Mrs. Senior
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Mother, wife, loving my crone era. English teacher fighting the good fight.
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“What would we do with a human who was running around acting like a suicide coach? Or pretending to be a therapist when they’re not? How would we hold *them* accountable?”
Another day, another story of ChatGPT leading a user into dangerous mental health situations.
How many such stories and cases will be enough to actually get politicians to do something? Or to get universities to stop pushing this onto students?
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
How many such stories and cases will be enough to actually get politicians to do something? Or to get universities to stop pushing this onto students?
www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic...
‘A world-saving mission’: Ontario man alleges ChatGPT drove him to psychosis
When Allan Brooks asked A.I. chatbot, ChatGPT a simple math question for his son, he didn’t expect it to turn into a more than a three-week conversation that would send him down a mental spiral and ma...
www.ctvnews.ca
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 AM
“What would we do with a human who was running around acting like a suicide coach? Or pretending to be a therapist when they’re not? How would we hold *them* accountable?”
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just used "chatbotted" as a transitive verb.
November 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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There should be mandatory Terminator movie screenings for all these AI obsessives. SkyNet is watching!!!!
October 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
There should be mandatory Terminator movie screenings for all these AI obsessives. SkyNet is watching!!!!
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Inspired by @marcwatkins.bsky.social and wanting to share his piece with my newsletter subscribers, I put my two cents in. open.substack.com/pub/engagede...
October 10, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Inspired by @marcwatkins.bsky.social and wanting to share his piece with my newsletter subscribers, I put my two cents in. open.substack.com/pub/engagede...
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The reason a lot of white people can operate in the privilege of a comment like “we used to be able to have dissenting opinions & now they break friendships” is because the people of color in the room had to be silent in order to remain in the room safely.
October 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The reason a lot of white people can operate in the privilege of a comment like “we used to be able to have dissenting opinions & now they break friendships” is because the people of color in the room had to be silent in order to remain in the room safely.
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ChatGPT is "a clear-cut moral abomination and a logical culmination of modern surveillance capitalism. It is the direct result of tech companies producing products that seek to extract attention and value from vulnerable users, and then harming them grievously."
Educators, we must refuse OpenAI.
Educators, we must refuse OpenAI.
Regarding the tragic death of Adam Raine, there are already narratives forming that blame vague "dangers of AI" or a broader moral panic.
But this is not a story about the faceless perils of superintelligence. It's about a $500 billion tech company's core software product encouraging child suicide.
But this is not a story about the faceless perils of superintelligence. It's about a $500 billion tech company's core software product encouraging child suicide.
A $500 billion tech company's core software product is encouraging child suicide
It sounds horrific. It should. Let's be clear about the material circumstances of what's happening rather than handwaving about 'the dangers of AI'
www.bloodinthemachine.com
August 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
ChatGPT is "a clear-cut moral abomination and a logical culmination of modern surveillance capitalism. It is the direct result of tech companies producing products that seek to extract attention and value from vulnerable users, and then harming them grievously."
Educators, we must refuse OpenAI.
Educators, we must refuse OpenAI.
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Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
La. regulators approve Entergy power plants for Meta’s AI data center
Louisiana Public Service Commissioners voted four to one to approve Entergy’s three new gas plants to power Meta’s largest-ever data center.
www.kplctv.com
August 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
Y'all this isn't sustainable.
Kylene's writing has had such an important impact on my teaching.
We are heartbroken to share the news of Kylene Beers' passing. Our thoughts are with her family at this time. Kylene's legacy lives on in her words and the impact she made on education. Kylene was dedicated to teachers and to students. We'll share more in the coming days:
June 21, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Kylene's writing has had such an important impact on my teaching.
Didn't think I could love libraries more but then I read this. 🥰
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
Libraries are so committed to patron privacy that our ILS software is designed to keep a patron’s borrowing history out of reach of everyone but the patron. And that includes children, who are patrons like anyone else. 📚
Libraries are so committed to patron privacy that our ILS software is designed to keep a patron’s borrowing history out of reach of everyone but the patron. And that includes children, who are patrons like anyone else. 📚
What is common knowledge in your field, but shocks outsiders?
In general, it takes about 1000 years to form 1cm of new soil.
In general, it takes about 1000 years to form 1cm of new soil.
June 18, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Didn't think I could love libraries more but then I read this. 🥰
People are often surprised that I would dog ear, or break the spine, or weed a collection. Books are objects. Their ideas are what's important.
i manage collection development at my library. my email signature includes Ranganathan’s 5th Law of Library Science: “A library is a growing organism.” it consumes & excretes.
my library is not a museum. books have a life cycle. my building has finite space.
i weed with joy and without remorse. 📚
my library is not a museum. books have a life cycle. my building has finite space.
i weed with joy and without remorse. 📚
Weeding discourse - yet another topic that never seems to die. 🤦♀️ Why can people not accept that librarians know how to do our jobs and don’t just chuck stuff away for shits and giggles?
June 8, 2025 at 1:40 AM
People are often surprised that I would dog ear, or break the spine, or weed a collection. Books are objects. Their ideas are what's important.
