Claire Jackson
@claire.northsky.social
assistant professor of writing studies / wpa & wcd
writing program administration | writing assessment | language & literacy ideologies | trans rhetorics
writing program administration | writing assessment | language & literacy ideologies | trans rhetorics
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Question: what do AI companies claim that image models are for?
(As opposed to the slop, porn and fascist aesthetics they are actually used for...)
(As opposed to the slop, porn and fascist aesthetics they are actually used for...)
January 23, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Question: what do AI companies claim that image models are for?
(As opposed to the slop, porn and fascist aesthetics they are actually used for...)
(As opposed to the slop, porn and fascist aesthetics they are actually used for...)
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it’s so cool that the only use case for ai is to distort everyones perception of reality. this needs to be heavily regulated immediately, especially when a government can do this
January 23, 2026 at 3:53 AM
it’s so cool that the only use case for ai is to distort everyones perception of reality. this needs to be heavily regulated immediately, especially when a government can do this
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I just thought everyone should see this
January 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
I just thought everyone should see this
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This looks and sounds like a letter read aloud in a Wes Anderson movie by one of his precocious boys or broken men
January 23, 2026 at 2:38 AM
This looks and sounds like a letter read aloud in a Wes Anderson movie by one of his precocious boys or broken men
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Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
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university admins will no more acknowledge their complicity in the damage done by AI than they did with covid
‘Keep Carleton Human’: Carleton University staff rallies to push for protections from A.I.
‘Keep Carleton Human’: Carleton University staff rallies to push for protections from A.I.
At Carleton University, CUPE 4600 -— the union representing Teachers Assistants, Research Assistants, and Contract Instructors — held the ‘Keep Carleton Human’ rally on Thursday, fighting for clear-cut rules on how A.I. should be used going forward, as ongoing contract talks linger with the school.
bit.ly
January 22, 2026 at 11:34 PM
university admins will no more acknowledge their complicity in the damage done by AI than they did with covid
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yes to this
Don't call it a "bubble."
OpenAI, Microsoft, & Alphabet are just fine with that term because they get to tell you that all the dot-com bubble or the railroad bubble or the whatever bubble was, was a shaking out the greats after an intense period of mania. This isn't a bubble. This is a time bomb.
OpenAI, Microsoft, & Alphabet are just fine with that term because they get to tell you that all the dot-com bubble or the railroad bubble or the whatever bubble was, was a shaking out the greats after an intense period of mania. This isn't a bubble. This is a time bomb.
Opinion from Alphaville: OpenAI is a money pit with a website on top. That much we know already, but since OpenAI is a private company, there’s a lot of guesswork required when estimating the depth of the pit. on.ft.com/44xy39L
January 22, 2026 at 11:04 PM
yes to this
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YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
January 22, 2026 at 8:04 PM
YES THAT'S WHAT MANY OF US HAVE BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
AND THATS WHY WE DON'T USE IT
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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ICE is shooting women in the head and kidnapping children off the street and the Democrats can't even be bothered to ATTEMPT cutting off their funding. No one in America deserves the cruelty of the Trump regime - except the quislings who help make it happen.
DHS spending bill passed 220-207
7 Democrats voted in favor:
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gilles
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Tom Suozzi
Massie voted No
Andy Harris didn't vote
Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn't whipping them to do so
7 Democrats voted in favor:
Henry Cuellar
Don Davis
Laura Gilles
Marie Gluesenkamp Perez
Jared Golden
Vicente Gonzalez
Tom Suozzi
Massie voted No
Andy Harris didn't vote
Might not have passed if every Democrat voted No, but leadership wasn't whipping them to do so
January 22, 2026 at 10:57 PM
ICE is shooting women in the head and kidnapping children off the street and the Democrats can't even be bothered to ATTEMPT cutting off their funding. No one in America deserves the cruelty of the Trump regime - except the quislings who help make it happen.
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This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
yeah, just out of interest, how many people choose the pen on the right for real work or art? See a lot of them in professional workplaces, do you?
January 22, 2026 at 12:21 PM
This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.
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Trained researchers submitting fake sources. And both they and the conference think this is okay because we have high quality work still 🤣
NEW: NeurIPS,one of the world’s top academic AI conferences, accepted research papers with 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
NeurIPS papers contained 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims | Fortune
An analysis of NeurIPS 2025 papers by startup GPTZero reveals how AI-generated citations are slipping into elite academic research.
fortune.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Trained researchers submitting fake sources. And both they and the conference think this is okay because we have high quality work still 🤣
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i'm way less scared of civil war ii erupting than i am of absolutely nothing changing as things get worse and worse & the entire media apparatus pivots to pretending that using 5-year olds as bait to try and lure people out of their houses before also arresting the 5-year olds is normal
January 22, 2026 at 1:37 AM
i'm way less scared of civil war ii erupting than i am of absolutely nothing changing as things get worse and worse & the entire media apparatus pivots to pretending that using 5-year olds as bait to try and lure people out of their houses before also arresting the 5-year olds is normal
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So all colleges and universities will bring back the DEI stuff they cut when obeying in advance right...............................................................................................................................................right?
