Anne Lutz Fernandez
@lutzfernandez.bsky.social
Ex-banker, marketer, & English teacher: pick your ad hominem. Co-author of nonfiction books Carjacked & Schooled. Cranky in the AM.
Newsletter: https://nobody-wants-this.ghost.io/
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Resisting School AI Mania Help Sheet
Help Sheet: Resisting AI Mania in Schools K-12 educators are under increasing pressure to use—and have students use—a wide range of AI tools. (The term “AI” is used loosely here, just as it is by man...
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I've updated my document that tackles four of the common arguments used to encourage teachers to use AI.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
I hope this will be helpful to those educators wanting to push back on AI mania.
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5 years ago, I sat on Zoom school with students who were confused & scared by what they watched unfold. It was important then & it's more important now that we tell the truth. The whole truth: the white supremacist terrorists who attacked the United States Capitol are free, emboldened,
January 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
5 years ago, I sat on Zoom school with students who were confused & scared by what they watched unfold. It was important then & it's more important now that we tell the truth. The whole truth: the white supremacist terrorists who attacked the United States Capitol are free, emboldened,
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BREAKING: Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws, including the first U.S. ban on pill abortions.
Abortion stays legal in Wyoming as its top court strikes down laws, including first US pill ban
Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws including the nation’s first explicit ban on abortion pills.
bit.ly
January 6, 2026 at 5:01 PM
BREAKING: Abortion will remain legal in Wyoming after the state Supreme Court struck down laws, including the first U.S. ban on pill abortions.
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High Pentagon spending has boosted inequality and paved the way for authoritarianism, writes Costs of War co-founder @cathylutz.bsky.social and @lutzfernandez.bsky.social. www.commondreams.org/opinion/auth...
Authoritarianism Feeds on a Bloated Military Budget | Common Dreams
Squeezed domestic spending and extravagant military spending have widened inequality, with dire consequences for democracy.
www.commondreams.org
January 6, 2026 at 3:42 PM
High Pentagon spending has boosted inequality and paved the way for authoritarianism, writes Costs of War co-founder @cathylutz.bsky.social and @lutzfernandez.bsky.social. www.commondreams.org/opinion/auth...
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Trump openly told oil execs in 2024 that he'd govern in their naked financial interests if they raised $1 billion for his campaign. He's now taking this further, telling them they'll reap great riches if they buy into his vision of imperial hemispheric dominance. 5/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
January 6, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Trump openly told oil execs in 2024 that he'd govern in their naked financial interests if they raised $1 billion for his campaign. He's now taking this further, telling them they'll reap great riches if they buy into his vision of imperial hemispheric dominance. 5/
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
newrepublic.com/article/2049...
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The explanations are always so vague! We're repeatedly told that 1) using LLMs are very easy and helpful but 2) students need early exposure and years of practice. It can't be both.
January 6, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The explanations are always so vague! We're repeatedly told that 1) using LLMs are very easy and helpful but 2) students need early exposure and years of practice. It can't be both.
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They bombed an apartment building! They killed 80 people that we know about!
Many journos & pundits feel obliged to praise--even as they critique the purpose(s) of the Venezuela war--the competence of the military operation. How does that not make it *worse*? It seems quite bad that we a highly competent, gigantic, overfunded military ready to serve these chaos agents.
January 6, 2026 at 2:16 PM
They bombed an apartment building! They killed 80 people that we know about!
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HISTORY TEACHING IS HARD BUT ALSO USEFUL
five years ago today a mob, stoked by rightwing elites, violently stormed the capitol. lately I've been thinking a lot about history, teaching, and how my students scarcely remember a time before the grip of trumpism: www.liberalcurrents.com/to-my-studen... @liberalcurrents.com
To My Students on the Anniversary of January 6
The political violence of the Trump era is all today's teenagers have ever known.
www.liberalcurrents.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
HISTORY TEACHING IS HARD BUT ALSO USEFUL
Chavez out-Trumping Trump from the grave.
“Do they even have what they say they do? ..
“.. John Arnold, the well known former energy hedge fund manager, yesterday on X basically said the 300 billion barrel reserve claim was made up to Hugo Chavez ..”
- Boockvar
“.. John Arnold, the well known former energy hedge fund manager, yesterday on X basically said the 300 billion barrel reserve claim was made up to Hugo Chavez ..”
- Boockvar
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Chavez out-Trumping Trump from the grave.
Many journos & pundits feel obliged to praise--even as they critique the purpose(s) of the Venezuela war--the competence of the military operation. How does that not make it *worse*? It seems quite bad that we a highly competent, gigantic, overfunded military ready to serve these chaos agents.
January 6, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Many journos & pundits feel obliged to praise--even as they critique the purpose(s) of the Venezuela war--the competence of the military operation. How does that not make it *worse*? It seems quite bad that we a highly competent, gigantic, overfunded military ready to serve these chaos agents.
