Al Coppola
@qu1x0tical.bsky.social
18c Lit at John Jay CUNY. First book: Science, Spectacle, Stupidity. Lately, it's the little things.
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Here’s my bottom line on the firehose of AI higher ed discourse: for the vast majority for us it’s over. “It” here is not “college” or “teaching”’per se; rather, “it” is the transactional underpinning of those endeavors. Let me explain: 🧵
August 18, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Here’s my bottom line on the firehose of AI higher ed discourse: for the vast majority for us it’s over. “It” here is not “college” or “teaching”’per se; rather, “it” is the transactional underpinning of those endeavors. Let me explain: 🧵
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Instead of regurgitating the bromide that LLMs are just "autocomplete on steroids" (even by people who know better), maybe we can actually engage in some public education. The problem with genAI is better expressed through a classic computer science concept, known as SYMBOL GROUNDING. 🧵
August 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Instead of regurgitating the bromide that LLMs are just "autocomplete on steroids" (even by people who know better), maybe we can actually engage in some public education. The problem with genAI is better expressed through a classic computer science concept, known as SYMBOL GROUNDING. 🧵
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We are hiring a tenure track poet! I’m so excited / spread the word… wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
Assistant Professor of English
The Department of English at Wesleyan University seeks a published poet for a tenure-track appointment beginning July 1, 2026. Teaching responsibilities include two courses per semester in introductor...
wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
July 16, 2025 at 11:42 AM
We are hiring a tenure track poet! I’m so excited / spread the word… wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
This is a fantastic volume, so proud to be a part of it! I am especially glad to be part of the community of scholars working of 18c science and culture who have connected with each other through the ASECS science studies caucus
Thrilled to share that *Histories of Science* is finally out in the world! Dave and I are so grateful to @uvapress.bsky.social and have been honored to work with such brilliant contributors @tobiasmenely.bsky.social @aaronrhanlon.com @qu1x0tical.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is a fantastic volume, so proud to be a part of it! I am especially glad to be part of the community of scholars working of 18c science and culture who have connected with each other through the ASECS science studies caucus
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It’s summer and we’re all looking for beach reads. Fortunately the lesser-known works of 19c authors are often perfect for the beach. I asked o3 to find a few overlooked gems.
May 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
It’s summer and we’re all looking for beach reads. Fortunately the lesser-known works of 19c authors are often perfect for the beach. I asked o3 to find a few overlooked gems.
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you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
May 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
you know who else came from chicago and was on "a mission from god"
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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I don’t know who needs to hear this, but
With an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony, and the deep power of joy
We see into the life of things
With an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony, and the deep power of joy
We see into the life of things
May 7, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but
With an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony, and the deep power of joy
We see into the life of things
With an eye made quiet by the power
Of harmony, and the deep power of joy
We see into the life of things
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It’s so easy to vote in the @asecsoffice.bsky.social elections for the Executive Board! Let’s break some voter turnout records!
It's Saturday morning and we're at 19% voter turnout for the @asecsoffice.bsky.social Executive Board elections! asecs.org/about/electi...
February 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
It’s so easy to vote in the @asecsoffice.bsky.social elections for the Executive Board! Let’s break some voter turnout records!
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Hi all, The Doctor Is In is preparting for remote ASECS 2025. Our tentative schedule is:
Thurs 4/3 3pm-6pm PST/6pm-9pm EST/11pm-2am GMT
Fri 4/4 6am-9am PST/9am-12pm EST/2pm-5pm GMT
Please reply here if you can mentor.
Updates coming soon!
Thurs 4/3 3pm-6pm PST/6pm-9pm EST/11pm-2am GMT
Fri 4/4 6am-9am PST/9am-12pm EST/2pm-5pm GMT
Please reply here if you can mentor.
Updates coming soon!
February 21, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Hi all, The Doctor Is In is preparting for remote ASECS 2025. Our tentative schedule is:
Thurs 4/3 3pm-6pm PST/6pm-9pm EST/11pm-2am GMT
Fri 4/4 6am-9am PST/9am-12pm EST/2pm-5pm GMT
Please reply here if you can mentor.
Updates coming soon!
Thurs 4/3 3pm-6pm PST/6pm-9pm EST/11pm-2am GMT
Fri 4/4 6am-9am PST/9am-12pm EST/2pm-5pm GMT
Please reply here if you can mentor.
Updates coming soon!
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#asecs member friends, please don't forget to vote in the executive board elections! You should have gotten a reminder from Benita this morning.
February 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
#asecs member friends, please don't forget to vote in the executive board elections! You should have gotten a reminder from Benita this morning.
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Hello my ASECS friends! Just in from our ED @bcblessing.bsky.social that voter turnout for Board and presidential elections is at 39%. There’s still time—this week! Voting closes Friday Feb 28. Go vote!!!
