JD Pirtle
@jdpirtle.bsky.social
Artist, educator, and researcher - currently: Electronic Visualization Lab @ UIC.
PhD student in Education Policy Studies @ UIC: critical pedagogy, maker ed, art, technology, and politics.
jdpirtle.com
PhD student in Education Policy Studies @ UIC: critical pedagogy, maker ed, art, technology, and politics.
jdpirtle.com
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🔥MUST-WATCH: “People on the right use the term ‘WOKE-ISM’ to deflect and distract from class politics. DOGE was a perfect example.”
@evanjmez.bsky.social takes piers to school on jubilee. Every word of this. Worth the 90 seconds of your time.
@evanjmez.bsky.social takes piers to school on jubilee. Every word of this. Worth the 90 seconds of your time.
December 1, 2025 at 3:06 AM
🔥MUST-WATCH: “People on the right use the term ‘WOKE-ISM’ to deflect and distract from class politics. DOGE was a perfect example.”
@evanjmez.bsky.social takes piers to school on jubilee. Every word of this. Worth the 90 seconds of your time.
@evanjmez.bsky.social takes piers to school on jubilee. Every word of this. Worth the 90 seconds of your time.
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I just saw a recipe for a “protein hot chocolate.” And no. We have to stop.
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I just saw a recipe for a “protein hot chocolate.” And no. We have to stop.
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Murdering crew members claiming they were smuggling drugs while pardoning a drug kingpin. Very on brand for the Trump regime.
November 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Murdering crew members claiming they were smuggling drugs while pardoning a drug kingpin. Very on brand for the Trump regime.
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In this Ohio town, it was tradition: Latin mass, biscuits and gravy at Bob Evans, and then down to the old marina to shoot a bunch of fishermen and claim they were running drugs. But now the woke mob wants to take all that away.
November 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
In this Ohio town, it was tradition: Latin mass, biscuits and gravy at Bob Evans, and then down to the old marina to shoot a bunch of fishermen and claim they were running drugs. But now the woke mob wants to take all that away.
Even worse, decision-makers will decide they don't need teachers at all and education for non-elites will be devolved into scams like 2hr Learning.
As always : education staff should beware this too. All those planning and assessment tools will be used to convince managers that you deserve less pay.
Oh and again: the rich have their children in arts, PPE at Oxford and debate clubs not code clubs, or ai classes
Oh and again: the rich have their children in arts, PPE at Oxford and debate clubs not code clubs, or ai classes
“The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 30, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Even worse, decision-makers will decide they don't need teachers at all and education for non-elites will be devolved into scams like 2hr Learning.
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The bot that tells people to kill themselves will now offer product suggestions.
Code suggests that OpenAI may be close to introducing ads for ChatGPT
A beta version of ChatGPT's Android app hints at many styles of advertising.
www.engadget.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The bot that tells people to kill themselves will now offer product suggestions.
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Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
Habba: There were individuals that were saying that this should be a safe harbor, a safe haven. Why? America is America because we protect our own.
November 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Her parents owe their lives to the United States accepting them as asylum seekers fleeing religious persecution in Iraq in the 1980s. She wouldn't be here if we had not offered her family safe haven.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
The hypocrisy is stunning.
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Left: FDR campaign speech, October 1936
Right: 1936 electoral map
Right: 1936 electoral map
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Left: FDR campaign speech, October 1936
Right: 1936 electoral map
Right: 1936 electoral map
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With language like this FDR would never gain the endorsement of such Democratic titans as Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries
November 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
With language like this FDR would never gain the endorsement of such Democratic titans as Chuck Schumer or Hakeem Jeffries
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So yes, this pic (and the enlargement) was taken today.
Yikes!
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Yikes!
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November 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
So yes, this pic (and the enlargement) was taken today.
Yikes!
🧟♂️
Yikes!
🧟♂️
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Netanyahu asks for a pardon — and tells the people of Israel he’s doing it for them. 🙃
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 30, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Netanyahu asks for a pardon — and tells the people of Israel he’s doing it for them. 🙃
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 12:41 PM
this is quite the detail
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I told you so. That is all.
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends - The New York Times
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 2:33 PM
I told you so. That is all.
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/t...
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For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
November 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
For my Chicago neighbors, here's the petition to sign to oppose the delivery robots: nosidewalkbots.org
Wait so Ted Cruz who *checks notes* gets a ton of cash from the automotive industry thinks what makes cars too expensive is safety features? 🤔
November 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Wait so Ted Cruz who *checks notes* gets a ton of cash from the automotive industry thinks what makes cars too expensive is safety features? 🤔
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"OpenAI doesn’t seem to test their products before releasing."
OpenAI's Sora Is Letting Teens Generate Videos of School Shootings
OpenAI's Sora 2 easily allows teenagers to generate videos of school shootings and other harmful content, despite repeated claims of safety.
trib.al
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"OpenAI doesn’t seem to test their products before releasing."
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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Tis the seasona and all that, so I put together a little gift guide of cool artists, makers, authors and other good stuff I like a lot. All rad, no bad. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
All Rad, No Bad | dansinker.com
dansinker.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Tis the seasona and all that, so I put together a little gift guide of cool artists, makers, authors and other good stuff I like a lot. All rad, no bad. dansinker.com/posts/2025-1...
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The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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Fun how Bloomberg is doing what the education media won’t. We desperately need this to be a discussion in schools, but it won’t be.
November 29, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Fun how Bloomberg is doing what the education media won’t. We desperately need this to be a discussion in schools, but it won’t be.
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Northwestern University's law school is named after the Pritzkers. @jbpritzker.bsky.social you going to do anything about this?
Among the provisions are ones agreeing to the Trump administration's definition of sex as "biological sex" and agreeing "not perform hormonal interventions and transgender surgeries ... on any individual under the age of 18 years old, effective immediately."
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Northwestern University's law school is named after the Pritzkers. @jbpritzker.bsky.social you going to do anything about this?
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“What happened in D.C. was horrible. But let’s not punish an entire faith for the actions of 1 person. @SenTuberville’s bill is Islamophobic. Let’s stop this.”
NASHVILLE councilwoman Zulfat Suara says questioning the loyalty of 🇺🇸 Muslims is wrong.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRnyswp...
NASHVILLE councilwoman Zulfat Suara says questioning the loyalty of 🇺🇸 Muslims is wrong.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRnyswp...
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 AM
“What happened in D.C. was horrible. But let’s not punish an entire faith for the actions of 1 person. @SenTuberville’s bill is Islamophobic. Let’s stop this.”
NASHVILLE councilwoman Zulfat Suara says questioning the loyalty of 🇺🇸 Muslims is wrong.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRnyswp...
NASHVILLE councilwoman Zulfat Suara says questioning the loyalty of 🇺🇸 Muslims is wrong.
Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DRnyswp...
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“I was just following otters.”
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“I was just following otters.”