Gilliann
@shoegazer.bsky.social
Writing Center coordinator. Petter of cats. Writer sometimes. She/her 🏳️🌈
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Every ai booster believes that college is about doing homework. They think there’s a homework goblin that pays the colleges for their homework. Their dream is that they can have a machine that you can pay $75,000 to and receive a college degree from in four years.
December 3, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Every ai booster believes that college is about doing homework. They think there’s a homework goblin that pays the colleges for their homework. Their dream is that they can have a machine that you can pay $75,000 to and receive a college degree from in four years.
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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hot take : LLM are a dead end in term of artificial intelligence. the fact that some people look at it and are like "yes this is how the brain and intelligence work" just shows how little we know about ourselves.
u need so much more to make something "intelligent", and not just trained.
u need so much more to make something "intelligent", and not just trained.
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
hot take : LLM are a dead end in term of artificial intelligence. the fact that some people look at it and are like "yes this is how the brain and intelligence work" just shows how little we know about ourselves.
u need so much more to make something "intelligent", and not just trained.
u need so much more to make something "intelligent", and not just trained.
Just saw some hashtag about “ai art community” and it is genuinely hilarious to call yourself an artist. Sorry man telling something to “draw you a cat” isn’t you doing art. Please learn a real skill.
November 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Just saw some hashtag about “ai art community” and it is genuinely hilarious to call yourself an artist. Sorry man telling something to “draw you a cat” isn’t you doing art. Please learn a real skill.
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every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
November 12, 2025 at 10:41 PM
every few years it's revealed that the NYT was sitting on information about some horrific thing that public knowledge of would have changed the country's course and for some reason a ton of people still give them money. you can play those games on other sites
Is there a block list for AI slop accounts?
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Is there a block list for AI slop accounts?
Nobody wanted Democrats to cave so naturally they’re just deciding to do it. Would be nice if they listened to what their voters are saying instead though.
November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Nobody wanted Democrats to cave so naturally they’re just deciding to do it. Would be nice if they listened to what their voters are saying instead though.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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just had the realization that the type of person who enjoys making ai art is someone who prioritizes it’s consumption, while those who dislikes ai art is someone who values the act of creating art
November 7, 2025 at 12:45 AM
just had the realization that the type of person who enjoys making ai art is someone who prioritizes it’s consumption, while those who dislikes ai art is someone who values the act of creating art
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it's crazy that if you're a cat, your only two life outcomes are eating out of a trash can or getting treated like a little baby
October 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
it's crazy that if you're a cat, your only two life outcomes are eating out of a trash can or getting treated like a little baby
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I think it's awesome they can still do heists in France. That shit rocks. It's like 40% of the reason to even have a museum
October 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I think it's awesome they can still do heists in France. That shit rocks. It's like 40% of the reason to even have a museum
Why do people feel compelled to post garbage takes like this? Pure simpleton take. There are of course multiple other positions. Like mine! Research it extensively and have a serious academic interest in GenAI, and have concluded it blows and is going to make society dumber.
There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.
Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.
October 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Why do people feel compelled to post garbage takes like this? Pure simpleton take. There are of course multiple other positions. Like mine! Research it extensively and have a serious academic interest in GenAI, and have concluded it blows and is going to make society dumber.
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With the AI image and everything. This is the thing that's made me angriest about the wimpy Dem/elite response to this round of Trump shit: these people are absolute donkeys, they don't know how to DO anything. Jam them, challenge them, mock them, all they can do is fucking cry, sue, and post.
October 1, 2025 at 4:32 AM
With the AI image and everything. This is the thing that's made me angriest about the wimpy Dem/elite response to this round of Trump shit: these people are absolute donkeys, they don't know how to DO anything. Jam them, challenge them, mock them, all they can do is fucking cry, sue, and post.
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For my writing center folks in Maryland, northern Virginia, and southern Pennsylvania: Consider joining this year's iteration of the Baltimore Writing Center Project. I've done it twice, and it's valuable professional development for administrators and tutors alike.
Inquire within!
Inquire within!
September 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
For my writing center folks in Maryland, northern Virginia, and southern Pennsylvania: Consider joining this year's iteration of the Baltimore Writing Center Project. I've done it twice, and it's valuable professional development for administrators and tutors alike.
Inquire within!
Inquire within!
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I wrote about the leveling and deranging effects of the Trumpist snitchscape, and the awful content creation imperatives governing this awful moment. defector.com/the-united-s...
The United States Of Snitches | Defector
On Saturday, the chairman of the Republican Party in Michigan’s Oakland County spent his afternoon directing his online followers’ attention to local businesses that had not lowered their flags to hal...
defector.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
I wrote about the leveling and deranging effects of the Trumpist snitchscape, and the awful content creation imperatives governing this awful moment. defector.com/the-united-s...
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This is so freaking funny.
Apparently Guillermo Del Toro has ruined Frankenstein by… being relatively faithful to the source material.
Oh my.
Oh my.
September 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This is so freaking funny.
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Since it's the start of a new academic year (well, it is on my campus, anyway, and probably in many other places, too!), I'm once again promoting my writing center starter pack for any folks -- coordinators, tutors, you name it -- who'd like to get on board. Inquire within!
To borrow from Anne Lamott, here's my "shitty first draft" of a Bluesky starter pack for writing center folks. No clue how many other interested parties are out there, but let me know if you'd like to be added because I'd love for this to be representative of the field!
August 25, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Since it's the start of a new academic year (well, it is on my campus, anyway, and probably in many other places, too!), I'm once again promoting my writing center starter pack for any folks -- coordinators, tutors, you name it -- who'd like to get on board. Inquire within!
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things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
August 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
things were better when the computer lived in its own specific room and you only went in there sometimes
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For years people said it was a gross exaggeration to label Nazism and its associated viewpoints within the modern conservative movement and especially online. Now Nazis are openly thriving and their rhetoric is impossible to avoid and many of the people who downplayed it are saying nothing at all
August 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
For years people said it was a gross exaggeration to label Nazism and its associated viewpoints within the modern conservative movement and especially online. Now Nazis are openly thriving and their rhetoric is impossible to avoid and many of the people who downplayed it are saying nothing at all
AI continues to be terrible despite people saying it’s supposed to be good for stuff like this. Turns out it’s all garbage.
How a bowel cancer examination revealed AI’s negative impact on doctors
Academics said that the finding is concerning given the rapid uptake of artificial intelligence (AI) across healthcare
www.the-independent.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
AI continues to be terrible despite people saying it’s supposed to be good for stuff like this. Turns out it’s all garbage.
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man who cares if "crime is down" or you have a nice photo of a park. if crime were up and your photo was less pleasant to look at the thing is still that the president shouldn't be sending brownshirts to traipse around our cities
August 11, 2025 at 7:45 PM
man who cares if "crime is down" or you have a nice photo of a park. if crime were up and your photo was less pleasant to look at the thing is still that the president shouldn't be sending brownshirts to traipse around our cities
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If you look at the Epstein story through the lens of his victims and their life stories you get a story about every powerful institution in public life failing on any measure of accountability but repeatedly being outmatched by the courage of teenagers, sex workers, and runaways
July 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
If you look at the Epstein story through the lens of his victims and their life stories you get a story about every powerful institution in public life failing on any measure of accountability but repeatedly being outmatched by the courage of teenagers, sex workers, and runaways