Dr. Martha Karnes
@marthasuephd.bsky.social
if you ain’t too kind you ain’t my type
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
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cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level
but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses
but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses
Heard from a friend at Disney+ that there are multiple levels of freakout internally, both from internal dissatisfaction, concerns about subscription cancelations, and of course the big one: concern about a boycott spilling over into parks and cruises.
September 19, 2025 at 12:39 AM
cancelling Disney+ and Hulu is well and good but it’s not a huge hit on an individual level
but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses
but Disney adults? people who spend real money at the parks? you guys can make a dent, call ‘em up and tell them your vacation is postponed until they pull their heads out of their asses
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These are desperate attempts to embed AI technologies into schools and recruit lifetime users and I urge my fellow educators to see these attempts as such and refuse to be bought by Big Tech and this fascist government.
“The business commitments include things like cash prizes for students and teachers who use AI in educational ways, and cheap or free access to the companies' AI tools, trainings and certifications.”
Big tech signs on to White House plan for AI education in US schools
The White House hosted several tech and AI leaders at an event today centered on teaching artificial intelligence in US schools.
www.engadget.com
September 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
These are desperate attempts to embed AI technologies into schools and recruit lifetime users and I urge my fellow educators to see these attempts as such and refuse to be bought by Big Tech and this fascist government.
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sorry folks we cant turn off the teen suicide encouragement bot, just too many billionaires who invested an insignificant amount of their fortune into it and that would make them upset
August 27, 2025 at 11:23 AM
sorry folks we cant turn off the teen suicide encouragement bot, just too many billionaires who invested an insignificant amount of their fortune into it and that would make them upset
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Is this digital humanities?
August 27, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Is this digital humanities?
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I think what’s most fucked for young people right now is that no one in power cares what happens to them. There’s a real callous disregard for the fact that young people can’t find jobs, or have little hope of starting families or buying homes. There’s even a sense that they deserve it.
August 15, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I think what’s most fucked for young people right now is that no one in power cares what happens to them. There’s a real callous disregard for the fact that young people can’t find jobs, or have little hope of starting families or buying homes. There’s even a sense that they deserve it.
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This is not a massive decision or any kind of change. Costco has never carried mifepristone in its pharmacies. An anti-abortion group is taking credit for something that didn't happen, possibly to generate disingenuous left-wing ire against one of the few corporations that hasn't gone MAGA.
August 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This is not a massive decision or any kind of change. Costco has never carried mifepristone in its pharmacies. An anti-abortion group is taking credit for something that didn't happen, possibly to generate disingenuous left-wing ire against one of the few corporations that hasn't gone MAGA.
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Friends in Rhetoric, Communication, and Writing Studies! Please consider submitting a proposal for my edited collection on Rhetoric and/as Academic Leadership, and share widely. Full CFP is here (apologies for the poor formatting on the Penn CFP site):
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Friends in Rhetoric, Communication, and Writing Studies! Please consider submitting a proposal for my edited collection on Rhetoric and/as Academic Leadership, and share widely. Full CFP is here (apologies for the poor formatting on the Penn CFP site):
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/08/...
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This is a very writing studies-centered skeet, but… the way that some in the field are tying themselves into knots to advocate for some “ethical uses” of GenAI really emphasizes the field’s shallow investment in anything like “justice” or “decolonization” or “abolition.”
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This is a very writing studies-centered skeet, but… the way that some in the field are tying themselves into knots to advocate for some “ethical uses” of GenAI really emphasizes the field’s shallow investment in anything like “justice” or “decolonization” or “abolition.”
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letting Ai write your 'boring emails' for you...Please. I am asking for some high stakes stuff here in this email: I am not about to put it into the hands of a generic, ethos-less voice.
And yes, I know I am mixing metaphors...That is a trait of ME and MY WRITING
And yes, I know I am mixing metaphors...That is a trait of ME and MY WRITING
August 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
letting Ai write your 'boring emails' for you...Please. I am asking for some high stakes stuff here in this email: I am not about to put it into the hands of a generic, ethos-less voice.
And yes, I know I am mixing metaphors...That is a trait of ME and MY WRITING
And yes, I know I am mixing metaphors...That is a trait of ME and MY WRITING
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If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
August 6, 2025 at 1:01 AM
If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages
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Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
AI filmmaking is peeing. It’s pooping. It’s throwing up. It’s a new kind of liquid coming out. It’s hated by the establishment. It’s what goes in the toilet. It’s wet. It’s what’s in the bathroom.
