Anna Baker Smith
@innergothic.bsky.social
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Anna Baker Smith
@innergothic.bsky.social
· Mar 29
Dying for Gesualdo
by Anna Baker Smith It’s the evening of Palm Sunday, early April and cold, the sky over downtown Amherst dark. Just inside an old stone church, our little choir of twelve is seated in a circle near…
aftertheart.com
Here's my essay about Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo, trying to sing his tricky music, and murder. Enjoy!
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aftertheart.com/2025/03/27/d...
Turned in summer grades...time to read this essay on the end of the essay...Happy Saturday
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?
The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education.
www.newyorker.com
July 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Turned in summer grades...time to read this essay on the end of the essay...Happy Saturday
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Not sure you'll have access to this, but even the opening is good...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
The Parrot in the Machine | James Gleick
The artificial intelligence industry depends on plagiarism, mimicry, and exploited labor, not intelligence.
www.nybooks.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Not sure you'll have access to this, but even the opening is good...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Here's some distraction if you're grading session one of summer school...The AI Con...A review of the book by Bender and Hanna...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
The AI Con by Emily M Bender and Alex Hanna review – debunking myths of the AI revolution
Will new technology help to make the world a better place, or is AI just another tech bubble that will benefit the few?
www.theguardian.com
July 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Here's some distraction if you're grading session one of summer school...The AI Con...A review of the book by Bender and Hanna...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
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DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
June 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
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My latest… We need more courageous faith leaders who refuse to assume supporting roles in Trump’s white supremacist morality play.
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
The Episcopal Church Refuses to Help Trump Make Apartheid Great Again
We need more courageous faith leaders who refuse to assume supporting roles in Trump’s white supremacist morality play.
open.substack.com
May 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
My latest… We need more courageous faith leaders who refuse to assume supporting roles in Trump’s white supremacist morality play.
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...
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Reposted by Anna Baker Smith
We made step by step instructions (with pictures!) for how NC voters on thegriffinlist.com can update their voter file
bsky.app/profile/tria...
bsky.app/profile/tria...
How NC voters on the Griffin List (or anyone worried about their future vote) can update their voter file Please share with everyone in NC you know triangleblogblog.com/2025/04/05/h...
How voters on the Griffin List (or anyone concerned about their future votes) can update their voter file - Triangle Blog Blog
A group civics blog covering town council, education, transportation, and recreation in Chapel Hill and Carrboro, NC.
triangleblogblog.com
April 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
We made step by step instructions (with pictures!) for how NC voters on thegriffinlist.com can update their voter file
bsky.app/profile/tria...
bsky.app/profile/tria...
Reposted by Anna Baker Smith
March 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Here's my essay about Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo, trying to sing his tricky music, and murder. Enjoy!
aftertheart.com/2025/03/27/d...
aftertheart.com/2025/03/27/d...
Dying for Gesualdo
by Anna Baker Smith It’s the evening of Palm Sunday, early April and cold, the sky over downtown Amherst dark. Just inside an old stone church, our little choir of twelve is seated in a circle near…
aftertheart.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Here's my essay about Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo, trying to sing his tricky music, and murder. Enjoy!
aftertheart.com/2025/03/27/d...
aftertheart.com/2025/03/27/d...
