Marguerite Mayhall
@mkmayhall.bsky.social
Venezuelanist art historian, now studying the discourse on space & place, networks, bodies, & ‘the sacred.’ Interested in links betw prehistory, history, & consciousness. Thinking hard abt the ethics of AI.
Knitter, spinner.
I miss Caracas, though.
Knitter, spinner.
I miss Caracas, though.
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Marguerite Mayhall
@mkmayhall.bsky.social
· Dec 18
CFP - AI, Education, & Critical Thinking: Dispatches from the College Classroom www.pdcnet.org/inquiryct/Ca...
The issue's theme is the impact of AI on the higher education classroom. See the CFP for more information.
The issue's theme is the impact of AI on the higher education classroom. See the CFP for more information.
Calls for Submissions - Inquiry: Critical Thinking Across the Disciplines - Philosophy Documentation Center
www.pdcnet.org
We're taking submissions until 2 Oct 2026 so that people have time to design studies, gather data, etc. It'll be more of a historical snapshot by the time it's published, but useful nonetheless.
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So much of tech comms is trying to convince regular people that words don’t have any meaning.
Ring says it’s not giving ICE access to its cameras
Influencers are telling users to smash their doorbells
www.theverge.com
January 23, 2026 at 12:32 AM
So much of tech comms is trying to convince regular people that words don’t have any meaning.
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Reading this, I was shocked not only by the level of dependency on display here, but also by the lack of shame in that level of dependency.
Students pay a fortune to learn from us. The least they should expect is that we created teaching materials ourselves.
Students pay a fortune to learn from us. The least they should expect is that we created teaching materials ourselves.
January 23, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Reading this, I was shocked not only by the level of dependency on display here, but also by the lack of shame in that level of dependency.
Students pay a fortune to learn from us. The least they should expect is that we created teaching materials ourselves.
Students pay a fortune to learn from us. The least they should expect is that we created teaching materials ourselves.
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Analysis of 4841 papers accepted by NeurIPS 2025 show there are at least 100 with confirmed hallucinations 🙃 gptzero.me/news/neurips/
January 23, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Analysis of 4841 papers accepted by NeurIPS 2025 show there are at least 100 with confirmed hallucinations 🙃 gptzero.me/news/neurips/
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“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”
So, same as Canadians.
So, same as Canadians.
January 23, 2026 at 5:52 AM
“Danish citizens are organising a huge boycott that includes cancelling planned holidays in the US, cancelling subscriptions to on-demand services based in the US & more generally, recommending the use of EU services instead of those provided by American platforms.”
So, same as Canadians.
So, same as Canadians.
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10. It’s time to recognise how deeply weird this is, reserve our votes for people who give us what we want, and stop subscribing to media outlets that lie on behalf of oligarchs.
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At the root of all our problems stands one travesty: politicians’ surrender to the super-rich | George Monbiot
There are many excuses for failing to tax the ultra-wealthy. The truth is that governments don’t tackle the problem because they don’t want to, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:38 AM
10. It’s time to recognise how deeply weird this is, reserve our votes for people who give us what we want, and stop subscribing to media outlets that lie on behalf of oligarchs.
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
More on this subject, with facts and figures, in my most recent column: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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9. We’ve become so used to all this that we hardly notice it. But isn’t it extraordinary? Almost everyone wants one thing, and almost everyone who represents us – whether in politics or the media – wants the opposite. Yet we tell ourselves we live in a democracy.
January 23, 2026 at 11:37 AM
9. We’ve become so used to all this that we hardly notice it. But isn’t it extraordinary? Almost everyone wants one thing, and almost everyone who represents us – whether in politics or the media – wants the opposite. Yet we tell ourselves we live in a democracy.
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5. But – and here’s the astonishing thing – almost the entire political class is in Group 1. They fiercely resist what the great majority want. Where, in the manifestoes of the biggest parties in almost any country, including those once on the left, will you find a call to make billionaires history?
January 23, 2026 at 11:35 AM
5. But – and here’s the astonishing thing – almost the entire political class is in Group 1. They fiercely resist what the great majority want. Where, in the manifestoes of the biggest parties in almost any country, including those once on the left, will you find a call to make billionaires history?
