange people can't separate "will LLMs see increasing use in specialized fields?" from "Is it inevitable that LLMs remain a mass market consumer facing product?". The latter is very much not guaranteed. It only happened at all because OpenAI did a mentally carcinogenic marketing gimmick. 525133
Megan @thewritemegan.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I would love to present something like this TO my writing students. My cards in the table. 050
Reposted by MeganRafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 06/08/2026aaron swartz is the most vindicated person of all time 627791
Reposted by MeganAlfie Kohn @alfiekohn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Hey, here's a wild idea. What if some of the decision-makers *were* teachers? 0174
Reposted by MeganLinda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · 29/07/2026I’ve seen a lot of Oscar speeches; I don’t think any kicker has stuck with me quite like just imploring the audience: “Make art. Make art.” With the addition of “tanks,” which has charmed me out of my shoes since the first time I heard him say it in 2005. youtu.be/qx8yLvb0gZM?...youtu.be"Falling Slowly" winning Best Original Song Oscar®YouTube video by Oscars 620328
Megan @thewritemegan.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Triptychs! (Not sure of spelling) We definitely used them to move me several states away to college. 010
Megan @thewritemegan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026I’ve been taking a summer break from Bluesky (and thinking) but every now and then some news seeps in and sends me back here to understand what’s really going on. 000
Reposted by MeganDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/04/2026The precise concludes: "These findings supported the hypothesis that mindset can influence cognitive states in both positive and negative directions, suggesting a means of controlling one's health and cognition." There is, in short, a germ of truth in the "positive thinking" nonsense. 3894
Reposted by MeganDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/04/2026Basically the study finds that if you tell people they are well-rested, they *feel more well-rested*, independent of the actual amount of sleep they've had. People are entirely capable of "fooling themselves," not only into *thinking* they're well-rested, but into *feeling* well-rested! 4957
Reposted by MeganDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 27/04/2026There's really nothing to recommend it. You should bullshit yourself! Tell yourself you're good, you're capable, that a setback is an opportunity, a rejection is a chance to learn & grow, you're well-rested, things are going to work out, the world will take care of you. You'll be happier! 5645
Reposted by MeganRafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Guy at the pyramids called after me “sir!” No response “maam!” No response, after a few seconds he tries again “cousin!” I think we’ve cracked it. There is a gender neutral honorific. 143013556
Megan @thewritemegan.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Please pity those of us teachers who still have THREE DAYS LEFT. 000
Reposted by MeganDr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 12/06/2026Dave Eggers, on NPR's Wildcard with Rachel Martin: www.npr.org/2026/06/11/n... 4316140
Reposted by MeganDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 12/06/2026llms don't and can't love, hate, feel, care, think, imagine, dream, hope, fear, believe, reflect, aspire, wonder, empathize,... fix your your anthropomorphising language 4327104
Reposted by MeganEdutopia @edutopia.org · 23/05/2026“Teachers make thousands of choices in a single day,” high school teacher Elizabeth Chapman writes. “I would argue that one of the best ones they can make is the choice to evaluate student work themselves, with their own human minds.” 🧠edutopia.orgA Case for Human Evaluation of Student WorkA teacher who is optimistic about AI’s potential in education is nevertheless adamant about not using it to give students feedback. 042
Reposted by MeganKate Watson @loreandordure.com · 24/05/2026“I hear you but I want a take-away that excuses my choice to continue using the environmentally, socially and economically destructive plagiarism machines for the things I find them handy for anyway” is an annoyingly common position. 15515
Reposted by MeganMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 23/05/2026one interesting thing so far about loudly hating AI is the way AI lovers are like "wow so you're just totally closed off to hearing another perspective??" as if their perspective hasn't been relentlessly pushed down our throats with no space to push back (particularly in professional settings) 211119371994
Reposted by MeganMelissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Open up an assignment, immediately know it's generated, none of the detectors hit, can't give a zero because I can't "prove it," decide i cannot deal, shut laptop. Ad infinitum. 3523
Reposted by MeganCat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 23/05/2026I genuinely do not see a reason not to outlaw the distribution and hosting of AI video generation 151567222
Reposted by MeganMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 21/05/2026Obviously my students are self-selecting, but when I hear how they talk about AI vs. how university admin talks about AI...I don't think the university has any idea how much students resent it. 1143649
