Nathan Eric Dickman
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When you read a sentence produced by a GPT chatterbot, and you believe you understand what that sentence *means,* that is the same thing as imagining a bunny in a cloud. Or it’s like believing a compliment from a pathological people-pleaser.
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people who believe this do not hold liberal arts degrees, to a person. we must abolish business schools
People who believe the liberal arts are inherently bullshitting unsurprisingly extremely excited to replace the liberal arts with bullshitting at scale as a service and charging for it
December 15, 2025 at 2:28 AM
people who believe this do not hold liberal arts degrees, to a person. we must abolish business schools
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This is their dream come true
"39,000 fewer foreign-born child care workers since Trump took office in January."
"77,000 fewer American mothers of preschool-aged children in the workforce since that time, a result that researchers found is tied to the impact of ICE arrests."
#USA #Labour #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"77,000 fewer American mothers of preschool-aged children in the workforce since that time, a result that researchers found is tied to the impact of ICE arrests."
#USA #Labour #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
ICE arrests are forcing American moms to leave their jobs
A new analysis shows that increased immigration enforcement is reducing labor in the child care workforce. The ripple effect is impacting mothers with young children.
19thnews.org
December 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This is their dream come true
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more power to any Dean who makes the case that their discipline-specific standard for AI is refusal, and AI refusal will be what they integrate into the curriculum
It's hard to overstate how impossible this demand is from Purdue's administration to implement these AI requirements by next fall. We are nowhere close to understanding what AI proficiency means or what it looks like in education.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
more power to any Dean who makes the case that their discipline-specific standard for AI is refusal, and AI refusal will be what they integrate into the curriculum
San Jose State joins the ranks of Flat Earther Institutes:
Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
San Jose State joins the ranks of Flat Earther Institutes:
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@unicef.org reports a “shockingly high” number of malnourished children in Gaza. Months after the ceasefire, babies are still dying of hunger and treatable conditions due to blocked aid. tinyurl.com/8hvesa6c
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
@unicef.org reports a “shockingly high” number of malnourished children in Gaza. Months after the ceasefire, babies are still dying of hunger and treatable conditions due to blocked aid. tinyurl.com/8hvesa6c
Tomorrow more Palestinians will die, but in the places where the bombs are built and launched it will have no bearing on mortgages, bills, employment. Indeed, in many of these places, what will have a real economic effect is if the bombing stops…
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Tomorrow more Palestinians will die, but in the places where the bombs are built and launched it will have no bearing on mortgages, bills, employment. Indeed, in many of these places, what will have a real economic effect is if the bombing stops…
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ICE stormed a residence hall at Augsburg University, detained an undergrad, and aimed rifles at students and staff then admitted they had no warrant to be on campus.
This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.
This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
ICE stormed a residence hall at Augsburg University, detained an undergrad, and aimed rifles at students and staff then admitted they had no warrant to be on campus.
This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.
This is state violence. This is terror. And this is exactly what Trump’s America unleashes on our communities.
The proven genocidal State of Israel must immediately and completely disarm. Until then, the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza has not stopped.
And stop saying it’s “not a genocide,” because all the absurdly flagrant smears of leftists as “terrorists”
And stop saying it’s “not a genocide,” because all the absurdly flagrant smears of leftists as “terrorists”
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The proven genocidal State of Israel must immediately and completely disarm. Until then, the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza has not stopped.
And stop saying it’s “not a genocide,” because all the absurdly flagrant smears of leftists as “terrorists”
And stop saying it’s “not a genocide,” because all the absurdly flagrant smears of leftists as “terrorists”
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This is a perfect example as to why we need AI regulation yesterday.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
"Starting Jan. 1, in six states selected to take part in a federal pilot program, traditional Medicare recipients will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered --
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny..."
www.kuow.org/stories/thou...
Thousands of Washington state Medicare users could soon have claims denied by AI
Starting Jan. 1, traditional Medicare recipients in Washington state will face a new hurdle to get certain procedures covered — private AI companies that get paid based on how many claims they deny.
www.kuow.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
This is a perfect example as to why we need AI regulation yesterday.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
AI cannot be the arbiter of whether human beings can live or die. This is an excuse for insurance companies to fire human workers and make our healthcare system even more nightmarish for a quick buck.
This proven felon fraud TACO, and fanatic KKKirk MAGAs, seriously believe that air is just empty space, as ignorant as flat earthers.
December 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This proven felon fraud TACO, and fanatic KKKirk MAGAs, seriously believe that air is just empty space, as ignorant as flat earthers.
Yikes.
Full orders list: www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
Cert petition: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Religious anti-vaxers have had a very encouraging day at the Supreme Court.
Cert petition: www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
Religious anti-vaxers have had a very encouraging day at the Supreme Court.
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Yikes.
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"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 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"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...
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Literally arresting people just before they're sworn in as citizens. What was that about "do it the right way" again?
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December 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Literally arresting people just before they're sworn in as citizens. What was that about "do it the right way" again?
