Jill Anderson
@jillian6475.bsky.social
historian. poetry, libraryish; working on mid-20th-century girls' art-career fiction. Central PA. Increasingly un-sold on microblogging.
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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One of the most consistent and tiresome truisms of the arts world is that people who do not give a shit about the underlying fundamentals of your practice are always very happy to tell you how your future should actually be in whatever random thing they made money on in the stock market last month.
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
One of the most consistent and tiresome truisms of the arts world is that people who do not give a shit about the underlying fundamentals of your practice are always very happy to tell you how your future should actually be in whatever random thing they made money on in the stock market last month.
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This tea is an invitation to put on fuzzy slippers, crack open a book, rest and recover. A kind reminder that "tireless" is a fallacy and taking care of one's self is worthy work as well."
Badger's Burrow
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November 23, 2025 at 3:04 AM
This tea is an invitation to put on fuzzy slippers, crack open a book, rest and recover. A kind reminder that "tireless" is a fallacy and taking care of one's self is worthy work as well."
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"Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection. Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
Beautifully written & reasoned 3 min read. “To my students and to anyone who might listen, I say: Don’t surrender to AI your ability to read, write and think when others once risked their lives and died for the freedom to do so.”
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
Commentary from a cool prof in 🧵
www.huffpost.com/entry/histor...
I Set A Trap To Catch My Students Cheating With AI. The Results Were Shocking.
"Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
www.huffpost.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Students are afraid to fail, and AI presents itself as a savior. But what we learn from history is that progress requires failure. It requires reflection. Students are not just undermining their ability to learn, but to someday lead."
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“LLMs aren’t going away” statements are wishes, not predictions, that they’re trying to make happen. Treat them as advocacy for a specific future, not observations of inevitability
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“LLMs aren’t going away” statements are wishes, not predictions, that they’re trying to make happen. Treat them as advocacy for a specific future, not observations of inevitability
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Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
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I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
November 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I've had a few 'what do you do' convs recently, and everyone on hearing I'm an author comes out with "so how do you come up with ideas?", just like every book or movie about a writer has them staring numbly into space because they don't have an idea for the next book. And look, that is Not It.
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So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
November 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So many vulnerable people were hurt, harassed and raped by these ghouls and now—I’m worried—it’s gonna become hehe haha lurid internet circus instead of a long overdue moral reckoning. I’m scared of who we all are becoming. That man has brought us ALL low.
yes yes yes
Making my way through this extraordinary interview between @garthgreenwell.bsky.social and Brandon Taylor while I should be working, and this paragraph, about all the things that cut people off from each other, absolutely hit me in the face.
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
yes yes yes
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An exclusive look at the deal to reopen the government:
a cartoon girl in a blue dress is kneeling in a field holding a bag
Alt: lucy pulling the football away from charlie brown
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
An exclusive look at the deal to reopen the government:
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Really elucidates the New York Times "style" that we've seen in countless cases (particularly in the case of Mamdani and trans-related issues) where they try to hide their obvious bias behind a screen of both-sides-ism that ignores the fact that only one side really offers quality evidence.
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Really elucidates the New York Times "style" that we've seen in countless cases (particularly in the case of Mamdani and trans-related issues) where they try to hide their obvious bias behind a screen of both-sides-ism that ignores the fact that only one side really offers quality evidence.
This is so exciting to me, as a PA transplant from a red state. Not as sexy as NYC or CA victories (which are great!) but still a good thing!
Absolutely huge result.
All three of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices who sought reelection Tuesday will get another term, ensuring Democratic jurists keep their majority on the presidential battleground state’s highest court. https://to.pbs.org/4oRlpKx
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is so exciting to me, as a PA transplant from a red state. Not as sexy as NYC or CA victories (which are great!) but still a good thing!
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This guy is a suuuuuper interesting piece of the Mamdani story to me.
Brad Lander is at the victory party and, folks, he has the custom one-of-one “GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE” shirt.
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This guy is a suuuuuper interesting piece of the Mamdani story to me.
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Democrats have successfully defended three seats on the all-important Pennsylvania Supreme Court. This means the court will be controlled by Ds through the midterms, and almost definitely through 2028 as well.
My story on the result: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
My story on the result: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
Democrats Retain Control of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court with Three-Seat Sweep - Bolts
Three Democratic justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court have defeated an unusually high-profile Republican bid to unseat them. They secured large statewide victories on Tuesday, following an histo...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Democrats have successfully defended three seats on the all-important Pennsylvania Supreme Court. This means the court will be controlled by Ds through the midterms, and almost definitely through 2028 as well.
