jacob riyeff
@riyeff.bsky.social
translator, teacher, poet, frequenter of nature preserves, lover of very old poetry, non-tenure-track professor, benedictine oblate.
ubi spiritus? ubi fruitio?
ubi spiritus? ubi fruitio?
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AI in education is treated as the future of education when it actually represents very old ideas of individualized learning
November 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
AI in education is treated as the future of education when it actually represents very old ideas of individualized learning
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AI in education is being treated as an unbelievable, better-than-Covid opportunity for profitmaking by the exploitative, predatory, extractive edtech industry
November 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
AI in education is being treated as an unbelievable, better-than-Covid opportunity for profitmaking by the exploitative, predatory, extractive edtech industry
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The Times, specifically @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social, has in this joyful review kindly bestowed on my book Britain's highest description: "lovely"
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
Why does Q always need a U? A quirky guide to the alphabet
The letter A was once an ox’s head and O was an eye — you’ll never look at a keyboard the same way after reading Danny Bate’s fascinating linguistic history
www.thetimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The Times, specifically @jamesmcconnachie.bsky.social, has in this joyful review kindly bestowed on my book Britain's highest description: "lovely"
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
www.thetimes.com/culture/book...
i don't need to try it.
i really don't.
i really don't.
November 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM
i don't need to try it.
i really don't.
i really don't.
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This issue of Zeal has two Provocations & Occasions essay: one on teaching race in philosophy classes and one of resisting GAI to protect our students humanity by @dbuckedu.bsky.social.
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 PM
it's a general practice of mine not to post pictures of myself online. but exceptions can be made: it was great to see the new book, _contemplate_, as an object in the world!
coming out next month from @MonkfishBookPub.
www.monkfishpublishing.com/product/cont...
coming out next month from @MonkfishBookPub.
www.monkfishpublishing.com/product/cont...
November 14, 2025 at 8:08 PM
it's a general practice of mine not to post pictures of myself online. but exceptions can be made: it was great to see the new book, _contemplate_, as an object in the world!
coming out next month from @MonkfishBookPub.
www.monkfishpublishing.com/product/cont...
coming out next month from @MonkfishBookPub.
www.monkfishpublishing.com/product/cont...
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A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
A Year of Refusal
Maggie Fernandes, University of ArkansasMegan McIntyre, University of ArkansasJennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Francis Glenn Marciano on Pexels.com It’s been about a year …
refusinggenai.wordpress.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
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"Everyone should have the right to refuse to engage with technologies that harm them, their students, and the planet."
A new post on Refusing GenAI in Writing Studies from @jsanofranchini.bsky.social, @rcmeg.bsky.social, and me: "A Year of Refusal"
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
refusinggenai.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/a...
A Year of Refusal
Maggie Fernandes, University of ArkansasMegan McIntyre, University of ArkansasJennifer Sano-Franchini, West Virginia University Photo by Francis Glenn Marciano on Pexels.com It’s been about a year …
refusinggenai.wordpress.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:53 AM
"Everyone should have the right to refuse to engage with technologies that harm them, their students, and the planet."
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Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
cemasorbonne.org
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CEMA
cemasorbonne.org
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Bonjour, fellow medievalists! I'm very pleased to announce a conference on Beowulf next March at the @cema-su.bsky.social Sorbonne. I have the honour of joining Francis Leneghan in giving one of the keynotes. Link below has the CFP and registration info, please spread the word!
cemasorbonne.org
cemasorbonne.org
from the walk home. #milwaukee #plantwatching
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
from the walk home. #milwaukee #plantwatching
got to have my first taste of this thru the generosity of a friend (and their friend who gave them the bottle direct from france) last week. c'est magnifique!
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 AM
got to have my first taste of this thru the generosity of a friend (and their friend who gave them the bottle direct from france) last week. c'est magnifique!
just used "chatbotted" as a transitive verb.
November 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
just used "chatbotted" as a transitive verb.
to be a fly on the wall of an arian mass among the visigoths in the fifth century... holy cats!
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
to be a fly on the wall of an arian mass among the visigoths in the fifth century... holy cats!
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willingly does one entangle oneself in the love of bodies and vanity; but, willy-nilly, he is in agony of fear & pain when they perish, whether the material things themselves are taken away or they are discredited.
willingly does one entangle oneself in the love of bodies and vanity; but, willy-nilly, he is in agony of fear & pain when they perish, whether the material things themselves are taken away or they are discredited.
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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willingly does one entangle oneself in the love of bodies and vanity; but, willy-nilly, he is in agony of fear & pain when they perish, whether the material things themselves are taken away or they are discredited.
willingly does one entangle oneself in the love of bodies and vanity; but, willy-nilly, he is in agony of fear & pain when they perish, whether the material things themselves are taken away or they are discredited.
the sad and unflinching fixation on making the new thing or being aware of the making of the new thing, when we are already luminous.
November 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
the sad and unflinching fixation on making the new thing or being aware of the making of the new thing, when we are already luminous.
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I'll be giving a talk next Tuesday for the EUt+ webinar series on digital transformation:
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I'll be giving a talk next Tuesday for the EUt+ webinar series on digital transformation:
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
"Not the digital transformation you planned for: AI accelerationism versus decomputing"
Free registration: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
oh, before it slips away:
nones of november!
14th moon.
nones of november!
14th moon.
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
oh, before it slips away:
nones of november!
14th moon.
nones of november!
14th moon.
FINALLY into book xvi of gregory's moralia.
get with the program, riyeff, geez!
get with the program, riyeff, geez!
November 6, 2025 at 3:29 AM
FINALLY into book xvi of gregory's moralia.
get with the program, riyeff, geez!
get with the program, riyeff, geez!
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 AM
November 6, 2025 at 3:23 AM