Jennifer Sano-Franchini
@jsanofranchini.bsky.social
assoc prof | cultural & digital rhet // asian am rhet // UX // beneficiary of affirmative action // refusing genAI 👹
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Unaffordable electricity is fast becoming a major source of insecurity in the U.S.
AI data centers are devouring power—and causing light bills to skyrocket—while private equity giants like Blackstone buy up utilities to extract maximum profit. This really needs to be a bigger story.
AI data centers are devouring power—and causing light bills to skyrocket—while private equity giants like Blackstone buy up utilities to extract maximum profit. This really needs to be a bigger story.
Eleven states and the District of Columbia have seen double digit increases in the cost of residential electricity over the last year.
In New Jersey, electricity costs are up over 20%.
In DC, that number is over 30%.
In New Jersey, electricity costs are up over 20%.
In DC, that number is over 30%.
November 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Unaffordable electricity is fast becoming a major source of insecurity in the U.S.
AI data centers are devouring power—and causing light bills to skyrocket—while private equity giants like Blackstone buy up utilities to extract maximum profit. This really needs to be a bigger story.
AI data centers are devouring power—and causing light bills to skyrocket—while private equity giants like Blackstone buy up utilities to extract maximum profit. This really needs to be a bigger story.
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It's official: House Speaker Mike Johnson FINALLY swore in Rep. Adelita Grijalva, the Arizona Democrat who promises to be the 218th vote needed to release the Epstein files.
Mike Johnson Will Finally Swear In His Worst Nightmare
Adelita Grijalva will be the 218th vote to release the Epstein files.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's official: House Speaker Mike Johnson FINALLY swore in Rep. Adelita Grijalva, the Arizona Democrat who promises to be the 218th vote needed to release the Epstein files.
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Please join the Coalition at 1 PM (EST) on November 17th for “Generative AI as Feminist Methodology,” a Cheryl Glenn Advancing the Agenda webinar.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Please join the Coalition at 1 PM (EST) on November 17th for “Generative AI as Feminist Methodology,” a Cheryl Glenn Advancing the Agenda webinar.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
A Year of Refusal refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
@nobugsnous.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social and I wrote a lil anniversary post as it's been *a year* (in more ways than one!) since we first posted the Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies Quickstart Guide
@nobugsnous.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social and I wrote a lil anniversary post as it's been *a year* (in more ways than one!) since we first posted the Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies Quickstart Guide
November 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
A Year of Refusal refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
@nobugsnous.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social and I wrote a lil anniversary post as it's been *a year* (in more ways than one!) since we first posted the Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies Quickstart Guide
@nobugsnous.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social and I wrote a lil anniversary post as it's been *a year* (in more ways than one!) since we first posted the Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies Quickstart Guide
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"Everyone should have the right to refuse to engage with technologies that harm them, their students, and the planet."
And many are refusing!
And many are refusing!
A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
A Year of Refusal
Maggie Fernandes, University of ArkansasMegan McIntyre, University of ArkansasJennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Francis Glenn Marciano on Pexels.com It’s been about a year …
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November 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"Everyone should have the right to refuse to engage with technologies that harm them, their students, and the planet."
And many are refusing!
And many are refusing!
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Such vital work. Nearly everyday a new data center proposal pops up across the US—using the same shady, secretive tactics & playbook of promises. We are at an urgent moment to build coalitions against the extractive fossil fuel surveillance factories being built in the name of economic development.
TODAY, we're launching The People Say No: Resisting Data Centers in the South, our report dedicated to exposing data center harms in the South and how our people are fighting back.
Read the full report, including case studies from 5 southern states:
bit.ly/nodatacenters
Read the full report, including case studies from 5 southern states:
bit.ly/nodatacenters
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Such vital work. Nearly everyday a new data center proposal pops up across the US—using the same shady, secretive tactics & playbook of promises. We are at an urgent moment to build coalitions against the extractive fossil fuel surveillance factories being built in the name of economic development.
This. I also dont think it's an either/or; institutions & systems are made up of individuals who can & do effect systemic change. This critique at times comes across as an excuse for folks to do nothing but reinforce the status quo and suggests limited understanding of how rhetoric works.
We are certainly facing a lot of systemic problems which should not be individualized, but at the same time, I believe that academics hold a certain amount of power, and it is worth being thoughtful about how we use that power, including the framing of our work.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This. I also dont think it's an either/or; institutions & systems are made up of individuals who can & do effect systemic change. This critique at times comes across as an excuse for folks to do nothing but reinforce the status quo and suggests limited understanding of how rhetoric works.
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Just read a talk announcement about "AI" and K-12 education that looked like it maybe, maybe embedded a critical perspective but was still dressed up in the language of AI hype, presupposing both job market & education "reshaped by AI".
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November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Just read a talk announcement about "AI" and K-12 education that looked like it maybe, maybe embedded a critical perspective but was still dressed up in the language of AI hype, presupposing both job market & education "reshaped by AI".
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We are certainly facing a lot of systemic problems which should not be individualized, but at the same time, I believe that academics hold a certain amount of power, and it is worth being thoughtful about how we use that power, including the framing of our work.
November 10, 2025 at 8:38 PM
We are certainly facing a lot of systemic problems which should not be individualized, but at the same time, I believe that academics hold a certain amount of power, and it is worth being thoughtful about how we use that power, including the framing of our work.
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On earnings calls, Amazon & Microsoft said the real AI bottleneck isn't chip,
it's electricity.
Bloomberg writes about two Santa Clara data centers siting empty, facing a 1-3 year lead time for power. Some cases take up to 7.
It’s a bad time to have a government hostile to solar and wind energy.
it's electricity.
Bloomberg writes about two Santa Clara data centers siting empty, facing a 1-3 year lead time for power. Some cases take up to 7.