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If we survive, one of the top priorities needs to be making sure shit like this never happens again
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM
If we survive, one of the top priorities needs to be making sure shit like this never happens again
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
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Career Advice Reminder | The LMS Is Dead; Long Live Online Teaching
Our online classes are built on outdated infrastructure. https://bit.ly/45n3PXD
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Our online classes are built on outdated infrastructure. https://bit.ly/45n3PXD
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
January 22, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Career Advice Reminder | The LMS Is Dead; Long Live Online Teaching
Our online classes are built on outdated infrastructure. https://bit.ly/45n3PXD
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
Our online classes are built on outdated infrastructure. https://bit.ly/45n3PXD
#EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd
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One last repost, for anyone who missed it.
"it is clear that the author...thinks the social dimension of writing philosophy is entirely dispensable; that the discipline descended from Socratic interlocution is now something that one does by oneself"
#philsky
cathoderayzone.com/acropolis/ph...
"it is clear that the author...thinks the social dimension of writing philosophy is entirely dispensable; that the discipline descended from Socratic interlocution is now something that one does by oneself"
#philsky
cathoderayzone.com/acropolis/ph...
Philosophy GPT - Cathode Ray Zone
That commercial AI bots like ChatGPT are the scourge of higher education is a well-rehearsed subject. If cheating was rampant before this technology came on the scene -- in the years prior to my retir...
cathoderayzone.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 PM
One last repost, for anyone who missed it.
"it is clear that the author...thinks the social dimension of writing philosophy is entirely dispensable; that the discipline descended from Socratic interlocution is now something that one does by oneself"
#philsky
cathoderayzone.com/acropolis/ph...
"it is clear that the author...thinks the social dimension of writing philosophy is entirely dispensable; that the discipline descended from Socratic interlocution is now something that one does by oneself"
#philsky
cathoderayzone.com/acropolis/ph...
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If you look at the polls, Americans are pretty pissed off at the rich. Like, historically pissed off.
I talked to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social about the history of populist backlashes for my newsletter
I talked to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social about the history of populist backlashes for my newsletter
Kevin Kruse on the history of populist backlashes
Kevin Kruse explains how Americans have pushed back against the rich throughout history.
madness.ghost.io
January 22, 2026 at 2:32 PM
If you look at the polls, Americans are pretty pissed off at the rich. Like, historically pissed off.
I talked to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social about the history of populist backlashes for my newsletter
I talked to @kevinmkruse.bsky.social about the history of populist backlashes for my newsletter
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The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...
U.S. makes exit from the WHO complete
The U.S. withdrawal from the WHO became official Thursday, formalizing a fissure between the Trump administration and the Geneva-based global health agency.
www.statnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 3:52 PM
The US withdrawal from #WHO became official today, leaving the world less prepared for dangerous disease outbreaks. “When that will bite us in the ass, it’s impossible to predict. But there is a 100% certainty that it will bite us in the ass,” one expert told me. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/u...
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The new work on ancient rock art from Sulawesi (>68,000 years old!) that's released today is accompanied by a great ARTE documentary on the project. Very neat to see this work featured for a wide audience. Here's a clip showing the oldest hand stencils.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-jv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-jv...
Sulawesi, l’île des premières images - Extrait 1 | Documentaire | ARTE.TV
YouTube video by ARTE Presse
www.youtube.com
January 21, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The new work on ancient rock art from Sulawesi (>68,000 years old!) that's released today is accompanied by a great ARTE documentary on the project. Very neat to see this work featured for a wide audience. Here's a clip showing the oldest hand stencils.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-jv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-jv...
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Periodic reminder: bsky.app/profile/hype...
I come back to this open letter (from 2020) a lot, and I’ll give it the last word. amazonemployees4climatejustice.medium.com/amazon-emplo...
January 21, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Periodic reminder: bsky.app/profile/hype...
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“Safety experts and tech critics have long condemned the Ring devices for security risks and privacy violations, not to mention their role in building the largest civilian surveillance network in US history.”
Fury as Amazon Ring Cameras Are Hooked Up to ICE System
Online activists are telling owners of Ring Doorbell cameras that it's time to get rid of their devices, which can be used by ICE.
futurism.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:28 PM
“Safety experts and tech critics have long condemned the Ring devices for security risks and privacy violations, not to mention their role in building the largest civilian surveillance network in US history.”
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For those cephalopod lovers among you, our new updated review of the evidence for cephalpod sentience has now been published in Biological Reviews. (Sadly the picture is of birds rather than cephalopods, as this is the journal cover!)
