Garrett Riley
@dejezeus.bsky.social
Adjunct history and politics lecturer. Too broke for California but too much taste to leave.
Got an email from a student asking to rewrite their AI paper. The email was composed by AI, I think, because it was highly respectful and thanked me for catching them.
May 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Got an email from a student asking to rewrite their AI paper. The email was composed by AI, I think, because it was highly respectful and thanked me for catching them.
Gonna try to start using this site more. It's a hellsite, but not as relentlessly depressing. This is what I bring to the table. Does anyone have shoes that match my jacket or want to start a ska band?
January 20, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Gonna try to start using this site more. It's a hellsite, but not as relentlessly depressing. This is what I bring to the table. Does anyone have shoes that match my jacket or want to start a ska band?
Took an adhd break from grading papers to do a petty check in on recurring themes in student work this semester. 62 of 211 students spelled my name wrong. 194 of 211 students put bibliographic entries in their footnotes despite multiple warnings not to.
April 21, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Took an adhd break from grading papers to do a petty check in on recurring themes in student work this semester. 62 of 211 students spelled my name wrong. 194 of 211 students put bibliographic entries in their footnotes despite multiple warnings not to.
I'm about to have a mental breakdown because I just saw another lecturer's feedback to student work on Canvas. Like I put so much work into feedback. Dozens of hours a week. This dude just copied and pasted, "Fantastic work!" A dozen times. 80% of his class got full credit. No annotations.
December 8, 2023 at 6:30 PM
I'm about to have a mental breakdown because I just saw another lecturer's feedback to student work on Canvas. Like I put so much work into feedback. Dozens of hours a week. This dude just copied and pasted, "Fantastic work!" A dozen times. 80% of his class got full credit. No annotations.
I swear to God, if I see Quotidian Disruption misused one more time...
November 26, 2023 at 12:58 AM
I swear to God, if I see Quotidian Disruption misused one more time...
Me in class making fun of Victorian Era lads for doing bumps of Buffalo Tongue to get boners and everyone laughs. Me making fun of Chiropractors and everyone gets mad.
November 16, 2023 at 10:38 PM
Me in class making fun of Victorian Era lads for doing bumps of Buffalo Tongue to get boners and everyone laughs. Me making fun of Chiropractors and everyone gets mad.
How can I expect my students to read history when I can't even get my wife to?!? Does she even love me?
November 14, 2023 at 10:30 PM
How can I expect my students to read history when I can't even get my wife to?!? Does she even love me?
So any CC or JC Sociology or Social Science instructors/professors, I have a question and need some help.
I'm teaching an upper division Social Movements class, most of my students are transfer students and soc majors. Not all of them, but a large number are unable to read scholarly lit. /1
I'm teaching an upper division Social Movements class, most of my students are transfer students and soc majors. Not all of them, but a large number are unable to read scholarly lit. /1
November 11, 2023 at 6:12 PM
So any CC or JC Sociology or Social Science instructors/professors, I have a question and need some help.
I'm teaching an upper division Social Movements class, most of my students are transfer students and soc majors. Not all of them, but a large number are unable to read scholarly lit. /1
I'm teaching an upper division Social Movements class, most of my students are transfer students and soc majors. Not all of them, but a large number are unable to read scholarly lit. /1
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Only in America can a university seek to close deficits by closing revenue generating English and foreign language departments when not even considering for a second whether a money losing football program should be cut.
And some people say American exceptionalism is dead. Pshaw.
And some people say American exceptionalism is dead. Pshaw.
August 13, 2023 at 9:26 PM
Only in America can a university seek to close deficits by closing revenue generating English and foreign language departments when not even considering for a second whether a money losing football program should be cut.
And some people say American exceptionalism is dead. Pshaw.
And some people say American exceptionalism is dead. Pshaw.