August 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Generative AI by definition is conformity. It is an averaging of anything you ask of it - quite literally guessing what the most likely version of a thing might be. It is, by definition, mainstream, as is everything it creates old and deeply ideological, as every model trains on similar data.
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Reminder that we can all just choose not to use generative AI. We don't actually have to adopt new technologies just because they're new technologies.
July 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Reminder that we can all just choose not to use generative AI. We don't actually have to adopt new technologies just because they're new technologies.
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Just a reminder that there is no psychotherapist-patient privilege with ChatGPT.
July 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Just a reminder that there is no psychotherapist-patient privilege with ChatGPT.
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I do firmly believe that refusing to outsource your basic cognitive functions to LLMs right now - as so many are stumbling over themselves to do right now, like hogs trotting to a pile of slop that’s been set up inside of a butcher’s delivery truck - will very much pay off in a few years.
July 26, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I do firmly believe that refusing to outsource your basic cognitive functions to LLMs right now - as so many are stumbling over themselves to do right now, like hogs trotting to a pile of slop that’s been set up inside of a butcher’s delivery truck - will very much pay off in a few years.
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I wish more disabled and/or neurodivergent people (not to mention the ableds) would understand that the explicit openly stated goal of tech companies re gAI is to replace every public/social service from healthcare to education and more with their tech.
And they’re using us to build consensus.
And they’re using us to build consensus.
‘It’s the most empathetic voice in my life’: How AI is transforming the lives of neurodivergent people reut.rs/4feiSqq
‘It’s the most empathetic voice in my life’: How AI is transforming the lives of neurodivergent people
AI tools like ChatGPT are helping neurodivergent users communicate more clearly and confidently — though some experts warn that overreliance could come at a cost.
reut.rs
July 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I wish more disabled and/or neurodivergent people (not to mention the ableds) would understand that the explicit openly stated goal of tech companies re gAI is to replace every public/social service from healthcare to education and more with their tech.
And they’re using us to build consensus.
And they’re using us to build consensus.
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Google's AI summaries are
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
www.404media.co
July 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Google's AI summaries are
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
- killing traffic to legitimate sites
- producing summaries that can be wrong
- in the long run probably making you a dumbass
www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
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Makes perfect sense to discontinue medical research right after a global pandemic that killed millions. This is the kind of strategic thinking we need!
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Makes perfect sense to discontinue medical research right after a global pandemic that killed millions. This is the kind of strategic thinking we need!
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January 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Heads up for the Weather Community!
You can now find NOAA (@noaa.gov), NOAA Climate (@climate.noaa.gov) & NWS HQ (@nws.noaa.gov; still being set up) on Bluesky!
You can now find NOAA (@noaa.gov), NOAA Climate (@climate.noaa.gov) & NWS HQ (@nws.noaa.gov; still being set up) on Bluesky!
January 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Heads up for the Weather Community!
You can now find NOAA (@noaa.gov), NOAA Climate (@climate.noaa.gov) & NWS HQ (@nws.noaa.gov; still being set up) on Bluesky!
You can now find NOAA (@noaa.gov), NOAA Climate (@climate.noaa.gov) & NWS HQ (@nws.noaa.gov; still being set up) on Bluesky!
What a time to be teaching medical and science writing.
New: Trump officials have paused all external communications at health agencies like CDC, FDA, NIH.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
No health alerts and the famed MMWRs; no updates to key websites or social media posts.
And no indication how long the pause will last.
With @rachelroubein.bsky.social + Lena Sun.
Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review
The agencies are charged with making decisions that touch the lives of every American and are the source of crucial information to health-care providers.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
What a time to be teaching medical and science writing.
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So now we are all legally female
The Trump executive order against trans people defines "female" and "male" *at conception.* Not birth. This is fetal personhood language (in addition to being scientifically inaccurate). www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
DEFENDING WOMEN FROM GENDER IDEOLOGY EXTREMISM AND RESTORING BIOLOGICAL TRUTH TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT – The White House
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 7301 of title 5, United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 21, 2025 at 2:14 AM
So now we are all legally female
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a functioning opposition party that represented the working class could spike this photo in the end zone basically forever
January 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
a functioning opposition party that represented the working class could spike this photo in the end zone basically forever