My story on the result: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
My story on the result: boltsmag.org/pennsylvania...
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Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
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i can't stop thinking about this video. how the campaign started w/ Mamdani as an unknown basically...just like out reporting on the political apathy in 2024. figuring out why people felt jaded. and then working to bring about the opposite. beyond remarkable www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tur...
Back on Fordham Road
YouTube video by Zohran Mamdani for NYC
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
i can't stop thinking about this video. how the campaign started w/ Mamdani as an unknown basically...just like out reporting on the political apathy in 2024. figuring out why people felt jaded. and then working to bring about the opposite. beyond remarkable www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tur...
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What hard-working, self-respecting criminal *wouldn't* buy a vest and a mask from Amazon and then go around robbing or assaulting people?
New: The FBI is quietly urging ICE agents to properly ID themselves in the field.
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
In a bulletin to law enforcement last month, it warned of criminals posing as ICE to rob, rape, kidnap—a problem it says now demands national coordination to confront.
By me & @carolinehaskins.bsky.social:
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:41 PM
What hard-working, self-respecting criminal *wouldn't* buy a vest and a mask from Amazon and then go around robbing or assaulting people?
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"I could smell the mustard and onions..." a thread:
November 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"I could smell the mustard and onions..." a thread:
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law and order: sandwich crimes unit www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Law and Order: Sandwich Crimes Unit
Serving justice to sandwich-wielding offenders takes expertise.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
law and order: sandwich crimes unit www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
(breaks down and sobs) "I can STILL smell the onions and mustard!!"
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
(breaks down and sobs) "I can STILL smell the onions and mustard!!"
Wow --
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Wow --
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This is my annual reminder that Charlie Brown had absolutely shit parents, because if that was my kid, every house on the block would get one of those rocks through the front window
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This is my annual reminder that Charlie Brown had absolutely shit parents, because if that was my kid, every house on the block would get one of those rocks through the front window
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I was walking in an antique land late one night
When my eyes beheld such an eerie sight
Two vast and trunkless legs began to rise
Near them on the sand a shattered visage lies
(Ozymandi-AS) OzyMANdias
(Ozymandi-AS) He was a graveyard smash
(Ozymandi-AS) No thing beside remains
(Ozymandi-AS) Ozyman-
When my eyes beheld such an eerie sight
Two vast and trunkless legs began to rise
Near them on the sand a shattered visage lies
(Ozymandi-AS) OzyMANdias
(Ozymandi-AS) He was a graveyard smash
(Ozymandi-AS) No thing beside remains
(Ozymandi-AS) Ozyman-
Me and my boys went to a strange LAND
The sun beat down on the desert SAND
My man Ad-rock turned to us and said
Yo, you two see that BIG-ASS HEAD?
We approached this ancient, beat up MASS
We learned his name was OZYMANDIAS
A sign said take a look AND DESPAIR
But we saw no works, nothing was THERE
The sun beat down on the desert SAND
My man Ad-rock turned to us and said
Yo, you two see that BIG-ASS HEAD?
We approached this ancient, beat up MASS
We learned his name was OZYMANDIAS
A sign said take a look AND DESPAIR
But we saw no works, nothing was THERE
Ozyman, Ozyman-
dias does what no mortal can
and his works? are they there?
no, but maybe still despair
dias does what no mortal can
and his works? are they there?
no, but maybe still despair
October 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I was walking in an antique land late one night
When my eyes beheld such an eerie sight
Two vast and trunkless legs began to rise
Near them on the sand a shattered visage lies
(Ozymandi-AS) OzyMANdias
(Ozymandi-AS) He was a graveyard smash
(Ozymandi-AS) No thing beside remains
(Ozymandi-AS) Ozyman-
When my eyes beheld such an eerie sight
Two vast and trunkless legs began to rise
Near them on the sand a shattered visage lies
(Ozymandi-AS) OzyMANdias
(Ozymandi-AS) He was a graveyard smash
(Ozymandi-AS) No thing beside remains
(Ozymandi-AS) Ozyman-
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I would think you should *particularly* not discuss the evidence relevant to your pending indictment with any journalist who doesn’t understand why you might not want to discuss the evidence relevant to your pending indictment.
October 30, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I would think you should *particularly* not discuss the evidence relevant to your pending indictment with any journalist who doesn’t understand why you might not want to discuss the evidence relevant to your pending indictment.