Jessaca Leinaweaver
@jessacabeza.bsky.social
Cultural anthropology professor at Brown - Providence, RI, USA
More info: https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jleinawe
More info: https://vivo.brown.edu/display/jleinawe
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Imagine studying a technology whose presence in the classroom is so detrimental to the development of writing and research skills (including even the will to know the sources behind claims!) that mitigating its effects becomes a central goal of course design, and concluding with tips on adopting it.
October 9, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Imagine studying a technology whose presence in the classroom is so detrimental to the development of writing and research skills (including even the will to know the sources behind claims!) that mitigating its effects becomes a central goal of course design, and concluding with tips on adopting it.
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The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
October 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
newrepublic.com/article/2013...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Apt historical commentary from local vintage shop (Hope St, Providy, RI)
August 28, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Apt historical commentary from local vintage shop (Hope St, Providy, RI)
Minute Cryptic - 20 August, 2025
"HARdLY ReMaRKABlE!?" (3,1,3,4)
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I scored: 3 under par
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"HARdLY ReMaRKABlE!?" (3,1,3,4)
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I scored: 3 under par
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Minute Cryptic
Solve a clue with a hidden meaning
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August 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Minute Cryptic - 20 August, 2025
"HARdLY ReMaRKABlE!?" (3,1,3,4)
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I scored: 3 under par
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"HARdLY ReMaRKABlE!?" (3,1,3,4)
🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣
I scored: 3 under par
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Academic pals: I'm starting a shared doc to collect info on exactly why/how AI is indefensible—specifically in humanities classrooms, but also across the board. Please share/add as you see fit. I plan to lecture from this in the first week; many students don't know.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
ALoRoWaHAiBA
Abbreviated List of Resources on Why and How AI is Bad, Actually Worsening Climate Change, Pollution, Environmental Racism, and Associated Negative Health Consequences On the pollution and health con...
docs.google.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Academic pals: I'm starting a shared doc to collect info on exactly why/how AI is indefensible—specifically in humanities classrooms, but also across the board. Please share/add as you see fit. I plan to lecture from this in the first week; many students don't know.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Dear @jtkantor.bsky.social we would like to request Girls and Boys by Blur tonite 🙏🙏⚾⚾🎹🎹
August 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Dear @jtkantor.bsky.social we would like to request Girls and Boys by Blur tonite 🙏🙏⚾⚾🎹🎹
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2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the Louise Lamphere sex discrimination lawsuit. Lamphere's fight resulted in a large increase in women faculty. In 2008, Lamphere established a professorship in Gender Studies. Read more here: anthropology.brown.edu/louise-lamph.... @brownanthro.bsky.social
Louise Lamphere Visiting Assistant Professorship in Anthropology and Gender and Sexuality Studies
In May 2008, Louise Lamphere made a generous gift to Brown University to establish the Louise Lamphere Visiting Assistant Professorship in Gender Studies, a recurring two-year position for a junior…
anthropology.brown.edu
July 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
2025 marks the 50th anniversary of the Louise Lamphere sex discrimination lawsuit. Lamphere's fight resulted in a large increase in women faculty. In 2008, Lamphere established a professorship in Gender Studies. Read more here: anthropology.brown.edu/louise-lamph.... @brownanthro.bsky.social
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Hello! I would be happy to help. You can email me lollardfish at gmail with a draft of a piece and a pitch and I will help you refine it to improve your chances of being published. I mean this. I've helped a few dozen people these last six months.
The newest budget numbers out of NSF are... not good. We're looking at worse than worst case scenarios for U.S. research universities. That's in addition to all the other attacks. Every person w/ a word processer and an hour of time should be penning an op-ed to their local papers this weekend.
June 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hello! I would be happy to help. You can email me lollardfish at gmail with a draft of a piece and a pitch and I will help you refine it to improve your chances of being published. I mean this. I've helped a few dozen people these last six months.
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If you are embracing AI in your schools, this is what you are agreeing with and contributing to.
The growing environmental impact of AI data centers’ energy demands
The EPA has reportedly drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. Now, with the rise of artificial int...
www.pbs.org
May 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
If you are embracing AI in your schools, this is what you are agreeing with and contributing to.
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Just let us know how to turn it off, sir
All US users will be able to activate 'AI mode' in Google search and Chrome browser that will provide a conversational, question and answer experience akin to OpenAI’s ChatGPT. www.ft.com/content/b9d1...
May 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Just let us know how to turn it off, sir
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🚨 New study reveals that when used to summarize scientific research, generative AI is nearly five times less accurate than humans.
Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.
Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.
May 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚨 New study reveals that when used to summarize scientific research, generative AI is nearly five times less accurate than humans.
Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.
Many haven't realized, but Gen AI's accuracy problem is worse than initially thought.
I just switched over to DuckDuckGo last week too. You can tell it to NEVER give you stupid AI summaries and then it doesn't! Reduces stupidity and also saves water (actual ducks approve) 🦆
May 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I just switched over to DuckDuckGo last week too. You can tell it to NEVER give you stupid AI summaries and then it doesn't! Reduces stupidity and also saves water (actual ducks approve) 🦆
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The degree to which scientific research at universities has been tacitly underwriting technological innovation in the private sector is a fact this admin seems determined to learn the hard way
Once upon a time there was a kind of fiscal conservative who might begrudgingly acknowledge this
Once upon a time there was a kind of fiscal conservative who might begrudgingly acknowledge this
"The consequences will ripple for years. Universities may lose access to global talent. Scientific research will suffer. Political expression will be chilled. At stake is not just the fate of thousands of foreign students—it is the soul of the university & its role in a democratic society."