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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"I’ve concluded that instead of teaching students to read and write, I should be teaching them how to prompt AI better. If only I’d had a better education in AI prompt writing, I’d be able to get AI to create more AI-proof teaching materials for me."
I Need AI to Write Better Lesson Plans So My Students Stop Using AI to Write Their Papers
I care deeply about my students’ learning, but with all the new technologies available to help them cut corners, I worry that they’re not doing the...
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November 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"I’ve concluded that instead of teaching students to read and write, I should be teaching them how to prompt AI better. If only I’d had a better education in AI prompt writing, I’d be able to get AI to create more AI-proof teaching materials for me."
In solidarity with the smeared TA, another grad TA excuses students for attending the justified protest (but—obviously—not for ignorant and anti-educational counter-protest attendance).
Second TA also put on leave *for doing the correct thing.* The supervising prof’s statement?
Second TA also put on leave *for doing the correct thing.* The supervising prof’s statement?
December 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
In solidarity with the smeared TA, another grad TA excuses students for attending the justified protest (but—obviously—not for ignorant and anti-educational counter-protest attendance).
Second TA also put on leave *for doing the correct thing.* The supervising prof’s statement?
Second TA also put on leave *for doing the correct thing.* The supervising prof’s statement?
All these educators claiming they use “The Socratic Method” are either liars or as ignorant as flat earthers. If they were actually educating in coherent and cogent Socratic form, higher ed wouldn’t be complicit in genocide(s) and this vacuous TACO administration.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
All these educators claiming they use “The Socratic Method” are either liars or as ignorant as flat earthers. If they were actually educating in coherent and cogent Socratic form, higher ed wouldn’t be complicit in genocide(s) and this vacuous TACO administration.
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There are so many holes in DHS’s story it’s nuts. They say this woman was driving her boyfriend’s car, who they claim is undocumented.
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There are so many holes in DHS’s story it’s nuts. They say this woman was driving her boyfriend’s car, who they claim is undocumented.
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
ICE pulls her over, see she’s alone, know they are looking for a man, and still handcuff her while she screams “I am a US citizen,”.
Why is ICE harassing women?
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The Trump-Vance administration’s withholding of congressionally appropriated funds is unlawful — and they know it.
We're glad to see that IMLS has reinstated millions in grants after months of legal pressure.
We're glad to see that IMLS has reinstated millions in grants after months of legal pressure.
U.S. reinstates all canceled library grants after court order
A court ruled that Trump’s effort to dismantle the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the only federal agency dedicated to funding libraries, was unlawful.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Trump-Vance administration’s withholding of congressionally appropriated funds is unlawful — and they know it.
We're glad to see that IMLS has reinstated millions in grants after months of legal pressure.
We're glad to see that IMLS has reinstated millions in grants after months of legal pressure.
“The absence of transparency implies the presence of incompetence.”
December 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“The absence of transparency implies the presence of incompetence.”
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I think one of the reasons the Nazi takeover of Germany is a helpful parallel for what’s happening in academia specifically is that unlike the Jim Crow US where integration hadn’t happened (not even during reconstruction), Jews were integrated into the German academy and had to be forced out
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December 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I think one of the reasons the Nazi takeover of Germany is a helpful parallel for what’s happening in academia specifically is that unlike the Jim Crow US where integration hadn’t happened (not even during reconstruction), Jews were integrated into the German academy and had to be forced out
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Question: Why get out of bed in the morning?
Paul Ricoeur replies: “On a cosmic scale, our lifespan is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the moment in which all meaningful questions arise.”
Paul Ricoeur replies: “On a cosmic scale, our lifespan is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the moment in which all meaningful questions arise.”
December 5, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Question: Why get out of bed in the morning?
Paul Ricoeur replies: “On a cosmic scale, our lifespan is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the moment in which all meaningful questions arise.”
Paul Ricoeur replies: “On a cosmic scale, our lifespan is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the moment in which all meaningful questions arise.”
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Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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Okay, like, 1984 wasn’t supposed to be THIS literal.
Holy shit.
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Okay, like, 1984 wasn’t supposed to be THIS literal.
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Trump blows up Venezuelans in boats for alleged drug smuggling.
Trump pardons ex-president of Honduras who was convicted of...drug smuggling.
Trump pardons ex-president of Honduras who was convicted of...drug smuggling.
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Trump blows up Venezuelans in boats for alleged drug smuggling.
Trump pardons ex-president of Honduras who was convicted of...drug smuggling.
Trump pardons ex-president of Honduras who was convicted of...drug smuggling.
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Meanwhile, Trump is planning to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras who had been convicted in the U.S. of drug trafficking.
Sickening — “Massachusetts college student (Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19 year-old business major at Babson College) deported to Honduras after attempting to fly to Texas to surprise her family for Thanksgiving…” www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Meanwhile, Trump is planning to pardon Juan Orlando Hernández, a former president of Honduras who had been convicted in the U.S. of drug trafficking.