Jennie
@unabridgedopinions.com
Student success w/ a HigherEd perspective. Head of Teaching & Learning Development at UoM Library & Academic Lead for Student Success. Constantly tilting at windmills. Often seen reading, riding & running about. NTF/CATE/PFHEA, data and pedagogy obsessed
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Surprisingly, this post got traction last night. So now I want to tell you about Clay Shaw, and Jim Garrison's horrific homophobic prosecution of him, a nightmare of Les Miserables-like proportions.
This thread may be long, but there are lessons for us today in knowing what happened. Here goes...
This thread may be long, but there are lessons for us today in knowing what happened. Here goes...
That Oliver Stone made a movie lionizing Jim Garrison's ludicrous prosecution of an innocent man (Clay Shaw) is one of the most egregious historical transmogrifications in cinema. Imagine in 20 yrs a Stephen Miller hagiography starring Chalamet, that's the artistic crime level we're talking.
We do know who killed JFK. The Warren Commission was an incredibly thorough and good-faith effort to prove and document what had happened, which they did. The conspiracy theories arose in spite of best efforts to avoid them, but there really isn't anything they could have reasonably done better.
November 23, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Surprisingly, this post got traction last night. So now I want to tell you about Clay Shaw, and Jim Garrison's horrific homophobic prosecution of him, a nightmare of Les Miserables-like proportions.
This thread may be long, but there are lessons for us today in knowing what happened. Here goes...
This thread may be long, but there are lessons for us today in knowing what happened. Here goes...
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You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:56 PM
You think LLM-based chatbots can help students learn? Think again.
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
Take a few minutes to listen to Dr. @drtanksley.bsky.social clear explanation why this is very bad, harmful idea, especially for Black students.
#Critical_AI_Literacy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mtc...
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"the emails depict a group whose highest commitment is to their own permanence in the class that decides things. When principles conflict with staying in the network, the network wins."
An excellent and tragically necessary piece from Anand Giridharadas (@anandwrites.bsky.social) for the NYT (gift-link): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"the emails depict a group whose highest commitment is to their own permanence in the class that decides things. When principles conflict with staying in the network, the network wins."
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To all my new followers, please check this out before much else, but also my research is all available freely here (see the little pdf icons):
olivia.science#publications
olivia.science#publications
November 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
To all my new followers, please check this out before much else, but also my research is all available freely here (see the little pdf icons):
olivia.science#publications
olivia.science#publications
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✨FREE ONLINE EVENT - TODAY✨
Join @jewishcurrents.bsky.social on Sunday, November 23rd at 12 pm ET for a virtual conversation with Mitchell Abidor about his new book, Victor Serge: Unruly Revolutionary.
jewishcurrents.org/event/the-un...
Join @jewishcurrents.bsky.social on Sunday, November 23rd at 12 pm ET for a virtual conversation with Mitchell Abidor about his new book, Victor Serge: Unruly Revolutionary.
jewishcurrents.org/event/the-un...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:47 PM
✨FREE ONLINE EVENT - TODAY✨
Join @jewishcurrents.bsky.social on Sunday, November 23rd at 12 pm ET for a virtual conversation with Mitchell Abidor about his new book, Victor Serge: Unruly Revolutionary.
jewishcurrents.org/event/the-un...
Join @jewishcurrents.bsky.social on Sunday, November 23rd at 12 pm ET for a virtual conversation with Mitchell Abidor about his new book, Victor Serge: Unruly Revolutionary.
jewishcurrents.org/event/the-un...
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yup.
"More important than the technological change is the change in a social permission structure"
"businesses have been hearing months of hype and pontification about AGI and mass automation, which has created the cover to justify slashing rates and accepting “good enough” automation output"
"More important than the technological change is the change in a social permission structure"
"businesses have been hearing months of hype and pontification about AGI and mass automation, which has created the cover to justify slashing rates and accepting “good enough” automation output"
AI Killed My Job: Translators
Few industries have been hit by AI as hard as translation. Rates are plummeting. Work is drying up. Translators are considering abandoning the field, or bankruptcy. These are their stories.
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
yup.
"More important than the technological change is the change in a social permission structure"
"businesses have been hearing months of hype and pontification about AGI and mass automation, which has created the cover to justify slashing rates and accepting “good enough” automation output"
"More important than the technological change is the change in a social permission structure"
"businesses have been hearing months of hype and pontification about AGI and mass automation, which has created the cover to justify slashing rates and accepting “good enough” automation output"
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Last week on Wonkhe: The policy environment is supportive, but financial pressures are constraining universities’ civic work. Adam Leach examines the risks and the opportunities ahead
Higher education’s civic role has never been more important to get right
The policy environment is supportive, but financial pressures are constraining universities’ civic work. Adam Leach examines the risks and the opportunities ahead The policy environment is supportive,...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Last week on Wonkhe: The policy environment is supportive, but financial pressures are constraining universities’ civic work. Adam Leach examines the risks and the opportunities ahead
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oh whoa the models aren't just getting better and better consistently huh
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 AM
oh whoa the models aren't just getting better and better consistently huh
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The new evidence is grim: Brexit has made Britain is smaller, poorer and less productive.
No wonder Reeves found a black hole in the budget. It’s been carved out by a decade of lost growth of 6-8% - a hit of £180-£240bn - that’s far worse than was predicted.
No wonder Reeves found a black hole in the budget. It’s been carved out by a decade of lost growth of 6-8% - a hit of £180-£240bn - that’s far worse than was predicted.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The new evidence is grim: Brexit has made Britain is smaller, poorer and less productive.
