George S
@harmonygritz.bsky.social
Also @ harmonygritz elsewhere. #HigherEd and #EdTech interests keep my blood boiling. Our fractured social networks remind me of the Battlestar Galactica diaspora. I am the other person you see wearing a mask in the store.
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The White House as recently as Sunday was calling it the United States Institute of Peace.
It has now removed the “United States” in formal communications and replaced it with “Donald J. Trump.”
It has now removed the “United States” in formal communications and replaced it with “Donald J. Trump.”
December 4, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The White House as recently as Sunday was calling it the United States Institute of Peace.
It has now removed the “United States” in formal communications and replaced it with “Donald J. Trump.”
It has now removed the “United States” in formal communications and replaced it with “Donald J. Trump.”
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My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My hot take is that over the next 10 years, we're going to see more emphasis on and investment in the humanities at Ivy League and other fancy schools just as state schools and small privates continue to decimate and even eliminate the humanities.
Google Glass veterans must have some hot takes on current attempts to bring eye-tech to consumers. 🥸
How censorship will help Chinese AI glasses dominate global markets
machinesociety.ai/p/how-censor...
machinesociety.ai/p/how-censor...
How censorship will help Chinese AI glasses dominate global markets
Hey, if it worked for social it will work for AI. This is how the Chinese Communist Party controls the global narrative.
machinesociety.ai
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Google Glass veterans must have some hot takes on current attempts to bring eye-tech to consumers. 🥸
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"that new book is so bad here's our second review, 4th profile, and third podcast about it"
December 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"that new book is so bad here's our second review, 4th profile, and third podcast about it"
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We go now live to BREAKING CAT NEWS! www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat...
Breaking Cat News by Georgia Dunn for December 1, 2025 | GoComics
Read Breaking Cat News—a comic strip by creator Georgia Dunn—for today, December 1, 2025, and check out other great comics, too!
www.gocomics.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
We go now live to BREAKING CAT NEWS! www.gocomics.com/breaking-cat...
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Bonkers footnote in Roland Allen's The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper about lots of unused, shrink-wrapped Moleskines owned by Joan Didion going for more than $9,000 (an average of more than $800 per notebook) after her death:
December 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Bonkers footnote in Roland Allen's The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper about lots of unused, shrink-wrapped Moleskines owned by Joan Didion going for more than $9,000 (an average of more than $800 per notebook) after her death:
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A couple of weeks ago I spoke at the University of Minnesota on the topic of how AI would change science.
Now you can watch online (or get AI to summarize it for you.)
Now you can watch online (or get AI to summarize it for you.)
December 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A couple of weeks ago I spoke at the University of Minnesota on the topic of how AI would change science.
Now you can watch online (or get AI to summarize it for you.)
Now you can watch online (or get AI to summarize it for you.)
Next: Taxi medallions, only for truckers? And only one approval authority?
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Next: Taxi medallions, only for truckers? And only one approval authority?
This is clickbait, but I still approve. It aims for the stars.
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
British public’s verdict is in: Die Hard is not a Christmas movie
Survey also reveals Britons’ favourite festive film, views on tear-jerkers and family cinema trips
When Macaulay Culkin recently said he didn’t consider Die Hard to be a Christmas film – wading into one of pop culture’s most heated holiday debates – he was booed by a live audience.
But it looks like the British people are behind the actor, with a survey revealing that Home Alone is the UK’s favourite festive film, while Die Hard has officially been voted not a Christmas movie. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
This is clickbait, but I still approve. It aims for the stars.
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What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
November 30, 2025 at 11:58 PM
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
Yowza 😳
But we should’ve known… Happy finals, everyone!
But we should’ve known… Happy finals, everyone!
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Yowza 😳
But we should’ve known… Happy finals, everyone!
But we should’ve known… Happy finals, everyone!
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Not a new story, but this morning's rabbit hole is the fact that Larry Ellison has bought the Eagle and Child, a pub on St Giles in Oxford, and Norman Foster is redesigning it oxfordclarion.uk/the-bird-and...
December 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Not a new story, but this morning's rabbit hole is the fact that Larry Ellison has bought the Eagle and Child, a pub on St Giles in Oxford, and Norman Foster is redesigning it oxfordclarion.uk/the-bird-and...
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once gave a talk called "metaphor is more important than data" - maybe I ought to haul those slides out...
