Diane Curtis
@dianecurtis.bsky.social
Dabble in law, politics, family, music, education, genealogy, and women’s basketball — rarely in that order.
All opinions mine and do not represent any institution I might be affiliated with.
All opinions mine and do not represent any institution I might be affiliated with.
Pinned
Diane Curtis
@dianecurtis.bsky.social
· Oct 1
I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything made by AI. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed by AI, or buy anything sold or processed by AI, or AI-generate anything sold, bought, or processed, or AI-repair anything sold, bought, or processed.
- Lloyd Dobler in 2025
- Lloyd Dobler in 2025
Habba’s parents found safe haven in the US in the 1980s when they claimed persecution in their home country of Iraq.
Acting US Attorney Alina Habba: "There were individuals that were saying this should be a safe harbor. A safe haven. Why? America is America because we protect our own. We don't allow this to happen. So when you say 'we,' I want to be very clear, it is not the Trump admin. It was the Biden admin."
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Habba’s parents found safe haven in the US in the 1980s when they claimed persecution in their home country of Iraq.
Reposted by Diane Curtis
I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything made by AI. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed by AI, or buy anything sold or processed by AI, or AI-generate anything sold, bought, or processed, or AI-repair anything sold, bought, or processed.
- Lloyd Dobler in 2025
- Lloyd Dobler in 2025
October 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything made by AI. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed by AI, or buy anything sold or processed by AI, or AI-generate anything sold, bought, or processed, or AI-repair anything sold, bought, or processed.
- Lloyd Dobler in 2025
- Lloyd Dobler in 2025
“This thing I observed once in my classroom confirms my priors, so I shall now proclaim it a widespread phenomenon that proves students are lazy and I need not re-assess my own teaching methods” is my least favorite form of academic discourse.
November 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
“This thing I observed once in my classroom confirms my priors, so I shall now proclaim it a widespread phenomenon that proves students are lazy and I need not re-assess my own teaching methods” is my least favorite form of academic discourse.
Reposted by Diane Curtis
I’m waiting for the first public school family in the U.S. to cite Mahmoud v. Taylor on this one.
Since the Pope has come out against generative AI, does this mean Catholic academics can refuse to use it on religious grounds?
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I’m waiting for the first public school family in the U.S. to cite Mahmoud v. Taylor on this one.
The arc of the moral universe looks, from some directions, like a straight line.
The arc of the moral universe is rocking back and forth in the bathtub.
The arc of the moral universe is out of ideas.
The arc of the moral universe wants you to please wait. Your call is important to it.
The arc of the moral universe is out of ideas.
The arc of the moral universe wants you to please wait. Your call is important to it.
Updates on the Arc of the Moral Universe
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. - - -The arc of the moral universe is feeling ...
buff.ly
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
The arc of the moral universe looks, from some directions, like a straight line.
Gosh maybe boards full of rich corporatists act like you’d expect them to
November 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Gosh maybe boards full of rich corporatists act like you’d expect them to
It’s quite squally out there. ❄️
November 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
It’s quite squally out there. ❄️
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times:
Tina Turner
Melissa Etheridge
Indigo Girls
Joan Osborne
Brandi Carlile
Tina Turner
Melissa Etheridge
Indigo Girls
Joan Osborne
Brandi Carlile
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times:
Bruce Springsteen
Tom Petty
Rolling Stones
James Taylor
Billy Joel
Bruce Springsteen
Tom Petty
Rolling Stones
James Taylor
Billy Joel
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
November 28, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times:
Tina Turner
Melissa Etheridge
Indigo Girls
Joan Osborne
Brandi Carlile
Tina Turner
Melissa Etheridge
Indigo Girls
Joan Osborne
Brandi Carlile
Okay, this is more horrifying than WKRP Turkey drop
Nov. 28, 1925: Hoping to drum up publicity for his work as a stuntman for hire, Arthur “Shorty” Houghtaling dons a parachute and Santa suit and leaps from the top of the 11-story Wiss Building in Newark, N.J. His chute only partly opens and he suffers serious injury on landing.
November 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Okay, this is more horrifying than WKRP Turkey drop
The losing percentage is eye-popping, but the subsidies chart is simply infuriating. There is no rational justification for UMass football.
www.instagram.com/p/DRfNDeykfs...
www.instagram.com/p/DRfNDeykfs...
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The losing percentage is eye-popping, but the subsidies chart is simply infuriating. There is no rational justification for UMass football.
www.instagram.com/p/DRfNDeykfs...
www.instagram.com/p/DRfNDeykfs...
Meanwhile, UMass women's basketball remains undefeated at 6-0. 🏀
For a fraction of the coaching salary.
🤔
For a fraction of the coaching salary.
