Feral Appalachian witch in Texas 🌞🌻🏳️🌈
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Hikes and crochet.
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STEM Librarian
Feral Appalachian witch and general menace with Crohn’s disease living on DMB, coffee, rage, Cleveland baseball and trashy books
She/they 🏳️🌈
STEM Librarian
Feral Appalachian witch and general menace with Crohn’s disease living on DMB, coffee, rage, Cleveland baseball and trashy books
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How many pride flags can I make this weekend?
I’m still selling them for $10 a piece + $10 shipping. Dm me if’n you want one or a few!
OHIO LETS GOOOO
November 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
OHIO LETS GOOOO
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And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
And I don't know if the answer is: everyone is too traumatized to do work and we need to reinvent society. Or if it's more like: generations are losing their cognitive abilities and willpower due to destructive technologies. Or: we all have post-viral brain damage. Or: all of the above.
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Admin are continually pressuring us to make the course "more accessible," by which they mean "devastatingly easy to complete," but it's not about access. Many students refuse to read or write in any capacity that isn't tech-aided, no matter how simple the assignment, no matter how process-based.
November 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Admin are continually pressuring us to make the course "more accessible," by which they mean "devastatingly easy to complete," but it's not about access. Many students refuse to read or write in any capacity that isn't tech-aided, no matter how simple the assignment, no matter how process-based.
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At this point, our intro comp/first-year English course has been so heavily revised, it no longer includes a novel, or "extended reading" of any kind, no "specialized" or "historical" reading, mostly in-class assignments, no research essay...and we are still seeing a 40-50% rate of AI misconduct.
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
At this point, our intro comp/first-year English course has been so heavily revised, it no longer includes a novel, or "extended reading" of any kind, no "specialized" or "historical" reading, mostly in-class assignments, no research essay...and we are still seeing a 40-50% rate of AI misconduct.
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
And it just keeps people at the surface level of things, instead of engaging deeply.
And I swear, once again, this is not dunking on kids. We are seeing this at all levels--even grad students. AI + social media has had a profound impact on how we think and process our world, and we can't stop to reflect on it, because billionaires keep hurling addictive tech at us.
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
And it just keeps people at the surface level of things, instead of engaging deeply.
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When I ask them: "What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to?" Often, the answer is: nothing. Which has a direct effect on their over-use of prompts and AI, because they can't think of ideas, because they are literally not engaging with a single figurative thing.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
When I ask them: "What are you reading? What are you watching? What are you listening to?" Often, the answer is: nothing. Which has a direct effect on their over-use of prompts and AI, because they can't think of ideas, because they are literally not engaging with a single figurative thing.
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I've never encountered more students who say they hate reading. Students who want to be teachers, writers, or both. I wonder if "hate" means "I have trouble reading," but I also talk with so many students who write in a genre but refuse to read in it. They can't see themselves in relation to others.
November 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
I've never encountered more students who say they hate reading. Students who want to be teachers, writers, or both. I wonder if "hate" means "I have trouble reading," but I also talk with so many students who write in a genre but refuse to read in it. They can't see themselves in relation to others.
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This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
November 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
This is not a "students today" post--it's more "this is a new form of dysfunction" that doesn't look exactly like it's been in previous decades. It's more than just "first-year chaos." It's an across-the-board inability to process instructions, engage with longer texts, and *connect* with others.
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I can't believe we're starting a new oil war in the decade of solar and EVs. We really are stuck in the 1950s, unable to evolve to tomorrow.
It would be funny if real people weren't going to be hurt over this.
All war is bad. Civilians get hurt the most. Mostly children.
It would be funny if real people weren't going to be hurt over this.
All war is bad. Civilians get hurt the most. Mostly children.
November 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I can't believe we're starting a new oil war in the decade of solar and EVs. We really are stuck in the 1950s, unable to evolve to tomorrow.
It would be funny if real people weren't going to be hurt over this.
All war is bad. Civilians get hurt the most. Mostly children.
It would be funny if real people weren't going to be hurt over this.
All war is bad. Civilians get hurt the most. Mostly children.
