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Yael Harlap

@yaelharlap.bsky.social
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Canadian academic in Norway. I research higher ed teaching and learning, race, inclusion, equity, power. Discourse analysis. Otherwise: Knitting. Figure skating. Trying to keep my plants alive.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026
I promise you there would be no AI alignment problem if the CEOs of AI companies faced jail time if their AI killed anyone.
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Josh Eyler @josheyler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Have you ever wanted to hear @cjdenial.bsky.social, @thetattooedprof.bsky.social, @liznorell.bsky.social, and me talk about the need for resisting AI in education? If so, you're in luck! On October 13th, we're doing a reprise of a session on this topic, and we're hosting it on Zoom FREE OF CHARGE.
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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you haven’t read the dedication of Gloria Steinem’s autobiography My Life on the Road, it is really worth taking a second today.
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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I tried something in my class today that I was really excited about and I think went well! Basically a set of activities (with a bunch of polling) that turned students into an LLM in order to explain how they work. For example:
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Amadi Lovelace @amaditalks.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Remember that if you got the Moderna Covid vaccine, you have Dolly Parton to thank, she gave the largest individual contribution toward their research to make it possible.
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Lara Schwartz @laraschwartz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Remember: when Stefanik held a show trial of university presidents (1) the opposition party did not defend them; and (2) the presidents didn't defend their students. 1/2 www.ms.now/news/frame-u...
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Whistleblower says probes into antisemitism at colleges were ploys to harass and strip millions
A former Justice Department lawyer says the Trump investigations squeezed Ivy League universities for millions before they were even concluded. A top Democrat is demanding answers.
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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Turnitin has long used its end user licence agreement to use students' work for product devt. Now it's trying to update it to use essays for AI devt too! Prime example of academic content assetization - turning student IP into a source of value codeactsineducation.wordpress.com/2026/04/29/a...
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AI and the amplification of academic content assetization
Photo by Viktor Forgacs on Unsplash A new AI-driven digital learning platform launched by Arizona State University has set off alarm bells among academics for its exploitation of scholarly work. AS…
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff!
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 03/08/2026
There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.
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Yael Harlap @yaelharlap.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
This, absolutely this.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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jill-chee.bsky.social @jill-chee.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Important information for women - Most ‘Ovarian Cancer’ Isn’t. And That Fact Can Save Lives. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/h...
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There’s a Way to Prevent Ovarian Cancer. Few Know About It. (Gift Article)
The vast majority of cases begin in the fallopian tubes — and removing them can reduce the risk by nearly 80 percent.
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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Everyone coming on my feed and explaining to me that all is lost, I note what I have noted before, that there are no Negro Spirituals entitled, “Welp, I Guess It All Sucks and I Am Giving Up.”
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Yael Harlap @yaelharlap.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Someone is setting off fireworks in Bergen #norway
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slate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
i like how every time norway scores the guys get a ride on Haaland
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 23/06/2026
A major scandal has broken out in Norway at NBTK, the national gender clinic that has notoriously limited access to care. Researchers, including SEGM affiliate Anne Wæhre, engaged in substantial misconduct and ethical violations in their research on trans people. www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/43RE...
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Three researchers charged with scientific misconduct in research on transgender people
– The researchers have committed serious violations of recognized research ethics norms, the integrity committee at Oslo University Hospital states.
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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
It will never stop being funny to me that the street fighter subreddit has a much better, well reasoned ai policy vis a vis literally all universities.
Hi, thanks for posting! We do appreciate you thinking of us even though we have to moderate.

Our stance on all AI generated content (Images, Video, Voiceovers, and whatever else LLM based AI gets up to in the future):

At best, they are approximations of street fighter characters as the AI has no clue what it is trying to create. Because of this, there is no street fighter content so they are not allowed. (rule 1)

Also, they aren't allowed per our source rule. As AI sources cannot be tracked, we must assume that they use uncredited sources in the learning data. (rule 5)

Finally, AI images, video, text, and voiceovers are barely any different than posting a screenshot of a google search. The level of effort is so low that we consider it spam (rule 3).

Because of these reasons, AI art and other AI content is not allowed.

