Beth Schaefer
@sluggirl.bsky.social
All the music, higher ed IT, power tools enthusiast, monkey, Brewers & White Sox (thx Pops!), always pups and love #mke #mqt
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If a politician can’t commit to abolishing ICE or not invading their neighbours then that person isn’t there to represent you, they’re there to occupy your spot in government while the regressives and fascists destroy what’s left of your country, terrorize your nation, and rob you blind.
January 18, 2026 at 3:52 PM
If a politician can’t commit to abolishing ICE or not invading their neighbours then that person isn’t there to represent you, they’re there to occupy your spot in government while the regressives and fascists destroy what’s left of your country, terrorize your nation, and rob you blind.
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Steven Mintz's substack post may have gone unnoticed since he published it as the holiday season kicked in.
If you missed, it, it's very useful for anyone currently doing course planning for the spring who wants students to learn things in the dystopian era of AI substack.com/inbox/post/1...
If you missed, it, it's very useful for anyone currently doing course planning for the spring who wants students to learn things in the dystopian era of AI substack.com/inbox/post/1...
AI Killed the Take-Home Essay. COVID Killed Attendance. Now What?
Reclaiming Learning in an Age of Distraction and Artificial Intelligence
substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Steven Mintz's substack post may have gone unnoticed since he published it as the holiday season kicked in.
If you missed, it, it's very useful for anyone currently doing course planning for the spring who wants students to learn things in the dystopian era of AI substack.com/inbox/post/1...
If you missed, it, it's very useful for anyone currently doing course planning for the spring who wants students to learn things in the dystopian era of AI substack.com/inbox/post/1...
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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We're really humbled by the great turnout at our record release show a week ago tonight. Our good pals @rmhayes.bsky.social & @ryansarnowski.bsky.social documented the event with top-notch audio and photography, which we want to share here.
www.milwaukeetaper.com/2025/12/dryh...
dryhouseruins.com
www.milwaukeetaper.com/2025/12/dryh...
dryhouseruins.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
We're really humbled by the great turnout at our record release show a week ago tonight. Our good pals @rmhayes.bsky.social & @ryansarnowski.bsky.social documented the event with top-notch audio and photography, which we want to share here.
www.milwaukeetaper.com/2025/12/dryh...
dryhouseruins.com
www.milwaukeetaper.com/2025/12/dryh...
dryhouseruins.com
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⚠️ BREAKING:
Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Mutating Faster Than Ever
The virus is spreading across the world and mutating into an expanding family of viral strains unlike anything seen before.
Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Mutating Faster Than Ever
The virus is spreading across the world and mutating into an expanding family of viral strains unlike anything seen before.
November 30, 2025 at 4:09 PM
⚠️ BREAKING:
Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Mutating Faster Than Ever
The virus is spreading across the world and mutating into an expanding family of viral strains unlike anything seen before.
Scientists Warn H5N1 Bird Flu Is Mutating Faster Than Ever
The virus is spreading across the world and mutating into an expanding family of viral strains unlike anything seen before.
And you should see the data the execs are giving the AI machine. Horrifying, and I even had one deny they shared the data they did.
My company recently unveiled in-house AI tools. Management's encouraging everyone to use them (to justify the probable eyewatering costs)
Meanwhile the database that everyone does constantly use is held together with gum and the development team's tears
Meanwhile the database that everyone does constantly use is held together with gum and the development team's tears
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
November 30, 2025 at 7:11 PM
And you should see the data the execs are giving the AI machine. Horrifying, and I even had one deny they shared the data they did.
I have some work to do here.
There’s something for everyone in here, from installing Signal to filing a privacy request from a data broker. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Opt Out October: Daily Tips to Protect Your Privacy and Security
Trying to take control of your online privacy can feel like a full-time job. But if you break it up into small tasks and take on one project at a time it makes the process of protecting your privacy
www.eff.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I have some work to do here.
At the @educause.bsky.social annual conference and this Wisconsin girl appreciates the string cheese sticks for morning snacks!
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
At the @educause.bsky.social annual conference and this Wisconsin girl appreciates the string cheese sticks for morning snacks!
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"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"
That's it. That's the whole story.
