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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 5d

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Leigh Graves Wolf @gravesle.bsky.social · 6d

He was incredible. Sending love from someone who also had the privilege of experiencing his brilliance, charm, wit and love.

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Leigh Graves Wolf @gravesle.bsky.social · 6d

He was one of a kind. Sending love from someone who knew and loved him dearly - my condolences to you and your colleagues <3

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Leigh Graves Wolf @gravesle.bsky.social · 6d

The world has lost an incredible human and scholar and I have lost a dear friend. www.waskoms.com/obituary/Mar...

Obituary for Mark Helmsing | Waskom Capitol Hill Chapel

Share memories & support the family

www.waskoms.com

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

‘I’m a composer. Am I staring extinction in the face?’: classical music and AI

Technology is radically reshaping how we make music. As I dug deeper into this for a radio 3 documentary I began to wonder if creative organisations are right to be so upbeat about AI. Are we riding the wave or will the wave destroy us?

www.theguardian.com

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The Oatmeal @theoatmeal.bsky.social · 8d

Let’s talk about AI art.

theoatmeal.com/comics/ai_art

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

This is a comic about AI art.

theoatmeal.com

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 9d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Juuso Henrik Nieminen @juusonieminen.bsky.social · 9d

Inclusive assessment design: students with disabilities speak out

My new study has been published in @herdjournal.bsky.social! What do 139 students have to say about how assessment could be made more inclusive?

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Inclusive assessment design: students with disabilities speak out

Research knows a great deal about how assessment could be ‘more inclusive’, but what do students have to say about inclusive assessment design? This study considers the voices of students with disa...

www.tandfonline.com

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Leigh Graves Wolf @gravesle.bsky.social · 9d

an absolute treasure trove (via @cogdog.bsky.social #OEGConnect)

printingfilms.com

Printing Films Archive

A website dedicated to preserving the visual history of the printed word

printingfilms.com

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TG4 @tg4.bsky.social · 13d

Manchán 🕯️

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Leigh Graves Wolf @gravesle.bsky.social · 14d

make it stop.

The Verge @theverge.com · 17d

Microsoft launches ‘vibe working’ in Excel and Word

Vibe working is all about Office’s new Agent Mode.

buff.ly

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 15d

People always say "stop doomscrolling," nobody ever says "stop the Doom"

Doesn't even cross their minds.

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · Sep 15

Bad Keyboards Thread:

So I like to make intentionally bad keyboards, in part because of my unfulfilled blood feud with mechanical keyboard enthusiasts, but mainly because I like being a chaos gremlin.

Most recently, the Juggling Keyboard:
bsky.app/profile/foon...

Foone @foone.bsky.social · Sep 15

Behold my latest keyboard, the JuggleKeyboard!

Just click the letters as they're juggled, it's an easy* way to type.

* it's not easy

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · Sep 15

I collected some materials on critical AI from my perspective; hope it's useful: olivia.science/ai

"CAIL is as an umbrella for all the prerequisite knowledge required to have an expert-level critical perspective, such as to tell apart nonsense hype from true theoretical computer scientific claims"

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Alex Dukalskis @alexdukalskis.bsky.social · Sep 15

Author copies for

Dictating the Agenda: The Authoritarian Resurgence in World Politics

by me & @cooleyoneurasia.bsky.social arrived today!

If you re-post this by Sept 30 we'll put you in a drawing & send the winner a free signed copy anywhere they happen to be on the planet.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · Aug 25

Newsletter: My 16,000 word opus - How To Argue With An AI Booster, a comprehensive guide to arguing with AI boosters, addressing both their bad faith debate style and their specific (and flimsy) arguments as to why generative AI is the future.

www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...

How To Argue With An AI Booster

Editor's Note: For those of you reading via email, I recommend opening this in a browser so you can use the Table of Contents. This is my longest newsletter - a 16,000-word-long opus - and if you like...

www.wheresyoured.at

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European Educational Research Association - EERA @ecer-eera.bsky.social · Sep 10

#ECER2025 Belgrade Keynotes will be livestreamed on Wednesday, 10 September and Thursday, 11 September 11:00 – 12:00 (CEST). Click here for info on the speakers and their keynotes and the links to the livestreams.
https://eera-ecer.de/conferences/ecer-2025-belgrade/keynote-speakers

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Su-ming Khoo @sumingkhoo.bsky.social · Sep 4

Beyond ourselves with excitement! @crmethodsjnl.bsky.social is LAUNCHED TODAY!!!!

Journal of Creative Research Methods @crmethodsjnl.bsky.social · Sep 4

The future of research is creative, collaborative, and boundary-breaking! From speculative fiction to visual data storytelling, this groundbreaking collection showcases how creative approaches are transforming research across disciplines!

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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Civics of Technology @civicsoftech.bsky.social · Aug 31

Do you have a project (research, curriculum, advocacy) or want to distribute a call for proposals/chapters/etc?

On our contact page is a Blog Post Proposal form - we welcome contributions from our community!

www.civicsoftechnology.org/contact

Contact Us — Civics of Technology

Please contact us if you have questions, would like to be a contributor, or just want to chat. We also offer professional development workshops for K-12, college, or teacher education classes.

www.civicsoftechnology.org

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · Sep 1

9 CDC Directors going back to 1977 speak out. What RFK Jr has done to our nation’s public health system "should alarm every American."

It "is unlike anything we have ever seen at the agency, and unlike anything our country has ever experienced." www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Opinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health

www.nytimes.com

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Eryk Salvaggio @eryk.bsky.social · Aug 24

We need to know what humans do before we argue that machines can do it just the same. There can’t be AI literacy without a literacy in being human: how we make meaning in work and life, distinguishing the artificial from the imaginary from the true. mail.cyberneticforests.com/human-litera...

Human Literacy

Something I Can Tell Students Now That I Am Not Teaching You and I probably both keep hearing that students should be working toward AI literacy. They should know what to type into prompt windows, ...

mail.cyberneticforests.com

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · Aug 13

Buried in the regime's political takeover letter of the Smithsonian is the worst bit. Unlike exhibits, which are non-destructive towards primary materials, temporary in nature, and reversible, the foundational collections are irreplacable. They want to be able to throw stuff out.

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Leigh Graves Wolf @gravesle.bsky.social · Aug 13

Betty White as Professor June Bauer on Community?

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · Aug 13

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

Google Scholar Is Doomed

Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

hannahshelley.neocities.org

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