KnittaPhD
@knittaphd.bsky.social
Professor. Not the kind of doctor that helps people. Stoic-ish. Hygge. Knit. Garden. Soup. NY-WA
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Happy puffin sweater season to those who celebrate
July 9, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Happy puffin sweater season to those who celebrate
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OpenAI, the company whose ChatGPT tool helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of university life.
Here's what the company told me about its plans to conquer campuses.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technology/chatgpt-openai-colleges.html
Here's what the company told me about its plans to conquer campuses.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technology/chatgpt-openai-colleges.html
Welcome to Campus. Here’s Your ChatGPT.
www.nytimes.com
June 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
OpenAI, the company whose ChatGPT tool helped spark chatbot cheating, wants to embed A.I. in every facet of university life.
Here's what the company told me about its plans to conquer campuses.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technology/chatgpt-openai-colleges.html
Here's what the company told me about its plans to conquer campuses.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/07/technology/chatgpt-openai-colleges.html
Post-mow patio time with the dog friends
June 6, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Post-mow patio time with the dog friends
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I know posting "the girls are fighting" seems funny, but it's actually insensitive and shitty.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
June 6, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I know posting "the girls are fighting" seems funny, but it's actually insensitive and shitty.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
My father died in a girl fight. He tried to break it up and the girls pulled him apart like freshly baked bread. He didn't even scream. One moment he was there, the next just a spray of dad viscera.
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New to knitting (or know someone who is)?
I’ve put together a video tutorial that covers everything you need to get started. It’s a great resource for #beginnerknitter or anyone needing a refresher: youtu.be/f3xQ90TFhyc
Tag a friend who’s ready to pick up the needles! 👇
#Knitsky #knittingtips
I’ve put together a video tutorial that covers everything you need to get started. It’s a great resource for #beginnerknitter or anyone needing a refresher: youtu.be/f3xQ90TFhyc
Tag a friend who’s ready to pick up the needles! 👇
#Knitsky #knittingtips
Learn How to Knit | Easy Step-by-Step Knitting Tutorial for Beginners
YouTube video by Carol Feller
youtu.be
June 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New to knitting (or know someone who is)?
I’ve put together a video tutorial that covers everything you need to get started. It’s a great resource for #beginnerknitter or anyone needing a refresher: youtu.be/f3xQ90TFhyc
Tag a friend who’s ready to pick up the needles! 👇
#Knitsky #knittingtips
I’ve put together a video tutorial that covers everything you need to get started. It’s a great resource for #beginnerknitter or anyone needing a refresher: youtu.be/f3xQ90TFhyc
Tag a friend who’s ready to pick up the needles! 👇
#Knitsky #knittingtips
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Texas teachers are quitting at a rate that’s 25 percent above the national average. In Tennessee, the vacancy rate for all public schools is 5.5 percent, compared to a national average of 4 percent.
From November 2023: https://trib.al/35k5Qnk
From November 2023: https://trib.al/35k5Qnk
The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming. It’s Happening Right Now.
As conservative states wage total culture war, college-educated workers—physicians, teachers, professors, and more—are packing their bags.
trib.al
June 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Texas teachers are quitting at a rate that’s 25 percent above the national average. In Tennessee, the vacancy rate for all public schools is 5.5 percent, compared to a national average of 4 percent.
From November 2023: https://trib.al/35k5Qnk
From November 2023: https://trib.al/35k5Qnk
Anyone know what kind of tree this is?
June 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Anyone know what kind of tree this is?
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Twitter was at its best when Game of Thrones was at its peak
June 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Twitter was at its best when Game of Thrones was at its peak
Hey so my oldest kid just drove alone for the first time after getting her license this weekend and I'm currently disassembling their childhood clubhouse they built with their dad so don't mind me weeping with a crowbar 😭
June 3, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Hey so my oldest kid just drove alone for the first time after getting her license this weekend and I'm currently disassembling their childhood clubhouse they built with their dad so don't mind me weeping with a crowbar 😭
When the kitties rule the roost
June 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
When the kitties rule the roost
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I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
Teachers Are Not OK
AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs "have absolutely blown up what I try to accomplish with my teaching."
www.404media.co
June 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I talked to 15 teachers/professors about how AI and ChatGPT is ruining their lives:
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
www.404media.co/teachers-are...
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Okay… this is amazing
June 2, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Okay… this is amazing
I'm laying in bed watching moonlight come through the slats in the blinds while my fan spins and it looks like an old timey black and white gangster movie scene in the detective's office at night. I'm very high right now.
May 31, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I'm laying in bed watching moonlight come through the slats in the blinds while my fan spins and it looks like an old timey black and white gangster movie scene in the detective's office at night. I'm very high right now.
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Interesting post on the declind of work happy hours. “'Why would you drink with co-workers when you could hang out with your friends or family, anyway?'”
slate.com/life/2025/05...
slate.com/life/2025/05...
No One Goes to Happy Hour After Work Anymore. The Reason Why Is Grim.
RIP to the one thing that made work even semi-enjoyable.
slate.com
May 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Interesting post on the declind of work happy hours. “'Why would you drink with co-workers when you could hang out with your friends or family, anyway?'”
slate.com/life/2025/05...
slate.com/life/2025/05...
She did it again tonight! This is her new go to sleep spot.
May 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM
She did it again tonight! This is her new go to sleep spot.
Evening garden meditations
May 30, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Evening garden meditations
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You can think about what others think about you and have whatever emotions you want, but know who you are and believe in it and have rigorous reasons for doing so, loving your friends and those closest to you is the only counterbalance to being a gigantic hater.
It always seems wild to me that “don’t worry what others think of you, just enjoy life” is a truly enlightened position
May 29, 2025 at 5:52 AM
You can think about what others think about you and have whatever emotions you want, but know who you are and believe in it and have rigorous reasons for doing so, loving your friends and those closest to you is the only counterbalance to being a gigantic hater.
Got up, turned around, and found Purl laying like this.
May 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Got up, turned around, and found Purl laying like this.