If you would like to contact the moderators about this removal, you can do so here.
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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.myatproto.social · 22/06/2026
Better worlds are possible.
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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I finally figured out why AI causes such a visceral reaction in thinking humans: I am writing my book chapter on PLAY, and AI is the opposite of play. We play for the joy of the process, not for the outcome. Yes it is nice to win, to have the art/ poem, but the point of life is to play.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“We know now from decades of research that grades are not scientific or objective measurements of student learning. They are reflections of progress on an individual instructor’s learning goals as determined by performance on activities, assignments and exams created by that same instructor.”
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Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Great piece by @josheyler.bsky.social on Harvard's ludicrous decision to put a hard cap on A grades. (Spoiler: Josh is not a fan 😏)
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Harvard’s new cap on ‘A’ grades is doomed to fail
We know now from decades of research that grades are not scientific or objective measurements of student learning.
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Yael Harlap @yaelharlap.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Can a journal article be 13 years in the making? This one was! And I am so proud of it. 🥰 "On thinking non-relationally: Race, dehumanisation and discourse in higher education" Please read and share - it's open access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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On thinking non-relationally: race, dehumanisation and discourse in higher education
This paper examines a critical classroom incident at a Norwegian university to explore how dehumanisation, epistemic ignorance, racism, and resistance operate within the Westernised university. Usi...
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Ronald Hartz @ronaldhartz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"the universities cooperating with Equinor had accepted a clause obliging them to mention the cooperation with Equinor exclusively in positive terms" A "North-Korean moment" for some Norwegian universities, as remembered in a new article by Ivar Bleiklie. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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External Pressure on Universities and Academic Freedom | European Review | Cambridge Core
External Pressure on Universities and Academic Freedom
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Yael Harlap @yaelharlap.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Can a journal article be 13 years in the making? This one was! And I am so proud of it. 🥰 "On thinking non-relationally: Race, dehumanisation and discourse in higher education" Please read and share - it's open access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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On thinking non-relationally: race, dehumanisation and discourse in higher education
This paper examines a critical classroom incident at a Norwegian university to explore how dehumanisation, epistemic ignorance, racism, and resistance operate within the Westernised university. Usi...
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librarypunk @librarypunk.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Every day I watch the tech industry build The Boot On the Neck Of Humanity Machine and watch universities say “we are going to sustainably and ethically prepare our students to become innovators in The Boot On The Neck Of Humanity Machine space”
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Yael Harlap @yaelharlap.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Submitted that R&R today. 🎉🎉
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Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app · 15/04/2026
What a joy to read. Thanks @colsonwhitehead.com for bangers like, "Studies show that overreliance on these digital tools causes cognitive decline, but if current events are any indication, nobody’s making much of a contribution anyway. Go ahead and use A.I. however you like."
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Maggie Harrison Dupré @mharrisondupre.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
NEW: A new pre-print study offers the first causal evidence that outsourcing reasoning tasks to AI can rapidly erode users' independent performance AND their will to persist despite difficulty. "People’s persistence drops... they’re also not willing to try without AI.” futurism.com/artificial-i...
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AI Use Appears to Have a "Boiling Frog" Effect on Human Cognition, New Study Warns
A new study claims to offer the first causal link between AI dependency and cognitive erosion. Researchers warn of long-term implications.
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ProfKakie @profkakie.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
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Opinion | I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students.
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Grace Panetta @gracepanetta.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Alysa Liu telling 60 Minutes “I love struggling, it makes me feel alive” is a legit revolutionary statement from a Bay Area native in a time when copious amounts of time and resources are being put toward convincing us to opt out of experiencing struggle, friction and self-actualization
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gianttigerkitty.bsky.social @gianttigerkitty.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Lovely essay. (Gift article) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
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Opinion | What Happened When My Yale Students Gave Up Their Phones for Four Weeks
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Yael Harlap @yaelharlap.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
I honestly don't understand why peer review takes so long. Yes, it is hard to find reviewers. This one paper of mine was sent to reviewers two months after submission. But that was mid-April. Why would someone say yes to review a paper and then let it sit for literally 8 months?! #academia
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Yael Harlap @yaelharlap.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I love this.
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Dan Ellis @techiedan.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
