Rachel Lee Cherry
@rachelleecherry.com
Higher ed data nerd (Michigan State), band mom, cycling obsessed triathlete. Thanks to my dogs, vacuuming is my true passion.
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Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.
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this is the guy who wants an AI Dead Nan
December 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
this is the guy who wants an AI Dead Nan
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Big Tech’s PR work around AI has been a masterclass in how not to communicate with the public about technology
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Big Tech’s PR work around AI has been a masterclass in how not to communicate with the public about technology
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As an editor, I advise every author that includes HP references in their books to cut them. you don't need to do this, and being cutesy about it just means you knew better but did it anyways.
December 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
As an editor, I advise every author that includes HP references in their books to cut them. you don't need to do this, and being cutesy about it just means you knew better but did it anyways.
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I remember a Cracked article that pointed out kids have been doing "memes" since before we even had the internet. People in the comments are pointing out "Kilroy was here" is a meme, which has been around since at least 1940.
Not only is it not a problem, this has been around for AGES.
Not only is it not a problem, this has been around for AGES.
Sometimes people are like "aren't you worried about the kids and their nonsensical new brainrot memes"
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
But like, the thing is, I can still spot a member of my internet generation by how they respond to "badger badger badger badger"
Playing with language and rhythm is fun, it'll be fine!
One of the things we've enjoyed the most about the six-seven phenomenon is the way it comes with a gesture, which we've also seen represented in emoji form as:
🫴 six-seven 🫳
🫴 six-seven 🫳
December 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I remember a Cracked article that pointed out kids have been doing "memes" since before we even had the internet. People in the comments are pointing out "Kilroy was here" is a meme, which has been around since at least 1940.
Not only is it not a problem, this has been around for AGES.
Not only is it not a problem, this has been around for AGES.
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If I assign students a reading from Proquest Ebook Central via my university library, they immediately see an AI "Research assistant" that offers a 1-paragraph summary of the 15-pp chapter, plus "key takeaways" & "concepts."
There's even a handy "copy" button to past that info into your paper!
There's even a handy "copy" button to past that info into your paper!
December 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If I assign students a reading from Proquest Ebook Central via my university library, they immediately see an AI "Research assistant" that offers a 1-paragraph summary of the 15-pp chapter, plus "key takeaways" & "concepts."
There's even a handy "copy" button to past that info into your paper!
There's even a handy "copy" button to past that info into your paper!
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Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
www.icrc.org/en/article/i...
Important notice: AI-generated archival references
www.icrc.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Folks might not know a lot of people are getting *very* upset that the materials they request are not available in the libraries/archives they're requesting from.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
We're getting lots here at the Library of Virginia: requests of documents likely surfaced by large language models that *do not exist*.
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Ideology as aesthetics strikes again.
@drkath.bsky.social studied this very question and found that yes Times New Roman is perceived as more conservative and sans serif fonts as more liberal- (likely because they are seen as less traditional and more modern):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@drkath.bsky.social studied this very question and found that yes Times New Roman is perceived as more conservative and sans serif fonts as more liberal- (likely because they are seen as less traditional and more modern):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Ideology as aesthetics strikes again.
@drkath.bsky.social studied this very question and found that yes Times New Roman is perceived as more conservative and sans serif fonts as more liberal- (likely because they are seen as less traditional and more modern):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@drkath.bsky.social studied this very question and found that yes Times New Roman is perceived as more conservative and sans serif fonts as more liberal- (likely because they are seen as less traditional and more modern):
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Maybe this is a conversation we need every 10 yrs in a consumer-driven capitalist society. Purely transactional relationship is an inappropriate model for ed & for healthcare too. It’s also anathema to religion, despite the “prosperity gospel” charlatans. What makes us human isn’t measured in ROI.
December 9, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Maybe this is a conversation we need every 10 yrs in a consumer-driven capitalist society. Purely transactional relationship is an inappropriate model for ed & for healthcare too. It’s also anathema to religion, despite the “prosperity gospel” charlatans. What makes us human isn’t measured in ROI.
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Haha damn, McDonald’s and the ad agency took down that awful AI ad because of the relentless mockery. Serves those fuckers right! 🙏 futurism.com/artificial-i...
McDonald's Pulls Down AI-Generated Holiday Ad After Deluge of Mockery
McDonald's Netherlands is catching flak for a stupefying AI-generated video, which was roundly condemned on social media.
futurism.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Haha damn, McDonald’s and the ad agency took down that awful AI ad because of the relentless mockery. Serves those fuckers right! 🙏 futurism.com/artificial-i...
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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Nothing worse than signing an email "warm regards" and getting a reply with "warmest regards". Oh, now it's ON.