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January 6, 2026 at 12:22 PM
When the January 6 anniversary is buried under other news because the madman who provoked it is back in power and on an international spree of crime, violence, seizure, and chaos.
January 6, 2026 at 11:56 AM
When the January 6 anniversary is buried under other news because the madman who provoked it is back in power and on an international spree of crime, violence, seizure, and chaos.
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The whole issue is pretty great! rethinkingschools.org/magazine/
January 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
The whole issue is pretty great! rethinkingschools.org/magazine/
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really fantastic job opportunity for folks with editorial experience (relatedly, if y’all are ever in the market for a labor reporter, PLEASE lmk @19thnews.org!) 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...
We're hiring an Editor
The 19th is hiring an editor to work closely with the editorial director to assign, shape, edit and publish stories to fulfill The 19th’s mission of serving women and LGBTQ+ people with timely, high-q...
19thnews.org
January 6, 2026 at 12:50 AM
really fantastic job opportunity for folks with editorial experience (relatedly, if y’all are ever in the market for a labor reporter, PLEASE lmk @19thnews.org!) 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...
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e.g. a mere five days ago: www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Read Jack Smith's full deposition on the decision to indict Trump
The 255-page document, released on the last day of 2025, accounts for some eight hours of testimony.
www.pbs.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:42 PM
e.g. a mere five days ago: www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...
Imagine if we had a Congress to represent us.
Ask Americans — they don't want a war on Venezuela
Reports say the president is preparing to attack, as lawmakers ignore their constituents and refuse to stand in the way
responsiblestatecraft.org
January 5, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Imagine if we had a Congress to represent us.
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LLM's provide a simulacrum of what it looks like to "know" something. ChatGPT can not "know," only humans can "know." And "knowing" is a mysterious, precious, unfolding thing...and it used to be the reason why many people went to college, because they wanted to experience "knowing" new things.
January 4, 2026 at 4:47 PM
LLM's provide a simulacrum of what it looks like to "know" something. ChatGPT can not "know," only humans can "know." And "knowing" is a mysterious, precious, unfolding thing...and it used to be the reason why many people went to college, because they wanted to experience "knowing" new things.
This is quite interesting.
Second: getting a richer view into what people thought in the past* and how expectations, belief and daily life have shifted over the years
*look, yes, I have my own thoughts about 1998 being "the past"
*look, yes, I have my own thoughts about 1998 being "the past"
Guys, I found a poll from 1998 in the @ropercenter.bsky.social archives about their predictions for the year 2025 www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
January 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
This is quite interesting.
January 5, 2026 at 2:09 PM
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This bit is so important:
January 4, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This bit is so important:
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Republicans ban books for fear a fifteen-year-old might read The Bluest Eye.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
Elon Musk's Grok AI floods X with sexualized photos of women and minors
When contacted by Reuters for comment by email, xAI replied with the message "Legacy Media Lies."
www.reuters.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Republicans ban books for fear a fifteen-year-old might read The Bluest Eye.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
Meanwhile, the GOP's biggest donor has built an international salad shooter of child porn and Nazi propaganda, and Republicans are silent.
The post-9/11 wars continue to cost us to the tune of $8 trillion.
Don’t worry, those countries we bombed and invaded paid for it too. At least 409K civilians were killed directly, 3.6M indirectly. 38M were displaced.
Don’t worry, those countries we bombed and invaded paid for it too. At least 409K civilians were killed directly, 3.6M indirectly. 38M were displaced.
January 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
The post-9/11 wars continue to cost us to the tune of $8 trillion.
Don’t worry, those countries we bombed and invaded paid for it too. At least 409K civilians were killed directly, 3.6M indirectly. 38M were displaced.
Don’t worry, those countries we bombed and invaded paid for it too. At least 409K civilians were killed directly, 3.6M indirectly. 38M were displaced.
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The fossil fuel companies are insisting they're not interested in increasing oil extraction in Venezuela but their investors / shareholders don't seem to believe them
January 5, 2026 at 11:14 AM
The fossil fuel companies are insisting they're not interested in increasing oil extraction in Venezuela but their investors / shareholders don't seem to believe them
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It can only only be "gender-affirming care" if it comes from the non-white cis region of gender. Otherwise, it's just a sparkling cosmetic.
January 5, 2026 at 11:27 AM
It can only only be "gender-affirming care" if it comes from the non-white cis region of gender. Otherwise, it's just a sparkling cosmetic.
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this is one of those elon musk situations where it seems like he's running a diabolical seven dimensional postmodern pr strategy until you realize the guy's brains are actually leaking out his ears
January 4, 2026 at 11:45 PM
this is one of those elon musk situations where it seems like he's running a diabolical seven dimensional postmodern pr strategy until you realize the guy's brains are actually leaking out his ears