February 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Hello my ASECS friends! Just in from our ED @bcblessing.bsky.social that voter turnout for Board and presidential elections is at 39%. There’s still time—this week! Voting closes Friday Feb 28. Go vote!!!
Another reminder for ASECS folks: elections for the Executive Board close THIS FRIDAY, and so far the response rate stands at 44%. Cast those ballots!
I'm up for one of the Member-at-Large positions, and of course I'd love your support, but the fact is that you can't go wrong whoever you choose.
I'm up for one of the Member-at-Large positions, and of course I'd love your support, but the fact is that you can't go wrong whoever you choose.
February 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Another reminder for ASECS folks: elections for the Executive Board close THIS FRIDAY, and so far the response rate stands at 44%. Cast those ballots!
I'm up for one of the Member-at-Large positions, and of course I'd love your support, but the fact is that you can't go wrong whoever you choose.
I'm up for one of the Member-at-Large positions, and of course I'd love your support, but the fact is that you can't go wrong whoever you choose.
ASECS friends! Today is the last day for early bird registration rates for this year's Virtual Annual Conference, which is being held March 28-30 and April 4-6. Hope to see you there?
February 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
ASECS friends! Today is the last day for early bird registration rates for this year's Virtual Annual Conference, which is being held March 28-30 and April 4-6. Hope to see you there?
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me: everyone prepare their christmas song?
guy who wrote jingle bells: mine is about bells & horses
me: aw ☺️
guy who wrote silver bells: mine is also mostly abt bells
me: oh. hm. thats fine
guy who wrote carol of the bells: [lighting match & running fingers through it] this world is a nightmare
guy who wrote jingle bells: mine is about bells & horses
me: aw ☺️
guy who wrote silver bells: mine is also mostly abt bells
me: oh. hm. thats fine
guy who wrote carol of the bells: [lighting match & running fingers through it] this world is a nightmare
December 5, 2024 at 9:42 PM
me: everyone prepare their christmas song?
guy who wrote jingle bells: mine is about bells & horses
me: aw ☺️
guy who wrote silver bells: mine is also mostly abt bells
me: oh. hm. thats fine
guy who wrote carol of the bells: [lighting match & running fingers through it] this world is a nightmare
guy who wrote jingle bells: mine is about bells & horses
me: aw ☺️
guy who wrote silver bells: mine is also mostly abt bells
me: oh. hm. thats fine
guy who wrote carol of the bells: [lighting match & running fingers through it] this world is a nightmare
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One of a kind gifts for all your tech friends www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...
November 25, 2024 at 3:53 PM
One of a kind gifts for all your tech friends www.etsy.com/shop/artolog...
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not everything is terrible - take this 19th century mechanical kaléidoscope for instance that just arrived! what a beauty.
November 26, 2024 at 5:04 PM
not everything is terrible - take this 19th century mechanical kaléidoscope for instance that just arrived! what a beauty.
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Epistemology for Tuesdays in November
November 5, 2024 at 6:03 PM
Epistemology for Tuesdays in November
Magnificent
New quilt! All made of home-dyed cyanotypes, with plants I collected.
It’s been about 2 years in the making, and I’m so pleased with how it’s coming out.
It’s been about 2 years in the making, and I’m so pleased with how it’s coming out.
November 2, 2024 at 9:22 AM
Magnificent
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Hoping for a Yankees loss tonight and then a century-long drought of world series titles so that a curse mythology gets built up around these two dipshits.
October 31, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Hoping for a Yankees loss tonight and then a century-long drought of world series titles so that a curse mythology gets built up around these two dipshits.
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yes me inscribing something completed on the work TO DO list just for the unmitigated pleasure of instantly crossing it off
October 28, 2024 at 8:18 PM
yes me inscribing something completed on the work TO DO list just for the unmitigated pleasure of instantly crossing it off
This is absolutely beautiful
“What is called the Anthropocene is just the recognition of the artificiality of the natural—like Burgundy itself, the land, and the wine.”
Great piece on Bruno Latour’s background and thinking (philosophical and religious; natural and artificial)
www.jhiblog.org/2024/10/28/a...
Great piece on Bruno Latour’s background and thinking (philosophical and religious; natural and artificial)
www.jhiblog.org/2024/10/28/a...
A Serious Man
by Steven Shapin
www.jhiblog.org
October 29, 2024 at 9:31 PM
This is absolutely beautiful
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We’ve lost Martin Mull and Teri Garr, which means we must protect Michael Keaton at all costs
October 29, 2024 at 8:34 PM
We’ve lost Martin Mull and Teri Garr, which means we must protect Michael Keaton at all costs
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It took me a second to read the map correctly. Very cool! What’s the range of the world’s tides? Source: https://buff.ly/3BVylfq
October 24, 2024 at 2:01 PM
It took me a second to read the map correctly. Very cool! What’s the range of the world’s tides? Source: https://buff.ly/3BVylfq