Ivy
@ivyashe.bsky.social
Researching media geography, visual journalism, travel media.
This is especially important for those days when the projector fails!
always bring your own dry erase markers! and sticky notes! only those expensive name brand “super sticky” ones will actually do the job
Lots of schools now teach writing (VERY GOOD). However, I don't know about you, but the most useful pedagogical training *I* ever got before being unleashed on a higher ed classroom was, "the dry erase markers will always fail you, so bring your own" (side note: this is in fact very good advice)
November 26, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is especially important for those days when the projector fails!
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always bring your own dry erase markers! and sticky notes! only those expensive name brand “super sticky” ones will actually do the job
Lots of schools now teach writing (VERY GOOD). However, I don't know about you, but the most useful pedagogical training *I* ever got before being unleashed on a higher ed classroom was, "the dry erase markers will always fail you, so bring your own" (side note: this is in fact very good advice)
November 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
always bring your own dry erase markers! and sticky notes! only those expensive name brand “super sticky” ones will actually do the job
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Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Large language mistake
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence. The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia... great read from @benjaminjriley.bsky.social
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i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
Fifteen Years
xkcd.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 AM
i’m not crying you’re crying
xkcd: Fifteen Years
xkcd: Fifteen Years
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Apart from being a heartbreaking meditation on death, the fury Tatiana Schlossberg feels towards her shithead cousin RFK Jr. radiates off this piece www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Apart from being a heartbreaking meditation on death, the fury Tatiana Schlossberg feels towards her shithead cousin RFK Jr. radiates off this piece www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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I did it, I wrote it. The thing I think (?) some educators have been waiting for for quite a while. mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/sift-for-a...
SIFT for AI: Introduction and Pedagogy
Once I thought more deeply about what people had been asking for it made a lot of sense
mikecaulfield.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I did it, I wrote it. The thing I think (?) some educators have been waiting for for quite a while. mikecaulfield.substack.com/p/sift-for-a...
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The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
November 15, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The Athletic polled hundreds of players from across the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL about their opinions surrounding how sports betting impacts players — the responses were haunting.
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she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
she’s a 10 but Excel thinks she’s October
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This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
This holiday season, give Jeff Bezos and Amazon the gift of zero dollars. 🥰
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BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
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this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
Kodak Quietly Begins Directly Selling Kodak Gold and Ultramax Film Again
Kodak appears to be taking back control over the distribution of its film.
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 9:06 PM
this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
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Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Between the live music and the Parnassus Books...Nashville is top-tier
I say again, the Nashville airport understands. Live music changes everything. Why doesn’t every airport do this??
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Between the live music and the Parnassus Books...Nashville is top-tier
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All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!
October 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
All these people avoiding m-dashes because “AI uses them” simply means that there’s more for me!
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I call it “joyful rigor” when I explain this effort to my students. I don’t believe in or rather, I’m not a “suffering poet.” I’m a writer who enjoys writing. The work works on me and I’m grateful for the opportunity to delve into the process at my own pace and to be changed by it.
That’s the other thing that baffles me about AI and creative writing, actually.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
The work IS the joy for me. I don’t want to be able to snap my fingers and have a completed “product.” I want to be transformed by the process. I’m an author but I do this because I enjoy the rigor of being a writer.
In terms of process, I enjoy writing but revising????? Oh, that’s my real kink. A second or third draft???? A fourth???? Making tweaks on my desktop AND my phone???? *moans* I’m a WHORE for revision.
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I call it “joyful rigor” when I explain this effort to my students. I don’t believe in or rather, I’m not a “suffering poet.” I’m a writer who enjoys writing. The work works on me and I’m grateful for the opportunity to delve into the process at my own pace and to be changed by it.
"Our results suggest..."
OH my god...well, I should hope they suggest that!!
OH my god...well, I should hope they suggest that!!
I'd love to see someone try to estimate just how much time and money has gone into research that is either fully undermined by reliance on LLMs or fully pointless --- because obvious if you start from an understanding of what LLMs actually are.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
October 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
"Our results suggest..."