Reposted by MeganMiriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 21/05/2026Really sobering discussion with my 4th-year students as they contemplate post-graduate employment. They talked about "overwhelming anxiety," disappearing career ladders, fake job ads, no safety net, massive uncertainty, desperation... I really don't understand what we're doing. 13795139
Reposted by MeganStabbyTabby 🔪🤘 @stabbytabby.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Since deleting Instagram from my phone, and limiting my overall social media time, life feels less noisy. I spend my down time in my garden with my dog, watching the birds outside, and actually taking in movies or shows because I am paying attention. It's nice. These apps steal our time. 1224111221
Reposted by MeganJohn Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social · 20/05/2026In 2003 or thereabouts I had a first-year student at Virginia Tech deliver an utterly convincing persuasive speech on doing exactly this. That student is likely now a parent of school-aged children. Their child will probably be able to deliver the same speech ten years from now. 2133
Reposted by MeganTal Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 21/05/2026i have many justifications for hating AI but ultimately don't think i need any besides "they stole the book it was my life's dream to write without compensation, and did not get punished." their hands are literally in my pocket and they can fuck off 31812294
Reposted by MeganMarcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 20/05/2026AFT just uncritically going along with whatever positive coverage EdTech companies need. I wonder why... 1223
Reposted by MeganTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 19/05/2026I keep thinking about so many of these summary tools as being the equivalent of a proxy pre-chewing your food before you get to eat it, but chewing the food is by far the best part of food. Encountering nothing but an endless ocean of masticated mush seems like an unbearable culinary nightmare. 45110
Reposted by MeganLauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Your grandma uses gen-AI? Mock her gently but relentlessly. Your students use it? Mock them savagely. Your favorite writer uses it? Mock her loudly and whenever she appears in public, because with the use of it, she has become a tool of the fascist oligarchs who want to kill us all. 07611
Reposted by MeganLauren Groff @legroff.bsky.social · 19/05/2026“Mock mercilessly anyone using generative AI until they cry” is the new “punch a Nazi.” 29811
Megan @thewritemegan.bsky.social · 17/05/2026I think a lot of people could benefit from your sharing more about the hows and whys of your daily comrade cards (in your extensive free time to educate us, of course). 100
Reposted by MeganRyan Barr @artbyrbarr.bsky.social · 14/05/2026This has been said to death but I'll just say it again: if you're in the creative arts space stop calling your art "content". Call it "work"! Calling your art "work" shows it's the result of time and skill. "Content" makes something sound like it has no purpose other than to take up space. 482197739
Reposted by MeganDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 12/05/2026folx, I’ve been working on AI "ethics" for almost a decade now & hate to tell you there’s no such thing as "ethical AI" the only "ethical principle" that works is regulating the shit out of the industry & to take back control of our autonomy, fundamental rights, freedoms & right to exist w/out AI 5945471578
Reposted by MeganIndie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 15/05/2026‘If your instinct is to use AI, you shouldn’t be a writer.’ ‘Hand drawn animation’ ‘No AI touched this film’ I LOVE YOU SO MUCH SETH ROGEN 😭🥳 www.reddit.com/r/Fauxmoi/s/...reddit.comFrom the Fauxmoi community on Reddit: Seth Rogen in Cannes discussing AI in Hollywood "If your instinct is to use AI, you shouldn't be a writer."Explore this post and more from the Fauxmoi community 310917
Reposted by MeganRyan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 13/05/2026Students, if you’re thinking about dropping a note to that teacher or professor about what their class/project/mentorship has meant to you, but you worry it will be cringe or cheesy, let me just tell you they will coast on the fuzzy feelings prompted by that note for months, if not years 583046709
Reposted by MeganEric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 14/05/2026still not quite over the fact that i watched 15 year olds get sued for millions of dollars for downloading twelve songs and now we all have to accept AI slop because every tech company in the known universe decided that IP laws don't exist now that they're inconvenient for them 87175156741
Reposted by MeganTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Starting to vaguely suspect that students aren’t completely in love with being ground zero for mass data harvesting and punitive surveillance culture with egregiously reduced rights to speech and protest, but I could be wrong 110726
Reposted by MeganJess Craven ❌👑 @jesscraven101.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Burgum: When the sun goes down, solar panels produce zero electricity. The whole machine doesn't work. Rep. Huffman: I request to enter into the record this amazing new technology that apparently the Secretary is unaware of. It's a battery. 😂 1015146
