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Nelson Flores
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Professor researching race and language in education
Check out my book:
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/becoming-the-system-9780197516829

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 5h
ChatGPT-written is not a homogenous practice though. It can mean feeding it a proposal you didn’t read and having it write a review that you also don’t read. It can also mean having it clean up rough notes for a proposal you did read. We need to disentangle these as we discuss the ethics of its use.
stephaniemlee.bsky.social Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 6h
NEW: An AI conference was bombarded with complaints about peer reviews sounding AI-generated. A startup jumped in with an outside analysis, estimating that as many 1 in 5 could have been ChatGPT-written. Chaos ensued.

Now the reviews are being reviewed.

www.chronicle.com/article/the-... #ICLR2026
The Conference Where ChatGPT Wrote One in Five Reviews (Maybe)
An AI conference was bombarded with complaints about peer reviews sounding AI-generated. Now the reviews are being reviewed.
www.chronicle.com

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Stephanie M. Lee @stephaniemlee.bsky.social · 6h
NEW: An AI conference was bombarded with complaints about peer reviews sounding AI-generated. A startup jumped in with an outside analysis, estimating that as many 1 in 5 could have been ChatGPT-written. Chaos ensued.

Now the reviews are being reviewed.

www.chronicle.com/article/the-... #ICLR2026
The Conference Where ChatGPT Wrote One in Five Reviews (Maybe)
An AI conference was bombarded with complaints about peer reviews sounding AI-generated. Now the reviews are being reviewed.
www.chronicle.com

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 11h
And just invite the animals back into society without any reparative work that seeks to undo the years of hateful propaganda against them and the damage this had caused.

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 1d
I get that Glinda having Madame Morrible arrested at the end is supposed to feel triumphant but tbh Glinda is complicit in many of the same crimes so not sure how I feel with her being the new unelected leader of Oz #Wicked

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 1d
Yes. Somebody should write an article showing how 6-7 reveals the inherently contextual and lack of fixed meaning of language lol

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 2d
One of the great political con jobs if this era has been that proponents of DEI are somehow the ones lowering standards when what it has done is raised the standard so that nonsense like the OSU student essay gets called out for what it is. It is that raising of standards that MAGA is so mad at.

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 2d
Kudos to this Republican for defending the professor. Unfortunately, despite his claims to the contrary the Republican Party has, indeed, become the party of “participation trophies” for White Christians who feel entitled to never having their ideas challenged.

www.kswo.com/2025/12/05/p...
‘The professor was right’: Oklahoma Republican college leader criticizes essay controversy
The chairman of the Oklahoma Federation of College Republicans is weighing in on controversy surrounding a failed essay submitted by a University of Oklahoma student.
www.kswo.com

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 2d
I do think that distinction is what the headline is trying to get at. But so many words don’t have dictionary definitions ons the rest are used in ways that deviate from these definitions so it feels weird to call 6-7 nihilist unless we think all language is nihilist, which maybe lol

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 2d
How do you differentiate social meaning from literal meaning though? For me, all meaning is produced within specific social contexts and is, therefore, always social.

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 2d
This is a great connection. I remember how much I loved the “Word of the Day” and how excited I got watching the Pee Wee Herman documentary as an adult when they talked about that aspect of the show! Either we were also horrible nihilist or kids are still just kids. Maybe both lol

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 2d
The challenges are coming from within the universities themselves though with the University of Alabama deciding that bans on diversity, equity and inclusion mean that you can no longer create publications targeting specific communities even though this is something you learn to do in Marketing 101.
splcenter.org Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 3d
Following #Alabama’s 2024 legislation banning publicly funded diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and so-called “divisive concepts,” campuses across the state are facing significant challenges to maintaining spaces that support marginalized communities.
Campus outrage mounts after the University of Alabama suspends student magazines | Alabama Reflector
Student organizations have put out statements of support and have planned demonstrations following Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazines were suspended.
alabamareflector.com

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 2d
What does it mean to have “no actual definition” though? I am no expert on Gen Alpha slang but the kids in my life seem to attribute a lot of contextual (albeit shifting) meaning to their use of 6-7. Maybe it is less about nihilism and more about challenging the notion of words having fixed meanings
us.theconversation.com The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 3d
Dictionary.com’s word of the year is “6-7,” a Gen Alpha slang term with no actual definition.

