Leslie Williams 💀 💀
@beloit-bioarch.bsky.social
Professor and anthropologist. She/her. Furniture for a mini dachshund. Opinions and reskeets are my own. Bioarch | Data Viz | Health and Disease | Historical Arch | Teaching/Learning/Reading/Listening
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This entire weekend
December 15, 2025 at 3:58 AM
This entire weekend
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RIP Rob Reiner
a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the woman is saying have fun storming the castle
Alt: a man and a woman are standing next to each other and the man is saying "have fun storming the castle" - from Princess Bride
media.tenor.com
December 15, 2025 at 4:35 AM
RIP Rob Reiner
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Predicting that some universities will soon pledge to provide AI-free instruction, and that this will be an advantage in recruiting and training top students
Nothing will make you an education AI skeptic faster than grading some college take home assignments. Admins who haven’t been in a classroom in years push it as a learning tool. Students are laughing at them as they use it as a cheating tool. It’s all instructors are texting about with each other.
December 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Predicting that some universities will soon pledge to provide AI-free instruction, and that this will be an advantage in recruiting and training top students
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“Critical pedagogy is out… What’s sold as innovation is really surrender. As the university trades its teaching mission for “AI-tech integration,”… it risks becoming mechanically soulless. Genuine intellectual struggle has become too expensive of a value proposition.”
"The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
“Critical pedagogy is out… What’s sold as innovation is really surrender. As the university trades its teaching mission for “AI-tech integration,”… it risks becoming mechanically soulless. Genuine intellectual struggle has become too expensive of a value proposition.”
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Black Friday reminder - that product with a great price being sold by a company with a name that's just a bunch of random letters may end up on our website someday because it explodes.
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Black Friday reminder - that product with a great price being sold by a company with a name that's just a bunch of random letters may end up on our website someday because it explodes.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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It’s World AMR Awareness Week, and this year I had the honor to re-imagine and doodle the antibiotics in the antibiotic personality quiz 😇🖍️
Thank u @brxad.bsky.social for this amazing and fun opportunity!
C’mon, take the quiz, it’s a #WAAW tradition 😉💊
#IDSky
quiz.tryinteract.com#/59e68e3a8ec...
Thank u @brxad.bsky.social for this amazing and fun opportunity!
C’mon, take the quiz, it’s a #WAAW tradition 😉💊
#IDSky
quiz.tryinteract.com#/59e68e3a8ec...
November 18, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It’s World AMR Awareness Week, and this year I had the honor to re-imagine and doodle the antibiotics in the antibiotic personality quiz 😇🖍️
Thank u @brxad.bsky.social for this amazing and fun opportunity!
C’mon, take the quiz, it’s a #WAAW tradition 😉💊
#IDSky
quiz.tryinteract.com#/59e68e3a8ec...
Thank u @brxad.bsky.social for this amazing and fun opportunity!
C’mon, take the quiz, it’s a #WAAW tradition 😉💊
#IDSky
quiz.tryinteract.com#/59e68e3a8ec...
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Your daily reminder: don’t cross the picket line.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Your daily reminder: don’t cross the picket line.
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We didn't get to wish anyone a Happy Halloween this year, but there's no time to fall off a ladder like the present when you are taking down your Halloween decorations.
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We didn't get to wish anyone a Happy Halloween this year, but there's no time to fall off a ladder like the present when you are taking down your Halloween decorations.
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When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
November 7, 2025 at 11:43 PM
When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)
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A post that is deleted, rewritten, and posted again is called a "palimpsest."
A post that is written in very tiny font and rolled up and placed inside a charm and worn about the neck is called a "phylactery."
A post that is written in very tiny font and rolled up and placed inside a charm and worn about the neck is called a "phylactery."
Twitter refugees, note well: they're not called "tweets" here. Call them tweets and you're likely to be yelled at. Posts on Bluesky are called "missives." Reposts are called "rememberances" and replies are called "addendums." Replying to a post with a single emoji is called a "turd drop"
October 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A post that is deleted, rewritten, and posted again is called a "palimpsest."
A post that is written in very tiny font and rolled up and placed inside a charm and worn about the neck is called a "phylactery."
A post that is written in very tiny font and rolled up and placed inside a charm and worn about the neck is called a "phylactery."
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We're in here somewhere...
October 19, 2025 at 12:55 AM
We're in here somewhere...
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If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
Wow. Just wow.
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."
When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?
Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do
www.forbes.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.
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🍂 See Beloit in full fall color! Tour campus, meet students, and discover what makes Beloit stand out.
Visit Dates:
• Open House: Oct 25
• Info Sessions: Oct 13, Nov 10 & 11
Spots fill fast. Register today, and picture yourself as a Buccaneer!
buff.ly/NvSspjX
Visit Dates:
• Open House: Oct 25
• Info Sessions: Oct 13, Nov 10 & 11
Spots fill fast. Register today, and picture yourself as a Buccaneer!
buff.ly/NvSspjX
October 2, 2025 at 4:30 PM
🍂 See Beloit in full fall color! Tour campus, meet students, and discover what makes Beloit stand out.
