Amanda Bittner
@bittner.bsky.social
I like data, dogs, and my dog named Data. Have I mentioned I like data? I study & teach political science. I live to traipse around the wilds of Newfoundland. www.amandabittner.com
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I don’t think you can understand the dynamics of the Epstein and Trump and how this much corruption gets suppressed in the digital age without reading Robert Entman’s book, Scandal or Silence, an exploration of the factors that really drive presidential scandal.
robertmentman.com/2012/03/24/s...
robertmentman.com/2012/03/24/s...
Scandal and Silence: Media Responses to Presidential Misconduct
Scandal and Silence challenges the conventional wisdom on media and scandal in the United States. The common view holds that media crave and actively pursue scandals whenever they sense corruption.…
robertmentman.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I don’t think you can understand the dynamics of the Epstein and Trump and how this much corruption gets suppressed in the digital age without reading Robert Entman’s book, Scandal or Silence, an exploration of the factors that really drive presidential scandal.
robertmentman.com/2012/03/24/s...
robertmentman.com/2012/03/24/s...
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is it really “winning” if this is what you win?
The University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education has won $1 million to train teachers and administrators in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware on how to best integrate artificial intelligence into their schools.
More AI training is coming for Pa. N.J. and Del. schools, thanks to a $1M grant Penn got from Google
Penn is already piloting a "Pioneering AI in School Systems" program in Philadelphia. Five more school systems across the region will be chosen to get the program for free.
www.inquirer.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:53 PM
is it really “winning” if this is what you win?
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"The Albanese government has ruled out granting tech companies an exemption to copyright laws that ... would have allowed them to mine their content to train artificial intelligence models for free."
Excellent news for all of us whose work is being stolen by AI.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Excellent news for all of us whose work is being stolen by AI.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘Very clear’: Labor rules out exemption for AI giants to take content for free
The Albanese government has shot down a proposal from the Productivity Commission, which had tech company backing, that would exempt them from copyright laws.
www.smh.com.au
October 26, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"The Albanese government has ruled out granting tech companies an exemption to copyright laws that ... would have allowed them to mine their content to train artificial intelligence models for free."
Excellent news for all of us whose work is being stolen by AI.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Excellent news for all of us whose work is being stolen by AI.
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
Just…wow
Seriously, you need to do this. You'll scroll down until you hit the major events timeline, and then you'll scroll to the right. Keep scrolling-- you'll know when you're there. Must be seen to be believed.
I keep thinking that Trump can't get any more ludicrously awful and yet he daily does
I keep thinking that Trump can't get any more ludicrously awful and yet he daily does
Scroll down to the Major Events Timeline, and nothing will prepare you for what you'll see. I cannot believe it is real. www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
October 25, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Just…wow
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Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ...
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"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
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October 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"But when the team looked at the employees’ actual work output, they found that the developers had completed tasks 20% slower when using AI than when working without it. Researchers were stunned. “No one expected that outcome. We didn’t even really consider a slowdown as a possibility.”
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I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.
October 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I've received an 'exclusive' invite to try Nature's new 'research assistant', which will burn down a forest to provide a 'summary of the paper' I'm reading and I have SUCH exciting news for them, that's called an 'abstract' and the actual authors already wrote it for me, no forest-burning required.
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In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
October 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
In about three years the entire university pivot to AI curricula and schools and programs is going to be so deeply embarrassing. We will all pretend it never happened and I will be standing there, looking at people with a mirror in my eyes. This is all so embarrassing.
It’s on election nights especially that I really miss the old good twitter.
a cartoon cat playing a trombone with the words sad trombone above it
ALT: a cartoon cat playing a trombone with the words sad trombone above it
media.tenor.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
It’s on election nights especially that I really miss the old good twitter.
This is so great. I wish we had it at Memorial. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...
The Therapist Next Door
www.nytimes.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:44 AM
This is so great. I wish we had it at Memorial. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/w...
LOL
I think Trump is going to do a Michigan Man of the Year and just invent a fictitious peace prize he won.
"I won the Norbiggle Peace Prize, not a lot of people know that. The Norbiggle, people are saying it's even more prestigious than the Nobel, which nobody wants anymore."
"I won the Norbiggle Peace Prize, not a lot of people know that. The Norbiggle, people are saying it's even more prestigious than the Nobel, which nobody wants anymore."
October 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
LOL
I needed to take 3 trips to city hall this year in order to vote - I was not on the voters list despite living in the same house for 18 years. The average person would not take these extra steps. Voter turnout is partially a function of electoral management. Let us assess our processes, St John's.
a woman with her eyes closed and the words that seems like quite a lot of work below her
ALT: a woman with her eyes closed and the words that seems like quite a lot of work below her
media.tenor.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I needed to take 3 trips to city hall this year in order to vote - I was not on the voters list despite living in the same house for 18 years. The average person would not take these extra steps. Voter turnout is partially a function of electoral management. Let us assess our processes, St John's.
