Katie Freund
@katiedigc.bsky.social
#HigherEd, #FanStudies, #MedEd, #SocMed, #DigPed, #CriticalEdTech, and Marvel tragic. Canadian in Australia. She/her. Learning design manager at Australian National University School of Medicine and Psychology. Living on Ngunnawal country.
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Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for #LTHEchat, which will explore how to teach for sustainability with @mirjamglessmer.com and @robertkordts.bsky.social dts.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: shorturl.at/sl6gb
LTHE Chat 343: How to teach for sustainability
Join us on Bluesky with guest Mirjam Glessmer (@mirjamglessmer.bsky.social) and Robert Kordts (@robertkordts.bsky.social) on Wednesday, 12th November 2025 at 20:00 GMT The title…
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November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for #LTHEchat, which will explore how to teach for sustainability with @mirjamglessmer.com and @robertkordts.bsky.social dts.bsky.social on Wednesday, 8-9pm GMT. Read the blog post at: shorturl.at/sl6gb
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
THIS IS AMAZING. ALSO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID WE FORGET TO RUIN?
What an absolute disgrace. Shame on ANU.
“incredibly stupid”, “absolutely disgraceful”…
Despite ANU’s own socially responsible investment policy, the university invested in and profited from Elbit systems shares - “a key enabler of the Israel Defense Forces in its commission of war crimes”. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Despite ANU’s own socially responsible investment policy, the university invested in and profited from Elbit systems shares - “a key enabler of the Israel Defense Forces in its commission of war crimes”. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
ANU bought shares in Israeli weapons maker after pledging to stop controversial arms investments
Exclusive: University says Elbit Systems, whose drones have been used extensively in Gaza, not on any controversial weapons list when shares bought and sold this year
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
What an absolute disgrace. Shame on ANU.
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Next in our Creatively Critical Tech virtual speaker series is Audrey Watters @audreywatters.bsky.social on "AI Grief Observed: On the Death of Education."
Don't miss it on November 12, 2025, @ 6:30 pm CT!
Register today at tinyurl.com/CreativelyCr...
Don't miss it on November 12, 2025, @ 6:30 pm CT!
Register today at tinyurl.com/CreativelyCr...
November 4, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Too real! I spent years cautioning students to think critically about when and how to use Wikipedia, and now I'm like oh good you used Wikipedia. Sigh.
"I’m not looking so bad now, huh? Absolute best case, the LLM-generated legal advice you get is merely plagiarizing, probably from me. But more likely, it’s a mish-mash of Reddit posts filtered through an algorithm coded by a Belarusian teen on the run from Interpol."
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, now stands as the leading force for the dum...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Too real! I spent years cautioning students to think critically about when and how to use Wikipedia, and now I'm like oh good you used Wikipedia. Sigh.
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"Torment Nexus" is often used to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with baseball games, like the one we’re all living inside of right now
November 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
"Torment Nexus" is often used to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with baseball games, like the one we’re all living inside of right now
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The only good piece of educational technology in existence is the Dominos Pizza Tracker; in this essay I will…
November 2, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The only good piece of educational technology in existence is the Dominos Pizza Tracker; in this essay I will…
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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A Coop
November 1, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A Coop
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as a bird artist, in honor of tonight’s game i have attempted to draw the gorgeous blue jay as accurately as possible. as always please let me know if you have any constructive criticism
October 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
as a bird artist, in honor of tonight’s game i have attempted to draw the gorgeous blue jay as accurately as possible. as always please let me know if you have any constructive criticism
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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I need a year off somewhere where I can float in a pool, pet dogs, be adored by an emotionally available man on demand, and I never have to read an email about “ai prompt ideas for busy teachers”
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I need a year off somewhere where I can float in a pool, pet dogs, be adored by an emotionally available man on demand, and I never have to read an email about “ai prompt ideas for busy teachers”
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Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
October 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Designer: all right Mr. Del Toro here’s those Frankenstein’s monster designs, real sexy just like you asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
Del Toro: (nodding) this is exactly as sexy as I asked for.
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*pretends to be surprised*
Wired has just published an in-depth piece on Alpha Schools ... giving us a deep-dive on the realities of AI-driven schools sold on the promise of students plugged into personalised learning systems and doing ('crushing') a full day's schoolwork in only 2 hours: www.wired.com/story/ai-tea...