It’s a bad time to have a government hostile to solar and wind energy.
Data Centers in Nvidia’s Hometown Stand Empty Awaiting Power
The fate of two facilities in Santa Clara, California, highlights a major challenge for the US tech sector and indeed the wider economy.
www.bloomberg.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
On earnings calls, Amazon & Microsoft said the real AI bottleneck isn't chip,
it's electricity.
Bloomberg writes about two Santa Clara data centers siting empty, facing a 1-3 year lead time for power. Some cases take up to 7.
It’s a bad time to have a government hostile to solar and wind energy.
it's electricity.
Bloomberg writes about two Santa Clara data centers siting empty, facing a 1-3 year lead time for power. Some cases take up to 7.
It’s a bad time to have a government hostile to solar and wind energy.
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The FDA will ask drug companies to remove “black box” warnings for hormones prescribed to treat symptoms of menopause.
@AliRogin talks to @MartyMakary
to.pbs.org/47BjYdD
@AliRogin talks to @MartyMakary
to.pbs.org/47BjYdD
FDA head explains decision to drop 'black box' warnings from menopause hormone treatment
The FDA announced it would begin asking drug companies to remove so-called “black box” warnings for hormones prescribed to treat symptoms of menopause. The FDA says the warning has dissuaded generatio...
to.pbs.org
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The FDA will ask drug companies to remove “black box” warnings for hormones prescribed to treat symptoms of menopause.
@AliRogin talks to @MartyMakary
to.pbs.org/47BjYdD
@AliRogin talks to @MartyMakary
to.pbs.org/47BjYdD
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
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every time one opens the Times, you expect psychic damage.
but this? this is an assault on the frontal cortex
but this? this is an assault on the frontal cortex
November 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
every time one opens the Times, you expect psychic damage.
but this? this is an assault on the frontal cortex
but this? this is an assault on the frontal cortex
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A linguist at UMN shared this with me today, which I thought was a really helpful discussion of genAI in the classroom as a conversation around consent.
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
November 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A linguist at UMN shared this with me today, which I thought was a really helpful discussion of genAI in the classroom as a conversation around consent.
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/08/29/a...
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ohhh, I see. They're going to try and remake higher ed the way they did with tech, by flooding the zone with frauds who crowd out any reasonable discussion
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
ohhh, I see. They're going to try and remake higher ed the way they did with tech, by flooding the zone with frauds who crowd out any reasonable discussion
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“And then you have librarians who are experiencing a real existential crisis because they are getting asked by their jobs to promote [AI] tools that produce more misinformation. It's the most, like, emperor-has-no-clothes-type situation that I have ever witnessed.” - Alison Macrina
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
“And then you have librarians who are experiencing a real existential crisis because they are getting asked by their jobs to promote [AI] tools that produce more misinformation. It's the most, like, emperor-has-no-clothes-type situation that I have ever witnessed.” - Alison Macrina
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There are no words for how evil this is
November 7, 2025 at 1:36 AM
There are no words for how evil this is
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“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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I’m sure it’s just coincidence, but it really seems like once a publication partners with an ai company, they start featuring a lot more stories like this.
AI for therapy? Some therapists are fine with it — and use it themselves.
As scrutiny over AI therapy grows, licensed therapists are split on whether it’s okay to talk to chatbots about mental health.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:33 PM
I’m sure it’s just coincidence, but it really seems like once a publication partners with an ai company, they start featuring a lot more stories like this.
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Americans have spoken and they demand wokeness
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Americans have spoken and they demand wokeness
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Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Here's another bit of conventional wisdom Zohran completely blew away: His speech was at well above a 10th-grade level. It was complex, erudite, punctuated by deep and fluent references. You don't have to condescend to voters with baby talk! Part of re-establishing norms is speaking like an adult.
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Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, defeating Andrew Cuomo for the second time in five months and capping a stunning rise from obscurity to the helm of the nation’s largest city.
Zohran Mamdani drags the Democratic Party into the future
This was a local race with national implications, whether the party's leaders liked it or not.
www.motherjones.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, defeating Andrew Cuomo for the second time in five months and capping a stunning rise from obscurity to the helm of the nation’s largest city.
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Hugely important academic paper repository arXiv says it will no longer accept Computer Science papers that are still under review due to the wave of AI-generated ones it has received. This will radically change preprint and open access scientific research
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
arXiv Changes Rules After Getting Spammed With AI-Generated 'Research' Papers
Cornell University’s academic paper repository will no longer accept Computer Science papers still under review.
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hugely important academic paper repository arXiv says it will no longer accept Computer Science papers that are still under review due to the wave of AI-generated ones it has received. This will radically change preprint and open access scientific research
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
www.404media.co/arxiv-change...
The second CCCC Reading Circle on Land, Labor, Water & Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom is on Wed, Dec 10 @ 4–5 PM ET.
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
November 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The second CCCC Reading Circle on Land, Labor, Water & Writing: The Costs of Generative AI in the Writing Classroom is on Wed, Dec 10 @ 4–5 PM ET.
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
Looking forward to discussing @dustinedwards.bsky.social's Enduring Digital Damage w/@hannahhopkins.bsky.social & @donniejsackey.bsky.social!
Huge thanks to Sherita Roundtree, @planbreakeramy.bsky.social & all presenters for a lovely CCCC Virtual Institute yesterday. Really enjoyed the sessions I was able to attend as they encouraged me to do more intentional public engagement and inquiry in my future courses.
November 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Huge thanks to Sherita Roundtree, @planbreakeramy.bsky.social & all presenters for a lovely CCCC Virtual Institute yesterday. Really enjoyed the sessions I was able to attend as they encouraged me to do more intentional public engagement and inquiry in my future courses.