Catherine Kustanczy
@catekustanczy.bsky.social
Writer.
Manchmal auf Deutsch.
theoperaqueen.com
Manchmal auf Deutsch.
theoperaqueen.com
"Take a second and think about it. Would you rather really grow from an experience of actually doing some work and critically thinking about the things you're writing or talking about, or just taking nothing away from it and just use a robot?" www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
www.npr.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:59 PM
"Take a second and think about it. Would you rather really grow from an experience of actually doing some work and critically thinking about the things you're writing or talking about, or just taking nothing away from it and just use a robot?" www.npr.org/2026/01/28/n...
Reposted by Catherine Kustanczy
This Is The Way
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes. n.pr/4c3cdzs
To keep AI out of her classroom, this high school English teacher went analog
Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes.
n.pr
January 28, 2026 at 7:02 PM
This Is The Way
Ties directly into the continued dominance of the Mar-a-Lago aesthetic.
Didn't realize the extent to which ICE are "content creators first and Gestapo second," as @ryanhatesthis.bsky.social is reporting.
A paramilitary force whose violence is shaped by what will produce the highest-engagement Instagram Reel. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
A paramilitary force whose violence is shaped by what will produce the highest-engagement Instagram Reel. www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/202...
January 26, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Ties directly into the continued dominance of the Mar-a-Lago aesthetic.
"Nostalgia is not a strategy."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
PM Mark Carney speaks at World Economic Forum in Davos – January 20, 2026
YouTube video by cpac
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January 21, 2026 at 3:14 PM
"Nostalgia is not a strategy."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uStu...
I learned so much about music & writing from the work of Andrew Clements. It seems unreal he's gone. #RIP www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Andrew Clements, Guardian’s classical music critic, dies aged 75
An outstanding critical voice, his deep knowledge and love of music was evident in everything he wrote
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:12 PM
I learned so much about music & writing from the work of Andrew Clements. It seems unreal he's gone. #RIP www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Reposted by Catherine Kustanczy
What is the shooting of an unarmed protester in a stopped car by masked thugs if not political violence? What about them blocking her access to a doctor or first responders? Where's the NYT op-ed for Renee Good doing politics the right way?
. @mprnews.org was on the ground in Minneapolis right away this morning, and we have been covering ICE immigration actions since they announced a surge in December. Follow our live feed here as we confirm details of today's killing of an observer by a federal agent: share.google/iJp6yRVFbHfT...
Live updates: Frey, Walz dispute that ICE killed woman in self-defense
ICE officials say the woman was shot and killed Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis after attempting to run over agents with her car. Mayor Jacob Frey called ICE’s version of what happened “garbage...
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January 7, 2026 at 11:24 PM
What is the shooting of an unarmed protester in a stopped car by masked thugs if not political violence? What about them blocking her access to a doctor or first responders? Where's the NYT op-ed for Renee Good doing politics the right way?
Reposted by Catherine Kustanczy
This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
McDonald's has taken down a Christmas ad made with AI following online backlash
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
The company said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI"
McDonald's pulls AI-generated Christmas advert following backlash
McDonald's said the moment served as "an important learning" as it explored "the effective use of AI".
www.bbc.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This is why hating and mocking AI relentlessly and publicly is vital work.
Not regretting my decision to post-secondary teaching for a second. I've been saying this for years, and it's been like screaming into a void.
please remember pro-AI colleagues are addicts or sell outs or both
> One might think this hypocrisy is anecdotal, but it’s institutional. Faculty who once panicked over AI plagiarism are now being “empowered” by universities like CSU, Columbia, and Ohio State to embrace the very “tools” they feared.
> One might think this hypocrisy is anecdotal, but it’s institutional. Faculty who once panicked over AI plagiarism are now being “empowered” by universities like CSU, Columbia, and Ohio State to embrace the very “tools” they feared.
„CSU—US’s largest public uni system—went all-in with a $17mill partnership with OpenAI. . .CSU unveiled its grand technological gesture just as it proposed slashing $375mill from its budget. While admin cut ribbons on AI, they were cutting faculty positions, academic programs, student services.“
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Not regretting my decision to post-secondary teaching for a second. I've been saying this for years, and it's been like screaming into a void.
Very much related to this. thelocal.to/investigatin...
November 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Very much related to this. thelocal.to/investigatin...
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Point here being: slop will continue slopping, and that slop is contingent on theft, nonconsensuality, and exploited labor.
November 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Point here being: slop will continue slopping, and that slop is contingent on theft, nonconsensuality, and exploited labor.
Discount veg: excellent for soups/chowders/pasta sauces.
Favourite:
Roughly chop peppers-eggplant-zucchini; place in roasting tin (w lid); add a bit of oil + salt + mix.
Roast in 375C oven 90-120 min, turning a few times.
Remove to stovetop.
Add veg stock/dairy/boiled water; mash / blend; add s-p.
Favourite:
Roughly chop peppers-eggplant-zucchini; place in roasting tin (w lid); add a bit of oil + salt + mix.
Roast in 375C oven 90-120 min, turning a few times.
Remove to stovetop.
Add veg stock/dairy/boiled water; mash / blend; add s-p.
IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.
November 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Discount veg: excellent for soups/chowders/pasta sauces.
Favourite:
Roughly chop peppers-eggplant-zucchini; place in roasting tin (w lid); add a bit of oil + salt + mix.
Roast in 375C oven 90-120 min, turning a few times.
Remove to stovetop.
Add veg stock/dairy/boiled water; mash / blend; add s-p.