I just started it today. Definitely not my usual genre but it's very readable!
Super interesting commentary by @biblioracle.bsky.social, I look forward to reading the book
FYI to Demis Hassabis: We're not going to colonize the galaxy. We're not even going to colonize Mars. biblioracle.substack.com/p/were-not-g...
June 5, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I just started it today. Definitely not my usual genre but it's very readable!
1000%
Yep.
You can say maybe we shouldn’t teach kids how to use an untested, unregulated thing that exploits workers, steals work, consumes a huge amount of limited resources, will hasten climate change, could lead to widespread job losses, makes up crap and presents it as facts, can be used to spread…
June 5, 2025 at 1:32 AM
1000%
I hate how I feel less anxious when I make a to-do list and then complete it. 🤣🤣
June 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I hate how I feel less anxious when I make a to-do list and then complete it. 🤣🤣
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"For this week's London Question, we've spoken to the women who enjoy the Hampstead Ladies' Pond about how they feel regarding self-ID and trans inclusion".
None of them give a fuck.
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None of them give a fuck.
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May 12, 2025 at 12:06 PM
"For this week's London Question, we've spoken to the women who enjoy the Hampstead Ladies' Pond about how they feel regarding self-ID and trans inclusion".
None of them give a fuck.
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None of them give a fuck.
www.instagram.com/p/DJb3XFFpBK...
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a lot of the talk about AI in the humanities seems to leave out the notion of pleasure in having ideas which is a real shame
April 27, 2025 at 6:21 PM
a lot of the talk about AI in the humanities seems to leave out the notion of pleasure in having ideas which is a real shame
Literally just said to a colleague last week that I get through about half what they do. My classroom is not a widget factory. The assembly line allowed us to make more widgets, not send everyone home early. Efficiency is not the goal in an English classroom!
I'm starting to realize that a lot of folks (too many?) in education think of "efficiency" as something that helps with learning whereas I'm over here trying to intentionally create friction...
April 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Literally just said to a colleague last week that I get through about half what they do. My classroom is not a widget factory. The assembly line allowed us to make more widgets, not send everyone home early. Efficiency is not the goal in an English classroom!
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Even though I’m well aware of the policies he’s been proposing for a while now, I'm still kind of shocked at just how openly dystopian Poilievre is willing to sound when talking about his 'tough on crime' proposals in this debate.
April 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Even though I’m well aware of the policies he’s been proposing for a while now, I'm still kind of shocked at just how openly dystopian Poilievre is willing to sound when talking about his 'tough on crime' proposals in this debate.
I've started reading Vanity Fair. It's going to really throw off my reading stats. Can I count it as 4 books??
April 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I've started reading Vanity Fair. It's going to really throw off my reading stats. Can I count it as 4 books??
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As Pacific Palisades is burning in California, let’s not forget that a significant number of those wildland firefighters are incarcerated.
This fire reminds me a bit of the Jesusita Fire in 2009, a wildfire that I fought while I was in prison.
This fire reminds me a bit of the Jesusita Fire in 2009, a wildfire that I fought while I was in prison.
January 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
As Pacific Palisades is burning in California, let’s not forget that a significant number of those wildland firefighters are incarcerated.
This fire reminds me a bit of the Jesusita Fire in 2009, a wildfire that I fought while I was in prison.
This fire reminds me a bit of the Jesusita Fire in 2009, a wildfire that I fought while I was in prison.
Is Moose Knuckles 2: Knuckles Deep available on CBC Gem? #Goldenglobes
January 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Is Moose Knuckles 2: Knuckles Deep available on CBC Gem? #Goldenglobes
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Tonight's game summary.
January 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Tonight's game summary.
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So many people who call themselves “tough” are just numbed out, lacking social awareness, and able to dissociate at an expert level. You’re not tough. Your connection to humanity in yourself and others is hanging by a frayed thread. That’s actually extremely fragile.
January 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
So many people who call themselves “tough” are just numbed out, lacking social awareness, and able to dissociate at an expert level. You’re not tough. Your connection to humanity in yourself and others is hanging by a frayed thread. That’s actually extremely fragile.
Brought my husband to Nosferatu and his takeaway was seeing the aftermath of your wife banging a corpse may be a deal breaker marriage-wise. He wasn't a fan. 😬🤣
December 28, 2024 at 2:43 AM
Brought my husband to Nosferatu and his takeaway was seeing the aftermath of your wife banging a corpse may be a deal breaker marriage-wise. He wasn't a fan. 😬🤣
Made my copy of the 2025 reading log. bookriot.com/introducing-...
Introducing the 2025 Reading Log!
Keep track of all things to do with your reading—from author and genre to book source and publisher—with our 2025 reading log.
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December 22, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Made my copy of the 2025 reading log. bookriot.com/introducing-...
I want to forward this to every district decision maker.
To be clear, I am concerned about students using AI as a shortcut to learning—but that concern is sort of being "gaslit" by the messaging/choices by so many adults in education:
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"Back in my day, teachers used to grade the essays..."
What I'm increasingly worried about as a high school English teacher
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December 21, 2024 at 1:23 PM
I want to forward this to every district decision maker.