"kindest regards" alright alright calm down
December 9, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Nothing worse than signing an email "warm regards" and getting a reply with "warmest regards". Oh, now it's ON.
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it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
it intensely angers me every time I open a book PDF in Acrobat and the software reminds me that I’m reading a Long Document and gee, wouldn’t I prefer a summary instead
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
I am not a first grade child who requires the easy-reader version of big kid books, demon machine
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jingle horses need a union
December 8, 2025 at 10:48 PM
jingle horses need a union
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Winter is one of the best times to educate people about car-centric policies because when it's snowy you can clearly see how little our cities care about anyone not traveling in a car. Even if you're not some activist, someone walking in winter can appreciate how much an unplowed sidewalk sucks.
This was a choice, not by the person walking but by the decision makers who refuse to prioritize them.
Photo Credit: D_S_J_
Photo Credit: D_S_J_
December 8, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Winter is one of the best times to educate people about car-centric policies because when it's snowy you can clearly see how little our cities care about anyone not traveling in a car. Even if you're not some activist, someone walking in winter can appreciate how much an unplowed sidewalk sucks.
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Amazing how this keeps being relevant.
What’s so, so fucking stupid is how often these dickhead techbros with too much money, who’ve never been told once that they aren’t as smart as they think they are, are trying to take SOLVED PROBLEMS and attack them from first principles - with zero knowledge of, or interest in, the subject matter.
remember that weird little Titan submersible that imploded, killing some billionaires last year? well, the US Coast Guard released more documentation, including photos, so let's take a look! 🧵
December 7, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Amazing how this keeps being relevant.
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Really important thread 👇, to which I would add that we need to consider overlap of 1.) endowment managers of the NYU model, 2.) owners of EdTech platforms for student surveillance discussed here, & 3.) private equity capture of NCAA football undergoing chaotic privatization.
Two articles that explain what weird vision the Chronicle class of higher ed executives is chasing everywhere all at once in the new dispensation.
1) Everyone wants to be the SEC, now that the NYU model of growth via real estate speculation, fed-funded research, grad-degree retail sales has failed
1) Everyone wants to be the SEC, now that the NYU model of growth via real estate speculation, fed-funded research, grad-degree retail sales has failed
How SEC Universities Won the Enrollment Wars
The ascendance of Southern flagships is a story of sun, football, and a sophisticated recruitment strategy.
www.chronicle.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Really important thread 👇, to which I would add that we need to consider overlap of 1.) endowment managers of the NYU model, 2.) owners of EdTech platforms for student surveillance discussed here, & 3.) private equity capture of NCAA football undergoing chaotic privatization.
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The SEC model - aggressive, loss-leading investments in athletics, the abandonment of any kind of commitment to inquiry, the roll-out of new (automated, quietly implemented, algorithmic) censorship regimes mediated by enterprise software…that’s all now VERY visible locally.
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The SEC model - aggressive, loss-leading investments in athletics, the abandonment of any kind of commitment to inquiry, the roll-out of new (automated, quietly implemented, algorithmic) censorship regimes mediated by enterprise software…that’s all now VERY visible locally.
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Oh man. So happy to see this pop up in my feed again.
December 7, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Oh man. So happy to see this pop up in my feed again.
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It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
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Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.
When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
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::tips hat::
December 7, 2025 at 6:03 AM
::tips hat::
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I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
December 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I fucking love memes you can understand through the language barrier, holy shit
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One of the essential projects of humanity is building a world in which appropriate resources and energy are directed toward a million crucial problems so the rest of us can go to bed knowing they're being handled.
The collapse of that project specifically is perhaps the great tragedy of our age.
The collapse of that project specifically is perhaps the great tragedy of our age.
Even as a Millennial TurboLiberal for whom this website is made I have to admit I get pretty tired of reading about one trillion problems I neither understand nor can solve. "THOUSANDS of octopi are dying off the coast of Madagascar" alright I'm not in charge of that. That's not my job.
December 6, 2025 at 4:42 PM
One of the essential projects of humanity is building a world in which appropriate resources and energy are directed toward a million crucial problems so the rest of us can go to bed knowing they're being handled.
The collapse of that project specifically is perhaps the great tragedy of our age.
The collapse of that project specifically is perhaps the great tragedy of our age.
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THIS IS THE BBC, SEND SOMEONE OUT TO THE FUCKING BRIDGE
To be fair, it's almost impossible to tell what parts of that image of a destroyed bridge may have been changed from the image of a completely intact bridge without specialist help.
December 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
THIS IS THE BBC, SEND SOMEONE OUT TO THE FUCKING BRIDGE