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try to do something nice for someone and for the next 30 years, you're known as "fart walker" among all your friends
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 AM
try to do something nice for someone and for the next 30 years, you're known as "fart walker" among all your friends
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Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
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That essays like this need to be written makes me so sad, but I'm glad for people who write them like @lollardfish.bsky.social.
No two ways about it: Hate symbols are hate symbols. Hate is hate. Racism is racism. And so on.
No two ways about it: Hate symbols are hate symbols. Hate is hate. Racism is racism. And so on.
Hitler was bad.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
An essay that, you know, I didn’t think I’d need to write.
Perry: The pro-Hitler problem with the American right
"We need to get back to the basics: Hitler was bad. The people who suggest otherwise are also bad," David M. Perry writes.
www.startribune.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
That essays like this need to be written makes me so sad, but I'm glad for people who write them like @lollardfish.bsky.social.
No two ways about it: Hate symbols are hate symbols. Hate is hate. Racism is racism. And so on.
No two ways about it: Hate symbols are hate symbols. Hate is hate. Racism is racism. And so on.
“Ooooohhh I don’t give a damn for the whole state of Michigan… cuz I’m from Ohio!” Let’s goooooo!!!!
#fuckmichigan
youtu.be/ezUNyTsG4RI
#fuckmichigan
youtu.be/ezUNyTsG4RI
We Don't Give a Damn for the Whole State of Michigan
YouTube video by Tigrex1995
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
“Ooooohhh I don’t give a damn for the whole state of Michigan… cuz I’m from Ohio!” Let’s goooooo!!!!
#fuckmichigan
youtu.be/ezUNyTsG4RI
#fuckmichigan
youtu.be/ezUNyTsG4RI
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It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 AM
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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It’s almost as if there were signs!
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November 29, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Should we follow the Geneva Conventions?” Pete Hegseth asked in 2024.
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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It’s almost as if there were signs!
bsky.app/profile/anna...
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A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 3:02 AM
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
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it's a good thread and i think encapsulate's secretary heghshgeths's's mindset that mindless brutality is a cheat code to battlefield success
A chapter in Hegseth’s book is literally titled “More Lethality, Less Lawyers.”
It’s almost as if there were signs!
It’s almost as if there were signs!
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 AM
it's a good thread and i think encapsulate's secretary heghshgeths's's mindset that mindless brutality is a cheat code to battlefield success
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"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
"The agreement places no restrictions on our transgender community."
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
Except whether they can play sports, where they can use the bathroom or locker room, what kind of housing they can live in, and what healthcare they can receive.
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The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. 📚
Lots of banger quotes in this @commondreams.org article by Rodney Freeman Jr. about how library and archives workers collect and preserve materials, including zines.
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. 📚
Lots of banger quotes in this @commondreams.org article by Rodney Freeman Jr. about how library and archives workers collect and preserve materials, including zines.
The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance | Common Dreams
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts.
www.commondreams.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The Librarian’s Call: Documenting Is Resistance
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. 📚
Lots of banger quotes in this @commondreams.org article by Rodney Freeman Jr. about how library and archives workers collect and preserve materials, including zines.
History is protected by those who collect, preserve, and share the facts. 📚
Lots of banger quotes in this @commondreams.org article by Rodney Freeman Jr. about how library and archives workers collect and preserve materials, including zines.
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![[background xmas tree] I think it's perfectly acceptable to say: "Happy holidays, "Merry Christmas or "Fuck Trump, It's the sentiment that counts](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lxm3v43kiuo4gdun45a4zivh/bafkreiehy6uvzalnzm3utzn47y3jgiwew4i3mm36upok7vuscpqmxx7r3q@jpeg)
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knuckling under with Trump at his weakest is an odd choice
November 29, 2025 at 12:41 AM
knuckling under with Trump at his weakest is an odd choice
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what absolute piss baby coward shit to give into this administration right as they’re getting caught doing murders and using outright slurs in public
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 AM
what absolute piss baby coward shit to give into this administration right as they’re getting caught doing murders and using outright slurs in public