Re the February Dear Colleagues letter that threatened funding for schools & universities over DEI-related efforts:
‘[Ed Dept]…moved to dismiss its appeal. It leaves in place a federal judge’s August decision finding that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment & federal procedural rules.’
‘[Ed Dept]…moved to dismiss its appeal. It leaves in place a federal judge’s August decision finding that the anti-DEI effort violated the First Amendment & federal procedural rules.’
Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat to schools and colleges
The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colle...
apnews.com
January 21, 2026 at 7:42 PM
So all colleges and universities will bring back the DEI stuff they cut when obeying in advance right...............................................................................................................................................right?
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"abolish ICE", "abolish the police", yeah these are good but have you no ambition ?? Abolish Government
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"abolish ICE", "abolish the police", yeah these are good but have you no ambition ?? Abolish Government
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It's a spectacle of torture. That's it. That's all it's ever been.
Torture them in plain view of everyone to set an example of what happens to *you* if you stand on the sidewalk with your phone out
Torture them in plain view of everyone to set an example of what happens to *you* if you stand on the sidewalk with your phone out
Minneapolis, today.
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
Note how three agents holding the civilian down.
Why spray?
www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
January 21, 2026 at 10:12 PM
It's a spectacle of torture. That's it. That's all it's ever been.
Torture them in plain view of everyone to set an example of what happens to *you* if you stand on the sidewalk with your phone out
Torture them in plain view of everyone to set an example of what happens to *you* if you stand on the sidewalk with your phone out
hi I'm on northsky
January 21, 2026 at 10:52 PM
hi I'm on northsky
today was my first teaching day and one of my students said in the first 10 minutes of class that he thinks AI should be thrown into a fire
January 21, 2026 at 10:38 PM
today was my first teaching day and one of my students said in the first 10 minutes of class that he thinks AI should be thrown into a fire
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If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
To quote one source:
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
“They’re terrified of being labeled anti–law enforcement. They want this to go away so they can talk about the cost of living more. Problem is, it’s not going away.”
prospect.org/2026/01/21/j...
Jeffries Won’t Whip Vote Against ICE Funding - The American Prospect
While the House Democratic leader announced personal opposition to a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security, he won’t pressure his colleagues to do the same.
prospect.org
January 21, 2026 at 8:46 PM
If you have read even a single history of fascism, you are already aware that one thing that its rise has in common in every case is an opposition party that refuses to intervene for fear of looking weak or putting the left into power
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Call on California State University Chancellor Mildred García not to renew the CSU’s $17 million contract with OpenAI and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
Cancel ChatGPT Edu. Invest in Humans.
In February 2025, the California State University system announced a $17 million contract with OpenAI to provide ChatGPT Edu to all faculty, staff, and students on its 22 CSU campuses as part of a lar...
actionnetwork.org
January 21, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Call on California State University Chancellor Mildred García not to renew the CSU’s $17 million contract with OpenAI and to use the savings to protect jobs at CSU campuses facing layoffs.
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/ca...
I'm both a hater and very annoying so this is my time to shine
Calling all the PhDs I know to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better)
January 21, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm both a hater and very annoying so this is my time to shine
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"Drawing on a 20.3-million-query audit of ChatGPT, we map systematic biases in the model's representations of countries, states, cities, and neighbourhoods. From these empirics, we argue that bias is not a correctable anomaly but an intrinsic feature of generative AI”.
ht: Dagmar Monett
ht: Dagmar Monett
The silicon gaze: A typology of biases and inequality in LLMs through the lens of place - Francisco W. Kerche, Matthew Zook, Mark Graham, 2026
This paper introduces the concept of the silicon gaze to explain how large language models (LLMs) reproduce and amplify long-standing spatial inequalities. Draw...
journals.sagepub.com
January 21, 2026 at 1:15 AM
"Drawing on a 20.3-million-query audit of ChatGPT, we map systematic biases in the model's representations of countries, states, cities, and neighbourhoods. From these empirics, we argue that bias is not a correctable anomaly but an intrinsic feature of generative AI”.
ht: Dagmar Monett
ht: Dagmar Monett
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love to see it
Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel’s announcement to evict the ICE agents came shortly after the county’s financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent.
www.mcall.com
January 21, 2026 at 12:24 AM
love to see it
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Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
i feel like the viral bus thread resonates because at every step of the way you're like "ok surely this will be resolved shortly, any second now," which seems like what all the passengers are also thinking. then the fact that the situation doesn't resolve and the bus just keeps going is an Allegory
January 20, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Have seen many variations of this & broadly agree—but the part that struck me in the moment wasn’t “this is a microcosm for how America sucks” — it was “this is a microcosm for trying to behave democratically & respectfully of one another in a complex, evolving situation with things we can't know.”
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*has sex with you in a way that both advances the plot and reinforces the themes of your narrative arc*
January 21, 2026 at 12:03 AM
*has sex with you in a way that both advances the plot and reinforces the themes of your narrative arc*
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I really think Hubert Dreyfus nailed this in On The Internet (2002) and I’ll keep posting this page until everyone has seen it. Key para in alt text.
January 20, 2026 at 3:46 AM
I really think Hubert Dreyfus nailed this in On The Internet (2002) and I’ll keep posting this page until everyone has seen it. Key para in alt text.