Parents Fell in Love With Alpha School’s Promise. Then They Wanted Out
In Brownsville, Texas, some families found a buzzy new school’s methods—surveillance of kids, software in lieu of teachers—to be an education in and of itself.
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
*pretends to be surprised*
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‘Bone Box’ by Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas at the Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC. “Fabricated out of discarded trays that once stored archeological collections, this interactive work calls for us to engage with one another.”
October 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
‘Bone Box’ by Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas at the Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC. “Fabricated out of discarded trays that once stored archeological collections, this interactive work calls for us to engage with one another.”
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YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A PLANT
October 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
YOU WOULDN'T DOWNLOAD A PLANT
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The Chonk Ness Monster
Mysterious 'predator' stalking villagers around Dartmoor unmasked as a fat cat
A MYSTERIOUS beast which has been stalking villagers on the moor made famous by Sherlock Holmes – is actually just a fat cat. Locals around Dartmoor, where the Hound of the Baskervilles was s…
www.thesun.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 12:04 AM
The Chonk Ness Monster
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Next Friday, I'm hosting a symposium for PhD students whose research investigates digital technology and education. If you're a PhD student or ECR and would like to meet some people working in this area, come join us! Attend in person (Melbourne) or online. Program and registration below
October 22, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Next Friday, I'm hosting a symposium for PhD students whose research investigates digital technology and education. If you're a PhD student or ECR and would like to meet some people working in this area, come join us! Attend in person (Melbourne) or online. Program and registration below
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it's really retrospectively & currently astonishing that Mark Zuckerberg became an earth-moving tech billionaire out of making the Harvard student directory into a 'Hot or Not?'
Meta *literally just* fired 3600 people earlier this year so they could "focus on AI," and now they're firing *600* of their "AI" people? That does Not sound like a company that knows what the fuck it's doing.
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/m...
www.cnbc.com/2025/10/22/m...
Meta lays off 600 employees within AI unit
The cuts come as Meta has been pouring billions of dollars into AI
www.cnbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:26 PM
it's really retrospectively & currently astonishing that Mark Zuckerberg became an earth-moving tech billionaire out of making the Harvard student directory into a 'Hot or Not?'
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Scoop: I sent a public record request to the FTC for complaints mentioning ChatGPT. I got 200 complaints back, but a couple stood out.
They described experiencing severe delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises, and they attributed it to ChatGPT:
www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...
They described experiencing severe delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises, and they attributed it to ChatGPT:
www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...
People Who Say They’re Experiencing AI Psychosis Beg the FTC for Help
The Federal Trade Commission received 200 complaints mentioning ChatGPT between November 2022 and August 2025. Several attributed delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises to the chatbot.
www.wired.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Scoop: I sent a public record request to the FTC for complaints mentioning ChatGPT. I got 200 complaints back, but a couple stood out.
They described experiencing severe delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises, and they attributed it to ChatGPT:
www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...
They described experiencing severe delusions, paranoia, and spiritual crises, and they attributed it to ChatGPT:
www.wired.com/story/ftc-co...
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Unless there’s a reset of senior officials at the top, universities won’t change. Toxic cultures are embedded. Broken governance is breaking people. theconversation.com/there-are-ne...
There are new plans to fix how universities will run. But will they work?
Federal Education Minister Jason Clare says, ‘if you don’t think there are challenges in university governance, you’ve been living under a rock’.
theconversation.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Unless there’s a reset of senior officials at the top, universities won’t change. Toxic cultures are embedded. Broken governance is breaking people. theconversation.com/there-are-ne...
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The Jays have the chance to do the funniest thing Canada has done since 1814
Imagine winning the World Series. You'd get to visit the ruins that used to be the White House
October 21, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The Jays have the chance to do the funniest thing Canada has done since 1814
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“In recent months, homebuyers, renters, real estate agents, and photographers have noticed an uptick in A.I.-rendered images in listings—some with fake staging and altered details, and others that seem to show entirely different houses.”
This Gross Practice Might Make Your Next Home Search Even More Annoying
Bot-made listings are forcing homebuyers and professionals to ask themselves if this is a straight-up deceptive practice.
slate.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
“In recent months, homebuyers, renters, real estate agents, and photographers have noticed an uptick in A.I.-rendered images in listings—some with fake staging and altered details, and others that seem to show entirely different houses.”
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all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails
October 19, 2025 at 3:42 AM
all the anxiety human evolution developed to help me spot bears now kicks in when i have to answer emails