Just Regular November Amanda
@amandaannklein.bsky.social
media studies professor writing historical fiction. bylines: New Yorker, Salon, Atlantic, KERA, Vice, E!
Views expressed are my own
Millennials Killed the Video Star: https://www.dukeupress.edu/millennials-killed-the-video-star
Views expressed are my own
Millennials Killed the Video Star: https://www.dukeupress.edu/millennials-killed-the-video-star
You know the economy is tanking when Ollie’s has to change its slogan from “Good Stuff Cheap” to “Good Stuff”
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
You know the economy is tanking when Ollie’s has to change its slogan from “Good Stuff Cheap” to “Good Stuff”
She has merch too
November 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
She has merch too
Today I met Teddy the Thrift Store Dog whose face looks like her butt. She watches cartoons. Her owner told me she is a Tik Tok celebrity. Today was a good day.
November 2, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Today I met Teddy the Thrift Store Dog whose face looks like her butt. She watches cartoons. Her owner told me she is a Tik Tok celebrity. Today was a good day.
Another side effect: the incidents of rape on my campus. Equally disturbing is the fact that the university is no longer emailing the entire campus with an alert (they used to do this). We only find out in the local news:
October 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Another side effect: the incidents of rape on my campus. Equally disturbing is the fact that the university is no longer emailing the entire campus with an alert (they used to do this). We only find out in the local news:
My Labubu costume is coming along well
#Halloween
#Halloween
October 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
My Labubu costume is coming along well
#Halloween
#Halloween
New installment in the continuing adventures of Amanda vs AI. This week I embedded a ? (in white typeface so that students who cut & paste into ChatGPT will answer it). I asked them to make their answer to a ? about PARIS IS BURNING into a poem. Chat GPT: you are no poet!
October 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New installment in the continuing adventures of Amanda vs AI. This week I embedded a ? (in white typeface so that students who cut & paste into ChatGPT will answer it). I asked them to make their answer to a ? about PARIS IS BURNING into a poem. Chat GPT: you are no poet!
Just started my role as the protagonist in a horror film:
Me: I’m using these as Halloween props.
Goodwill clerk: That’s what I figured.
Me: lol really soooky
Him: I’m so glad these will finally be out of here…
Me: have they been here a long time?
Him: oh yeah.
Me: 🫠
#HappyHalloween
Me: I’m using these as Halloween props.
Goodwill clerk: That’s what I figured.
Me: lol really soooky
Him: I’m so glad these will finally be out of here…
Me: have they been here a long time?
Him: oh yeah.
Me: 🫠
#HappyHalloween
October 4, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Just started my role as the protagonist in a horror film:
Me: I’m using these as Halloween props.
Goodwill clerk: That’s what I figured.
Me: lol really soooky
Him: I’m so glad these will finally be out of here…
Me: have they been here a long time?
Him: oh yeah.
Me: 🫠
#HappyHalloween
Me: I’m using these as Halloween props.
Goodwill clerk: That’s what I figured.
Me: lol really soooky
Him: I’m so glad these will finally be out of here…
Me: have they been here a long time?
Him: oh yeah.
Me: 🫠
#HappyHalloween
yes! This was thankfully an unusual occurrence for our generation without the internet. The only other way to see "snuff" films were the FACES OF DEATH series.
September 12, 2025 at 2:28 PM
yes! This was thankfully an unusual occurrence for our generation without the internet. The only other way to see "snuff" films were the FACES OF DEATH series.
That's how Gen X kiddos across PA ended up accidentally watching a snuff video instead of going sledding. Wild times.
September 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
That's how Gen X kiddos across PA ended up accidentally watching a snuff video instead of going sledding. Wild times.
In 1987, I was 11 and I was home alone during a snow day watching TV (WEBSTER rerun, I think) when the show was interrupted by live news coverage of a press conference held by disgraced PA Treasurer, Budd Dwyer. That's how I (and many other kids) ended up watching a live suicide on TV.
September 12, 2025 at 1:41 PM
In 1987, I was 11 and I was home alone during a snow day watching TV (WEBSTER rerun, I think) when the show was interrupted by live news coverage of a press conference held by disgraced PA Treasurer, Budd Dwyer. That's how I (and many other kids) ended up watching a live suicide on TV.
Adam Sandler any minute!
September 11, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Adam Sandler any minute!
I love when students say "I hated this movie!" and then proceed to talk about it in depth for the entire class.
