Ludicrously capacious bag
@horsdoeuvre.bsky.social
parent, spouse, rhetoric prof, essayist. Nonfic at The Rumpus, CRAFT, Archetype, etc. Interviews & Craft Essays Editor at CRAFT. Pushcart nom & BAE notable 2021. One handed backhander. she/her/dr
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
Some are saying this is the reason we were teaching essays in the first place!
Student told me that writing her research paper made her realize how many opinions she has on other topics that she should learn more about before having an opinion and this is one of the many reasons that teaching writing is important even if now that LLMs can create written products.
December 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Some are saying this is the reason we were teaching essays in the first place!
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
Bruce Lear: "Parents should certainly monitor what their children read and watch, but they shouldn’t get to choose what we all read and watch. Neither should lawmakers."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/10/b...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/10/b...
Banning books is dangerous
Bruce Lear lives in Sioux City and has been connected to Iowa’s public schools for 38 years. He taught for eleven years and represented educators as an Iowa State Education Association regional direct...
www.bleedingheartland.com
December 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Bruce Lear: "Parents should certainly monitor what their children read and watch, but they shouldn’t get to choose what we all read and watch. Neither should lawmakers."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/10/b...
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/12/10/b...
scrolling back in my sent box looking for a particular email.... learned I have sent 1,047 emails since Aug 1.
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
scrolling back in my sent box looking for a particular email.... learned I have sent 1,047 emails since Aug 1.
i need an apple products expert. I found my old ipod touch, which i retired when i bought the iphone 4 back in... like 2013. i'm positive it works and want to get it set up for my kid. but i need 1) a cord to charge AND 2) do we still have a way to transfer music files to a device in 2025?
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
i need an apple products expert. I found my old ipod touch, which i retired when i bought the iphone 4 back in... like 2013. i'm positive it works and want to get it set up for my kid. but i need 1) a cord to charge AND 2) do we still have a way to transfer music files to a device in 2025?
i've been here!
December 5, 2025 at 10:52 PM
i've been here!
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
I've heard this 1,000 times a day. I believed it until 2 weeks ago. Then I learned that the 2026 National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Jobs Outlook report found that only 10% of job ads ask for AI skills. Tell your friends.
It’s because every single employer who hires interns/co-ops/new grads is demanding it, or at least saying loudly they are prioritizing AI readiness in such roles. That’s the signal they’re responding to.
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I've heard this 1,000 times a day. I believed it until 2 weeks ago. Then I learned that the 2026 National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) Jobs Outlook report found that only 10% of job ads ask for AI skills. Tell your friends.
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
We’re entering a new era of childhood mortality & disability, & almost no one will care bc they’ll just get used to “the new normal” within a few years. They’ll ignore the harm.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
Breaking: After contentious debates and three failed attempts at a vote, a federal vaccine committee decided on Friday to end the decades-long recommendation that all newborns be immunized at birth against hepatitis B.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
An End to Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
We’re entering a new era of childhood mortality & disability, & almost no one will care bc they’ll just get used to “the new normal” within a few years. They’ll ignore the harm.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
How do I know? Because that’s exactly how it went w/COVID, which is the 2nd largest threat to childhood health rn.
We can still design a 1970s body style wagon with wood paneling that runs on a battery, Sean. We design the cars. We can do anything.
Sean Duffy on slashing fuel economy standards: "This rule will actually allow you to bring back the 1970s station wagon. Maybe a little wood paneling on the side. We can bring back choice to consumers."
December 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
We can still design a 1970s body style wagon with wood paneling that runs on a battery, Sean. We design the cars. We can do anything.
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
As usual, Miriam is on it! and right! And I'm feeling so freakin' smug in the fact, I kind of predicted this exact thing over two years ago in my pleading with usually smart folks in my field to just stop it with their AI inevitability and integration. Hmmm guess I'm not so out of touch after all.
Weird situation. AI adoption in the work world is stagnating, while higher-ed institutions are rushing to embrace it so that students will be prepared for…the work world?
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
As usual, Miriam is on it! and right! And I'm feeling so freakin' smug in the fact, I kind of predicted this exact thing over two years ago in my pleading with usually smart folks in my field to just stop it with their AI inevitability and integration. Hmmm guess I'm not so out of touch after all.
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
Every use-case people think they "need" and LLM for is actually papering over a different issue. The teacher using ChatGPT to write narrative reports bc the demand is unreasonable & overwhelming *actually* needs more support and/or compensation or a reduction of demand. It's a LABOR issue.
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Every use-case people think they "need" and LLM for is actually papering over a different issue. The teacher using ChatGPT to write narrative reports bc the demand is unreasonable & overwhelming *actually* needs more support and/or compensation or a reduction of demand. It's a LABOR issue.
at a certain level of job longevity you start to forget all of the things you are responsible for and then you have a sabbatical scheduled and you have to start offloading all of your tasks and schedule-sending emails and whoo-boy it's a lot!
December 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
at a certain level of job longevity you start to forget all of the things you are responsible for and then you have a sabbatical scheduled and you have to start offloading all of your tasks and schedule-sending emails and whoo-boy it's a lot!