Oxford’s word of the year is “rage bait” and Cambridge picked "parasocial."

Together, they paint a picture of digital nihilism. https://buff.ly/53z5RCh

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 3d
Tbh regardless of the outcome the fact that SCOTUS is even seriously considering this blatantly racist argument is bad for our democracy
selenammoon.bsky.social Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 3d
So SCOTUS is taking up (parts of?) birthright citizenship. Is there discourse on this yet? Sorry, too tired to look it up. #Skystorians #AcademicSky

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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 3d
Dictionary.com’s word of the year is “6-7,” a Gen Alpha slang term with no actual definition.

Oxford’s word of the year is “rage bait” and Cambridge picked "parasocial."

Together, they paint a picture of digital nihilism. https://buff.ly/53z5RCh

Reposted by Nelson Flores

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Selena M Moon @selenammoon.bsky.social · 3d
So SCOTUS is taking up (parts of?) birthright citizenship. Is there discourse on this yet? Sorry, too tired to look it up. #Skystorians #AcademicSky

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 3d
We live in a political satire

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Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · 3d
Following #Alabama’s 2024 legislation banning publicly funded diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and so-called “divisive concepts,” campuses across the state are facing significant challenges to maintaining spaces that support marginalized communities.
Campus outrage mounts after the University of Alabama suspends student magazines | Alabama Reflector
Student organizations have put out statements of support and have planned demonstrations following Nineteen Fifty-Six and Alice Magazines were suspended.
alabamareflector.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d
The NYT photo desk FTW.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/685...

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d
Donald Trump said it was 'one of the great honours' of his life to receive Fifa’s inaugural Peace Prize on Friday. on.ft.com/4piJZVf

Reposted by Nelson Flores

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d
According to a new study, members of Congressional leadership perform 47% better in stock market trades than their rank-and-file peers, thanks to access to nonpublic information.

Today would be a great day to ban ALL elected officials from trading stock, don't you think?

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 5d
Neurodiversity as a term has such potential in challenging normative framings of human development. Seeking to unpack this diversity by creating a binary between neurotypical and neurodivergent people undercut these efforts. Instead, we could argue that neurodiversity suggests nobody is neurotypical

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 5d
The most obvious solution to poverty of just giving people money with no strings attached has been proven to work again and again. And yet, public policy continues to criminalize poverty as opposed to addressing its roots.
streetroots.bsky.social Street Roots @streetroots.bsky.social · 18d
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 5d
And even if they were carrying contraband they should have been arrested and tried in a court of law. Let’s not forget that due process is still a thing and the US government doesn’t get to just kill anybody they suspect are committing a crime.
sanho.bsky.social Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 6d
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard Commandant United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE Washington, DC 20593-7000 Staff Symbol: CCG Phone: (202) 372-4411 5730 31 ост 2025 The Honorable Rand H. Paul United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Paul: In response to your letter dated October 6, 2025, regarding the Coast Guard's efforts to interdict illicit drugs headed towards the United States since September 1, 2024, I offer the following: 1. From September 1, 2024, to October 7, 2025, Coast Guard surface assets, operating under Coast Guard law enforcement authority, interdicted 212 suspected drug-smuggling vessels at sea headed toward the United States. Of the 212 interdictions, 41 vessels had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted; 24 of those 41 vessels without contraband did not appear to commit any federal criminal offense. 2. Of the 212 total vessels interdicted during this period, 69 vessels were interdicted in the Caribbean Sea by Coast Guard surface assets, operating under Coast Guard law enforcement authority. Of these 69 interdictions, 14 had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted; 11 of those 14 vessels without contraband did not appear to commit any federal criminal offense. Of the 69 Caribbean interdictions, 14 vessels were interdicted off the coast of Venezuela. Three of the 14 vessels interdicted near Venezuela had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted, but one of the three violated other U.S. federal criminal statutes. 3. The Coast Guard did not use lethal force against any of the 212 vessels interdicted at sea during this period. The Coast Guard used non-lethal force to warn and/or disable non-compliant vessels suspected of smuggling on 105 occasions during this period. 4. Of the 212 interdictions conducted by the Coast Guard from September 1, 2024, to October 7, 2025, 208 were interdicted in international waters. 5. Of the 212 interdictions conducted by the Coast Gu…

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 5d
Social media has tons of problems but to suggest the before times were somehow more fact based is absurd.