🤔
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Meanwhile, UMass women's basketball remains undefeated at 6-0. 🏀
For a fraction of the coaching salary.
🤔
For a fraction of the coaching salary.
🤔
Bowling Green has now scored more points tonight than they have in their last three games combined.
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Bowling Green has now scored more points tonight than they have in their last three games combined.
I think UMass is going to pull this off - a perfect(ly winless) season! At any other school, the coach and AD would be out of jobs before Thanksgiving, but not here! Heck, they might even get raises!
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I think UMass is going to pull this off - a perfect(ly winless) season! At any other school, the coach and AD would be out of jobs before Thanksgiving, but not here! Heck, they might even get raises!
For my money, the absolute best tech innovation remains the out-of-office auto-reply. Such joy it brings, turning that thing on.
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
For my money, the absolute best tech innovation remains the out-of-office auto-reply. Such joy it brings, turning that thing on.
Reposted by Diane Curtis
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
A pro basketball player who went to college on athletic scholarship seems a poor choice to be the celebrity in an ad about student loan debt.
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
A pro basketball player who went to college on athletic scholarship seems a poor choice to be the celebrity in an ad about student loan debt.
My favorite pharmaceutical ad warning is “don’t take this drug if you’re allergic to this drug.”
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
My favorite pharmaceutical ad warning is “don’t take this drug if you’re allergic to this drug.”
A movie that takes place where you’re from
November 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from
Reposted by Diane Curtis
Please help support the victims of domestic violence here in Western Massachusetts by donating to me and/or our UMass Sociology Team in the Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage.
p2p.onecause.com/hcr2025/jona...
p2p.onecause.com/hcr2025/jona...
Hot Chocolate Run 2025 - Jonathan Wynn
The Hot Chocolate Run, in Northampton, MA is a fundraiser for Safe Passage. Sign up and give safety, hope, and justice to survivors of domestic violence.
p2p.onecause.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Please help support the victims of domestic violence here in Western Massachusetts by donating to me and/or our UMass Sociology Team in the Hot Chocolate Run for Safe Passage.
p2p.onecause.com/hcr2025/jona...
p2p.onecause.com/hcr2025/jona...
UMass records so far in 2025
Football 0-11
Hockey 8-6
MBB 3-2
WBB 4-0
Attendance at most recent home game:
Hockey 7,211
Football 6,155
MBB 2,743
WBB 885
Come on, UMass fans! Time to start showing up for UMass WBB!
Today at noon, Mullins, vs BC
Football 0-11
Hockey 8-6
MBB 3-2
WBB 4-0
Attendance at most recent home game:
Hockey 7,211
Football 6,155
MBB 2,743
WBB 885
Come on, UMass fans! Time to start showing up for UMass WBB!
Today at noon, Mullins, vs BC
November 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
UMass records so far in 2025
Football 0-11
Hockey 8-6
MBB 3-2
WBB 4-0
Attendance at most recent home game:
Hockey 7,211
Football 6,155
MBB 2,743
WBB 885
Come on, UMass fans! Time to start showing up for UMass WBB!
Today at noon, Mullins, vs BC
Football 0-11
Hockey 8-6
MBB 3-2
WBB 4-0
Attendance at most recent home game:
Hockey 7,211
Football 6,155
MBB 2,743
WBB 885
Come on, UMass fans! Time to start showing up for UMass WBB!
Today at noon, Mullins, vs BC
Mamdani dominates Trump in the Oval while a bunch of weak House Dems vote to condemn a cartoonish caricature of socialism.
My god what a terrible national party leadership the Dems have.
My god what a terrible national party leadership the Dems have.
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Mamdani dominates Trump in the Oval while a bunch of weak House Dems vote to condemn a cartoonish caricature of socialism.
My god what a terrible national party leadership the Dems have.
My god what a terrible national party leadership the Dems have.
The UMass WBB won their game last night by more points (40) than the football team lost theirs (28). Go UMass.
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The UMass WBB won their game last night by more points (40) than the football team lost theirs (28). Go UMass.
Only it's not exceptional AT ALL, and every marginalized person -- woman, POC, queer, what have you -- can tell you a story or three.
I’ve been thinking and it’s kind of exceptional that not a single person said “Hey now” after the piggy comment.
November 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Only it's not exceptional AT ALL, and every marginalized person -- woman, POC, queer, what have you -- can tell you a story or three.
A reminder: The Epstein files are not some magic incantation that will make the US a different country from the one that twice elected a racist/rapist felon because so many people couldn't abide the notion of a woman president. The misogyny is endemic, foundational, across the political spectrum.
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A reminder: The Epstein files are not some magic incantation that will make the US a different country from the one that twice elected a racist/rapist felon because so many people couldn't abide the notion of a woman president. The misogyny is endemic, foundational, across the political spectrum.