Favourite:
Roughly chop peppers-eggplant-zucchini; place in roasting tin (w lid); add a bit of oil + salt + mix.
Roast in 375C oven 90-120 min, turning a few times.
Remove to stovetop.
Add veg stock/dairy/boiled water; mash / blend; add s-p.
Yikes so much bot traffic today/this week... is it me? (Maybe it's me.)
a cartoon drawing of a robot with a surprised expression
ALT: a cartoon drawing of a robot with a surprised expression
media.tenor.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Yikes so much bot traffic today/this week... is it me? (Maybe it's me.)
The logical endpoint of decades-long focus on STEM & not humanities/arts/literature.
I’m really starting to suspect that most of the tech bros haven’t actually read Tolkien, as they certainly don’t understand it.
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
The gentle hobbits save the “hard men” of Gondor, largely through compassion and selflessness. Not the other way around. The Christian parable is barely hidden!
Elon Musk: "It is time for the English to ally with the hard men, like Tommy Robinson, and fight for their survival or they shall surely all die" 29th October 2025. 2 million views in its first hour.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The logical endpoint of decades-long focus on STEM & not humanities/arts/literature.
This is brilliant
Hi. I wrote an essay about AI slop: How it feels like an invasive species for the internet. How its boosters describe building a future that’s devoid of craft. How frictionlessness can be nihilistic & how this stuff seems to leach part of our shared humanity out of the world. I hope you'll read it.
AI’s Invasive Species
The slop is winning.
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is brilliant
Dear pro-AI students
“In Ireland, data centers consume more than 20 percent of the country’s electricity. In Chile, precious aquifers are in danger of depletion. In South Africa, where blackouts have long been routine, data centers are further taxing the national grid.”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/t...
From Mexico to Ireland, Fury Mounts Over a Global A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Dear pro-AI students
Opera, Ozzy (Osbourne), Susan Sontag, grunge – & how I marked the tenth anniversary of my mother's passing: www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/10/08/e...
October 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Opera, Ozzy (Osbourne), Susan Sontag, grunge – & how I marked the tenth anniversary of my mother's passing: www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/10/08/e...
This is excellent.
This is such a nuanced and big-hearted piece on the evolution of autism as a diagnosis, by an anthropologist of mental health who is also the dad of a now-grown daughter on the spectrum. Great reading (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/24/o...
Opinion | Autism Has Always Existed. We Haven’t Always Called It Autism.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is excellent.
September 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Dear post secondary-institutions:
Mic drop from @abeba.bsky.social at UNESCO Digital Learning Week
September 2, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Dear post secondary-institutions:
On opera, singing, camaraderie, real connections, the big four human emotions, embracing your past, and... maybe Wotan just wants a coffee? #music
My conversation with bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee: www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/08/19/n...
My conversation with bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee: www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/08/19/n...
August 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM
On opera, singing, camaraderie, real connections, the big four human emotions, embracing your past, and... maybe Wotan just wants a coffee? #music
My conversation with bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee: www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/08/19/n...
My conversation with bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee: www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/08/19/n...
😱 !
@golod.bsky.social Die Vernichtung des Zettelkatalogs der Berliner Staatsbibliothek droht: Nicht nur als Historiker bin ich überrascht und entsetzt wie man überhaupt auf eine solche Idee kommen kann. Das wäre eine kulturhistorisch nicht wiedergutmachende Zerstörung. (FAZ 19.8.25)
August 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
😱 !
"A good score is [...] like a map. But sometimes the map changes, or the things you notice on the map change once you’ve been on the actual terrain..."
On Fauré, flexibility, drama, & working on Pénélope in Munich: my chat with conductor Susanna Mälkki www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/08/12/s... #music
On Fauré, flexibility, drama, & working on Pénélope in Munich: my chat with conductor Susanna Mälkki www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/08/12/s... #music
Susanna Mälkki: "Allowing The Ear And The Eye To Understand" - The Opera Queen
Conductor Susanna Mälkki shares her process in bringing Fauré's rarely-performed Pénélope to the stage at Bayerische Staatsoper last month.
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August 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
"A good score is [...] like a map. But sometimes the map changes, or the things you notice on the map change once you’ve been on the actual terrain..."
On Fauré, flexibility, drama, & working on Pénélope in Munich: my chat with conductor Susanna Mälkki www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/08/12/s... #music
On Fauré, flexibility, drama, & working on Pénélope in Munich: my chat with conductor Susanna Mälkki www.theoperaqueen.com/2025/08/12/s... #music
Speaking with bass-baritone Gerald Finley was a real pleasure: history (Joseph Rouleau); inspiration (German art song); Canadiana (mosquitoes) -- and he was so great in his Munich recital recently. My new feature for The Globe & Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article... #music
For all his success abroad, Canadian bass-baritone Gerald Finley’s heart remains at home
A leading dramatic interpreter within the operatic world, Finley’s work has long been noteworthy
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Speaking with bass-baritone Gerald Finley was a real pleasure: history (Joseph Rouleau); inspiration (German art song); Canadiana (mosquitoes) -- and he was so great in his Munich recital recently. My new feature for The Globe & Mail: www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article... #music
Seriously excellent conversations this week, with conductor Susanna Mälkki & bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee – about various mythologies, ideas on theatre & music, & so much more.
Coming soon to theoperaqueen.com.
Coming soon to theoperaqueen.com.
July 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Seriously excellent conversations this week, with conductor Susanna Mälkki & bass-baritone Nicholas Brownlee – about various mythologies, ideas on theatre & music, & so much more.
Coming soon to theoperaqueen.com.
Coming soon to theoperaqueen.com.