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
Sentience in cephalopod molluscs: an updated assessment
This article evaluates the evidence for sentience – the capacity to have feelings – in cephalopod molluscs: octopus, cuttlefish, squid, and nautilus. Our framework includes eight criteria, covering b...
doi.org
January 21, 2026 at 11:48 AM
For those cephalopod lovers among you, our new updated review of the evidence for cephalpod sentience has now been published in Biological Reviews. (Sadly the picture is of birds rather than cephalopods, as this is the journal cover!)
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
doi.org/10.1002/brv....
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“Make politics more like sports”
Yeah that’ll go GREAT
Yeah that’ll go GREAT
i talked to die-hard traders on Kalshi and Polymarket and spent some time in prediction market spaces on Discord and Reddit to try to understand how this techno-financial wild west is utterly flourishing right now www.npr.org/2026/01/17/n...
They quit their day jobs to bet on current events. A look inside the prediction market mania
Prediction market apps are thriving in Trump's second term, with traders betting on migrant deportations to election outcomes. A community of young, mostly male and very online traders are driving the...
www.npr.org
January 21, 2026 at 12:26 PM
“Make politics more like sports”
Yeah that’ll go GREAT
Yeah that’ll go GREAT
youtu.be/bghLhJ-c8os
Super excited for my Pre-Columbian class on the early Americas today, students have watched this and read an excerpt from 1491 by @charlescmann.bsky.social to prep. Also talking about presentism, digital literacy, and those fake Peruvian alien mummies.
Super excited for my Pre-Columbian class on the early Americas today, students have watched this and read an excerpt from 1491 by @charlescmann.bsky.social to prep. Also talking about presentism, digital literacy, and those fake Peruvian alien mummies.
Charles C. Mann: 1492 Before and After
YouTube video by Chicago Humanities
youtu.be
January 21, 2026 at 12:32 PM
youtu.be/bghLhJ-c8os
Super excited for my Pre-Columbian class on the early Americas today, students have watched this and read an excerpt from 1491 by @charlescmann.bsky.social to prep. Also talking about presentism, digital literacy, and those fake Peruvian alien mummies.
Super excited for my Pre-Columbian class on the early Americas today, students have watched this and read an excerpt from 1491 by @charlescmann.bsky.social to prep. Also talking about presentism, digital literacy, and those fake Peruvian alien mummies.
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More than half of CEOs report seeing neither increased revenue nor decreased costs from AI, despite massive investments in the technology, according to a PwC survey of 4,454 business leaders.
Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge
: PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savings
www.theregister.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:10 PM
More than half of CEOs report seeing neither increased revenue nor decreased costs from AI, despite massive investments in the technology, according to a PwC survey of 4,454 business leaders.
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I’ve seen a lot in my 26 years teaching in Saint Paul but today’s the first no school day due to the city being terrorized by the federal government
January 20, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I’ve seen a lot in my 26 years teaching in Saint Paul but today’s the first no school day due to the city being terrorized by the federal government
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I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:19 AM
I was present for the birth of the web, the explosion of personal sites, and the blogging revolution, and you know what we never had to do? Beg people to use our shit.
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the western alliance was born in the fires of the most catastrophic conflict in the history of the world. republicans are spitting on the graves of the dead. these men and women are human filth.
Genuinely insane we are living in a world where the Danish have to deploy a battlegroup to protect themselves against America. Makes my blood turn molten, honestly
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January 20, 2026 at 10:32 PM
the western alliance was born in the fires of the most catastrophic conflict in the history of the world. republicans are spitting on the graves of the dead. these men and women are human filth.
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Look who just endorsed the January 23 Minnesota-wide shutdown to protest the federal assault! “No work, no school, no shopping.”
January 21, 2026 at 2:41 AM
Look who just endorsed the January 23 Minnesota-wide shutdown to protest the federal assault! “No work, no school, no shopping.”
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For @flaminghydra.com I wrote about the most riveting book I've read so far this year, which is, of course, a 624-page guide to New York City written in 1939 by a branch of the Works Progress Administration as part of a New Deal program to employ out-of-work writers flaminghydra.com/new-york-for...
New York, Forever Lost and Found
When I first moved to New York in 2009, the very first night I lay down to sleep in a coffin-narrow room in Harlem, I had a maddening sense of wonderful things happening just out of my reach: all the ...
flaminghydra.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:02 AM
For @flaminghydra.com I wrote about the most riveting book I've read so far this year, which is, of course, a 624-page guide to New York City written in 1939 by a branch of the Works Progress Administration as part of a New Deal program to employ out-of-work writers flaminghydra.com/new-york-for...