Lesley Willard
@lesleyawillard.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Emerson College. UT Austin alum. I spend my time yelling about platforms & capitalism. Unionize.
This is all heinous but “inclusive pedagogy” is actively insane
If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?
August 7, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This is all heinous but “inclusive pedagogy” is actively insane
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“Preserving art, literature, and philosophy will require no less than the creation of an environment totally and uncompromisingly committed to abolishing the linguistic alienation created by AI and reintroducing students to the indispensability of their own voice.“
Opinion | What I Learned Serving on My University’s AI Committee
What I learned serving on a university AI committee.
www.chronicle.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“Preserving art, literature, and philosophy will require no less than the creation of an environment totally and uncompromisingly committed to abolishing the linguistic alienation created by AI and reintroducing students to the indispensability of their own voice.“
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I’m tired of seeing takes claiming that educators who voice concerns about GenAI are burying our heads in the sand, or failing to adapt, or choosing to be misinformed about GenAI’s potential, or are ignorant of other technological shifts that have happened throughout history.
May 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I’m tired of seeing takes claiming that educators who voice concerns about GenAI are burying our heads in the sand, or failing to adapt, or choosing to be misinformed about GenAI’s potential, or are ignorant of other technological shifts that have happened throughout history.
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
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At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
April 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.
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This is why treating schools like job centers where employers can externalize the cost of training will always be a disservice to the public and the economy's long-term health.
its a cycle that happens a lot. Industry gets hot. everyone is told to go into it. by the time most of them graduate its been "hot"long enough for the labor pool to severely outstrip openings
April 22, 2025 at 4:06 PM
This is why treating schools like job centers where employers can externalize the cost of training will always be a disservice to the public and the economy's long-term health.
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How did we get from "Do not use Wikipedia as a source" to "ask hallucinating chatbot everything"?
April 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
How did we get from "Do not use Wikipedia as a source" to "ask hallucinating chatbot everything"?
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Curtailing people’s ability to read widely and carefully, to locate, assess, and compare different sources for themselves, and to write in their own voice about what they find and what it means, is arguably more effective than censorship. It is also one of the most obvious effects of generative AI.
April 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Curtailing people’s ability to read widely and carefully, to locate, assess, and compare different sources for themselves, and to write in their own voice about what they find and what it means, is arguably more effective than censorship. It is also one of the most obvious effects of generative AI.
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No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
April 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.
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Lesson: Bending the knee just makes it easier for them to kick you in the ass.
Exclusive: Weeks after President Donald Trump’s administration ordered NIH to pull $250 million in biomedical research grants to Columbia University, the agency is freezing all remaining grant money owed to the university until further notice. scim.ag/4if5Rg1
NIH freezes all research grants to Columbia University
Amid negotiations with Trump, the university could risk losing nearly $700 million
scim.ag
April 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Lesson: Bending the knee just makes it easier for them to kick you in the ass.
Special thanks to @swapnilrai.bsky.social and the PDC for organizing the extremely beneficial (and immensely packed) publishing & book proposal roundtable yesterday #scms25
April 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Special thanks to @swapnilrai.bsky.social and the PDC for organizing the extremely beneficial (and immensely packed) publishing & book proposal roundtable yesterday #scms25
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I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
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Breaking News: Senator Cory Booker’s speech criticizing President Trump has just become the longest speech in recorded Senate history.
Cory Booker Condemns Trump’s Policies in Longest Senate Speech on Record
The New Jersey senator, who had spent much of his last 24 hours on the Senate floor assailing the Trump administration, surpassed Senator Strom Thurmond’s speech in 1957.
www.nytimes.com
April 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Breaking News: Senator Cory Booker’s speech criticizing President Trump has just become the longest speech in recorded Senate history.
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Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
March 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺
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February 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Read it slowly and understand it. 😳🥺
Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾
Repost 👇🏾 👇🏾
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This games industry bloodbath is because of corporate mismanagement and pure, unrestrained avarice. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
February 25, 2025 at 7:47 PM
This games industry bloodbath is because of corporate mismanagement and pure, unrestrained avarice. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.
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Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off
February 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hey guys meta announced a new policy where they send a killer to get you so be sure to go to settings>my account > killer> disable killer to turn that off
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THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW IS UNION MADE!
Shout out to Kendrick Lamar, and all the performers and behind the scenes workers that made this go off without a hitch!
Shout out to Kendrick Lamar, and all the performers and behind the scenes workers that made this go off without a hitch!
February 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW IS UNION MADE!
Shout out to Kendrick Lamar, and all the performers and behind the scenes workers that made this go off without a hitch!
Shout out to Kendrick Lamar, and all the performers and behind the scenes workers that made this go off without a hitch!
This is why fan theorizing online is such an amazing, concerning development in contemporary TV
just read a Severance fan theory so insane that if it’s true I’ll be annoyed I spoiled it for myself and if it’s false I’ll be annoyed they missed an amazing idea
February 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is why fan theorizing online is such an amazing, concerning development in contemporary TV