No wonder Reeves found a black hole in the budget. It’s been carved out by a decade of lost growth of 6-8% - a hit of £180-£240bn - that’s far worse than was predicted.
No wonder Reeves found a black hole in the budget. It’s been carved out by a decade of lost growth of 6-8% - a hit of £180-£240bn - that’s far worse than was predicted.
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“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
November 23, 2025 at 10:31 AM
“If you go back a million minutes, you reach 2023. Go back a billion minutes, you reach the Roman Empire — that’s the scale of inequality we’re living with.”
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
Zack Polanski on #BBCLauraK discussing inequality and why a wealth tax should be in the budget
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It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
It’s a very happy #DoctorWhoDay from us - we’re delighted to announce we’ve successfully acquired the archive of Whoniverse legend Terrance Dicks 😲 Read more at the link:
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
www.york.ac.uk/borthwick/ne...
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Still trying to meet this and while I have what to eat, I’m still behind on rent. If you could help a trans girl get her life back on track while she’s waiting for the first pay cheque, it would mean a lot. 💕💸🏳️⚧️
November 21, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Still trying to meet this and while I have what to eat, I’m still behind on rent. If you could help a trans girl get her life back on track while she’s waiting for the first pay cheque, it would mean a lot. 💕💸🏳️⚧️
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Every year I stop myself from posting “now look here you lot, my books would make an excellent Christmas present” in October because it’s way too early, and then I forget until it’s way too late.
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
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Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Every year I stop myself from posting “now look here you lot, my books would make an excellent Christmas present” in October because it’s way too early, and then I forget until it’s way too late.
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
Hope I’ve hit the sweet spot this time.
levparikian.com/index.php/sh...
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I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...
An Explanation (Which I Would Be Very Grateful If You Took The Time To Read)
What follows is a minor modern horror story.
substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm not going back to Substack. I will continue to post my newsletters from Ghost. But I did have to get back in there, just to post this and let people who thought I'd vanished know about this utter nightmare: substack.com/home/post/p-...
So many fab memories of these games. This is wonderful news!
Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
Zork is now open source
Two years ago, I wrote: Microsoft-the-company does not care about Infocom. But a lot of people in Microsoft must care. Microsoft is heavily populated by greying GenX nerds just like me. Folks who grew...
blog.zarfhome.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:48 AM
So many fab memories of these games. This is wonderful news!
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Good morning Sunday folks!
It’s time for the #Edujobs #EduSky bulletin for those educators looking for a non-classroom, non-school job that uses your skills and experiences as teachers and leaders.
Please wave 👋 if you’re watching
Let us know when you land a job from here!
It’s time for the #Edujobs #EduSky bulletin for those educators looking for a non-classroom, non-school job that uses your skills and experiences as teachers and leaders.
Please wave 👋 if you’re watching
Let us know when you land a job from here!
looking for a job right now sign with magnifying glass
ALT: looking for a job right now sign with magnifying glass
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November 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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I made myself a vessel. I know its shape. But not the clay. Life danced me. I know the dances. But I don't know who the dancer is.
November 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I made myself a vessel. I know its shape. But not the clay. Life danced me. I know the dances. But I don't know who the dancer is.
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OH NO! DISASTER! WHAT A BAD IDEA!
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
OH NO! DISASTER! WHAT A BAD IDEA!
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I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I take on average 10,000 stills and a half hour of video every week. Most I'll never think about again. This I'll hold onto until I grow old. 4 hours ago.
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Zero edits. No recoloring. No cropping. Nothing. Just straight up reality. 🦑
Someone decided not to write “has a PhD” in the required bit of a Research Associate job description, and my assertion that a Masters (that involved research) and being hella good at textual analysis should be equivalent worked.
November 23, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Someone decided not to write “has a PhD” in the required bit of a Research Associate job description, and my assertion that a Masters (that involved research) and being hella good at textual analysis should be equivalent worked.
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jesus christ what a flex
November 23, 2025 at 5:32 AM
jesus christ what a flex
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If you trust her *and all her friends* [1] to talk to an adult if anything that makes their creep radar go off at all, in the slightest, including: anyone trying to chat with them out of the blue, anyone trying to solicit pictures of them, anyone trying to get them to turn on their webcam,
November 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
If you trust her *and all her friends* [1] to talk to an adult if anything that makes their creep radar go off at all, in the slightest, including: anyone trying to chat with them out of the blue, anyone trying to solicit pictures of them, anyone trying to get them to turn on their webcam,
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If you're an author being published by small and tiny presses, please shamelessly promote your work, however much your temperament might militate against it. I've seen many wonderful authors at this level so quickly forgotten when they die, you deserve all the readers you can get while you're alive.
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
If you're an author being published by small and tiny presses, please shamelessly promote your work, however much your temperament might militate against it. I've seen many wonderful authors at this level so quickly forgotten when they die, you deserve all the readers you can get while you're alive.
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This is truly sad news - Psychopomp were making a name for themselves as publishers of excellent speculative fiction.
It's a tough world for small presses, and they seem like genuinely decent folk
It's a tough world for small presses, and they seem like genuinely decent folk
a post about Psychopomp in 2026
please read and share
thank you very much
please read and share
thank you very much
what's next for Psychopomp - PSYCHOPOMP.COM
what to expect from Psychopomp (and The Deadlands and Fantasy Magazine) in 2026.
psychopomp.com
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
This is truly sad news - Psychopomp were making a name for themselves as publishers of excellent speculative fiction.
It's a tough world for small presses, and they seem like genuinely decent folk
It's a tough world for small presses, and they seem like genuinely decent folk