September 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I love when students say "I hated this movie!" and then proceed to talk about it in depth for the entire class.
I bought a Lafufu because my soft brain is easily shaped by popular culture and I’m filled with a temporary happiness that blocks out the horrors of the world.
Her name is Doris.
Her name is Doris.
August 29, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I bought a Lafufu because my soft brain is easily shaped by popular culture and I’m filled with a temporary happiness that blocks out the horrors of the world.
Her name is Doris.
Her name is Doris.
The fairy house grew exponentially this summer with a ton of new additions. But the other day I saw someone had taken a rock and smashed the structure, along with several items inside. It’s so sad to me that someone would destroy such a lovely thing so I rebuilt it and wrote a note:
August 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The fairy house grew exponentially this summer with a ton of new additions. But the other day I saw someone had taken a rock and smashed the structure, along with several items inside. It’s so sad to me that someone would destroy such a lovely thing so I rebuilt it and wrote a note:
I like my policy because it requires the student to talk to me about their work. Generally, students who cheat want to save time/avoid me and so knowing that AI could land them in office hours is a deterrent. It will also cut down on repeat offenders.
August 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I like my policy because it requires the student to talk to me about their work. Generally, students who cheat want to save time/avoid me and so knowing that AI could land them in office hours is a deterrent. It will also cut down on repeat offenders.
3. Equity, Access, and Bias
Researchers found that one of the most popular generative-AI tools agreed with false statements up to one-quarter of the time.
Fake citations risk of adding even more bad info/fake news into information ecosystem
AI spreads harmful, racially biased content.
Researchers found that one of the most popular generative-AI tools agreed with false statements up to one-quarter of the time.
Fake citations risk of adding even more bad info/fake news into information ecosystem
AI spreads harmful, racially biased content.
August 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
3. Equity, Access, and Bias
Researchers found that one of the most popular generative-AI tools agreed with false statements up to one-quarter of the time.
Fake citations risk of adding even more bad info/fake news into information ecosystem
AI spreads harmful, racially biased content.
Researchers found that one of the most popular generative-AI tools agreed with false statements up to one-quarter of the time.
Fake citations risk of adding even more bad info/fake news into information ecosystem
AI spreads harmful, racially biased content.
2. Environmental Impact
“What is different about generative AI is the power density it requires. Fundamentally, it is just computing, but a generative AI training cluster might consume seven or eight times more energy than a typical computing workload,” says Noman Bashir
“What is different about generative AI is the power density it requires. Fundamentally, it is just computing, but a generative AI training cluster might consume seven or eight times more energy than a typical computing workload,” says Noman Bashir
August 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
2. Environmental Impact
“What is different about generative AI is the power density it requires. Fundamentally, it is just computing, but a generative AI training cluster might consume seven or eight times more energy than a typical computing workload,” says Noman Bashir
“What is different about generative AI is the power density it requires. Fundamentally, it is just computing, but a generative AI training cluster might consume seven or eight times more energy than a typical computing workload,” says Noman Bashir
Yellowjackets are ruthless little shitbirds
July 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Yellowjackets are ruthless little shitbirds
Our Mean Cat has gained a lot of weight in the last year and now she has a vet appointment and I am legit terrified of the lecture I’m gonna get 😬
July 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Our Mean Cat has gained a lot of weight in the last year and now she has a vet appointment and I am legit terrified of the lecture I’m gonna get 😬
Whoops I should have said I saw Guernica at the Reina Sofia museum! Their surrealist collection is amazing and they had UN CHIEN ANDALOU projected on a wall on continuous loop!
July 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Whoops I should have said I saw Guernica at the Reina Sofia museum! Their surrealist collection is amazing and they had UN CHIEN ANDALOU projected on a wall on continuous loop!
This has never happened to me before but I got teary seeing Guernica IRL at the Prado. Maybe it’s the scale, maybe it’s because I love Picasso, maybe it’s because America is on the brink of Civil War? But holy shit
July 9, 2025 at 5:09 PM
This has never happened to me before but I got teary seeing Guernica IRL at the Prado. Maybe it’s the scale, maybe it’s because I love Picasso, maybe it’s because America is on the brink of Civil War? But holy shit
Timeline cleanse:
Madrid
Madrid
July 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Timeline cleanse:
Madrid
Madrid
What these fish do when they’re not at work is none of my business!!!!
July 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
What these fish do when they’re not at work is none of my business!!!!