Yes. Relatedly, I'm tired of 16 to 25-year-old main characters. Give me stories by and about middle-aged women who do amazing things

Yep, trash

Ooh thanks, I think I can make it!

So glad to hear this has been stopped, at least for now

I love this

For sure-- and here's the podcast if you don't want to invest like an hour in reading it, which I perhaps inadvisably did! open.spotify.com/episode/2vLB...

One of my particularly brilliant students had made a comment in our Perusall discussions about life outside of media and I linked her to an article about Thoreau. She read it and quoted it back to me during the midterm, sharing her thoughts about the importance of life without screens. Incredible

For sure. I recently stumbled across Zitron's attempts to account for where the money is. I don't know much about him but his sourcing seems legitimate: www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga.... Also, he has a podcast in case you don't want to read this; it's crazy long

True. And many experts are pointing to the fact that AI influence might not be as major as it's currently pitched to be!

Well said.

Disappointed but unsurprised at this point.

I'm sure the 5 minute walk through city streets felt like an accomplishment for him.

Yep. I'm having them watch videos, listen to podcasts, read comics, and do minimal reading together in Perusall. And then moving as much of the writing I can to during class. Solidarity!

Gross...

Yep, ripping anything that could be perceived as "DEI" out of my NEH grant was so disappointing. Hoping for better days ahead

Right-- I remember being told that too. And by a history teacher who was generally very sincere about US atrocities otherwise. Thanks for your work, Dr. Flores-- I've been following it for a few years now

I very clearly remember being told that same thing in high school, 15 years ago. Glad you were able to go to the source to check that