You don't say...
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
You don't say...
This is tough to read but really important.
Sharing because it is a story that doesn’t get told as often as it should chatelaine.com/living/famil...
Why Divorces Involving Allegations of Abuse Still Confound Family Courts - Chatelaine
A new law aims to distinguish between bitter splits and truly dangerous ones— and get women and children out of harm’s way.
chatelaine.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This is tough to read but really important.
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A truly brilliant idea. Get your debate bingo card here. Will the leaders talk about child care? Or any other "gender" issue? I am curious!
nl.childcarenow.ca/2025/10/07/n...
nl.childcarenow.ca/2025/10/07/n...
Newfoundland and Labrador Leaders' Debate Bingo - Newfoundland and Labrador Child Care Now
Hey Newfoundland & Labrador party leaders — help us get a BINGO. Wednesday night’s Leaders’ Debate is a chance to show you care about #EarlyLearning and #ChildCare. We’ll be listening for: 🏫 Child car...
nl.childcarenow.ca
October 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A truly brilliant idea. Get your debate bingo card here. Will the leaders talk about child care? Or any other "gender" issue? I am curious!
nl.childcarenow.ca/2025/10/07/n...
nl.childcarenow.ca/2025/10/07/n...
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October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Hey folks! There is still a few spots left in the intro to audio storytelling workshop I will be teaching in October through the StoryCenter.org. Here is the link to the workshop page" www.storycenter.org/schedule/pod...
September 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Hey folks! There is still a few spots left in the intro to audio storytelling workshop I will be teaching in October through the StoryCenter.org. Here is the link to the workshop page" www.storycenter.org/schedule/pod...
Everyone is talking about this article, and it is GOOD. Recommend!
This is spot on. Our capitulation to the ‘inevitability’ of AI couldn’t come at a worse time.
September 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Everyone is talking about this article, and it is GOOD. Recommend!
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Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
Fit for Purpose? How Today’s Commercial Digital Platforms Subvert Key Goals of Public Education
Digital educational platforms have become ubiquitous in American classrooms, with tools like Google Workspace for Education, Kahoot!, Zearn, Khan Academy, and many others now structuring curriculum, i...
nepc.colorado.edu
September 29, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Say it often, say it loud:
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
"Overall, research has not supported the common-sense presumption that digital approaches to schooling are better than non-digital alternatives. At the broadest level, widespread computer use in education has been found to be associated with lower student achievement."
This is the part that I find most astounding and hard to watch.
Your regular reminder that Republicans in Congress could stop this at literally any moment they choose.
September 28, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is the part that I find most astounding and hard to watch.
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Why did Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) create a whole portfolio of work on preventing gendered violence? Because the online worlds we study are 1/
www.linkedin.com/posts/cynthi...
www.linkedin.com/posts/cynthi...
#manup #manup #manup #manup | Cynthia Miller-Idriss
Why did Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) create a whole portfolio of work on preventing gendered violence? Because the online worlds we study are rife with anti-feminist cons...
www.linkedin.com
September 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Why did Polarization & Extremism Research & Innovation Lab (PERIL) create a whole portfolio of work on preventing gendered violence? Because the online worlds we study are 1/
www.linkedin.com/posts/cynthi...
www.linkedin.com/posts/cynthi...
Gross. This is shameful.
An actual job ad: “When we refer to ‘women’ we mean those assigned female at birth. . . . Successful candidates will be asked to produce [a] passport or full birth certificate. . . . It is expected that this documentation will be in the female gender.”
What a disgrace @newnhamcollege.bsky.social
What a disgrace @newnhamcollege.bsky.social
![Screenshot of part of a job ad posted on the website of Newnham College, University of Cambridge:
“Following the Supreme Court’s decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers [2025], when we refer to ‘women’ we mean those assigned female at birth. . . . The successful candidate will be asked to produce identification documentation (e.g. passport or full birth
certificate). It is expected that this documentation will be in the female gender.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qzyiorixn5gxwuwpcnzpnh5o/bafkreidzw7rhbfjkgup37it3kitcjmmfl6tsc2roe3v5armpghspxm3iqe@jpeg)
September 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Gross. This is shameful.
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Joined by @bittner.bsky.social and @sarahsmellie.bsky.social Sarah Smellie on The Writ Podcast to break down the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial election. www.thewrit.ca/p/ep-146-wha...
What's at stake in Newfoundland and Labrador's election
Amanda Bittner and Sarah Smellie discuss the ongoing election campaign in Newfoundland and Labrador.
www.thewrit.ca
September 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Joined by @bittner.bsky.social and @sarahsmellie.bsky.social Sarah Smellie on The Writ Podcast to break down the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial election. www.thewrit.ca/p/ep-146-wha...