Deborah
@deborahbee.bsky.social
Academic librarian. Public art & transportation, map, cat, & dog enthusiast. Philadelphian. She/her.
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You know what maximizes safety and privacy? Not using AI. I'd even go so far as to say vis-a-vis AI that is the maximum safety and privacy possible.
We know students, like the rest of the world, are using AI. Teachers need to be equipped to deal w/all the issues AI creates. Our approach starts with maximizing safety & privacy and empowering educators to make educational decisions, so AI tools can benefit not harm www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
AI has become the norm for students. Teachers are playing catch-up.
At a New York City training session, educators explored how artificial intelligence could support teaching while also discussing their concerns around the technology.
www.nbcnews.com
December 24, 2025 at 2:27 AM
You know what maximizes safety and privacy? Not using AI. I'd even go so far as to say vis-a-vis AI that is the maximum safety and privacy possible.
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Now published…
We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025
Four hundred and nineteen experienced qualitative researchers from 32 countries invite readers of Qualitative Inquiry to consider their position on use of gener...
journals.sagepub.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Now published…
We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research - Tanisha Jowsey, Virginia Braun, Victoria Clarke, Deborah Lupton, Michelle Fine, 2025
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Im genuinely so befuddled by this; I DON'T LACK IDEAS.
I have so MANY ideas and plans--its time, money, and energy I lack. I don't need genAI to make up stuff for me, my brain does that perfectly well, and I actually love that my brain does that for me.
I have so MANY ideas and plans--its time, money, and energy I lack. I don't need genAI to make up stuff for me, my brain does that perfectly well, and I actually love that my brain does that for me.
I’m embarrassed for these people. I was at a writing retreat this summer that suggested we use genai for ideation. They told academics to use a plagiarism machine for ideas. If you are doing this, do us all a favor and leave the field. If you have no more ideas, you shouldn’t be an academic.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Im genuinely so befuddled by this; I DON'T LACK IDEAS.
I have so MANY ideas and plans--its time, money, and energy I lack. I don't need genAI to make up stuff for me, my brain does that perfectly well, and I actually love that my brain does that for me.
I have so MANY ideas and plans--its time, money, and energy I lack. I don't need genAI to make up stuff for me, my brain does that perfectly well, and I actually love that my brain does that for me.
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"I refuse." This is it. There's no reason we should accept a narrative of an already settled future which marginalizes humans and individual agency. No one wants this. No one asked for it.
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
"I refuse." This is it. There's no reason we should accept a narrative of an already settled future which marginalizes humans and individual agency. No one wants this. No one asked for it.
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For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
December 18, 2025 at 7:35 PM
For readers who are about to lose care, I have been told that the Trans Youth Emergency Project is helping the families of trans youth contingency plan to access that care.
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
www.transyouthemergencyproject.org
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Here are some actions you can take to defend gender-affirming care in your hospital system.
CMS EMAIL TEMPLATE TO SEND TO HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP
EMAIL TEMPLATE FOR RFA FAMILIES AND ALLIES TO SEND TO HEALTHCARE LEADERSHIP TEAMS ABOUT CMS RULES (ADDRESSES FOR LEADERSHIP GROUPS ON PAGE 2) (Please personalize with whatever you have time for) Su...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Here are some actions you can take to defend gender-affirming care in your hospital system.
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More credible evidence that Covid vaccines benefit mom/ baby.
Vaccination prior to & during pregnancy, before Covid diagnosis was associated w/ lower risk of severe disease & preterm birth.
Meanwhile, RFK Jr's HHS ended funding agreements w/ the American Academy of Pediatrics.
🧪 #SackTheQuack
Vaccination prior to & during pregnancy, before Covid diagnosis was associated w/ lower risk of severe disease & preterm birth.
Meanwhile, RFK Jr's HHS ended funding agreements w/ the American Academy of Pediatrics.
🧪 #SackTheQuack
Vaccination and Maternal and Perinatal Outcomes Associated With COVID-19 in Pregnancy
This study uses a population-level surveillance program to investigate maternal and perinatal outcomes associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection in pregnancy by vaccination status prior to and during pregn...
jamanetwork.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:46 PM
More credible evidence that Covid vaccines benefit mom/ baby.
Vaccination prior to & during pregnancy, before Covid diagnosis was associated w/ lower risk of severe disease & preterm birth.
Meanwhile, RFK Jr's HHS ended funding agreements w/ the American Academy of Pediatrics.
🧪 #SackTheQuack
Vaccination prior to & during pregnancy, before Covid diagnosis was associated w/ lower risk of severe disease & preterm birth.
Meanwhile, RFK Jr's HHS ended funding agreements w/ the American Academy of Pediatrics.
🧪 #SackTheQuack
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$901 BILLION. that's our taxes. we could have universal healthcare and childcare, universal basic income, but we get to fund Trump's gestapo and his illegal unconstitutional "wars" instead.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate passes $901 billion defense bill that demands Secretary Hegseth provide video of strikes on alleged drug boats.
December 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
$901 BILLION. that's our taxes. we could have universal healthcare and childcare, universal basic income, but we get to fund Trump's gestapo and his illegal unconstitutional "wars" instead.
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I sympathize with our students not knowing what to do about genAI, given that some parts of the university are busy telling them to use it and get certificates in it and demanding they apply it and some of us are begging them to stop destroying themselves and the planet and our minds.
December 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I sympathize with our students not knowing what to do about genAI, given that some parts of the university are busy telling them to use it and get certificates in it and demanding they apply it and some of us are begging them to stop destroying themselves and the planet and our minds.
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Updated AI policy, in effect starting with the January 2026 open submission window
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/ai-policy/
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/ai-policy/
December 15, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Updated AI policy, in effect starting with the January 2026 open submission window
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/ai-policy/
www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/ai-policy/
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I want to repost @fobettarh.bsky.social's fundraiser as she needed to be moved to the ICU a few weeks ago and remains there. Her support network can use more coins from those in a position to donate, or to boost/spread the word. Fobazi is a wonderful human being: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
Donate to Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant, organized by Ysabel Gerrard
Hello all, my name is Ysabel and I’m fundraising for my friends … Ysabel Gerrard needs your support for Fobazi’s road to recovery: Kidney and liver transplant
www.gofundme.com
December 15, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I want to repost @fobettarh.bsky.social's fundraiser as she needed to be moved to the ICU a few weeks ago and remains there. Her support network can use more coins from those in a position to donate, or to boost/spread the word. Fobazi is a wonderful human being: www.gofundme.com/f/support-fo...
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A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
COVID Vaccines Slashed Kids’ ER Visits by 76 Percent, Study Finds
A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
www.scientificamerican.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
A report published in a CDC journal reaffirms the effectiveness of COVID vaccines at preventing severe disease in children
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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okay, you guys did GREAT with this last time when it was a grandma in upstate NY. a friend referred a Catholic mom to me in Crystal Lake, IL who has a trans kiddo and gave me her blessing to consult the Bluesky brain trust. they're looking for trans-affirming therapists, family support groups, etc
December 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
okay, you guys did GREAT with this last time when it was a grandma in upstate NY. a friend referred a Catholic mom to me in Crystal Lake, IL who has a trans kiddo and gave me her blessing to consult the Bluesky brain trust. they're looking for trans-affirming therapists, family support groups, etc
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I’m pretty wary of overstating the relationship between language and culture but I was entirely unsurprised when I learned how many different ways you can say “eat a little something” in Yiddish
December 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I’m pretty wary of overstating the relationship between language and culture but I was entirely unsurprised when I learned how many different ways you can say “eat a little something” in Yiddish
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After I had my daughter, one of the qualities I looked for in infant formula was existence, which was an aspect my breast milk lacked
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
After I had my daughter, one of the qualities I looked for in infant formula was existence, which was an aspect my breast milk lacked
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Whatever else it can do, this tech adds work and erodes trust. The extra work is time-wasting and wearying, and I resent the erosion of trust most deeply. I cannot believe it is healthy for society to be ever less sure that anything you encounter is the real thought or expression of a fellow human
I spend so much time verifying everything now from art to cited sources to photos to historical references to citations to quotes to legal and medical information that it's really hard to fathom how much work AI has collectively added to the world, not reduced
Here's the reality this example illustrates:
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
It's not even just about people blindly trusting what ChatGPT tells them. LLMs are poisoning the entire information ecosystem. You can't even necessarily trust that the citations in a published paper are real (or a search engine's descriptions of them).
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Whatever else it can do, this tech adds work and erodes trust. The extra work is time-wasting and wearying, and I resent the erosion of trust most deeply. I cannot believe it is healthy for society to be ever less sure that anything you encounter is the real thought or expression of a fellow human
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DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
DC Public Library with a friendly reminder 📚
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I am happy to pay $30 a year for USPS Prime, which delivers mail daily to my home
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am happy to pay $30 a year for USPS Prime, which delivers mail daily to my home
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Chicagoans will pay $76 per person this year for police misconduct settlements.
The USPS posting a NINE BILLION DOLLAR LOSS!!! sounds terrible. Certainly worse than if you said "USPS costs thirty dollars per person per year" even though that means the same thing and more accurately describes a government service
December 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Chicagoans will pay $76 per person this year for police misconduct settlements.
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AI Is Not Inevitable
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
December 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
AI Is Not Inevitable
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
join AAUP for a conversation with educators, educator unions, and the Collaborative Research Center for Resilience
zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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i spent a little while going through the AIDS quilt and picked out a few panels that stuck out to me for one reason or another. may the memories of all these beautiful, far too young souls be a blessing.
December 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
i spent a little while going through the AIDS quilt and picked out a few panels that stuck out to me for one reason or another. may the memories of all these beautiful, far too young souls be a blessing.
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Today is World AIDS Day and the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ bus stand A lifelong activist, Parks was also a lifelong quilter and contributed her talents to sew squares for the AIDS quilt: www.changethepattern.org/stories/rp?r...
www.changethepattern.org
December 1, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Today is World AIDS Day and the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks’ bus stand A lifelong activist, Parks was also a lifelong quilter and contributed her talents to sew squares for the AIDS quilt: www.changethepattern.org/stories/rp?r...
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.