Visit Dates:
• Open House: Oct 25
• Info Sessions: Oct 13, Nov 10 & 11
Spots fill fast. Register today, and picture yourself as a Buccaneer!
buff.ly/NvSspjX
Visit Dates:
• Open House: Oct 25
• Info Sessions: Oct 13, Nov 10 & 11
Spots fill fast. Register today, and picture yourself as a Buccaneer!
buff.ly/NvSspjX
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Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rest in peace, Dr. Jane Goodall💚
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It's almost skeletons with glow sticks in their rib cages season.
September 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
It's almost skeletons with glow sticks in their rib cages season.
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Remember - the safest way for your baby to sleep is with nothing else in the crib. Bare is always best.
September 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Remember - the safest way for your baby to sleep is with nothing else in the crib. Bare is always best.
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In which I beg archaeologists to sign up for the fall semester of Skype a Scientist, because we're getting buried in requests for your area of expertise.
Sign up here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
I run @skypeascientist.bsky.social which matches scientists w/classrooms, libraries, etc for Q&As.
We match First Lego League teams too. This tends to wipe out one category of scientist bc so many teams sign up for the same category (this year, archaeologists). We're almost out of archaeologists.
We match First Lego League teams too. This tends to wipe out one category of scientist bc so many teams sign up for the same category (this year, archaeologists). We're almost out of archaeologists.
September 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In which I beg archaeologists to sign up for the fall semester of Skype a Scientist, because we're getting buried in requests for your area of expertise.
Sign up here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Sign up here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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⏳ The countdown is on! Registration for Beloiter Days 2025 closes Sunday at midnight.
Think: campus buzzing with reunions, laughter over shared meals, and memories made where it all began. You don’t want to be the one scrolling from home while everyone else is here celebrating!
👉 buff.ly/F44fFgk
Think: campus buzzing with reunions, laughter over shared meals, and memories made where it all began. You don’t want to be the one scrolling from home while everyone else is here celebrating!
👉 buff.ly/F44fFgk
September 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
⏳ The countdown is on! Registration for Beloiter Days 2025 closes Sunday at midnight.
Think: campus buzzing with reunions, laughter over shared meals, and memories made where it all began. You don’t want to be the one scrolling from home while everyone else is here celebrating!
👉 buff.ly/F44fFgk
Think: campus buzzing with reunions, laughter over shared meals, and memories made where it all began. You don’t want to be the one scrolling from home while everyone else is here celebrating!
👉 buff.ly/F44fFgk
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪
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🧪 A new position piece argues that the uncritical adoption of 'AI' in academia mirrors past collective blunders.
Fueled by industry hype, they posit this trend erodes critical thinking, academic freedom, and scientific integrity.
#AcademicSky #MLSky
Fueled by industry hype, they posit this trend erodes critical thinking, academic freedom, and scientific integrity.
#AcademicSky #MLSky
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🧪 A new position piece argues that the uncritical adoption of 'AI' in academia mirrors past collective blunders.
Fueled by industry hype, they posit this trend erodes critical thinking, academic freedom, and scientific integrity.
#AcademicSky #MLSky
Fueled by industry hype, they posit this trend erodes critical thinking, academic freedom, and scientific integrity.
#AcademicSky #MLSky
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And, of course, hardly anything is as political as archaeology: the deep connection to land and specifically to contested locations makes that inevitable.
your periodic reminder that “archaeology isn’t political” is a political statement
September 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
And, of course, hardly anything is as political as archaeology: the deep connection to land and specifically to contested locations makes that inevitable.
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“The administration’s attempts to resuscitate scientifically disproven schemes serve a political agenda. Scientific racism has been associated with US social institutions since the country’s founding. Those who have detailed the dynamics of this ideology are not the ones distorting the truth”
US disregards scientific consensus on race
www.science.org
July 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“The administration’s attempts to resuscitate scientifically disproven schemes serve a political agenda. Scientific racism has been associated with US social institutions since the country’s founding. Those who have detailed the dynamics of this ideology are not the ones distorting the truth”
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I was just informed that Denali National Park has a sled dog puppy cam and you might also need this information
www.nps.gov/dena/learn/p...
www.nps.gov/dena/learn/p...
Webcam: Sled Dog Puppies - Denali National Park & Preserve (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov
July 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I was just informed that Denali National Park has a sled dog puppy cam and you might also need this information
www.nps.gov/dena/learn/p...
www.nps.gov/dena/learn/p...
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This little guy looks so much like a dachshund he needed to be shared on International Dachshund Day (the longest day of the year, get it?)
June 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
This little guy looks so much like a dachshund he needed to be shared on International Dachshund Day (the longest day of the year, get it?)