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
"Think raw milk is 'traditional'? Think again. For generations, moms boiled milk daily to keep their kids alive. Forgetting that truth disrespects the brutal labor women did to protect their families."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKDP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKDP...
"Everyone Drank Raw Milk!" No They Didn't
YouTube video by Farm to Taber
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"Think raw milk is 'traditional'? Think again. For generations, moms boiled milk daily to keep their kids alive. Forgetting that truth disrespects the brutal labor women did to protect their families."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKDP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKDP...
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
Exactly this. And I often really interrogate structure as I teach .. what is *driving* this constraint? Is it about pedagogy? Or control?
I also will explain myself - this deadline is driven by the date grades are due, and I need this many days to do finals graded.
I also will explain myself - this deadline is driven by the date grades are due, and I need this many days to do finals graded.
I find requests for accommodations a really useful prod to check whether I’m making other students jump through hoops for the sake of jumping through hoops.
This is great. I think the whole idea of accommodation should rightly be an invitation to reject an ableist, eugenicist approach to the world and instead ask "What if we want to give *everyone* the chance to do their best?"
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Exactly this. And I often really interrogate structure as I teach .. what is *driving* this constraint? Is it about pedagogy? Or control?
I also will explain myself - this deadline is driven by the date grades are due, and I need this many days to do finals graded.
I also will explain myself - this deadline is driven by the date grades are due, and I need this many days to do finals graded.
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
Slightly less tongue-in-cheek points about this: this is why writing studies best practice is to grade writing assignments differently depending on whether their purpose is to demonstrate learning or to demonstrate genre and stylistic mastery
December 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Slightly less tongue-in-cheek points about this: this is why writing studies best practice is to grade writing assignments differently depending on whether their purpose is to demonstrate learning or to demonstrate genre and stylistic mastery
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
The CCCC Special Committee on Generative AI in College Composition & Writing Studies is pleased to share two docs that have been in the works since this past summer:
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The CCCC Special Committee on Generative AI in College Composition & Writing Studies is pleased to share two docs that have been in the works since this past summer:
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Academic Integrity, Plagiarism, & Generative AI: Guidelines for Postsecondary Writing Teachers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
Understanding Generative AI: A Primer for College Writers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Understanding Generative AI: A Primer for College Writers docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
Could be true. I started writing circa 1952, still at it, still here. Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges theconversation.com/writing-buil...
Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges
Resilience is often presented as feats of bravery and endurance. But everyday practices like journaling, drafting a text or even writing a to-do list are manifestations of a capacity to adapt.
theconversation.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Could be true. I started writing circa 1952, still at it, still here. Writing builds resilience by changing your brain, helping you face everyday challenges theconversation.com/writing-buil...
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
You don’t have to be in j-school or a fancy elite program, plus I’m proof you don’t need to know a lot about sports. we’re hoping to get applicants from all sorts of places
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
You don’t have to be in j-school or a fancy elite program, plus I’m proof you don’t need to know a lot about sports. we’re hoping to get applicants from all sorts of places
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
Would You Like To Be Defector’s Sixth-Ever Editorial Intern? | Defector
Big news: Defector is looking to hire editorial interns for the summer of 2026. Wow! That could be you! How could it be you? I am here to answer that question, and many more. What will a Defector inte...
defector.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We’re accepting applications for our (paid! remote!) summer internship! professors who follow me please share with any students interested in writing
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
The @chillsubs Lit Mag Awards are back! There are categories like Career Builder, Hidden Gem, New Writer Friendly, Great Editors, and more! Make your noms here: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Best Lit Mag Awards - Chill Subs
Welcome to Chill Subs' 3rd annual Community Favorites Best Lit Mag Awards! Vote for your favorite literary magazines and celebrate the publications that make our community thrive.
www.chillsubs.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The @chillsubs Lit Mag Awards are back! There are categories like Career Builder, Hidden Gem, New Writer Friendly, Great Editors, and more! Make your noms here: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
iwona b horyn, too, but you don’t see me decomposing about it
November 26, 2025 at 3:49 AM
iwona b horyn, too, but you don’t see me decomposing about it
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
I am ready to go beyond implication and say after reading the facts here that one of the most recognizable people working in the White House almost certainly had ICE arrest her nephew's mother as a favor to her brother
This article heavily implies that ICE is being used in a custody dispute to help Karoline Leavitt's brother get his son and have the mother locked up in ICE detention
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 5:49 AM
I am ready to go beyond implication and say after reading the facts here that one of the most recognizable people working in the White House almost certainly had ICE arrest her nephew's mother as a favor to her brother
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
It’s blowing my mind that schools, universities, public services would run headlong into this. We spent 15 years documenting black boxes. This is a black box in a black hole!
Reposted by Ludicrously capacious bag
OMGoodness yes. And I am still gobsmacked at how many smart folks say this very thing or similar things like trying to wrap it up in "literacy." HOLD. THE. LINE.
Watching so many MLIS programs essentially say "well, a lot of people are using it so we have to teach prompting" feels like watching a medical school say "a lot of people are anti-vax now so we have to teach alternatives to vaccines." This is a time for experts to hold the line.
November 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
OMGoodness yes. And I am still gobsmacked at how many smart folks say this very thing or similar things like trying to wrap it up in "literacy." HOLD. THE. LINE.