That's it. That's the whole story.
Yes. (And still getting "standoff" BS and "who will blink first" and "who will voters blame" from news.)
Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency
They're in command. It's on them.
Trump and MAGA control the *entire* government. It's a simple fact:
- White House
- Senate
- House
- Scotus
- OMB (to the hilt)
- Every regulatory agency
They're in command. It's on them.
I do not understand why they cannot get the headlines right.
Just follow the gop playbook!
“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”
As nauseum.
Don’t lead with the nuance.
Just follow the gop playbook!
“Repubs control it all! The shutdown is on them!”
As nauseum.
Don’t lead with the nuance.
September 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
"Republicans run the entire government but can't keep it open"
That's it. That's the whole story.
That's it. That's the whole story.
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Read the long version here. www.artforum.com/features/gen...
MACHINE YEARNING
Sonja Drimmer critically examines art historians’ recent embrace of generative AI as a tool for humanities research.
www.artforum.com
September 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Read the long version here. www.artforum.com/features/gen...
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“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.
September 28, 2025 at 1:38 AM
“AI” isn’t a tool or technology or even a cluster of technologies with a misleading name. It’s the infrastructure at the foundation of a form of capitalism dependent on data brokering. We should be teaching our students about this and not teaching them about “responsible” use.
Nights like this when @lakeicychill.bsky.social is preparing his set for an October show, I realize how spoiled I am to hear an artist create.
September 24, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Nights like this when @lakeicychill.bsky.social is preparing his set for an October show, I realize how spoiled I am to hear an artist create.
Adding to #hummingbirds #birds video on potted flowers in Marquette MI from Aug 2025
September 13, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Adding to #hummingbirds #birds video on potted flowers in Marquette MI from Aug 2025
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with guitarist and pal James Warhol at the Jazz Gallery in Milwaukee in July 2018 opening for Scott Fields
September 1, 2025 at 4:11 AM
with guitarist and pal James Warhol at the Jazz Gallery in Milwaukee in July 2018 opening for Scott Fields
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Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
August 26, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Somebody somewhere
Needs flowers tonight
Needs flowers tonight
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Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
August 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Japan Post just announced they will no longer deliver mail to the United States, joining Germany, Austria, Denmark, Italy, France, and Sweden.
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Congress? You awake?
June 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Congress? You awake?
Napping should be mandatory on rainy spring days, relaxing to the sounds of the drops falling.
May 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Napping should be mandatory on rainy spring days, relaxing to the sounds of the drops falling.
Here with the rest of the 25k that really wanted that @milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social cribbage board
May 17, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Here with the rest of the 25k that really wanted that @milwaukeebrewers.bsky.social cribbage board
Chumby still works.
May 12, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Chumby still works.
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This guy has just gotten a $1 billion increase, in a NASA budget slashed by $6 billion, for Mars projects
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/02/n...
Track record: Was "highly confident" in 2020 that his SpaceX would be *LANDING PEOPLE on Mars* by next year. (2026).
What a grifter
www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/e...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/02/n...
Track record: Was "highly confident" in 2020 that his SpaceX would be *LANDING PEOPLE on Mars* by next year. (2026).
What a grifter
www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/e...
Elon Musk is 'highly confident' SpaceX will land humans on Mars by 2026
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he is "highly confident" that the company will land humans on Mars in "about six years from now."
www.cnbc.com
May 4, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This guy has just gotten a $1 billion increase, in a NASA budget slashed by $6 billion, for Mars projects
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/02/n...
Track record: Was "highly confident" in 2020 that his SpaceX would be *LANDING PEOPLE on Mars* by next year. (2026).
What a grifter
www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/e...
www.cnbc.com/2025/05/02/n...
Track record: Was "highly confident" in 2020 that his SpaceX would be *LANDING PEOPLE on Mars* by next year. (2026).
What a grifter
www.cnbc.com/2020/12/01/e...
IYKYK - www.bluey.tv/blog/huge-ne...
www.bluey.tv
May 4, 2025 at 12:29 AM
IYKYK - www.bluey.tv/blog/huge-ne...
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The Man Who Would be King of the Popes
YouTube video by Patrick Burns
youtu.be
April 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM