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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 17m

Oh right on! Very cool! And I think that adds an extra layer of rhetorical engagement if you're having them look at the discourse on AI which feels really useful

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Dr. Casey Fiesler @cfiesler.bsky.social · 8h

I'm workshopping my AI & Society course for next semester, and in particular what I've been calling the "conscientious objector" path through the class (though I've given it another name). Thoughts?

Alternative Engagement Pathway: This course recognizes that learning about artificial intelligence involves both using the technology and thinking critically about when, why, and whether to use it. Students may hold different values, comfort levels, or ethical positions regarding direct engagement with AI tools. They will be encouraged to explore and articulate these positions, and out of respect for their ultimate decisions, this course offers an Alternative Engagement Pathway for assignments that involve using generative AI. These alternative assignments will allow students to meet the same learning outcomes through analytical, observational, or reflective work rather than direct tool use.

Generative AI Reflection Project
Throughout the semester, you will engage in a sustained exploration of how generative AI tools fit into your own life (as helpers, collaborators, or maybe frustrations). You’ll select one or more everyday or academic activities where you can experiment with AI (for example: task management, brainstorming, organizing, coding, studying, or artistic creation), and you will also compare AI use versus doing tasks on your own. Over the course of the semester, you’ll keep a reflective journal documenting your process, outcomes, and insights about what AI can and can’t do well. (Note: The activities you choose cannot be related to your other coursework unless generative AI use is explicitly allowed and articulated in a syllabus statement that can be verified.)

The goal is not necessarily to help you use AI “better” but to think critically and concretely about when AI actually adds value, when it falls short, and what ethical and personal considerations shape those boundaries for you.

The alternative engagement pathway for this project will have you take on the role of a critical observer, where you analyze AI outputs created by others. This path invites you to investigate how AI functions and impacts human work without personally integrating it into your own tasks.

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 7h

I love this. I took a class that included required GenAI use a couple years ago and HATED it. This feels really helpful. Is the plan for you to create some content for the CO to analyze or will they be turning in the assignment later after their classmates have used the tools?

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 2d

This is another "everything you need to know about me" post, but I've had to explain Dalí to a number of medical professionals over the course of the day because I saw Un Chien Andalou in AP Spanish Lit in High School and it scarred me so bad that I have full blown panic attacks about eye stuff.

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Paul Czege @paulczege.bsky.social · 2d

Pike's Peak Zine Fest has so much fun with their promotions for the event. Look at this cute promotion image they made for my table with my son. Their promotions like this in prior years bring so many people to the event more than I expected.

Come find us this Saturday?

#PPZF2025 #zines

A photo of me and my son surrounded by a colorful cartoony frame of a witchy cat and ghost with banners that say our table number and who we are.

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A K (Bone Coloring, Silian Rail Font) @aklingus.bsky.social · 4d

Extremely funny that the legacy of the Tron franchise is to get two beloved and mostly inactive bands to record again

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Goblin Gower, PhD (the Ph is for Phantasm) @medievaliste.bsky.social · 4d

What right-wing elites are trying to do to universities reveals their total disinterest in education as not just a public good but as a *practice*. To them, college isn’t for learning; it’s a credentialing service that offers ongoing opportunities to network with other wealthy elites.

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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · Mar 4

I understand the words 'there is no ethical consumption under capitalism' but nobody told me that meant that if I watched Jake the Snake Roberts vs William Regal in 1992 there would be no Department of Education in 2025.

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 4d

DnD characters I've played
-me
-me but dwarf
-me but dude dwarf
-me but himbo (Earth)
-me but himbo (Air)

Phantomarine @phantomarine.bsky.social · 4d

DnD characters I’ve played:

-me but cute
-me but even cuter
-me but angrier and hot
-me but old
-me but not hot so I very purposely couldn’t be shipped with anyone
-me but cool and dead and also extremely hot

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 4d

I'm very funny in the strahd group chat

A group chat titled Vampire Town featuring a screenshot joking about hitting Dracula with a yank tank and me saying "Also, reminder that we're starting early tomorrow (8:30 MT, 7:30 PT, we fought a war for independence (that I admit I now regret 249 years later) so that I wouldn't have to do math for the rest of you)" because two of my players are in CA and two of them are in England.

Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 4d

Everything (toasted) with plain cream cheese or Egg and Cheese on Everything (toasted). Plus black coffee either way.

Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 5d

He's such a dork I love him so much

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 5d

Something that's true about my dad is that he signs all of his texts with the smiling nerd emoji because it "looks like him" and I think that's the cutest shit. Love my dad.

A screenshot of text messages from "Dad." They read:
Dad: Cards arrived today and will wait to open 🤓
Me: Great!
(A little later)
Dad: Landed in Newark 🤓
Me: Glad you're back, sorry you're in Newark

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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 5d

Took a break from the Supreme Court's ongoing horrorshow to focus on what really matters: how funny it is for a federal judge to decide, as a matter of law, that Drake lost the Kendrick Lamar beef

Federal Judge Declares Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Too Awesome to Be Defamatory

Apparently, Drake decided that losing in the court of public opinion was not humiliating enough.

ballsandstrikes.substack.com

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 5d

Did some backlogging and it messed up my cute little screenshot for my #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched post 😭. Anyway good week in movies

Top to bottom: 10/9 "Paris, Texas" 4 stars, 10/7 "The Killer" 4.5 stars and heart, 10/5 "The Red light Bandit" 4 stars, and 10/5 "War" 2 stars.

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 5d

Did some backlogging and it messed up my cute little screenshot for my #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched post 😭. Anyway good week in movies

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 6d

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404 Media @404media.co · 6d

Help us investigate book bans across the USA.

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

🔗 www.404media.co/help-us-inve...

Help Us Investigate Book Bans and Educational Censorship Around America

404 Media has gotten a grant to unearth public records about systematic censorship of books, schools, and libraries in the U.S.

www.404media.co

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 9d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 8d

I've just had a lot of people at once screw me over on event planning and like... why is it so hard for people to:
a) answer emails
b) tell me the names of people who would be good speakers for me to email and coordinate with
c) read what I wrote instead of what they think I wrote

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Siddhartha Mitter @siddharthamitter.bsky.social · Jul 19

New from me — on Mavis Pusey, her survey show open now at ICA Philadelphia (coming next to the Hammer in LA and Studio Museum in NYC) — and the decade of curatorial sleuthing to locate her artworks and fill out her story.

GIFT LINK

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/a...

This Groundbreaking Artist Vanished. A Decade of Sleuthing Reveals Her Greatness.

www.nytimes.com

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vee.soy @vashetc.bsky.social · 8d

I stopped calling Octavia butlers work prophetic once I realized she herself literally said that her work was influenced by deeply studying history which gave have her insight into the future. I realized I was watering down how truly brilliant she was and what she was trying to get across

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 9d

Kill your inner midwestern dad: it's ok to turn on the heat even if it's going to "warm back up in a couple days"!

I've just been freezing in my office today, and then I remembered I control the thermostat. I'm allowed to turn the heat on whenever I want!

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 9d

Reminder from your resident high school lubrarian: if you plan to do a Banned Books Week display and programming, prioritize living marginalized authors. Use this time to help those who need it the most.

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 11d

Ah yes for the map nerd or fan of pseudo archaeology with taste

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Larry (he/him) @liblarrian.bsky.social · 12d

I do well with Fashion Brand Company for business casual but weird enough to be interesting. I've done well with Universal Standard in the past for basics, but I feel like their quality has gone downhill. Vixen by Micheline Pitt also has some interesting things but I've never fit into their pants.