Kristin Lacey
@kristinlacey.bsky.social
PhD in English from BU. Lecturer of writing and public speaking at UMass Amherst.
Reader, writer, teacher. Proudly first gen and queer. she/her
Reader, writer, teacher. Proudly first gen and queer. she/her
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a tragedy for cinema history that we’ve lost the full version of von Stroheim’s Greed, but at least we still have this seasonal McTeague adaptation 🦷 🎄
December 25, 2024 at 2:16 PM
a tragedy for cinema history that we’ve lost the full version of von Stroheim’s Greed, but at least we still have this seasonal McTeague adaptation 🦷 🎄
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happy christmas im ready for an Ellie Goulding renaissance
December 25, 2024 at 2:18 PM
happy christmas im ready for an Ellie Goulding renaissance
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This was always the goal: remove human teachers from classrooms in schools and universities, except for the very rich who will be able to afford human instruction.
This is why I have only contempt for teachers in higher ed who use AI in their courses--this is what you are actively escalating.
This is why I have only contempt for teachers in higher ed who use AI in their courses--this is what you are actively escalating.
“Kids begin their day with two hours of instruction on standard topics like language, math and science, guided by an AI that continuously adjusts the learning plan based on how the child is doing in each subject.”
New Arizona charter school will use AI in place of human teachers
Unbound Academy, which operates in Texas and Florida as Alpha Schools, has been approved to open a charter school in Arizona with an AI learning model that adjusts kids’ learning plans on the fly.
www.kjzz.org
December 19, 2024 at 12:43 PM
This was always the goal: remove human teachers from classrooms in schools and universities, except for the very rich who will be able to afford human instruction.
This is why I have only contempt for teachers in higher ed who use AI in their courses--this is what you are actively escalating.
This is why I have only contempt for teachers in higher ed who use AI in their courses--this is what you are actively escalating.
Listening to that one Oppenheimer soundtrack song on repeat to lock in for final grading shit
December 11, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Listening to that one Oppenheimer soundtrack song on repeat to lock in for final grading shit
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This interview with Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year should be required reading. oxfordamerican.org/web-only/nik...
![I think the transgender kids are the bravest kids right now that we see; they're as brave as my generation was in breaking down segregation. They're breaking down-I don't have the word for it right now-but it's gender prejudice, and [the idea that] somebody has decided that they can tell you who you are, what your name should be, and how you should look.
And those youngsters are saying, "No, I can decide who I am, what my name should be." Everybody's mad at me like, You should be a girl because we've decided you're a girl. And they say, "Well, who the hell are you?" I can decide that I'm a boy. And if it makes me happy, what does it mean to you? And I can decide that my name is John. And if you don't like that my name is Geraldine, why can't you name yourself? And if the people who know you and love you-or have to talk to you, maybe they don't even love you but they have to talk to you -you can tell them, “This is my name, and I would like to be referred to in that way."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bb6m3nt3ohlter5c35zjlt6z/bafkreibs7rspksh3k7ekvnnmxzeenwwuvr4ab6fs4usuckmu2zpdzq3hcq@jpeg)
December 10, 2024 at 3:18 AM
This interview with Nikki Giovanni from earlier this year should be required reading. oxfordamerican.org/web-only/nik...
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This Fox segment on the search for the shooter is incredible. Look at how the NYPD searches Central Park lol
December 8, 2024 at 7:56 PM
This Fox segment on the search for the shooter is incredible. Look at how the NYPD searches Central Park lol
Had final reflection conversations this week with my classes (meeting for 15 minutes with 3-5 students at a time, asking three questions about their learning and work) and it was enlightening as always! They have such great insights and ideas for the class going forward.
December 6, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Had final reflection conversations this week with my classes (meeting for 15 minutes with 3-5 students at a time, asking three questions about their learning and work) and it was enlightening as always! They have such great insights and ideas for the class going forward.
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I still see ppl asking so *please* remember: on here you don’t "tweet" a "tweet" or god help us "skeet," you "squeeze" (out) a "globule" or squeeze a thread of globules (a slobgollion). There is no limit to how many globules you can thread; just squeeze til a strange sort of insanity comes over you
December 4, 2024 at 10:34 PM
I still see ppl asking so *please* remember: on here you don’t "tweet" a "tweet" or god help us "skeet," you "squeeze" (out) a "globule" or squeeze a thread of globules (a slobgollion). There is no limit to how many globules you can thread; just squeeze til a strange sort of insanity comes over you
I’m crying. This book is perfection
December 3, 2024 at 8:52 PM
I’m crying. This book is perfection
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don't ask me to lift martial law before i've had my coffee
December 3, 2024 at 8:15 PM
don't ask me to lift martial law before i've had my coffee
Reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and I’m obsessed with Dorothy roasting the Scarecrow’s dumb ass at every turn
December 3, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and I’m obsessed with Dorothy roasting the Scarecrow’s dumb ass at every turn
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I love that in Gilman’s “Herland” a key detail of feminist utopia is all clothes have *lots* of pockets.
