Allison Dieppa
@amdieppa.bsky.social
Instructor of writing and literature at Florida Gulf Coast University | Composition studies, critical AI, and early English literature
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My conference paper "Imaginary Friend or Foe? Examining the Pitfalls of an AI Writing Partner" is finally published in the CEA Critic! In it, I tackle some of the problematic assumptions about AI and discuss why LLMs may be counterproductive for writing pedagogy. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
I’ve looked several times for a way to turn off Adobe’s AI pushiness and am so glad there finally is one.
Let’s keep putting the pressure on tech companies and making it clear we don’t want these features.
Let’s keep putting the pressure on tech companies and making it clear we don’t want these features.
Feeling annoyed at the cognitive cost of having to dismiss all the offers of "AI" assitance every time I use Acrobat to provide feedback on documents my students wrote. (NO I do NOT want an "AI" summary of this. In what world???)
Decided to check settings:
Decided to check settings:
November 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I’ve looked several times for a way to turn off Adobe’s AI pushiness and am so glad there finally is one.
Let’s keep putting the pressure on tech companies and making it clear we don’t want these features.
Let’s keep putting the pressure on tech companies and making it clear we don’t want these features.
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We can't vote Schumer out until 2028 but we can make him being the senate majority leader a litmus test for 2026 candidates. Every single Dem senate candidate should be forced to go on the record and state they will not vote for him as majority leader.
November 10, 2025 at 4:17 AM
We can't vote Schumer out until 2028 but we can make him being the senate majority leader a litmus test for 2026 candidates. Every single Dem senate candidate should be forced to go on the record and state they will not vote for him as majority leader.
My conference paper "Imaginary Friend or Foe? Examining the Pitfalls of an AI Writing Partner" is finally published in the CEA Critic! In it, I tackle some of the problematic assumptions about AI and discuss why LLMs may be counterproductive for writing pedagogy. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
November 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
My conference paper "Imaginary Friend or Foe? Examining the Pitfalls of an AI Writing Partner" is finally published in the CEA Critic! In it, I tackle some of the problematic assumptions about AI and discuss why LLMs may be counterproductive for writing pedagogy. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
November 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Another person who started down this path from the most “innocuous” advertised uses of ChatGPT: homework help. I have been struck by the cases of people getting lost in delusions after using this product for work or school: ie the use cases we are supposed to encourage as faculty.
November 7, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Another person who started down this path from the most “innocuous” advertised uses of ChatGPT: homework help. I have been struck by the cases of people getting lost in delusions after using this product for work or school: ie the use cases we are supposed to encourage as faculty.
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the Teen Vogue politics section's last newsy story 🥲 Rainesford knocked it out of the park
It feels a bit weird to post right now in light of what has happened to @teenvogue.com and so much of the incredible team there. What sources shared here is important, & I’m grateful I got to work on this. I reported on how young people are being impacted by delays to SNAP: “It’s about survival.”
More Young People Will Go Hungry Without SNAP
“We’re trying to make it, but it’s been hard.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
the Teen Vogue politics section's last newsy story 🥲 Rainesford knocked it out of the park
I think about the Times now the way one might think about an ex: “Ugh, I can’t believe I used to like you.”
The New York Times quickly sending out Douthat to argue that Mamdani’s victory doesn’t really matter is so predictable it borders on self-parody.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Remember, folks: Every time the Right wins an election, it’s an undeniable expression of the will of the people. If a lefty wins, it’s just a blip.
Opinion | Mamdani’s Victory Is Less Significant Than You Think
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I think about the Times now the way one might think about an ex: “Ugh, I can’t believe I used to like you.”
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Mariah Carey getting cancelled over a really tone-deaf christmas commercial for Sephora that mocks the working class was not on my 2025 bingo card.
November 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Mariah Carey getting cancelled over a really tone-deaf christmas commercial for Sephora that mocks the working class was not on my 2025 bingo card.
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This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
We are honored to receive the @rooseveltinstitute.org's 2025 Four Freedoms Award for Freedom of Speech and Expression, and to be among a stellar class of laureates including @wck.org, @cvt.org, and more. Details: tnvge.co/ZMIUg7v
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
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Is there a safe archive of Teen Vogue articles? Concerned about the erasure of their archive.
November 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Is there a safe archive of Teen Vogue articles? Concerned about the erasure of their archive.
We can’t have anything nice. This is some bullshit.
November 3, 2025 at 8:24 PM
We can’t have anything nice. This is some bullshit.