I have never seen an episode and I intend to keep it that way, but kudos to @washingtonpost.com columnist @monicahesse.bsky.social for this masterpiece. It's one of the best-written columns I've read all year. You don't have to read it - you deserve to read it. Here's a gift link: wapo.st/4r0oLwH
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Column | ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ is essential viewing. Seriously.
The Hulu reality show about the Mormon wives of TikTok is a perfect distillation of America’s political and cultural moment.
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Neil Turkewitz @neilturkewitz.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
LLMs are, in many ways, a distortion of the human, and a reflection of the ideal of the purely "boundaried" human: isolated within language, with no capacity to be touched or altered by challenging experiences, and free from any capacity for obligation or participation in the emotionally exhausting lives of the people it engages with. The LLM, it seems, is kind of what 21st century capitalism wants us to be.
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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
This ad about the importance of using the best lightning solutions for your workspace is brought to you from 1530 Wittenberg. The desk user M.L. recommends the illuminating dove to help you stay on task. #skystorians #academicchatter
Martin Luther sits at a writing desk, writing, and a heavenly sent dove is illuminating the room. This is a hand coloured part of a bible print from 1530. You may access a digital copy here: https://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0011/bsb00113027/images/index.html
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ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ Milla Lorelei Mélomane 💙 ʕᵔᴥᵔʔ @britpoptarts.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
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televisionland @televisionland.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o... This is a stunning opinion piece, and you really, really need to read it.
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Opinion | Mourn, or Else
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Melodye Shore @melodyeshore.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Rest in peace, Jane Goodall. 🌎🌱🦍 #Naturalist #Humanitarian #Philanthropist #Archeologist #Paleontologist #Scientist #JaneGoodall
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AquamarineinCA @aquamarineinca.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
If ever there was a great force for good in the world, it was Jane Goodall. It's sad that we won't have her gentle voice here, reminding us to have empathy for our fellow creatures. I'm so grateful for all that she did. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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Jane Goodall, Eminent Primatologist Who Chronicled the Lives of Chimps, Dies at 91
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Yael Harlap @yaelharlap.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Do I know anyone who is really experienced with NVIVO? Using queries and attributes and stuff like that? I have a few QUESTIONS :p #nvivo #qualitativeresearch
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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 14/09/2025
incredible and depressing how fast the decade of progress under trudeau — as slow and flawed and not enough as it might have been — is being dismantled before our eyes
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Arghavan Salles, MD, PhD @arghavansallesmd.medsky.social · 09/09/2025
The latest episode of John Oliver’s show is on higher ed and scientific research, so well worth watching if you’re in either space. My favorite moment was when he showed Trump saying he would “make Harvard great…again…probably” If every university president watched, we would be better off
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John Oliver on Trump’s attack on higher education: ‘No capitulation will be enough’
Last Week Tonight host looks into the administration’s attacks on universities’ public funding in the name of ‘fighting antisemitism’
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Sarah Wingo @sarahwingo.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I HATE when people compare AI to the printing press, it's so disingenuous. The printing press was opposed by the elites because it put power in the hands of everyday people, and popularized a vernacular. AI does the opposite, by allowing elites to bypass artists and laborers.
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André Q @qualearella.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Et mer en dobbelt så sterkt Frp bør være et alvorlig varsko. Høyresida i Norge går samme vei som i resten av verden, i mer ekstrem retning. Det krever seriøse mottiltak.
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Karla Ortiz @kortizart.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
So new studies showcase that the more you know how GenAi works, the less likely you are to use it! 😌 This reminds me of ai advocates who claim that those who refuse to use GenAi do so because they dont know how it works, yet it’s the opposite! The less you know the more you are likely to use GenAi
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The Less You Know About AI, the More You Are Likely to Use It
AI can seem magical to those with low AI literacy, a new study finds. That, in turn, might make them more willing to try it.
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Jack Rayher @jackrayher.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
This is sick: The wannabe King of the World is actively trying to undermine other countries global warming efforts with tariffs, levies and other mechanisms to get them to burn more fossil fuels. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...
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Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals
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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 27/08/2025
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
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I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
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Yael Harlap @yaelharlap.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Oh this, yes, exactly. And what to do with this.
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Teresa Heffernan @tjheffernan.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
I wrote our head of IT in the fall saying that faculty and students needed a way to block copilot..he said he would bring it up with Microsoft as it could only be done at an administrative level. Still no response. I wrote him and our union last week to say we should consider dropping Microsoft.
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