Trump’s Attacks on International Students Are the Start of a Wider War
The administration is using immigration enforcement as a guise to mask its plans to decimate vital research and academic freedom.
newrepublic.com
May 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The degree to which scientific research at universities has been tacitly underwriting technological innovation in the private sector is a fact this admin seems determined to learn the hard way
Once upon a time there was a kind of fiscal conservative who might begrudgingly acknowledge this
Once upon a time there was a kind of fiscal conservative who might begrudgingly acknowledge this
My colleague David Kertzer (who knows about popes) quoted in the @nytimes.com: Leo XIII (head of the church from 1878 to 1903) "'called on the church to reach out to the working class [and] to work out an amicable relationship between capital and labor'" @brownanthro.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
My colleague David Kertzer (who knows about popes) quoted in the @nytimes.com: Leo XIII (head of the church from 1878 to 1903) "'called on the church to reach out to the working class [and] to work out an amicable relationship between capital and labor'" @brownanthro.bsky.social
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
🇵🇪 🌭 '“Chicago” and “Chiclayo” almost rhyme' --- Carlos Lozada in @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/o...
Opinion | Pope Leo, Peru and Me
www.nytimes.com
May 12, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🇵🇪 🌭 '“Chicago” and “Chiclayo” almost rhyme' --- Carlos Lozada in @nytopinion.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/o...
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you don't need chatGPT i am perfectly capable of drinking a bottle of water and lying to you
May 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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#Breaking: Canadian academics are being urged to avoid all non-essential travel to the U.S. amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on research and education along with fears of being turned away at the border.
Canadian academics warned to halt non-essential travel to the U.S. amid Trump’s crackdown, border tensions
The Canadian Association of University Teachers has issued a travel advisory for its members amid Trump’s crackdown and border fears.
www.thestar.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
#Breaking: Canadian academics are being urged to avoid all non-essential travel to the U.S. amid the Trump administration’s crackdown on research and education along with fears of being turned away at the border.
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Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com/...
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com/...
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Australian academics refuse to attend US conferences for fear of being detained
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com/...
‘When academics fear travelling or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem,’ one says
www.theguardian.com/...
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We're thrilled to share that our authors @ievajusionyte.bsky.social and Matthew Morrison have won 2025 PROSE awards from the Association of American Publishers!
Please help us spread the news 🎉 #proseawards @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Please help us spread the news 🎉 #proseawards @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
AAP Announces 2025 Hawkins, PROSE Award Winners
Ieva Jusionyte’s Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence across the Border, published by University of California Press, took home the top prize at the Association of American Publishers’ 2025 P...
www.publishersweekly.com
April 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
We're thrilled to share that our authors @ievajusionyte.bsky.social and Matthew Morrison have won 2025 PROSE awards from the Association of American Publishers!
Please help us spread the news 🎉 #proseawards @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Please help us spread the news 🎉 #proseawards @publisherswkly.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Heads up! Shop our Flash Sale, today and tomorrow only. Save 50% on all books (including pre-orders) and journal issues. Use coupon FLASH50 & don't delay. Ends March 26 at 11:59 pm ET.
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March 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Heads up! Shop our Flash Sale, today and tomorrow only. Save 50% on all books (including pre-orders) and journal issues. Use coupon FLASH50 & don't delay. Ends March 26 at 11:59 pm ET.
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Saturday, 4/12 - Sunday, 4/13 — “Seed Pasts/Seeding Futures: Interdisciplinary Symposium.” Co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, @brown-ibes.bsky.social, @cogutinstitute.bsky.social, @brownarchaeology.bsky.social, CLACS, and the Haffenreffer Museum. Learn more and view the full schedule:
Seed Pasts/Seeding Futures: Interdisciplinary Symposium
This symposium will investigate how and why people keep seeds—forms of matter that literally bring life and figuratively feed futures. In this sy...
events.brown.edu
March 21, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Saturday, 4/12 - Sunday, 4/13 — “Seed Pasts/Seeding Futures: Interdisciplinary Symposium.” Co-sponsored by the Department of Anthropology, @brown-ibes.bsky.social, @cogutinstitute.bsky.social, @brownarchaeology.bsky.social, CLACS, and the Haffenreffer Museum. Learn more and view the full schedule:
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In honor of #MarchMadness, let's talk about how all 8 men's teams playing in Providence this week are threatened by the Musk/Trump Admin.
If you love college sports, you're going to have to stand up for colleges!!!!
If you love college sports, you're going to have to stand up for colleges!!!!
March 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In honor of #MarchMadness, let's talk about how all 8 men's teams playing in Providence this week are threatened by the Musk/Trump Admin.
If you love college sports, you're going to have to stand up for colleges!!!!
If you love college sports, you're going to have to stand up for colleges!!!!
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Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...
Brown University Professor and Doctor Are Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order (Gift Article)
Dr. Rasha Alawieh, a kidney transplant specialist and Brown University professor who had a valid visa, was expelled in apparent defiance of a court order.
www.nytimes.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Doctor and Professor Is Deported to Lebanon Despite a Judge’s Order. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/u...