November 30, 2024 at 7:37 PM
I love that in Gilman’s “Herland” a key detail of feminist utopia is all clothes have *lots* of pockets.
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Most celebrated use cases for AI (personalized learning, medical care, etc.) only make sense in scenarios of absolutely bloodthirsty austerity, in which public investment in the common good is completely decimated. When you notice that, you realize that these interests are intertwined.
November 30, 2024 at 4:46 PM
Most celebrated use cases for AI (personalized learning, medical care, etc.) only make sense in scenarios of absolutely bloodthirsty austerity, in which public investment in the common good is completely decimated. When you notice that, you realize that these interests are intertwined.
Not a thought behind her eyes. Xanned-out queen
November 30, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Not a thought behind her eyes. Xanned-out queen
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everyone wants classic unhinged posts on here right away... but you can't force it. Rome didn't go batshit insane in a day they had to consume a lot of lead over an extended period of time
November 26, 2024 at 8:42 PM
everyone wants classic unhinged posts on here right away... but you can't force it. Rome didn't go batshit insane in a day they had to consume a lot of lead over an extended period of time
Saw some Aubrey Plaza photos that absolutely derailed my day (complimentary)
November 26, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Saw some Aubrey Plaza photos that absolutely derailed my day (complimentary)
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how is it possible to be against the “international criminal court” without immediately questioning yourself
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 PM
how is it possible to be against the “international criminal court” without immediately questioning yourself
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new Dental Humanities starter pack!
This is a thriving subfield at the intersection of literary studies and the tooth sciences. It probes deeply the questions that haunt so many timeless classics, like "what if there was a weird dentist" and "how 'necessary' are 'credentials'"
go.bsky.app/JbWYPHs
This is a thriving subfield at the intersection of literary studies and the tooth sciences. It probes deeply the questions that haunt so many timeless classics, like "what if there was a weird dentist" and "how 'necessary' are 'credentials'"
go.bsky.app/JbWYPHs
November 23, 2024 at 9:06 PM
new Dental Humanities starter pack!
This is a thriving subfield at the intersection of literary studies and the tooth sciences. It probes deeply the questions that haunt so many timeless classics, like "what if there was a weird dentist" and "how 'necessary' are 'credentials'"
go.bsky.app/JbWYPHs
This is a thriving subfield at the intersection of literary studies and the tooth sciences. It probes deeply the questions that haunt so many timeless classics, like "what if there was a weird dentist" and "how 'necessary' are 'credentials'"
go.bsky.app/JbWYPHs
My Bluesky timeline very clearly thinks I am a gay man, how do I stop this
November 21, 2024 at 9:42 PM
My Bluesky timeline very clearly thinks I am a gay man, how do I stop this
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it is neither brave nor respectable to comply with a rule designed to humiliate you
November 20, 2024 at 9:56 PM
it is neither brave nor respectable to comply with a rule designed to humiliate you
I love eating fruit (read: carrying around the same apple for at least five business days)
November 20, 2024 at 8:10 PM
I love eating fruit (read: carrying around the same apple for at least five business days)
Me after the last of the individual student draft meetings that I scheduled and required with my own free will
November 20, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Me after the last of the individual student draft meetings that I scheduled and required with my own free will
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So one thing I'm getting from this, reading between the lines, is it's currently cheaper for BU to hire adjuncts to do the teaching that these non-extant grad cohorts would have done. I hope those adjuncts unionize and strike, too.
Boston U Suspends Admissions to Humanities and Social Science Ph.D. Programs www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...
BU suspends admissions to humanities, other Ph.D. programs
The university didn’t announce its decision in a news release and hasn’t fully explained it, but two deans blamed a new grad workers’ union contract for the cutbacks to a dozen programs including Engl...
www.insidehighered.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:55 PM
So one thing I'm getting from this, reading between the lines, is it's currently cheaper for BU to hire adjuncts to do the teaching that these non-extant grad cohorts would have done. I hope those adjuncts unionize and strike, too.