AI’s safety features can be circumvented with poetry, research finds
Poems containing prompts for harmful content prove effective at duping large language models
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tired: learn to code
Wired: learn poetry
Poems containing prompts for harmful content prove effective at duping large language models
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Tired: learn to code
Wired: learn poetry
AI’s safety features can be circumvented with poetry, research finds
Poems containing prompts for harmful content prove effective at duping large language models
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
once gave a talk called "metaphor is more important than data" - maybe I ought to haul those slides out...
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“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
November 30, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“The only people who get angry when hearing service members being told to ignore illegal orders are people who intend to issue illegal orders.”
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From the people who brought you “corporations are people,” comes new and improved, “people are corporations.”
December 1, 2025 at 12:25 AM
From the people who brought you “corporations are people,” comes new and improved, “people are corporations.”
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We just published a deep look into David Sacks, the White House's AI and Crypto czar. The story examines how he has been able keep hundreds of stakes in AI-related and crypto companies as he influences gov policy in those very industries.
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
We just published a deep look into David Sacks, the White House's AI and Crypto czar. The story examines how he has been able keep hundreds of stakes in AI-related and crypto companies as he influences gov policy in those very industries.
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Here's what we found:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Kind of how it works #OnHere nowadays.
If you think it works like that over in the fediverse too, then it does... for you.
If you think it works like that over in the fediverse too, then it does... for you.
Likes on a post go up: oh cool, a good post
Reposts go up: nice, people think others should see it
Saves go up: my legacy is secure
Reposts go up: nice, people think others should see it
Saves go up: my legacy is secure
November 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Kind of how it works #OnHere nowadays.
If you think it works like that over in the fediverse too, then it does... for you.
If you think it works like that over in the fediverse too, then it does... for you.
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Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Realtors know that, in many parts of the country, if you educate people about climate risk, the housing market will collapse.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/c...
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
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tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
👀
NARRATOR: It was, in fact, preordained and inevitable
#AI #conferences
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NARRATOR: It was, in fact, preordained and inevitable
#AI #conferences
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Major AI conference flooded with peer reviews written fully by AI
Controversy has erupted after 21% of manuscript reviews for an international AI conference were found to be generated by artificial intelligence.
www.nature.com
November 30, 2025 at 1:42 AM
👀
NARRATOR: It was, in fact, preordained and inevitable
#AI #conferences
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
NARRATOR: It was, in fact, preordained and inevitable
#AI #conferences
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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I wish journalists would stop making misleading claims like: "As the technology improves, it's harder to distinguish from human work, and it's shaking academia to its core with some very big questions" - the similarity is superficial, the gulf from human work massive. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
How artificial intelligence is reshaping college for students and professors
This year’s senior class is the first to have spent nearly its entire college career in the age of generative AI, a type of artificial intelligence that can create new content, like text and images. A...
www.pbs.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I wish journalists would stop making misleading claims like: "As the technology improves, it's harder to distinguish from human work, and it's shaking academia to its core with some very big questions" - the similarity is superficial, the gulf from human work massive. www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
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Jessica Taggart, Andrew Kennedy, and I have a new piece out that's about UVA's Faculty AI Guides program, but it's really about how centers for teaching and learning can be key players in an institution's response to disruption. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Responding to Disruption? Consult a Center for Teaching and Learning
A guest post by Derek Bruff, Andrew Kennedy and Jess Taggart.
www.insidehighered.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Jessica Taggart, Andrew Kennedy, and I have a new piece out that's about UVA's Faculty AI Guides program, but it's really about how centers for teaching and learning can be key players in an institution's response to disruption. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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This AP news story is incredible from front to back but I wanted to flag something super serious and wildly illegal that may have flown under the radar. It’s called parallel construction and it’s when intel is washed from spy agencies and used by local cops. apnews.com/article/immi...
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' travel patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This AP news story is incredible from front to back but I wanted to flag something super serious and wildly illegal that may have flown under the radar. It’s called parallel construction and it’s when intel is washed from spy agencies and used by local cops. apnews.com/article/immi...
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This one is specifically troubling enough to get me thinking about our “cautiously civil” discourse around #AI matters in my uni system.
We’ve been wary (fearful?) of citing examples where an easily replicated usage is a problem.
We’ve been wary (fearful?) of citing examples where an easily replicated usage is a problem.
November 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This one is specifically troubling enough to get me thinking about our “cautiously civil” discourse around #AI matters in my uni system.
We’ve been wary (fearful?) of citing examples where an easily replicated usage is a problem.
We’ve been wary (fearful?) of citing examples where an easily replicated usage is a problem.