For fun AI moments in teaching. I had a student swear they didn't use chatgpt for a paper AFTER I pointed out they left in passage, "My responses are generated based on a mixture of licensed data, data created by human trainers, and publicly available information."
August 12, 2023 at 7:45 PM
For fun AI moments in teaching. I had a student swear they didn't use chatgpt for a paper AFTER I pointed out they left in passage, "My responses are generated based on a mixture of licensed data, data created by human trainers, and publicly available information."
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It's maddening watching conservatives (and unfortunately moderates) now just openly defending white nationalists and eugenicists.
The Overton window shifted way more aggressively than I could've imagined.
The Overton window shifted way more aggressively than I could've imagined.
August 7, 2023 at 5:12 PM
It's maddening watching conservatives (and unfortunately moderates) now just openly defending white nationalists and eugenicists.
The Overton window shifted way more aggressively than I could've imagined.
The Overton window shifted way more aggressively than I could've imagined.
reskeet with the first album you bought with your own money
July 23, 2023 at 1:03 AM
reskeet with the first album you bought with your own money
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Shouldn’t have been surprised that it only took two tweets for a Twitter account to go from “fuck the strike, you guys make thousands of dollars an episode!” to “Civil rights ruined this country” and “Hitler offered a good alternative to communism” but I was
July 21, 2023 at 8:51 PM
Shouldn’t have been surprised that it only took two tweets for a Twitter account to go from “fuck the strike, you guys make thousands of dollars an episode!” to “Civil rights ruined this country” and “Hitler offered a good alternative to communism” but I was
Oh no, the discourse has found us!
July 19, 2023 at 6:21 PM
Oh no, the discourse has found us!
Keep Santa Cruz weird as praxis.
I warned you there wasn't enough otter content and now look
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/wanted-surfboard-stealing-sea-otter-making-waves-california-rcna94205
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/wanted-surfboard-stealing-sea-otter-making-waves-california-rcna94205
Wanted: Surfboard-stealing sea otter making waves in California
Wildlife officials looking for a 5-year-old female otter that has shown aggression toward people.
www.nbcnews.com
July 14, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Keep Santa Cruz weird as praxis.
I remember making a dumb character in a video game over decade ago with assassin in the name. Game was like nope, that contains profanity.
I guess since then, the only two options are overzealous moderation or letting people just pick n-word as their handle. I'm not a tech guy someone help me out.
I guess since then, the only two options are overzealous moderation or letting people just pick n-word as their handle. I'm not a tech guy someone help me out.
July 13, 2023 at 3:31 AM
I remember making a dumb character in a video game over decade ago with assassin in the name. Game was like nope, that contains profanity.
I guess since then, the only two options are overzealous moderation or letting people just pick n-word as their handle. I'm not a tech guy someone help me out.
I guess since then, the only two options are overzealous moderation or letting people just pick n-word as their handle. I'm not a tech guy someone help me out.
How's Twitter content moderation going? Not violating ToS you say?
July 12, 2023 at 6:46 PM
How's Twitter content moderation going? Not violating ToS you say?
Is Jonathan Chait on here yet so we can bully him off?
July 12, 2023 at 6:29 PM
Is Jonathan Chait on here yet so we can bully him off?
Reskeet a picture of yourself and your age. I’m 38.
July 11, 2023 at 5:14 AM
Reskeet a picture of yourself and your age. I’m 38.
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Lost my mind at the Napoleon trailer when he said his famous catchphrase
July 10, 2023 at 10:11 PM
Lost my mind at the Napoleon trailer when he said his famous catchphrase
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Do not go gentle into that good night
July 9, 2023 at 11:48 PM
Do not go gentle into that good night
In light of weird demonic and satanic panic nonsense coming back unto the national spotlight. Can I recommend everyone read Elizabeth Reis' Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England.
July 9, 2023 at 6:17 PM
In light of weird demonic and satanic panic nonsense coming back unto the national spotlight. Can I recommend everyone read Elizabeth Reis' Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England.