OH my god...well, I should hope they suggest that!!
OH my god...well, I should hope they suggest that!!
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
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Remember, if you encounter what seems like an implausible survey finding, ask:
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
September 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Remember, if you encounter what seems like an implausible survey finding, ask:
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
1. Were survey respondents selected randomly or was this an opt-in poll?
2. Could the results, especially for young adults, be driven by bogus respondents?
Keep this post in mind: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪
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In addition to being one of history's most successful musicians, Taylor Swift has also successfully used a fire extinguisher.
August 26, 2025 at 5:58 PM
In addition to being one of history's most successful musicians, Taylor Swift has also successfully used a fire extinguisher.
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Man this fucking sucks.
*A good source of independent journalism abandons X for here.
*Mississippi passes an age verification law that BlueSky says means it must block the state.
*And now the Mississippi Free Press is not available to BlueSky users in MS.
*A good source of independent journalism abandons X for here.
*Mississippi passes an age verification law that BlueSky says means it must block the state.
*And now the Mississippi Free Press is not available to BlueSky users in MS.
BREAKING: BlueSky is blocking access to Mississippi.
This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org.
We ditched X for BlueSky early this year.
And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof.
I don't know what we'll do next.
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This is the No. 1 platform for @mississippifreepress.org.
We ditched X for BlueSky early this year.
And now, at 3 pm on a Friday, poof.
I don't know what we'll do next.
Keep up with us using our newsletter at mfp.ms/subscribe.
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Man this fucking sucks.
*A good source of independent journalism abandons X for here.
*Mississippi passes an age verification law that BlueSky says means it must block the state.
*And now the Mississippi Free Press is not available to BlueSky users in MS.
*A good source of independent journalism abandons X for here.
*Mississippi passes an age verification law that BlueSky says means it must block the state.
*And now the Mississippi Free Press is not available to BlueSky users in MS.
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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Imo three things you can do in undergrad that will probably meaningfully improve your career chances (that aren’t highly contextual where the wind may shift and what’s happening to CS majors rn might happen):
-become statistically numerate
-learn another language
-learn to write well
-become statistically numerate
-learn another language
-learn to write well
August 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Imo three things you can do in undergrad that will probably meaningfully improve your career chances (that aren’t highly contextual where the wind may shift and what’s happening to CS majors rn might happen):
-become statistically numerate
-learn another language
-learn to write well
-become statistically numerate
-learn another language
-learn to write well
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Yet again proud of the student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social and scores of other college papers across the country.
So many student journalists, and local journalists, doing great independent work.
(From 3 years ago: fallows.substack.com/p/this-is-wh... )
Yet again proud of the student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social and scores of other college papers across the country.
So many student journalists, and local journalists, doing great independent work.
(From 3 years ago: fallows.substack.com/p/this-is-wh... )
August 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Yet again proud of the student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social and scores of other college papers across the country.
So many student journalists, and local journalists, doing great independent work.
(From 3 years ago: fallows.substack.com/p/this-is-wh... )
Yet again proud of the student journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social and scores of other college papers across the country.
So many student journalists, and local journalists, doing great independent work.
(From 3 years ago: fallows.substack.com/p/this-is-wh... )
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When we talk about corporate disinvestment in local newspapers, what we mean is that rural communities have been stripped of their local journalism.
When local news dies, “It essentially nationalizes content for those areas, so that local cultures no longer exist to themselves anymore.”
When local news dies, “It essentially nationalizes content for those areas, so that local cultures no longer exist to themselves anymore.”
August 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
When we talk about corporate disinvestment in local newspapers, what we mean is that rural communities have been stripped of their local journalism.
When local news dies, “It essentially nationalizes content for those areas, so that local cultures no longer exist to themselves anymore.”
When local news dies, “It essentially nationalizes content for those areas, so that local cultures no longer exist to themselves anymore.”