What politicians like HRC are really lamenting is not the increase in fake news but the decline of corporate media that has historically worked in partnership with them to control the masses.
drewharwell.com Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 6d
It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.

She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”

Reposted by Marc Lynch, Peter Jacobsen, Nelson Flores

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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 6d
It's become normal now for high-level political figures to argue that an entire generation was brainwashed through fake videos into mass anti-Israel political mobilization by TikTok. Complete conspiracy thinking, rooted in zero evidence, based on nothing
premthakker.bsky.social Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 6d
Hillary Clinton blames TikTok and “totally made up” videos for young people’s views on Israel and Palestine.

She says social media influenced “not just the usual suspects” but also “young Jewish Americans who don’t know the history and don’t understand.”

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 6d
Clearly this is why I am not in fundraising lol

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 6d
The fact that I literally received an email from pretty much every nonprofit that I have ever had any interaction with today asking for donations for Giving Tuesday make me wonder how successful these efforts could possibly be in fundraising

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 6d
Rand Paul just posted this letter from the Coast Guard confirming that 1/4 of the boats they stop carry no contraband. The likelihood that Hegseth & Bradley ordered the murder of innocent civilians is very high.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard Commandant United States Coast Guard 2703 Martin Luther King Jr Ave SE Washington, DC 20593-7000 Staff Symbol: CCG Phone: (202) 372-4411 5730 31 ост 2025 The Honorable Rand H. Paul United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Paul: In response to your letter dated October 6, 2025, regarding the Coast Guard's efforts to interdict illicit drugs headed towards the United States since September 1, 2024, I offer the following: 1. From September 1, 2024, to October 7, 2025, Coast Guard surface assets, operating under Coast Guard law enforcement authority, interdicted 212 suspected drug-smuggling vessels at sea headed toward the United States. Of the 212 interdictions, 41 vessels had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted; 24 of those 41 vessels without contraband did not appear to commit any federal criminal offense. 2. Of the 212 total vessels interdicted during this period, 69 vessels were interdicted in the Caribbean Sea by Coast Guard surface assets, operating under Coast Guard law enforcement authority. Of these 69 interdictions, 14 had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted; 11 of those 14 vessels without contraband did not appear to commit any federal criminal offense. Of the 69 Caribbean interdictions, 14 vessels were interdicted off the coast of Venezuela. Three of the 14 vessels interdicted near Venezuela had no illicit contraband on board when interdicted, but one of the three violated other U.S. federal criminal statutes. 3. The Coast Guard did not use lethal force against any of the 212 vessels interdicted at sea during this period. The Coast Guard used non-lethal force to warn and/or disable non-compliant vessels suspected of smuggling on 105 occasions during this period. 4. Of the 212 interdictions conducted by the Coast Guard from September 1, 2024, to October 7, 2025, 208 were interdicted in international waters. 5. Of the 212 interdictions conducted by the Coast Gu…

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 6d
Perhaps ironically because third world was originally connected to Cold War geopolitics it also became a term of solidarity. Some have tried this with Global South but it doesn’t work as well since it is based on literal geography as opposed to a specific geopolitics. We need a new solidarity term.
danisdiary.bsky.social Dani✨ @danisdiary.bsky.social · 6d
The term “third world country” is a vestige of racists, colonial and imperialist societies. If you don’t know what I am talking about, it’s okay. This term has long been used and misused. But contemporary governments should know better than to add it to their vocabulary.

www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Memo To People Of Earth: 'Third World' Is An Offensive Term!
TV correspondents and pundits spoke it, Twitter users typed it. They said the insurrection in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday was what happens in "Third World" countries. There's a problem with that.
www.npr.org

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 6d
These same people supposedly concerned about fairness in sports also celebrate the biological advantages of cis men like Michael Phelps as “the perfect swimmer’s body”

www.biography.com/athletes/mic...