Games like Spiritfarer and Stardew Valley demonstrate class consciousness because their designers understand that the desire for “cozy games” stems from the spirit-crushing grind of late-stage capitalism. In this paper, I will…
November 3, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Games like Spiritfarer and Stardew Valley demonstrate class consciousness because their designers understand that the desire for “cozy games” stems from the spirit-crushing grind of late-stage capitalism. In this paper, I will…
I suspect some relatives (knowing my research & stance on GenAI) are trying to troll me by sending me AI slop videos. Then they’re disappointed when I call it out as AI. But like…was I supposed to find this fake video of animals being frightened by Halloween decorations amusing?
October 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I suspect some relatives (knowing my research & stance on GenAI) are trying to troll me by sending me AI slop videos. Then they’re disappointed when I call it out as AI. But like…was I supposed to find this fake video of animals being frightened by Halloween decorations amusing?
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Girl, shut the fuck up. Stop with the Tik Tok brain rot and go help people about to lose their SNAP benefits. Fucking billionaires.
Kim Kardashian says the Moon landing was fake
"Go to TikTok ... see for yourself ... Why is the flag blowing? ... Why are there no stars?"
NASA responds:
"Yes, we've been to the Moon before ... six times"
"Go to TikTok ... see for yourself ... Why is the flag blowing? ... Why are there no stars?"
NASA responds:
"Yes, we've been to the Moon before ... six times"
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Girl, shut the fuck up. Stop with the Tik Tok brain rot and go help people about to lose their SNAP benefits. Fucking billionaires.
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A writer tried dating alt-right men as an experiment to learn about them. There is so much going on here I don't even know where to start
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
October 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A writer tried dating alt-right men as an experiment to learn about them. There is so much going on here I don't even know where to start
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/love-sex/...
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Note that I didn't have this option in my settings for the app on my android, but I was able to access it via desktop. Was able to deactivate it on all my drive accounts that way.
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Note that I didn't have this option in my settings for the app on my android, but I was able to access it via desktop. Was able to deactivate it on all my drive accounts that way.
Happy Día de Los Muertos to everyone remembering their beloved furry and scaly family members today.
October 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy Día de Los Muertos to everyone remembering their beloved furry and scaly family members today.
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If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
reut.rs
October 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples
Aw, shucks...Thanks, @miles-hentrup.bsky.social!
Last night's panel on AI in the humanities demonstrated that many students are deeply disturbed by the AI invasion of higher ed. I'm proud to have helped create this space for them to share their concerns and hope administrators will start listening.
Last night's panel on AI in the humanities demonstrated that many students are deeply disturbed by the AI invasion of higher ed. I'm proud to have helped create this space for them to share their concerns and hope administrators will start listening.
I'd like to acknowledge the important work being done by my colleague (and bff), @amdieppa.bsky.social. When our university is offering nothing but vague AI boosterism, Allison is organizing the difficult conversations we all need to be having about the risks of incorporating LLMs into higher ed. /1
October 23, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Aw, shucks...Thanks, @miles-hentrup.bsky.social!
Last night's panel on AI in the humanities demonstrated that many students are deeply disturbed by the AI invasion of higher ed. I'm proud to have helped create this space for them to share their concerns and hope administrators will start listening.
Last night's panel on AI in the humanities demonstrated that many students are deeply disturbed by the AI invasion of higher ed. I'm proud to have helped create this space for them to share their concerns and hope administrators will start listening.
I love this model — I wonder if I could turn this into a survey where students can pinpoint themselves.
I have been mulling over the reductive post from days ago that could only imagine "Aware + Embraces" or "Ignorant + Refuses" as the two stances in debate about AI. If we need a simple model, here's a suggestion for Axes of AI including where I self-report for transparency. [1/3]
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I love this model — I wonder if I could turn this into a survey where students can pinpoint themselves.
Canvas is down, and I am sympathetic to panicking students everywhere today, but I've had to send several e-mails in the last hour reminding my students that their physical textbook still works just fine.
October 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Canvas is down, and I am sympathetic to panicking students everywhere today, but I've had to send several e-mails in the last hour reminding my students that their physical textbook still works just fine.
I really wish I was better at calmly calling people out when they say inappropriate things to my face. Instead, I will walk away (flight) and then fixate on all the things I wish I’d said for the next 24-48 hours.
October 19, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I really wish I was better at calmly calling people out when they say inappropriate things to my face. Instead, I will walk away (flight) and then fixate on all the things I wish I’d said for the next 24-48 hours.