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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · 1d

All time cover:
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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · 4d

I mean, it definitely broke MY brain, at least.

a man with a beard is touching his forehead with his hands

ALT: a man with a beard is touching his forehead with his hands

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · 13d

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · 16d

There are two universal constants in college football: Penn State losing big games and Bobby Petrino showing up as a coach somewhere.

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Chris Renz @crenz.bsky.social · 21d

And we can stop framing people with autism as having something wrong with them, that’s a good start.

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · 21d

I heartily endorse this decision.

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · 28d

Anything other than D or G is just wrong.

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 28d

For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose?

For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ulrich Zwingli would absolutely have long, threaded posts that would lose the plot pretty quickly and turn into debates about the most obscure liturgical bands and how most people "don't get their music."

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · Aug 29

I absolutely refuse to order from any restaurant that forces me to use AI.

David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · Aug 29

Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters

The fast food chain is reassessing its use of the tech after a number of errors were shared widely online.

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · Aug 26

This is Jetty. He never wants to hear you complain about his barking again. 13/10 (IG: ullalynn3)

a golden retriever sits on a living room floor looking over his shoulder. he looks extremely nonplussed. on the gray sofa in front of him, two kids are perched practicing trombone. the dog is going to work on his poker face before their first recital.

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · Aug 25

a man in a captain america costume is standing in the snow .

Alt: Captain America saying "thank you for your service"

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · Aug 25

This a new sentence I never thought I would read at any point in my life.

ProFootballTalk @profootballtalk.bsky.social · Aug 25

Crypto group claims credit for Friday night dildo toss at Vikings-Titans game.
www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootb...

Crypto group claims credit for green dildo at Vikings-Titans game

Yes, dildos at sporting events have made a comeback.

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · Aug 25

As a teacher: can confirm

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · Aug 12

As a history teacher, this has me SCREAMING. This is educational malpractice.

your mom @mrscrabapple.bsky.social · Aug 12

my daughter came home from her first day of 10th grade and said that her history teacher told her that if she refuses to use AI for assignments, she has to cite her sources.

i asked how she’d cite it if she used AI, and she said, that’s not required.

i’m still internally fuming up about this.

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Odin Halvorson @indubitablyodin.bsky.social · Aug 9

I've seen no potential problems with this. Nope, nope. None at all.👀

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Aug 9

🤔 edtechmagazine.com/higher/how-a...

How Technology Can Reinforce Students’ Mental Health

After observing a disconnect between the number of students who were struggling and how few actually sought assistance, Yusen Zhai, director of the Community Counseling Clinic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, created a tool to predict which individuals may be more likely to experience anxiety or depression.

“I started wondering if we could use existing, common data to identify those who might be at risk before their situation worsens,” Zhai says. “The idea was to give mental health professionals and institutions a way to intervene earlier.”

Universities could potentially use the tool to analyze large data sets — such as the information all students provide at enrollment — to detect patterns that suggest groups sharing certain characteristics may develop anxiety or depression.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · Aug 7

Chris Cuomo posting a deepfake of AOC the same week that Jim Acosta “interviews” a deepfake of a school shooting victim are both harbingers of how traditional media power players will help usher in the worst of the AI slop era

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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Jul 22

For Ozzy

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission @cpsc.gov · Jul 7

If you have additional accordions, include them for faster results: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V2k...

Crazy Train, Accordion Edition

YouTube video by chickenparm

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Think. It. Through. @cfaller96.bsky.social · Jul 19

Look at how serious Altman is when saying it. That’s…actually…his plan. 🤯

Good lord these are dangerously stupid people.

Warren Terra @warrenterra.bsky.social · Jul 15

From the replies (bsky.app/profile/dasb...) here's Sam Altman doing what the quoted post described. He seems serious about it.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · Jul 1

I like being a human being who makes decisions about this one wild and precious life I’ve been given, even when it is sometimes annoying or overwhelming. It is life and it is meant to be lived. I do not want robot-mommy-slave to do that for me. Thanks anyway though, ya freak.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Jul 1

Zuck of 2025 is telling Zuck of 2004 to hold his beer.

You don’t schedule meetings, it does.
You don’t organize your travel, it has already booked it.
You don’t wonder what job to apply for, it is already editing your résumé and simulating the interview.
You don’t ask what to wear, it saw your calendar and laid out your outfit.

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · Jun 22

Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting

Sophia_Nyx 🏳️‍⚧️ @sophianyx.bsky.social · Jun 22

Without saying Rocket Man, fav Elton John Song?

older white guy in a red track suit with dark purple and yellow stripes leaning on a gold chair. red heart shaped glasses, looking pleasantly surprised. short brown hair. hot.

“I couldn’t strut around like Mick Jagger, or smash my instrument up like Jimi Hendrix or Pete Townshend: bitter subsequent experience has taught me that if you get carried away and try and smash up a piano by pushing it offstage, you end up looking less like a lawless rock god and more like a furniture removal man having a bad day.”

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · Jun 22

two south park characters are looking out of a window and one of them says oh boy we 're in big trouble

Alt: two south park characters are looking out of a window and one of them says oh boy we 're in big trouble

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · Jun 14

The China King buffet never let me down during my years in Harrisonburg as an undergrad at JMU.

The China King restaurant in Harrisonburg Virginia

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · Jun 5

bart simpson and lisa simpson in a bedroom with a sign that says fi on it

ALT: bart simpson and lisa simpson in a bedroom with a sign that says fi on it

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · Jun 5

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Chris Gannon @crgannon.bsky.social · Jun 4

As I wrap up my 20th year in the classroom, I was honored to be chosen as the graduation speaker by the senior class - hopefully my speech was inspiring, but I'd honestly settle for "mildly humorous and not entirely boring."

High school students throwing their caps in the air after graduation

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